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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.
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