Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread

Snow Dog wrote: Dean  can't be too cross with me...look at my playlist.

Dean wrote: There something about the word 'appreciation' that I like. Not sure what that is exactly, but I think it has something to do with the recognition and enjoyment of the good qualities of someone or something rather than listing all the faults and things I don't like about someone or something. But there you go, that's just me - I'm old fashioned like that.

Well, if we're being honest with ourselves, we will realize that it's the hardcore fans that are the most critical and complain the most........because they have been led to expect greatness from their idols.

Having said that, the word "appreciation" does indeed mean exactly what you say..........but do we have to take everything literally?  My general feeling with such threads is that we discuss what we like AND what we dislike about a band and their output, with the understanding that it is all coming from the perspective of people who appreciate the band overall. 

As much as I love and adore Gilmour plus Richard, Division Bell had a missing element and this was Walters.

Kati wrote: As much as I love and adore Gilmour plus Richard, Division Bell had a missing element and this was Walters.

Indeed, it is missing Waters. But I'm not sure that's entirely bad. We already got the masterpieces of the 70's, and even with Waters it's not certain they would have achieved that again (though Amused to Death kind of shows us that perhaps Waters was already ready to give it another try). The Wall and The Final Cut already had quiet a different aproach than the previous few albums. And the same lack of Waters allowed Gilmour to explore some different ideas, and the guitar playing may just as well be better than ever, at least in the solos.

The Floyd albums sans Waters are good, but like The Final Cut (which is pretty much a Waters solo album) are nowhere near the quality of those produced by the band as a whole.

The Mystical wrote: I think that the Division Bell shows a truly matured band.

If "matured" means "aged", I agree.

infandous wrote: Snow Dog wrote: infandous wrote: Not a big fan of either Division Bell or Momentary lapse, but Division Bell is far superior in just about every possible way.     I don't hear that superiority. And yet I do.  How can one explain such a discrepancy?

i like Division Bell much better than Momentary Lapse.  The latter is kind of a half album.  Terminal Frost is just lazy as is the intro and Dogs of War.  Division Bell is full of great songs and solos....even if a bit derivative of previous efforts.  Final Cut beats the all though!    I absolutely love that album...even more than the Wall.  Give me Animals, Wish You Were Here, Meddle, and Final Cut on desert island and I'd be happy.

infandous wrote:  Actually, I wish I still had several bootlegs from back in my Floyd fanatic days, as a lot of that stuff was amazing and better than the albums.

They're mostly from 1969-1971.