Richard Wright's Best Musical Moments
-
- Embryo
- Posts: 3
- Joined: Sat Jan 10, 2009 5:50 pm
- Gender: Male
Re: Richard Wright's Best Musical Moments
Nobody has mentioned Shine on...part IX. Phillistines.
-
- Supreme Lord!
- Posts: 5787
- Joined: Mon Apr 09, 2007 1:53 pm
- Gender: Male
- Location: Rattle That Lock... Baby!
Re: Richard Wright's Best Musical Moments
IMHO, "Shine On" Part 1 isn't really a great musical moment. It does sound good but it doesn't need much technical ability for playing. The same goes for "Violent Sequence" which I do like very much.
I think Rick's best has been recorded on "Is There Anybody Out There?".
I think Rick's best has been recorded on "Is There Anybody Out There?".
-
- Embryo
- Posts: 3
- Joined: Sat Jan 10, 2009 5:50 pm
- Gender: Male
Re: Richard Wright's Best Musical Moments
It's simple enough to play, but that doesn't make it a second-rate musical moment. Simple but emotive, wistful and hopeful, it's a beautiful piece of music. I agree about the "violent sequence", another great piece - anyone know if it's available anywhere as it was written originally rather than the DSOTM version?
-
- Supreme Lord!
- Posts: 5787
- Joined: Mon Apr 09, 2007 1:53 pm
- Gender: Male
- Location: Rattle That Lock... Baby!
Re: Richard Wright's Best Musical Moments
Yes, it's on "The Complete Zabriskie Point Sessions".
-
- Supreme Lord!
- Posts: 5133
- Joined: Tue May 11, 2004 2:36 am
- Location: in a midwestern-type autoplant town, waiting for the autopocalypse to come
Re: Richard Wright's Best Musical Moments
theres also a nice French radio broadcast of it (along with a very early 4piece AHM) on the boot Broadcasting from Europa 1,
sq is about as good as the BBC broadcasts from the same era
sq is about as good as the BBC broadcasts from the same era
-
- Supreme Judge!
- Posts: 3366
- Joined: Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:25 pm
Re: Richard Wright's Best Musical Moments
I would love to find a copy of that!J Ed wrote:theres also a nice French radio broadcast of it (along with a very early 4piece AHM) on the boot Broadcasting from Europa 1,
sq is about as good as the BBC broadcasts from the same era
-
- Axe
- Posts: 62
- Joined: Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:04 am
- Gender: Female
- Location: Germany
Re: Richard Wright's Best Musical Moments
ABSOLUTELY!!detritus wrote:Nobody has mentioned Shine on...part IX. Phillistines.
If you wouldn't mentioned it I would have been the first...
I think it's a shame that they never played that part live in the last years. Even when Gilmour played Part 2, the ending with the lovely sad keyboard solo was not there
btw...WHAT Keyboard Rick used on part I and Part IX? I think I only heard that sound on SOYCD, Sheep and Wearing the inside out.
And what sound is the "turkish delight"?
-
- Supreme Lord!
- Posts: 7255
- Joined: Sun Jun 08, 2003 9:46 pm
- Gender: Female
- Location: Lincoln City, Oregon
Re: Richard Wright's Best Musical Moments
his early songs with Pink Floyd. He had such a lovely voice.
-
- Supreme Lord!
- Posts: 10918
- Joined: Wed May 05, 2004 8:17 pm
- Gender: Male
- Location: Edinburgh - Scotland
Re: Richard Wright's Best Musical Moments
The Nile Song.
-
- Embryo
- Posts: 21
- Joined: Fri Aug 20, 2010 11:38 pm
Re: Richard Wright's Best Musical Moments
I always liked the outro to Cymbaline.
From about 3:00 out...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLw0C7CvL_8
From about 3:00 out...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLw0C7CvL_8
-
- Judge!
- Posts: 1571
- Joined: Fri Apr 13, 2012 1:45 pm
- Gender: Male
- Location: Gravity Eyelids
Re: Richard Wright's Best Musical Moments
My username.
Also I love his spaced out organ on Cirrus Minor, it's like it's just floating away....
Other than that, probably Time, Echoes and The Violent Sequence.
His organ solo on Matilda Mother is awesome, btw.
Also I love his spaced out organ on Cirrus Minor, it's like it's just floating away....
Other than that, probably Time, Echoes and The Violent Sequence.
His organ solo on Matilda Mother is awesome, btw.
-
- Knife
- Posts: 429
- Joined: Fri Aug 05, 2011 4:02 pm
- Gender: Female
- Location: United States
Re: Richard Wright's Best Musical Moments
His vocals on "Remember a Day" and the early live versions of "Atom Heart Mother" and "Great Gig in the Sky" in general are the first that come to mind for me. His voice can border on haunting despite his lack of confidence in his singing, and "Great Gig" is probably one of the greatest achievements of his entire career.
-
- Judge!
- Posts: 1592
- Joined: Fri Apr 02, 2010 1:30 pm
Re: Richard Wright's Best Musical Moments
I love "The Great Gig In The Sky", "Summer '68" and SOYCD parts VIII and IX (8 and 9) but nobody has spoken up for
Sysphus! And thanks to it's wiki page, I can pinpoint which parts I like.
Part one consists of an overture featuring timpani and Mellotron chords resembling an orchestra. This segues into a piano solo that dissolves into a raucous, dissonant performance as Sisyphus struggles up the hill. Part two features a piano having its strings plucked and strummed alongside percussion and tape effects of sped-up voices. Brief moments of musical calm appear in part three, as Sisyphus reaches the top of the hill; this section features a soft keyboard and organ piece with birds chirping. This lull is immediately followed by part four; a thunderous orchestral crescendo, representing the boulder falling back down the hillside. The theme of part one resurfaces as the end, indicating that Sisyphus is pushing the large rock up the hill once more.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sysyphus
I love parts one, three and four. Part two is just too goofy for me.
Sysphus! And thanks to it's wiki page, I can pinpoint which parts I like.
Part one consists of an overture featuring timpani and Mellotron chords resembling an orchestra. This segues into a piano solo that dissolves into a raucous, dissonant performance as Sisyphus struggles up the hill. Part two features a piano having its strings plucked and strummed alongside percussion and tape effects of sped-up voices. Brief moments of musical calm appear in part three, as Sisyphus reaches the top of the hill; this section features a soft keyboard and organ piece with birds chirping. This lull is immediately followed by part four; a thunderous orchestral crescendo, representing the boulder falling back down the hillside. The theme of part one resurfaces as the end, indicating that Sisyphus is pushing the large rock up the hill once more.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sysyphus
I love parts one, three and four. Part two is just too goofy for me.
-
- Judge!
- Posts: 1571
- Joined: Fri Apr 13, 2012 1:45 pm
- Gender: Male
- Location: Gravity Eyelids
Re: Richard Wright's Best Musical Moments
The Violent Sequence and Us and Them
-
- Knife
- Posts: 429
- Joined: Fri Aug 05, 2011 4:02 pm
- Gender: Female
- Location: United States
Re: Richard Wright's Best Musical Moments
I especially love this version of "The Violent Sequence"rememberaday wrote:The Violent Sequence and Us and Them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7JosSWF6mQ