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Pink Floyd were an English rock band who, in the late 1960s, earned



recognition for their psychedelic and space rock music, and in the 1970s,



as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. Pink Floyd's work is



marked by philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album



cover art, and elaborate live shows. One of rock music's most critically



acclaimed and commercially successful acts, the group has sold over 200



million albums worldwide, including 74.5 million certified units in the



United States.





Pink Floyd were formed in 1965, soon after Syd Barrett joined The Tea



Set, a group that consisted of architecture students Nick Mason, Roger



Waters, Richard Wright and Bob Klose. Klose left shortly after, but the



group had moderate mainstream success and were a popular fixture on



London's underground music scene. The erratic behaviour of Barrett



prompted his colleagues to add guitarist and singer David Gilmour to the



line-up. Following Barrett's departure, bass player and singer Roger



Waters became the lyricist and dominant figure in the band, which



thereafter achieved worldwide critical and commercial success with the



concept albums The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals,



and rock opera The Wall.





The Soldier Field stadium in Chicago. The band played here during their



1977 In the Flesh tour.





Wright left the band in 1979, and Waters in 1985, but Gilmour and Mason



(joined by Wright) continued recording and touring under the name Pink



Floyd. Waters used legal means to try to keep them from using the name,



declaring Pink Floyd a spent force, but the parties reached an



out-of-court settlement allowing Gilmour, Mason and Wright to continue as



Pink Floyd. The band again enjoyed worldwide success with A Momentary



Lapse of Reason (1987) and The Division Bell (1994), and Waters continued



as a solo musician, releasing three studio albums. Although for some



years relations between Waters and the remaining three members were sour,



the band reformed for what would be a final one-off performance at Live



8.





A live performance The Dark Side of the Moon at Earls Court, shortly



after its release in 1973. (l-r) David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Dick Parry,



Roger Waters



David Gilmour (b. 6 March 1946) was already acquainted with Barrett,



having studied modern language in the early 1960s at Cambridge Tech while



Barrett studied art. Gilmour had started playing guitar aged



thirteen,[13] and the two played together at lunchtimes, with guitars and



harmonicas. They later hitch-hiked and busked their way around the south



of France. Gilmour had also seen the Tea Set perform while playing in



Jokers Wild, at a party in Cambridge in October 1965. At an event near



the end of 1967 the band asked Gilmour to become the fifth member of Pink



Floyd. By coincidence Barrett had already suggested adding four new



members, in the words of Roger Waters, "… two freaks he'd met somewhere.



One of them played the banjo, the other the saxophone … [and] a couple of



chick singers".Steve O'Rourke, one of Bryan Morrison's assistants, gave



Gilmour a room at his house, and he was promised a salary of £30 per



week. One of Gilmour's first steps as a member of Pink Floyd was to



purchase a custom-made yellow Fender Stratocaster from an oft-frequented



music shop in Cambridge; the instrument became one of Gilmour's favourite



guitars throughout his career with Pink Floyd. Blackhill officially



announced Gilmour as the fifth member of Pink Floyd in January 1968.To



the general public he was now the second guitarist, but privately the



rest of the band saw him as Barrett's replacement, as the latter's



performances continued to ebb. One of Gilmour's first duties was to



pretend to play a guitar on an "Apples and Oranges" promotional film.





Abbey road studio





In a demonstration of his frustration at being effectively sidelined,



Barrett tried to teach the band a new song "Have You Got It Yet?", but



changed the structure on each performance—making it impossible for them



to learn. Matters came to a head on the day they were due to perform in



Southampton. When somebody in the van asked if they should collect



Barrett, the response was "No, fuck it, let's not bother".







Pink Floyd performing in the Refectory Hall at Leeds University. There



was a support act called Heavy Jelly.





Waters later admitted "He was our friend, but most of the time we now



wanted to strangle him". For a while Barrett still turned up to the



occasional gig, apparently confused as to what was happening in the band.



As a result of his de facto removal, Pink Floyd's partnership with Peter



Jenner and Andrew King was dissolved in March 1968. Barrett's departure



was officially announced on 6 April 1968. Jenner and King, who believed



that the creative spirit of Pink Floyd derived almost entirely from



Barrett, decided to represent him, and ended their relationship with Pink



Floyd. Bryan Morrison then agreed that Steve O'Rourke should become Pink



Floyd's manager. Waters was determined not to let Barrett's removal



destroy the band,but although the changeover between Barrett and Gilmour



was something of a relief, it was also a difficult time for Gilmour, who



was forced to mime to Barrett's voice on the group's European television



appearances. Although Barrett had been their main songwriter, Waters and



Wright created new material, such as "It Would Be So Nice", and "Careful



With That Axe, Eugene". "It Would Be So Nice" was a commercial failure



despite some controversy over the inclusion of the words The Evening



Standard in the lyrics. The BBC refused to broadcast the song, and the



band had to spend extra money in the studio to change the word 'evening'



to 'daily'.They developed their new material while playing on the



University circuit, and were joined by road manager Peter Watts before



touring across Europe in 1968.













A poster for Pink Floyd at the CIA-UFO club, 28 July 1967, by Hapshash



and the Coloured Coat (Below)







"Welcome to the Machine" is the second song on Pink Floyd's 1975 album



Wish You Were Here. It is notable for its use of heavily processed



synthesizers and guitars, as well as a wide and varied range of tape



effects.



Music and lyrics by Roger Waters

Roger Waters - Bass guitar, backing vocals

David Gilmour - six and 12-string acoustic guitars, lead vocals

Richard Wright - EMS VCS 3, ARP String Ensemble synthesizer, Mini-Moog



Synthesizers

Nick Mason - tympani, cymbals

Recorded January to July 1975 at Abbey Road Studios, London.



Trivia:



The song has been covered by metal band Shadows Fall on their album The



Art of Balance.

The song has been covered by Progressive metal band Queensrÿche on their



album Take Cover.

The penultimate level of the video game Ecco the Dolphin is named after



this song. It is set inside a gigantic alien device.

The Pink Floyd tribute band The Machine are named after this song and



they often use it as their opening number.

Tim Footman used the title for his book, Welcome to the Machine: OK



Computer and the Death of the Classic Album (2007, ISBN 1-84240-388-5).



The Radiohead album (1997) shares many musical and thematic elements with



Pink Floyd's mid-70's oeuvre, although members of Radiohead have resisted



the comparison.



Lyrics-->



Performed and Composed by Pink Floyd







Welcome my son, welcome to the machine.

Where have you been? It's alright we know where you've been.

You've been in the pipeline, filling in time,

provided with toys and Scouting for Boys.

You bought a guitar to punish your ma,

And you didn't like school, and you know you're nobody's fool,

So welcome to the machine.

Welcome my son, welcome to the machine.

What did you dream? It's alright we told you what to dream.

You dreamed of a big star, he played a mean guitar,

He always ate in the Steak Bar. He loved to drive in his Jaguar.

So welcome to the machine.



Plz Seeds for others and do comment....



Cheers !!!!!!



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