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Title: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: KDS on October 08, 2015, 08:53:21 AM
Hello All,

I've been involved in a few discussions on here about the great Pink Floyd, my favorite band. 

And it seems a good time to start a thread about them as David Gilmour just released an album, and Roger Waters is doing a benefit show in DC. 

Any other Floyd fanatics out there?  If so, favorite album?  Song?  Era of the group?  Live experiences?

Sadly, I got into Floyd too late to see them in concert.  Their final tour was 1994, as I was graduating middle school.  Although, it was a thrill to watch the reunited group on live TV in 2005 for Live 8. 

I've seen Roger Waters five times, twice on his In the Flesh Tour, twice on the Darkside of the Moon tour, and once with The Wall.  All great shows. 


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: pixletwin on October 08, 2015, 09:51:54 AM
Definitely in my top 5 favorite groups. My favorite album is probably The Wall. Nobody Home is among my favorites. My favorite era of the group has to be the Syd period though. As far as a live group I think they were at their beset in 1972. Live at Pompeii is probably the best live album ever recorded.


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: JK on October 08, 2015, 10:40:11 AM
Found this old thread (I knew there was at least one):

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,8026.0.html

Mods, is it possible to combine them? It seems a shame to waste all these earlier folks' opinions----all grist to the mill, you know. :hat

 


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: KDS on October 08, 2015, 10:40:52 AM
It's really hard for me to pick a favorite Floyd era.  

To me, it's a tie between the "classic" era of Meddle, Obscured By Clouds, Darkside, and Wish You Were Here, and the Waters era with Animals, The Wall, and The Final Cut.  

My favorite album is probably Wish You Were Here.  

Pompeii is a great document of the live Floyd.  It's too bad there really isn't much else documented from the classic line-up.  There's Pompeii, and some never officially released Wall concerts.  


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: JK on October 09, 2015, 02:17:58 AM
I've never taken to Roger Waters, just as I've never taken to Mick Jagger----no idea why.

Unsurprisingly, then,  my two favourite PF albums are Piper and Wish You Were Here. Most of the other stuff just makes me miss Syd's presence.  

Other PF threads:
http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,8026.0.html
http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,12692.0.html
http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,9822.0.html
http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,10112.0.html


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: KDS on October 09, 2015, 09:33:39 PM
Mr. K,

You've never taken to Roger Waters.  I guess you and I can't discuss how I think that Amused to Death is one of the greatest albums of the 1990s (I know, not saying much). 


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: JK on October 10, 2015, 02:04:00 AM
Mr. K,

You've never taken to Roger Waters.  I guess you and I can't discuss how I think that Amused to Death is one of the greatest albums of the 1990s (I know, not saying much). 

Well. When someone rates an album that highly, I'd be a fool not to at least give it a try. Which i shall do soon. 


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: Pim on October 10, 2015, 11:55:22 AM
Amused To Death is awesome. I love the early Syd-floyd (the first two albums) and the 'classic' Floyd (Meddle - The Wall). The Gilmour Floyd doesn't do much for me and the post-Syd, pre-'concept' Floyd (Atom Heart Mother etc.) is a bit too experimental for me (though there are some great songs here and there).


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: KDS on October 11, 2015, 09:10:58 PM
Mr. K,

You've never taken to Roger Waters.  I guess you and I can't discuss how I think that Amused to Death is one of the greatest albums of the 1990s (I know, not saying much). 

Well. When someone rates an album that highly, I'd be a fool not to at least give it a try. Which i shall do soon. 

I honestly think if the album had been released under the Pink Floyd banner, it would be a revered as Darkside or The Wall. 


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: JK on October 13, 2015, 01:59:00 AM
KDS, I've listened to ATD and... I'm afraid it leaves me cold.

So, no change in my attitude to RW. To each their own, as they say...


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: KDS on October 13, 2015, 05:45:24 AM
KDS, I've listened to ATD and... I'm afraid it leaves me cold.

So, no change in my attitude to RW. To each their own, as they say...

At least you gave it a try.  But if you're not into the Waters era of Floyd (Animals, The Wall, The Final Cut), then you're probably not going to much care for ATD.

I'm on the other side of the fence, where I think the Syd material, while good, tends to get a little overrated because of what happened to him.     


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: rogerlancelot on October 19, 2015, 07:20:17 PM
I was lucky to see them in concert on September 21st, 1987 in Toronto where they opened with "Echoes" which is easily my favorite Floyd song. I'm sorry I missed them on the 1994 tour but I was broke at the time. On a related note, I see a lot of BB influence on Rick Wright's early songs, especially "It Would Be So Nice" and "Summer '68".


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: Douchepool on October 19, 2015, 07:31:26 PM
I'm on the other side of the fence, where I think the Syd material, while good, tends to get a little overrated because of what happened to him.     

I think Arnaldo Baptista (Os Mutantes) has become the new Syd Barrett. Syd's become trendy, and we all don't like trends. :)


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: KDS on October 20, 2015, 05:06:56 AM
I was lucky to see them in concert on September 21st, 1987 in Toronto where they opened with "Echoes" which is easily my favorite Floyd song. I'm sorry I missed them on the 1994 tour but I was broke at the time. On a related note, I see a lot of BB influence on Rick Wright's early songs, especially "It Would Be So Nice" and "Summer '68".

Summer '68 is one of their most underrated songs.  I'm in the minority in that I liked their "experimental period" from 1968-1970 better than the Syd era.  I think Atom Heart Mother is a really good album (would be great if not for Alan's Psychadelic Breakfast). 


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: Mike's Beard on October 20, 2015, 08:15:28 AM
My favourite period is from Ummagumma leading up 'till Dark Side. The whole band dynamic changed with the mega success of DSOTM and not for the better.


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: KDS on October 20, 2015, 08:23:37 AM
My favourite period is from Ummagumma leading up 'till Dark Side. The whole band dynamic changed with the mega success of DSOTM and not for the better.

I really like it all, so it's really hard for me to pick my favorite era. 

I love everything they did in the 1970s, so that really spans the experimental era, the "classic" era, and the Roger Waters era.

Sadly, as much as I love DSOTM, working in radio killed Time, Money, Brian Damage, and Eclipse for me.  I'm sure one day, I'll be able to sit and enjoy that album again. 


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: Douchepool on October 20, 2015, 09:11:32 AM
Ummagumma doesn't get enough respect. Any decent best-of should include Grantchester Meadows.


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: KDS on October 20, 2015, 09:42:37 AM
Ummagumma doesn't get enough respect. Any decent best-of should include Grantchester Meadows.

The live part of Ummagumma is great.

Sysyphus has it's moments.  I like The Narrow Way and Grantchester Meadows a lot.  Not keen on Grand Vizier or Several Species.  Sometimes during this time period, they got a little too experimental for my taste (ie. Alan's Psychadelic Breakfast). 

I think this version outshines the Roger only studio cut.  I've also heard full band versions of The Narrow Way Part 3 that I like better than the David only studio version.  It's a shame none of this stuff has ever gotten a legit release. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH0FUJ7PKzM


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: bluesno1fann on October 21, 2015, 05:44:29 PM
Pink Floyd has always been among my favourite bands. Though I have a preference for the Barrett years, I'm also very fond of the Waters-dominated period. I'll never forget when I went to see Roger Waters live as my first concert in 2012, an absolutely spectacular experience.


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: Douchepool on October 21, 2015, 07:49:06 PM
Ummagumma doesn't get enough respect. Any decent best-of should include Grantchester Meadows.

The live part of Ummagumma is great.

Sysyphus has it's moments.  I like The Narrow Way and Grantchester Meadows a lot.  Not keen on Grand Vizier or Several Species.  Sometimes during this time period, they got a little too experimental for my taste (ie. Alan's Psychadelic Breakfast). 

I think this version outshines the Roger only studio cut.  I've also heard full band versions of The Narrow Way Part 3 that I like better than the David only studio version.  It's a shame none of this stuff has ever gotten a legit release. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH0FUJ7PKzM

Oh man, the KQED show. I have the Harvested "remastered" DVD of that program. Amazing stuff. I would LOVE to see that become a proper release. So many great soundboards covering their whole career that they could put out, but...nada.

I can sort of dig where they're coming from; they want the released albums and singles to stand as their legacy. I don't think they'd be in a rush to release the Montreal gig from '77, for example. :lol


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: KDS on October 22, 2015, 05:29:12 AM
Ummagumma doesn't get enough respect. Any decent best-of should include Grantchester Meadows.

The live part of Ummagumma is great.

Sysyphus has it's moments.  I like The Narrow Way and Grantchester Meadows a lot.  Not keen on Grand Vizier or Several Species.  Sometimes during this time period, they got a little too experimental for my taste (ie. Alan's Psychadelic Breakfast). 

I think this version outshines the Roger only studio cut.  I've also heard full band versions of The Narrow Way Part 3 that I like better than the David only studio version.  It's a shame none of this stuff has ever gotten a legit release. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH0FUJ7PKzM

Oh man, the KQED show. I have the Harvested "remastered" DVD of that program. Amazing stuff. I would LOVE to see that become a proper release. So many great soundboards covering their whole career that they could put out, but...nada.

I can sort of dig where they're coming from; they want the released albums and singles to stand as their legacy. I don't think they'd be in a rush to release the Montreal gig from '77, for example. :lol

I was hoping one day that Floyd would release some sort of live anthology CD box set.  I know they've released some live tracks on the uber expensive immersion re-releases of their albums.  But to me, it's not worth the money to buy the albums I already have with some tracks that I've owned for years on b@@ts. 

I really thought they might release a Pink Floyd The Wall show for the 30th Anniversary.  But with Roger promoting the film and CD from his Wall tour, that seems more unlikely now than ever. 


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: Douchepool on October 23, 2015, 01:40:00 PM
Well, they already did release it...sort of. It was a compilation from all of the gigs. I don't think the video footage from the gigs is salvageable unless they're sitting on other stuff that hasn't leaked.


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: KDS on October 23, 2015, 10:26:33 PM
Well, they already did release it...sort of. It was a compilation from all of the gigs. I don't think the video footage from the gigs is salvageable unless they're sitting on other stuff that hasn't leaked.

They released a really good CD set in 2000.  I have yet to see it, but I've heard there's a good....shhhh....b@@tleg of one the Earl's Court shows going around.  I had a VHS from a Wall show in New York, and it was OK at best. 


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: Cool Cool Water on November 16, 2015, 12:18:04 PM
I've always preferred the early Floyd with Syd.


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: KDS on November 16, 2015, 12:41:56 PM
I've always preferred the early Floyd with Syd.

I'm more partial to Gilmour as a guitarist, but Syd taught David how to play. 

The Floyd did some brilliant stuff when Syd was their main man.  It's interesting to ponder what kind of music they'd have done had Syd been able to keep himself together. 


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: Emily on November 16, 2015, 05:18:52 PM
I've always preferred the early Floyd with Syd.

I'm more partial to Gilmour as a guitarist, but Syd taught David how to play. 

The Floyd did some brilliant stuff when Syd was their main man.  It's interesting to ponder what kind of music they'd have done had Syd been able to keep himself together. 
My impression is that Gilmour was playing guitar before he met Syd (starting when he was very young) and that he was always technically a better player.


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: Mike's Beard on November 16, 2015, 09:38:23 PM
Dave taught Syd how to play guys!


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: Emily on November 16, 2015, 09:53:23 PM
Dave taught Syd how to play guys!
Yeah. I'm actually reading a bio of Syd currently and it seems that he was just noodling right up to '66.


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: KDS on November 17, 2015, 05:15:51 AM
Dave taught Syd how to play guys!

Wow.  I can't believe I goofed that up.  I guess I'm a little rusty on my Pink Floyd history. 

I've been peaking at some David Gilmour setlists from the UK.  I'm pretty confident he's not going to be touring the States.  I see he's still including Astronomy Domine in his sets.  During his shows for On an Island, he was alternating Dark Globe, Dominoes, Astronomy Domine, and Arnold Layne.


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: KDS on February 12, 2016, 05:41:00 AM
Wanted to revive this thread to discuss a fairly recent Floyd release.

Has anybody seen the film Roger Waters - The Wall.  Apparently, it's up for a Grammy this weekend. 

I got the Blu Ray for Christmas, and sat down to watch it on Sunday. 

I found the live footage to be very good.  Although, I would've liked more wide shots to get the full scope of The Wall, the screen, props, etc. 

However, the film itself it not a straight concert film.  The complete Wall concert includes clips of Roger Waters on a road trip to visit the graves of his grandfather who died in WWI, and his father, who died in WWII.  While some of these scenes are genuinely moving, others appear to be Roger stroking his ego.  I wish there was an option to watch JUST the concert.  Personally, I sometimes find Roger's politics to be a little tiresome at times, and the inclusion of a new political song as a reprise of Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 was most unwelcome IMO. 

Extras include some clips from The Wall show at the O2 with David Gilmour playing Comfortably Numb.  Unfortunately, that version might have the worst CN guitar solo I've ever heard.  The Dave Kilminster version from the main feature is surprisingly much better.  Maybe Gilmour was nervous being on top of that wall for the first time in 30 years.  Gilmour and Nick Mason were brought out for Outside the Wall, so it's neat to see the three surviving Floyd members onstage together. 

I will say that Roger has a great band, and musically, this version is far superior to the Berlin 1990 DVD.  I'm still holding out hope that, one day, we get an official release of a Pink Floyd Wall Show. 



Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: JK on March 06, 2017, 08:10:57 AM
Happy 71st birthday, David Gilmour!

With thanks to KDS for the heads up...

https://youtu.be/cWGE9Gi0bB0


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: KDS on July 18, 2017, 06:26:06 AM
Found the old Pink Floyd thread I started. 

Has anyone else heard the new Roger Waters album - Is This the Life We Really Want?

After a 25 year wait after his stellar Amused to Death album, I thought this album was a complete disappointment.  It's getting good reviews, but I'm not really sure why. 

I may not agree with Roger's political views, but quite frankly, I don't care about them as long as the songs are good.  There's little to no melody on this album at all.  There's also little to no guitar work.  Roger's lyrics have always been best when accented by great guitar work, be it by David Gilmour, Eric Clapton, or Jeff Beck.   Roger has a great touring band, but they seem largely absent on this LP. 

Maybe if Roger had taken a little more time, and not been so quick to try to get a record out after the election / inauguration, he'd actually have crafted some good melodies here.  But, the album just feels dull and lifeless to me.  The only real standout track, Smell the Roses, is just simply a Have a Cigar retread.   


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: pixletwin on July 18, 2017, 05:53:27 PM
I never thought of Waters as a great melody crafter... But I have yet t hear the new album. I'll give it a listen and post my thoughts...


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: KDS on July 18, 2017, 06:49:31 PM
I never thought of Waters as a great melody crafter... But I have yet t hear the new album. I'll give it a listen and post my thoughts...

David and Richard were the best with melody in the band, but Roger wrote a bulk of Animals, The Wall, and The Final Cut with little help. 

His solo albums do somewhat lack great melodies, but they're not as plodding as the new one.


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: RangeRoverA1 on July 18, 2017, 08:46:50 PM
Roger Waters is great! I like his voice the best in Pink Floyd, David Gilmour doesn't sing as good. Thanks to tell about new Waters album - shall check it in local free music download site. :3d


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: KDS on July 19, 2017, 03:54:23 AM
Roger Waters is great! I like his voice the best in Pink Floyd, David Gilmour doesn't sing as good. Thanks to tell about new Waters album - shall check it in local free music download site. :3d

To each their own, but I think David is my far the better singer, and his voice has aged much better than Roger's.


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: KDS on August 09, 2017, 10:25:15 AM
Speaking of David Gilmour, his upcoming Pompeii concert release looks good. 

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-david-gilmour-in-historic-live-at-pompeii-trailer-w491802


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: Michael Edward Osbourne on August 09, 2017, 11:24:42 AM
I'm a Floyd fan. The Syd era is my favorite and I absolutely love what they did all throughout the 70s, especially the earlier part of that decade. Obscured By Clouds, Atom Heart Mother and Meddle are some of my favorites. Piper At The Gates Of Dawn is definitely amongst my favorite albums ever. When I first got into them as a kid in the early eightues I fell into the whole The Wall thing. Watched the movie a zillion times. Eventually I burned out on The Wall and started digging deeper and eventually came across Relics in the bargain bin and finally heard what Syd sounded like. I became a Syd fan and searched everywhere for his solo albums (no amazon or ebay in 1984, and limited on the local record shops in the area I grew up in). A guy at a local flea market had Madcap Laughs for $20. Damn glad I bought it. As far as my favorite Pink Floyd songs go,  Vegetable Man and Jugband Blues are probably tied at number one for me. I'm not too big on any of the member's solo stuff (except Syd of course). But I've enjoyed some of their solo material. David's stuff is particularly good.


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: KDS on August 09, 2017, 11:28:54 AM
I'm a Floyd fan. The Syd era is my favorite and I absolutely love what they did all throughout the 70s, especially the earlier part of that decade. Obscured By Clouds, Atom Heart Mother and Meddle are some of my favorites. Piper At The Gates Of Dawn is definitely amongst my favorite albums ever. When I first got into them as a kid in the early eightues I fell into the whole The Wall thing. Watched the movie a zillion times. Eventually I burned out on The Wall and started digging deeper and eventually came across Relics in the bargain bin and finally heard what Syd sounded like. I became a Syd fan and searched everywhere for his solo albums (no amazon or ebay in 1984, and limited on the local record shops in the area I grew up in). A guy at a local flea market had Madcap Laughs for $20. Damn glad I bought it. As far as my favorite Pink Floyd songs go,  Vegetable Man and Jugband Blues are probably tied at number one for me. I'm not too big on any of the member's solo stuff (except Syd of course). But I've enjoyed some of their solo material. David's stuff is particularly good.

I like the early Syd stuff, but I much prefer their 70s output, with Gilmour, Waters, Wright, and Mason (even though Wright and Mason were pretty much session guys by Animals and The Wall). 

I like Syd's Floyd material, but I find his solo work to be a mixed bag.  Personally, I think the best tracks from Madcap Laughs and Barrett would make a very good album. 

Wright's solo output is alright.  I really like Water's Pros & Cons and Amused to Death albums (his new album was a supreme disappointment after a 25 year wait), but I think Gilmour is the more consistent solo artist. 


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: SurfRiderHawaii on August 12, 2017, 04:08:58 PM
Recently saw Roger do his fantastic show. Visually and sonically amazing!

Uses "Pigs" for an epic takedown of Trump. This video is from the San Jose show, taken nearby my seat.  Yes, that is a huge video screen dropped the length of the arena.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1EADVfeXkrI

Note: Two weeks after seeing Roger, I caught Brit Floyd in concert. Great show and the next best thing to seeing either David or Roger.


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: KDS on August 15, 2017, 04:07:56 PM
Recently saw Roger do his fantastic show. Visually and sonically amazing!

Uses "Pigs" for an epic takedown of Trump. This video is from the San Jose show, taken nearby my seat.  Yes, that is a huge video screen dropped the length of the arena.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1EADVfeXkrI

Note: Two weeks after seeing Roger, I caught Brit Floyd in concert. Great show and the next best thing to seeing either David or Roger.

Ive heard Roger's tour has been great.  Ive seen Rog five times.  Hoping for a US Gilmour tour.  Though not..........High Hopes. 


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: MatchPoint on August 25, 2017, 03:57:25 PM
My favorite Pink Floyd era was when Syd Barrett and David Gilmour were kind-of-sort-of in the band at the same time. Five members is better than four as proven by The Beach Boys. Can you imagine the 15 Big Ones cover with four guys...? Doesn't work. Given this, I tune out on Pink Floyd after that period. Hope I didn't miss anything.

(http://i.imgur.com/HxxEhOZ.jpg)


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: KDS on August 25, 2017, 09:25:02 PM
My favorite Pink Floyd era was when Syd Barrett and David Gilmour were kind-of-sort-of in the band at the same time. Five members is better than four as proven by The Beach Boys. Can you imagine the 15 Big Ones cover with four guys...? Doesn't work. Given this, I tune out on Pink Floyd after that period. Hope I didn't miss anything.

(http://i.imgur.com/HxxEhOZ.jpg)

Considering the five man Floyd lasted for roughly half an album, Id say you missed out on quite a bit. 

But, I do like the 15BO art. 


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: JK on July 04, 2018, 06:28:47 AM
I last heard this classic Barrett composition played by a pair of buskers at London's Paddington Station! Sounded quite good actually...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U0en1Y5S-w


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: RangeRoverA1 on July 18, 2018, 07:02:22 AM
Listened to Animals - it's well played, well executed, sung but, at the same time, it funnily isn't album I'd like to listen again.
& am really puzzled by universal agreement re: early Pink Floyd singles - "Arnold Layne" etc. *Each* of them. Everybody who hears them say they like them but I listened many times & again today - nope, nothing special there.
Anyhoo, appreciation - favorite Pink Floyd is Roger Waters.


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: KDS on July 23, 2018, 06:33:10 AM
Listened to Animals - it's well played, well executed, sung but, at the same time, it funnily isn't album I'd like to listen again.
& am really puzzled by universal agreement re: early Pink Floyd singles - "Arnold Layne" etc. *Each* of them. Everybody who hears them say they like them but I listened many times & again today - nope, nothing special there.
Anyhoo, appreciation - favorite Pink Floyd is Roger Waters.

Why is it that you don't think you'd listen to Animals again, just curious?   I know it's a very dark album, but Waters' lyrics tend to veer in that direction.   

I think the early Floyd isn't nearly as good as their 70s material.   I know there are a lot of fans of the early / Syd Barrett era material across the Beach Boys boards, but, while I like it, I don't think it holds a candle to their 70s work, or even their 80s or 90s work for that matter.   

I'm a fan of most of Roger's lyrics, even if I think the guy is a bit of a blowhard, I have a lot of respect for him, and I've had the pleasure of seeing Waters in concert five times.    I really want to see Gilmour at some point, since his voice and guitar are more of the sound of classic Floyd to my ears.   I think Gilmour is a much better singer, and listening to their recent material, his voice has aged much better than Roger's. 


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: RangeRoverA1 on July 25, 2018, 05:20:33 AM
As I said many times before, I usually don't pay attn to lyrics. "If they're bad, they're bad, who cares" - that kinda attitude. Dark music isn't super bad thing either. So what if it's dark. Nope, here the problem is sth. else, can't quite catch what precisely makes me not listen to Animals again.

You at least like the ealy Pink Floyd ("while I like it"). I don't. Early singles = dull as hell.

David's good musician, I'll give you that. But singing-wise, Roger's better to these ears.

Since you like David, would like to ask you this question - which guitar solo/ bits did impress you the best? List songs.


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: KDS on July 25, 2018, 05:30:34 AM
As I said many times before, I usually don't pay attn to lyrics. "If they're bad, they're bad, who cares" - that kinda attitude. Dark music isn't super bad thing either. So what if it's dark. Nope, here the problem is sth. else, can't quite catch what precisely makes me not listen to Animals again.

You at least like the ealy Pink Floyd ("while I like it"). I don't. Early singles = dull as hell.

David's good musician, I'll give you that. But singing-wise, Roger's better to these ears.

Since you like David, would like to ask you this question - which guitar solo/ bits did impress you the best? List songs.

My all time favorite Gilmour solo is probably the slide guitar solo during Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part 6.   That's one of my all time favorite moments in all of music. 

Other Gilmour solos in no particular order

Atom Heart Mother - I can't remember which movement, but it's fairly early in the piece. 

Echoes - After the second verse

Mudmen

Time

Dogs - There's a lot of great Gilmour moments in that song. 

The Thin Ice

Comfortably Numb

Your Possible Pasts

The Fletcher Memorial Home

The Final Cut

On the Turning Away

High Hopes


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: RangeRoverA1 on July 26, 2018, 04:23:51 PM
Would like to say few things about Syd. 1stly, he didn't do anything especially ground-breaking to get people put Syd in pedestal. Yet he/ his persona brought cult following. Being main songwriter-guitarist-singer when PF began isn't unique case which doesn't take place in different bands. He gave up very quickly. If music business is tough to deal with, he should be sth. else instead. Lines galore. Fast fwd, when pics appeared in the Internet with chubby bald Syd, everybody said he looks bad, amazed that he changed to the point he doesn't look like young Syd. Frankly, it's silly reaction. Face it, many chaps, esp. when they age, get bald, many I see walking by in the streets got big belly. Syd's like average people. Without knowing details, going strictly by pics, Syd's changed look makes sense. We know he lived as recluse, it shows in pics too. But, again, there's many like him.

Meddle's good album, nice to read "Echoes" listed. When did you discover Pink Floyd? Did you listen to it chronologically? Did you get into it via different British bands?


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: Jay on July 27, 2018, 12:46:49 AM
Would like to say few things about Syd. 1stly, he didn't do anything especially ground-breaking to get people put Syd in pedestal. Yet he/ his persona brought cult following. Being main songwriter-guitarist-singer when PF began isn't unique case which doesn't take place in different bands. He gave up very quickly. If music business is tough to deal with, he should be sth. else instead. Lines galore. Fast fwd, when pics appeared in the Internet with chubby bald Syd, everybody said he looks bad, amazed that he changed to the point he doesn't look like young Syd. Frankly, it's silly reaction. Face it, many chaps, esp. when they age, get bald, many I see walking by in the streets got big belly. Syd's like average people. Without knowing details, going strictly by pics, Syd's changed look makes sense. We know he lived as recluse, it shows in pics too. But, again, there's many like him.

Meddle's good album, nice to read "Echoes" listed. When did you discover Pink Floyd? Did you listen to it chronologically? Did you get into it via different British bands?
Syd's change in appearance was of his own doing though, and a result or side affect of his mental illness. He willingly shaved off all of his hair, as well as his eyebrows.


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: RangeRoverA1 on July 27, 2018, 01:01:50 AM
As I said, strictly looking at that pic, Syd looks like regular old guy. Maybe to you it shows him in bad way (without knowing details, side effects etc). To me, he looks casually. That's the point.


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: Jay on July 27, 2018, 02:32:06 AM
As I said, strictly looking at that pic, Syd looks like regular old guy. Maybe to you it shows him in bad way (without knowing details, side effects etc). To me, he looks casually. That's the point.
Sorry, I overlooked that part of the post. After going through photos online real quick, he did get some grey and white hair over time. When I made my post I was thinking about a specific picture of Syd in the mid 1970's, when he showed up unexpectedly at the studio where Pink Floyd was recording. At first glance it appears that it's just an older person, but it's SYd with a bald head and no eyebrows. I think he would have been barely thirty years old in that picture. I had forgotten that there were indeed some pictures of Syd as an older man.  ;D


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: KDS on July 27, 2018, 05:21:26 AM
Would like to say few things about Syd. 1stly, he didn't do anything especially ground-breaking to get people put Syd in pedestal. Yet he/ his persona brought cult following. Being main songwriter-guitarist-singer when PF began isn't unique case which doesn't take place in different bands. He gave up very quickly. If music business is tough to deal with, he should be sth. else instead. Lines galore. Fast fwd, when pics appeared in the Internet with chubby bald Syd, everybody said he looks bad, amazed that he changed to the point he doesn't look like young Syd. Frankly, it's silly reaction. Face it, many chaps, esp. when they age, get bald, many I see walking by in the streets got big belly. Syd's like average people. Without knowing details, going strictly by pics, Syd's changed look makes sense. We know he lived as recluse, it shows in pics too. But, again, there's many like him.

Meddle's good album, nice to read "Echoes" listed. When did you discover Pink Floyd? Did you listen to it chronologically? Did you get into it via different British bands?

Syd's guitar playing was actually very different from what was doing on at the time.   He also taught Gilmour how to play, even if Gilmour turned into a much better player.  I also agree that his songwriting is a bit overrated.   

If you want to see an better example of a pic of Syd looking "bad," there's one that was taken in 1974, when Syd showed up at one of Floyd's recording sessions.   He'd put on a lot of weight and shaved his head, and while still pretty young, looked nothing like the play who broke with Floyd. 

I think Floyd first caught my ear when I was 15, going on 16, in the summer of 1996.   By chance, I caught a showing of the movie The Wall on basic cable, and I loved the music.  I was obsessed with The Wall album for about a year, then later went and got all of their other albums.    So, I didn't listen in chronological order.   If I recall, I started with Dark Side, then the two post Waters albums, then went from there.   

Once, I'd listened to all the Floyd albums front to back many many times, I got the Gilmour and Waters solo albums.   

Luckily, at the height of my new Floyd fandom, in 1999, Roger Waters announced he was going on his first tour in 12 years.   I've had the chance to see him five times.   I'm still waiting on a full US tour from Gilmour.   I'm not exactly holding my breath.


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: Alex on October 01, 2018, 06:57:34 PM
Looovvee Piper, the early singles, and some of the other random Syd stuff (Vegetable Man, Jugband Blues, Scream Thy Last Scream, etc), I could take or leave the Waters/Gilmour stuff.


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: pixletwin on October 03, 2018, 09:49:21 AM
Syd's change in appearance was of his own doing though, and a result or side affect of his mental illness. He willingly shaved off all of his hair, as well as his eyebrows.

Yes in 1974. Syd went bald the natural way too. lol

I don't think his preference for jeans and a t-shirt (sometimes a tanky) is necessarily a symptom of his mental illness either. I believe Syd suffered from severe anxiety (among other thinngs) but the thought that he may have been schizophrenic is given far too much weight.

Syd was a talented guy who did too many drugs and discovered the music lifestyle didn't suit him. He preferred to paint, work in his garden, go for walks, come home  and  read. He had enough in royalties to do that. He just wanted to be left alone.

I originally wrote "content to paint"... etc... but I don't think he was ever content. He knew something was not right and was determined to self diagnose and self treat his illness. But I think schizophrenia is pretty much laughed off by anyone who truly knows.


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: MsBecca on October 10, 2018, 06:09:41 PM
Syd's change in appearance was of his own doing though, and a result or side affect of his mental illness. He willingly shaved off all of his hair, as well as his eyebrows.

Yes in 1974. Syd went bald the natural way too. lol

I don't think his preference for jeans and a t-shirt (sometimes a tanky) is necessarily a symptom of his mental illness either. I believe Syd suffered from severe anxiety (among other thinngs) but the thought that he may have been schizophrenic is given far too much weight.

Syd was a talented guy who did too many drugs and discovered the music lifestyle didn't suit him. He preferred to paint, work in his garden, go for walks, come home  and  read. He had enough in royalties to do that. He just wanted to be left alone.

I originally wrote "content to paint"... etc... but I don't think he was ever content. He knew something was not right and was determined to self diagnose and self treat his illness. But I think schizophrenia is pretty much laughed off by anyone who truly knows.

I remember reading one interview where his sister Rosemary or Roseanne or whatever basically claimed that Syd was not crazy just selfish or something, that his mental illness was overblown and that it was more along the lines of what you just had posted. It was in on of those books I that I cannot remember the name of.



Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: ♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇 on October 11, 2018, 12:08:31 AM
Syd's change in appearance was of his own doing though, and a result or side affect of his mental illness. He willingly shaved off all of his hair, as well as his eyebrows.

Yes in 1974. Syd went bald the natural way too. lol

I don't think his preference for jeans and a t-shirt (sometimes a tanky) is necessarily a symptom of his mental illness either. I believe Syd suffered from severe anxiety (among other thinngs) but the thought that he may have been schizophrenic is given far too much weight.

Syd was a talented guy who did too many drugs and discovered the music lifestyle didn't suit him. He preferred to paint, work in his garden, go for walks, come home  and  read. He had enough in royalties to do that. He just wanted to be left alone.

I originally wrote "content to paint"... etc... but I don't think he was ever content. He knew something was not right and was determined to self diagnose and self treat his illness. But I think schizophrenia is pretty much laughed off by anyone who truly knows.

I remember reading one interview where his sister Rosemary or Roseanne or whatever basically claimed that Syd was not crazy just selfish or something, that his mental illness was overblown and that it was more along the lines of what you just had posted. It was in on of those books I that I cannot remember the name of.



Rosemary Bremen, and the book you’re referring to was called Comfortably Numb by Mark Blake


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: MsBecca on October 21, 2018, 12:19:06 PM
Syd's change in appearance was of his own doing though, and a result or side affect of his mental illness. He willingly shaved off all of his hair, as well as his eyebrows.

Yes in 1974. Syd went bald the natural way too. lol

I don't think his preference for jeans and a t-shirt (sometimes a tanky) is necessarily a symptom of his mental illness either. I believe Syd suffered from severe anxiety (among other thinngs) but the thought that he may have been schizophrenic is given far too much weight.

Syd was a talented guy who did too many drugs and discovered the music lifestyle didn't suit him. He preferred to paint, work in his garden, go for walks, come home  and  read. He had enough in royalties to do that. He just wanted to be left alone.

I originally wrote "content to paint"... etc... but I don't think he was ever content. He knew something was not right and was determined to self diagnose and self treat his illness. But I think schizophrenia is pretty much laughed off by anyone who truly knows.

I remember reading one interview where his sister Rosemary or Roseanne or whatever basically claimed that Syd was not crazy just selfish or something, that his mental illness was overblown and that it was more along the lines of what you just had posted. It was in on of those books I that I cannot remember the name of.



Rosemary Bremen, and the book you’re referring to was called Comfortably Numb by Mark Blake

It is actually Rosemary Breen


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: ♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇 on October 24, 2018, 12:56:27 AM
Considering I own that book, I should’ve known that. Thanks.


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: pixletwin on October 24, 2018, 05:53:16 PM
Syd's change in appearance was of his own doing though, and a result or side affect of his mental illness. He willingly shaved off all of his hair, as well as his eyebrows.

Yes in 1974. Syd went bald the natural way too. lol

I don't think his preference for jeans and a t-shirt (sometimes a tanky) is necessarily a symptom of his mental illness either. I believe Syd suffered from severe anxiety (among other thinngs) but the thought that he may have been schizophrenic is given far too much weight.

Syd was a talented guy who did too many drugs and discovered the music lifestyle didn't suit him. He preferred to paint, work in his garden, go for walks, come home  and  read. He had enough in royalties to do that. He just wanted to be left alone.

I originally wrote "content to paint"... etc... but I don't think he was ever content. He knew something was not right and was determined to self diagnose and self treat his illness. But I think schizophrenia is pretty much laughed off by anyone who truly knows.

I remember reading one interview where his sister Rosemary or Roseanne or whatever basically claimed that Syd was not crazy just selfish or something, that his mental illness was overblown and that it was more along the lines of what you just had posted. It was in on of those books I that I cannot remember the name of.



Rosemary Bremen, and the book you’re referring to was called Comfortably Numb by Mark Blake

I haven't read that one. I should check it out.

I have read "A Very Irregular Head" by Rob Chapman. A very good book. I highly recommend.


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: JK on April 09, 2019, 01:52:03 AM
Ye gods, it's time this topic was taken out of mothballs...  :o

"See Saw" is my favourite track on Saucerful of Secrets. I dedicate it to a good friend, who I know likes it too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_rp2UAj1Tg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/See-Saw_(song) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/See-Saw_(song))


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: Ovi on April 09, 2019, 08:16:02 AM
Love pretty much all albums until Waters left. Couldn't bring myself to listen to The Endless River yet...


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: RangeRoverA1 on April 09, 2019, 06:17:14 PM
No Roger Waters = no Pink Floyd.


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: JK on April 10, 2019, 03:43:27 AM
The Waters stuff I like is few and far between. "Echoes", "Cirrus Minor", "See Saw", "Let There Be More Light"... Wish You Were Here is incredible.

For me, Piper remains their absolute pinnacle. RIP Syd and Richard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGU9fAkrc98


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: pixletwin on April 10, 2019, 09:01:50 AM
No Roger Waters = no Pink Floyd.

This. I do  agree with this.

 :drumroll


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: ♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇 on April 10, 2019, 04:32:26 PM
Agreed as well. I’m not even that big of a fan of the Waters-dominated Floyd as much as what came before (although I love Animals and even the Final Cut, the Wall never did anything for me), the post-Waters Floyd for the most part had no spark .


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: beachcat on April 11, 2019, 07:51:22 PM
No Roger Waters = no Pink Floyd.

Again, we agree. Although I liked Division Bell when it came out, in my head I don't think of it as a Floyd album.

As an aside, I saw Roger Waters' The Wall in 2010 and he totally owned it. Fantastic show.


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: JK on April 18, 2019, 02:57:53 AM
Talking of cats (which everyone seems to be these days):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvkRFOYcV0w

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer_Sam


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: beachcat on April 20, 2019, 07:11:16 PM
Talking of cats (which everyone seems to be these days):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvkRFOYcV0w

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer_Sam

 :lol

Great choice, though, thanks for the link. Along those lines, I've often felt that "Cats" could have been a song on Animals...


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: JK on April 27, 2019, 02:25:57 AM
Talking of cats (which everyone seems to be these days):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvkRFOYcV0w

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer_Sam

 :lol

Great choice, though, thanks for the link. Along those lines, I've often felt that "Cats" could have been a song on Animals...

My appreciation of Pink Floyd stops with WYWH (and there are many things before then that I can't warm to). I tried The Wall and I even own The Final Cut--although I do like some songs on both they could all fit on a single CD as far as I'm concerned.  ;D

I have yet to hear Animals--maybe I've been sidetracked by that ridiculous pig which I believe escaped its moorings and floated off!  :lol A good friend likes it so maybe I should give it a try...

Actually, that same friend has read two books on Syd (A Very Irregular Head and Crazy Diamond) and says they're both excellent and complement one another in terms of anecdotes. ;)


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: beachcat on April 27, 2019, 06:59:18 PM
I have yet to hear Animals--maybe I've been sidetracked by that ridiculous pig which I believe escaped its moorings and floated off!  :lol A good friend likes it so maybe I should give it a try...

Haha, don't let the floating pig dissuade you from listening, JK. "Animals" is actually about people.  ;)


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: JK on April 28, 2019, 03:46:27 AM
I have yet to hear Animals--maybe I've been sidetracked by that ridiculous pig which I believe escaped its moorings and floated off!  :lol A good friend likes it so maybe I should give it a try...

Haha, don't let the floating pig dissuade you from listening, JK. "Animals" is actually about people.  ;)

I think I might have preferred it if it had been about animals. :lol

But seriously, bc, the album left me cold. Too much guitar for my liking and too little keyboard. So WYWH marks the end of my Floyd fandom. Sorry about that!  ;D


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: beachcat on April 29, 2019, 07:27:53 PM
I think I might have preferred it if it had been about animals. :lol

But seriously, bc, the album left me cold. Too much guitar for my liking and too little keyboard. So WYWH marks the end of my Floyd fandom. Sorry about that!  ;D


Aww, sorry to hear that! But at least you gave Animals a try. Though I love the album, I find I have to be in a rather dark mood to listen to it, myself.


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: JK on April 30, 2019, 02:16:09 AM
Aww, sorry to hear that! But at least you gave Animals a try. Though I love the album, I find I have to be in a rather dark mood to listen to it, myself.

Interesting, your last sentence. I find Waters' stuff almost consistently depressing! So from TDSOTM this is the Richard Wright composition "The Great Gig In The Sky", an example of a track where wordless vocals say more than lyrics ever could. It may be Wright's finest hour as a pianist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVBCE3gaNxc


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: JK on May 05, 2019, 07:21:19 AM
For me, the saddest Pink Floyd song of all is "Cirrus Minor". It's the first track on the first Floyd album not to involve Syd. The strange wail at the end above Wright's organ chords feels to me like a cry of anguish at Syd's departure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfPVM5dFlp8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirrus_Minor_(song) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirrus_Minor_(song))


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: JK on May 06, 2019, 05:54:04 AM
This is what my young friend has to say about this song in her piece on Syd Barrett:

"I consider 'See Emily Play' was to England what 'White Rabbit' was to America in 1967. That is to say, a compact, groundbreaking single which toed the line between being mind-blowing yet still accessible for a wide audience. These two were the tracks that served to introduce people into more avant garde psychedelic rock."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R8EpAv4miA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/See_Emily_Play


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: beachcat on May 12, 2019, 08:50:31 PM
Hi JK, sorry this response is so late in coming.

For me, the saddest Pink Floyd song of all is "Cirrus Minor".  

Oh my, yes. How could I have forgotten "More"? I remember buying it as a teenager and shedding tears when I heard this track and "Crying Song." "Cirrus Minor" seems so strange to me because it starts with nearly a minute's worth of happy, bright sounds of birds singing, only to give way to vocals and organ in a minor key, making the song sound sorrowful. The first word that came to mind upon listening to it again just now was 'dirge'. Interestingly, the lyrics themselves don't seem to contain any subject matter that would be cause for this sad feeling--they are neutral, simply describing the writer's surroundings--a churchyard, grass, a yellow bird, a weeping willow in water, the sun, moonlight. Then, towards the end of the song, the organ gets even more despairing, as you mentioned, with the wailing sound, but then at the very end that fades out and we are left with birds chirping again. Brilliant.

Your feeling about it being a cry about Syd is an interesting interpretation I had never considered before, but it fits, doesn't it? Though, I wonder what was going on in the movie "More" when this song played...I have never seen the film and don't know much about it.

Yeah, most of Waters' stuff is depressing. But it's so compelling I can't stop listening to it.




Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: JK on May 13, 2019, 09:48:33 AM
Hi JK, sorry this response is so late in coming.

For me, the saddest Pink Floyd song of all is "Cirrus Minor".  

Oh my, yes. How could I have forgotten "More"? I remember buying it as a teenager and shedding tears when I heard this track and "Crying Song." "Cirrus Minor" seems so strange to me because it starts with nearly a minute's worth of happy, bright sounds of birds singing, only to give way to vocals and organ in a minor key, making the song sound sorrowful. The first word that came to mind upon listening to it again just now was 'dirge'. Interestingly, the lyrics themselves don't seem to contain any subject matter that would be cause for this sad feeling--they are neutral, simply describing the writer's surroundings--a churchyard, grass, a yellow bird, a weeping willow in water, the sun, moonlight. Then, towards the end of the song, the organ gets even more despairing, as you mentioned, with the wailing sound, but then at the very end that fades out and we are left with birds chirping again. Brilliant.

Your feeling about it being a cry about Syd is an interesting interpretation I had never considered before, but it fits, doesn't it? Though, I wonder what was going on in the movie "More" when this song played...I have never seen the film and don't know much about it.

Yeah, most of Waters' stuff is depressing. But it's so compelling I can't stop listening to it.

No apology necessary, bc. I'd forgotten the birds at the end! Like life goes on regardless, or something.

I get the impression the film sequence would spoil the magical images this piece conjures up for the listener so we're best off without it.  :smokin

I'm afraid Waters' finest hour in my book is "Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk" from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. ;D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxzOpUE8dzg   


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: JK on May 14, 2019, 01:16:04 AM
I get the impression the film sequence would spoil the magical images this piece conjures up for the listener so we're best off without it.  :smokin

I've seen it. The music deserves far better. Leave well alone! :o


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: SMiLE-addict on May 19, 2019, 05:30:06 PM
If anybody here has never seen Dark Side of the Rainbow, you need to click on this link and watch it now. You will never listen to Dark Side of the Moon the same again:
https://vimeo.com/163408854

Might want to have a beer or two first.


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: JK on May 20, 2019, 02:38:39 AM
If anybody here has never seen Dark Side of the Rainbow, you need to click on this link and watch it now. You will never listen to Dark Side of the Moon the same again:

Ah. Now that's what I did with "Cirrus Minor" and the accompanying film footage. I think my original mental images of that song have survived intact because the music is so strong and the film is so forgettable. But I'm not taking any chances now. ;D

On this subject, here are six tryouts of The American Metropolitan Circus, Lang's Metropolis synchronized with the self-titled 1968 album by The United States of America:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChFhIz948EdMaVCbftisLNQ

I was lucky enough to watch a big chunk of the completed version before YouTube removed it. The thing is, unlike TDSOTM I had no strong mental picture of the USA album at the time. ;) 


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: SMiLE-addict on May 20, 2019, 03:19:20 PM
^
Hey thanks for the link, I gotta watch it.


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: beachcat on May 24, 2019, 07:52:52 PM


On this subject, here are six tryouts of The American Metropolitan Circus, Lang's Metropolis synchronized with the self-titled 1968 album by The United States of America:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChFhIz948EdMaVCbftisLNQ



This is fantastic, thanks! I've watched Metropolis thrice with different soundtracks each time, but this one is my new favorite...


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: JK on May 25, 2019, 01:29:46 AM
This is fantastic, thanks! I've watched Metropolis thrice with different soundtracks each time, but this one is my new favorite...

Glad to oblige, bc. This is the uploader's description of the original version:

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,23322.msg557104.html#msg557104

That's one super-creative and astonishingly prolific individual (not least in the alias department--the last post in that topic is another!). She'll be so pleased you like it.  :)


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: RangeRoverA1 on May 28, 2019, 02:15:01 AM
Listened to "See Emily Play" twice with good stereo system - nope, still terribly boring as ever, what people find great about it? It's very nothing special, I could write the essay about it. :3d


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: JK on August 30, 2019, 05:23:35 AM
Although my personal favourite from Piper is "Matilda Mother", I'll link "Flaming" instead, as it holds special memories for me. In mono--of course!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGU9fAkrc98


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: RangeRoverA1 on August 30, 2019, 07:50:08 PM
I like "Mathilda" but especially "Lucifer Sam" with cool guitars & fx.


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: ♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇 on August 30, 2019, 08:22:54 PM
Lucifer Sam is awesome, even if Stone Temple Pilots later cribbed the guitar riff for “Sex Type Thing “ years later!


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: RangeRoverA1 on August 30, 2019, 09:16:16 PM
Yes, "suspicious" "crime detective" riffs = cool. Say, "Hey Bulldog".


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: spgass on February 05, 2023, 01:44:43 PM
I've gotten into a Pink Floyd phase the past couple of months.  Of course I had heard some of their songs growing up, but never got into them before recently.  My favorite albums are THDSOTM and Meddle.  When Time transitions into The Great Gig In The Sky, I am actually reminded of BW's piano playing...

Aww, sorry to hear that! But at least you gave Animals a try. Though I love the album, I find I have to be in a rather dark mood to listen to it, myself.

Interesting, your last sentence. I find Waters' stuff almost consistently depressing! So from TDSOTM this is the Richard Wright composition "The Great Gig In The Sky", an example of a track where wordless vocals say more than lyrics ever could. It may be Wright's finest hour as a pianist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVBCE3gaNxc


Title: Re: Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread
Post by: spgass on February 06, 2023, 04:57:50 PM
My appreciation of Pink Floyd stops with WYWH (and there are many things before then that I can't warm to). I tried The Wall and I even own The Final Cut--although I do like some songs on both they could all fit on a single CD as far as I'm concerned.  ;D

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My appreciation of Pink Floyd stops with WYWH (and there are many things before then that I can't warm to). I tried The Wall and I even own The Final Cut--although I do like some songs on both they could all fit on a single CD as far as I'm concerned.  ;D

I pretty much agree.  Despite being recommended by a friend, I removed The Final Cut from my music library and  I don't enjoy listening to The Wall in its entirety.  Without worrying too much about the story, I took a stab at creating a shorter The Wall album with the songs I like:  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3qQgUFMF8lUXaM1XhmKNCB

I do like how "the band" in The Wall does some Beach Boys style harmonies...