Introduced the band to my son. Last Sunday, I drove him to the church and let him listen to Brain Damage and Eclipse, the last two songs in the album Dark Side of The Moon. Didn’t expect to create an impact because his mind I knew was somewhere else, the very reason I brought up Pink Floyd.
The following morning brought the the boys to UA&P en route to SM North for the resumption of my gym visits with December being my last month. He asked for the songs. Started with Us and Them, skipped the instrumental part and then proceeded to the two final tracks. This afternoon when he arrived, he played nothing but these tbree songs and downloaded more. “Shine on You Diamond is about Syd Barrett, the founding leader of the band,’ I said. “He lost his mind to drugs and David Gilmour eventually replaced him,” further on I said. I recounted that day they were recording SOYCD and Syd listened. Weird because nobody recognized him. He quietly sneaked in, sat in a corner to listen and watch and then unceremoniously left.
He told me that there’s a roommate who also likes whatever music he feeds him. And he also passes on to him the behind-the-song stories I share with him. So now he could play music while in the dorm bathroom without any issue at all. His older brother does the same, too, anyway.
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