PINK FLOYD'S RICHARD WRIGHT FULL UNCUT INTERVIEW

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    On September 21 2001, Director John Edginton conducted a lengthy interview with Rick Wright for his Syd Barrett documentary "THE PINK FLOYD AND SYD BARRETT STORY". The filming took place in Rick's London house.
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  • @JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES
    @JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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  • @Geezer-yf8hv
    @Geezer-yf8hv ปีที่แล้ว +475

    I loved this interview with Rick!! He was the one who never talked ill about the other members of the band! Even against Roger, who forced him out of the band during the Wall recordings! He is/was a very nice man, and never sounded bitter about it! He deserved much better treatment, since his contributions was very intergral to the sound of the band!

    • @charleshussey7994
      @charleshussey7994 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      absolutely correct... Part of a dying breed of Englishman

    • @maidentexas7848
      @maidentexas7848 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Roger is a tosser... And that's coming from a HUGE fan of his work...
      R.I.P. Mr. Wright

    • @zyriuz2
      @zyriuz2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Rick is the glue
      Roger is the firery bass/lyrics
      David is the riff/solo master
      Nick is the master of adapting and doing that with a certain edge
      Syd is the soul, who even got all the previous guys thinking well unaware outside the box, and all of that lead to a bunch of guys doing extraordinary experimatental stuff and eventually getting good at it using all their powers they got. Guitar/lyrics with syd (especially with jugband blues) who was really a self aware and yet at the same time gone jester that engaged the other guys in the band.

    • @vicinvesta8349
      @vicinvesta8349 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Roger Waters is a soul eater.

    • @jeannieurena9687
      @jeannieurena9687 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Well put!

  • @korayblues865
    @korayblues865 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    Rest in peace dear Richard, there is nothing to be said, there can be no Pink Floyd without you... You are missed so much...
    🇬🇧

  • @21darkster
    @21darkster ปีที่แล้ว +248

    Rest In Peace to one of the greatest pianists of all time. Thank you for making the music that you made. People like me who are lost in life love the calming/powerful messages that you made through your music. As I’m starting overcome my depression over social anxiety and start to go out into the world, I have you to thank for helping me stay alive by keeping me calm when I am down through your music. I know I probably said too much information for TH-cam comments but Pink Floyd saved my life multiple times.

    • @JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES
      @JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES  ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Thank you for sharing this. I think there others on here who will really appreciate your openness

    • @mikaeldk5700
      @mikaeldk5700 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Beautiful comment. I can relate to this, when life is down, there is always the beauty of hearing them all together, Echoes, DSOM, Shine On... I saw them on the Pulse tour; the last thing in my life I will ever forget.

    • @celestialdive2899
      @celestialdive2899 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      4:20

    • @glennspringthorpe6227
      @glennspringthorpe6227 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ex Yr

    • @stevetruth2696
      @stevetruth2696 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I honestly would be stark raving mad without music. I learned to play and that opened a whole world, even if it was living room parties... Never Give Up!

  • @zuckerinternational7087
    @zuckerinternational7087 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    The George Harrison of keyboards. All about the music & nothing about shredding.
    Possibly, the most underrated keyboardist in rock history. There is no PF without the ambience he created.
    Remember A Day was delightful.

    • @talrasha1985
      @talrasha1985 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Nick Mason would agree with you:
      "Like George Harrison, Rick wrote and sang, but becme eclipsed by everyone else"
      "It's almost that George Harrison thing. You sort of forget that they did a lot more than perhaps they're given credit for"

  • @larrypeterka7714
    @larrypeterka7714 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Had the opportunity to spend some time with Rick and his family in Big Sky Montana in 2003. He was married to an American gal who was a good friend of my girlfriend from Atlanta. We were vacationing at Big Sky when they happened to be there and had pizza with them at their vacation home and had an interesting conversation about John Denver. He had a very British attitude about things including the proper way to use your eating utensils. We were staying at an inexpensive hotel that had an indoor pool and Rick had a young son who wanted to go swimming. Strange sitting around a budget hotel pool with the keyboardist for the Floyd!

    • @miaknig3130
      @miaknig3130 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      WTH?!? That's beyond cool. I would have bugged him until he ran for a posh hotel to avoid riffraff like myself.

  • @patrickwebb7388
    @patrickwebb7388 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Richard was never given the credit he deserved...he was the heart and soul of Pink Floyd

    • @meep2576
      @meep2576 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think he was the heart and soul of Pink Floyd also 🖤

  • @AntonymesMusic
    @AntonymesMusic ปีที่แล้ว +128

    The fermentation period for Pink Floyd was a prolonged process, but when they eventually found their sound Richard was very much at the centre of it. His playing was never over flashy but always sensitive to everyone else. He brought so much colour to their sound. More than this he always came across as a beautiful human being, with a warmth that really grounded him. For me the biggest loss for the band. Love you always Richard.

    • @mairyhuff7102
      @mairyhuff7102 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      His playing was a blank canvass for David Gilmours style! both were absolute genius playing together

    • @KD0410
      @KD0410 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Completely agree with you both. 2 musicians we wish could live and record forever. Rick’s loss was tremendous and Roger should forever regret the way he treated him. But that’s Roger….

    • @sarahleediscordia2840
      @sarahleediscordia2840 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So true.

    • @nicholasprotz4297
      @nicholasprotz4297 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@KD0410 The band sacked Richard not Waters. Do some research.

    • @KD0410
      @KD0410 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@nicholasprotz4297 learn to read the post properly before showing your ignorance.

  • @raulmacias6146
    @raulmacias6146 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Richard William "Rick" Wright was a wonderful and decent English gentleman.
    Rest In Peace.

  • @loki3292
    @loki3292 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    As a guitarist, I've always been a Gilmour fan; but to be honest, it's always been the keyboards that pulled me into Pink Floyd. My first album was Meddle, and Rick's contribution to that album is absolutely titanic.

  • @darz_k.
    @darz_k. ปีที่แล้ว +9

    ..he keeps reminding me of Graham Coxon, the way he talks.
    I never understand any notion of Rick Wright not being as big a part in Pink Floyd as any other member.
    He was probably actually the coolest dude in the group.

  • @alessandrovitali606
    @alessandrovitali606 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Rick was the real essence of Pink Floyd!

  • @RaymondMcAteer
    @RaymondMcAteer ปีที่แล้ว +24

    First off, I have to say thank you, John for posting these interviews with David, Nick, Rick and Roger. I've only seen the interviews with David and Roger. I just finished watching this one with Richard and I am immediately transported back to Venice in August of 2006 whereupon one night during my two weeks over in Venice and subsequent trip to Megiste, the inspiration for David's 'On An Island", I actually met Rick and his wife. We spent the better part of a couple of hours talking.
    We covered a wide range of topics and not all of it was relegated to sycophantic fawning. Rick and I shared common ground with our love for sailing and we talked rather expansively on that alone. When we did veer off into the music we discussed influences and styles. I had kept it to myself for a little bit that I was also an aspiring pianist and keyboardist and when we started to talk about others we admired and, in my case tried to emulate I had made it known that I was largely inspired by Ray Manzarek of The Doors and him. By this time we were working on our second bottle of chianti and Millie had excused herself by that point to go back to their hotel. She gave me a look of approval and smiled and left us.
    I felt a certain kinship and it warmed my heart to have this experience of talking with one of my heroes. We touched upon other pianists and keyboardists and Rick confessed that he had a tremendous amount of admiration and respect for Ray Manzarek briefly mentioning the slight parallel of Jim Morrison and Syd Barrett, both being difficult to work with. Of course there are differences between the antics and manipulations of Jim Morrison and the "black holes in the sky" vapidness and sometimes genius of Roger Keith Barrett's decline. Both succumbed to the vagaries of stardom and popularity. Whereas Syd's contributions were from 1965 to 1968 with only one full album and one song before his "ouster"; Jim Morrison's career at least lasted through five albums, six if you count 'An American Prayer' post-Jim's death.
    We also got into a brief discussion about his battle with depression and while some of it was rooted in the loss of Syd, he talked about his first marriage to Juliette Gale for a few minutes before he directed the conversation towards the subject of Millie and her depression and then back to his time working with Pink Floyd after 'The Dark Side of The Moon' and on. I had brought up that I had lost my Grandfather back in the Fall of 2005 and I told him how the music had helped me through the grieving process and especially his 'Broken China' and David's 'On An Island'. I told him that I found the music to be therapeutic and we gestated into the above conversation. He was very empathetic and understanding. He was candid, funny, sincere and warm. In a manner he was like finding a long lost relative.
    [Note: For the record I was truly devastated by his death as it had subsequently occurred after the deaths of my own Mother and Grandmother who had died over what I call "The Great Labor Day Massacre". They had died nearly 48 hours apart. My Grandmother passed away Sunday morning, August 31st at 1:41 a.m. and my Mother passed away at 1:43 a.m. on September the 2nd which consequently knocked my universe completely askance to say the least. So when Richard Wright passed that Tuesday, September 15th of 2008 I was just absolutely devastated and inconsolable for the rest of that year and into 2009.] I have since picked up the pieces of my life and moved on but not without that tiny whisper of melancholy that creeps in once in a blue moon.
    Again thank you, John for sharing these expanded interviews. They help in dispelling the clouds and I have cause again to smile to myself and go,
    "Remember That Night...
    The warmth and the laughter..."
    Thank You, John !!

  • @markhenrynoll5601
    @markhenrynoll5601 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I've loved his keyboards for 50 years.

  • @ralphsmith3529
    @ralphsmith3529 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    One of the most innovative and intelligent keyboard artists ever. He contributed so much to the sound and uniqueness of Pink Floyd. RIP.

  • @davepoul8483
    @davepoul8483 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Great guy... underrated keyboard player and song writer... badly treeated by Waters....RIP Rich

  • @davidsimon2096
    @davidsimon2096 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    What a gentle and genuinely humble man Richard Wright was. Hard to believe he was one of the most successful musicians on the planet.

    • @waynesilverman3048
      @waynesilverman3048 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Does remind me of Graham coxon a bit like his tone of voice coincidence as he's a fan of syd

  • @brendangilmore4297
    @brendangilmore4297 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Rick was to Pink Floyd what John Paul Jones was to Zep. There's always that one quiet band member in the background who turns out to be the real source of their "Sound"

    • @c.e.anderson558
      @c.e.anderson558 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Each was integral part until roger wasn't.
      I've said it before I'm 65 year old ex-doper and I still don't know 75% of the lyrics to all those classic tunes .
      DSOTM with mundane lyrics would have had the same initial impact.
      Perhaps after a few weeks of hashing out lyrics thing would gain more relevance.
      But the music and melodies and arrangements captured the world out of the gate.

  • @adriennemaller4024
    @adriennemaller4024 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    There would be no Pink Floyd without Rick. R.I.P. ETERNALLY.

  • @magiscichoam
    @magiscichoam 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    An extraordinarily reserved and brilliant musician. Wright’s contribution to the evolution of the music and visual narrative of Pink Floyd is of inestimable importance.

  • @VashTheStampede4K
    @VashTheStampede4K 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Thank you very much for this.
    Rick is my favorite member of Pink Floyd. I love his musical style and his music.
    *R.I.P. Richard Wright, the soul of Pink Floyd. We miss you.*

    • @mikearchibald744
      @mikearchibald744 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, just hit this and it started where he says "its always been a dream of mine to see Syd". And I guess now he has. Everybody says that he was just a sweetheart of a guy. Except maybe his first wife.

  • @ranjitverdi5702
    @ranjitverdi5702 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Just an immense talent and a sad loss..I saw Floyd live at Newcastle City Hall..circa 73 and managed too get back stage after the gig.Managed to meet Mason and Wright..Just a really genuine guy..Rip Rick🌈

    • @grangrampa832
      @grangrampa832 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So lucky you met them 😊

  • @brycemcmartin3094
    @brycemcmartin3094 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I’m 20 and I love this band so much, this guy’s demeanor is so calm and relaxing

  • @jipangoo
    @jipangoo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I really loved RW. He strikes me as being a really gentle sort of guy.

  • @brentjdowney
    @brentjdowney ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Pink floyd was over when he died. He was amazing.

  • @InfectiousGroovePodcast
    @InfectiousGroovePodcast ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I love Rick so much, what a great interview. Although he's passed and we all miss him, I am so thankful we got so much amazing material from him while he was with us.

  • @murfdude1505
    @murfdude1505 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Richard has always been my favorite band member. Speaks from the heart.

  • @sandygalbraith9491
    @sandygalbraith9491 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    That was an excellent interview, John. One rarely heard from Rick, but as the interview showed, still waters certainly ran deep. He was insightful and honest in a manner that one rarely observes in rock stars. In fact, that is probably what made the Pink Floyd stand out so obviously from the crowd. Beyond their amazing creativity, all four were engaging individuals who exuded intelligence. And, presumably, so did Syd.

  • @davsaltego
    @davsaltego 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    The soul of the band

    • @janpierzchala2004
      @janpierzchala2004 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Roger was the brain, mind.

    • @janpierzchala2004
      @janpierzchala2004 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      David was the voice, the sound of the band

  • @kristlepickles
    @kristlepickles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Rick is so very missed. ❤

  • @Brian_Boru
    @Brian_Boru 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    How wonderful to see him speaking like this. Thank you. RIP Rick. You brought so much happiness to the world.

  • @jdsew5579
    @jdsew5579 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    What a humble man, such a great musician. Miss him. Happy to be able to enjoy his music.

  • @deepfreeze11
    @deepfreeze11 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    This guy was so humble, he is the greatest keyboard player ever !

    • @vicinvesta8349
      @vicinvesta8349 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Jon Lord?
      I think it is great disservice to call somebidy "the greatest this or that". Rick made Pink Floyd the magic that they were. And that is quite a great accommodation already.

    • @bluebellbeatnik4945
      @bluebellbeatnik4945 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@vicinvesta8349 let it go, Jon

    • @heftosprod
      @heftosprod ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There is no greatest ever

    • @jamesheath7601
      @jamesheath7601 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ray Manzarek

    • @heftosprod
      @heftosprod ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jamesheath7601 Liberace?

  • @carlubambi5541
    @carlubambi5541 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Fantastic interview .I fell in love with Pink Floyd when my neighbour was playing Echoes.He had a brand new stereo and I sat in the chair and I swear I was in the middle of the Ocean and imagining being out there .The sound stage just blew me away .I was 5 years old !

    • @Therealderry433
      @Therealderry433 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @tetrahedron1000
      @tetrahedron1000 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When I was 12-13 years old, I would listen to A Saucerful of Secrets and Ummagumma and imagine that I was floating in space.

    • @DJDanceClassic
      @DJDanceClassic 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@tetrahedron1000 that is nothing, when i was that age I *was* floating in space

  • @lakedistrict9450
    @lakedistrict9450 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    What a lovely human.

  • @Swat-ed5bt
    @Swat-ed5bt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Thanks John for sharing this gem. Rip Richard, your music shines on.....

  • @sickoftheleftwingscum
    @sickoftheleftwingscum ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What amazes me about the Syd Barrett story when he came in the studio and no one recognized him is how he was let in at the door I presume someone knew who he was otherwise he wouldn't have got in !

  • @weeooh1
    @weeooh1 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Ricks synth/keyboards on Any Color You Like is perhaps the most mesmerizing tunes I've heard anywhere.

    • @bookhouseboy280
      @bookhouseboy280 ปีที่แล้ว

      It possesses formidable transportive properties: th-cam.com/video/ze6C9De45yM/w-d-xo.html

  • @theesperanzacompromisebyja9044
    @theesperanzacompromisebyja9044 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Apparently this guy was the Don Juan of Pink Floyd. Women fantasize about David Gilmour but Rick Wright was the leading scorer.

    • @kennienichols2419
      @kennienichols2419 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I mean... look at him in Pompeii 😅

  • @jeffreyroberts7438
    @jeffreyroberts7438 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    A total class act, sadly now gone! Waters could learn some humility and class from Richard Wright.

    • @audiomez
      @audiomez ปีที่แล้ว +1

      An understatement indeed!!!!!

  • @ProfessorKenneth
    @ProfessorKenneth 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Rick was the "pulse" of Pink Floyd. He was brilliant and seemed like a cool bloke. He's on my list of favourite musicians.🎹🙏🏻 Pink Floyd.. besides the Beatles..are my favourite band.

  • @jimromanski2702
    @jimromanski2702 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Superb interview. What a kind and warm person Rick Wright was. It really takes me back to an essential element about Pink Floyd. That they lost their creative and musical leader and very close friend. How they picked up afterwards and how it influenced their work going forward is clearer to me now. And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention how much I enjoyed Wright's lovely keyboard work. Wish You Were Here is also my favorite Floyd album and there's some great keyboard work there for sure. Thanks again!

  • @attilakovacs5803
    @attilakovacs5803 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I'm very glad that I live in an age when technique and science make it possible to watch this interview and listen to the voice of one of my greatest idols in my teenage years. I played (and still play) the piano and being able to create wonderful atmospheres like Rick did with his keyboards has always been my deam. Whenever Rick touched the first note, you immediately knew that it was him, and the tone of the song was set. His subtle keyboard playing was all that music should be about: feelings. That ability is something that cannot be learnt at schools. RIP Rick, you are missed so much, and definitely will be remembered forever.👍❤️🎹🎼🎵🎶

    • @misterghee1
      @misterghee1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello Atilla there is a Dutch singer Sharon Kovacs on yt enjoy Gday🙂

    • @tetrahedron1000
      @tetrahedron1000 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sisyphus from Ummagumma is very under-rated. A great piece of music.

  • @Edz90
    @Edz90 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    As long as I'm alive and conscious, Pink Floyd is still alive for me

  • @frankphillips7436
    @frankphillips7436 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    What a beautiful, gracious and talented man.
    I know I am not alone in saying that PF would not have been the same without him.
    As far as musical talent goes in the band, Richard and David were the heart. Nick was perfect for what the band needed and Roger was also there.

    • @heftosprod
      @heftosprod ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Roger sure was there..

  • @garygarber7668
    @garygarber7668 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    So nice to hear his voice and hear Rick reminisce about his insight and vision of his life, and the experience of PINK FLOYD .
    So candid. So real.
    Splash of color and it grows . . .
    Look down upon us and help us grow ,and love and get through these challenging times. Richard you and PINK FLOYD changed my life forever. I thank you.

  • @AmericasChoice
    @AmericasChoice 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Rick is my favorite member. His keyboards were so integral to the overall sound. When I think about PF songs his playing comes through so strongly, even though I have been a guitarist since 1974. Including Animals, which is probably my favorite album: even though he wasn't really "in the band" fully, his playing on that album is amazing. He also comes across as a balanced, intelligent, humble humane person. RIP Richard Wright.

  • @calvinhobbes7504
    @calvinhobbes7504 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I've loved PF and all the original members ever since I first heard DSOTM in 1973 - in High School. I *had* to hear everything else they did. I don't get all the "feuds" and stuff ... I only know when these guys were together, magic happened. Rest in Peace, Richard .... LOTS of people loved you! :)

  • @ronbo11
    @ronbo11 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    For me, "Wish You Were Here" is also my all-time favorite Pink Floyd album. Musically it is so meticulous and melodic and the soulfulness of the lyrics about loss touches me every time. Waters definitely had nostalgic and elegiac lyrics about Syd and the breaking apart of the truly communal band as his control grew over the years.
    Rick seems very self-effacing in the interview, but his melodic and vocal contributions to Floyd should never be forgotten. I'd say his talents especially blossomed on "Meddle" ("Echoes" especially), DSOTM and WYWH. When Rick was contributing nearly as much as Gilmour and Waters, it seems to me that was when post-Syd Pink Floyd were at their best. For example, I tear up when I listen to "The Great Gig in the Sky" (with a lot of love for Clare Torry's vocal improvisations). I love "Us and Them" and "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" because of the amazing music Rick wrote (or co-wrote) for them. Once Waters took over most, if not all, songwriting on "Animals", "The Wall" and "The Final Cut", the delicate balance of melodicism and songwriting themes gradually reduced to as Rick mentioned in this video to "...school, the war, and madness". In my mind, those last few albums with Waters still had some great songs on them, but in their entirety, they don't touch DSOTM or WYWH.
    I regret not seeing Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets concerts where he and his band play homage to Syd-era music. And I still grieve thinking about the loss of Barrett & Wright. I will still put Wright's "Wet Dream" once in a while to relax with. I should take a listen to "Broken China" someday, but I haven't done that as yet.

    • @steve-0493
      @steve-0493 ปีที่แล้ว

      Be Prepared when u listen to broken china.China..
      Night of a thousand furry toys is awesome!
      Breakthrough (w/Sinead O Connor),stellar!!

  • @Neanderthrillz
    @Neanderthrillz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Immensely talented and a real class act! Thanks for the music Richard, wherever you are, reading YT comments :)

  • @briankehew579
    @briankehew579 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    A brilliant and talented man. I was able to see them do their soundcheck rehearsal for Live 8, their final time playing together as a quartet.
    The rehearsal is many times better than the performance that was televised. Their voices were stronger as they had not done so many interviews yet. And they seem to have more spirit in it, just playing it on that big stage with an empty field in front of them...
    I know it was filmed so I hope the rehearsal comes out someday!!

  • @Ukedc259
    @Ukedc259 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Tragic story. The last 15mins are very moving somehow. The dream of seeing Syd again …

  • @SharpChronofighter
    @SharpChronofighter 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    A great man and a such a great talent. A very sad loss, we miss you Rick.

  • @tomcosburn4114
    @tomcosburn4114 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Richard Wright was the unsung hero in Pink Floyd - his amazing keyboards were always a major ingredient of the true Pink Floyd sound (especially during their live performances) - as Gilmour once said "he was my musical partner" - when he left the band in 1980 Pink Floyd were never the same - excellent interview

  • @squeakychairproductions
    @squeakychairproductions 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I saw Pink Floyd play Dark Side all the way through back in '75, Milwaukee.

  • @twelve37filmworks76
    @twelve37filmworks76 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Thank you for posting these uncut interviews! Now that Rick has left us, this interview is a treasure for anyone looking for his unique insight into the history of Pink Floyd.

  • @cryptoskinz3815
    @cryptoskinz3815 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    What a beautiful man. Wish you were here is a work of art musically.
    No matter how much they ďrifted apart as a band when they were at their peak, no band comes close

  • @kevinmurray6209
    @kevinmurray6209 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    John, to echo other voices here - thank you for making these unedited interviews available. Essential for the love of the music and respect for the artists. Shine on.

  • @travelinben1966
    @travelinben1966 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Great artist and sorely missed.R.I.P. Richard.
    👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎹

  • @southwestphotography-fj6iy
    @southwestphotography-fj6iy 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Agree Dark Side of the Moon is like a very long single --- you have to play it all in one sitting.

    • @Geezer-yf8hv
      @Geezer-yf8hv 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And when it’s over, it’s so easy to listen again! Back in the days of headphones!

  • @67jimi
    @67jimi ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Sadly I won't get to meet this musician. My best hope is maybe to play with someone who is heavily influenced by Richard Wright. That would be outstanding.

  • @FatalERRORDude
    @FatalERRORDude 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I remember watching short sections of these interviews in documentaries - it is absolutely amazing that you uploaded the full uncut ones
    Hats off - thank you for your work!

  • @HardPen-jj5nl
    @HardPen-jj5nl 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    So humble. I miss him so much. Love his solo records.

  • @Geezer-yf8hv
    @Geezer-yf8hv ปีที่แล้ว +10

    In so many ways, Rick was the anchor of the band! The high point was Dave and Rick singing together on Echoes! There was also great joint singing on Dark Side! It felt like everything came together at that point! That was the epic point for me!

    • @vicinvesta8349
      @vicinvesta8349 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I used to think that Waters made Pink Floyd what it has become ..... Until I listened to "The Dark Globe" by Syd Barrett. There! All of Pink Floyd. Waters stole his vocals (just listen and compare to "When The Tigers Broke Free", "Don't leave me know" , "Fletcher Memorial Home"), then he stole the name . The Dark Side of the Moon" IS the "dark globe". And to add insult to injury he has turned Syd's madness into that "Riding The Gravy Train" he sang on WYWH. 3 their best albums are about insanity, madness or impact of fame and show industry pressures on an individual. If you look at Pink Floyd closely you can discover that all what Waters led band did - commercialized Syd's musical ideas. I am not diminishing them in any way - they have achieved mega success and epic greatness. I am just saying that really "Meddle" and "The Dark Side of the Moon" were their pinnacle. And I am not surprised at diminishing output or interest in continuing from other members other than Roger.

    • @iamupinacloud
      @iamupinacloud ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Their harmonies were sung beautifully together. I remember first watching Live at Pompeii and just being completely awe-struck.

    • @desertdee1
      @desertdee1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@vicinvesta8349 I don't see it like that. It is obvious that they all loved Syd, and wished he hadn't slipped off into a world that he wasn't able to get out of. He wasn't coming back from that world, and they knew it. They had to move on, or pick another profession. Which would have been our loss. Instead they took the great things of Syd, and did their thing with it. What we ended up with is one of the greatest bands of all time. I remember when Dark Side of the Moon came out. We loved it, we over played it, but we didn't care. When Wishing You Where Here came out, we loved it too, but we weren't done with Dark. I'm very sad for Syd, his family and friends, but I'm not sad that these four guys turned Pink into one of the greatest bands ever. :)

  • @NisseOhlsen
    @NisseOhlsen 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Richard Wrights solo on 'Shine On' is probably the greatest I've heard.

    • @timcoakley5498
      @timcoakley5498 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Really!!! You obviously haven’t listened to many keyboard solos by anyone.

    • @NisseOhlsen
      @NisseOhlsen 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@timcoakley5498 are you the kind of person who likes Steve Vai or Joe Satriani?

    • @timcoakley5498
      @timcoakley5498 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@NisseOhlsen Thank you for your comment. I do not or ever have owned any Steve Via or any of that kind of music.
      I am a classically trained pianist all be it a very mediocre one, and I am also a terrible jazz pianist.
      I am also very much a Pink Floyd fan.

  • @notanemoprog
    @notanemoprog 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Wow you are consistently sharing essential documents that help those of us who weren't there to better understand this immensely important and consequential musical period, thank you so much!

  • @davidlawrence8800
    @davidlawrence8800 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    An afternoon Listening to Dark Side and Wish You were here is an afternoon of shelter from the outside world. 50 years later, they are as fresh and renewing as the day they were released. They are guys who did something with their youth. I was just trying to find a job and a girlfriend. . . I wish I could just shake their hands, buy them all a beer and thank them personally for the calm emotional space they made for us.

  • @SamsTheBams
    @SamsTheBams ปีที่แล้ว +6

    He just comes across as the nicest person.
    Really interesting interview, thank you for sharing.

  • @nectarinedreams7208
    @nectarinedreams7208 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    One of the best things about Dark Side is that it's full on 70s Floydian, Waters era, conceptual, grandiose prog, and yet Wright still makes significant contributions like he did consistently pre-1973. And although he doesn't have any lead vocals or big songwriting credits on WYWH, his keyboard work is all over that record which is also a wonderful thing. As much as I love Animals, The Wall and even The Final Cut, those records suffer due to a lack of Wright.

    • @TribalmonkeyS
      @TribalmonkeyS ปีที่แล้ว +1

      did rick not do electric piano on "sheep"?

  • @chelseachen265
    @chelseachen265 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The chattering between you two is absolutely lovely to listen to. I actually watch these Pink Floyd interviews on repeat before exams because they are funny and calming at the same time. Thank you so much for doing these John!

  • @nomanmcshmoo8640
    @nomanmcshmoo8640 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Such an incredibly dignified and thoughtful man. I have always held a very deep respect for him.

  • @justmadeit2
    @justmadeit2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    He seems like a great guy, down to earth

  • @danmartinazzi
    @danmartinazzi ปีที่แล้ว +12

    70% of Floyd sound was him, period! RIP

  • @ArchieFatcackie
    @ArchieFatcackie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What a lovely fella.
    So humble and down to earth.

  • @jipangoo
    @jipangoo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    His solo on Arnold Layne (live with Bowie) is just magic

  • @aminahmed2220
    @aminahmed2220 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What a fantastic video with the late Richard Wright have a great weekend

  • @tobyanderton7334
    @tobyanderton7334 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This interview really highlights how much the rest of the band tried to rally around to help Sid beyond their work essential to meeting the running of the band. Which shows the kind of characters they all were.

  • @mairyhuff7102
    @mairyhuff7102 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I can listen to any ageing Btitish musician talk about music and growing up in a band all day

  • @TheSideProject
    @TheSideProject 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    One of the greatest figures in the history of Pop music! R.I.P

  • @stephenderraugh5248
    @stephenderraugh5248 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Wonderful. Such a balanced, nice and immensely talented man. Thank you, John.

  • @TheDurango2009
    @TheDurango2009 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    To me his compositions and seed dedicated to PF have always sounded very Jazzy with a classical take and its phenomenal. I love it so much

  • @pretorious700
    @pretorious700 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Have you got it yet" is a minute and a half of pure mad genius.

  • @HarrietHare
    @HarrietHare 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Remember a day, my favorite Floyd song sang by Rick. RIP🥀🌹

  • @pedrosousa5969
    @pedrosousa5969 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One of the best composers of the previous century.

    • @pedrosousa5969
      @pedrosousa5969 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Johnedgintononnicegrammmmm Thanks man 😃 Happy 2023!

  • @brianm.9062
    @brianm.9062 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    the fantastic Rick Wright, had a lot of time for him as the quiet man of Floyd. Musically probably the glue which held Floyd together. Brilliant interview.

  • @MikeKiker
    @MikeKiker ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I remember staying up late one night to watch that documentary premier at midnight on VH1 in the US. They ended up not airing it due to a programming error, but I finally saw it a few days after and it blew my mind. Thanks for putting these uncut interviews up. It actually is great to see the clips I remember from the documentary and to hear the context of which Rick spoke of those events.

  • @carpetcrawler79
    @carpetcrawler79 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I soak up all interviews by Roger, Rick, Dave and Nick. I feel so much love for them. Still makes me sad that they lost the ability to work together. They were really great enhancing each other. Still we can be so happy of what they have done solo. I saw Dave with my mum on her last birthday in 2016. I will always love the guys so much.

  • @John-zn4lp
    @John-zn4lp 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Rick was the quiet observer, and Nick was the negotiator. Roger and David were two fighters in the ring.

    • @Geezer-yf8hv
      @Geezer-yf8hv 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Still Dave was more passive aggressive and just did his guitar and vocal magic. Roger was more domineering, and would bully the others. Saying their contributions were not important! To Roger, only the lyric writing was important! (The music industry agrees, since the lyric writers get the most royalties).
      It was rather ironic, since when Roger took control, he probably would not accept the others songs as being good enough, or fitting into his “concept” album!

  • @MrJocky82
    @MrJocky82 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Watching these interviews with Richard, and David.
    It’s surreal to see them just sitting speaking candidly about the band, and band members that we all love.
    They are like mythical beings to me, I think that’s why I love these interviews so much.
    Sadly missed is Richard, but thankfully his legend lives on through his music.

  • @jjlivepattern
    @jjlivepattern 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Love his approach to the keys, music and sound. What a Band.
    As a saxophone player I always appreciated and love their music and saxophone sketches. This was a great interview. Thank you. Long Live Pink Floyd

  • @zztuber
    @zztuber 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    its because of sid, you guys created the best songs i ever heard. shear musical genius

  • @maidentexas7848
    @maidentexas7848 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    R.I.P. Mr. Barrett
    R.I.P. Mr Wright
    Cheers to the interviewer!
    🍻💯
    Great job!

  • @richardbowman1062
    @richardbowman1062 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Yes what a deep analysis that Richard explain of the band and the other members all very articulate and intelligent and yet humble they are and will always be the best band and I mean forever feel so fortunate to be here for the music but unfortunately did not get to see them in concert

  • @patmcc7758
    @patmcc7758 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The last 15 or so minutes of this interview become very personal for Rick (regarding Syd) and he becomes more open and emotional.

  • @phoenix-wc5vx
    @phoenix-wc5vx ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He is so humble, don't care about technical experts, I love his style 💖💖💖

  • @billyanderson6457
    @billyanderson6457 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Rick was a total class act.

  • @SkelatorRevisited
    @SkelatorRevisited ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What a Super Humble Guy. True Legend.

  • @detroitredwings7130
    @detroitredwings7130 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you for this.

  • @warriorv9359
    @warriorv9359 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    R.i p. U badass the Floyd hasent been the same without u Brother

  • @death__ray
    @death__ray 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I really like listening to these while I draw! Thank you so much for sharing, John