{"id":294,"date":"2014-11-16T21:36:07","date_gmt":"2014-11-16T21:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/?p=294"},"modified":"2015-08-26T03:46:32","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T03:46:32","slug":"pink-floyd-the-endless-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/pink-floyd-the-endless-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Pink Floyd \u2013 The Endless River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Straight to the point: There are a few moments in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00NQKWAIQ\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00NQKWAIQ&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=jgar-20&amp;linkId=HO4JPDHNG6FLRBK7\" target=\"_blank\">The Endless River<\/a>, but they&#8217;re a bit far and between. Although I&#8217;m happy to add this to my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkfloyd.com\" target=\"_blank\">Pink Floyd<\/a> collection, I&#8217;ll be honest and admit that wanted a little more. Still, there are some very lovely passages here. It is sad to know that this is the end (<em>again<\/em>) of Pink Floyd. The album did provide a twinge of the nostalgia and melancholy that comes over me when I hear Pink Floyd (or maybe I put on Pink Floyd when the lows come). Either way,\u00a0I am happy the album is here and here&#8217;s why:<\/p>\n<p>Like most people, I thought Pink Floyd were done after the 1994 album <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00EMKV8A0\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00EMKV8A0&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=jgar-20&amp;linkId=7OAFPVMAZCA5TAAE\" target=\"_blank\">The Division Bell<\/a>, and for sure after they released the live album <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000002B35\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B000002B35&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=jgar-20&amp;linkId=KPH4ZLJDKBA2WRFE\" target=\"_blank\">Pulse<\/a> in 2006. The 2005 Live 8 reunion was a bit of a bonus, but it served as just a stroll down memory lane for most fans (I wasn&#8217;t even born when they released Dark Side).I was resigned to the end of my favorite band and like most Pink Pigs, saddened when Rick Wright passed in 2008.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ikDEHygZzlI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When news of The Endless River came out, I was excited! I have never \u201cwaited\u201d for a Pink Floyd album. My dad used to have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004ZN9RWK\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004ZN9RWK&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=jgar-20&amp;linkId=FOQOCQQWHMJSLJEU\" target=\"_blank\">The Dark Side of the Moon<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004ZN9W5M\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004ZN9W5M&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=jgar-20&amp;linkId=3RWOAPACBUWTOFEY\" target=\"_blank\">The Wall<\/a> on vinyl. I remember hearing them as a kid and of course I loved the line \u201cWe don&#8217;t need no, education!\u201d However, I really didn&#8217;t get into Pink Floyd until after high school so by that time, all their studio albums and major tours where done.<\/p>\n<p>As a consolation prize, I did see Roger Waters perform The Wall live here in L.A. a few years ago, but of course, that wasn&#8217;t Pink Floyd, especially without David Gilmour! (I side with Gilmour on the whole post-Waters saga, but that&#8217;s another post.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/the-endless-river-sortira-le-10-novembre.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-296\" src=\"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/the-endless-river-sortira-le-10-novembre.jpg\" alt=\"the-endless-river-sortira-le-10-novembre\" width=\"200\" height=\"117\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So I was psyched and ready to hear their last hurrah. My expectations where also leveled a bit when I read\u00a0that this was material from The Division Bell and that served me well. I listened with both a critical ear and also with the knowledge that this material wasn&#8217;t originally \u201cgood\u201d enough for a proper Pink Floyd album. They had planned a double-album originally but ran out of time and scrapped the instrumental B-Side, which is what this is, with modern guitars, drums, bass and other instruments added to accompany what Wright recorded over 20 years ago. Only the last song, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00NQWU7RK\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00NQWU7RK&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=jgar-20&amp;linkId=UU3LSGPOUQVDRC3U\" target=\"_blank\">Louder Than Words<\/a>, has vocals and that seems fitting. It is, after all, a goodbye or eulogy album for Wright.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screenshot-from-2014-11-16-125605.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-298\" src=\"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screenshot-from-2014-11-16-125605.png\" alt=\"Screenshot from 2014-11-16 12:56:05\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screenshot-from-2014-11-16-125605.png 400w, http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screenshot-from-2014-11-16-125605-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>The album provided a new experience for me, waiting for a Pink Floyd album, brought back some of the joy of hearing Gilmour, Mason and Wright do their thing, and definitively closed the Pink Floyd chapter. For sure this is the end of the great Pink Floyd and I&#8217;m happy about it, in a strange way.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s like when a great fighter retires \u2013 I enjoy watching them fight, but I also don&#8217;t want to see them hang around too long. Although music is different than fighting, there does seem to be a high point and an eventual leveling. Pink Floyd reached The Dark Side of the Moon and end their career as a group on The Endless River.<\/p>\n<p>And with that, enjoy the last song and video from Pink Floyd, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00NQWU7RK\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00NQWU7RK&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=jgar-20&amp;linkId=UU3LSGPOUQVDRC3U\" target=\"_blank\">Louder Than Words<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ezc4HdLGxg4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Endless River Track Listing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Side 1:<\/strong><br \/>\n01 Things Left Unsaid<br \/>\n02 It\u2019s What We Do<br \/>\n03 Ebb And Flow<\/p>\n<p><strong>Side 2:<\/strong><br \/>\n04 Sum<br \/>\n05 Skins<br \/>\n06 Unsung<br \/>\n07 Anisina<\/p>\n<p><strong>Side 3:<\/strong><br \/>\n08 The Lost Art of Conversation<br \/>\n09 On Noodle Street<br \/>\n10 Night Light<br \/>\n11 Allons-y (1)<br \/>\n12 Autumn\u201968<br \/>\n13 Allons-y (2)<br \/>\n14 Talkin\u2019 Hawkin\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Side 4:<\/strong><br \/>\n15 Calling<br \/>\n16 Eyes To Pearls<br \/>\n17 Surfacing<br \/>\n18 Louder Than Words<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Straight to the point: There are a few moments in The Endless River, but they&#8217;re a bit far and between. Although I&#8217;m happy to add this to my Pink Floyd collection, I&#8217;ll be honest and admit that wanted a little&hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/pink-floyd-the-endless-river\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[26,33],"tags":[44,70],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":598,"href":"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions\/598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}