Pink Floyd is a book of songs (1967-1994). Galin A.V.

For the first time, this book was light in May 1998, three months before default, and became a real gift for all fans of progressive rock. It was a rather voluminous folio (528 pages), which also included Pink Floyd discography. The reprint came under a different cover in 2003 and already without discography. And here in front of you is another reprint.

the main creator of the book - the philologist and translator Igor Poluytov, you do not need to represent. His previous works are the selected translations of the songs of The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd and almost the whole heritage of The Beatles, published in a two -volume (“Janus”, 1996), are well known to all real music lovers from rock.

Once again I want to once again want To complain that in Russia there are still no worthy translators of rock poems, not to mention the school of equitic translation. Representatives of academic circles do not want to descend to the "rock singers there", and this is how all sorts of "self-foil" trowels of songs are released. But when the master is taken up for the matter, you can feel the difference. Pink Floyd Poluyakhtov worked hard for more than ten years and was not entirely satisfied with the result.

The search for perfection could be endless, but on October 31, 2007, Igor tragically left this world. After him, there was a great legacy, because Poluyakhtov was not only a unique translator (owned several languages), an original poet, but also a gifted director, a brilliant journalist, producer, artist, showing himself in every hypostasis.

therefore, If the previous two publications “Pink Floyd. The Book of Songs ”was published in the“ Progressive Rock ”series, then this one opens a new“ Poetic series ”, which will present the translations of all the songs of The Beatles made by Poluykhtov, as well as the main work of his life - the translation of the entire corps of the verses of T. S. Eliot , the great Anglo-American poet. Eliot, of course, has nothing to do with the rock music, but the theme was touched on the universal, like Roger Waters, John Lennon, Jim Morrison and others like them. Therefore, we believe that the poet manifests himself at different times in different qualities, not to mention the fact that rock music has long become part of world culture. So in the series you can meet a variety of poets, including Ezra Pound and Sylvia of Plates.