Richard William Wright, para os amigos Rick, nasceu em Londres,
Inglaterra, em Julho de 1943, cidade onde morreu em setembro
de 2008. Foi um dos principais músico da banda Pink Floyd.
O único nascido em Londres entre os integrantes, Richard
foi o terceiro compositor e vocalista do grupo, tal como
George Harrison nos Beatles, John Entwistle no The Who e
John Paul Jones no Led Zeppelin. Como compositor, Wright
contribuía com duas ou três músicas por álbum, ou colaborava
na estruturação de obras coletivas como "Echoes" ou "Time".
Dark Side of the Moon, de 1973, representa seu ápice na banda
Pink Floyd, com os teclados equiparando-se à guitarra de
David Gilmour e participou na composição de cinco
das dez músicas. Em "Wish You Were Here", onde seus teclados
estão onipresentes, Wright trouxe grandes contribuições para o álbum,
sobretudo na suíte "Shine On You Crazy Diamond".
Um grande amigo, falava muito sobre o Brasil e admirava muito
a diversidade de ritmos em nossa cultura musical. A tradução
do título em português da composição que ilustra esta música,
minha homenagem a ele, "avanço" ou uma "importante
descoberta", cabe-lhe. Sua morte, mais um avanço em sua
evolução que, com certeza vai levá-lo a importantes descobertas
"lá em cima", mas que, infelizmente, acabou com as possíveis
esperanças de o grupo Pink Floyd retornar, continuando a
encantar seus admiradores. Paz, meu amigo.
carlos miranda (betomelodia) ™
I can take or leave it, won't be the woebegone,
Don't need a model universe to hang your pictures on.
You hide somewhere, you die somewhere
And then this senseless thought,
By hating more you're feeling more
And that's how you get caught.
They're never going to make it easy
Of this you can be sure.
I greet you from your wilderness,
I'll stay inside your door.
There is no cage or prison, they have no fence too tall,
You die more times than anyone, there's still no place to fall.
They're never going to keep it simple
This comes down from above.
I have no helm, no secret realm,
I dream to be at the heart of love, a part of love.
I bet you can conceal it, but that's just a dead-end track,
I'll cover you like the driven snow and then I'll bring you back.
You'll see! you feel like, you feel like a banner,
Unfurled and gently blown,
And there before your opening eyes
The self you've never known.
They're never going to make it easy
Of this you can be sure
You feel untied, beatified
And loved for evermore.
You hide somewhere, you die somewhere
And then this senseless thought,
By hating more you're feeling more
And that's how you get caught.
They're never going to make it easy
Of this you can be sure.
I greet you from your wilderness,
I'll stay inside your door.
There is no cage or prison, they have no fence too tall,
You die more times than anyone, there's still no place to fall.
They're never going to keep it simple
This comes down from above.
I have no helm, no secret realm,
I dream to be at the heart of love, a part of love.
I bet you can conceal it, but that's just a dead-end track,
I'll cover you like the driven snow and then I'll bring you back.
You'll see! you feel like, you feel like a banner,
Unfurled and gently blown,
And there before your opening eyes
The self you've never known.
They're never going to make it easy
Of this you can be sure
You feel untied, beatified
And loved for evermore.