Is Pink Floyd overrated?

I Have seen some dumb Threads on the internet , but this takes the Biscuit  ,
Treasure  go buy your self  Pink Floyd at Pompeii  then tell me there Overrated , geeshhh

cohen34 wrote: No way! Dark Side and Piper alone far outweigh any flews in their catalogue (AHM in particular). These guys introduced me, and many others Im sure, to the genre we love today.

I'm curious, what exactly is the issue many people seem to have with AHM? is it the "anti-Tarkus", so to speak, in that everyone hates the first side "Suite"? I don't really understand, because side two has 3 quality tracks followed by the fairly interesting (and experimental) Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast.
Maybe the issue is that people don't give the album enough time.. and simply overlook it. Or maybe the suite is compared all too often to "Echoes" from Meddle, and considered to be inferior?

Anyways, to answer the question, NO, Pink Floyd itself is not overrated. If anything, several of their albums seem to have too much praise while others are criminally overlooked. Basically, it's not a band issue but an album issue.

I think Pink Floyd was great, but I do think they are over-rated. I know that's not the majority opinion here, but so be it. I just don't find a lot of their music all that interesting compositionally.

Great band but a little overrated IMO. 

F*** NO

I am tired of seeing overrated used on this site.

proggy wrote: Treasure wrote: I think most of their early psychedlic stuff was pure garbage and they've really made nothing of interest since The Wall. Are they overrated? Yes You are overrated

Hey proggy you took my words

progaeopteryx wrote: It's possible I'm in the minority about this, but I think Ummagumma is stunningly amazing.

not sure, but I think you got the wrong thread. The thread you're looking is the one of Ummagumma..

micky wrote: Treasure wrote: I think most of their early psychedlic stuff was pure garbage and they've really made nothing of interest since The Wall. Are they overrated? Yes hahhaha... oh.... you and I are going to get along...

I have a few problems with some things mentioned here....

No, they are not overrated, I find them to actually be underrated.

'Piper at the Gates of Dawn'. I wish I could of seen peoples faces when this innovative album was released. Nothing like it for its time and never really copied as far as I can tell.

Somebody mentioned before how they are regarded with Genesis, Yes and KC as the top 4 of prog...but really aren't that prog because they weren't complex and didn't change time signatures.

I've seen similar posts on ultimate-guitar concerning Dream Theater. One person mentions they need to keep doing out of control solo's otherwise it wouldn't be prog. Were does these idiots get that from.
Pink Floyd's talent comes from their ears mostly. They experimented with so many different sounds and methods to conjure up songs which is indeed progressive.

Thier realllly big psychedlic era had some great material, the best being found on some tracks on the album Meddle in my opinion.

Then there is Dark Side of the Moon. I feel it is a tad overrated, but just in todays age. There are people that wear the t-shirt but never heard the album. Yes. It exists, and quite frequently.

Wish you Were Here was a quick turn on the popularity. Creating an epic suite 'Shine...' and another track yet to be copied...'Welcome to the Machine'. That song is pure original.

'Animals' was a lyrical onslaught of society, another great piece and a new face for the band.

'The Wall' is one of the biggest rock opera's for its time and the first real good one. Would Aryeon have ever existed if it wasn't for this?

That was the end for me with this band...but then there is 'The Division Bell'...it was a nice album for such an old band.


Hardly...Hardly overrated.