{"id":4919,"date":"2017-08-02T12:31:25","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T11:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.progradar.org\/?p=4919"},"modified":"2026-08-21T15:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T14:53:07","slug":"the-song-by-song-book-series-launches-with-pink-floyd-by-andrew-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/08\/02\/the-song-by-song-book-series-launches-with-pink-floyd-by-andrew-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"The ‘Song-by-Song’ Book Series Launches with Pink Floyd by Andrew Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An intelligent, illuminating and enjoyable examination of the meaning <\/strong><\/em>and context of every Pink Floyd song from 1966 to 2014.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013 An examination of every Pink Floyd<\/strong> song from Arnold Layne to
\n Louder Than Words.
\n\u2013 The stories behind the songs, their context within the parent
\nalbums and the times they were written and recorded.
\n\u2013 Who played what in the studio and when the songs were played live.
\n\u2013 What the band and critics had\/have to say about their musical
\ndevelopment.<\/p>\n

From Arnold Layne to Louder than Words, Pink Floyd<\/strong> wrote about
\nanger, isolation, regret, dismay, and fear. These themes, not always
\nobvious starting points in popular music, were married to a rare
\ndynamism that would make Pink Floyd<\/strong> stand out from the crowd.
\nPink Floyd\u2019s<\/strong> most successful period critically and musically \u2013 the eight
\nalbums from 1970 to 1983 \u2013 combines the pithy lyrics of Roger Waters<\/strong>, the soulful voice and breath-taking guitar solos of David Gilmour<\/strong> and, until 1979, the jazz-influenced piano and keyboard abilities of the late Richard <\/strong>Wright<\/strong>. In varying permutations, these three wrote the band\u2019s best work. However, when working together as equals, the three principals of Pink <\/strong>Floyd<\/strong> were significantly more than the sum of their individual strengths. Pink Floyd: Song by Song<\/em> takes a fresh look at the songs, which led to Pink <\/strong>Floyd<\/strong> becoming the third best-selling band of all time. Written in a wry and engaging style, this book will delight the aficionado and the newcomer alike, as it re-listens to the complete works of a unique band.<\/p>\n

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Andrew Wild<\/strong> first heard Pink <\/strong>Floyd<\/strong> as an impressionable sixteen-year-old in 1983, and since then has studiously collected every available note of music from Pink Floyd<\/strong> and its constituent members. Pink Floyd: Song by Song <\/em>is his fifth book; his previous works include official biographies of the bands Twelfth Night<\/strong> (Play On<\/em>, 2009) and Galahad<\/strong> (One for <\/em>the Record<\/em>, 2012). He is currently one of the presenters on Progzilla<\/strong>, the UK\u2019s only dedicated prog-rock radio station.<\/p>\n

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An intelligent, illuminating and enjoyable examination of the meaning and context of every Pink Floyd song from 1966 to 2014. \u2013 An examination of every Pink Floyd song from Arnold Layne to Louder Than Words. \u2013 The stories behind the songs, their context within the parent albums and the times they were written and recorded. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11,7],"tags":[2273,253,2271,15,2275,2274,2272],"class_list":["post-4919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-news","category-news","tag-andrew-wild","tag-david-gilmour","tag-pink-floyd","tag-progradar","tag-richard-wright","tag-roger-waters","tag-song-by-song"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phnn7q-1hl","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4919"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17159,"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4919\/revisions\/17159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}