Pink Floyd were founded in 1965 by Syd Barrett (guitar, lead vocals), Nick Mason (drums), Roger Waters (bass guitar, vocals), and Richard Wright (keyboards, vocals). Under Barrett's leadership, they released two charting singles and the successful debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967). Guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour joined in December 1967; Barrett left in April 1968 due to deteriorating mental health. Waters became the primary lyricist and thematic leader, devising the concepts behind the band's peak success with the albums The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977) and The Wall (1979). The musical film based on The Wall, Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982), won two BAFTA Awards. Pink Floyd also composed several film scores.
Following personal tensions, Wright left Pink Floyd in 1979, followed by Waters in 1985. Gilmour and Mason continued as Pink Floyd, rejoined later by Wright. They produced two more albums—A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) and The Division Bell (1994)—and toured in support of both before entering a long hiatus. In 2005, all but Barrett reunited for a one-off performance at the global awareness event Live 8. Barrett died in 2006, and Wright in 2008. The last Pink Floyd studio album, The Endless River (2014), was based on unreleased material from the Division Bell recording sessions. In 2022, Gilmour and Mason reformed Pink Floyd to release the song "Hey, Hey, Rise Up!" in protest of the Russo-Ukrainian War.
By 2013, Pink Floyd had sold more than 250 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music artists of all time. The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and these albums and Wish You Were Here are among the best-selling albums of all time. Four Pink Floyd albums topped the US Billboard 200, and five topped the UK Album Chart. Pink Floyd's hit singles include "See Emily Play" (1967), "Money" (1973), "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2" (1979), "Not Now John" (1983), "On the Turning Away" (1987) and "High Hopes" (1994). They were inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. In 2008, Pink Floyd were awarded the Polar Music Prize in Sweden for their contribution to modern music.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd
Studio albums
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
A Saucerful of Secrets (1968)
More (1969)
Ummagumma (1969)
Atom Heart Mother (1970)
Meddle (1971)
Obscured by Clouds (1972)
The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Wish You Were Here (1975)
Animals (1977)
The Wall (1979)
The Final Cut (1983)
A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)
The Division Bell (1994)
The Endless River (2014)
Empty Spaces 1
Pink Floyd Lyrics
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To fill the empty spaces
Where we used to talk?
How shall I fill
The final places?
How should I complete the wall
The lyrics to Pink Floyd's song Empty Spaces are open to interpretation, but one possible explanation is that it represents the emptiness and loneliness one can feel in the absence of meaningful communication and connection with others. The singer is asking what they can use to fill the void left by the loss of conversation with someone they used to talk to. They are also wondering how they can fill the final spaces, perhaps referring to the last moments or interactions with that person. Finally, they are questioning how they should complete the metaphorical wall that has been built up around them as a result of their lack of connection with others.
The theme of walls and isolation is prevalent throughout Pink Floyd's album, The Wall, from which Empty Spaces is a part of. The album tells the story of a rock star named Pink who builds a wall around himself as a defense mechanism against the pressures of fame and personal struggles. The album reflects the band's own experiences with isolation and detachment from their audience during their tours.
Line by Line Meaning
What shall we use
How can we possibly fill the void that has been left behind?
To fill the empty spaces
How can we replace the conversations that we used to have?
Where we used to talk?
How can we bring back the memories of our past conversations?
How shall I fill
How can I personally fill the emptiness that I feel?
The final places?
How can I find closure for the last remaining gaps in my heart?
How should I complete the wall
How can I finally overcome the emotional barrier that I have built for myself and allow myself to move on?
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Written by: Roger Waters
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@PrimitiveInTheExtreme
Timeless masterpiece.
@markbunce3405
Timeless indeed ✨️
@Elbanjomon
I think this version is way better than the album version >.>
@unison_vintage
yes, I think so! men!
@keithode1737
The second half of this song isn't on the album.
@harrisonrelf6096
+Keith Ode actually it's part of the wall the movie but it got removed from the album unfortunately I quite like this song
@BRbassedu
Those are actually 2 different songs. This is "What Shall we do Now" (the title is wrong). It just happens that the entire instrumental and melody of the 1st part is the same (albeit in a different key and with different lyrics) as "Empty Spaces".
@gabrielray9709
ya i agree
@ListlessCraving
I love how the opening showed how at one moment love can be so beautiful, yet so easily turn into hate.
@juanmanuelrodriguez1197
Cheers for money.