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Trotsky 
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Posted: November 26 2005 at 13:47 |
One of the few prog groups in which every member gets a nice individual
credit on their songs ... allowing us to see the different songwriting
styles develop (a fair number of solo albums were to follow too) ...
but this poll is simply about who you think wrote the best material for
Pink Floyd ...
Despite my being a fan of everyone in the band ... there surely is only one obvious answer ...
or is there? 
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"Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.”
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Deliriumist
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Posted: November 26 2005 at 14:37 |
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Obvious answer - Waters
My answer - Waters
But the truth - Waters?
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Genesisprog
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Posted: November 26 2005 at 14:38 |
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Frank Zappa,Pink Floyd,Yes,Genesis,Rush,King Crimson,Jethro Tull,E.L.P,Rick Wakeman -They have one similarity- I Love Them all !
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Posted: November 26 2005 at 15:13 |
roger waters of course..
but in the rick wright solos album the writing in good...
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...live for tomorrow...
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Posted: November 26 2005 at 15:15 |
Everyone 
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I know what I like and I like what I know...
Prog is in my heart, in my mind, in my soul...
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The Green Tank
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Posted: November 26 2005 at 18:38 |
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Dont' think this is a fair poll. Roger did most of the writing of the better stuff himself. But I think that just shows how good he really is. Dave Gilmour's alright, but not too great by himself most fo the time. Barret only wrote really psychedelic stuff, so he loses my vote. Rick Wright wrote some good (yet forgettable) songs, and Nick Mason................................................ well.... you get the idea
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samhob
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Posted: November 26 2005 at 18:57 |
Wright wrote alot of great stuff..
The great gig in the sky, Any color you like and without him echoes wouldn't exist ..
But sure waters is above all, he wrote most of the stuff.
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NotAProghead
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Posted: November 26 2005 at 19:15 |
Don't forget the band's chemistry.
Most of songs have been written by Roger, but PF sound is a result of all band members' efforts. It is a usual thing, take any band and compare its works with solo albums, differences are always obvious.
So IMO best songwrirer in PINK FLOYD is: Waters - Gilmour - Wright - Mason.
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Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)
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Posted: November 26 2005 at 19:15 |
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Richard Wright!
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The Miracle
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Posted: November 26 2005 at 19:40 |
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Waters, then Barrett.
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Posted: November 26 2005 at 19:42 |
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Roger Waters
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Posted: November 26 2005 at 19:46 |
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Waters, no contest.
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King of Loss
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Posted: November 26 2005 at 19:47 |
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Roger Waters, then Gilmour
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Posted: November 26 2005 at 19:52 |
Why Is Barett so damn low i thought he was a genius according to this pole nick mason was just as good 
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Posted: December 01 2005 at 00:24 |
Easily Barrett. Not just for Floyd,but one of the best and underrated in Rock history.
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Posted: December 01 2005 at 00:29 |
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Alan Parsons
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Phil
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Posted: December 01 2005 at 04:05 |
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Waters! Even if some of his songs are truly depressing........
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Posted: December 01 2005 at 22:46 |
Yup in the end, Waters is the most consistent genius for me, Barrett is also a genius, but burnt out so quickly ... maybe the more original/anarchic for the two, though, in fact I think both Waters and Gilmour have said that the earliest post-Barrett songs ... they were just trying to imagine what Barrett would have written ... still I voted for Waters
Wright is very good, but by his own admission, too lazy ...
Gilmour pretty damn good, but not many songs of his make it into my Floyd Top 20 (plus Dogs and Comfortably Numb are credited to Gilmour/Waters, I think)
Mason ... can't compare to any of his bandmates, IMO.
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Posted: December 01 2005 at 23:02 |
I think I have to go with Waters although I like the personal style of each of the other (except maybe Mason... I can't recall a song that he composed all alone).
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Posted: December 02 2005 at 01:55 |
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Waters without a doubt.
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