Why pink floyd?

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Why Pink Floyd?
From 1968 to 1986, the four members released several albums, many of them conceptual, like Wish You Were Here and The Wall (mainly a Roger Waters work on songwriting, and a sort ofautobiography). A special part of this paper is for the 1973 album, The Dark Side Of The Moon, critically acclaimed as one of the best albums ever, a must-have in rock history which talks about lunacy,greed, isolation and other problems of the globalized world. It also meant a style change for them, passing from a psychedelic and more “improvised” sound to more elaborated music and lyrics.Remarkable examples are songs like Us and Them and the successful single Money.
After the departure of Roger Waters on 1986, David Gilmour took the lead of the band, releasing two more studio albums and twolive albums. The band then separated but made a reunion on 2005 for the Live 8 concert.
So why Pink Floyd? Personally, because of the power of its lyrics, the mixes of sounds and elaborate musicwhich simply takes you to another place, as in Echoes, or just because we all have heard them at least once musical anthems like Comfortably Numb or Another Brick In The Wall, the thing is, Pink Floyd ispure musical magic, something everyone should hear and enjoy, just sit, rest, blank your mind, and fly.
Founded in 1965 by original members Syd Barrett, Richard Wright, Nick Mason and Roger Waters,Pink Floyd is a worldwide recognized band whose trademark are its psychedelic sounds, philosophical lyric contents, experimentation and innovation and stunning live shows. With album sales of over 250million copies, there is a doubt on many heads: ¿What is it that makes Pink Floyd so incredible?
Under the leadership of Syd Barrett from the beginning of the band, they successfully releasedseveral singles and their 1967 album, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, which made them very popular at the London’s underground scene. Having signed at the EMI records label, they also begin to get known...
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