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15 September 2008

Off To The Great Gig in the Sky.... Pink Floyds' keyboardist gone at 65 - cancer.

post by: Lipstick Thespian at: 12:23 | 11 comments

Damn.

posted by chewatadistance 15 September | 13:10

Seriously, damn. I remember being 18 and on acid watching "Live In Pompeii" and thinking he was just awesome.

Cute, too. (It's him who asks for his pie with the crusts cut off, right?)

What a loss.

posted by loiseau 15 September | 13:45

Pink Floyd really is something you should be done with by the end of college (if not before). But I always thought that Wright was the most talented musician of the bunch. So RIP good sir.

posted by kodama 15 September | 14:02

You can have my Piper at the Gates of Dawn when you pry it from my corpse.

The problem with Pink Floyd is people take their reputation as a stoner band too seriously.

posted by muddgirl 15 September | 14:47

Damn. That's really sad - I kept on hoping that, by some miracle, they would get back together and I would actually get to see them all play together at least once in my life. There's another dream gone ...

Shine on, Rick.

*directs withering stare at kodama*

posted by dg 15 September | 15:01

I kept on hoping that, by some miracle, they would get back together and I would actually get to see them all play together at least once in my life.

Ditto.

posted by muddgirl 15 September | 15:08

Agh. That sucks.

You can have my Piper at the Gates of Dawn when you pry it from my corpse.

Word.

posted by BoringPostcards 15 September | 15:15

wow

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posted by MonkeyButter 15 September | 15:32

I played 'Brain damage/Eclipse' at the bar during the dry cycle of my laundry in tribute. RIP, Mr. Wright, you took part in some great rock music.

posted by jonmc 15 September | 15:33

My mom actually called me tonight to tell me about this! Heh. She remembers my high school days better than I do, I bet.

posted by BoringPostcards 15 September | 19:50

“And I am not frightened of dying. Any time will do; I don’t mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There’s no reason for it -- you’ve gotta go sometime.”

.

posted by treepour 15 September | 23:12

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