Pink Floyd

paddy wrote:

But you gave a fuck enough to post in the first place. Don't you believe in your convictions?

i spoke out, because two of the people who said they couldn't get into Floyd are two respected members of the M & G forum and i can assure you they don't suck. we respect each others opinions in here and don't revert to personal attacks and insinuate that their opinions suck.

i do believe in my own convictions, absolutely, but i also realize this is a message board and i really have better things to do than argue back and forth with someone ok? can we just agree to disagree then and just drop this? i've said my peace and you have said yours. it's a message board right. feel free to say whatever you like. i don't have a problem with anything anyone says until they cross the line and say 'If you can't appreciate sheer creative genius such as Waters/Gilmour, forget about it. You suck.' Whatever else you said was fine, because it was your opinion.

Thanks.

I think Pink Floyd has some of the greatest songs ever and some of the most thought out lyrics ever. but I do get where you're coming from. I would not classify them as one of my alltime favorites and I can put my finger on it, at least where my opinion of them is concerned......

1. too many of their songs start out with, to me, worthless crap. there's too much theatrics thrown in like soundclips from obscure movies and tv shows. I'm sure it means something to them, but I don't care to listen to 2 full minutes of tv soundbites or white noise or synthesizers before a song actually gets started. the band Tool is the exact same way.

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2. some of their songs are too drawn out. like the song "Mother". such a great song. but there's just too much strumming in between vocal lines to the point that, imo, it needlessy drags on.


on the sheer greatness of their songs, I can't deny. like the aforementioned "Mother", or "Comfortably Numb", or "Wish You Were Here", or "Brain Damage"....songs that still have so much relevance today. but I definitely have to be in the mood to listen to Pink Floyd. it's not music that I can just pop in and listen to any time.



now, The Doors......there's a band that I fucking cannot stand at all. It's seems like I'm the only person on earth that missed the boat on that one. I can honestly say that there's not one song by them that I like.

lucylespian wrote:

I don't mind the Beach Boys. I'm hardly an authority, but what I've heard I liked. Sure, it's feel good music, but that's OK. I like music to make me feel good, and their harmonies etc are lovely to listen to.
On thread, Jam10, if you don't dig Floyd, that's cool, but if you are interested, see if you can scrag the DSOTM songbook, and play a few of the songs yourself. You will find that they are actually just beautiful, simple tunes, played with consumate skill.
Yes, there were a lot of effects used on the albums, sampling, and lots of use of what was cutting edge technology at the time, with weird sounds, and synths etc.
Or watch the Pulse DVD. It makes a lot of sense as music when you see it being played as songs, rather than seeming to be random noise and words.

Paddy, this is a nice sand-pit. If you are bored, go crap in some-one else's. PJ gurl is respected here, you won't win any friends dumping on her, just a place on the "ignore" list. It's the only button that gets pushed around here by that kind of attitude.

As far as I can see I didn't dump on her, she started on me. All the same, I'll crap where I feel like, but thanks for the advice. My life is now more fulfilled.

i agree that animals is an amazing album but i dont think its the best way to introduce someone to the band it only has 5 songs two of which are practically the same that go for less than a minute and a half each the other three go for more than 10 mintutes with dogs going for around 17 or something. animals is now definately my favourite floyd album but it did take a while to get used to. i suggest if your struggling to get into the floyd buy echoes (the best of) listen to it and find out for yourself what type of pink floyd music suits you best

Jam10 wrote:

I don't know what it is about Pink Floyd but I can't get into them. Almost everyone I know loves Pink Floyd and they tell me to listen to "Dark Side Of The Moon" and I have listened to that album numerous times and I just can't get into them. I had a 10 hour drive from Ontario to Massachusetts and I popped in Pink Floyd to try and force myself to like them but I just can't get into them. Right after Pink Floyd I popped in Led Zeppelin and I absolutely love Zeppelin. I can't get enough of Zeppelin. Every song rocks. Jimmy Page is a genius. I listened to 2 whole Led Zeppelin albums in a row and I just love every song.
Pink Floyd on the other hand I just don't see the big deal. Don't get me wrong....I really like a few songs, David Gilmore is an amazing guitar player and the other band members are really talented and amazing at what they do but I've tried over and over again and they're just not for me. I seem to be alone when talking about Pink Floyd because all my music buddies and all the guys I work with love them. Am I alone here or do you guys feel the same. I probably shouldn't compare Pink Floyd to Led Zeppelin but Led Zeppelin in my opinion is a way, way better band!

if you like PJ and Zeppelin, i would probably suggest Meddle as a better starting point for Floyd than darkside.

Is it so difficult to understand that we like what we like? As we say about Harley Davidson's, and it applies to those that don't like Pink Floyd-

"If I have to explain it to you, you just won't understand"....

Pink Floyd is one of the greatest bands in the history of all bands for so many reasons" originality, musicianship, mind expansion, they were so far ahead of their time. Longevity.

You could say the same about Bob Dylan. I know he's great, but I don't personally like his singing or his music.

We all like what we like and it doesn't have to be explained.

sledd out....

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Man I love me some Pink Floyd. Really excited about seeing Roger's Us & Them tour in a couple months. I hope Gilmour does another US tour too. Haven't gotten to see him live yet.

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