Narrating Personal Interest

For me, listening to music is a pleasurable experience, especially when I can listen closely to a favourite CD on my Hi Fi system.  Since I value good music reproduction, I own quite a good Hi Fi system to listen to my rather large collection of CDs.  When I rip songs to play on my iPhone I always use Apple’s Lossless Codec to get the best sound quality, and I listen to the music with full size headphones.

Although I listen to a variety of styles of music, it is classic rock music from the 1970’s and 1980’s that I enjoy listening to most.  The 1970’s in particular were a decade of musical exploration, as different rock bands started experimenting with rock music.  One of the most successful psychedelic and progressive rock bands was Pink Floyd who produced some legendary albums during the 1970’s.

My all-time favourite album is Pink Floyd’s 1973 concept album The Dark Side Of The Moon.  The album The Dark Side Of The Moon is widely regarded as one of the best rock albums of all time, and is one of the best-selling albums worldwide.  I remember listening to this album quite a lot while studying for my Civil Engineering degree at UNSW, and I still love listening to the album today.

Another outstanding feature of Pink Floyd was their elaborate live concerts.  These included spectacular laser light shows together with different props and pyrotechnics.  Later they used a large projection screen behind the band to display video.  The DVD Pulse featuring the 1994 Earls Court London concert is one of Pink Floyd’s spectacular concerts, and one that I really delight in watching as it is such an outstanding visual and auditory feast.

I think that one reason why I like Pink Floyd so much is that their music has a timelessness to it, which is one reason why some of their albums still sell well today. To me, it seems that each generation manages to discover Pink Floyd’s rock music and can appreciate it.

Pink Floyd reunited for the 2005 Live 8 Concert in London. The classic line up of Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick Mason played together on stage for the first time in 24 years.  This is one concert I really wished I could have attended as it would be the last time the four band members would play together again.