OK, so if you throw out the post-Waters stuff and the soundtracks, there are an equal number of PJ and Floyd studio albums (Yes, Ummagumma is half live, but whatever.)
So just for shits and giggles, I'm going album-by-album here to see which band has the edge. YMMV.
Ten - Piper at the Gates of Dawn PJ wins this one and it ain't even close. Vs. - A Saucerful of Secrets Another PJ landslide Vitalogy - Ummagumma This is an interesting comparison because it's where both bands started to go off on some experimental tangents but is there any song on Ummagumma you'd rather see PJ play live than, say, "Corduroy", "Tremor Christ" or "Immortality"? Yeah, I didn't think so. No Code - Atom Heart Mother I actually love Atom Heart Mother and I really don't get why this album is so disliked. But No Code is No Code. PJ "wins" again. Yield - Meddle This is a really tough one to pick so I'm going to cop out and call it a tie. Binaural - The Dark Side of the Moon Binaural has some amazing songs on it but Dark Side is a masterpiece from front to back and one of the best rock albums in the history of ever. Riot Act - Wish You Were Here Again, great songs on Riot Act but Wish is another nearly perfect album. Floyd again. Avocado - Animals There's a pattern developing here. Great songs for PJ vs. a truly classic album. Floyd hands-down (I've always thought that a few of the songs on Avocado sound very Animals-ish, especially "Inside Job".) Backspacer - The Wall Floyd. 'Nuff said. Lightning Bolt - The Final Cut Yeah, going with PJ on this one. The Final Cut has some definite high points, in my opinion but it gets repetitive and falls flat. There are a couple clunkers on Lightning Bolt and a near-miss but overall, it's a very solid album.
I kind of love you for this post. The only thing I slightly disagree on is Piper - I adore that record and everything that Syd has ever done. Tie for me!
OK, so if you throw out the post-Waters stuff and the soundtracks, there are an equal number of PJ and Floyd studio albums (Yes, Ummagumma is half live, but whatever.)
So just for shits and giggles, I'm going album-by-album here to see which band has the edge. YMMV.
Ten - Piper at the Gates of Dawn PJ wins this one and it ain't even close. Vs. - A Saucerful of Secrets Another PJ landslide Vitalogy - Ummagumma This is an interesting comparison because it's where both bands started to go off on some experimental tangents but is there any song on Ummagumma you'd rather see PJ play live than, say, "Corduroy", "Tremor Christ" or "Immortality"? Yeah, I didn't think so. No Code - Atom Heart Mother I actually love Atom Heart Mother and I really don't get why this album is so disliked. But No Code is No Code. PJ "wins" again. Yield - Meddle This is a really tough one to pick so I'm going to cop out and call it a tie. Binaural - The Dark Side of the Moon Binaural has some amazing songs on it but Dark Side is a masterpiece from front to back and one of the best rock albums in the history of ever. Riot Act - Wish You Were Here Again, great songs on Riot Act but Wish is another nearly perfect album. Floyd again. Avocado - Animals There's a pattern developing here. Great songs for PJ vs. a truly classic album. Floyd hands-down (I've always thought that a few of the songs on Avocado sound very Animals-ish, especially "Inside Job".) Backspacer - The Wall Floyd. 'Nuff said. Lightning Bolt - The Final Cut Yeah, going with PJ on this one. The Final Cut has some definite high points, in my opinion but it gets repetitive and falls flat. There are a couple clunkers on Lightning Bolt and a near-miss but overall, it's a very solid album.
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I kind of love you for this post. The only thing I slightly disagree on is Piper - I adore that record and everything that Syd has ever done. Tie for me!
OK, so if you throw out the post-Waters stuff and the soundtracks, there are an equal number of PJ and Floyd studio albums (Yes, Ummagumma is half live, but whatever.)
So just for shits and giggles, I'm going album-by-album here to see which band has the edge. YMMV.
Ten - Piper at the Gates of Dawn PJ wins this one and it ain't even close. Vs. - A Saucerful of Secrets Another PJ landslide Vitalogy - Ummagumma This is an interesting comparison because it's where both bands started to go off on some experimental tangents but is there any song on Ummagumma you'd rather see PJ play live than, say, "Corduroy", "Tremor Christ" or "Immortality"? Yeah, I didn't think so. No Code - Atom Heart Mother I actually love Atom Heart Mother and I really don't get why this album is so disliked. But No Code is No Code. PJ "wins" again. Yield - Meddle This is a really tough one to pick so I'm going to cop out and call it a tie. Binaural - The Dark Side of the Moon Binaural has some amazing songs on it but Dark Side is a masterpiece from front to back and one of the best rock albums in the history of ever. Riot Act - Wish You Were Here Again, great songs on Riot Act but Wish is another nearly perfect album. Floyd again. Avocado - Animals There's a pattern developing here. Great songs for PJ vs. a truly classic album. Floyd hands-down (I've always thought that a few of the songs on Avocado sound very Animals-ish, especially "Inside Job".) Backspacer - The Wall Floyd. 'Nuff said. Lightning Bolt - The Final Cut Yeah, going with PJ on this one. The Final Cut has some definite high points, in my opinion but it gets repetitive and falls flat. There are a couple clunkers on Lightning Bolt and a near-miss but overall, it's a very solid album.
Fuck Pink Floyd
Take me piece by piece..... Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
I kind of love you for this post. The only thing I slightly disagree on is Piper - I adore that record and everything that Syd has ever done. Tie for me!
OK, so if you throw out the post-Waters stuff and the soundtracks, there are an equal number of PJ and Floyd studio albums (Yes, Ummagumma is half live, but whatever.)
So just for shits and giggles, I'm going album-by-album here to see which band has the edge. YMMV.
Ten - Piper at the Gates of Dawn PJ wins this one and it ain't even close. Vs. - A Saucerful of Secrets Another PJ landslide Vitalogy - Ummagumma This is an interesting comparison because it's where both bands started to go off on some experimental tangents but is there any song on Ummagumma you'd rather see PJ play live than, say, "Corduroy", "Tremor Christ" or "Immortality"? Yeah, I didn't think so. No Code - Atom Heart Mother I actually love Atom Heart Mother and I really don't get why this album is so disliked. But No Code is No Code. PJ "wins" again. Yield - Meddle This is a really tough one to pick so I'm going to cop out and call it a tie. Binaural - The Dark Side of the Moon Binaural has some amazing songs on it but Dark Side is a masterpiece from front to back and one of the best rock albums in the history of ever. Riot Act - Wish You Were Here Again, great songs on Riot Act but Wish is another nearly perfect album. Floyd again. Avocado - Animals There's a pattern developing here. Great songs for PJ vs. a truly classic album. Floyd hands-down (I've always thought that a few of the songs on Avocado sound very Animals-ish, especially "Inside Job".) Backspacer - The Wall Floyd. 'Nuff said. Lightning Bolt - The Final Cut Yeah, going with PJ on this one. The Final Cut has some definite high points, in my opinion but it gets repetitive and falls flat. There are a couple clunkers on Lightning Bolt and a near-miss but overall, it's a very solid album.
So....You trying to say Evacuation and Time are on the same level?
I kind of love you for this post. The only thing I slightly disagree on is Piper - I adore that record and everything that Syd has ever done. Tie for me!
OK. a tie it is. I thought for sure you were going to tell me that Backspacer mops the floor with The Wall.
I kind of love you for this post. The only thing I slightly disagree on is Piper - I adore that record and everything that Syd has ever done. Tie for me!
OK. a tie it is. I thought for sure you were going to tell me that Backspacer mops the floor with The Wall.
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haha nah but "Set the controls to the heart of the sun" I think I take over "Corduroy" at this point.
Heh. OK.
I guess I should have made it clear that I was talking about the studio portion of Ummagumma and not the whole thing.
Well then hell no, after listening to disk 1 of Ummagumma 1st time I dosed it scares me to much..."Several Species of small furry animals gathered in a cave and grooving to a pict" is what nightmares are made of.
Remember when you were young? You shone like the sun.
Shine On You Crazy Diamond!
ONE OF THESE DAYS I'M GOING TO CUT YOU INTO LITTLE PIECES
Down and out It can't be helped but there's a lot of it about.
Every year is getting shorter; never seem to find the time. Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way The time is gone, the song is over, Thought I'd something more to say
Take me piece by piece..... Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
So I listened to both today. I stand by my assessments.
TFC comes off as a collection of unfinished pieces, probably because David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Rick Wright are barely present (obviously, Wright wasn't there at all). The only song on it that feels fully fleshed out is "Not Now John".
LB is a bit uneven but it's got complete songs that were written and recorded by an actual band.
The two albums do have this in common - the closing track has potential to be really good if something had just been left out and/or altered. For "Future Days" it's the terrible piano intro/outro. The song would be so much better if they'd just have gone with the organ intro they do when it's played live now. And the smooth jazz sax on "Two Suns in the Sunset" is equally painful.
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So just for shits and giggles, I'm going album-by-album here to see which band has the edge. YMMV.
Ten - Piper at the Gates of Dawn
PJ wins this one and it ain't even close.
Vs. - A Saucerful of Secrets
Another PJ landslide
Vitalogy - Ummagumma
This is an interesting comparison because it's where both bands started to go off on some experimental tangents but is there any song on Ummagumma you'd rather see PJ play live than, say, "Corduroy", "Tremor Christ" or "Immortality"? Yeah, I didn't think so.
No Code - Atom Heart Mother
I actually love Atom Heart Mother and I really don't get why this album is so disliked. But No Code is No Code. PJ "wins" again.
Yield - Meddle
This is a really tough one to pick so I'm going to cop out and call it a tie.
Binaural - The Dark Side of the Moon
Binaural has some amazing songs on it but Dark Side is a masterpiece from front to back and one of the best rock albums in the history of ever.
Riot Act - Wish You Were Here
Again, great songs on Riot Act but Wish is another nearly perfect album. Floyd again.
Avocado - Animals
There's a pattern developing here. Great songs for PJ vs. a truly classic album. Floyd hands-down
(I've always thought that a few of the songs on Avocado sound very Animals-ish, especially "Inside Job".)
Backspacer - The Wall
Floyd. 'Nuff said.
Lightning Bolt - The Final Cut
Yeah, going with PJ on this one. The Final Cut has some definite high points, in my opinion but it gets repetitive and falls flat. There are a couple clunkers on Lightning Bolt and a near-miss but overall, it's a very solid album.
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
You shone like the sun.
Shine On You Crazy Diamond!
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
What has become of you?
Does anybody else in here feel the way I do?
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
I guess I should have made it clear that I was talking about the studio portion of Ummagumma and not the whole thing.
Hahahha
All that I once held as true
I stand alone without beliefs
The only truth I know is you.
It can't be helped but there's a lot of it about.
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over,
Thought I'd something more to say
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
2017: RRHoF 4/7 2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4 2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18
2022: MSG 9/11 2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
All that I once held as true
I stand alone without beliefs
The only truth I know is you.
TFC comes off as a collection of unfinished pieces, probably because David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Rick Wright are barely present (obviously, Wright wasn't there at all). The only song on it that feels fully fleshed out is "Not Now John".
LB is a bit uneven but it's got complete songs that were written and recorded by an actual band.
The two albums do have this in common - the closing track has potential to be really good if something had just been left out and/or altered. For "Future Days" it's the terrible piano intro/outro. The song would be so much better if they'd just have gone with the organ intro they do when it's played live now. And the smooth jazz sax on "Two Suns in the Sunset" is equally painful.