My Favorite Band

551 Section Jennifer Velasquez Martinez

Some bands turn into shorthand for a certain sound or style, and Pink Floyd
belongs among that elite group. The very name connotes something specific: an
elastic, echoing, mind-bending sound that evokes the chasms of space. Pink
Floyd grounded that limitless sound with exacting explorations of mundane
matters of ego, mind, touching upon madness, narcissism, and society on their
concept albums of the '70s.
 Biography
Pink Floyd were founded in 1965 by
students Syd Barrett on guitar and lead
vocals, Nick Mason on drums, Roger Waters
on bass and vocals, and Richard Wright on
keyboards and vocals. They gained
popularity performing in London's
underground music scene during the late
1960s.
Following creative tensions, Wright left Pink
Floyd in 1979, followed by Waters in 1985.
Gilmour and Mason continued as Pink Floyd;
Wright rejoined them as a session musician
and, later, a band member. The three
produced two more albums, A Momentary
Lapse of Reason (1987) and The Division
Bell (1994), and toured until 1994. After
nearly two decades of acrimony, Pink Floyd
reunited with Waters in 2005 for a
Band - Characteristics

AMBIENT SOUND
CONCEPTUALIZATION
DREAMSCAPES
LOOPS
SLIDE GUITAR
NUANCE & SUBTLETY
FADE-IN AND FADE-OUT
Most
Famous
Songs
Another Brick in the Wall, Pt.2 - Shine on You
Crazy Diamond - Wish You Were Here Time -
Hey You - Us and Them - High Hopes - Pigs
(Three Different Ones) - Learning to Fly - The
Great Gig in the Sky.
 Comfortably Numb
Hello? Hello? Hello?
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear meIs there anyone
at home?
Come on nowI hear you're feeling down
Well I can ease your pain
Get you on your feet again
RelaxI'll need some information first
Just the basic facts
Can you show me where it hurts?
There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're
saying
When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain you would not understand
This is not how I am
OkayJust a little pinprick
There'll be no more, ah
But you may feel a little sick
Can you stand up?
I do believe it's working, good
That'll keep you going through the
show
Come on it's time to go
There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what
you're saying
When I was a childI caught a fleeting
glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown
The dream is gone
 Plcidamente Paralizado

hola...? cuando yo era nio tuve una fiebre

hay alguien ah? mis manos se sintieron como dos
asiente con la cabeza si puedes orme globos
hay alguien en casa? ahora vuelvo a tener esa sensacin
vamos, he odo que te sientes mal no lo puedo explicar, no lo
yo puedo aliviar tu dolor entenderas
y ponerte en pie otra vez no es as como soy
reljate. necesitar primero alguna me he quedado plcidamente
informacin paralizado.
slo los hechos bsicos
puedes mostrarme donde te duele?.
no hay dolor, est disminuyendo
un barco distante humea en el horizonte
ests atravesndolo a oleadas
tus labios se mueven pero
no puedo or lo que dices
 Content of the Song

When the song was adapted to the film, it

took on an extra layer of meaning in
context. The song begins when the
protagonist's manager bursts in to find him
(the protagonist) in a drug-induced state of
catalepsy, where he sat there,
unresponsive.This scene was both inspired
by Roger's experience (a doctor wakes the
protagonist up with an injection) and by Syd
Barrett, the founder of Pink Floyd. Syd
developed schizophrenia due in large part to
his massive LSD use, and ultimately was
forced out of the band he had founded. The
second half of the film, where the
protagonist goes insane, was based in large
part on Syd.In that sense, "Comfortably
Numb" is one of the last lyrics Roger Waters
Pink
Floyd
Comfortably
Comfortably
Numb
Numb
 Conclusion
Their sonic universe is
expansive, intense, and
challenging ... Where most
other bands neatly fit the
songs to the music, the two
forming a sort of autonomous
and seamless whole complete
with memorable hooks, Pink
Floyd tends to set lyrics within
a broader soundscape that
often seems to have a life of its
own ... Pink Floyd employs
extended, stand-alone
instrumentals which are never
mere vehicles for showing off
virtuoso but are planned and