Part One: Fandom and Context

Part One of a 4-part Roqe Original Series exploring the deep and surprising connection between Iranians and the legendary British rock band, Pink Floyd. This episode is entitled, “Fandom and Context” and features Ali Azimi (London), Dara Daraee (Tehran), Ramin Sadighi (Tehran) and Roya Arab (London).

Part Two: Sonics, Class, and Connection

Part Two of a 4-part Roqe Original Series exploring the deep and surprising connection between Iranians and the legendary British rock band, Pink Floyd. This episode is entitled, “Sonics, Class, and Connection” and features Reza Moghaddas (Toronto), Amir Bahari (Tehran), and Sepp Osley (London).

Part Three: Drugs, Access, and Melancholy

Part Three of a 4-part Roqe Original Series exploring the deep and surprising connection between Iranians and the legendary British rock band, Pink Floyd. This episode is entitled, “Drugs, Access and Melancholy” and features Arash Sobhani (Stockholm), Siamak Shirazi (Portland), Maral Mohammadi (London), and Ehsan Sadigh (Toronto).

Part Four: Storytelling, Classics & Conclusions

Part Four of a 4-part Roqe Original Series exploring the deep and surprising connection between Iranians and the legendary British rock band, Pink Floyd. This episode is entitled, “Storytelling, Classics and Conclusions” and features Loga Ramin Torkian (Los Angeles), Anoush Saboktakin (New York), Sanaz Sotoudeh (Dubai), and Arash Mitooie (Tehran).

Roqe Recap - Top 10 Reasons Why Pink Floyd: An Iranian Obsession

A special recap and summary of the full 4-part Roqe series, Why Pink Floyd: An Iranian Obsession. Jian presides over a countdown of the top ten elements discovered upon evaluating the deep connection between the Iranian people and the legendary British rock band, Pink Floyd.

ROQE MINUTE

A Roqe Minute #30

Dara Daraee on Pink Floyd and why Iranians love ‘Progressive Rock’ music…

A Roqe Minute #31

Ramin Sadighi (Hermes Records Founder) on the rise of Pink Floyd, and a lack of better options in the period preceding revolution in Iran…

A Roqe Minute #32

Maral Mohammadi on the exuberant Iranian experience of a Roger Waters concert…

A Roqe Minute #33

Music critic Amir Bahari on the class dimensions of the Iranian obsession with Pink Floyd…

2 comments

Payam says:

December 27, 2020 at 9:59 pm

I am a pink Floyd fan like other Iranians and as far back as I can remember , I love this topic of discussion , just want to add that since I was in middle school around 12 years old up to graduation from high school , there was a program on radio around 6:30 am by the name of ” Taghvim Tarikh” or “History Calendar” the opening song for this program was the intro drum piece for “Time” song by Pink Floyd. a very wise choice for a radio program.

Regards
Payam

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1. Roqe Team says:
  
  January 4, 2021 at 3:25 pm
  
  Thank you for sharing your memory with us and we’re happy you enjoyed this program.
  
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