Of course, we all aspire about doing something great, 'rock stardom' included - with the many benefits etc...

and no doubt Floyd was in on all this. I wonder - "Money" seems to be a sarcastic look at the lust-filled minds that when they get the money also seem to go mad (a piece of the dark side of lunatics, well at least in Syd's case).

And i'm no way saying here that the Floyd was (is?) a 'perfect' band - that they were solely in it for the love of music (which i'm sure was true aswell) -or that they were only in a band to have fun and show the display concepts to their fans (which is also true, but not wholely their purpose). But what i'm saying is that, to me, the Floyd has, in a way looked past their lust - Roger has realized that hey, sure money is a benefit - but he really loves writing music, and he really likes to expand his thoughts - hell he didn't make a cent on the wall tour - but i think the joy he gets inside from doing some outrageous and beautiful (yes, the wall is beautiful) things.

The band as a whole sort of started this when they had seen someone who had fallen from stardom due to their lack of sense of future.

Syd, i think in that way is the best thing that has happened (and not happened) to the Floyd. He set up a nice foundation, and if not for the foundation - the band would have fallen apart when he was abandoned. But they moved on, and realized Syd's wrongs - destined to be, maybe not better musicians, or writers - but to write with more of a purpose - to compose and be succesful so they can have a sense of success.

Not to be succesfull in order to splurge, but to build up their confidence, and even after the 'breakup', they still have this knowledge.

So, sure Floyd was in it for the above mentioned in NNJ's post. But they've evolved, and i think that's what sets them apart from so many - as an one of their own fell, it in turn strengthened them.

Notice aswell, how dark they seemed to be during concerts in the 'middle years', almost as though they were on stage for a very different purpose than the outright bands who screamed and shouted and got drunk with the rest of the audience.

Floyd seems so much more classical to me, they give me a sense of reasurance in their difference and indifference.

Just another reason why The Pink Floyd is beautiful.

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