Monthly Archive: June 2003

Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” Classic Album is the creative story behind the masterpiece: “Dark Side Of The Moon”. “Dark Side Of The Moon” transformed Pink Floyd from art house favorites to global, stadium superstars. Prior to 1973, Pink Floyd maintained a relentless gigging schedule and by the time they came to record “Dark Side Of The Moon” had already created many of the basic tracks. “Dark Side Of The Moon” would be the first Pink Floyd (post Syd Barrett) album where Roger Waters would supply all the lyrics around a concept: The Circle of Life. With the timeless qualities of its production and musicality, allied to the hypnotic evocation of its central themes – alienation, paranoia, madness, war and death, “Dark Side Of The Moon” would become the album that would dominate the 70’s and 80’s (with a record number of 741 consecutive weeks in the Billboard...

 David Jon Gilmour, lead guitarist of the original Pink Floyd, has been awarded an honourary CBE by Queen Elizabeth II of England in her annual awards ceremony. The ceremony coincides with her “official” birthday – one of two birthdays she has to take advantage of the good weather! Really! Recently, the Pink Floyd guitarist has given away millions of pounds to charity although he received his “Commander of the British Empire” status for his services to music. No doubt those millions of pounds he kindly chipped off the iceberg which is his personal wealth got him noticed by the ever watchful eye of Her Majesty the Queen. He donated a staggering £3.6 million to charity from the sale of his London mansion where his children grew up. The money went to the charity “Crisis“. David Gilmour said “There’s nothing quite like having a large house that you don’t need to...