Remembering Pink Floyd

Not THE greatest band of all times - just one of the greatest!! and one of the influences of psychedelia!

DeepPhreeze wrote: Pink Floyd won't die. It just won't. Over the years, Pink Floyd has attracted generation after generation of progressive rock listeners. When people think of Progressive Rock, they think of Genesis, Pink Floyd, and RUSH. Pink Floyd is so popular still that just about every prog listener started off at Pink Floyd. And while Led Zeppelin will be remembered as 'those hard-rock pioneers who made songs that were all more or less the same', Pink Floyd will be remembered as 'those guys who were bold enough to produce an album on which each song was from a different time and place". People who listen to Pink Floyd's works are usually struck by the sheer variety in styles/sounds, and the well-placed experimental bits that just barely made their music glittery or glamorous.

So true. To me they will always be the greatest prog band because they're the first I started listening to (a special thanks to my dad for showing me this awesome music).

They won't be remembered as the greatest band ever. Led Zep or Rolling Stones or Beatles will get that title.

They won't be remembered as the greatest psychedelic band either because this side is known mostly in the prog circles only.

I think that in the end they'll be remembered for The Wall and probably Dark Side of the Moon. Songs from these albums got so much airplay that everyone "knows" Pink Floyd. If you make a thread on any other forum asking what is your favorite prog rock band, more than half will say Pink Floyd. The sad part is that those people have only listened to Money or Another Brick In The Wall Pt.2

DeepPhreeze wrote: Bonham rarely used different drum kits, Page only used acoustics and Gibsons/Les Paul with light distortion, the vocal styles weren't ever different... I mean, crap man, they never really EXPERIMENTED.

Of course they experimented and you seem to know that yourself, otherwise you might have mentioned John Paul Jones ....

As it is obvious that you simply adore PF, I don't want to spoil your feelings for them by quoting critics who say, that given todays musical and technical standards the experimental music of PF sounds more or less like a violin sonata from the 19th century played on a hammond-organ.

Mind you, I really enjoy listening to PF, but still I doubt that in 1000 years they will be remembered as the best band in the world - by then, maybe an Iraqui folk-group will be the next big thing.

Guzzman wrote: DeepPhreeze wrote: And while Led Zeppelin will be remembered as 'those hard-rock pioneers who made songs that were all more or less the same' Please go and listen to their albums before making such a statement! Is "Carouselambra" the same as "Whole Lotta Love"? Is "Achilles Last Stand" similar to "Communication Breakdown"? What about "Rock and Roll" and "Kashmir"? Pink Floyd were without a doubt very influential to Psychedelic Rock, that's all one can say.

Bonham rarely used different drum kits, Page only used acoustics and Gibsons/Les Paul with light distortion, the vocal styles weren't ever different...

I mean, crap man, they never really EXPERIMENTED.

lunaticviolist wrote: The band that made The Wall. Can't agree. I believe if you ask Mr(s) (wo)Man-in-the-street then [assuming they have heard the name at all] they will remember them as Dark Side Of The Moon and/or Another Brick In The Wall Pt 2. The Floyd aren't really remembered as a psychedelic or progressive group by the general public. Agreed. I believe most will think of them vaguely just as a rock band, though some might associate them with Prog, especially perhaps older people. But certainly not psych - let's face it, they were only psych to begin with, well before they hit the big 1 with DSOTM.

If i would live then, i would be senile

Floyd; just another band.

Tomodachi wrote: Being Pink Floyd my all time favourite band, I voted the first option with very little objectivity ... but I think Beatles or Rolling Stones or Led Zep will be regarded as the greatest band of all times because they are much more popular.

But... those bands didn't write music that is absolutely timeless.

Pink Floyd is about the human experience itself.

The other bands you mentioned are all about love, or doing drugs, or quitting your job, or something like that. Hardly about weighty themes; Pink Floyd never made a 'lighthearted' song beyond the year 1971.

memowakeman wrote: The Most Influential Psy band

    
I second that.

The greatest band of all times for sure ^^