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IgottagoIgottago Posts: 483
edited June 2008 in Other Music
Well...I have been in a huge Pink Floyd phase lately. I have always been familiar with some of their more famous songs like "wish you were here" and "another brick in the wall", and I own Dark Side of the Moon, but I've never really given them a serious listen outside of that. I've been listening to "Echoes", which is their best of, and it has some great material.

Can anyone recommend any more of their material I should really check out? Seems I'm finally really getting this band, and their stuff is blowing my mind right now.
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  • HebejebeHebejebe Posts: 108
    I'd say the next two you should get are Wish You Were Here and Meddle.
  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    the first track on atom heart mother......dear lord.....emmense. instrumental, but EPIC. it's like being swept up in a movie.

    also check out animals & meddle, both incredible albums. oh, and watch the wall film if you haven't already. and live at pompeii if you like the early stuff.

    oh...and pulse is a damn good live album/dvd too.
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  • Evacuation RulesEvacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    I prefer the less popular albums...More, Obscured By Clouds, Animals...the stuff you don't hear on the radio.

    I could live without hearing The Wall or Dark Side Of The Moon ever again.

    Wish You Were Here is probably their best album. That's what the band members think, anyway.
  • The VacantThe Vacant Posts: 271
    Tunes not on Echos or Darkside that you need to hear: Careful With That Axe Eugene, Fat Old Sun, Wots... Uh The Deal, Childhood's End, Fearless, Cymbaline, Interstellar Overdrive, and the entire Wish You Were Here and Animals albums (just like Darkside, those two are best taken as a whole, rather than individual songs).

    The live half of Ummagumma is interesting as it shows a more jamming side to Floyd that went away with the tour for Wish You Were Here and everything afterward.
  • doujodoujo Posts: 285
    get animals and obscured by clouds
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Buy Wish You Were Here and Animals NOW!
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  • orig_long redorig_long red Posts: 2,029
    find the album Obscured By Clouds.

    Free Four
    Childhood's End
    Wot's, Uh the Deal
    etc....

    great, oft overlooked album.
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  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    doujo wrote:
    get animals and obscured by clouds


    Bingo.
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  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    Fearless is a fat song on Meddle. I dig it.
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  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    Fearless is a fat song on Meddle. I dig it.


    One of the best.
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  • orig_long redorig_long red Posts: 2,029
    Floyd has a lot of great songs that are consistently overlooked by radio, etc. buy all the albums. start with Meddle and Obscured By Clouds.
    Jam out with your clam out.
  • Lukin66Lukin66 Posts: 3,063
    JWBusher wrote:
    I prefer the less popular albums...More, Obscured By Clouds, Animals...the stuff you don't hear on the radio.

    I could live without hearing The Wall or Dark Side Of The Moon ever again.

    Wish You Were Here is probably their best album. That's what the band members think, anyway.
    +1
    I recently read a collection of essays based on Pink Floyd and philosophy called 'Careful with that Axiom, Eugene'....I would highly recommend it. I've been heavy into Pink Floyd for awhile now, and would agree with most of the other posters, try the 'unknown' albums first.
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  • Stone Is GodStone Is God Posts: 1,331
    I'm in the same boat as the OP. Never really listened to Floyd that much but have gotten really into it the last 6 weeks or so.

    Thanks for all the good advice on what to buy.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me.
  • lockedlocked Boston Posts: 4,039
    keeponrockin wrote:
    Buy Wish You Were Here and Animals NOW!

    their two best works IMO!

    "Dogs" on animals is my all time fav..
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  • MattyJoeMattyJoe Posts: 1,424
    Animals is an amazing album, my fav by them.
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  • DiRtYyELLoWoCeAnDiRtYyELLoWoCeAn Medford, Ma Posts: 1,605
    Im 28 when I was 16 I got into them through DArkside and The Wall....... about 2 years later I brokedown and bought Animals..... I was blown away and I was mad I waited song long!!
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  • 88keys88keys Posts: 151
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    Fearless is a fat song on Meddle. I dig it.

    Fearless is my fav Floyd song of all time on my fav Floyd album of all time (Meddle). I love the football (soccer) chant in it!
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  • MattyJoeMattyJoe Posts: 1,424
    Are you serious? Not Echoes?? Epic song!! Gotta love the funky bass/drum groove section with the psychedelic guitar solo.
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  • pearljam0000pearljam0000 Posts: 450
    Animals
  • MohabMohab Posts: 310
    http://perishablepress.com/press/2008/04/23/top-ten-pink-floyd-songs-for-audiophiles/


    some good info,
  • IgottagoIgottago Posts: 483
    Thanks for the info everyone. Can't wait to get into some of this stuff.
  • SPEEDY BOX TURTLESPEEDY BOX TURTLE Posts: 100
    The Nile Song is "perhaps" their greatest song!
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,941
    SPEEDY BOX TURTLE wrote:
    The Nile Song is "perhaps" their greatest song!

    hardest rocking song maybe.....but it's not even top 5 on "More"
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    Animals is my favorite. Wish you were Here is very good, Meddle is good. never heard Obscured by Clouds but with all talk around here i might have to check it out..

    what about Relics and Works?
  • Evacuation RulesEvacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    Mushmouthmatt wrote:
    what about Relics and Works?

    "Relics" is Pink Floyd's "Lost Dogs" and it's a must have.

    "Works" is a US compilation with a few unique mixes, but it's not essential.
  • DCGARDENDCGARDEN Posts: 515
    1 word = ANIMALS
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  • The VacantThe Vacant Posts: 271
    JWBusher wrote:
    "Relics" is Pink Floyd's "Lost Dogs" and it's a must have.

    Best place to find the studio version of Careful With That Axe, Eugene.
  • leafs4everleafs4ever Posts: 833
    Floyd is amazing and their best stuff won't be heard on the radio. You must go out and buy Meddle, Wish You Were Here and ofcoure ANIMALS. Like somebody else said, Animals is just like darkside in that you have to listen to the entire album. Amazing album and probably my favourite of theirs. There is really so many good floyd albums but start with those 3 after you've listened to darkside, and if only 1, then get animals.
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  • orig_long redorig_long red Posts: 2,029
    Biding My Time. Pink Floyd with a rocking double-bass outtro.
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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,941
    long red wrote:
    Biding My Time. Pink Floyd with a rocking double-bass outtro.


    great song. check out the legendary "Man and the Journey" bootleg for a live performance. it's listed as "Afternoon"


    actually here's the boot for anyone who doesn't have it. ESSENTIAL pre-Meedle Floyd boot!!!!

    http://rapidshare.com/files/81950244/1969_-_Complete_Concertgebouw.rar
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