Pink Floyd guitarist Dave Gilmour received an honour from the Queen, before joking that the monarch was probably not his greatest fan.
"I suspect that if she has listened to Pink Floyd, it has been one of her children or grandchildren playing it and she is more likely to be the one to say 'turn it off,' but I do not know her taste in music," said Gilmour, 57, after he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, or CBE, in a ceremony Friday at Buckingham Palace.
Gilmour received the honour from the Queen for his services to music after a 30-year career with the rock group, which recorded classic albums including Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall.
"She said Pink Floyd had been doing it for a very long time and I had to agree," he said.
Others honoured included former Squeeze keyboardist Jools Holland, 45, who was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, or OBE, for his services to music. AP