Pink Floyd's album 'Dark Side of the Moon' was released 50 years ago March 1. NPR asked a cognitive psychologist to break down its twisting psychological themes.
on the Billboard charts, making it the longest-charting album in history.can be enjoyed for its far-out sonic landscapes or its inventive production, which reveals new surprises with every listen. You can also study its lyrics – much of Roger Waters' writing was inspired by a former member of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, who was forced to leave the band he'd helped found after his behavior became too erratic, influenced in part by drug use and in part by fame.
"His bandmates tried to get [Barrett] to a psychiatrist, but he wouldn't go," explains author and cognitive psychologist Daniel Levitin, a Pink Floyd fan who has studied the lyrics of."The band said the spark had gone out of his eyes." Levitin joins us to discuss the deep psychological themes of this legendary record.Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
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