![]() But the Pink Floyd, he thought, were the very stuff that we’d been talking about.” Paul McCartney’s friend Barry Miles He didn’t see The Beatles as being quite the vehicle for that. In my discussions with him, had always been convinced that there would be a new synthesis of electronic music, studio techniques, and rock ‘n’ roll. It was almost like the Beatles passing on the mantle - at least some of it - and acknowledging the existence of a new generation of music. ![]() “Paul was patting them on the back, saying they were great and were going to do fine. Meanwhile, he said Paul passed the torch to Pink Floyd with some genuinely kind words: Miles recalls the fledgling band being nervous and naive while recording. Barry Miles, Paul’s friend and founder of the Indica Bookshop that served as a hub for London’s counterculture, went too, along with Ringo Starr and George Harrison (per Schaffner). While Floyd made The Piper at the Gates of Dawn in an adjacent Abbey Road studio, Paul took a trip down the hall to pay a visit. The pair might not have seen them as threats - why would they in 1967? But Paul seemed to know Pink Floyd had what it took to become the next massively popular band to launch out of London. Paul and John watched Pink Floyd perform before they had a recording contract. If I ever win the lottery, I swear to you all, I am going to rent out the nearest planetarium and have Laser Rock shows like Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and more so we can all trip out one more time.- Eric Alper ? March 2, 2023 Paul’s prediction about Pink Floyd as he ‘passed the mantle’ was completely right He “passed the mantle” to Pink Floyd with some kind words as they fumbled their way through their Piper recording sessions. Yet Paul might have sensed Pink Floyd’s greatness to come. The Fab Four called it a day several years before Floyd hit their peak in the 1970s. Pepper.īoth bands’ careers didn’t overlap very much. Floyd recorded Piper next door to The Beatles as they made Sgt. ![]() Paul and John Lennon attended an early Pink Floyd gig in a London club. Members of The Beatles and Pink Floyd weren’t strangers to each other. ![]() If the Beatles were seasoned vets in 1967, then Pink Floyd were the recording rookies. They recorded several singles and albums in the famed London studio. The Fab Four practically lived at Abbey Road studios in the 1960s. (l-r) Paul McCartney Pink Floyd members Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Syd Barrett, and Rick Wright in 1967 | Watford/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images Doug McKenzie/Getty Images The Beatles met Pink Floyd while both recorded at Abbey Road Studios McCartney’s prediction about Floyd’s potential (which came with some reassuring words) was 100% right. Pepper’s, including coming up with the title, but he took time to “pass the mantle” to Pink Floyd. Paul McCartney was a guiding force behind Sgt. Pink Floyd’s debut record, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, is another. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band remains an iconic album from the era. The Beatles’ psychedelic pop masterpiece Sgt. ![]()
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