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(‘pink floyd’ were (was?) an english ‘rock band’ formed in ‘london’)
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(they achieved ‘international acclaim’ with their ‘progressive’ + ‘psychedelic’ music)
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(distinguished by their use of…)
‘philosophical lyrics’
‘sonic experimentation’
‘extended compositions’
‘elaborate live shows’
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they are one of the most ‘commercially successful’ and ‘influential’ groups in the ‘history of ‘popular music”)
(“pink floyd” were founded in ‘1965’ by students ‘syd barrett’ on ‘guitar’ + ‘lead vocals’, ‘nick mason’ on ‘drums’, ‘roger waters’ on ‘bass’ + ‘vocals’, and ‘richard wright’ on ‘keyboards’ + ‘vocals’)
(they gained popularity performing in london’s ‘underground music scene’ during the ‘late 1960s’, and under barrett’s leadership released ‘2 charting singles’ and a successful ‘debut album’: the ‘piper’ at the ‘gates’ of ‘dawn’ (1967))
(guitarist ‘david gilmour’ joined in ‘december 1967’; ‘barrett’ left in ‘april 1968’ due to ‘deteriorating mental health’)
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(‘waters’ became the band’s primary ‘lyricist’ and eventually their dominant ‘songwriter’, devising the concepts behind their subsequent albums) –>
the ‘dark side’ of the ‘moon’
(‘1973’)
‘wish you were here’
(‘1975’)
‘animals’
(‘1977’)
‘the wall’
(‘1979’)
‘the final cut’
(‘1983’)
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(“the ‘dark side’ of the ‘moon'” and “the wall” became 2 of the “best-selling albums of all time”)
(following creative tensions, ‘wright’ left ‘pink floyd’ in ‘1979’, followed by ‘waters’ in ‘1985’)
(when i was about to celebrate my first birthday)
(‘gilmour’ + ‘mason’ continued as ‘pink floyd’; ‘wright’ rejoined them as a ‘session musician’ and, later, a ‘band member’)
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(the ‘trio’ produced 2 more albums…)
‘a momentary lapse of ‘reason”
(‘1987’)
(i was ‘3’)
‘the division bell’
(‘1994’)
(i was ’10’)
(i have some stray memories of ‘mister lubeck” purchasing the CD)
(i eyed it on his ‘kitchen counter’)
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(…and toured until ‘1994’)
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(after nearly 2 decades of ‘acrimony’, ‘pink floyd’ reunited with ‘waters’ in ‘2005’ for a performance at the global awareness event ‘Live 8’, but ‘gilmour’ and ‘waters’ have since stated they have no plans to ‘reunite’ as a ‘band’ again)
(‘barrett’ died in ‘2006’)
(‘wright’ died in ‘2008’)
(the final ‘pink floyd’ studio album, the endless river (‘2014’), was recorded without ‘waters’ and largely based on ‘unreleased material’ from ‘1993 – ‘1994’)
(‘pink floyd’ were inducted into the “US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” in ‘1996’, and the “UK Music Hall of Fame” in ‘2005’)
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(by ‘2013’, the band had sold more than ‘250 million records’ worldwide, including ’75 million certified units’ in the ‘united states’)
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