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[Pink_the_Floyd]

Simple Question: Are there people who still listens to Pink Floyd?

They have amazing songs and shouldn't be forgotten 👍


Cheers,

 

[a6m5]

I heard my coworkers' "dark side of the moon" once. It was really well done. 👍

 

[Taurine]

Yup, I recently discovered my collection (on my erm, 'CD Rack' 💡) Comfortably Numb completely took me away, as well as Shine On You Crazy Diamond.

Still got to listen to the rest of the stuff I have though 👍

 

[Shannon]

I've heard all their albums. Every single track they recorded from Meddle – The Wall is sheer brilliance. Their post-Wall stuff isn't so enjoyable though; they really lost their edge after Waters left the band, but then it was his dominace that started their decline anyway. Nonetheless, one of the greater prog rock bands to emerge from the late 60's/early 70's.

Taurine, you should get your hands on their live PULSE album. Gilmore extended the solo in "Comfortably Numb" and the solo alone goes for something like 5 minutes.

 

[livemusic]

One of my favorite bands, I have all of their albums. And yes Shannon, the pulse version of Confotably Numb owns! 👍

 

[emad]

^^ agreed to that

Floyd is my all time favourite band. So far, none in my collection have come remotely near to matching Pink Floyd 👍.

 

[slowman]

Floyd is easily my favorite band. It's art/music, and its mostly good.

As much as I get the impression that Roger Waters is a dick, the best years are when he was in the band. I like the albums starting from Meddle/Obscured by Clouds, up to anything just before The Wall. It's not that I don't like The Wall... but everybody likes The Wall. It's a little overplayed.

Check out Meddle; It's a great album. It's only 6 songs, but you get the full 23 minutes of "Echoes", unlike the 2001 compilation of the same name... you don't get the full 23 minutes on that. The only song to avoid on Meddle is "Seamus", it's kinda bluesy, complete with a horrible howling dog. "Fearless" and "San Tropez" are two great songs on this album.

 

[TheWizard]

Pink Floyd is THE Music. Period.

I have been listening to Pink Floyd since I was ~5 year old - thank you, dad, for intorducing me to them at such a young age 👍

That makes 20 year of my life in which Pink Floyd have constantly been with me.

Pink Floyd is not only music, it's art. At its best. I think only Classical music could compete with such beautifully arranged and linked together symphonies.

I have listened to every single song they have made and own almost all of their albums (legally).

Comfortably Numb is one of their best song, ever. And the version in Pulse is 9:29 minutes long, the last 4:48 of which are pure aural ecstasy.

I listen mainly to Rock, Classic Rock and some Metal here and there.

But I have to say that, if I get tired of other bands after a while and need to change what plays in my iTunes, this never happens with Pink Floyd. It's never repetitive and every time I hear one of their songs, it gives me the same feelings/emotions as it would if it was the first time I have heard it.

Pink Floyd owns.

No, you are not the only one still listening to them, Pink_the_Floyd.

Thankfully, there are plenty others that still appreciates some real music.

I am one of them.

The Wizard.

 

[slowman]

But I have to say that, if I get tired of other bands after a while and need to change what plays in my iTunes, this never happens with Pink Floyd. >>>It's never repetitive and every time I hear one of their songs, it gives me the same feelings/emotions as it would if it was the first time I have heard it.<<<

You have successfully put into words why I like the Floyd so much. I have never been able to put my finger on it, but you have. Never gets old.

 

[xcsti]

One of my friends sent me an avi of the wizard of oz combined with darkside if the moon. It was amazing. I already like pink floyd but this just brought it to a new level.

 

[standard235]

I listen to a few of their songs on occasion.

 

[bfifteenv]

I was a huge PF fan when I was younger. I can't really get into Division Bell, but enything before that it great.

BTW if you are a car guy and and Pink Floyd han and have not seen La Carrera Pan Americana you owe it to yourself to order a copy.

~90 minutes of vintage race cars (actually racing not just sitting in a museum) set to Pink Floyd music (some writen just for the movie/not otherwise released). Basically a domumentary about the original races and the vintage events of the same name run today. The movie was filmed at the '91 running in which David Gillmore and Nick Mason participated. (Gillmore in a C-type Jag I believe). It's brilliant.

 

[SS69]

only CD i ever liked was the wall. and thats mainly for that one song another brick in the wall.

 

[slowman]

Nick Mason recently lent EVO (?) use of his Ferrari Enzo for a test when the owner whose Enzo they had originally lined-up was hit by a bus in London the morning of the test!

The bus hit the guy at about 10:30 am, they made some phone calls and Nick Mason's enzo was out on the track at noon!

 

[TheWizard]

You have successfully put into words why I like the Floyd so much. I have never been able to put my finger on it, but you have. Never gets old.

Glad to know somebody else agrees with how Pink Floyd can make an individual feel 👍

~90 minutes of vintage race cars (actually racing not just sitting in a museum) set to Pink Floyd music (some writen just for the movie/not otherwise released). Basically a domumentary about the original races and the vintage events of the same name run today. The movie was filmed at the '91 running in which David Gillmore and Nick Mason participated. (Gillmore in a C-type Jag I believe). It's brilliant.

Sounds really cool, I will have to check it out, sooner or later.


The Wizard.

 

[livemusic]

One of my friends sent me an avi of the wizard of oz combined with darkside if the moon. It was amazing. I already like pink floyd but this just brought it to a new level.

Yeah, I´ve always wanted to try that out. I have the album, just gotta find the movie...

 

[bfifteenv]

Another, probably less known PF/Movie sync up is the song Echos from the album Meddle and the final 23 minutes of 2001 A Space Odyssey. This one may have some substance to it though. Roger Waters turned down an invitation by Stanley Kubrick to write music for the movie, a few years later PF released Meddle. Roger Waters admitted in an interview that one of his few regrets about his career was turning down the chance to work with Kubrick on the project.

I have a DVD that has this sequence with the song overlayed and it is pretty amazing.

Of course the sequence in 2001 is really just trippy special effects and so any trippy music is going to sync up to some degree, but still...

Source...

 

[emad]

I'm getting both movies as we speak.

I can't seem to find La Carrera Panamericana though

 

[bfifteenv]

I'm getting both movies as we speak.

I can't seem to find La Carrera Panamericana though

DVD on Ebay...

Also Amazon had a few VHS copies listed last night when I checked...

I remember when it came out I had to order it because no place local to me was going to stock it. I guess it just wasn't a big deal, too special interest maybe???

 

[Touring Mars]

I'm a big PF listener and have quite a bit of their stuff.... I still listen to them alot, especially the earlier albums.. . my favourite tracks are:

'See Emily Play' (single)
'Interstellar Overdrive' and 'Lucifer Sam" (Piper At The Gates Of Dawn)
'Grantchester Meadows' and 'Careful With That Axe, Eugene' (Ummagumma)
'Remember A Day' and 'Corporal Clegg' (A Saucerful Of Secrets)
'Echoes' and 'One Of These Days' (Meddle)
...and the whole of Dark Side Of The Moon (you have to listen to it all, dont you?)

Not overly keen on 'Wish You Were Here', and 'The Wall' only has one or two songs I ever listen to... and after that, I draw a blank...

I'm also heavily into Prog Rock like Yes and King Crimson, would you call Pink Floyd 'Prog Rock?'... they came top in a TV poll of 'prog rock' bands recently, but I don't think they are prog rock at all......

 

[Shannon]

I'm also heavily into Prog Rock like Yes and King Crimson, would you call Pink Floyd 'Prog Rock?'... they came top in a TV poll of 'prog rock' bands recently, but I don't think they are prog rock at all......

Early Floyd is Psychedelic Rock, but everything after (and including) Meddle is Prog Rock.

 

[livemusic]

I always thought of them as Progressive Rock.

 

[TheWizard]

Since we are at it, post some of your favorite excerpts from Pink Floyd songs.

Here is one:

Two Suns in the Sunset

And suddenly it's day again
The sun is in the east
Even though the day is done
Two suns in the sunset

Another one is from High Hopes - check my profile for that.

The Wizard.

 

[Shannon]

Since we are at it, post some of your favorite excerpts from Pink Floyd songs.

'Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way'

From "Time". Roger Waters was (is?) a lyrical geniis.

 

[slowman]

I enjoy "Dogs" and "Sheep" from Animals... great tunes.

I almost picked up Obscured by Clouds today, but wasn't sure if I'd like it. I don't like Barret-era Floyd... only a few songs. Interstellar Overdrive, Paintbox, See Emily Play... I like those.

I basically like everything starting at Meddle, and up to but not including The Wall. OTOH, the movie is excellent... and the more you watch it the more it makes you think.

edit: ^^^ Time is an excellent song... tells you that you can't just sit on your ass and wait for something to happen or have something handed to you. You have to get up and do it yourself before you waste your whole life waiting for something.

Pink Floyd has gotten me through some hard times, and it is the only rock group that I have liked consistenly since I've become interested in music, despite the fact that they haven't had any truly new material as a group since 1994.

 

[TheWizard]

Why do I keep hearing bad things about "The Wall"?

I am not complaining, just asking.

I love everything from Pink Floyd, The Wall included.

I also love the movie, very interesting insight. I don't see how you can like the movie and keep watching it, but yet you don't like the songs, slowman

Sure some of those song ought to stick with you, by watching the movie so many times

The Wizard.

 

[slowman]

I like the movie because they songs are displayed visually as well as aurally. And its also one of the very few movies I know that tells a complete story while using almost no dialog/script.

It's not that The Wall is bad, in fact the opposite... its brilliant. It's just that it is somewhat mainstream. When most people think of Pink Floyd, the first thing you think is "Another Brick in the Wall Pt2". It's too popular... I still listen to The Wall though occasionally. But if somebody were just starting to become interested in Floyd, I would recommend they buy either The Wall or DSOTM.

edit: Do yourself a favor and download two programs... GoldWave, and CDex. Use CDex to rip off "Another Brick in the Wall" Pts. 1, 2 and 3... and the song "Goodbye Cruel World". Then use Goldwave to paste the songs together as one song, in that order. They complement each other nicely, pt. 1 being quiet and slow, 2 speeding up, and 3 the fastest. Goodbye Cruel World is supposed to be the end of those 3 songs.

Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 1
Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2
Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 3
Goodbye Cruel World

Oh! Another thing... anybody every played "Empty Spaces" backwards? Secret messages!

"Congratulations, you have found the secret message. Please send your answer to old pink, care of the funny farm... (dunno) Chalfort ...(dunno)...

then somebody in the background says, "Roger! Caroline's on the phone!"
Caroline being Roger Waters wife at the time.

I might upload a clip of that secret message played forwards and backwards so you folks can give it a listen.

edit: I guess my dad deleted GoldWave off the computer... he thought it was spyware....

 

[TheWizard]

Oh, okay. I see now.

It's too popular. Yes, I can agree with that.

Personally, I started with "Delicate Sound of Thunder", a somewhat less known album. My dad had it (in cassette - that should tell you something). And we would play it in each and every of our vacation trips, since I was 5-6 year old.

Then the turn of "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" came. Nice album, one of my favorites.

Then "The Wall" and after that "Pulse" + "Dark Side of the Moon".

Now I have pretty much everything.

I absolutely have to go to one of their concerts, wouldn't care if it was the last thing I'd do.

EDIT:

Oh! Another thing... anybody every played "Empty Spaces" backwards? Secret messages!

I am just listening to it right now and I can hear what seems like somebody talking backwards, in the background. Amazing, I never did notice it before you pointed it out. Thanks for letting me know, slowman 👍

Any other "easter eggs" that you know of?

The Wizard.

 

[slowman]

I started out with the song "Wish You Were Here"... It was played at a funeral for a friend of mine that died in a car accident

I bought the album... then came

Animals
DSOTM
The Wall
The Final Cut
Piper at the Gates of Dawn
The Division Bell
A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Echoes
A Collection of Great Dance Songs
Works
Meddle

in that order...

There are no other Pink Floyd eggs that I know of... but you should listen to Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" backwards if you want to hear some really twisted ****. An entire VERSE when played backwards makes a whole verse in and of itself... all satanic stuff. No joke. I'll upload this instead of PF... its far more interesting

Not only that verse, but there are 5 other eggs in this song, although they are only one-liners and not whole verses. It's very difficult to unintentionally make a few words that work forwards and backwards, and damn near impossible to make a whole verse. I'm not saying Led Zeppelin are satanists, but Robert Plant was quoted as saying that he felt "the words just coming out, that my hand was guided by an outside force". I have a passing interest in this, its called backwards masking when intentional. When unintentional, its called reverse speech.

Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" forwards and backwards... the guitar work is a masterpiece, forwards or backwards btw...

forwards:
If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now
It's just a spring clean for the mayqueen
Yes there are two paths you go by, but in the long run
there's still time to change the road your on

backwards:
Here's to my sweet satan
the one whose little path would make me sad whose power is satan
He'll give you, give you 666
there was a little toolshed where he made us suffer, sad satan

 

[TheWizard]

This is some interesting stuff, slowman 👍

I would have never known. Stairway to Heaven is another of my favorite songs, I'll have to listen to it backwards for sure, now.

By the way, what software do you use to play something backwards?

I have both songs, so all I need is something that would allow me to play them in reverse.

The Wizard.