영국의 프로그레시브록밴드 Pink Floyd의 키보디스트 Rick Wright가 암으로 사망했다.
Pink Floyd. 그들은 학창시절 나의 영웅이었다. 그리고 족히 20년은 넘은 지금도 나를 지탱해주는 친구이자, 내가 잃지않고 싶었던 아티스트였다.
그들의 깊은 사운드를 뒤에서 조율하던 Rick Wright는 두말할 필요가 없었지.
나 뿐만 아니라 전 세계 많은 젊음들의 우상이었을 大밴드의 전설도, 그 전설을 만들어가던 멤버들도 세월앞에서는 이렇게 사라져가나보다.
오늘 아침에도 'Shine on You Crazy Diamond'를 들으면서 왔는데...
가장 보고 싶었던 아티스트의 죽음앞에 그저 쓸쓸한 마음만 들 뿐이다.
Richard 형님, 천국에서도 좋은 음악 들려주세요. 명복을 빕니다.
Richard Wright (1945~2008)
David Gilmour, Monday 15th September 2008
No one can replace Richard Wright. He was my musical partner and my friend.
In the welter of arguments about who or what was Pink Floyd, Rick's enormous input was frequently forgotten.
He was gentle, unassuming and private but his soulful voice and playing were vital, magical components of our most recognised Pink Floyd sound.
I have never played with anyone quite like him. The blend of his and my voices and our musical telepathy reached their first major flowering in 1971 on 'Echoes'. In my view all the greatest PF moments are the ones where he is in full flow. After all, without 'Us and Them' and 'The Great Gig In The Sky', both of which he wrote, what would 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' have been? Without his quiet touch the Album 'Wish You Were Here' would not quite have worked.
I have never played with anyone quite like him. The blend of his and my voices and our musical telepathy reached their first major flowering in 1971 on 'Echoes'. In my view all the greatest PF moments are the ones where he is in full flow. After all, without 'Us and Them' and 'The Great Gig In The Sky', both of which he wrote, what would 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' have been? Without his quiet touch the Album 'Wish You Were Here' would not quite have worked.
In our middle years, for many reasons he lost his way for a while, but in the early Nineties, with 'The Division Bell', his vitality, spark and humour returned to him and then the audience reaction to his appearances on my tour in 2006 was hugely uplifting and it's a mark of his modesty that those standing ovations came as a huge surprise to him, (though not to the rest of us).
Like Rick, I don't find it easy to express my feelings in words, but I loved him and will miss him enormously.
David Gilmour, Monday 15th September 2008
Pink Floyd Pulse Tour - "Great Gig in the Sky"
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