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Top 3 Pink Floyd Albums

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
A Saucerful of Secrets
Soundtrack from the Film More
Ummagumma
Atom Heart Mother
Meddle
Obscured by Clouds
The Dark Side of the Moon
Wish You Were Here
Animals
The Wall
The Final Cut
A Momentary Lapse of Reason
The Division Bell

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« Reply #560 on: April 20, 2012, 06:32:11 AM »
Awesome, I actually owe Barto a big thanks cause I was totally gonna miss that show and not paying attention in the midst of the DT and Rammstein concerts planning for the next couple month.
We're to expect the set list to be The Wall from start to finish without any additions from other albums, right?
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« Reply #561 on: April 20, 2012, 08:05:10 AM »
Gonna see Roger Waters perform The Wall in a few days  :'(
It's hard to deal with that fact.

I too would be sad if I had paid a bazillion dollars to see an overrated album and nothing else. :p
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« Reply #562 on: April 20, 2012, 10:33:38 AM »
I love the album but that's not all there's to it, this is part of music history that attracted my father's generation and mine, it captures the essence of it's era culturally and set new standards and a format for concept albums that influenced a bunch of amazing albums of the same nature since then til now imo.
If I can say I've seen The Wall performed live by an original member of Pink Floyd I'd feel like I was a part of music history. I'm gonna be experiencing the psychedelic rock that kids got high to in the late 70's performed by the same guy who performed it to them then, this is so mind blowing and I'm pessimistic by nature that as I type these words I'm 90% sure something is gonna go wrong cause the whole thing sounds too good to be true  :lol
And if seeing this visuals live are not enough to droll after the experience then you and me are not the same species and you should take me to your leader.
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« Reply #563 on: April 20, 2012, 01:14:36 PM »
I love the album but that's not all there's to it, this is part of music history that attracted my father's generation and mine, it captures the essence of it's era culturally and set new standards and a format for concept albums that influenced a bunch of amazing albums of the same nature since then til now imo.
If I can say I've seen The Wall performed live by an original member of Pink Floyd I'd feel like I was a part of music history. I'm gonna be experiencing the psychedelic rock that kids got high to in the late 70's performed by the same guy who performed it to them then, this is so mind blowing and I'm pessimistic by nature that as I type these words I'm 90% sure something is gonna go wrong cause the whole thing sounds too good to be true  :lol
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« Reply #564 on: April 22, 2012, 04:30:06 PM »
I just listened to Echoes for the first time in a long while and hot damn I forgot how much I love this song.

    I think my heart skipped a beat at that one part around the 18 minute mark. Definitely took my breath away.
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« Reply #565 on: April 22, 2012, 06:24:40 PM »
I love Echoes so much. For added amazingness listen to it from Gilmour's Live from Gdansk.
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« Reply #566 on: April 22, 2012, 08:06:10 PM »
And if seeing this visuals live are not enough to droll after the experience then you and me are not the same species and you should take me to your leader.

how about i just take you to the '80s when they did this show nearly the same way, except it was entirely new then and not a rehash of the same thing one man can't let go of because it was about himself, his dad and his generation, and he made a buttload of money off of it – but now featuring the graphics technology already used to better effect by Nine Inch Nails in 2008.

sorry, i just don't see how Waters touring The Wall is anything other than the glorification of his own ego and legacy. look at him jumping about while Gilmour solos on that video you linked — is this supposed to be something i should pay money to see? to be stuffed at the back of a gigantic room with a million people in front of me while i watch HD projections on a giant wall and pretend that this is still unique and relevant breathtaking like it probably was in 1980?

i realize lots of people figure they're getting something worthwhile out of it, and you're probably one of them, and i'm hardly going to try to deny it from you. however, i do think it's worth presenting the other side, as it's just as valid for some of us... or just me! ::)

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« Reply #567 on: April 22, 2012, 10:14:53 PM »
sorry, i just don't see how Waters touring The Wall is anything other than the glorification of his own ego and legacy.

If Roger Waters legacy needs glorification I'm willing to glorify it, the man is living legend of composition and music writing in my book and a lot people's. And I only wish he'd do a similar tour for Animals.

. look at him jumping about while Gilmour solos on that video you linked — is this supposed to be something i should pay money to see?

What living potato fuck does that even mean? It just sounds bitter. There's a shit load of performers who do silly moves and jump around  on stage. And I wanna see this particular one do it. It's an expression and this show is his own world.

how about i just take you to the '80s when they did this show nearly the same way, except it was entirely new then and not a rehash of the same thing one man can't let go of because it was about himself, his dad and his generation

Yeah how about you take me back to the 80's to see? Not possible? Why did you have to offer and get my hopes up? :lol Cause time travel is not possible yet and I was A CHILD in the 80's so I didn't get your sweet chance at it, so I really wanna see it performed by it's creator and this is the only possible way I can do it! Dang.
What you call rehashment is to most period PF fans reminiscent and for my generation a chance to have a glimpse into the past and their world, among so much other things explained in my previous post.

but now featuring the graphics technology already used to better effect by Nine Inch Nails in 2008.

That's pretty amazing, never seen that. Had to mute the video to watch but it's really impressive. And now I have the chance to see something of the same technology to good music. But this is not "to a better effect" imo, we just disagree there.

to be stuffed at the back of a gigantic room with a million people in front of me while i watch HD projections on a giant wall and pretend that this is still unique and relevant breathtaking like it probably was in 1980?

1. The venues are not that stuffed, it's also all seating and somewhat classy.
2. You forgot to mention that there will be music played..
3. Again; the 80's are a no go for me until Doc. calls me up to the Twin Pines Mall parking lot for an experiment.

i realize lots of people figure they're getting something worthwhile out of it, and you're probably one of them, and i'm hardly going to try to deny it from you. however, i do think it's worth presenting the other side, as it's just as valid for some of us... or just me! ::)

You're of course entitled to your opinion and excuse me for replying with the same tone your post had, I'm fixing it towards the end of the post just like you did too :lol
I'd say you're in the minority about your opinion but it is valid for Nick apparently so here you go :D
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« Reply #568 on: April 23, 2012, 04:13:34 AM »
All this Wall talk got me re-listening to the The Wall (disc 1) last night and I think I discovered a new found appreciation for it.

 Disc two really soured me on the whole album kinda, especially songs like The Trial, but disc one is pretty solid up to and including Young Lust. Things get a little too Waters-ish for my taste after that point, but not so much to not still really enjoy disc 1.

So I think I'm gonna to be putting this into rotation much more from now on.

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« Reply #569 on: April 23, 2012, 08:37:03 PM »
One of the best parts of The Wall is Mother/Goodbye Blue Sky  :heart

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« Reply #570 on: April 23, 2012, 08:42:27 PM »
One of the best parts of The Wall is Mother/Goodbye Blue Sky THE WHOLE THING :heart

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« Reply #571 on: April 23, 2012, 08:43:19 PM »
Blue Jay, I know how you feel about The Wall, but there are at least 3 Pink Floyd albums better  ;D

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« Reply #572 on: April 25, 2012, 03:41:22 AM »
The Wall isn't just an album to me... It help me through several incredibly emotional parts of my life... Typical high school teenage depression... and then later my father's death. I identify with it on so many levels... It is and will always be my all time favourite album. :D
I just don't understand what they were trying to achieve with any part of the song, either individually or as a whole. You know what? It's the Platypus of Dream Theater songs. That bill doesn't go with that tail, or that strange little furry body, or those webbed feet, and oh god why does it have venomous spurs!? And then you find out it lays eggs too. The difference is that the Platypus is somehow functional despite being a crazy mishmash or leftover animal pieces

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« Reply #573 on: May 20, 2012, 06:43:35 PM »
Updated ranking:

1. The Wall
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2. Animals
3. Wish You Were Here
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4. Ummagumma
5. Meddle
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6. The Dark Side of the Moon
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« Reply #574 on: May 30, 2012, 09:39:20 PM »
Any appreciation here for the "The Man and the Journey" suite?  Link to a great recording is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUbCPEtt3ms
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« Reply #575 on: May 30, 2012, 10:51:42 PM »
Don't think I've checked in with this thread yet.  Quite pleased to see Animals kicking the shit out of The Wall in the poll. I think the Wall is a fine album and a fantastic accomplishment, but it's not the musical triumph that some of their other albums are. 

sorry, i just don't see how Waters touring The Wall is anything other than the glorification of his own ego and legacy.

If Roger Waters legacy needs glorification I'm willing to glorify it, the man is living legend of composition and music writing in my book and a lot people's. And I only wish he'd do a similar tour for Animals.
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« Reply #576 on: June 03, 2012, 10:06:36 PM »
Voted for The Wall, Dark Side and Animals.   

But I just had to chime in and say that I've been listening to Momentary Lapse lately...and damn that is a much cooler album than it got credit for when it first came out. 
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« Reply #577 on: June 03, 2012, 10:09:18 PM »
Voted for The Wall, Dark Side and Animals.   

But I just had to chime in and say that I've been listening to Momentary Lapse lately...and damn that is a much cooler album than it got credit for when it first came out.



I agree both of the last two albums (Momentary/Division Bell) are better than they get credit for IMO. I could never say they were on the level with their top albums but for me they both have some exceptional stuff on them and are quite good overall.

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« Reply #578 on: June 04, 2012, 06:39:46 AM »
Voted for The Wall, Dark Side and Animals.   

But I just had to chime in and say that I've been listening to Momentary Lapse lately...and damn that is a much cooler album than it got credit for when it first came out.



I agree both of the last two albums (Momentary/Division Bell) are better than they get credit for IMO. I could never say they were on the level with their top albums but for me they both have some exceptional stuff on them and are quite good overall.

This. Especially Divsion is amazing, with two of my all-time favourite PF songs (High Hopes and Coming Back to Life). Not quite up there with the top albums, that's true, but it's amazing nonetheless.
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« Reply #579 on: July 30, 2012, 01:41:46 PM »
Wish You Were Here
The Wall
The Division Bell


Although really, it's hard to pick. Wish You Were Here is a good proggy album, The Wall is obviously a stellar concept album, and The Division Bell is just a well-written album overall. Of course, there's the obvious Dark Side I left out, as well as Animals, which almost beat out The Wall. Honourable mention to The Final Cut. Even though it gets shit for being primarily a Waters effort, I don't mind because I enjoy his solo stuff, so it works out! Also AMLOR doesn't get enough love!
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« Reply #580 on: July 30, 2012, 02:08:57 PM »
Wish You Were Here is their best imo. one of my all time favs
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« Reply #581 on: July 31, 2012, 03:13:32 AM »
The Final Cut is the only Pink Floyd album I don't really like. It's missing the atmospherics of Richard Wright's keyboards and apart from two or three really cool moments, it makes me very depressed.
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« Reply #582 on: July 31, 2012, 12:22:48 PM »
The top three ranked are my Top 3.  :hefdaddy

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« Reply #583 on: July 31, 2012, 02:27:21 PM »
Echoes is by far my favourite Pink Floyd song, and also favourite song overall, mainly because there is no single moment I can pinpoint as being what I most like about it, except for that one brief moment between 0:00 and 23:31. The whole thing (to me) is just a perfect and diverse piece. When I first heard it, I'd only heard the 16 minute version on the best of (man, that hasn't been heard in about five or six years), but I got the album Meddle and was utterly entranced by it. It's just so perfect.
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« Reply #584 on: July 31, 2012, 02:46:20 PM »
I am not really a fan of anything Floyd until DSotM, and Echoes has always been a favorite song of mine by anyone. A good example of whole of a song being greater than the sum of its parts. Something Floyd always excelled at.

That being said, I almost like the versions Gilmour did on his ‘On An Island’ tour more. Can’t describe why, the song just has a little more… oomph.
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« Reply #585 on: July 31, 2012, 02:54:51 PM »
I'm seeing The Australian Pink Floyd show in about a week, are they any good? :)

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« Reply #586 on: July 31, 2012, 04:54:12 PM »
They have David Gilmour's endorsement.

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« Reply #587 on: July 31, 2012, 05:32:20 PM »
I am not really a fan of anything Floyd until DSotM, and Echoes has always been a favorite song of mine by anyone.

???  Does not compute.  You're not a fan of anything Floyd until DSotM, but one of your favorite songs came before that?

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« Reply #588 on: July 31, 2012, 05:37:33 PM »
Meddle is underrated as FUCK.

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« Reply #589 on: July 31, 2012, 07:30:14 PM »
I am not really a fan of anything Floyd until DSotM, and Echoes has always been a favorite song of mine by anyone.

???  Does not compute.  You're not a fan of anything Floyd until DSotM, but one of your favorite songs came before that?

Sorry if I phrased that weird. But yes, it is strange that I am not generally a fan of Floyd pre-DSotM, but Echoes is a favorite of mine.
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« Reply #590 on: July 31, 2012, 07:36:10 PM »
Meddle is underrated as FUCK.
Yes, very awesome album. Pillow of Winds and Fearless are nice overlooked songs.

And speaking of lost gems, one early Floyd song I've been loving recently is Summer of '68, such a cool song.
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« Reply #591 on: July 31, 2012, 07:39:01 PM »
Meddle is fantastic. Everything flows really well. Except Seamus, I hate that song. Make that dog shut the fuck up.  :lol

Though I am still surprised how much I love Atom Heart Mother. I was dreading that album the first time I was about to listen to it because I generally can't stand pre-Meddle PF, but from the first listen it shoved its way into my personal PF top five.
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« Reply #592 on: July 31, 2012, 08:36:46 PM »
Dark Side of the Moon is when they started their amazing run of concept albums, but I'm good with everything all the way back to UmmagummaMeddle is awesome; the only difference between it and the albums that came next is that the tunes aren't all strung together.  The songs themselves are great.  Atom Heart Mother is a little rougher, but I like where they were going with it.  The spacey, psycho-rock they'd developed up to that point was evolving into real prog epics.  And I'm apparently one of the few that's fine with just about everything on Ummagumma.

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« Reply #593 on: July 31, 2012, 08:50:52 PM »
Ummagumma is my least favorite PF album...followed closely by More.

I *adore* pretty much every thing else they've ever done.   (except the title track from Saucerful....what the crap is that???)
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« Reply #594 on: July 31, 2012, 11:48:32 PM »
Obligatory album ranking:

14. The Final Cut
13. More
12. Obscured by Clouds
11. Ummagumma
10. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
9. A Momentary Lapse of Reason
8. A Sauceful of Secrets
7. Atom Heart Mother
6. The Division Bell
5. The Wall
4. Meddle
3. Animals
2. Wish You Were Here
1. The Dark Side of the Moon

1-4 are 5 star albums. 5-7 are 4. 8-11 are 3. The last 3 are 2.