It Would Be So Nice

PINK FLOYD Released 4th Single ‘IT WOULD BE SO NICE’ 45 Years Ago Today (And They Hated It)

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7″ singles/vinyl from the past

19 April 2023

Influential sound-crusaders PINK FLOYD (1965–1994, 15 studio LPs)
released their 4th single named IT WOULD BE SO NICE 45 years
ago today, on 19 April 1968.

The song was written by the late Richard Wright, co-founder of the band.
It was the first single – part lullaby, part psych pop ditty featuring guitarist
David Gilmour following the departure of the late Syd Barrett. Drummer Nick
Mason and songwriter/singer Roger Waters hated the song.

Mason: “Fucking awful. At that period we had no direction. We were being hustled
about to make hit singles. There’s so many people saying it’s important you start to
think it is important.”

Waters: “Live bookings seem to depend on whether or not you have a record
in the Top Ten. I don’t like ‘It Would Be So Nice.’ I don’t like the song or the way
it’s sung.”

Judge for yourself, folks.

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‘It Would Be So Nice’ – Fourth Single By PINK FLOYD (1968)

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Knockouts from the past…

12 April 2019

‘It Would Be So Nice’ by PINK FLOYD

It was the band’s fourth single released on 12 April 1968, 51 years ago. A playful, poppy and trippy song written by keyboardist Richard Wright. Some music critics hated it. One even called it ‘unbearably whimsical‘. But what do those so-called connoisseurs actually know about pop pearls, they prefer pretentious and pompous art rock like Pink Floyd would produce regularly later on. Drummer Nick Mason hated it too, but hey, he’s the drummer, so what does he know about pop pearls. I dig it because it’s not pretentious
and not pompous. It’s just a sweet little symphony, even a bit Beatlesque. Not that I do know much about sweet little symphonies. Whatever! Here it is…

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