Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Song of the Day: Us and Them



RIP, Richard Wright, keyboardist for Pink Floyd.

I've gone through some big Pink Floyd phases in my life and their music marks some significant moments. This song is from Dark Side of the Moon, the very first Compact Disc I ever owned. Tremendous stuff. It's got a lot of the Pink Floyd trappings: the dreamy, echoed vocals; the lyrics combining angst, hope and war language; the saxaphone; the muttering dialogue and, of course the keyboards and piano of Richard Wright. While you may notice the sax more in this tune, it's the keyboards that set the tune and, for my money, the piano clip just before the 5 minute mark is killer.

So goodbye, Richard Wright. And thank you.