My favourite music critic Ian MacDonald once wrote an essay about the curious phenomenon of Pink Floyd's monstrous success. He thought it worth examining why so many millions of people apparently identify with such profoundly depressing and turgid music. That was a good 20 years ago. Yesterday I had a 12 year old student come in and tell me he had a new favourite record - "Dark Side Of The Moon" - and would I teach him how to play "Brain Damage" as he particularly liked that. I obliged. And then I played him this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJSIazpQZRg
He gave me THAT look that children have been giving teachers for thousands of years...