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Is anyone here a fan?

I personally think they are one of the greatest bands ever.

Has anyone heard their brilliant Pulse album of them live in Earls Court?

What is your favourite album or song?

Calling all Floyd fans to discuss why you think they are sooooo good.
 
Really only a big fan of "The Wall". Favourite songs include "Is anybody out there", "In the Flesh" and "Another Brick in the Wall". 👍
 
I've only heard the Wall, it's on my to buy list allong with, lot's of , other, cd's.

Are any of their other albums worth geting?
 
As I mentioned earlier their "pulse" album of them live in Earls court will blow your mind away. It is hard to find though and over here it costs £30.
 
I like their stuff a LOT...my mp3 player is showing that I have something along the lines of 22 albums of theirs. It's nice and mellow - reminds me of acid jazz for some reason. Good stuff 👍
 
Actually, The Wall is when I started not liking Pink Floyd. I definitely prefer their earlier work, even incuding the Syd Barrett stuff, which was dated pretty badly by Syd's trippy songwriting and its general era of production.

After Syd freaked out and Dave Gilmour took over guitar and songwriting duties, the band really seemed to have some coorperative self discipline. They were still very willing to experiment and break new ground, but they were much more careful of their internal musical craftsmanship than Syd was interested in being. This was the period of Meddle, Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, and to a slightly lesser degree, Animals. They were definitely a team during this period - 1971 to 1978 or so - and it really shows. These are far and away their best albums in my opinion.

But starting with The Wall, they really stopped being the Floyd team and became more like Roger Waters and the Three Stooges. The musicianship was still there but Waters' self-pitying and self-indulgent songwriting dominated the band, increasingly drowning out the earlier tightness and focus they had enjoyed.

Since Waters left the band in the mid/late '80s, they've kind of just been the Three Stooges - free of Waters' overbearing ego, but with their own visions atrophied from disuse. They have made plenty of money repeating the glory days formula, but they haven't contributed anything new to their own catalog since about 1980.
 
But starting with The Wall, they really stopped being the Floyd team and became more like Roger Waters and the Three Stooges. The musicianship was still there but Waters' self-pitying and self-indulgent songwriting dominated the band, increasingly drowning out the earlier tightness and focus they had enjoyed.
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I like floyd's early stuff too. Dark Side, and wish you were here are both really excellent albums.

Dark Side as a freaking experience.

But the Wall is freaking genius. I know Waters is an ass, and your point about self-indulgent song writing is an excellent one. But even for all that self-pity, the Wall is their best album.

Comeon:
Another Brick in the Wall
Goodbye Blue Sky
One of my turns
Hey you
Comfortably Numb
mother
young lust
is there anybody out there?
run like hell
in the flesh

All of these are fantastic songs to go along with a scarily surreal movie that delves about as far into one person's phsyche that I've ever seen. Psychology students could write theses on that movie and the songs in it.

It's not the same feel as the Dark Side band, but it's still fantastic. Which is why it sits at the top of my best albums of all time list.
 
I agree it's a great album and a great movie; I'm not arguing that. I didn't mean to imply that I don't like The Wall. But I definitely have tired of hearing those songs more than I have of the others. MAybe that's just a reaction to all the people of my era who discovered Floyd with that album, and played it and only it to death.
 
But I definitely have tired of hearing those songs more than I have of the others. MAybe that's just a reaction to all the people of my era who discovered Floyd with that album, and played it and only it to death.
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I know that's happened to me with more than a few songs. Over playing can really kill a song or album.
 
i love pink floyd...my favourite songs have prolly gotta be have a cigar and money and special mention to wish you were here and hey you...ive just recently started listening to them...but what i have heard which is all of echoes...the greatest hits one and anything else i can find
 
I am a huge Pink Floyd fan..... I enjoy most of their work, and I can understand where Neon Duke is coming from..... I own everything from "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" to "Division Bell", and I enjoy the pre "The Wall" stuff more than the post.......

I also own the "Pulse" album, and would recomend it to any fan.....


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I just started listening to Floyd a few weeks ago (god forbid being 14 and surrounded by **** music :ouch:). So far I've only heard stuff from The Wall and Dark Side of The Moon - with the stuff from DSoTM being my favourite. 👍
 
Picked up the double live PULSE album last week for $20AUS, just aint had the time to listen to it yet
 
Having to listen to Pink Floyd for a while as a kid at a quite loud volume (often on long road trips), It's a good thing I enjoy it as well :p. My favourite album is indeed Dark Side of the Moon, and best song is Time.

They are very popular here in Quebec, in fact they are the only group I'm aware of to have filled the Olympic Stadium (Montreal) for three nights, and to have a good sound set-up for this place.

For that show I was in second row, near the right column (more a huge tower) of speakers - I could touch one of the pigs of "One of these days" when it fall down at the end of the song. :D It was also strange to be in a crowd with 13 years old teenagers besides guys in their 40s for the same show. Needless to say I was almost deaf when I got out... I was still hearing a bit of hiss sounds 4 days later.

Definitely the best show I've been to, and it will be hard to beat. I would love to see the same budget/technology combined with the energy the group had in the 70s.
 
I have Pulse album and Echoes- the best of Pink Floyd too. Great albums, amazing guitar solos.

My favorite song is comfortably numb. Wish you were here has great lyrics too.(The great gig in the sky also kicks ass:D )
 
Awesome - I've only recently listened to their songs, thanks to Shannon who recommended to me their 'Dark Side of The Moon' album, and I must say I'm enjoying it. 👍
 
I find Dark Side of the Moon & Wish You Were Here to easily be their best albums, but as a guitar player I'd have to vote Comfortably Numb as Gilmour's finest moment :)

I also really love the part in Money where it changes from 7/8 time into straight ahead 4/4 and Gilmour does an awesome rockin' out solo - thats also a sweet solo.

The guitar from Breathe I also LOVE. Amazing how just some Em and Amaj chords can sound so damn cool.
 
Pink Floyd... fanatic of the old Floyd. Roger Waters too.
I've caught Floyd twice live and Waters 6. Prefer the Waters shows 👍

Own all the albums. Also have a nice collection of 45's some vinyl boots and a ton of CD boots. Enjoy it loud...

If you haven't listened to any (this may be old news to some), pick up Meddle, Animals, Dark Side, Wish You Were Here and The Wall. You may want to try The Pros & Cons of HitchHiking by Roger Waters, but some people can't stand it.

My opinion on the post Roger Waters version of the Floyd... they're okay...
 
My favourite Floyd album is 'Piper At The Gates of Dawn', and I recently procured the Mono version, which sounds quite different and is well worth buying even if you have the stereo version. The live disc from 'Ummagumma' is also a must-have if you ask me... I also have 'Opel' by Syd Barrett, which is as sporadic and messy as Syd Barrett's hair, but is not without it's charm.

Was never a big fan of The Wall either, and I don't have any post-1979 Pink Floyd at all. Some songs on the album are truly great, but the whole album just doesn't do it for me at all.
 
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Was never a big fan of The Wall either, and I don't have any post-1979 Pink Floyd at all. Some songs on the album are truly great, but the whole album just doesn't do it for me at all.
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The Wall seems incomplete to me. There's only a few great songs, but the rest just sound like 1-2min fillers and the album just doesn't seem to offer that much. Don't get me wrong - it's a great album and I can listen to it over and over, but it just isn't as great as Meddle, Dark Side of The Moon and Wish You Were Here.

As for post-1979 Floyd, I have The Final Cut and A Momentary Lapse of Reason. The latter is pretty much a Dave Gilmour solo album in everything but name. That aside, it does have some really good songs ("On The Turning Away" and "Sorrow" anyone?), and The Final Cut is really only for die-hard Floyd-heads. Its a pretty easy album to put down and forget about...
 
FatAssBR
Any news on the Pulse DVD? I really want that!!
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News? Oh yes...
The DVD is released Dec 5th. No actual confirmation as exactly which territory but Amazon.com have this
More info here
Should be good :)
 
Although Pink Floyd isn't my favorite, they are damn good.
I have Dark Side of the Moon, and The Wall is somewhere in my house but not mine.
Dark Side of the Moon is my favorite album. Excellent listening.
 
slackbladder
News? Oh yes...
The DVD is released Dec 5th. No actual confirmation as exactly which territory but Amazon.com have this
More info here
Should be good :)
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Looks like a MUST HAVE! Thanks for the info.

Pink Floyd is by far my favorite band of all time! As other bands visit my music collection, Floyd is a main stay that will always have a place on what ever media I am entertaining at the time.
 
slackbladder
News? Oh yes...
The DVD is released Dec 5th. No actual confirmation as exactly which territory but Amazon.com have this
More info here
Should be good :)
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Finally!
Awesome news, man. Thanks!

My birthday is on December 1st so I´ll give it as present to myself. :D
 
Hard to find a pic of the Pulse DVD cover but there is one here. Not that people need to know what it looks like of course!

Damn, I'm gonna be one happy chappy watching this on my new 46" DLP in 5.1 on a 500+ watt amp! The neighbours are gonna hate me :trouble:
 

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