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Pink Floyd kind of got their first flush of success doing gigs with an innovative light show created by their landlord, who was a lecturer at Hornsey Art Colleg
by Joeboy 3y ago
Pink Floyd kind of got their first flush of success doing gigs with an innovative light show created by their landlord, who was a lecturer at Hornsey Art College. In the '70s they started projecting films behind the band as they played. Three of their eight pre-Dark Side albums (including Zabriskie Point here) were soundtracks. Us and Them started off as a piece for the Zabriskie Point soundtrack, where I believe it was supposed to be used as kind of ironic counterpoint to footage of riots.
So in a way it's not too surprising their music makes a good soundtrack. They (well mostly Roger) always had the full audiovisual experience in mind.
Edit: The instrumental section of Money is based on the live soundtrack they did for the moon landing in 1969.
- default-kramer 3y agoAt first I thought you were making a joke about the moon landing being filmed on a movie set. Nope! This is actually a really cool fact I hadn't heard before. https://ultimateclassicrock.com/pink-floyd-moon-landing/ https://ultimateclassicrock.com/pink-floyd-moon-landing/ > When viewers in the U.K. gazed upon their television sets on July 21, 1969, they were witnessing history. Man was setting foot on the Moon for the first time, and providing the soundtrack was legendary rock band Pink Floyd. > The BBC recognized how historically significant the Moon landing would be and planned its programming accordingly. Over a 10-day period the network provided more than 27 hours' worth of material that was about or inspired by the Moon landing. These included news reports, children’s shows and Moon-centric entertainment.