Best songwriter in Pink Floyd
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Topic: Best songwriter in Pink Floyd
Posted By: Trotsky
Subject: Best songwriter in Pink Floyd
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 13:47
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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?  ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
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Posted By: Deliriumist
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 14:37
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Obvious answer - Waters My answer - Waters But the truth - Waters? |
Posted By: Genesisprog
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 14:38
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Barrett
------------- Frank Zappa,Pink Floyd,Yes,Genesis,Rush,King Crimson,Jethro Tull,E.L.P,Rick Wakeman -They have one similarity- I Love Them all ! |
Posted By: proger
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 15:13
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roger waters of course.. but in the rick wright solos album the writing in good... ------------- ...live for tomorrow... |
Posted By: Publius84
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 15:15
Everyone  ------------- I know what I like and I like what I know... Prog is in my heart, in my mind, in my soul... |
Posted By: The Green Tank
Date 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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Posted By: samhob
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 18:57
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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. |
Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 19:15
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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. ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 19:15
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Richard Wright! ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 19:40
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Waters, then Barrett. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 19:42
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Roger Waters ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 19:46
| Waters, no contest. |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 19:47
| Roger Waters, then Gilmour |
Posted By: Hemispheres
Date 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  ------------- [IMG]http://www.wheresthatfrom.com/avatars/miguelsanchez.gif">[IMG]http://www.rockphiles.com/all_images/Act_Images/TheMothersOfInvention/mothers300.jpg"> |
Posted By: Hendrix828
Date Posted: December 01 2005 at 00:24
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Easily Barrett. Not just for Floyd,but one of the best and underrated in Rock history.
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Posted By: CellarRat
Date Posted: December 01 2005 at 00:29
| Alan Parsons |
Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: December 01 2005 at 04:05
| Waters! Even if some of his songs are truly depressing........ |
Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: December 01 2005 at 22:46
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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. ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: December 01 2005 at 23:02
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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). -------------  
RIP in bossa nova heaven. |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: December 02 2005 at 01:55
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Waters without a doubt. -------------  |
Posted By: con safo
Date Posted: December 02 2005 at 01:57
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Waters.
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