My sister is doing a project on Pink Floyd for school.?

Question

does anyone have any weird or unusual facts about them. she is nine so nothing too bad please!!!!

Answer 1

Not off the top of my head. But, for the love of God, DO NOT let her see even a minute of The Wall. That's almost inappropriate for adults.


But the song the first guy is talking about is Empty Spaces, on the album The Wall. This is what can be heard when it's played backwards at a certain part:

"Congratulations. You've just discovered the secret message. Please send your answer to Old Pink, care of the Funny Farmhouse".

This was obviously recorded backwards INTENTIONALLY.

Answer 2

Not sure how much of this is in the Wikipedia, not going to take the time to look.

One time they played so loud at a concert by a lake that it killed all the fish in the lake.

Syd Baret the origional guitarist/singer used to have to play with his back to the audience in his last days with the band.

Many feel that the Wall is based on Syd Barret. The band officially denies this however.

Pink Floyd has two of the all time best selling albumns. The only group I believe to do this since the 50s when they started seriously keeping track. The Wall and Dark side of the moon both have remained on the top 100 selling albumn list for phenonamal times. Dark Side of the moon set a record that may never be broken as record sales are becoming a thing of the past, in how long it remained on the top 100 sales list.

Roger Waters the bass player and David Gilmore the guitarist who replaced Sid Barret hated each other. For years they worked together only for the sake of the band. One time Gilmore actually swung his guitar at Water's head the fued was that intense. That is just what the public heard about it. Suspect there is lots more the public never heard about. Yet the two teamed up to be one of the greatest songwriting combinations in music history. On music efforts without the other you can hear components of Pink Floyd but there is the noticable abscence of the other component. Somehow they made it work. Putting aside thier differences long enough to write and record the music.

Answer 3

The founding member and original songwriter Syd Barret left the band before they had any success due to his problems with schizophrenia... The hit single "Wish You Were Here" is about Syd.

The album "The Dark Side of the Moon" was mastered in the studio to be played as a soundtrack alongside the movie "The Wizard of Oz," contrary to popular belief, there is no way it could have been an accident, as Roger Waters claims...

All of the saxophone and other various instrumental solos were originally composed by David Gilmour on the guitar.

Pink Floyd is ******* awesome. THAT'S A COOL FACT.

Answer 4

People think the 1st. Pink Floyd album was the first commercial album to be recorded using Digital Mastering, but in fact the first commercial album to be mastered using Digital Recording instead of Analog or Hi-Fi was the 1967 Album Casino Royale, a spoof on James Bond films. It was always played on the radio continuosly because the sound was so clear, like 1973's Pink Floyd Album Dark Side of the Moon.
PS. My sisters husbands grandfather had what was referred to as Laser Disks in the 1950's, but they did not sell as the record companies did not want to change all their recording equiptment from Analog and Hi Fidelity to Laser
until the mid 1980's.

Answer 5

Pink Floyd was popular for laser light shows and the last time I saw then was about 5 years ago and had to watch so closely to them they sounded so perfect that I thought they were lip sinking dont think they were though was a good concert evev though the seat were on the floor so everyone stood so my lil wife could't see to well. They were of a different type of gener of music and were concidered cycodelic.

Answer 6

Well, check out the movie "The Wall".
After you watch it, you will have a good idea of where the group's minds were at, and what their expereince and background is.
it is an older movie, so maybe a little tough for you to get through, but perhaps it will give you an idea of what life was like for them and their country, then you might have a better idea where to look for facts

Answer 7

Since their album "dark side of the moon" was released back in 1973, it has never been out of the top 100 album charts!!

Also dark side of the moon synchronises with the wizard of oz, so if you watch the wiz of oz while listening to dark side you'll notice some weird stuff

Answer 8

There is this one song (can't remember the name of it) but it has this one part that is just music, but when you listen closely you can hear what sounds like someone muttering. When you play it backwards it says somthing like "congradulations, you have found the secret message, care of the funny farm, chiofont."

Answer 9

Yes.

DO NOT LET HER SEE THE WALL. She is much too young for that movie. It's way to strange and heavy for a little girl.

Answer 10

Go to www.wikipedia.com/ its possibly the most comprehensive and CLEAN article you find on them including a trivia of interesting facts.