The Dark Side of the Moon

^ It's not about "trolling" at all. It's just a difference of opinion, that's all. At least I have Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here in my Top 3, even if you disagree with my No. 1 choice of album.

Cristi wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: Pink Floyd's Animals album isn't even in my Top 7.....   1. The Division Bell 2. The Dark Side of the Moon 3. Wish You Were Here 4. The Endless River 5. A Momentary Lapse of Reason 6. The Wall 7. Atom Heart Mother it's like you're asking for sarcasm...  must... refrain...

Pink Floyd's Animals album isn't even in my Top 7.....

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - October 31 2020 at 10:40

Well...I don't listen to Floyd much these days but Animals is not 1 for me that would be DSOTM...simply due to it's iconic nature....otherwise I tend to agree with most of his rankings, but as he mentioned I usually play the early psych stuff more.

nick_h_nz wrote: Just read this from the first post to the most recent, and it’s the most entertaining discussion I’ve encountered on this forum! Regarding the High Hopes video, I’m quite glad it was posted. I know the song, but I’d never seen the video. Yes, I could always have looked it up, but it’s never occurred to me to do so. So now I’ve seen a video I’d not seen, for a song I’m happy to listen to again. Regarding DSotM, it’s a Floyd album I’ve always struggled with. I don’t dislike it by any stretch, but I’ve never quite understood why everyone thinks it’s so wonderful. It would appear well down my list if I were to rank Pink Floyd albums. That said, however, I think it is far more impressive live. Since buying the Experience edition, I’m not sure I’ve ever listened to the studio version again, as the Live At Wembley gig just seems superior. My first ever Pink Floyd purchase was A Momentary Lapse of Reason, as that was the album released around the time I was starting to buy my own music. I have a feeling I therefore probably rate it above DSotM because it was my first, and the first album you buy from any artist tends to remain special, even if you later realise it is far from the “best” if you are to think less subjectively. Nevertheless, I do prefer MLoR to DSotM. My favourite Pink Floyd album by a very large margin, though, is Wish You Were Here. The whole thing is perfect, and I love Roy Harper’s vocals on Have A Cigar. It was because of those that I investigated Roy Harper, who I’d not heard of previously.

I do like Dark Side very much, but indeed it's not among my very favourite Floyd albums. And I do like the live version a lot too... it's got a nice touch of the earlier Floyd still in it, but all in all, I think I give a slight preference to the final studio album... it sounds more polished, which seems to suite the album. As for a Momentary Lapse of Reason, from the later Floyd I actually much prefer The Division Bell. From Momentary Lapse, I prefer the live versions of my favourite songs. However, perhaps you would be interested on listening to the remixed version of the album on the new Later Years Box-set.

And indeed my very favourite album from Floyd (and any other band) is Wish you Were Here (closely followed by Animals), though I'm afraid that the one song I don't fully like so much on it is Have a Cigar (nothing really wrong with the song, really, it's only that the rest of the album is so wonderful by comparison).

^ Thanks Nick! I had High Hopes that a Pink Floyd fan would enjoy that video, even though they're likely to be very familiar with the song, so you just made it all worthwhile for me to post it here on this thread.

Pink Floyd - Yet Another Documentary

^Great! That means it's even more pointless!

Psychedelic Paul wrote: posting more "pointless" videos

Cristi wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: Ronstein wrote: And spoil a good argument!!!! But, apologies for hijacking your thread  No need to apologise. It's all good fun. especially when you say some crazy thing and I imagine you sitting on the side and giggling at the reaction you get.  Say it isn't so?