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Pink Floyd 1) Kazalo 2) Uvod Pink Floyd 1) Kazalo 2) Uvod...................................................................................................................................................4 Pink Floyd je bila britanska rock skupina in sodi med najpomembnejše predstavnike psihadeličnega rocka. S svojo glasbo so pomembno vplivali na razvoj današnjega rocka. Najuspešnejši so bili v 70-ih in 80-ih.letih. Zadnji album so izdali leta 1994, zadnjič pa so nastopili leta 2005 v Londonu.................4 3) Dosežki in razvoj skupine....................................................................................................................5 a. Skupino Pink Floyd so leta 1964 ustanovili Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Nick Manson in Richard Wright. Leta 1968 je zaradi zasvojenosti z drogo Syda Barretta zamenjal David Gilmour. Roger Waters je odšel leta 1985...................................................................................................................................5 b. 1964 do 1968..................................................................................................................................6 Že leta 1964 so Syd Barrett, Roger Waters in David Gilmour igrali mešanico med rockom, jazzom in folkom. Razšli so se ko se je Syd Barrett preselil v London. Kmalu zatem se je v London preselil tudi Roger Waters. Tam je spoznal Nicka Mansona in Ricka Wrighta. Skupaj so ustanovili skupino Sigma 6, ki so jo nato preimenovali v The tea-set, The Architectural Abdabs, The screaming abdabs. Na začetku leta 1966 se jim je pridružil Syd Barrett, ki je skupino preimenoval v The Pink Floyd Sound. Na prvi plošči so se imenovali The Pink Floyd nato pa samo še Pink Floyd. Syd Barrett je za takratni slog določil psihedelični rock. V tem slogu je napisal skoraj vse skladbe na plošči The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Zaradi psihotropnih substanc se je njegovo duševno stanje še vedno slabšalo, zaradi tega je bilo sodelovanje z njim oteženo. Ostali člani skupine so se odločili za novega člana Davida Gilmourja. V skupino je prišel kot asistent Syda Barretta, sčasoma pa ga je popolnoma zamenjal. Syd Barrett je 2. Marca 1968 dokončno zapustil skupino Pink Floyd..................................6 c. 1968 do 1973..................................................................................................................................6 Zaradi specifičnega načina nastopanja so pritegnili pozornost filmskih režiserjev, ki so sodelovali pri snemanju albumov Zabriske Point in More. Leta 1970 so izdali prvo ploščo, ki se ji je uspelo prebiti na prvo mesto lestvice v Veliki Britaniji. Naslov te plošče je Atom Heart Mother. Naslednica je bila Meddle, ki je v Angliji dosegla tretje, v ZDA pa 55. mesto. S filmsko ploščo Obscured by Clouds so v ZDA dosegli 50. Mesto........................................................................................................................6 d. 1973 do 1977..................................................................................................................................7 V 70-ih je skupina Pink Floyd postala globalno uspešna. Roger Waters je prevzel vodilno vlogo (avtor in vodja). Leta 1973 so izdali ploščo Dark Side of the Moon ki je prevzela prvo mesto na glasbeni lestvici v ZDA. Med leti 1973 in 1980 pa je podrla rekord (740 tednov na Ameriški billboard lestvici).Leta 1975 so posneli ploščo Wish you were here, ki so jo posvetili Sydu Barrettu.Skladbo Shine on you crazy Diamond je Rick Wright razglasil za njihovo najboljšo. Album se je uvrstil na prvo mesto v Veliki Britaniji tako kot tudi v ZDA. Njihov naslednji album z naslovom Animals so izdali leta 1977. Za ovitek pa so fotografirali 12m velikega napihljivega letečega prašiča, ki se jim je med delom utrgal in letel 30km čez bližnje letališče. Kot prašič tudi album ni dosegel velikih uspehov..............................................................................................................................................7 e. 1977 do 1985..................................................................................................................................7 Njihov najbolj ambiciozen je bil vsekakor projekt The Wall, izdali so ga leta 1979. Med samim snemanjem je prišlo do sporov med Gilmourjem in Watersom. Skoraj vse skladbe na plošči so bile Watersovo delo. Gilmour je prispeval k skladbam kot so Runn Like Hell in Comfortably Numb. Gilmour je takrat izdal svojo prvo samostojno ploščo, Rick Wright pa je zapustil skupino pod pritiskom članov predvsem Watersa. Pri snemanju Filma The Wall je glavno vlogo v filmu odigral Bob Geldof. Koncerte albuma The Wall so izvedli le v štirih mestih: Los Angeles, New York, London, Dortmund. Leta 1983 je izšel album, ki ga je napisal izključno Roger Waters ter ga posvetil svojemu očetu Ericu Watersu, ki je padel v drugi svetovni vojni Album velja kot drugi del The Wall-a. Žal je bil tako kot med člani skupine tudi med kritiki in publiko zelo slabo sprejet......................................7 4) Diskografija.........................................................................................................................................8 a. Psihadelična faza.............................................................................................................................8 The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)...................................................................................................8 A Saucerful of Secrets (1968)..................................................................................................................8 Relics (1971)...........................................................................................................................................8 b. Programična faza............................................................................................................................9 More (1969)........................................................................................................................................9 Ummagumma (1969)..........................................................................................................................9 Atom Heart Mother (1970).................................................................................................................9 Meddle (1971)....................................................................................................................................9 Obscured By Clouds (1972).................................................................................................................9 c. Klasična faza....................................................................................................................................9 Dark Side of the Moon (1973)............................................................................................................9 Wish You Were Here (1975)...............................................................................................................9 Animals (1977)....................................................................................................................................9 d. Intelektualna faza...........................................................................................................................9 The Wall (1979)..................................................................................................................................9 The Final Cut (1983)............................................................................................................................9 e. Post waters faza..............................................................................................................................9 A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)................................................................................................9 The Division Bell (1994)......................................................................................................................9 f. Albumi v živo in turneje...................................................................................................................9 Delicate Sound of Thunder (1988)......................................................................................................9 PULSE (1995)......................................................................................................................................9 Is There Anybody Out There? (The Wall Live) (2000).........................................................................9 g. Solo albumi.....................................................................................................................................9 i. Syd Barrett...................................................................................................................................9 ii. Roger Waters..............................................................................................................................9 iii. David Gilmour..........................................................................................................................10 iv. Rick Wright...............................................................................................................................10 v. Nick Manson.............................................................................................................................10 Fictitious Sports Maj 1981............................................................................................................10
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