Douglas Adams and Pink Floyd - "Brain Damage/Eclipse"

[skezness]

He should've played Journey of The Sorcerer with Eagles as well.

[sortofsorted]

douglas you were more than you thought!!!.. ive enjoyed your writings!! a true star!!!...

[JackyRowe]

HAPPY TOWEL/DOUGLAS ADAMS DAY!!!!

[shepshepshep]

Been gone 10 years now, still missed - but not for his guitar playing...

[hugodantaspontes]

What COULDN'T this guy do well?

[thehasslessydney]

:O this happened? Holy shit!

[loungeking1]

An Douglas Adams was a lefty... not a big suprize.. :o)

[theantiantichrist]

lol It looks like he's playing a gibson robot.

[kspencerg]

There's a Douglas Adams shaped hole in this universe

[wabbitsBear]

@kspencerg Absolutely is.... When they dissect the universe after all this mishegass they will be hard pushed to work it all out!

[crazy8rgood]

I honestly get depressed whenever I remember that Douglas Adams and Richard Wright are dead.

This was too much, and awesome.

[purbrookian]

Atheist, Wodehouse fan, Mac addict, and left-handed guitarist. My soul brother...if men had souls.

[TheCrusader1000]

Wow great picture and great choose of music as well Floyd and Adams together, just seems right some how.

They should re-release HHGTTG with Pink Floyd sound track from Dark Side of the moon, could you imagine that.

Much missed and much loved Doug Adams

[Ryan44567]

DNA left this place too soon. At least he told us the meaning of life before he went,

[sparkyjeff2]

i always said there was was something fundamentally wrong with the universe

[MsGospod]

@sparkyjeff2 i so much agree :D

[conceil8]

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I warned you Christians, the kingdom of God is about to take over this world, prepare yourself, be holy, be like Christ.

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[sparkyjeff2]

am 42 tomorrow...this post is a no.1...what is 6 times 9 anyway?

[ptfp111]

42 ofc

[kingazzaman]

these are a few of my favorite things...

[alien8ted]

I remember hearing Hitch-hiker's Guide for the first time when it was on the radio. They were playing Wish You Were Here in the background and Ford Prefect said (about Marvin the Paranoid Android) "hey, did you know that robot can hum like Pink Floyd?" I was totally hooked from that moment!

[DrPeterVenkman]

Whoa... DNA and Floyd, wot a great way to celebrate a 42'nd round the ol sol. The world is a smaller/lesser place with out him.. RIP Douglas Adams.

[Tapecutter59]

The best of 20th century literature and music in one photo, well done.

[ElFrankus]

Oh God! you gotta be shittin´me!

Two of my favorite artists in the whole world!

[rapperscanttakeahint]

Yay Douglas!! I wish I could find a video of this...

[7677890]

Is there anything this guy didn't do well?

We need someone like Douglas to take civilisation through the 21st century at the correct level of insanity.

[kilnamartyrasnowmob]

@7677890 42 likes! :)

[IoEstasCedonta]

@7677890 I voted your comment down because it had 44 up. Someone help me out here.

[LostManSays]

@IoEstasCedonta It should be at the correct number now.

[ColombianForLife]

Two of my top very must favourite things toghether! Pink Floyd + Douglas Adams... Thanks for the upload!

[Phantompain7]

and at the end of this song Adams threw himself at the ground and missed :)

[trycoun]

@Phantompain7 ...would be the art of stagediving, then...

[minichapman]

the lunatic is on the grass

[Iordjimi]

thats cutest thing I've ever heard.

[napnap1234]

Cool.

[SirHawkeyeWho]

My fave writer + my fave band = BLISS

[bartsucks]

seconded.

[Eynigma]

thirded.

[ColombianForLife]

Oh yes! It's a shame there isn't a video... but oh well, this is just sweet!!

[SirHawkeyeWho]

RIP Douglas And Richard ='[

[gabrieljardine]

and SYD

[gr8fulbud]

a b s o l u t el y : )

[wageslaveZ]

"There is no dark side of the moon, really... As a matter of fact it's all dark."

-Roger Waters-

[roscoenick]

sorry to be a douche, but that line was not written or spoken by Roger Waters on the album, it was the doorman at Abbey Road Studios that Pink Floyd interviewed for sound bites.

[ShoTgUn851112]

Among with "The Hat" and everyone..legendary sentences, to be honest...

[lionhasalreadybe]

yes, you are correct, Mr. O'Driscoll. Gerry has the last word... What a moroon.

[ForTheHerd]

Love that Irish doorman. :D

[jjobie]

If you track down the "unauthorized" (cough cough) CD set of rare and unreleased Pink Floyd recordings that's been floating around fansites for a bit, you can hear much of the actual interviews w/Roger the Hat and others, from which the spoken bits on DsoTM were taken. It's neat.

[alien8ted]

Here's Gerry O'Driscoll's original recording, with a bit extra!

watch?v=8vLwXpBLqlw

[wageslaveZ]

The answer to every question is 42! Don't forget your towel, space is big, really big, and most of all, DON'T PANIC! I'm pissed that both the BBC teleplay or the Mos Def movie version of HGTTG didn't use one iota of Floyd in the soundtrack, it only made perfect sense.

[mhspiper]

Was that a Waters reference at the end? ;)

[nicktp1979]

@mhspiper it had to be....well said either way.

[tafxkz]

@wageslaveZ

That is a Waters reference

[kcg5000]

@wageslaveZ Floyd would never let them use their music. never.

[glabrezzu]

great.... :D

[fozra]

DNA's playing a Danelectro - Syd in mind, perhaps?

RIP Douglas Adams.

RIP Syd Barrett.

[MAXAcca]

Syd only used the Danelectro once or twice. He mostly used a Fender Esquire. But yeah, I can see how that might work out. Truth be told, I can't tell exactly what guitar he's using there.

[zaphodphil]

Yes, Adams is definitely playing a Danelectro in that picture, a U2 model in fact. I've also seen a photo of Gilmour playing a Danelectro in the studio. They're nice lightweight guitars with a very comfortable neck.

[clofts]

I can't hear what David Gilmore says at the end.. can someone please transcribe if they know what he is saying? Thanks :)

[corred1]

"There is no dark side of the moon, really...As a matter of fact it's all dark."

[clofts]

Cool.. thanks :)

[jkmac407]

He says "Thank you very much, indeed"...then something about douglas adams birthday, then we want to thank roger for writing those words and I have the priveledge of singing them each night, thank you very much, goodnight"

[egonspoonrace]

Douglas's 42nd Birthday

[Pwner57]

yes 42 its apparently the answer to his best birfday 2 ^_^

[StateofMynd42]

I've been searching for this for quite some time now, thank you for posting :)

[highway234]

wow! i had no idea. i knew he was a big procul harum fan, though. i also didn't know he was a lefty!

[winnerandloser]

yes Douglas Adams was one of David´s best friends, and he also has the credit on the Division bell album, because it was him who actually chose the name for the album.

[Shizenvi]

Wow! I never knew that Douglas Adams named that album. I now have something to add to my overly large bank of facts about Douglas Adams AND Pink Floyd I keep in my head.

[singlebiker]

Wow! Thank you! Never know this existed. Thank you!

[24gwen24]

Thanks for posting!