Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread

And a secret clip for the saucer peoples

But they're very good oysters, aren't they though?

Sumdeus wrote: But they're very good oysters, aren't they though?

Mmm... since they were eaten about 40 years ago, and well disposed of and all, well, I don't really care about those oytesrs very much nowdays (if I remember well those parts of the video, else I may not be making much sense).

I am a big Floyd fan, so much so I don't think it's fair I get slack when I say Devision Bell is more 80's pop rock not as special as previous albums because Walters is missing, I say this because I really believe it to be true. I adore Gilmore and Richard even more so but honestly what I love the most of this album is the artwork (don't shoot me pls), this album is more 80's Duran Duran inclined to me. Ok don't shoot me, instead hug me pretty please?  Please?  

Syd Barrett was definitely an innovator because his music influenced others to write differently and not so much a direct emulation of Barrett but  how his ideas would fit into a completely diverse type of songwriting unlike Pink Floyd. In 68' Jefferson Airplane recorded a song titled "Lather" which to me personally sounded like a song that Syd wrote for Pink Floyd or could have even turned up on Madcap Laughs. I can hear Syd Barrett singing the song and it just feels to close to what he would have written. On the Beach Boys "I'd Love to See You Once" from Wild Honey there is a repeated line which is way too reminiscent of "Vegetable Man". Syd Barrett had been listening to a lot of American Psych/underground music. But yet it is evident that many rock artists had listened to the Piper At the Gates of Dawn. He was a major influence to Roger Water's songwriting. He was responsible for Waters knowing when not to play..and that whole concept of a gloomy musical pause of notes or passing through the ether is the musicial personality of Waters compositions. Well ...Syd Barrett was supposedly up in the ether, however I question whether or not a huge percentage of his style in behaviour didn't have more to do with play acting. As Jerry Shirley once said..."I don't think Syd was as crazy ..as everyone thought he was"  It's justified though because taking on that extreme role of acting bizzare is something that others did in life as well. What many people in his life considered crazy was questionable to me. I don't think his behaviour developed directly from drug use. I believe it was something he thought about  years prior to losing the twinkle in his eyes. Drugs enhanced his actions but he was on a seperate mission. The film of Syd and his friends tripping on acid was common. Kids in America were always filming themselves during an acid trip. This is all contrived and I don't believe in Syd Barrett's case that it had everything to do with his illness. We had Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The GTO'S, etc..on the west coast during this time period and they all produced bizzare behaviour for underground entertainment.

Sounds like some folks are confusing The Division Bell with A Momentary Lapse of Reason, there's nothing 1980s or Duranduran about the former album (and not much in the latter either).

Edited by Dean - January 30 2013 at 17:27

Marooned gives me goose bumps!

Oh, I do love Division Bell a lot. I'm almost glad Waters left just so The Division Bell could be made. Indeed it's not the same as their 70's stuff, but it's still great. It is my 3rd or 4th favourite album by them, just behind "Wish you were Here" and "Animals"... I would actually have trouble choosing my favourite between Division Bell and Dark Side of the Moon. And I definitley like it better than The Wall. Oh well, if I may consider "Live at Pompeii" as a Pink Floyd album, I would put it before Division Bell too, I guess.

Tom and others, this got me thinking...Would you have liked to see Waters involved in the `Division Bell', or working on a new studio album with Dave and Nick these days??

Not that I think in a million years it will happen!

I  always  thought Division Bell was a bit second rate. Not a fan.