Pop Rock, Rock & Roll - General & Miscellaneous, General Aesthetics & Philosophy of Art, Art Rock/Experimental, Literary Theory - General & Miscellaneous, Philosophy - General & Miscellaneous, Aesthetics of Music
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Overview
What does the power of great art have to do with madness? Should psychedelic drugs make us doubt the evidence of our senses? How did power, sadism, and conformity turn education into mind control (not that we need either)? Can a rock band keep its identity as its members change? What can we learn from the synchronicities between The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wizard of Oz? Did Friedrich Nietzsche foreshadow Syd Barrett? When did you realize that you are the hole in reality? How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?The existential, cinematic music of Pink Floyd made them one of the most influential and recognizable rock bands of all time. They didn't do it by leaving their audiences comfortably numb, but by unsettling, disturbing, questioning, and criticizing. And if anything's still eluding you, Sunshine, you might find it in Pink Floyd and Philosophy.
Book Details
Published
November 28, 2007
Publisher
Chicago : Open Court, 2007.
Pages
298
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780812696363