Pink Floyd

Igottago

Thanks for the info everyone. Can't wait to get into some of this stuff.

SPEEDY BOX TURTLE

The Nile Song is "perhaps" their greatest song!

Ledbetterman10

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"

Anon

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 Rules

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.

DCGARDEN

1 word = ANIMALS

The Vacant

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.

leafs4ever

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.

orig_long red

Biding My Time. Pink Floyd with a rocking double-bass outtro.

Ledbetterman10

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

El_Kabong

i've always liked obscured by clouds, a nice mellow album.

Animals has great writing but the songs can be a little long

VINNY GOOMBA

I can't believe there hasn't been enough love for THE WALL. I think it's the most brilliant album ever made. What a story, and the songs work just as great as individual singles as they do 1 cohesive piece of art.

...And to ECHO everyone else here, Animals is awesome. I love "SHEEP."

The Vacant

Other than In The Flesh, Mother, Hey You, and Comfortably Numb The Wall comes off as one of several lame Roger Waters solo albums. Never got the allure of that one. It was all downhill after Animals.

VINNY GOOMBA

The Vacant wrote:

Other than In The Flesh, Mother, Hey You, and Comfortably Numb The Wall comes off as one of several lame Roger Waters solo albums. Never got the allure of that one. It was all downhill after Animals.

In the flesh is my favorite. No love for Goodbye Blue Sky? Waiting for the Worms? Young Lust?

My one friend hates The Wall. He can't stand the voices the characters take on. He says they remind him of Sesame Street Muppets, ha ha.

Admitedly, it took me a long time to like The Wall. I didn't listen to it for years, and then it just clicked for me.

I guess being a fan of the Wall I should check out more Roger Waters solo stuff?

Ledbetterman10

VINNY GOOMBA wrote:

I guess being a fan of the Wall I should check out more Roger Waters solo stuff?

yes, "Pro and Cons of Hitchhiking" in particular


his other albums "Amused to Death" and "Radio KAOS" are pretty good too. they are MUCH MUCH better than the albums "Floyd" put out after he left (Lapse of reason and Division Bell)

BinFrog

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

his other albums "Amused to Death" and "Radio KAOS" are pretty good too. they are MUCH MUCH better than the albums "Floyd" put out after he left (Lapse of reason and Division Bell)

I whole-heartedly disagree.

Lukin66

VINNY GOOMBA wrote:

I can't believe there hasn't been enough love for THE WALL. I think it's the most brilliant album ever made. What a story, and the songs work just as great as individual singles as they do 1 cohesive piece of art.

...And to ECHO everyone else here, Animals is awesome. I love "SHEEP."

I absolutely love the Wall, one of my favorite albums. And I always draw flak because I prefer the Wall over DSOTM....however, I recommend a lot of unloved radio step-kids (Like Animals) because far too few people appreciate them.

Ledbetterman10

BinFrog wrote:

I whole-heartedly disagree.

you're entitled to.

I dunno, I agree with Gilmour that just because Waters left the band, they shouldn't have had to stop. I totally agree with that. However, Momentary Lapse of Reason is a complete fraud and every song is terrible. it has such a generic 80's sound. The Dogs of War? gimme a break. the worst thing about the album is that he brought in so many co-writers and session musicians. outside co-writers on a Floyd record? same with how his wife wrote most of the Division Bell lyrics. fuck that. If Gilmour and Wright could have managed to come up with all the material themselves, then I'd at least consider those two albums to be part of the Floyd cataloge...though I'm not a fan of them. but since they didn't, to me, the Final Cut is Pink Floyd's last album.

Waters said it best himself in his Penthouse interview (paraphrased a bit): "I have no problem with David furthering his career. it's the idea of him calling his solo career "Pink Floyd" so it sells that bothers me" he also noted how he suggested that Final Cut be a solo album because Dave and Nick didn't like it nor did they contribute much but they said no because, as Waters said, "They know that songs don't grow on trees."

on the bonus disc of the Beatles anthology, George Harrison commented on how he, Ringo, and Paul have always been asked after John died if they would reunite as The Beatles. he said "that'd be like how Pink Floyd is making records without Roger Waters but still calling themselves Pink Floyd"

all that being said, Waters solo stuff isn't for everyone and if you like those final two Floyd albums better, that's fine for you. but they're not for me. the only thing about Pink Floyd carrying on after Waters left that I enjoy is the version of Astronomy Domine on the PULSE album.

orig_long red

Here's one never mentioned:

The Final Cut

mostly a Roger Waters solo album, with Wright being fired, and Gilmour and Mason just showing up to fill their instrumental requirements.

Still a great album. Some of my favorite Floyd tracks on there. Goes great with World War II movies, or with that Band of Brothers show.

BinFrog

It's easy to get into the post-Waters albums as long as you don't go into them expecting it to be like the earlier stuff. I love AMLOR. "Learning To Fly", "One Slip", "Sorrow"...absolutely great stuff. Everyone always brings up "Dogs Of War" (which I think is decent), and the production (yeah it's a bit 80's, but not tooooo bad) when they rip on AMLOR. I like it a lot. But yeah, it is more like a D.G. solo album than a PF album. That I will agree with.

It's like how people say they love Dominoes pizza. No, you like Dominoes' version of pizza...but that ain't pizza. I guess I like it because I don't compare it to previous PF efforts.