Posts Tagged ‘Pink Floyd’

In recent years a lot of great bands have done the orchestral thing and decided to play some shows backed by a symphony orchestra. Sometimes it’s great, sometimes it’s a bit ridiculous. But when did all this start?
The first rock concerts backed by an orchestra are recorded as happening when Deep Purple did some shows [...]

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The VSQ Master Series presents renditions from Pink Floyd’s famous Dark side of the Moon. String arrangements of epic songs such as “The Great Gig In the Sky” and “Speak To Me/Breathe” breathe new colors into classic psychedelic rock hits making this album a must-have for any Pink Floyd [...]

Pink Floyd’s infamous bassist is bringing back the album that caused so many mental hospital visits in 1979, The Wall. He’s bringing it back on tour after 30 years to celebrate its original release with a full production of the double album. The original tour feature a lot of theatrics, including the metaphorical, and actual, [...]

After five albums of genre and mind bending exploration, Pink Floyd found themselves in the studio once again to complete what would soon be Dark Side of the Moon. The material from the album had actually been written and the concept developed before the recording took place, but the impact wouldn’t be truly felt until [...]

We admit, we may be getting a little ahead of ourselves here since the album will not reach our ears until the 22nd. And no, Flaming Lips are not technically a cover band. But when we heard about Flaming Lips covering Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon we knew instantly that it would be [...]

Please welcome the second installment of our new series of employee playlists, designed by the experts themselves – the VSQ staff! Like we said in our first post, we designed this series to help fans discover VSQ tracks they may have never found otherwise – and show off our impeccable and discerning musical taste! Last [...]