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Name: Pink Floyd
Spotify Genres: progressive rock, psychedelic rock, classic rock, art rock, rock
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Pink Floyd was an English rock band from London. Founded in late 1965, the group achieved worldwide acclaim, initially with innovative psychedelic music, and later in a genre that came to be termed progressive rock. Distinguished by philosophical lyrics, musical experimentation, frequent use of sound effects and elaborate live shows, Pink Floyd remains one of the most commercially successful and influential groups in the history of popular music. [b]Main official members (in a chronological order):[/b] [a=Roger Waters] – bass guitar, vocals, sound effects (1965-1985, 2005) [a=Nick Mason] – drums, percussion, sound effects (1965-1994, 2005, 2007, 2013-2014, 2022) [a=Richard Wright] – keyboards, vocals (1965-1981, 1987-1994, 2005, 2007) (session musician during 1986-1987) [a=Syd Barrett] – guitar, vocals (1965-1968) [a=David Gilmour] – guitar, slide guitar, vocals (1967-1994, 2005, 2007, 2013–2014, 2022) [b]Pre-Pink Floyd members (in a chronological order):[/b] [a=Roger Waters] - lead guitar (1963-1964), bass guitar (1964-1965) [a=Nick Mason] - drums (1963-1965) [a=Clive Metcalfe] - bass (1963-1964) [a=Keith Noble] - vocals (1963-1964) [a=Sheilagh Noble] - vocals (1963) [a=Richard Wright] - rhythm guitar (1963-1964), keyboards (1964-1965) Mike Leonard - keyboards (1963) Vernon Thompson - guitar (1963) [a=Juliette Gale] - vocals (1964) [a=Rado Klose] (Bob Klose) - guitar (1964) [a=Syd Barrett] - guitar (1964-1965), vocals (1965) Chris Denis - vocals (1965) [b]Previous band names (in a chronological order):[/b] * Sigma 6 (1963–1964) * The Meggadeaths (1964) * The Abdabs (1964) * The Screaming Abdabs (1964) * Leonard's Lodgers (1964) * The Spectrum Five (1964) * The Tea Set (1964–1965) * The Pink Floyd Sound (1965) * The Pink Floyd (1965–1967) Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 (Performer). Group name was taken from both [a=Pink Anderson] and [a=Floyd "Dipper Boy" Council] as a tribute to the American blues music they loved.

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Release: Pink Floyd - The Dogs Of War
Year: 1988
Genres: Rock
Styles: Prog Rock

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LYRICS

You gotta be crazy, you gotta have a real need.
You gotta sleep on your toes, and when you're on the street,
you gotta be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed.
And then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight,
you gotta strike when the moment is right, without thinking.
And after a while you can work on points for style,
like the club tie and the firm handshake,
a certain look in the eye and an easy smile.
You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to,
so that when thy turn their backs on you,
you'll get the chance to put the knife in.

You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder.
You know it's going to get harder, and harder and harder as you get older.
And in the end you'll pack up and fly down south,
hide your head in the sand,
just another sad old man,
all alone and dying of cancer.

And when you loose control, you'll reap the harvest you have sown.
And as the fear grows, the bad blood slows and turns to stone.
And it's too late to loose the weight you used to need to throw around.
So have a good drown as you go down, alone,
dragged down by the stone.

I gotta admit that I'm a little bit confused.
Sometimes it seems to me as if I'm just being used.
Gotta stay awake, gotta try and shake off this creeping malaise.
If I don't stand my own ground, how can I find my own way out of this maze?

Deaf, dumb and blind, you just keep on pretending
that everyone's expendable and no-one has a real friend.
And it seems to you the thing to do would be to isolate the winner.
And everything's done under the sun,
and you believe a heart, everyone's a killer.

Who was born in a house full of pain,
who was trained not to spit in the fan,
who was told what to do by the man,
who was broken by trained personnel,
Who was fotted with collar and chain,
who was given a seat in the stand,
who was breaking away from the pack,
who was only a stranger at home,
who was ground down in the end,
who was found dead on the phone,
who was dragged down by the stone.