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Adding in tribute to Richard Wright, I thought I’d follow Mike’s post with my favorite Pink Floyd song, “Green is the Colour.” This version comes from, “Live at the Montreaux Casino, 1970,” a bootleg that, to my knowledge, was never officially released. This track is the only one I listen to, as the rest of the recording gets a bit excessive in terms of song length and all that business about dwarves and cats (the itunes genius tool recommends purchasing Strawberry Alarm Clock’s “Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow” and “Porpoise Song” by the Monkees, among others, which more or less gives you the idea.) The achingly beautiful “Green is the Colour,” is a transcendental, compact love song that showcases Wright’s lush keyboards. Whereas the rest of the record seems designed to muddle the mind, this one goes straight for the heart.

Green is the Colour