My first really truly soul-shaking audio-experience happened when as a teenager I listened to Pink Floyd records in the basement of my parent’s house: I had two towering Infinity loudspeakers, a Yamaha amplifier and a comfy chair in the (almost) sound-proof cellar and I listened for hours to Pink Floyd's record The Wall. When I recently went to the South of England I drove past a massive and empty structure that used to be a power station. And I knew the building immediately as it features on the Pink Floyd-cover of the record Animals. The picture of the ramshackle and crumbling power station reminded today me of Syd Barrett, the gloomy and psychedelic founder of Pink Floyd, who died this week, aged 60. He was the brain-child and god-father of psychedelic rock, "the Ikarus of psychedelic rock", as he once was dubbed. I have to admit that especially the record The Wall still leaves me startled and I never fully grasped the magnitude of some Pink Floyd records. But maybe they can only be understood under the influence of mind-altering substances, as Syd was an avid user of them. Anyhow, may he rest in piece.
Picture: Spot the pig on the Pink Floyd cover of the record Animals. 
Oh, awesome! I love Pink Floyd. Where is it?
Posted by: Taylor | October 08, 2007 at 05:12 AM