As far as Pink Floyd are concerned, I am a novice, a mere apprentice and know very little so what I offer here are just my opinions of their music as I take it on board. By November 2020 I will have been through the early days of the band with Syd Barrett as the leader, the middle years where a close-knit quartet gradually fell apart as Roger Waters seized control, and the later years when a more democratic David Gilmour led the group in its twilight years. In all, there are 15 studio albums to get through. I will NOT be pausing during a David Gilmour solo and I’ll see if I can figure out which one is Pink! I will begin with The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967) and conclude with The Endless River (2014). I will listen multiple times – all the way through – and with headphones on. There is, however, one thing left for me to do.Įach month I will be listening to a Pink Floyd album in full and writing a reaction on this blog. I have also watched a few documentaries on YouTube so gained a further insight into their work. This gave me an insight into the group’s often turbulent history as well as their extensive discography. My Pink Floyd pilgrimage began earlier this year by reading two books – Mark Blake’s Pigs Might Fly: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd and Martin Popoff’s Pink Floyd: Album by Album.
I did see plenty of comments suggesting listening to Floyd while high is the way to go, well, I won’t be doing that, dear reader, you will be relieved to hear though I am sure it’s an interesting experience. It sounded cathartic and I wanted to try for myself as a form of meditation, something I’ve never been good at. They insisted that nothing else sounds like Pink Floyd, that listening to an album in its entirety was essential, that their music could help you drift into an alternate plain and that you must, simply MUST, have headphones on when you do listen to the Floyd. What drew me towards Pink Floyd was the countless comments I had seen from other Floyd enthusiasts, the same messages and appreciation for the group. Thanks to them I have decided to begin my own journey – a Pink Floyd pilgrimage, you could say – to find out more. A new generation of music lovers are discovering their music and having their minds blown by what they hear. If you search for Pink Floyd on YouTube you’ll find their songs, albums, documentaries and hundreds of reaction videos. I had heard the name, Syd Barrett, but knew nothing else of their story. I had never listened to an album, never bothered to delve into their history. I loved all four songs and have for many years but for some reason I never went further into Floyd’s back catalogue or even the group themselves. Prior to 2019 my only familiarity with English group – Pink Floyd – could be found in the songs Wish You Were Here, Comfortably Numb, Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 and Money.
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