So there is a lot of material left over from Division Bell some of which is mine, some of which is mine and Dave’s and some of which is Dave’s and I’m sure Dave and I will go through all those things again for the next Pink Floyd album. For example on Division Bell, we started of with Dave and I literally jamming in the studio and I’d say we had up to about 40 different pieces of music. RICK WRIGHT: There were certainly leftovers. Did you help to write any of the leftovers, and were any of them used as part of “Broken China? We hear of leftover songs from the Division Bell sessions. Re: Second part of question “touring the album.” I can’t say yes, but all I can say is I would like to, and hopefully there will come time that I could tour with this record. So I spent a long time trying to discover singing on this album – being such a personal album, there is no way I could ask anyone else to sing the particular songs except of course for Sinead (O’\onnor) who sang two songs I had written. That gave me confidence too when we moved on to “Broken China” where I actually spent a lot a time experimenting with my voice and finding a way that I felt comfortable singing, and I felt I did. And I was never that confident with my voice and I think it is true to say on “Division Bell” I was very nervous about going in to sing the song but I actually was quite pleased with the way it sounded. RICK WRIGHT: I think we can get back to “Remember A Day”, “See Saw” and “Paint Box” – at that time of course, I tried to sing my songs, Roger tried to sing his and then Dave joined the band and Dave clearly had the best lead vocals voice at that time so then Roger and I basically stopped singing the local vocals and became backup singers and harmony voices. For example, “Echoes” was where we discovered the best music we created at the time was when all three us of got together and collaborated rather than individually coming to the studio with a song.ĭid the “Division Bell” album give you the confidence to take a more dominant singing role? Your voice sounds as good as it did in the early days, do you think you may tour? Thanks. Sid, I am sad to say, was no longer capable of working so it came down to Roger, Dave and myself writing songs and I think it came later that we started writing songs together. RICK WRIGHT: “Paint Box” and “Remember A Day” were done soon after Sid left and we still hadn’t established the way the band was going to work. I have always been surprised (and disappointed) that more Wright songs didn’t directly follow these.
The lyrics are very evocative of 1) a long night out at a club and 2) of childhood, and the music is very effective as well. “Paint Box” and “Remember A Day” are two of my favorite songs off the “Relics” LP (and now CD). Simply look at Jazz and that has influenced my way of playing the keyboard. For example, I can give you a good example, one of the people I was very influenced by was Miles Davis, the trumpeter and his style of playing the trumpet certainly influenced the way I played the keyboards and also Bill Evans. I would have to say, not necessarily keyboard players actually influenced my sound. Who were the influences on this keyboard style in the beginning? Wright’s keyboard work during the early Floyd years was one of the most distinctive elements of the band’s sound, and was definitely a key to the band’s success.
I did Broken China because I personally feel that’s the best way I can work and I am very interested in how you can connect music with words and feelings and visuals. Funny enough you mentioned Division Bell though we originally intended it to be a conceptual album, I wanted it to really be conceptual, but in the end there were connected songs and some were not related to one another. Certainly on Broken China that was how I wrote. RICK WRIGHT: I think really the question is also the answer because it is true, that’s how I like to write. What is it that attracts you to ‘complete’ albums such as Wish You Were Here, The Division Bell and Broken China? Q: Dear Rick, I first want to take this opportunity to thank you for your outstanding contribution to the greatest band in the world, and as well for your excellent new album Broken China, which I think is a masterpiece. “Throughout your career with Pink Floyd, and on Broken China, your taste towards music has been conceptual – one that flows together and that conveys a collective tone that is very evident. Jam Music: All the Wright answers from Pink Floyd’s keyboardist
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