proof positive that the sounds richard coaxed out of the piano/organ/keyboard were the underlying driving force of most of pink floyd's music. not to take anything away from daivid,roger and nick,but the way richard layered the soundscapes of their music with his magic fingers took us to places we never dreamed possible.
@@Oh_I_Will His Hammond Organ work on Animals (especially on Sheep) and The Wall was still great, although he didn't give that much creative contributions anymore.
He was the only musician (academical, with debussy as influence) in the band. His contribution into their best albums, tdsotm and wywh, is immeasurable for the 'pink floyd sound' as we perceive it. Classy experimental dude.
@@Robert63675 in my humble opinion Richard Wright was extremely gifted, his gift was not speed or virtuosism but his playing was full of spirituality, he was gifted because he was able to express so much and so intense with a few notes, always the right notes and always made you feel that electricity up your spine. Even when he played through an apparently scary and cold piece, he put all his heart and soul into it. Regards from Spain.
@@didakelx It's not that he lacked "virtuosity." He was generally a mediocre performer, without much imagination. Moreover, he had no talent for composing. He knew the theory a little better than the rest of the band, so he made up the music a little better. You can come up with music without any talent for composing, just having an elementary ear for music and knowing the basics of theory. And it's not hard to impress the average listener with electronic long primitive solos, especially on good equipment. Regard from Russia
he played the soundtrack of my youth - Rick and PF more than anybody else, his beautiful harmonies and gentle spirit .. No Rick - no Pink. A most classic example of musical chemistry between members in a group
+ivan kovacevic Agreed, absolutely. I've been listening to Floyd since the 70s, and saw them twice. People always underestimated Rick's contribution to Floyd, but all my favourite tracks -- Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part 1, Saucerful of Secrets, Echoes, etc. all involved Rick singing and / or playing. I've heard it said that Gilmour was the heart of PF and Waters the brains, but to me Rick was the AIR that PF's music breathed in.
Among others, shine on you crazy diamond and the great gig in the sky. . . My thinking is that if it weren't for Rick, these sounds or anything similar to it would not have been possible. . . Thank you Rick! Rest in peace~
Where does one come across footage like this? I am an almost life-long fan of all things The Pink Floyd and I've never seen this! Fantastic insight into what went into the sound of Pink Floyd :) RIP Richard Wright.
@jameslujack"rick wright made pink floyd RIGHT. when he left it became less pink...and less Floyd." Without Syd, the band was no longer Pink; without Richard, it was no longer Floyd.
Saucerful of secrets... que tal creación!!! Y la voz de Gilmour compagina con los teclados de Wright constituyendo una obra que es ya clásica y lo será por siempre.., como un Bach o un vivladi...
Noooo...para mi la version Pompeya es MUY superior. Esta esta buena, ok. Pero tal vez un poco demasiado larga, y enferma. La de Pompeya es "mas cancion"
Rick right never got enough credit for being pivotal in the sound of Pink Floyd. Roger is a great lyricist but the relationship between David gilmour and Rick wright on stage is what made this band
Rick and Nick were always overshadowed by the fanciness of Rog and Dave, though they were absolutely brilliant. Not technical, but very musical. This video shows how creative Rick was. This sort of experimenting isn't something you would get out of Dave or Roger.
The soul and spirit of Pink Floyds freak out music was Rick Wright, Dead Heads probably still fear for their life because, Pink Floyd can be PSYCHOTRONIX.#The Wall, really is an embarrassment to Pink Floyd.
Covellechi They don't. I think it's most likely Rick ran the sound through a Binson Echorec device, which he had attached on his main (at the time, together with Hammond organ) Farfisa organ to experiment with sounds.
I think a polished up and shortened version of this is in the Early Years 1965-1972 box set. If I'm right this was recorded at the Royal Festival Hall, London in 1969 during rehearsals for 'The Man and The Journey'.
Yes, he is absolutely brilliant, i bet if Bach, Chopin, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, or even Oscar Peterson would be begging Rick Wright for Lessons.
One talented Rick Wright i often thought some of davids solos were influenced by ricks playing, their interplay in crazy diamond a good example 'the greatest' band ever❤❤❤
Just Great!!! thank you very much for posting this. The music of these musicians got me out of a lot of dark places. this music will live forever and ever. and be listened to countless more people. makes ya smile.
His playing goes so deep and ruled the Feel of Listening. Even on a far out Trip he managed to bring the Listener down to Earth again. Thank him with a Tear in my Eye
you're absolutely right. The first thing that I thought when I heard PF's music, specifically the approach of the organ, I had to think of Bach. That was in 1969, I was 15 years old. My mom educated me with classical music, my dad favored jazz, yet my highschool friends introduced me to the world of imagination :)
I was thinking this as well. From what I've read, parts of this session were used on the track Autumn '68 on the final album The Endless River. Sort of a bookend to the song from Atom Heart Mother, Summer '68. I've always wondered if there were video, don't think I've seen it before.
I'm pretty sure this is the Royal Festival Hall. The audience boxes you see at 1'30" are very distinctive. The roof interior and the organ console have changed over the years since then, but def the RFH I'm sure. Also, very typically dead RFH acoustic. Whatever, - Wish I Was There!
The lsnippets of a long lost Pink Floyd song I heard from the video,PINK FLOYD ODDS AND ALLSORTS,1968-1977 was around the 8 minute mark of the video and was a track from the Committee LP. The song in its entirety had a melodic keyboard, trippy middle 8 guitar solo with some lyrics sung by I believe Roger. If anyone knows the title of this song, please share it with me. Thanks!😂
There was a nice ,melodic JAM on THE COMMITTEE LP that reminded me of a long,lost,very Floyd song that ii heard on the radio 31-32 years ago. The 5 minute,upbeat track had a baroque-like keyboard melody and a trippy guitar solo. Does anyone know this song's title?
This sounds like the organ at the Concertgebouw.... so yes, he did use the pipe organ. Whenever one was available at the venue, they did "Celestial Voices" on it.
The Royal Albert Hall Pipe Organ! Some of his performance from this gig is on "The Endless River." David wrote around the recording in tribute of his old friend! He acknowledged Rick as being fundamental to the Pink Floyd sound.
It's during the Royal Albert Hall gig that Dave gets blown across the stage by a faulty mic. He says during the Meltdown concert he did for Robert Wyatt at the Hall
...except for computers digital is IT (lol). I play electronic organ and grew up in the 70's when all we had was analog equipment. I knew good and well at age 15 in 1980 that it was a prime time to start buying up all of the analog gear because it would never be matched by a digital domain. NOW, as in 2011 there are analog electronic organs that are all over America's Craigslist for cheap! Buy Wurlitzer's, their parts are still readily available at Morelock's in Mississippi+ Wurli's have synths
La grande période novatrice du floyd qui se perdra et se diluera... dans Dark side of the moon et le triste Wall qui n'a plus rien à voir avec le floyd!
