Pink Floyd Was An English Rock Band Formed In London In 1965. Gaining An Early Following As One Of The First British Psychedelic Groups They Were Distinguished By Their Extended Compositions Sonic Experimentation Philosophical Lyrics And Elaborate Live Shows. They Became A Leading Band Of The Progressive Rock Genre Cited By Some As The Greatest Progressive Rock Band Of All Time. Pink Floyd Were Founded In 1965 By Syd Barrett guitar Lead Vocals Nick Mason drums Roger Waters bass Guitar Vocals And Richard Wright keyboards Vocals . Under Barrett's Leadership They Released Two Charting Singles And The Successful Debut Album The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 1967 . Guitarist And Vocalist David Gilmour Joined In December 1967 Barrett Left In April 1968 Due To Deteriorating Mental Health. Waters Became The Primary Lyricist And Thematic Leader Devising The Concepts Behind The Band's Peak Success With The Albums The Dark Side Of The Moon 1973 Wish You Were Here 1975 Animals 1977 And The Wall 1979 . The Musical Film Based On The Wall Pink Floyd – The Wall 1982 Won Two BAFTA Awards. Pink Floyd Also Composed Several Film Scores. Following Personal Tensions Wright Left Pink Floyd In 1979 Followed By Waters In 1985. Gilmour And Mason Continued As Pink Floyd Rejoined Later By Wright. They Produced Two More Albums—A Momentary Lapse Of Reason 1987 And The Division Bell 1994 —and Toured In Support Of Both Before Entering A Long Hiatus. In 2005 All But Barrett Reunited For A One-Off Performance At The Global Awareness Event Live 8. Barrett Died In 2006 And Wright In 2008. The Last Pink Floyd Studio Album The Endless River 2014 Was Based On Unreleased Material From The Division Bell Recording Sessions. In 2022 Gilmour And Mason Reformed Pink Floyd To Release The Song "Hey Hey Rise Up!" In Protest Of The Russo-Ukrainian War. By 2013 Pink Floyd Had Sold More Than 250 Million Records Worldwide Making Them One Of The Best-Selling Music Artists Of All Time. The Dark Side Of The Moon And The Wall Were Inducted Into The Grammy Hall Of Fame And These Albums And Wish You Were Here Are Among The Best-Selling Albums Of All Time. Four Pink Floyd Albums Topped The US Billboard 200 And Five Topped The UK Album Chart. Pink Floyd's Hit Singles Include "See Emily Play" 1967 "Money" 1973 "Another Brick In The Wall Part 2" 1979 "Not Now John" 1983 "On The Turning Away" 1987 And "High Hopes" 1994 . They Were Inducted Into The US Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1996 And The UK Music Hall Of Fame In 2005. In 2008 Pink Floyd Were Awarded The Polar Music Prize In Sweden For Their Contribution To Modern Music. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Pink_Floyd Studio Albums
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 1967 A Saucerful Of Secrets 1968 More 1969 Ummagumma 1969 Atom Heart Mother 1970 Meddle 1971 Obscured By Clouds 1972 The Dark Side Of The Moon 1973 Wish You Were Here 1975 Animals 1977 The Wall 1979 The Final Cut 1983 A Momentary Lapse Of Reason 1987 The Division Bell 1994 The Endless River 2014 Read More On Last.Fm. User-Contributed Text Is Available Under The Creative Commons By-SA License Additional Terms May Apply.
"Dogs" Originally Composed As "You Gotta Be Crazy" Is A Song By The English Progressive Rock Band Pink Floyd. It Was Released On The Album Animals In 1977. During The Part Which Includes Rick Wright's Synth Solo The Sounds Of Dogs Barking Can Be Heard This Sound Effect Was Created By Processing The Sound Using A Vocoder. Guitarist David Gilmour And Bassist Roger Waters Share Vocal Duties In The Song. Gilmour Sings The Majority Of The Song But Waters Takes Over During The Last Two Verses. On Performances Of The Track On The Band's 1977 "In The Flesh" Tour Gilmour Would Sing Almost All Of The Song Except For The Last Verse Use Electric Guitar For The Whole Track Instead Of The Acoustic Guitars And Performed An Extra Guitar Solo. Dogs Are Used To Represent The Megalomaniacal Businessmen Who Destroy Themselves And Those Around Them By Obsessing Over Their Egos And Their Careers. A Number Of Comparisons Are Made And Metaphors Used To Show How Close These Businessmen Are With Dogs For Example "Got To Be Able To Pick Out The Easy Meat With Your Eyes Closed" The Meat Representing Deals And Opportunities For The Businessmen. It Is A Long Increasingly Haunting Song At Over Seventeen Minutes. The Final Verse Explores A Number Of Aspects Of Business Life And How It Compares To Dogs For Example Taking Chances And Being "trained Not To Spit In The Fan" Losing Their Individuality "broken By Trained Personnel" Obeying Their Superiors "fitted With Collar And Chain" Getting Treats For Good Behaviour "given A Pat On The Back" Being Better Than Everyone Else "breaking Away From The Pack" And Getting To Know Everyone But Spending Less Time With Family "only A Stranger At Home". Every Line Of This Verse Begins With The Word "Who" Which Prompted Comparison To Allen Ginsberg's Poem Howl. This Song And The Use Of The Word "Who" At The Beginning Of Every Line Of The Final Verse Also Illustrates The Influence That Roy Harper Had On The Band. Roy Harper Had Used This Technique On The Song "The Lord's Prayer" From His 1973 Lifemask Album. Harper Sang Over 90 Lines Of A Verse Beginning With The Words "whose" And "who". Roy Harper Also Sang On The Song "Have A Cigar" From The Wish You Were Here Album. The Song Concludes With These "Dogs" Working Themselves To Death Until They Are "found Dead On The Phone" Having Been Dragged Down By "the Stone" A Metaphor For "the Weight They Used To Need To Throw Around". During Their Tour In 1974 Pink Floyd Played Three New Songs In The First Half Of The Shows Followed By The Whole Of The The Dark Side Of The Moon Album. Those Three New Songs Were "You Gotta Be Crazy" Which Would Later Become "Dogs" "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" And "Raving And Drooling" Which Would Later Become "Sheep" . During 1974 Performances Of "You Gotta Be Crazy" David Gilmour Would Sing The Song In A Faster Speed Than The Versions On The 1975 US Tour And The Animals Album. "You Gotta Be Crazy" Was About The Problems One Had To Deal With In Life. The Lyrics Were Modified By The Time The Song Was Played Live In 1975 And Then The Lyrics Changed Again When Recording Animals. Both "You Gotta Be Crazy" And "Raving And Drooling" Were Originally Planned To Be On The Album Following The Tour Wish You Were Here But The Plans Were Changed Which Later Became A Point Of Dispute Between Gilmour And Waters As An Early Sign Of Their Later Animosity And They Both Ended Up In Different Forms On Animals. During Live Performances As Part Of Roger Waters' Recent Solo Tours He And The Other Musicians Would Play A Hand Of Poker During The Breakdown In The Middle Of The Song. David Gilmour's Vocal Parts Are Sung By Jon Carin.