Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
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Topic: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Posted By: jtullprog
Subject: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 22:26
| As a young prog listener, only 15 years old, I would have never gotten into this music without Floyd as a gateway. An amazing band and as far as Ive noticed, the only "progressive" band to consistently put out 4-5 star albums throughout their career. So go ahead, share! |
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Posted By: giantenemycrab
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 22:58
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I really think that "Dark side of the Moon" could be the best CD ever produced.. How's that for appreciation? Just kidding. |
Posted By: Witchwoodhermit
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 23:19
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Pink Floyd is the first band I fully fell in love with. Twenty years later, owning the entire catalogue of music (and more), I can say they are the backbone of my music collection and the launchpad for my entire music library. ------------- Here I'm shadowed by a dragon fig tree's fan ringed by ants and musing over man. |
Posted By: Heff
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 23:25
| Pink Floyd got me into prog, but I must say my appreciation for them has waxed quite a bit since I then. I still enjoy Wish You Were Here, Meddle and Animals but the rest of their catalogue just doesn't do it for me anymore. In my opinion they are kind of "prog lite", and pale in comparison to some of the other prog bands of their time. I also think Dark Side of the Moon is the most grossly overrated album in history, despite its obvious importance to the genre. |
Posted By: 2112
Date Posted: January 19 2007 at 01:57
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Pink floyd are amazing, they were one fo the first prog bands that i got into. I agree though that Darkside of the moon is not the greatest floyd album, imo i rekon Wish you were here or animals are their best albums.
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i'm seeing roger waters live in sydney next week, he is performing floyd classics as well as darkside of the moon in its entirity, should make for an amazing concert! although its the last concert in a row for me as i am seeing muse on tuesday tool on wednesday and roger on thursday. just hope my ears are still in order after the first two! ------------- 
I can't wait to share this new wonder...The people will all see its light! |
Posted By: pero
Date Posted: January 19 2007 at 02:04
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Heff, if you doesn't understand masterpieces as Atom heart mother you can't say that Pink floyd are pale in comparision to other bands.
They had several phases and influenced with their music milions of people to get into prog, and a lot of other bands to try to copy their work. Dark side of the moon is without doubt (see DVD Dark side of the moon) one of the best produced albums in history. |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: January 19 2007 at 02:30
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Good news for me, Roger Waters is comming to Lima in March.
Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 19 2007 at 02:31
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Not their biggest fan really and I never understood why DSOTM should be regarded so highly.For me its an excellent rock album with a few interesting side moments.But there's no denying that some of Floyds music is remarkable: Echoes,Sheep,Dogs,Shine On You Crazy Diamond,Comfortably Numb,Time to name just a few peices that are special.
The best thing about Pink Floyd for me is that they widened the appreciation of progressive rock to many of whom probably don't even realise they are listening to prog.They have a simpler approach to prog that makes it more accessible than the usual ELP/Yes type symph prog.They have a strong grasp of atmosphere and melody on their best work.I regard WYWH as their masterpeice where all the elements that make their music enjoyable are present.
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: January 19 2007 at 02:49
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We needed a PF appreciation thread! There seems to be too much resentment and shallowness around the great names. Let's start appreciating some more.
I was drawn into prog by the PF, too. It was by watching Live at Pompeii, which blew me away. I still think that's one of the greatest achievements and statements of prog and of modern popular culture. Previous to that I have been listening to WYWH, Wall and Final Cut in my teens. Not being able to understand it as progressive music (I couldn't have been able to appreciate progressive music if I'd been aware of it, anyway) my enjoyment was filled with mixed feelings. And before that too, I can still remember the magical first encounter with their music, on a PULSE cassette containing the part one. I think I didn't even heard of PF at that time; I kept listening "Us and them" and "The great gig" for tens of times a day. I couldn'ty believe there could be such music - I only knew of classical and of pop at the time.
My favourite album is now Animals, but I seem to have a sort of rotating favourites cycle.
Oh, I don't want to forget this - my personal belief is that PF's explorations between 66-67 opened the doors for all progressive music after. ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!" 
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Posted By: pero
Date Posted: January 19 2007 at 03:36
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Well said Andu.
Live at Pompeii was fascinating live performance.Watching them before empty audience but full of past ghoasts, playing inspired maybe one of the best gig of their life, was amazing. Agreed that PF opened horizonts to prog music. On DVD Pink floyd 66/67 you can see members of Beatles (lennon, Mcartney, Ringo) watching their performance in dissbelief. This was actual birth of prog. |
Posted By: Rando
Date Posted: January 19 2007 at 05:37
------------- - Music is Life, that's why our hearts have beats - |
jtullprog wrote:Posted By: Joolz
Date Posted: January 19 2007 at 06:36
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^^^ My favourite PF period is ..... 1967 to 1994  Definitely one of the great bands on several different levels, and very important to the early development of Prog |
Posted By: rushaholic
Date Posted: January 19 2007 at 07:52
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One of my favorite bands for over 30 years. I remember playing Meddle as a young teenager when my dad walked in and heard Echoes. He walked out of my room with a copy of the tape. |
Posted By: Machinemessiah
Date Posted: January 19 2007 at 07:58
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Well this is the thread for me!! I started with PF too by 12, so they're very special for me. I'think they're like wine: they get better with time. I found myself appreciating Pink Floyd even more after all this progressive journey, because their unique songs, great lyrics and conceptual albums so huge as 'The Wall' is. They mark an era.
God Save Floyd!
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Posted By: Pnoom!
Date Posted: January 19 2007 at 08:02
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Until AMLOR, there is not a single bad PF album. AMLOR and afterwards... that's another story...
I'd rank order PF as follows, though it rotates fairly often: Animals Meddle Dark Side of the Moon Ummagumma Wish You Were Here The Piper At the Gates of Dawn Atom Heart Mother The Wall The Final Cut A Saucerful of Secrets Obscured By Clouds More Division Bell A Momentary Lapse of Reason I think I got them all, if not... I'll have to get tested for memory loss... |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: January 19 2007 at 08:11
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For me Pink Floyd is a band with many different faces:
1967-1970 the Syd Barrett-era, a blend of rock, pop and psychedelia
1970-1973 the psychedelic/experimental era
1973-1979 the symphonic prog era
1979- ? the post-Waters era, polished prog
If you read the reviews about the Pink Floyd albums it's always remarkable how the one proghead hails for example The Wall while the other nails it completely, the same goes for Atom Heart Mother.
Personally I am delighted about the Pink Floyd Pompeii DVD, exciting and very compelling blend of psychedelia and symphonic prog (great Farfisa organ sound and mindblowing slide guitar work) but it's totally different music in comparison with their highly acclaimed albums DSOTM and WYWH, to me they sound as 'prog classic', so elaborate and innovative, incredible that I have heard these albums perhaps a few hundred times and they still succeed to give me goose bumps, especially when I witnessed the The Division Bell tour when they performed the entire DSOTM album
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Posted By: dedokras
Date Posted: January 19 2007 at 09:03
| Got into Floyd around 1990 when I saw the movie The Wall, not sure whether I really liked it, but I have to say I was impressed (I was 11 then) and bought the album. I started to get into the music by 1993-94 and it was like discovering a whole new universe, and also started listening to progressive bands such as Marillion, Yes, Genesis (that I still listen to after all these years) and Dream Theater (that I don't any more). It also marked the beginning of my gradual loss of interest in my then favourite Purple, Rainbow, Maiden, etc. So it wouldn't be exaggerated to state that Pink Floyd is the most important band in my entire life and I still find most their albums (bar the last three) a turning point for modern music. Needless to say I own dozens of live bootlegs (or is it hundreds?), rare tracks, etc. Also, I have kinda obsession with the Animals album and tour... I think I'd better stop writing because this could go on forever :) |
Posted By: jtullprog
Date Posted: January 19 2007 at 09:48
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For me, and this may sound a little weird, but one of my favorite floyd albums is the final cut. It may be dominated by Waters but it is in itself sort of a sequel to the Wall. They even made a short film of about 20 minuets out of it. you can view it here http://www.pinkfloyd.co.uk/theFinalCut/ I feel the album as a whole though is vastly underrated as is much Floyd with the giant shadow of DSOTM over them. |
Posted By: infandous
Date Posted: January 19 2007 at 10:00
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I would say they were certainly my introduction into the prog world. But personally, I never thought of them as prog, even after I became a serious prog-head. Their compositions were always to simplistic I felt, to be considered prog (I've never had any problem learning any of their songs just by listening and playing along.........the same can not be said for other prog "giants" like Yes or early Genesis). Now though, I think they fit in the space rock sub genre of prog (like Hawkwind or Ozrics), though the later albums are certainly "symphonic". My favorite era is still the pre-Darkside stuff. My favorite album is still Meddle. Dark side is a great album, but I just can't listen to it anymore. I've heard it WAY too many times. And I think it's popularity is blown out of proportion to how good the music is. Still, all their albums had a profound effect on my early musical life, and certainly led the way for my appreciation of prog rock in general. And I spent many hours painstakingly learning Gilmour's solos note for note, bend for bend, and nuance for nuance. He had a tremendous impact on my guitar playing style and technique. So, overall, though I almost never listen to them anymore, I have a very deep appreciation for everything they did and contributed to the music world and to my life. |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: January 19 2007 at 10:51
thanks, i also support your remarks. regarding your last paragraph, if you made a metaphor, i agree with it  . however, if i remember well, the images with the beatles are not from the footage with PF playing live on stage, but from an artistic performance that happened about the same time in london, but had no connection with the PF. it was just the director's idea to insert the images from the performance because many rock musicians were attending and so he could show that in london, music, arts and fashion were "vibrating" to the same experimental "vibe". ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!"
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Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: January 19 2007 at 12:02
I like PF  In USSR they used to be a Symbol of Art/Prog Rock, and even GENESIS and YES were less popular than PFs.
Dark Side,WYWH and Animals are really flawless.The Wall is weaker musically,but it has awesome movie-incarnation (one of my favouritest movies ever!).Early albums are Post-Rock parents
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Posted By: Dieu
Date Posted: January 19 2007 at 12:23
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Pink Floyd introduced me to progressive too, when I was 14 years old (I'm now 36). The Wall was the first CD I bought in 1986.
------------- Only sick music makes money today. - Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900) |
Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: January 19 2007 at 12:33
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Where have you been with your appreciation thread some 10 years ago? I was then a big fan of Pink Floyd. I truly thought there couldn't be anything better. Now I can appreciate... not them, properly, but only my nostalgic feelings towards those years...
I still like The Wall, however...
Pink Floyd music was one of the most important steps in my way into progressive rock (if you count this as an appreciation), but now I hardly find an interest in listening to it...
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Posted By: TheDrake
Date Posted: January 19 2007 at 18:32
| The Wall, guys, The Wall. |
Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: January 19 2007 at 18:42
R.I.P. Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett.
If it weren't for Syd, I never would have picked up a guitar in the first place, never would be an avid fan of pyschedelic music, never would appreciate the little things in life. I actually have had the pleasure of speaking briefly with Nick Mason over the telephone to give my deepest regard to the family of Mr. Barrett and to wish Mr. Mason luck in his future. It was one of the greatest experiences of my life. ------------- Beauty will save the world. 
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Posted By: Kim Ankara
Date Posted: April 21 2007 at 07:05
Same, the first time I heard "On the Run" I knew I'd discovered something amazing. I also fondly remember hearing Money for the first time (I had never heard it on the radio). Pink Floyd are one of my favourite bands, luckily my dad has a box set of every album up to Dark Side, makes the back-catalogue purchasing a lot easier. I love nearly everything they've put out; the two soundtrack albums are my favourites along with Animals and Division Bell. |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: April 21 2007 at 09:22
I already got my tickets for his show in Ottawa  !Also, an anonymous caller has bought me tickets to Rush. Dead serious. Somebody has bought me tickets, but my mom won't tell me who. |
Posted By: Maga
Date Posted: April 21 2007 at 14:05
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dark side of the moon is my first memory ever, my mother used to play it for me when i was in her womb
------------- "be honest and unmerciful" |
Posted By: Dirk
Date Posted: April 21 2007 at 18:04
| Pink floyd has been my favorite band all my life, Animals and the Wall and Atom heart mother are my fav albums from this band. Does anybody know the very good french PF clone called Negative zone, they really recreate the typically PF atmosphere as accurately as possible spanning their career from Pipers to the Wall in a confident manner with compositions that are all their own?. |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: April 21 2007 at 18:59
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I know negative Zone Dirk. A pleasure to listen to.
At a young age I started to listen to WYWH amongst all my hardrock cd's. I still listen to it a lot. Pink Floyd is like a warm coat, i feel snug and comfortable in it.
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Posted By: darksideof
Date Posted: April 22 2007 at 04:58
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The mighty Floyd are the band that got me into Prog 22 years ago.!!!!!!!!
and I am still a big fan after all those years. I have everything they ever did and some bootleg too. I am bless that I saw them when they last time they tour in the usa back in 1994 and still today it has been the greatest live show I ever seen. I recently saw TOOL on their 10,000 dream tour and I saw how much PInk Floyd Had influenced this great band brilliant. Prog is nothing without the mighty FLOYD!!!!!!!!! I love porcupine tree because of their PF influence everywhere. Radiohead :Ok computer is am excellent album beacuse of PF influence. they critics called them once they new PInk Floyd. early Tangerine Dream is so incredible interesting beause of also the mayor influences of PF. Dream Theater did the whole dark and they had amitted their big influences, tool and symphony x as well Early Gong and Eloy are heavyly loaded with early floyd sound. essenciaI. I think PT is the only prog band out there that albums like the wall and the dark side of the moon have been done in its intirely by the prog musicians themselves. Guys like steve howe, steve hacket, ian anderson, rick wakeman. jhon wetton, andrew below, tony levin, alan white, etc........ Ok who else?l. get my point.!!!!!!! Prog would be nothing without the mighty FLOYD!!!!!!!!! ------------- http://darksideofcollages.blogspot.com/ http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Darksideof-Collages/ |
Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: April 22 2007 at 07:53
If you're talking purely about the engineering and production, then it is the best PF album ever. ------------- 'We're going to need a bigger swear jar.' |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: April 22 2007 at 08:34
| Do we really need a thread like this? |
Posted By: Floydian42
Date Posted: April 22 2007 at 11:09
| No one else is so creative to make music that you can so much drift away too and listen intensely, No one |
Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: April 22 2007 at 23:35
same man, even though I didnt know they were prog until I listened to yes, I thought they were another classic rock band. ------------- 
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Posted By: Atomic_Rooster
Date Posted: April 22 2007 at 23:45
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Speaking of Pink Floyd, on youtube you can see a video of Gilmour singing "Comfortably Numb" with Robert Wyatt singing the part of the doctor. Its very good. Dark Side of the Moon was the second prog album I got after ITCOTCK, though I didn't know either were prog at the time. ------------- I am but a servant of the mighty Fripp, the sound of whose loins shall forever be upon the tongues of his followers. |
Posted By: cyberiancygnus
Date Posted: April 24 2007 at 17:00
hear hear ------------- 
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: November 07 2007 at 20:33
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Floyd fans, don't miss this clip. It's the Floyd at their peak doing Astronomy while Syd was still together and lucid, but the real treat is after the performance watching them being interviewed by old BBC curmudgeon Hans Keller.....who pisses Roger off by scolding them for being too loud. And what a joy watching Syd actually respond coherently, this is just before his rapid decline started. Hans speak both before and after the performance. Great video! Here's the link. http://youtube.com/watch?v=ts-2lg5fpQ4 |
Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: November 09 2007 at 11:35
Why not?
The first prog album I heard was DSOTM when I was a young kid in the 70s. I didn't know it was prog, I just knew I liked it (although the yodelling on The Great Gig In the Sky is too over-the-top for my taste).
In 1980 I was 13 and becoming more seriously interested in music. My Floyd collection consisted of Meddle and Relics. I loved sitting in the dark listening to Echoes or Interstellar Overdrive (and I still do).
I started playing in a band with my school friends. Our repertoire was mostly made up of Floyd songs.
I gradually got hold of all the Floyd albums and solo albums apart from Richard Wright's Wet Dream (I've still not heard it) and I'm eternally grateful to Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports for introducing me to Robert Wyatt's amazing voice.
Then it all fell apart. I love the bleakness of The Final Cut but it was obvious things couldn't continue the way they were going. After Waters left, things became too smooth for my liking. For me, Floyd without Waters (and Waters without Floyd) is missing that vital element that makes the difference between good and great.
Live 8 was very, very special but I'm glad the reformation didn't last - how horrible would it be if Waters, Gilmour, Wright and Mason made an album that was mediocre? ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 09 2007 at 12:47
How did I miss this thread? 
Pink Floyd have been my favourite band since I was 13 (look at my profile and do the maths), from the moment of first hearing I was hooked, the music just slotted into a floyd-shaped hole that had naturally formed in the nether reaches of my brain and stayed there. Other bands have come and gone, leaving traces behind, but they all go and spoil it by making an album or song that I just don't like. I've never had that with Floyd ... Even A Momentary Lapse Of Reason is fine by me, not a classic any means, yet it's not squirmingly embarrassing like some of the low-points that other bands released during the 80s.
People seem to forget that Floyd were popular before Dark Side of the Moon - Atom Heart Mother was their first Number One album in the UK. All of their studio albums have been UK Top Ten hits - no other progressive band can make that claim.
Yet, I get the impression that Floyd never tried to please anyone but themselves, Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here were never inteneded to be a huge crossover albums, they just made albums of music that they wanted to make - following no trends, or even wanting to set them. If they wanted that then Animals would have been a totally different album, The Wall would have never been recorded and The Final Cut would have been a Roger Waters solo album. The fact that they have become huge critical and commercial successes that have stood the test of time is a testament to the music, not to any hype or fashion-trend and I admire that.
Fanboi? You bet  ------------- What? |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: November 09 2007 at 12:51
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Do you mean you're going to move PF to Xover, Dean?
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 09 2007 at 13:00
Hmm, seems more apt than Space Rock 
Seriously look at the evidence - Pop, Psychedelic/Space, Folk, Heavy Prog, Classic Rock, Proto-Metal, Symphonic, Jazz, Blues, Advant, Experimental, Electronic... they've touched them all ------------- What? |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: November 09 2007 at 13:11
| As a matter of fact, when the AR team was still one, I tried suggesting a move of PF and Jethro Tull to AR, with not a lot of success, unfortunately. Anyway, I think PF are one of those cases in which multi-tagging would be the best thing, exactly for the reasons you've put forward in your post. |
Posted By: freebird
Date Posted: November 10 2007 at 11:34
| I'm glad I got to see them live, but just wish I had seen the Wall tour with Waters as well... |
Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: November 10 2007 at 18:05
| I loved there progression from the early Syd days to Medddle, then the big 3. The Wall and onwards never contained me. |
Posted By: Floydian42
Date Posted: November 10 2007 at 19:20
| Although I only like two songs by Syd, the whole of PF's career was outstanding! Gilmour = GOD of the Axe!!!!!! |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: November 11 2007 at 00:06
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One interesting item from the Schaffner book I'm currently reading: While Roger understandably gets flack for being power mad during the Wall period when Wright was dispatched, what often doesn't get brought up is that Dave not only agreed but might have been ready to fire Mason as well. "Rick wasn't doing the job he was paid to do. He got the boot because he wasn't contributing in any way to anything." [Gilmour] "Let's get rid of Nick Mason too!" [what Waters claims Gilmour said when they agreed to can Wright] The book claims that as early as WYWH, Gilmour was pretty frustrated with what he saw as musical indifference by Mason. "As far as Gilmour was concerned, the real obstacle was his colleagues self-indulgent unprofessionalism. Much of Dave's impatience was directed at Nick Mason..." Bringing this up just because I think many assume Roger acted alone and don't realize Dave was with him on the Wright thing. |
Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: November 12 2007 at 13:39
Listening to SOYCD parts 6-9 at the moment. |
Posted By: Anathema
Date Posted: November 12 2007 at 15:34
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Pink Floyd is great yeah. But remind also David Gilmours'new album "On An Island" together with the DVD. That's great too and I have to admit that the solo albums from Pink Floyd members are coming close to the level of Pink Floyd albums ------------- 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 12 2007 at 16:15
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^ I'd also recommend Rick Wright's Broken China - a stunning album. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Hamfari
Date Posted: November 13 2007 at 00:50
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I´m quite obsessed w. the Pompeii DVD now
Love these tracks http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=8617497 - A Saucerful Of Secrets
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=5801009 - Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun ------------- Nobody needs to go anywhere else. We are all, if we only knew it, already there. |
Posted By: Thomicas
Date Posted: November 13 2007 at 08:02
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^ Live at Pompeii is for me the ultimate Pink Floyd expereince. Love that DVD! ------------- I tried to catch my eye, but I looked the other way |
Posted By: Teh_Slippermenz
Date Posted: November 14 2007 at 22:44
AGREED. It was great when I first got it, but then I gave it too many listens, and now I go out and take up my bottle, filled up high with gasoline, whenever "Time" starts playing in my head. On-topic: Yes was my introduction to progressive rock, but it was Pink Floyd who sealed my fandom. |
Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: November 16 2007 at 11:43
Nice to have young people here liking old bands.
 What albums do you like most? I personally see their career having very diverse quality in recordings, but their greatest moments are truly exceptional.I first got into their mid-70's album in your age, later in my mid 20's I started to like their 1960's SYD BARRET era recordings more, but I still think that "Animals" is a worth for 5 stars! Their "Wall" album makes a great piece of art in the motion picture built around it, but I haven't listened any of their records done after that. I'm a bit oldschooler in music.
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Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: November 16 2007 at 22:02
| Just listened to Animals...what a superb album. So very dark it is. |
Posted By: Rottenhat
Date Posted: November 25 2007 at 13:51
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I remember buying The Wall on CD many years ago. When I got home I noticed it was just the first disc of the double album. How can you sell an album like that? Don't get me wrong, It wasn't both albums crammed on one CD, it was just the first LP on one CD.
------------- Language is a virus from outer space. -William S. Burroughs |
Posted By: electricsilence
Date Posted: November 25 2007 at 17:09
| I'd like to recommend to any Floyd fan, the Black Holes in the Sky bootleg, it features the best version of Echoes ever, featuring a sax. |
Posted By: cynthiasmallet
Date Posted: November 25 2007 at 17:12
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You see besides DSOTM, I think that "The Wall" is Floyd's greatest effort, but then again I think that TLLDOB is the best Genesis album. I'm a sucker for concept . ------------- Would you like to watch TV, or get between the sheets, or contemplate the silent freeway, would you like something to eat? |
Posted By: Nobodaddy
Date Posted: December 30 2007 at 05:05
Indeed. Dark, bitter, even hostile. And excellent, one of my favourites by Floyd, and overall.
I'm about the same age as Dark Side, and I remember hearing it in the early 80's. It sounded... weird, like it was coming from another world, but at the same time very attractive. I got hooked.
For me the most important eras in the history of Pink Floyd are the mid-70's (DSOTM, WYWH, Animals) and the post-Waters era (because I was around and aware). I remember thinking "Floyd will never play gigs again, they will never make an album again" and then came Momentary Lapse... I was thrilled, and I still love that album, and the Division Bell.
Although in my mind Waters was the "brain" of PF, Gilmour has always been the beating heart, so it didn't bother me that much when Roger called it quits. Yes, the lyrical part might have suffered a bit, but at least for me the music remained glorious as ever. Check out the Pulse DVD if you don't believe me.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: December 30 2007 at 08:38
| When I was 8, I listened to Dark Side of the Moon, Meddle, and The Division Bell. Still, this three are my favorite albums. |
Posted By: dholl
Date Posted: December 30 2007 at 18:08
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Yes, my favourite band too: First 5 albums discovered: 1. Dark Side 2. Wish You Were Here 3. The Wall 4. The Final Cut 5. Relics Top 5 favourites: 1. The Wall 2. Wish You Were Here 3. Atom Heart Mother 4. Dark Side 5. Umma Gumma (discovered last of all) Top 5 songs: 1. Atom Heart Mother suite 2. The Trial 3. Shine On part 2 4. Money 5. Great Gig honourable mentions: Interstellar Overdrive / Biding My Time / Fat Old Sun (live 14-minute John Peel sessions jam) I have been a Pink Floyd nut since first hearing Dark Side in 1994...they remain almighty I don't get the appeal of the post-Waters albums tho'...those two sound dated already and are cheap imitations of that special Floyd-sound from the Us & Them, Shine On & Welcome To The Machine pieces. |
Posted By: magnus
Date Posted: December 31 2007 at 11:15
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Got two copies of Yes' Relayer for christmas, so I went to the record store and traded one of them for Wish You Were Here today ------------- The scattered jigsaw of my redemption laid out before my eyes Each piece as amorphous as the other - Each piece in its lack of shape a lie 
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 16:50
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I'm reading the new Blake book on Floyd and found a funny Gilmour quote. He was asked recently what he would say to himself if he could give advice to the David Gilmour of 20 years ago. His answer was "Do less cocaine." Apparently the Lapse tour was party time big time. The Floyd were always mostly drug free after Syd, but apparently only through the 70s. Sounds like the late 80s were a different story. Also quite sad to read about how badly the skills of Mason and Wright had deteriorated at that point, it was understandable why Waters referred to them as "the Muffins." They pretty much had to have their parts played for them when the Lapse tour started, though thankfully both got much better after some road time. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: February 12 2008 at 10:34
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It was my first prog band to listen by myself in christmas of 2005 when my brother bought me the movie The Wall. I heard that album a million times but then I discovered there were much more than that.
My faves are: -Meddle -Animals -Obscured by Clouds -Wish you Were Here -A Saucerful of Secrets |
Posted By: crackedactor
Date Posted: February 12 2008 at 11:16
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Top 5 favourites: 1. Animals 2. Wish You Were Here 3. Dark Side 4. Atom Heart Mother 5.Oscured by Clouds Top 5 songs: 1. Time 2. Pigs(three different ones) 3. SOYCD 1-9 4. Interstellar 5. High Hopes ------------- I'm a Highway Starrrr....oh yes i am..!!!! |
Posted By: everyone
Date Posted: February 12 2008 at 13:10
| I bought DSOTM the day it was released. The radio stations have played it so much that I will NEVER listen to or own anything that followed. I do not understand why they are included here. I still like the first 2 albums much better. Sorry about being a fly in the ointment. |
Posted By: wolfvaga
Date Posted: February 19 2008 at 23:57
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It seems that we all have something in common. We all feel Pink Floyd as our pass to Prog rock waters . For me, they are heritage... For my dad, that is one of his favorite bands from youth. But, that is not only reason why I love them. Their solos are good example... Fantastic music textures by Roger Waters mixed with excellent poetry... And most of all-atmosphere in their songs... My favorite period takes place from "Wish You were here", through "Dark Side of the Moon", to "The Wall"... Maybe it's the most commercial period for this band, but nobody's perfect  ...------------- Lupus in fabula :) |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: February 20 2008 at 02:44
| Tracks like "Echoes", "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", "Dogs" and "Comfortably Numb" are all milestones of music, and true epics of prog. I think Pink Floyd is an absolute essentail band for anyone serious about the genre to invest in. Well, at least after Waters took over from Barret. |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: March 27 2008 at 23:11
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Enjoy this one "saucerful" fans... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf5dJnIw5vA&feature=related |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: March 27 2008 at 23:13
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And one more, for Syd fans this time... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts-2lg5fpQ4 |
Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: April 16 2008 at 09:16
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When I was about ten years old I was exploring my dad's record collection, as you do. I found an album with no writing on the front, just a photo of a cow, and I asked my dad what it was. It was of course Pink Floyd's "Atom Heart Mother", and he played it to me (imagine that for a moment, your first ever hearing of Pink Floyd is the side-long AHM at the age of 10). Then he played me "Ummagumma". That was in about 1972/3 and both albums are still my two favourite Pink Floyd albums to this day, and when I collected Floyd bootlegs a few years ago I focussed on the early years - I have maybe 100 CDs covering 1967-71, and maybe 15 covering 72-80. ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: ebuCube
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 05:47
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Much like you, my initial introduction to prog was through the Floyd. In particular the live at Pompeii video and The Wall.
Subsequently I delved deeper into their discography to find Meddle and Dark Side.
I now consider Animals to be my favorite Floyd album.
If it weren't for Floyd the doorway into the world of prog may have been closed for years until i was forcibly introduced to Yes Some years later.
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Posted By: muddoctor
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 06:15
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highly appreciated to Roger Keith "SYD" Barrett.
without him PF would be nothing !!!
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Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 12:06
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Pink Floyd are so hypnotic, they actually take you somewhere else, especially Echoes.
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Posted By: muddoctor
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 12:12
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for me..
Meddle & Ummagumma !!!
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Posted By: Amaury
Date Posted: May 11 2008 at 04:14
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I have start to listen music with Wish you were here, and now it always my favorite band. But, I clearly prefere the Barrett's period. ------------- "Why play so many notes when you have to play the best ?" - Miles Davis. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: May 11 2008 at 04:39
did someone say Saucerful fans... awesome.. hadn't seen that one before.. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: muddoctor
Date Posted: May 11 2008 at 05:00
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thank's man !!!
it's so entertained !!!
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Posted By: jetblue1717
Date Posted: May 24 2008 at 10:27
| I LOVE Pink Floyd. Every one of their albums are awesome, my personal favorite is Wish You Were Here. |
Posted By: jetblue1717
Date Posted: May 24 2008 at 10:32
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Some other albums I love: Atom Heart Mother (especially the suite) Meddle Dark Side of the Moon (of course!) Animals The Wall Ummagumma. I remember I was about 11 when I first listened to the Floyd. In the car we had found a cassette of The Wall, and I had been blown when I heard it. I then got Dark Side, then Wish, Atom Heart Mother, ans so on and so forth... |
Posted By: TheRockShow
Date Posted: May 24 2008 at 10:43
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ah yes, pink floyd. a band that changed the face of rock forever. although they may have been stoned when writing most of thier music, it still sounds like heaven on your head when you listen to it. and besides, who hasn't caught themselves singing money when they are bored? i applod you pf. i applod you.
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Posted By: jetblue1717
Date Posted: May 27 2008 at 22:43
| I agree with a lot of your choices (especially the Atom Heart Mother Suite)! |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: May 27 2008 at 22:48
who wasn't? ..besides, we know they didn't use hallucinogens in the studio post-Barrett |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: May 27 2008 at 23:03
Right. They were not a drug-using band. Waters did Acid twice. The others drank, an occasional joint. Their classic '70s recordings are not the result of drugs. In the 80s Gilmour claims he was a coke fiend on the Lapse tour. And of course Syd, well, no time to get into that. |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: May 27 2008 at 23:33
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Note: I appreciate Pink Floyd.
They got me into prog. I never listen to them anymore though 
Maybe I'll start soon! ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: July 15 2011 at 09:41
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It it hard to believe that nobody has appreciated Pink Floyd since May 2008.
I gave A Momentary Lapse of Reason its first spin in ages yesterday. I still really love that album. It saddens me how much it is disliked amongst Floyd fans.
Just thought I would attach a link to this news article about David Gilmour's son Charles. Apparently, he is a chip off the old brick in the wall. http://news.yahoo.com/pink-floyd-stars-son-charlie-gilmore-jailed-000814834.html" rel="nofollow - http://news.yahoo.com/pink-floyd-stars-son-charlie-gilmore-jailed-000814834.html ------------- 
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: July 15 2011 at 11:46
Actually, when I saw he was arrested, and seeing the sentence today, I would have thought that Polly Samson had had him by Waters, not Gilmour, who is about the quietest rock star who ever lived. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: July 15 2011 at 11:52
his natural father is Heathcote Williams ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: July 15 2011 at 11:56
I know - I was having a joke ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: July 15 2011 at 11:57
He almost looks like Harry Potter in this picture:
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: July 15 2011 at 11:58
People can have a closed mind (and ears) with groups like this.......Anything past a certain date is considered "rubbish"......in my view that view is "rubbish"! -------------   
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: July 15 2011 at 11:59
Apparently, Mum & Dave took him to a very expensive salon for a makeover to impress m'learned judge and, thus, avoid a sixteen month jail sentence. Better go back for a refund! ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Waxtrax Radio
Date Posted: July 15 2011 at 12:16
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Gotta love and appreciate me all Pink Floyds work!
You know someone told me and I also work in the music industry that Pink Floyd has a huge wherehouse in Phx Arizona filled with all the stuff from the wall tour thats just been sitting there for yrs tour busses and all!
Whether true or not i'd like to think I could stumble upon that and take a walk inside someday! lol Much love for the FlOyD
Not to mention each artist has went on to do some great solo projects. Nice post and thanks for sharing. Tad ------------- Waxtrax Radio Classic Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock, Spacerock. Always Commercial Free. www.waxtraxradio.com |
Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: July 15 2011 at 12:20
It has nothing to do with the date, it's the fact that it's the weakest PF album. Hi guys, Pink Floyd fanboy here. The band that got me into music as a whole. ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: July 15 2011 at 12:35
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I tend to like Momentary Lapse and Division Bell better than their earlier psych albums which have always sounded dated and never really impressed me. I'm more of a fan of the Dark Side of the Moon through The Wall era. There is obviously some good music from Piper through Obscured by Clouds but there has always been something about those albums that has never really fully grasped me. Don't interpret this as me disliking those albums, it is just that I've never really been hooked by them. -------------
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: July 15 2011 at 14:07
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Who is Pink Floyd? Seriously, they were one of the gateway bands for me getting into progressive music, and good music in general. But I have not been in the mood for them in years..... Look at my last.fm, they are in my top 15 most played artists, but I couldnt tell you the last time I listened to them aside from the occasional song. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: July 15 2011 at 19:00
| I do like Momentary Lapse quiet a bit... but I like more The Division Bell, for me it's just about perfect and beautiful, just about as good (though somewhat different) as their 70's masterpieces. Besides Division Bell, my favourite Floyd albums are Wish you Were Here, Animals, and Live at Pompeii, then Dark Side, then The Wall... though ofcourse, they have many gems of songs in most of their albums. Including some of their solo efforts. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: July 15 2011 at 19:30
No, it has to do with the dates in a lot of cases, and I said "groups like this.." meaning groups that have a long dated catalogue. ie Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis, KC, ELP, Rush....even the beloved Dream Theater. I really do not think AMLoR is weak at all....I think it has excellent songs on it, but it is no WYWH or Animals or Division Bell.
I enjoy pretty much all of Pink Floyd....but I do have a hard time with A Saucerful of Krapp...damn I mean Secrets...my bad! -------------
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Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: July 16 2011 at 00:00
Maybe. For some people. It still has nothing to do with the date for me, it's still their weakest.  ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: July 17 2011 at 14:02
| Momentary could be more a Gilmour album but a good album anyway.... Division bell is a very very good album, just imagine a mix between it and Amused to death and every thing is said...... |