July 11, 2006 04:31 PM
I...Have Become...Comfortably Numb
Sad news today in the music world--Pink Floyd Co-Founder Barrett Dies at 60. Yes, he split from the band long before I'd ever heard of it because I was just so young, but I couldn't help but be sad when I heard the news. Sixty seems young too die doesn't it? It makes me face my own mortality, just for a moment.
As a child of the 1970s (although I was born in the mid-sixties), Pink Floyd provided the backdrop for much of my youth. I remember when my older sister brought home "Dark Side of the Moon." I was young--very young. But for years, I can remember the sounds of this music, floating through our house. And in 1979, the year I started high school, Pink Floyd released "The Wall." I remember being mesmerized, falling into a near-daze when I would hear the song "Comfortably Numb". The pain, the angst. Teenage years, in a nutshell.
R.I.P. Roger Keith Barrett.
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I hear your feeling down
I can ease your pain
Get you on your feet again
Relax
I'll need some information first
Just the basic facts
Can you show me where it hurts
Comments
I'm a tad bit older then you, but not by much. I remember seeing the Pink Floyd movie in high school (guys LOVED Pink Floyd) and the worm part made me sick. Found their music depressing BUT I agree it was the back drop to the seventies, esp. late seventies. (With Lep Zep, and Fleetwood Mac, Eagles etc....)
Posted by: charmed at July 12, 2006 02:54 PM
