Pink Floyd - Obscured by Clouds

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whygohome
whygohome Posts: 2,305
edited May 2012 in Other Music
There is no better way to express my love and admiration for Pink Floyd than to say they are second on my list of favorite bands right behind, well, take a guess.

It is obvious that Dark Side, WYWH, and The Wall get all the attention, and deservedly so, but some of their other albums are amazing and unique in their own way. Obscured by Clouds, for me, is one of them, as is Meddle.

Anyone share my sentiments?
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  • Mamasan23
    Mamasan23 Posts: 16,390
    :clap::clap::clap:

    Floyd is definitely in my top 3 faves for sure and Obscured by Clouds definitely doesn't get enough love. Free Four is up there as one of my fave Floyd tracks. Meddle is also incredible, as is Animals.

    I always feel like I need to get people who've only heard Dark Side or the Wall to dig in deeper!
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  • whygohome
    whygohome Posts: 2,305
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    :clap::clap::clap:

    Floyd is definitely in my top 3 faves for sure and Obscured by Clouds definitely doesn't get enough love. Free Four is up there as one of my fave Floyd tracks. Meddle is also incredible, as is Animals.

    I always feel like I need to get people who've only heard Dark Side or the Wall to dig in deeper!

    "One, two, Free Four!"

    "Wot's, uh, the deal" is one of my favorite songs of all-time. Animals is amazing. Why don't these albums get any love?!?!?!
  • Jason78
    Jason78 Posts: 400
    Oh yeah.

    I'd actually take More over The Wall.
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,246
    somehow, I totally missed obscured by clouds :wtf: . this, from a guy who had saucerful, atom heart mother, ummagumma and the more soundtrack :lol:

    meddle and animals are amazing. wish you were here, too. :thumbup:
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  • GivenToJam88
    GivenToJam88 NJ Posts: 1,187
    ANIMALS!!!
    2006: 5/28
    2008: 6/19, 6/24, 6/25
    2009: 6/14 (EV), 10/27, 10/28
    2010: 5/17
    2011: 6/21 (EV), 6/22 (EV), 9/11, 9/12
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  • AndySlash
    AndySlash Posts: 3,287
    personally, wot's uh the deal was a highlight of the david gilmour shows i saw in 06. certainly wasn't one i expected to see pop up on the setlist.
  • whygohome
    whygohome Posts: 2,305
    imalive wrote:
    somehow, I totally missed obscured by clouds :wtf: . this, from a guy who had saucerful, atom heart mother, ummagumma and the more soundtrack :lol:

    meddle and animals are amazing. wish you were here, too. :thumbup:

    Go to the store now, do what Phelps is doing in your avatar, and listen to Obscured by Clouds.
    I hope you enjoy it.
  • klusterfuk
    klusterfuk Posts: 1,411
    Pink man Pink
    The future's paved with better days

    Alpine Valley Resort is etched in my brain!!!


  • Mamasan23
    Mamasan23 Posts: 16,390
    imalive wrote:
    somehow, I totally missed obscured by clouds :wtf: . this, from a guy who had saucerful, atom heart mother, ummagumma and the more soundtrack :lol:

    meddle and animals are amazing. wish you were here, too. :thumbup:


    :lol: You sound like my hubby - he has pretty much everything ever recorded by anyone that's ever been in PF...in fact I just got him the body sounds album that Roger Waters put out....it's....uh....interesting :lol:
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  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,991
    Yeah Obscured By Clouds is great. Free Four and Childhood's End should be played in regular rock radio rotation (as should Fearless and maybe even San Tropez from Meedle). The instrumentals are okay...nothing to write home to mom about...but are short and to the point. The Gold It's In The... is pretty cool too. Like The Nile Song, Young Lust, and Not Now John...it's a "holy shit, Pink Floyd can rock?" type of song.
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  • AndySlash
    AndySlash Posts: 3,287
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    :lol: You sound like my hubby - he has pretty much everything ever recorded by anyone that's ever been in PF...in fact I just got him the body sounds album that Roger Waters put out....it's....uh....interesting :lol:

    and with such fantastic titles as 'dance of the red corpuscles' and 'more than seven dwarves in penis land', how can it not be "uh... interesting"?! :D

    any real completist knows that no pf collection is truly complete without a copy of zee- identity.
  • Mamasan23
    Mamasan23 Posts: 16,390
    AndySlash wrote:
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    :lol: You sound like my hubby - he has pretty much everything ever recorded by anyone that's ever been in PF...in fact I just got him the body sounds album that Roger Waters put out....it's....uh....interesting :lol:

    and with such fantastic titles as 'dance of the red corpuscles' and 'more than seven dwarves in penis land', how can it not be "uh... interesting"?! :D

    any real completist knows that no pf collection is truly complete without a copy of zee- identity.

    :lol::lol:

    I think the two of you would get along well - he's a total Floyd completist! In fact, Rick Wright's stuff is his favorite outside of Syd's. RIP!
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,246
    AndySlash wrote:

    any real completist knows that no pf collection is truly complete without a copy of zee- identity.

    :? :?

    from wiki:

    released in 1984. Wright later stated that he felt Identity was an "experimental mistake" that should never have been released

    :lol:
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • whygohome
    whygohome Posts: 2,305
    klusterfuk wrote:
    Pink man Pink

    Thanks again for that pack of camels; hope all is well.

    :mrgreen:
  • mikalina
    mikalina Posts: 7,206
    whygohome wrote:
    There is no better way to express my love and admiration for Pink Floyd than to say they are second on my list of favorite bands right behind, well, take a guess.

    It is obvious that Dark Side, WYWH, and The Wall get all the attention, and deservedly so, but some of their other albums are amazing and unique in their own way. Obscured by Clouds, for me, is one of them, as is Meddle.

    Anyone share my sentiments?


    Definetly in my top 5 - love them :thumbup:
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,246
    whygohome wrote:
    imalive wrote:
    somehow, I totally missed obscured by clouds :wtf: . this, from a guy who had saucerful, atom heart mother, ummagumma and the more soundtrack :lol:

    meddle and animals are amazing. wish you were here, too. :thumbup:

    Go to the store now, do what Phelps is doing in your avatar, and listen to Obscured by Clouds.
    I hope you enjoy it.

    should I PM you my address so you can send some weed? :?
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    imalive wrote:
    should I PM you my address so you can send some weed? :?

    Let me know how this works out. I'm running low, so I can't listen to OBC.


    It is a great album and the last of the PF that I got into, unless somehow the Syd stuff does pretty much a 180 from where I stand with it now.

    Never knew they could rock til I heard The Gold, It's In... and several other more classic sounding Floyd tunes....Stay and Wotsuh the Deal are among my faves on there.
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    OBC is such an underrated gem.
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  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    BinFrog wrote:
    OBC is such an underrated gem.

    I think overlooked works for me better. In my personal rankings it would still sit behind anything else from the Meddle-The Wall run. It's sorta like Animals in a way. I know alot of people that are pretty big Floyd fans and some of them hadn't really even heard of Animals or Obscured....Once they both got their fair shake they soon found their place among the other great albums these guys put out. They just don't get the hoopla that DSotM, WYWH, and The Wall get.
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,246
    DewieCox wrote:
    imalive wrote:
    should I PM you my address so you can send some weed? :?

    Let me know how this works out. I'm running low, so I can't listen to OBC.

    looks like drugs might enhance the album cover, too :lol:
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
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    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22

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