“Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast” from Atom Heart Mother (1970) is a disastrous effort. The new songs on the double-LP Ummagumma (1969) are entirely forgettable, with only the live songs of old songs to give fans a reason to purchase it. The soundtrack to the film More (1969) is just a collection of half-realized ideas, both musically and lyrically. Although Saucerful is ultimately a success, it lacks direction identity.įailed experiments followed. A Saucerful of Secrets (1968), though featuring some contributions by Syd Barrett (who the band tried to turn into a Brian-Wilson-esque songwriter), displayed Pink Floyd as a band in a state of transition that would haunt them for years to come. You won’t hear Waters bragging about bikes or how “buttercups cup the light.” He has statements to make, and, like it or not, he will be heard.Īfter having been credited for writing one song on The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967), Waters did not attain leadership status immediately. Waters lyrics are often satirical, biting, and political. Gone were the childlike lyrics that Barrett offered his listeners, brilliant though they were (“Alone in the clouds all blue/Lying on an eiderdown/Yippee! You can’t see me/But I can you”). Barrett’s Floyd was a completely different band from 1970s Floyd. To this day, there are loyalists who stopped listening to Pink Floyd after Barrett’s departure. It is for his venomous lyrics and anger that Waters has his critics. Starting with one song on an album of seven songs (“Corporal Clegg” from A Saucerful of Secrets) to dominating an entire record ( The Final Cut), Waters’s inspiration is not found in love, but anger. His father’s death would leave a permanent mark on his son’s psyche, slowly finding its way into Waters contributions to Pink Floyd. His father did not abandon the family Eric Fletcher Waters was killed in World War II when Waters was only a baby. George Roger Waters was born in September of 1943, who grew up with only his mother, Mary, as a parental figure. But neither group had the incredible commercial and critical success that Pink Floyd had after Roger Waters became the leader. The Moody Blues played on after departed singer/guitarist Denny Laine was gone to higher levels of commercial success with Justin Hayward. Van Halen continued success with Sammy Hagar after the departure of David Lee Roth. There are rare success stories of bands that prospered after losing their front man. How did this bassist elevate to icon status? What kind of stories could the fifth most talented musician of a band have to offer? Who could ever replace Syd Barrett? The band played that night as a four-piece: guitarist David Gilmour, drummer Nick Mason, pianist Richard Wright, and a lanky, tone-deaf, bassist. Syd Barrett, lead singer/lead guitarist/lead musician, was left behind. They had but one person to pick up, and they decided not to. One evening, in early 1968, an up-and-coming group known as Pink Floyd was on its way to a gig.
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