Oh No They Didn't! - From Pink Floyd to Lady Gaga: 1! Awesome Sax .

After days of dropping out of favor, the sax is game and badder than ever thanks to recent hits by Lady Gaga and Dev. THR runs down a brief account of the woodwind instruments love affair with pop - the good, bad and syrupy.



Is it ok to wish the saxophone again?

Thanks to the saxual harrasment of the 1980s, when practically every Lite FM staple featured a schmaltzy brass crescendo, mainstream musicians had largely soured on the saxophone until this year.

Conor Lastowka Blog Archive Behind the Scenes at the Photo .

Behind the Scenes at the Picture Shoot for the Classic Pink Floyd "Back Catalogue" Dorm Room Poster

Pink Floyd's Nick Mason Can Return It All - Speakeasy - WSJ

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Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason doesnt look to be playing any of the rock groups beloved works on stage with his two band mates any time soon. So, the English bands fans will make to be content with snapping up an ambitious, comprehensive set of Floyd releases this fall.

Dark Side of the Moon, released in 1973, is one of the most durable sellers in music history.

Transylvania Calling

Peter Surace aka Incredible Tide, was natural in England but brought up in Naples, Italy.

He grew up listening to Doors, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Gong and dozens of psychedelic tunes.

Always interested in experimental music, he plant with heaps of styles of medicine like hip-hop electronic and world music.

After collecting much of tunes, in 2004 he started DJing ambient-world music.

Exploding In Sound (delivering good rock music since !008): Quick .

*[FMQB.com] As previously reported, the Pink Floyd catalog is acquiring a massive overhaul and reissue campaign from EMI that will get on September 26, encompassing CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays, digital formats, viral marketing, iPhone Apps and more. Drummer Nick Mason says a "mellowing with old age" is what caused he and bandmates David Gilmour and Roger Waters to warm up to the thought of the catalog overhaul.

Guitar Chords and Lyrics: Shine on you Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd are not a set whose songs lend themselves to being taken for just acoustic guitar and voice - my only other 'Floyd' song on guitarsongs.info is "Like You Were Here", one of their few songs beloved by buskers worldwide, which is on my Rock Songs Guitar Chords page.

After watching a picture on Facebook of Christy Moore and Declan Sinnott perform their interpretation of the song, I decided to pay it a go.

Pink Floyd Says Reissue Project Will Have 'Complete Survey' of Its .

Pink Floyd's Nick Mason says a "mellowing with old age" brought he and surviving bandmates David Gilmour and Roger Waters around to the mind of a deluxe catalog overhaul that begins in September.

"It is a sea change from our level of view," Mason tells Billboard.com. "We'd never put much thought into the theme of releasing incomplete or earlier versions of things, but I consider the world has changed.