For me, it was very much, ‘There but for the grace of God go I.’” Gathering at Nick Mason’s house, the band began discussing ideas when Waters described his concept for the new record. “And also, when you see that happening to someone you’ve been very close friends with and known more or less your whole life, it really concentrates the mind on how ephemeral one’s sensibilities and mental capacities can be.
“Syd had been the central creative force in the early days, and so his having succumbed to schizophrenia was an enormous blow,” he said in an interview with. In addition, he remained troubled by the fate of his friend and former bandmate, Syd Barrett, and was looking for a way to communicate those feelings of madness and isolation in song. Roger Waters, in particular, was looking to use the band as a means of communicating ideas about everyday life rather than just psychedelic imagery about interstellar travel. By 1971, Pink Floyd were eager to shed the “space rock” moniker that had been attached to their music. In its latest special edition, Newsweek looks back at the making of the band's seminal album Dark Side of the Moon. In 1973, Pink Floyd were looking to record an album that would redefine the band.
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