The Pink Floyd Thread

[Mechanix1911]

pink floyd good man hehehehe yes man !!!  best heheheh =) ^^^^ =Đ 

I like Dogs really really much actually.

[Nic35]

Okay, Dark Side is definately my favourite album of all time.

[glaurung]

I was listening to some earlier Floyd the other day and I can honestly say there's almost nothing about Ummagumma that I like.

[Orbert]

I like the live stuff on Ummagumma a lot.  The individual studio experiments are hit or miss.

Okay, Dark Side is definately my favourite album of all time.

It was mine for a long time, too.  When it first came out, there was nothing else like it anywhere.  There's a reason it set records for sitting the longest at number one.

[ACID_FOX]

Dark Side, Wish and Animals all the way, I really hate The Wall.

To each his own.  I'll think about that in two weeks when I'm in the 15th row watching the show.

Well, despite my distaste for the album, I'm still jealous

[oh8wrx]

Saw Roger Waters in concert last night at the Staples Center performing THE WALL! Saw him a couple years back doing The Darkside of the Moon at the Hollywood Bowl.  Both were outstanding concerts.  Of course, last night I had my Pink Floyd shirt on, but had a DT zip-up on too...had to represent the best of both worlds (especially since I have a PF tattoo on my right side and a DT tattoo on my left side). 

[Rina]

Dark Side, Wish and Animals all the way, I really hate The Wall.

To each his own.  I'll think about that in two weeks when I'm in the 15th row watching the show.

Well, despite my distaste for the album, I'm still jealous

I'm jealous too, that's sounds awesome!!! 

[emindead]

  No!  Never start with a compilation.  All you're getting is someone else's idea of their "best of". 

Pink Floyd took a lot of care to craft their albums as cohesive endeavors.  To not start by listening to an album, end-to-end, is to miss out on a lot of what made Pink Floyd so great.

I don't know. It worked for me. I now know all their catalogue and PF is my second favourite band. I remember, though, that the first time I listened to "Time" I hated it... I couldn't handle the intro. Then I bought DSOTM and well, you know.

But OK, as for the first CD someone should start: Either "Meddle" or "Wish You Were Here"

[oh8wrx]

  No!  Never start with a compilation.  All you're getting is someone else's idea of their "best of". 

Pink Floyd took a lot of care to craft their albums as cohesive endeavors.  To not start by listening to an album, end-to-end, is to miss out on a lot of what made Pink Floyd so great.

I don't know. It worked for me. I now know all their catalogue and PF is my second favourite band. I remember, though, that the first time I listened to "Time" I hated it... I couldn't handle the intro. Then I bought DSOTM and well, you know.

But OK, as for the first CD someone should start: Either "Meddle" or "Wish You Were Here"

Absolutely LOVE "Fearless" off the Meddle album.  And I'd agree, but then again it depends on the type of music the person is already in to and a fan of, you know?

[GuineaPig]

You know what album doesn't get enough love?  Obscured By Clouds. 

[Ħ]

You know what album doesn't get enough love?  Obscured By Clouds. 

I totally agree.

I'm just popping into this thread to say that I was listening to Opeth's Burden, and the guitar solo sounds SO floyd.  Like, way too close.

[Rina]

You know what album doesn't get enough love?  Obscured By Clouds. 

I totally agree.

I'm just popping into this thread to say that I was listening to Opeth's Burden, and the guitar solo sounds SO floyd.  Like, way too close.

Conspiracy!

But yeah, OBC needs love.

[LieLowTheWantedMan]

Dark Side, Wish and Animals all the way, I really hate The Wall.

Exactly this. You have great Floyd taste. 

[Quadrochosis]

Best band ever. Very few bands can even compare to their greatness.

[orcus116]

Dark Side, Wish and Animals all the way, I really hate The Wall.

Exactly this. You have great Floyd taste. 

That makes three of us.

[The King in Crimson]

Dark Side, Wish and Animals all the way, I really hate The Wall.

Exactly this. You have great Floyd taste. 

That makes three of us.

Four actually.

[Quadrochosis]

Dark Side, Wish and Animals all the way, I really hate The Wall.

Exactly this. You have great Floyd taste. 

That makes three of us.

Four actually.

The Wall is definitely the weakest of the 70s albums, but I still think it's pretty good for what it is, so I guess I half-count here?

[The Letter M]

The Wall is definitely the weakest of the 70s albums, but I still think it's pretty good for what it is, so I guess I half-count here?

Sooooo...in your opinion:

Atom Heart Mother > The Wall
Meddle > The Wall
Obscured By Clouds > The Wall

-Marc.

[Quadrochosis]

The Wall is definitely the weakest of the 70s albums, but I still think it's pretty good for what it is, so I guess I half-count here?

Sooooo...in your opinion:

Atom Heart Mother > The Wall
Meddle > The Wall
Obscured By Clouds > The Wall

-Marc.

AHM is a 70s album? Woops, my bad. OK TW is a bit better than it.
Meddle is far superior to the Wall.
I wasn't counting OBC since it's a soundtrack.

[The Letter M]

The Wall is definitely the weakest of the 70s albums, but I still think it's pretty good for what it is, so I guess I half-count here?

Sooooo...in your opinion:

Atom Heart Mother > The Wall
Meddle > The Wall
Obscured By Clouds > The Wall

-Marc.

AHM is a 70s album? Woops, my bad. OK TW is a bit better than it.
Meddle is far superior to the Wall.
I wasn't counting OBC since it's a soundtrack.

AHM came out in 1970, so I suppose it counts. I count OBC (and More) because it seems the band counts them in their discography themselves, at least AFAIK, I've seen TDSOTM referred to as their 8th album (which would count both More and OBC).

-Marc.

[Ħ]

The great thing about The Wall is that it is comprised of very untraditional songs and the music portray a story.  Every little bass line, every bit of each guitar solo, every little nuance has a message behind it.  While something Meddle is a great album I find that it lacks that depth.  It is rather bland in comparison.

[Quadrochosis]

The great thing about The Wall is that it is comprised of very untraditional songs and the music portray a story.  Every little bass line, every bit of each guitar solo, every little nuance has a message behind it.  While something Meddle is a great album I find that it lacks that depth.  It is rather bland in comparison.

They may have tried to go for something like that, but many of the songs were just not given enough attention and ended up becoming filler tracks that really served no purpose.

[KevShmev]

Hogwash.  Every single song on The Wall serves a purpose.  If you read and understand the whole story, this will become very clear.

[Quadrochosis]

Hogwash.  Every single song on The Wall serves a purpose.  If you read and understand the whole story, this will become very clear.

Songs like "Vera", "Stop!", "Is There Anybody Out There?" and "Outside the Wall" don't really add much of anything to the story, although I do like the music in "ITAOT?". Also, while I like the song for humor reasons, "The Trial" is just a huge waste of time lyrically.

[Orbert]

I wrote a paper on The Wall and know the story inside and out, but after 30+ years, it's just not as compelling a story as it once was.  I'll take Meddle over The Wall, but probably not Atom Heart Mother.  For me I guess it's:

Animals
Wish You Were Here
Dark Side of the Moon
Meddle
The Wall
Atom Heart Mother
Ummagumma

Everything else

[KevShmev]

Quad, I swear I don't mean this in a condescending way at all, but if you really think those things, you really have missed the whole point of the story.

[Quadrochosis]

I wrote a paper on The Wall and know the story inside and out, but after 30+ years, it's just not as compelling a story as it once was.  I'll take Meddle over The Wall, but probably not Atom Heart Mother.  For me I guess it's:

Animals
Wish You Were Here
Dark Side of the Moon
Meddle
The Wall
Atom Heart Mother
Ummagumma

Everything else

My order is exactly the same.

o/

[orcus116]

Hogwash.  Every single song on The Wall serves a purpose.  If you read and understand the whole story, this will become very clear.

The story just isn't that interesting so I can understand why the filler doesn't seem as appealing to some. Stop! has some great piano work though so I love it anyways.

[Orbert]

I wrote a paper on The Wall and know the story inside and out, but after 30+ years, it's just not as compelling a story as it once was.  I'll take Meddle over The Wall, but probably not Atom Heart Mother.  For me I guess it's:

Animals
Wish You Were Here
Dark Side of the Moon
Meddle
The Wall
Atom Heart Mother
Ummagumma

Everything else

My order is exactly the same.

o/

*/o

[emindead]

Hogwash.  Every single song on The Wall serves a purpose.  If you read and understand the whole story, this will become very clear.

Songs like "Vera", "Stop!", "Is There Anybody Out There?" and "Outside the Wall" don't really add much of anything to the story, although I do like the music in "ITAOT?". Also, while I like the song for humor reasons, "The Trial" is just a huge waste of time lyrically.

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh qué?

[KevShmev]

Hogwash.  Every single song on The Wall serves a purpose.  If you read and understand the whole story, this will become very clear.

The story just isn't that interesting so I can understand why the filler doesn't seem as appealing to some

Okay, but:

a) How can something that doesn't exist, filler, not appeal to someone?  I am serious.  There is zero filler on The Wall.

b) Just because you (a general "you," not you directly) don't like a song, or it doesn't appeal to you, doesn't mean that it doesn't serve a purpose.

[Progmetty]

I think he means it a filler musically, not lyrically, there are weaker songs on the album that can be classified as obvious fillers.
But yeah they all serve a purpose, story is dull though.

[LudwigVan]

Funny, those songs that some might consider to filler are some of the most memorable parts of the album. 

[Birch Boy]

Funny, those songs that some might consider to filler are some of the most memorable parts of the album. 

Yeah there are plenty of high points, but the gentler ones that give you a breather serve just as much of a purpose as you'd think "Comfortably Numb" or "Hey You" would.

[The King in Crimson]

I've often slagged off The Wall for being one of the more overrated albums of any artist (I still like it though), but I haven't listened to the entire thing in years. I should probably give it a chance again, but the problem is, when I think of The Wall, I think of an album that is just too damn long and does not interest me enough (musically) to want to devote the time to it.

I probably should though.