Richard Wright و 15 سپتامبر 2008

Richard Wright ،يكي از بنيانگذاران گروه Pink Floyd در روز دوشنبه ، 15 سپتامبر 2008 ، اين دنيا را در 65 سالگي ترك كرد.

Wright با ديگر اعضاي Pink Floyd ، Roger Waters و Nick Mason در كالج آشنا شد و به گروه كه در ابتدا Sigma6 نام داشت پيوست. همراه با Syd Barrett اين چهار نفر در 1965 گروه Pink Floyd را شكل دادند.

در ابتداي كار گروه ،Wright به همراه Barrett دو نيروي برجسته ي گروه بودند. اين موزيسين متولد لندن و فرزند يك بيوشيميدان ، آهنگ هايي را نوشت و كي بورد نواخت.

Joe Boyd تهيه ي كننده مشهور كه در اوايل كارش با Pink Floyd كار كرده بود ، كي گويد: " كي بورد Rick بخش جدايي ناپذيري از آهنگ هاي Pink Floyd بود.

گروه سري آلبوم هايي موفق _ چه به لحاظ تجاري و چه به نظر منتقدان_ ساخت كه آلبوم سال 1973 «The Dark Side of the Moon» با فروش بيش از 40 ميليون نسخه از جمله آن ها بود.

Wright دو آهنگ «Us and Them» و «The Great Gig in the Sky» را براي آن آلبوم نوشت. و بر روي كارهاي حماسي ديگر مثل «Atom Heart Mother» ، «Echoes» و «Shine on You Crazy Diamond» كار كرد.

اما تنش هايي بين Waters, Wright و يار ديگر گروه David Gilmour به وجود آمد. اوج تنش ها در هنگام ساخت "The Wall" بود جايي كه Waters اصرار به اخراج Wright از گروه داشت.و بنابراين Wright در آلبوم 1983 ، "The Final Cut." حضور نداشت.

Wright گروه جديد Zee را با Dave Harris از گروه Fashion تشكيل داد و آلبوم "Identity" را ساخت.

Waters در 1985 گروه را ترك كرد و Wright با Mason و Gilmour مجددا آغاز به ضبط كرد و"The Division Bell" و "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" را با عنوان گروه Pink Floyd عرضه كردند. Wright همچنين آلبوم هاي انفرادي "Wet Dream" (1978) و "Broken China" (1996) را ساخت.

در جولاي 2005 Wright, Waters, Mason و Gilmour دو باره با هم جمع شدند و در كنسرت خيريه ي "Live 8" در لندن بعد از 25 سال باهم روي صحنه رفتند.

او همچنين در پروژه ي انفرادي Gilmour كه آخرين با در آلبوم 2006 "On an Island" اجرا شده مشاركت كرد.

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Gilmour در وب سايتش در روز مرگ Wright متن زير را نوشت:

No one can replace Richard Wright. He was my musical partner and my friend.

In the welter of arguments about who or what was Pink Floyd, Rick's enormous input was frequently forgotten.

He was gentle, unassuming and private but his soulful voice and playing were vital, magical components of our most recognised Pink Floyd sound.

I have never played with anyone quite like him. The blend of his and my voices and our musical telepathy reached their first major flowering in 1971 on 'Echoes'. In my view all the greatest PF moments are the ones where he is in full flow. After all, without 'Us and Them' and 'The Great Gig In The Sky', both of which he wrote, what would 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' have been? Without his quiet touch the Album 'Wish You Were Here' would not quite have worked.

In our middle years, for many reasons he lost his way for a while, but in the early Nineties, with 'The Division Bell', his vitality, spark and humour returned to him and then the audience reaction to his appearances on my tour in 2006 was hugely uplifting and it's a mark of his modesty that those standing ovations came as a huge surprise to him, (though not to the rest of us).

Like Rick, I don't find it easy to express my feelings in words, but I loved him and will miss him enormously.

David Gilmour
Monday 15th September 2008
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متن دو ترانه ي نوشته ي Wright :

The Great Gig in the Sky Lyrics

"And I am not frightened of dying, any time will do, I
don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying?
There's no reason for it, you've gotta go sometime."

"If you can hear this whispering you are dying."

"I never said I was frightened of dying."

(Instrumental)

Us and them
And after all we're only ordinary men
Me and you
God only knows it's not what we would choose to do

Forward he cried from the rear
and the front rank died
The General sat, and the lines on the map
moved from side to side

Black and blue
And who knows which is which and who is who
Up and down
And in the end it's only round and round
And round

Haven't you heard it's a battle of words
the poster bearer cried
Listen son, said the man with the gun
There's room for you inside

Down and out
It can't be helped but there's a lot of it about
With, without
And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about

Out of the way, it's a busy day
I've got things on my mind
For want of the price of tea and a slice
The old man died

 

 

گردآوری و ترجمه : فاطمه ملکی (حدیث)

منابع :

[1] The Associated Press

[2] وب سايت David Gilmour

[3] http://pinkfloydhyperbase.dk/albums/dark.htm

[4] sing365

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