About the band: Pink Floyd were a British band formed in London in 1965. Their music changed from psychedelic rock to full-blown prog over the years. They are one of the most commercially successful and influential bands in popular music history, and are definitely in my top 3 bands. They have released 15 studio albums in varying line-ups, but consensus is that their best period is the seventies, in which they released a handful of stunning albums, including Dark side of the moon. Pink Floyd currently have four songs in my list of about 200 best pop/rock songs of all time.
About the song: Pink Floyd started out in the late sixties, making a deep impression with their psychedelic sound. The real and relatively unknown gem from their early period is Julia dream, originally the B-side of the forgotten 1969 song It would be so nice, and later included on the 1971 collection album Relics. The lyrics are heavily drug-induced ("Every night I turn the light out, waiting for the velvet bride - Will the scaly armadillo find me where I'm hiding"), but the beautiful melody and effective instrumentation turns this song into an absolute classic. Run time 2:37.
