Pink Floyd is the Best.

MarcianoD · 09-24-2003, 10:26 AM

Anyone else think that pinkfloyd put out some of the best music every. Dark Side was on the charts for 16 years straight.

and it goes sooo good with surround sound.

Gary->dee · 09-24-2003, 11:30 AM

I think Floyd is second only to The Beatles because I like the classical music producer George Martin used in their songs and to me that's a complete mastery of music. But other than that, I probably listen to Floyd more. I have just about all the Floyd albums whereas I'm still working on my Beatles collection. I think Dark Side and Abbey Road are the 2 best rock records ever made.

MartinTeller · 09-24-2003, 12:01 PM

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Anyone else think that pinkfloyd put out some of the best music every.

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Dark Side was on the charts for 16 years straight.

I think you answered your own question.

I've been a Pink Floyd fan ever I saw The Wall on the big screen in 1982. Saw them twice. First song I learned to play on the guitar was "Money".

Jesper · 09-24-2003, 12:53 PM

I am 30 yo and I have enjoy Pink Floyd for over 17 years now.. Everybody thought I was nuts back then - it was in the middle of Depeche Mode, Erasure etc.. Even my dad thought it was strange I was hearing that kind of music at that time. Hey I didn't even smoke grass

I was just as normal I could be...

Pink Floyd was (still do) fasinating me with that universe they have - I have chilled out 1000 times to David Gilmours solo in Comfertably Numb the 2nd is among the best ever!

So bring up all Pink Floyd titles in High Rez DVD Audio! That would rock the world!

BrentPollard · 09-24-2003, 02:02 PM

Gilmour is certainly in a class all his own. The guitar solo in "Another brick in the wall" is truly brilliant. On the one hand it should never fit in that song but at the same time it does. Am I making sense? Pink Floyd, along with Hendrix and Led Zep probably get the most play at my place.

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Mike Broadman · 09-24-2003, 03:37 PM

My interest and opinion of Pink Floyd has changed as much as any band.

I've always enjoyed at least some of their stuff, but not all. I was into The Wall a bit in high school (early 90s) which fit nicely with all the depressing grunge rock that I was digging at the time. Nowadays I can't listen to the whole thing. Count me in among those who feel there is a brilliant single album hidden within the sprawling double record.

Dark Side is of course great, but I don't consider it perfect or a favorite for two reasons:

1. Many of the songs are just played out. I must have Money a bazillion times. Very few songs can resist that kind of overexposure in my book, and this just isn't one of those for me.

2. That second track that's just looped noises- don't like it.

I tried to listen to the Barrett material, but that's just way too corny sounding and outdated for me. However, I do have Ummagumma. The live part is trippy but somehow focused enough and the performance is energetic. I love that CD. The second disc, however, is just terrible, IMO. Never gets played.

The two "dark horses" that I've fallen in love with are Meddle and Animals. Meddle got overshadowed by Dark Side through the years which is a shame because there is a lot of great music on there. Fearless is simply a breathtaking song.

Animals is the only Pink Floyd animal that I consider "perfect," in that every song is brilliant, every note is important, every moment special. By far my favorite Floyd.

Wish You Were Here is my 2nd favorite, as I enjoy every song immensely except for Welcome to the Machine, which bores me to tears.

I've never heard The Final Cut.

The post-Waters stuff seems to lack the same muscle of the earlier material. Though Waters was often whiney and self-important, that silliness was part of Floyd's charm. Just ain't the same without him.

So, all in all, Floyd is a mixed bag for me, with very high ups and very boring lows.

Lee Scoggins · 09-24-2003, 06:30 PM

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I've never heard The Final Cut.

Bit depressing but you should listen, it's a great album.

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The post-Waters stuff seems to lack the same muscle of the earlier material.

Agreed but I still like "Learning to Fly".

I would say that Meddle and Animals are very underrated albums for this band.

Gary->dee · 09-24-2003, 06:45 PM

I've come to appreciate the pre-Dark Side albums and I listen to Saucerful of Secrets a lot lately. I also like the fun phase of Floyd as personified with Syd Barrett in the first album. Then again I've been in a total swinging 60's London mood recently. I think every Floyd fan should hear The Final Cut, which in many ways can be considered a sequel to The Wall. Granted the album is dated because of the early 80's political references and it's mostly a self-absorbed diatribe on war as written and voice by Waters, but there are some real gems in there. IMO the last two tracks, Not Now John and Two Suns... make the album and if you haven't heard at least those 2 tracks off the album you're missing something.

It's also cool hearing Gilmour and Waters sing, "Fuck all that!" on Not Now John which is a kick ass track. That's the only track Gilmour lent his voice to on the album, which is essentially Waters' swan song and the songs have that feeling about them. As if Waters knew his days with Floyd were at an end.

JordanS · 09-24-2003, 08:29 PM

I'm a huge Floyd fan.

As for the people who don't enjoy post Waters Floyd----I have a few recommendations.

1) High Hopes (PULSE)(The Division Bell)

This could be possibly the best Floyd song of all time in my opinion. A true masterpiece with an AMAZING steel guitar solo at the end. This is a must.

2) Wearing The Inside Out (The Division Bell) Absolutely brilliant song by Richard Wright.

3) Cluster One/Marooned (The Division Bell) the first takes a bit getting used to; but it is amazing; and Marooned is just brilliant.

4)Sorrow (PULSE) You definitely have to get the PULSE version for this. Magnificent song from start to finish.

Wayne Bundrick · 09-25-2003, 11:47 PM

I think DSOTM carries itself well considering it is 30 years old. It has aged well and there's not much in it which sounds dated except perhaps the organ sounds such as on Money and Any Colour You Like.

Sorrow kicks ass. I love the bass on it. The studio version is incredible, the live version on PULSE is even better. The guitar solo at the end is IMHO Gilmour's best (in the non-steel category) since Comfortably Numb. It's my favorite Floyd song of all.

Marooned, well what more can be said except that it won a Grammy for best rock instrumental? Great guitar work. At one point Gilmour bends a note a whole octave, albeit by using an effects pedal.

I agree that Meddle and Animals are very underrated. One key thing to keep in mind about Animals is that "Dogs" and "Sheep" are revisions of two songs called "You Got To Be Crazy" and "Raving and Drooling" that they had been performing live since before they recorded the Wish You Were Here album. They were well practiced with these songs by the time they went into the studio, every note is perfect.

Another interesting thing about Animals is that it is such a departure from Wish You Were Here in more ways than just the lyrics. Animals doesn't have all the layers of dreamy ethereal chords and harmonies. It's more lightweight and hard rocking, which carries even more distinction considering it was 1977 when disco had largely overshadowed rock and roll. "Dogs" is perhaps my second favorite Floyd song of all. I especially like the double-tracked guitar solo that is heard near the beginning and reprised just before the end.

Animals is what I consider to be the last album in which all four members of the band were firing on all cylinders and working together and enjoying it. The Wall is a great album but it did not have the full bene