“come in number 51, your time is up”
Huge loss to this mega Pink Floyd fan.
“We’re just two lost souls swimmin’ in a fish bowl
year after year.
Runnin’ over the same old ground.
What have we found: the same old fears
Wish you were here.”
RIP Rick as you head off to the 'Great Gig in the Sky', and say hi to Old Pink, er Syd.
His keyboard playing was mesmerizing. RIP.
Sad day. RIP Richard.
One could wish the boys would do a little tribute piece for RW.
The greatest band of all time.
RIP Rick.
“We’re just two lost souls floating in a fish bowl year after year...”
Godspeed, Rick
Aaack! I never knew he was sick! Great keyboard player, and able to get lots of sounds out of a Hammond Organ (lots of the early stuff was organ, not synth). Not a bad singer either, as evidenced by stuff like “Matilda Mother,” “Echoes,” the middle bits to “Time” and “See Saw.” I’m glad he did the tour with Gilmour last year, and was apparently very happy on a personal & professional level at the end (per DG’s commentary on the DVD release).
cancer? there were continual reports of him being seriously into alcohol. I guess the alcohol didn’t kill the cancer cells
On some of the latest (15 years ago) Pink Floyd tours they had another keyboard player. To supplement what Wright churned out on any given night. Not that he was a bad player but substance abuse complicated matters
Glad you started this thread, I was gonna start one if you hadn’t.
RIP Rick. You will be missed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wa1glyZYXs
I’ve been moping ever since I heard this news earlier this evening. I’ve got Floyd videos playing on youtube and I’m going to end the night by listening to my Pink Floyd CDs.
RIP Rick!!
RIP.
Dogs (Waters, Gilmour) 17:06
You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder.
You know it's going to get harder, and harder, and harder as you
get older.
And in the end you'll pack up and fly down south,
Hide your head in the sand,
Just another sad old man,
All alone and dying of cancer.
Ouch.