David Gilmour Rejects Pink Floyd’s Progressive Rock Label

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00:00David Gilmour Rejects Pink Floyd's Progressive Rock Label

00:04David Gilmour just demolished a fundamental assumption about Pink Floyd's place in music

00:08history.

00:09I've never talked about progressive rock or thought that we were whatever progressive

00:13rock is, the guitarist told Rick Beato recently, dismissing decades of critical consensus that

00:18places Pink Floyd among Prague's founding fathers.

00:22This isn't just semantic quibbling, it's a masterclass in how artists and audiences can

00:26inhabit completely different realities about the same music.

00:30The disconnect runs deep.

00:32Critics place Pink Floyd among Prague's Big Four, but Gilmour sees the band as intuitive

00:37rather than technical.

00:39Yet albums like The Dark Side of the Moon and Animals feature the complex structures and

00:43experimental soundscapes that define progressive rock.

00:47Even Nick Mason accepted a Prague God Award in 2017, underscoring the band's internal divide.

00:53Gilmour's resistance to labels feels almost quaint in today's algorithm-driven era.

00:58The whole idea of labeling, it's become more essential, but I'm not keen on it, he admits.

01:05Spotify playlists and recommendation engines now shape musical fate more than DJs ever did,

01:10and Pink Floyd often appears on Prague Rock Essentials whether Gilmour approves or not.

01:15The irony?

01:16The man who helped define the blueprint now questions it.

01:19A tension that also shows up with cover songs, where public perception can overshadow artistic

01:24intent.

01:25Gilmour highlights a key tension in music culture.

01:28Pink Floyd's experimental phase predated progressive rock, showing that genres help listeners navigate

01:34music but can't fully define it.

01:36As he works on his next solo album after 2024's Luck and Strange, he continues making music that

01:42defies categorization, a testament to the band's enduring, unique approach despite the pressures of 1970s fame.