Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Stumbled across one I'd not watched before. Remember a Day in '68.

The fun part about this is they are literally cracking up over having to lip synch, it fun to see Roger laughing so much about miming his parts. At least I suspect that's what they're laughing about, who knows..

Live 1970

It was 50 years ago today.....

This photo was snapped and four kids had a record deal with EMI. 50 years!

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Watched again last night Wider Horizons, I love that documentary. Even my wife enjoys it due to Polly's contributions, the whole wife factor :)

Considering what seems like a very disjointed relationship with his parents, today he seems so unaffected by it.....I always find it sad that he does not miss his mother, but it makes sense.

I for one think David Gilmour is an amazing artist and family man.

Pink Floyd made a ton of masterful tracks. They are inconsistent in style so it's hard to rate them but I'll list some of my favorites and why I think these tracks are great.

Time- The solo is absolutely amazing.

Atom Heart Mother Suite- The melding of classical and rock, along with captivating solos that span many styles is great, and it's impressively original for 1970.

Echoes- This could subsitute LSD. One moment it's serene and the next David Gilmour's guitar is screeching like a whale.

Dogs- The dark, Orwellian lyrics are prominent here like the other tracks in Dogs, but this is where it is most prevalent. Also, when it comes to Floyd, the longer the better.

Every track on the Wall- this may be biased since the Wall was the first Pink Floyd album I listened to, but the nihilistic sound really grabs me in. I've listened to this album every day of my life.

Not individual discs, but individual "volumes". I hope the prices are accesible enough.

I really like the 1969-75 period of Pink Floyd... They released The Dark Side of The Moon, which is far best of Pink Floyd. Just this? Ummagumma, Meddle, AHM, and soundtracks... (I haven't listened them yet)

After Wish You Were Here, things started to go wrong. 1977's Animals suffers a dramatic drop of quality compared to previous one. Guitars took over the attention rather then keyboard, Rick, soul and emotion of the group. The Wall, especially The Final Cut, seems to me just a show of Roger's ego. He can't control himself, with cruelty, drops the bombs and destroys everything. Whoa?! Is that really Pink Floyd? You can just go and listen ear-banging metal!

Then starts the underrated years. A Momentary Lapse of Reason, okay, is under impact of 1980s commercial sound. It properly tells you after-nuclear-war world. Showing signs of life enough? You have to face sorrow.

The Division Bell? Better than The Wall. David's amd Rick's souls merge and this masterpiece is born. Mainly keyboard and guitar, with never-forgotten Rick's drum, properly mixed here. Songs "Marooned", "Keep Talking" and "High Hopes" is unforgettable.

Wish the trio had produced more albums (The Endless River is the confirmation), and wish Rick lived more... I think Roger now sees "what he had done".

I didn't know this thread still existed! Thought it was locked away long ago.

Ummagumma and Atom Heart Mother have been on my turntable lately. Still really good stuff and I'm still surprised by them!

Edited by SteveG - February 17 2017 at 04:11

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I have listened Animals several times - yes, didn't forgot Wright here, my point is Wright has been overshadowed by guitars, this resulted in a change of direction towards hard rock. See The Wall. Existence of keyboard is hardly noticeable, in my opinion.

Just bought the 2 cd set Pink Floyd The Early Years 1967-1972-intriguing collection which starts off with one of my fave Floyd songs Arnold Layne. Awesome!

Edited by presdoug - March 08 2017 at 06:12