Current:Home > InvestPsychologist Daniel Levitin dissects Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon'-Angel Dreamer Wealth Society D1 Reviews & Insights
Psychologist Daniel Levitin dissects Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon'
View Date:2024-12-24 00:50:02
Here's an enduring legacy: Pink Floyd's album Dark Side of the Moon was released 50 years ago today and it's still on the Billboard charts, making it the longest-charting album in history.
Dark Side of the Moon can be enjoyed for its far-out sonic landscapes or its inventive production, which reveals new surprises with every listen. You can also study its lyrics – much of Roger Waters' writing was inspired by a former member of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, who was forced to leave the band he'd helped found after his behavior became too erratic, influenced in part by drug use and in part by fame. Some say it was a psychotic break.
"His bandmates tried to get [Barrett] to a psychiatrist, but he wouldn't go," explains author and cognitive psychologist Daniel Levitin, a Pink Floyd fan who has studied the lyrics of Dark Side. "The band said the spark had gone out of his eyes." Levitin joins us to discuss the deep psychological themes of this legendary record.
To hear this conversation, use the audio player at the top of this page.
veryGood! (634)
Related
- Tony Todd, star of 'Candyman,' 'Final Destination,' dies at 69
- AJ McLean Reveals Where He and Wife Rochelle Stand 8 Months After Announcing Separation
- Abigail Breslin sued by 'Classified' movie producers after accusation against Aaron Eckhart
- Shohei Ohtani helping donate 60,000 baseball gloves to Japanese schools
- John Krasinski Revealed as People's Sexiest Man Alive 2024
- 2023 Veterans Day deals: Free meals and discounts at more than 70 restaurants, businesses
- Los Angeles to pay $8M to man who spent 12 years in prison for armed robberies he didn’t commit
- Disputes over safety, cost swirl a year after California OK’d plan to keep last nuke plant running
- Solawave Black Friday Sale: Don't Miss Buy 1, Get 1 Free on Age-Defying Red Light Devices
- Stock market today: Asian shares fall after bond market stress hits Wall Street
Ranking
- Man waives jury trial in killing of Georgia nursing student
- Jewish refugees from Israel find comfort and companionship in a countryside camp in Hungary
- These are the best days of the year to shop for holiday deals on electronics
- Independent inquiry launched into shipwreck off Greece that left hundreds of migrants feared dead
- John Robinson, successful football coach at USC and with the LA Rams, has died at 89
- File-transfer software data breach affected 1.3M individuals, says Maine officials
- Prue Leith Serves Up Sizzling Details About Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' Baking Show Visit
- Abigail Breslin sued by 'Classified' movie producers after accusation against Aaron Eckhart
Recommendation
-
Democrat George Whitesides wins election to US House, beating incumbent Mike Garcia
-
Arkansas man receives the world's first whole eye transplant plus a new face
-
Horoscopes Today, November 9, 2023
-
British judge says Prince Harry’s lawsuit against Daily Mail publisher can go to trial
-
Cavaliers' Darius Garland rediscovers joy for basketball under new coach
-
Feeling crowded yet? The Census Bureau estimates the world’s population has passed 8 billion
-
Blinken says ‘far too many’ Palestinians have died as Israel wages relentless war on Hamas
-
Spain’s acting prime minister signs deal that secures him the parliamentary support to be reelected