# Pink Floyd reunites to record new music in support of Ukraine **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** ukraine-invasion, music\ **Created:** [April 7, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-reunites-to-record-new-music-in-support-of-ukraine/962487 "2022-04-07T23:00:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-reunites-to-record-new-music-in-support-of-ukraine/962487/1 "2022-04-07T23:00:20Z")
I hope this leads to a full album inspired by the current war in Ukraine. Seems surreal that its been 30 years since Pink Floyd recorded new material . Music video embedded in link. > **[Pink Floyd Share New Song “Hey, Hey, Rise Up!” to Support Ukraine](https://pitchfork.com/news/pink-floyd-new-song-hey-hey-rise-up-support-ukraine/)** > > The single, featuring vocals from Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Ukrainian band Boombox, is billed as the first original music from Pink Floyd since 1994 > [@](#): > > [Pink Floyd](https://pitchfork.com/artists/3319-pink-floyd/) have released the new song “[Hey, Hey, Rise Up!](https://pinkfloyd.lnk.to/HeyHeyRiseUp/)” The song features Andriy Khlyvnyuk (of Ukrainian band Boombox). Specifically, the new track has Khlyvnyuk’s vocals from an [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cae5TydPAxh/) post that found him singing the patriotic Ukranian song “Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow” in Kyiv’s Sofiyskaya Square earlier this year. Find the song, an English translation of the lyrics, and the single artwork for “Hey, Hey, Rise Up!” below. > > Pink Floyd recorded “Hey, Hey, Rise Up!” on Wednesday, March 30, according to a press release. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-reunites-to-record-new-music-in-support-of-ukraine/962487/2 "2022-04-07T23:06:24Z")
Just saw this on another site and came here to share the link. Good for them. Also a cool song! ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-reunites-to-record-new-music-in-support-of-ukraine/962487/3 "2022-04-07T23:08:20Z")
The guitar solo is really good. More background information. David Gilmore’s daughter-in-law and grandchildren are Ukrainian. [Pink Floyd reunites to support Ukraine](https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/pink-floyd-reunites-support-ukraine-rcna23494) ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-reunites-to-record-new-music-in-support-of-ukraine/962487/4 "2022-04-07T23:41:16Z")
That was pretty damn awesome! That guitar was classic Floyd while still bringing something new to the sound. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-reunites-to-record-new-music-in-support-of-ukraine/962487/5 "2022-04-07T23:56:45Z")
I’d go so far as to say it is my favorite guitar work from Gilmour outside of The Wall and Obscured by Clouds. The drumming is also distinctively Floydian if not as much of a standout as the guitar. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-reunites-to-record-new-music-in-support-of-ukraine/962487/6 "2022-04-08T01:41:46Z")
Maybe it depends on how old you are, but I wouldn’t use “reunites” when it’s only two of four members. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-reunites-to-record-new-music-in-support-of-ukraine/962487/7 "2022-04-08T01:45:56Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Maybe it depends on how old you are, but I wouldn’t use “reunites” when it’s only two of four members.  That was my first thought, too, but then I figured Fuck it–close enough. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-reunites-to-record-new-music-in-support-of-ukraine/962487/8 "2022-04-08T01:47:58Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > Fuck it–close enough. Come to think of it, it’s actually a plus Waters isn’t there… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-reunites-to-record-new-music-in-support-of-ukraine/962487/9 "2022-04-08T01:50:14Z")
This could be a last chance for a new Pink Floyd album. They’re not getting any younger. David Gilmore still plays incredible guitar. I miss Richard Wright’s keyboards and vocals. Damn cancer. 😢 ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-reunites-to-record-new-music-in-support-of-ukraine/962487/10 "2022-04-08T02:44:09Z")
That was a very Floydian guitar and drums, and really the bass as well. I miss Richard Wright too. I’ve been listening to his first solo album quite a bit lately. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-reunites-to-record-new-music-in-support-of-ukraine/962487/11 "2022-04-08T03:44:13Z")
Five, if we’re not forgetting Syd. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-reunites-to-record-new-music-in-support-of-ukraine/962487/12 "2022-04-08T06:52:03Z")
Yeah. I’d never considered Gilmour Floyd to be broken up, just dormant. It’s possible Guy Pratt has been playing bass for Pink Floyd for longer than Waters did. ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-reunites-to-record-new-music-in-support-of-ukraine/962487/13 "2022-04-08T07:46:42Z")
We’ve all been used to clickbait by now, but I’ve got to say reading “Pink Floyd reunites” meant only one thing in my mind. It wasn’t that Gilmour has teamed up with some Ukranian rockers and called Mason if he’d want to do the drums. And yes, by quick math, Pratt has been the bass player in dormant-Floyd far longer than Waters ever was in active-Floyd. But Waters wasn’t really a bass player, he was a songwriter / singer / frontman who happened to play some bass as well. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-reunites-to-record-new-music-in-support-of-ukraine/962487/14 "2022-04-08T10:59:10Z")
Changes in personnel can make defining any band difficult. I miss Pink Floyd’s classic lineup. Gilmour, Mason and Pratt is the closest we can get since Wright died. Roger Waters doesn’t seem interested any more. > [@](#): > > Gilmour organized a recording session with drummer Nick Mason, bassist Guy Pratt and composer Nitin Sawhney. Roger Waters, who left Pink Floyd in 1985, didn’t take part. Gilmour, Mason and Pratt hadn’t recorded music together since the band’s keyboard player, Rick Wright, died in 2008. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-reunites-to-record-new-music-in-support-of-ukraine/962487/15 "2022-04-08T05:48:40Z")
… and release [their first new track for 28 years](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/07/pink-floyd-reform-to-support-ukraine), _Hey Hey Rise Up_ - not half bad, I have to say! ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-reunites-to-record-new-music-in-support-of-ukraine/962487/16 "2022-04-08T07:27:18Z")
> [@Pink Floyd reunites to record new music in support of Ukraine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-reunites-to-record-new-music-in-support-of-ukraine/962487): > > I hope this leads to a full album inspired by the current war in Ukraine. Seems surreal that its been 30 years since Pink Floyd recorded new material . Music video embedded in link. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-reunites-to-record-new-music-in-support-of-ukraine/962487/17 "2022-04-08T10:53:24Z")
Yes, I fell for that clickbait yesterday afternoon. To use the words Pink Floyd and “reunite” means only one thing: Roger Waters and David Gilmour together. I’m not shitting on the new work, but it’s no reunion. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-reunites-to-record-new-music-in-support-of-ukraine/962487/18 "2022-04-08T15:10:17Z")
Never gonna happen. When they had the story on the news last night, they showed a picture of Gilmour and Waters on stage, and I said, “Nope, that’s bullshit.”