Re: 3 left in Pink Floyd now... 2 (Rick and Syd) gone to Heaven
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Re: 3 left in Pink Floyd now... 2 (Rick and Syd) gone to Heaven         

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Author: Raja
Date: Sep 15, 2008 19:52

On Sep 15, 8:43 pm, Tracy_Bar...@frontiernet.net wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:13:14 -0700 (PDT), Raja gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>But the other 3 are not going there.
>
>>Rick Wright was one of the underrated keyboardist of all time. He was
>>never very flashy but very effective. In my honest opinion he was the
>>true sound of Pink Floyd. Without him Pink Floyd would have never
>>sounded the same.
>
>>And he sang the three greatest Pink Floyd songs of all time (Astronomy
>>Domine, Echoes and Time).
>
> Wrong.  According to a review, Barrett sang it on Piper and Waters
> sang it live.

bullshit....
Barrett and Rick Wright provide lead vocals. Waters' repetitive bass
line, Wright's Farfisa organ, and Barrett's kinetic slide guitar then
dominate, followed by the voice of Peter Jenner again through a
megaphone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy_Domine
Personnel
Syd Barrett - Fender Esquire and vocals
Richard Wright - Farfisa Organ and vocals
Roger Waters - Rickenbacker 4001 bass
Nick Mason - Drums and percussion
with

Peter Jenner - Intro vocalisations
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