Este es uno de esos dias en los que los hechos exh...

2008-09-15T22:12:00.000-05:00

Este es uno de esos dias en los que los hechos exhiben la verdadera magnitud del termino "irreparable"; lo dices, lo lees, lo escribes, pero en momentos como estos [en los que sientes que algo te ha sido arrebatado], y ante hechos como este [que crees en definitiva, habrá de modificarle el curso a alguno o algunos de los mas anhelados proyectos de tu vida]; es cuando entiendes que el significado de irreparable es justamente eso... irreparable, sin arreglo, jamás realizable, jamás posible. Asi, este dia, para todos quienes por años habíamos tratado de digerir Pink Floyd [una y otra vez, con el sano proposito de tornar alimenticio hasta el minimo de sus sonidos], la ausencia definitiva de Rick se traduce exactamente como un fatídico sin reparación posible. Primero Syd, ahora Rick..., y ante ello por momentos, se congela la emoción, se comprime toda en un hilo de angustiosa desesperanza, y solo resta decir: mierda!!!, mierda una y otra vez, por los que ya no estan, por Syd, por Rick, por Floyd... y por todos a quienes nos va a doler el futuro desde hoy.

No one can replace Richard Wright. He was my music...

2008-09-15T16:36:00.000-05:00

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.

Monday 15th September 2008

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