How a "big fight" produced Pink Floyd's best-ever song in 1979

How a "big fight" produced Pink Floyd's best-ever song in 1979

A lot of people think that the best songwriting duos are usually those who see eye to eye, but when you look at the likes of Roger Waters and David Gilmour, that’s not the case. If you have a songwriting partner who is constantly agreeing with you, your sound is inevitably going to stagnate. That’s pretty difficult to avoid, because you’re not pushing each other if all you are doing is agreeing. You need someone who is going to help you push the…

Pink Floyd have sold millions of records – but they're still often misunderstood

When fans, musicians and – predominantly – hipsters claim that they only liked Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd, it always seems one of the more baffling pronouncements. On a surface, level it makes sense: they like “See Emily Play”, not so much “The Great Gig In The Sky”. Fair enough – soul-scraping cosmic gospel prog isn’t for everyone. Barrett was a characterful, charismatic frontman, both edgy and adorable, with his psychedelic protagonists, melti…