Is Pink Floyd... Boring?
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Topic: Is Pink Floyd... Boring?
Posted By: TheLamb
Subject: Is Pink Floyd... Boring?
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 11:40
The Correct answer is Yes... but you can think what you want  ------------- 
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 11:44
| Nope, it's just that us progheads are use to more complex and original music. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 11:45
| Definitely NOT. |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 11:48
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NO WAY! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 11:54
I'll vote for the correct answer  (feel free to decide which one is the correct answer) -------------  
RIP in bossa nova heaven. |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 12:00
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haha... if i choose the correct answer... it would be the correct answer indeed? ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: CrazyDiamond
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 12:01
WTF ?
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Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 12:07
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Absolutely Not!!! ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: Anthony
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 12:09
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Sometimes. ------------- Future prosperity lies in the way you heal the world with love (Introitus - The hand that feeds you) |
Posted By: April_Ethereal
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 12:14
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They are not "boring" per-se.....just less flamboyant and more atmospheric, at least for their early days. PF is a good example where the result is greater than the sum of its parts because every PF member as a musician does not try to outdo the other. No blistering solos, complex drum patterns...all very ordinary stuff that explodes when put together! ------------- Once a man like the Sea I raged, once a woman like the Earth I gave...but there is in fact more earth than sea... |
Posted By: dAJaro
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 12:17
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not boring..
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/dAJaro/?chartstyle=basic10"> 
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Posted By: Benjamin_Breeg
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 12:21
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really need to answer that? of course no ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Dream_Thief_/?chartstyle=Geldropdown2"> 
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Posted By: tortellino
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 13:03
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I wanted to vote "mostly", but it wasn't an available option, so just when I decided for "Yes" a rainbow-colored light beam entered my room through the window and selected "No" instead... And then I saw a cow looking at me form a field of grass, and she said "One of these days... I'll ruminate you!" Maybe it's the cold pizza from yesterday's dinner... ------------- tengo 'na minchia tanta |
Posted By: Hacketeer
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 13:05
| Recently replaced all my Floyd vinyl with cd's. Discovered on listening again, after many years, I don't actually like them that much! Some stuff is ok, WYWH is probably their best work, but on the whole, boring seems the most apt descrition! |
Posted By: condor
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 13:07
| They can be. For the most part they're not. I'll be pillored but Echoes and Shine on you Crazy Diamonds are overlong and padded. WYWH is the most boring album. |
Posted By: Legoman
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 13:32
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This is the dumbest poll ever. The Lamb, maybe you would find this more interesting: http://www.amazon.com/American-Idiot-Green-Day/dp/B0002OERI0/sr=8-1/qid=1159464477/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-8623805-4307202?ie=UTF8&s=music |
Posted By: eloii
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 13:33
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if you know how to listen: NO if not: Yes |
Posted By: Hatters
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 13:36
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Err. NO!
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Posted By: TheLamb
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 13:38
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Wow. I was expecting people to really be pissed off at me for saying "The Correct answer is Yes, but you can think what you want", and I was actually planning some kind of "self-justification post", saying that im only joking and everyone is entitled to their opinion and yada yada yada.... but no one seems to be pissed off... yet...
Astonishing
 By the way, my more specific opinion is that Pink Floyd have some very good, interesting material but on the other hand they have a massive amount of material that is boring. -------------
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Posted By: tardis
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 13:44
Nothing wrong with finding a band boring, not everyone enjoys the same styles or bands... I haven't listened to any Pink Floyd for a while but last time I listened I enjoyed it |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 14:03
It seems we are to intelligent to fall for that ...actually I was gonna post like 500 words about how you are a pice of  for saying something like that...and then I saw this post ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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TheLamb wrote:Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 14:22
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As a person who discovered Pink Floyd on my own without having heard
neither anything good nor anything bad about them, I believe that my
opinion on their music is not influenced by the opinions of others. I
personally think their music is pretty boring in general, although I do
like some of it very much. However, I think that many people love Pink
Floyd only because they've been exposed to excessive praising of the
band before listening to their music. By saying this I'm not insinuating that my opinion is the correct one and all of you who love their music are wrong. This is just a theory of mine. I know it can be seen as controversial, but before you start flaming me let me just say that I know people who have discovered Pink Floyd the same way I have (with little or no influence from others) but who love their music. I will not debate my opinion further in this thread, as I already have done it once (look up my CttE vs The Yes Album poll). |
Posted By: MuzikLuva
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 14:49
| Back around '69 when I bought Ummagumma, I felt that way at first. After listening to it I really started to appreciate them more. However, I personally feel that they are way overrated. Their music is basic updated versions of blues riffs with a lot of effects and synths to fill out the sound. Nothing overly complex, just excellent mood music to sit back and enjoy. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 15:01
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Posted By: Froth
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 15:07
| the beutey of pink floyd is its sheer simplicity. any one can learn to play a guitar really fast and unusually time signitures aren't as complex alot of people make out. to make music as emotional, engrossing and, most importantly, progressive as floyd did with such simplicity is the work of true genius. |
Posted By: ProgFan
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 15:11
| No, sure not!! Not every song is fantastic but they aren't boring |
Posted By: Uther
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 15:16
Well if could be politically correct vote No..but some tracks deserve vote yes...i think inside last albums...but maybe the poll could have more & interesting categories to lean toward it  ------------- What! can the devil speak true? Macbeth, 1. 3 |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 15:31
Post-Rock takes this "progress through simplicity" thing even further. |
Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 15:34
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Smoothness, sarcasm, irony, psychedelia, depression...
Really not boring for these ears! ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 15:38
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The only PF I find truly boring is "Sysyphus" and "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party" on "Ummagumma." There are others I don't care for that much (very few), but I wouldn't describe them as boring. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: Bastille Dude
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 15:50
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PF never bores me.
------------- DEATH TO FALSE PROG! |
Posted By: bruin69
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 15:51
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I had to vote for boring, though "mostly boring" would've been more accurate. They are... pleasant and occasionally inspired, but for the most part overly simplistic and dull to my ears. Wallpaper music dressed up a bit with synths and the odd decent guitar solo. Just as well they didn't team up with Jerry Goodman, Jerry Smith etc, otherwise they would've been Flock Wallpaper... ------------- A dog is for lunch and not just for breakfast |
Posted By: Kleynan
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 16:22
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They're quite the opposite of boring IMO. ------------- 
You've just had a heavy session of electroshock therapy, and you're more relaxed than you've been in weeks. |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 16:24
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nothing boring about them.
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Posted By: Open-Mind
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 16:56
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Definitely NOT
------------- "I'm on a roll, I'm on a roll this time, I feel my luck could change.. " |
Posted By: blbx93
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 17:18
you must be a dream theater fan.
They are amazing and original, and David Gilmour could devour your soul
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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 17:46
 I like Pink Floyd and I don't find them boring either. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mad Bass Player
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 17:57
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NO!!! Definetly NOT.
------------- "Mister Fripp, your music is quite different than everything else out there. In one word, how would you describe it?" "Progressive.... yeah, that's it..." |
Posted By: Ghandi 2
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 18:11
| You're boring. |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 18:54
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Pink Floyd...boring? OK, Maybe Atom Heart Mother (an album im not too found of, though still good) is boring in a way, but otherwise, they're not generally boring. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: eugene
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 18:58
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Yeah, I think they are kinda boring, but still OK. What is really boring - it's all those bands which are trying copy PF. For example, this highly praised Negative Zone stuff bored me very much.
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 19:17
Less boring than Genesis and Taal put together
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Asyte2c00
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 19:18
| I havent listned to Pink Floyd in about nine months. However, I own all their albums, theres better stuff to listen to than PF. |
Posted By: eugene
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 19:18
especially if put together------------- carefulwiththataxe |
Posted By: peter_gabriel
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 19:26
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i started with pink floyd.. with dark side of the moon... all i can tell is that at first i found it boring too.. but then i loved firsts albumes featuring syd barret... then i liked more prog atom heart mother and ummagumma .. and believe me.. one i listened to dark side again... and i felt EVERYTHING... i was like "oh my god this album is overraaated" but then i heard time's solo of david gilmour was so f**king impressive ... the solos of gilmour are the more sentimental ones.. i think they really comes from his soul... now this is my favorite album i think pink floyd is liked principally for gilmour's voice but the music is in second plane.. and not everyone understands ALL what floyd can give... once you understand it -believe me- you will not stop listening to it |
Posted By: yesfan88
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 19:46
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It's not boring, it's just kind of soothing. You don't have to concentrate very hard to understand it, unlike some prog which can be difficult to listen to and digest. ------------- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"- Evelyn Beatrice Hall |
Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 20:39
I used to think they were boring. That's when I didn't know about their progginess.
Now, U2. THERE's a boring band. After about 2 songs I-....ZZzzzzzzz....
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Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 20:45
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No.
GG is boring ------------- |
Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 20:54
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Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 21:03
No they are not boring,. you are..
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Posted By: Gedhead
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 21:15
| Boring is in the ear of the behearer. |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 21:31
Nah, Townsend is ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Masque
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 21:59
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I like them because they are boring
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Posted By: Greg W
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 22:34
| What a piece of sh*t thread. Is TheLamb stupid. Definitely YES. |
Posted By: Soupykan
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 22:57
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In my opinion, Pink Floyd is one of the least boring bands there is. ------------- She ruled the toads of the short forest And every Newt in Idaho.... |
Posted By: Legoman
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 23:56
I am one of those people. And. You are wrong. |
Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: September 29 2006 at 00:01
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As much as having an incredible sex life. As much as having fun. As much as being hugged. As much as reading Gary Larson comics. As much as "Sheep" fits into Michael Bolton's repertoire. ------------- ¡Beware of the Bee! |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: September 29 2006 at 00:56
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Posted By: eduardossc
Date Posted: September 29 2006 at 05:34
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Pink Floyd boring?...Oh please !!...Not even the garbage middle sections in Echoes and Atom are boring. Not even the almost soundless intros to their epics are boring. Not even most of their almost musicless songs in The wall are boring. Somehow, Floyd always managed to keep their music interesting. In my opinion, their music was always inspired (until most tracks in their latest two albums) and full of true feelings. No cheezy random noodling like some others whom some people may never call boring.
Want to listen to something really boring and uninspired, take the full Tales from topographic oceans, take anything from the Flower Kings calalogue and anything from Le orme. Now that's boring and ordinary. After giving this stuff several chances, I am never able to keep the attention. I lose focus as soon as I hear any guitar line from the Flower kings. I feel pitty for the random songwriting in "Tales" and I feel sick from listening to the ultra cheezy and artificial pseudo prog by Le Orme.
That my friends is boring. Pink Floyd, no matter how simple and quiet it may be, is always entertaining, keeps your attention and after a few listens it gets adictive.
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Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: September 29 2006 at 05:35
| I von't vote here, as there is only yes / no choices. A big part of their career is boring in my opinion, but the smaller but interesting part of their early career is totally awesome and exiting. |
Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: September 29 2006 at 05:44
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Of course they are not boring, just a bit dull at times. ------------- Proud to be an un-banned member since 2005 |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 29 2006 at 07:20
What's the point of this thread? I would really like to know?
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Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: September 29 2006 at 08:26
Honestly, I come on PA for a bit of intelectual stimulaltion, and you get a poll like this...d'oh.... ...no they're not boring but they can be a bit dour and depressing at times!!
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Posted By: Pulse
Date Posted: September 29 2006 at 17:36
| Certainly not! Parts of The Wall are boring and The Final Cut is... the musical equivalent of a tranquilizer dart, but every thing else is interesting (excluding a song or two). |
Posted By: Destrio
Date Posted: September 29 2006 at 20:29
| no |
Posted By: Sasquamo
Date Posted: September 29 2006 at 20:49
| I don't know, I haven't spent a whole lot of time with their music, but generally I think their music is kind of boring. Call me shallow, but being a musician myself, I usually prefer to listen to music in which I admire and am really impressed by the skill of the musicians. Pink Floyd just doesn't do that for me... |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: September 29 2006 at 20:53
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not boring.... not at all.. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: peter_gabriel
Date Posted: September 29 2006 at 22:08
being a musician myself too, let me tell you that musicians are not machines... are artists... and that is not only virtuosism ... its about the music from the soul |
Posted By: xtopher
Date Posted: September 30 2006 at 02:36
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They are to me. At least what I've heard from them.
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Posted By: TheLamb
Date Posted: September 30 2006 at 06:59
Shut up, little man. Disagree as much as you want but don't make this personal
jerk.
funny comparison... I think im going to make a poll about that just for laughs....and p.s, people, stop taking this thread so seriously... I just think pink floyd are mostly [not all] boring. so stop taking it personaly like I insulted you mother or something......fanboys (*sigh* I always wanted to say that...)-------------
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: September 30 2006 at 07:04
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Of course they're not boring - at least to me they aren't. As to your above comments, The Lamb, I'd like to point out that such negative topics really don't add much to the forum. You (and everybody else) have the right to dislike even the most popular bands, but you should expect people to react strongly to such questions, especially when they are not supported by an explanation as to the reason why. Personally, I dislike being called a 'fanboy' (in case, that would be a fangirl... ), and think such polls are a very effective way to provoke a flame war, as it has already happened in the past.
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Posted By: TheLamb
Date Posted: September 30 2006 at 07:19
I agree with every word.
But what the hell this topic isn't that serious anyways. It's a shame that people take these polls so seriously and personally. -------------
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Posted By: Visitor13
Date Posted: September 30 2006 at 08:46
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They can be boring, but on the whole, they are well worth listening to. BTW, if anyone here happens to think that PF (or any other music, for that matter) is boring just because 'it's not complex enough' - what are you doing on a prog site? Better listen to this guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Ferneyhough Or rather listen only to his most complex piece, or rather only to its most complex section, or rather only to its most complex note cluster... |
Posted By: rupert
Date Posted: September 30 2006 at 09:44
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They are boring, but mostly for me, not for others, so what do I know ???
------------- ...I'm a musician/singer/songwriter, visit me on www.reverbnation.com/rupertlenz and there you can choose from 125 recordings you can listen to ( for free ) if you're not limited to prog-rock ! |
Posted By: rupert
Date Posted: September 30 2006 at 09:46
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... after Roger Waters' comments to Robbie Williams and Rap/Hip Hop music I have to say I'd prefer listening to "Sing when you're winning" to "Dark Side of the Moon" and, for example, OUTCAST to "Radio Kaos"... don't kill me I'm only a single man with a strange taste ! ------------- ...I'm a musician/singer/songwriter, visit me on www.reverbnation.com/rupertlenz and there you can choose from 125 recordings you can listen to ( for free ) if you're not limited to prog-rock ! |
Posted By: Sasquamo
Date Posted: September 30 2006 at 12:04
True, but it is possible to have soul and have it with virtuosity, I don't think you can really say that being really good takes away all emotions in the music. Of course, that's just me.
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Posted By: peter_gabriel
Date Posted: September 30 2006 at 13:14
no.. im with you too of course you can be virtuoso and have soul.. but you say that you prefer music you admire... its like poeple i know that are about my age... and say.. "oh look dream theater's guitarist in that dvd sounds like he is really god" so what makes you feel the sensation of music.... admiring a musician, or feeling him? cause i really think that what i saw in that dvd was kinda boring... but really cool for someone who wants to see a machine hand and admire it... sorry about my english anyway |
Posted By: Sasquamo
Date Posted: September 30 2006 at 13:51
| Reminds me of Charlie Parker and John Coltrane. They played blistering fast solos on the saxophone, but if slow down what they're playing or jsut listen really closely, you begin to notice that they are not just doing random notes and scales, but are actually improvising amazing melodies. |
Posted By: limeyrob
Date Posted: September 30 2006 at 14:01
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Absolutely not Have you heard Echoes?  |
Posted By: TheLamb
Date Posted: September 30 2006 at 17:22
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well it's evident that the vast majority of people say that pink floyd are not boring.
I still think that they are boring, but look at the poll, im obviously wrong... -------------
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Posted By: RaúlGuate
Date Posted: September 30 2006 at 17:42
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I won't vote because this poll is too polarizing. I have mixed feelings about Pink Floyd, I mean I enjoy their music most of the time but I'm not astonished by it. |
Posted By: RaúlGuate
Date Posted: September 30 2006 at 17:50
I like this debate. I'm a musician as well and of course I enjoy music that I admire. Even so, I'm also a person and enjoy music that touches me. Nevertheless as a musician I think understand a bit (not much though) about the creativity in music. For me creativity and inventivness are the most important things in music. If you understand more about music and are more crafted in the instrument you play, you have more tools to be creative, although virtuosity isn't the same as creativity. For me, Pink Floyd aren't all that creative. |
Posted By: peter_gabriel
Date Posted: September 30 2006 at 19:48
oh look you dont understand... its not What you play... (i mean that is important too) but im talking about HOW you play it |
Posted By: peter_gabriel
Date Posted: September 30 2006 at 19:53
yes i kinda agree what you were saying... now the last thing about floyd is subjective... and under my point of view.. floyd have done the most creative albums ever.. i mean.. i think that specially in this point, is floyd winning... not only musically, the lyrics too.. and musically you should check what they've done in albums like... no.. you know.. i was gonna say the most creative albums.. but i found EVERY album creative... except the last 2 ones |
Posted By: MattiR
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 07:12
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Is Pink Floyd boring? I say: "is prog rock boring?" For me: NO! |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 21:28
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asking if PF is boring is like asking if having sex is boring. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: Arrrghus
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 21:31
Right on! ------------- 
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 21:33
Well,that depends on who you are having sex with....
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: October 05 2006 at 15:53
| I used to enjoy them a substantial amount, but now I haven't listened to them in a while; they're beginning to bore me more. Although they're still a good band, I just can't find myself wanting to listen to anything. |
Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: October 05 2006 at 15:57
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NO!!! ------------- 
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Posted By: Nowhere Man
Date Posted: October 05 2006 at 18:03
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To put it in the words of someone at another forum I go to, "If you think Pink Floyd is boring you must be deaf. Or dead. Either way, you're stupid." Well, that might be a little harsh. But I think that the argument is stupid anyway. I don't think that the sound of a band has anything to do with whether or not they are boring. It comes down to if you like their music or not. Personally, I don't care how lound, energetic, and bone-rattling a band's music is, if they aren't good or I simply don't like them, then they are pretty boring to me. Thus, it is subjective and to argue about it is rather pointless. ------------- 
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Posted By: PROGMAN
Date Posted: October 05 2006 at 19:05
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No!! Pink Floyd are one of my favourite groups!! Space/Electronic Prog are my favourite Genres. ------------- CYMRU AM BYTH 
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 01:32
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Maybe they are boring to a 17 year old boy.
That's who you're arguing with, folks -- enough said.
------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 01:37
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Depends on the album.
Animals is boring, so is most of Ummagumma (the studio parts are effectively putting my cat in a coma) but generally I find them quite entertaining. ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Tristan Mulders
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 12:11
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No it is not... BUT I tend to skip their music for months sometimes
------------- Interested in my reviews? You can find them http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=784 - HERE "...He will search until He's found a Way to take the Days..." |
Posted By: Tristan Mulders
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 12:12
Sure.. it's all an age matter  Yeah right ------------- Interested in my reviews? You can find them http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=784 - HERE "...He will search until He's found a Way to take the Days..." |
Posted By: Nowhere Man
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 12:13
Which makes the argument all the more pointless. [/irony] [/hypocracy]-------------
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Posted By: jalas
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 14:07
| It's understandable to find Pink Floyd boring. I don't think they are, but I can see how some people might not be patient enough for them. |
Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 15:05
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Sorry but how can anyone think Floyd are boring!! ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 15:22
Not always, Tristan, but often, in my experience here and in life.
When I see a provocative, frankly immature thread like this, I tend to check the age of the person who posted it.
Someone my age may well not like Floyd either, but that person likely would see no point in making a thread about that (least of all on a prog forum, where you KNOW Floyd are generally very popular).
Most of us do learn as we age, you know.
I knew my post would likely offend some younger members, but I see people my age here getting quite upset with the thread's originator, and I just think they should know who they are arguing with.
I have been seventeen too. I well remember the cynicism, the assumption that I was as smart and wise then as anyone, as wise as I'd ever be. I wasn't, and I'm still learning.
Bottom line -- this is a juvenile, provocative thread, with a topic guaranteed to raise ire here.
No doubt all of the Victorian novels I've learned to love are "boring" too -- I would have thought so, at seventeen.
I was much more impressed by the lightning-fast playing of Al Dimeola at seventeen than I am now -- now I appreciate soul, beauty and feeling in music (as when Gilmore plays), and I find speed and flash for its own sake to be boring.
Anyway, sorry if I offended you, but I just think some people need to remember being 17 (or at least be aware that the person they are arguing with is NOT yet an adult), and not rise to the bait of someone who, in their cynical youth, is too quick to judge, and too quick to tell all around him his particular, likely temporary, "truth."
------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |