Produceret af Richard WrightDet siges at pladen er lavet af skattemæssige årsager. Hvordan man rent teknisk kan tjene skattekroner på at lave en plade, ved jeg ikke lige, men hvad jeg ved er, at det ikke just er det kunstneriske, der ligger til grund for denne plade, hvis man skal tro på slagstallene og kritikkerne.
Wright selv udtalte sig ikke selv sønderligt positivt om denne plade.
Det vil selvfølgelig altid være et spørgsmål om smag og behag, så lad os kigge på det mere faktuelle.
Mel Collins spiller saxophone og også fløjte på Pink's Song
Larry Steele på bass guitar
Reg Isidore er på trommer og percussion.
Snowy White på guitar.
Sidstnævnte er et meget velkendt navn for os Pink
Floyd fans. Han kom allerede ind i Pink Floyd billedet i 1977 på deres In the Flesh tour dengang, og var
senere med på The Wall turneen og spillede for eksempel også guitar da Waters opførte The Wall Live i Berlin 1990.
Ikke at guitarspil lige er det mest dominerende på denne plade, men altid rart med "et velkendt ansigt".
Wright har selv skrevet al musik på Wet Dream. Han har dog fået hjælp med teksten på Pink's Song.
Og igen har vi et velkendt navn i Pink Floyd kredse: Juliette Wright. Det var Richard Wrights kone dengang,
men os Pink Floyd nørder kender hende bedre under sit ungpigenavn Juliette Gale.
Vi skal tilbage til omkring 1965, hvor bandet skiftede navn ret ofte. "Sigma Six", "Megadeaths",
"Architectual Abdabs", "Screaming Abdabs", "Abdabs" eller "T-Set". Vælg selv, men dengang var det Juliette der sang.
Nåja - Wright spillede guitar ligesom Waters og Mason var på trommer. Medlemmer skiftede de også
meget i den periode, så det er svært at sige, hvor meget Juliette var med, men hun var altså en del af det meget
tidlige Pink Floyd
28.juli 2023 ville Right være fyldt 80 år, og for at fejre det, havde to af hans tre børn
igangsat en genudgivelse af netop Wet Dream.
Jamie og Gala Wright fik Steven Wilson til at
lave et remix af stereo udgaven.
Wilson lavede også et af sine berømte surround / Dolby Atmos mix
ud fra originalbåndene.
Her er et indlæg fra netop Steven Wilson, som jeg har sakset fra Facebook:
My remix of Richard Wright’s ‘Wet Dream’ will be released on CD and streaming platforms
on what would have been Richard’s 80th birthday, 28th July.
Deep blue transparent marbled vinyl and blu-ray
formats follow on 29th September. The blu-ray additionally includes 5.1 and Dolby Atmos mixes as well as
never-before-seen personal archive videos.
The new mix additionally includes 2 extra passages of music that
were edited out of the original mix.
Most people know that Pink Floyd have always been my favourite band, so it was a real honour to be commissioned
by Richard’s children Gala and Jamie Wright to remix this relatively underrated and beautiful entry in the Floyd
canon. For anyone hearing the album for the first time it will become apparent just how much of Richard’s DNA
runs through Pink Floyd. His distinctive rhythm patterns, signature keyboard sounds, vocals, jazz influences,
and style of play exude throughout.
All formats feature images and brand-new artwork commissioned and art-directed
by Gala and Jamie and designed by Carl Glover. The original Hipgnosis artwork features in the vinyl booklet.
Jeg ved ikke helt med de der to "nye" musikpassager, som ikke kom med på originalpladen. Der er ofte en grund til at man fravalgte det dengang. Det skal også lige siges, at der ikke er tale om to selvstændige numre, men kun "musikpassager" som der står
... jeg synes at Wet Dream vinder en hel del i surround...
Prøv
at få fingre i den, og døm selv.
Herunder er teksterne som jeg har fundet dem et sted på nettet.
Numre på denne plade
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Mediterranean C (Wright) [3:52]
(instrumental)
Against the Odds (Richard) 3:57
Each time we return
To this crazy place
We break the promise made, face to
face
Easy to make
Easy to break
Something's here we don't understand
I don't know
Why we go on so
I don't want to fight no more tonight
Every time's the same
Both of us to blame
I don't want to talk no
more tonight
We've gone through this before
Now we ask for more
Seems to me we can't escape at all
Words have no meaning
To hold such
a feeling
Can there be a way out of here
I don't know
Why we go on
so
I don't want to fight no more tonight
Every time's the same
Both
of us to blame
I don't want to talk no more tonight
(instrumental)
Something's gotta give
We can't carry on like this
One year on and more
unsure
Where do we go from here?
Many nights and many days
I've spent with
you
Talking about what we should do
I can't say
Nothing's clear to me no
more
One more sleepless night
And another wasted day
This song has
no end
Too many words fill my mind
You gave so much too soon
No longer
sure where you want to be
Turn around
See what you have found
Let's
drink to absent friends
How they cared, and all they shared
We took our
life to the edge
They still try to understand
Time is running out
You're
going down
Come on, let's go wherever they may be
Make a choice
Stay
behind or follow me
(instrumental)
It was meant to be a holiday
Building castles by the sea
Another way to
live for you and me
Time to pause, consider what we've done
The wind is
blowing, so come,
Let's take a holiday
How was I to know quite so soon
That dreams can turn a life,
Around it seems
There is no single way to
live our days
Between these lines I know you see a man
Who's not quite sure
who he is
Or where he stands
Sail on
Sail on, across the sea
Ride
the waves, feel the breeze
Sail on
There's no other way I'd rather be
Destiny, reality are just a dream
Raise the sails, the wind is free
Every
day I become more confused
Which way to go, how to choose
Back at home,
what holds me here
Shut in not moving, only half a life
Clouds hang heavy,
they leave me cold
It doesn't have to be this way
The wind is blowing, so
come,
Let's take a holiday
Sail on
Sail on, across the sea
Ride
the waves, feel the breeze
Sail on
There's no other way I'd rather be
Sail on
Sail on, across the sea
Ride the waves, feel the breeze
Sail
on
There's no other way I'd rather be
Sail on
Sail on
Sail on
Sail on
There's no other way I'd rather be
Sail on
Sail on
Mad Yannis Dance (Wright) [3:19]
(instrumental)
Drop in From the Top (Wright) [3:25]
(instrumental)
Pink's Song (Wright og Juliette Wright) [3:28]
Quiet, smiling friend of mine
Thrown into our lives
You gave everything you
could
Saw through our disguise
I had to stay I could not leave
Give
me time so I can breathe
Give me time to be at ease
Patiently, you
watched us play
Parts you'd seen before
Even then, we sometimes asked
What you keep us for
Caught between the tangled web
You helped set us
free
Sadly, then, you lost yourself
So you had to leave
And I must
go, be on my way
Let me go, I can not stay
Let me go, I must not stay
And I must go, be on my way
Let me go, I cannot stay
Let me go, I must not
stay
(instrumental)