The Dark Side of the Forum (Pink Floyd)

[Riva]

Pink Floyd were arguably one of the more infuential bands of the '60s, '70s and even today. This thread is for discussion of all things Floyd, and also the solo projects of the members. A great site for learning about Floyd is here (www.pinkfloydonline.net).

For a great article, written by the forum's own Med57, read this (http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=286205).

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Many of the regulars of this thread often write interpretations of the albums Pink Floyd have released. These collaborations will be listed below, so that even the most casual Floyd fan can get an idea of the stories and concepts behind the albums. New users are welcome to join in, just wait until either Lunch998, MalcolmYoungRock or myself call for nominations for the album. Once the album is decided, each person can dibs a song. Then, you have around two weeks to write the analysis of the lyrics of the song. We are still debating whether the instrumental side should also be considered... :)

Animals

Pigs On The Wing (Part 1)
Dogs (http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8955377&postcount=6009)
Pigs (Three Different Ones) (http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8929670&postcount=5949)
Sheep
Pigs On The Wing (Part 2)


Dark Side Of The Moon


Speak To Me/Breathe (http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=7956839&postcount=4790)
On The Run
Time/Breath Reprise (http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=7963317&postcount=4809)
The Great Gig In The Sky
Money (http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=7948696&postcount=4782)
Us And Them (http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=7996444&postcount=4875)
Any Colour You Like
Brain Damage (http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8027033&postcount=4895)
Eclipse (http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8905016&postcount=5896)


Wish You Were Here


Shine On You Crazy Diamond (I-V) (http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8045864&postcount=4926)
Welcome To The Machine
Have A Cigar (http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8073279&postcount=4950)
Wish You Were Here (http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8905547&postcount=5905)
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (VI-IX) (http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8046110&postcount=4927)
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For Pink Floyd album reviews, check out musicianforums.com/sputnik

A collection of great dance songs (http://www.musicianforums.com/sputnik/album.php?albumid=2006)
A Saucerful Of Secrets (http://www.musicianforums.com/sputnik/album.php?albumid=1669)
Animals (http://www.musicianforums.com/sputnik/album.php?albumid=185)
Atom Heart Mother (http://www.musicianforums.com/sputnik/album.php?albumid=1122)
Dark Side of the Moon (http://www.musicianforums.com/sputnik/album.php?albumid=130)
Delicate Sound Of Thunder (http://www.musicianforums.com/sputnik/album.php?albumid=1244)
Division Bell (http://www.musicianforums.com/sputnik/album.php?albumid=940)
Echoes (Greatest Hits) (http://www.musicianforums.com/sputnik/album.php?albumid=1007)
Meddle (http://www.musicianforums.com/sputnik/album.php?albumid=919)
Obscured by Clouds (http://www.musicianforums.com/sputnik/album.php?albumid=2389)
Pulse (http://www.musicianforums.com/sputnik/album.php?albumid=1254)
Smoking Blues (http://www.musicianforums.com/sputnik/album.php?albumid=1639)
The Final Cut (http://www.musicianforums.com/sputnik/album.php?albumid=1829)
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (http://www.musicianforums.com/sputnik/album.php?albumid=171)
The Wall (http://www.musicianforums.com/sputnik/album.php?albumid=1634)
Ummagumma (http://www.musicianforums.com/sputnik/album.php?albumid=2757)
Wish You Were Here (http://www.musicianforums.com/sputnik/album.php?albumid=531)

[mattlewis53]

Hmm...well where to start...Floyd is amazing. The part in Comfortable Numb that goes "Is there anybody in there?" was kinda eerie the first time I heard the song.

[JonG]

Time is the greatest Pink Floyd song, amazing piece of artwork, DSOTM is. Took 1 n a half years to make 9 songs. Money is the most known, but it is a very great song, The raggity sax and the guitar after makes me get pumped :P

As for Comfortably Numb, it's alright, I'm not the biggest fan, Wish You Were Here has great vocals and Run Like Hell is one of their best instrumentals. I also like Welcome To Machine.

[lunch998]

My favorite album of theirs is Animals. I guess it isn't haunting, but its dark, very serious, and the music is amazing. Great lyrics throughout the album, too.

[Kingofdudes]

Comfortably Numb is great on the "Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live: 1980-81" CD. I havent heard anything off of Delicate Sound of Thunder, but im downloading Time and Comfortably Numb off of it now.


I own dis fred k?

[TheFlying-V]

wish you were here and animals

[Kingofdudes]

Time was meh on that CD, but Comfortably Numb was awesome

[ledfloyd_fan]

Comfortably Numb was also great on PULSE. Which do you think is better, Dogs or Shine ony you Crazy Diamond? I'd say Dogs, but WYWH is my favorite floyd cd.

[Kingofdudes]

Dogs for me, it is probably my favorite Pink Floyd song :)

[Riva]

I prefer Shine On You Crazy Diamond, though Dogs is also very up there.

[Schyma]

Roger Waters < Syd Barrett

[black_sabbath634]

i dont think he even know what he ment by that

[Permanent Solution]

Roger Waters < Syd Barrett

p.o.t.g.o.d =Piper of the gates of dawn
wo I wounder if he ment to to that
Probably not, since the album is titled Piper at the Gates of Dawn

[Schyma]

I dont know that guy was pretty twisted

[Schyma]

Oh ****!!! Sorry about that

[vecter1212]

Syd was insane, never get tired of comfortably numb btw.

[Riva]

Hey, I was listening to a tape of Ummagumma; and in Several Small Species of Mammal Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict, is there supposed to be a background hum, or is it just the tape? Because it fits in well, but it sounds out of style, if you know what I mean.

[LiZZySkYnRd7^]

Pink Floyd has been my favourite band for ages. Picking a fave song however would be like asking somebody to choose between their children. The Wall is the best by far in my estimation, with DSOTM a close second. I think hauntingly I would go with Hey You. :thumb:

[angus_young_wannabe]

Brain damage has fairly haunting lyrics, talking about insanity and whatnot.

I have been listening to Pink Floyd a lot over the past few months and with every cd I am continually blown away. A truly amazing band. Favourite song at the moment would have to be Dogs, the middle section is just brilliant and the harmonized guitar solos are one of the best. But one song I never see mentioned anywhere is Fearless off Meddle. It would definately have to be one of the best songs off that album apart from the obvious, echoes. anyone else agree?

anyway enough of my rambling its great to see another pink floyd thread, there hasnt been one for a while.

[toolboy84]

I like WYWH and DSOTM the most, also The Wall.

The solo from Time is amazing, and Comfortably Numb is a brilliant song. Also Wish You Were Here is an amazing song.

[Diatonic Dissonance™]

Not much of a Pink Floyd fan, some of their stuff is okay though.

[LiZZySkYnRd7^]

I think Roger Waters is a brilliant lyricist, but David is essential also and I tend to teeter back and forth in my affections. But at the end of the day, it has to be Waters. I hoped for a David sighting on Denmark street in London, he gets all his instruments there and lives in Kensington where I stayed for months. Not one siting, I sound stalker- ish. :rolleyes:

[BurnLikeABlackNight]

I prefer Gil to Waters. His voice has a better tone to it or something and he plays a mean guitar.

[LiZZySkYnRd7^]

Hmmm yes, He is a brill guitarist, BUT.......Waters is the lyricist and THE MAN. :thumb:

[Riva]

Roger Waters and David Gilmour are both integral parts of the band.

[LiZZySkYnRd7^]

Well, as I said.......David is essential :) ..........I hear they are going to be getting back together for a tour........

[BoboTheRagingHobo]

Lryical and vocal wise, I have to say The Wall and The Final Cut are both very haunting albums. They are both very cynical as well, which adds a whole new spin to the feeling the music puts off.


Pink Floyd is one of my favorite bands and will stay like that for a long long time...

[Riva]

I am getting The Wall DVD for my 18th, hopefully!! Only a week and a bit and I will be able to see what my friend said was the trippiest video of his lifetime.

[BurnLikeABlackNight]

The Wall is a really good movie but without the music its not the best. The story is interesting but if it wasn't with Floyds music behind it it would be shite. The cartoons rule(walking muff??) aswell as all mad **** with the fascists.

But i still gotta watch the wizard of oz with the wall. Supposedly it fits perfectly together as a sound track.

[MasterofPie]

^^ Don't you mean DSotM with The Wizard of Oz and yeah it does synchronize(I forget how to spell it) if you start the cd the THIRD time the MGM lion roars.

[Riva]

You can get synchronised versions off of Kazaa, apparently. And yes, I have seen a short clip of it during the munchkin scene, and it is trippy as hell.

[Pseudo1]

Gilmour is one of my favourite guitarists ever. I'm planning on doing The Wall (movie) for a related text in my english class. I can pretty much guarantee I'm the first one to do it.

Yeah for all who haven't heard it, listen to Comfortably Numb on PULSE. Beats the pants off all other versions. I heard the PULSE DVD is coming out finally in December in Aus.

[Whatever]

when people say 'start the CD' do they mean press play or pause it at the beginning of Speak to me/Breathe and then press play. and the start, middle, or end of the roar?

[Riva]

Start of the CD is at the start of the third roar.

Put the CD in, and press play at the second roar, so that the third roar will match the beginning of Speak To Me

[BurnLikeABlackNight]

I was in the Hard Rock cafe in Dublin a couple of weeks ago and Learning to Fly came on. We were finished eating so they told us to leave but i asked if we could stay to listen to the song. They said no so i started arguing and they got a bit angry and kicked me out. What a bunch of wankers. They don't know the meaning of Hard Rocking.

[LiZZySkYnRd7^]

I think alot about all the different ways the "wall" is conceptualized, how many different contexts it is used in. What a remarkable piece. I have never heard a more imaginitive or creative album. I dont think I will in this lifetime.

[Whatever]

High hopes kicks much ***

[BurnLikeABlackNight]

The Wall is an array of different themes and stories interwound into one. It seems like it would never work, sounds too complicated but it fits together beautifully. In my eyes it is one of the greatest piece of art ever created. If one was to study the wall it could take many years to analyse every aspect of the piece. In a hundred years time professors of rock will be pouring over the wall and other floyd to find the meanings of it hidden deep beneath.

[LiZZySkYnRd7^]

It is the only album I can think of worthy of a whole book of analysis. I've pondered the idea myself lol

[Whatever]

i get all of The Wall except Run like Hell and Waiting for the Worms

[guitrguy]

I am getting The Wall DVD for my 18th, hopefully!! Only a week and a bit and I will be able to see what my friend said was the trippiest video of his lifetime.
I just bought it yesterday....It is really trippy, yet the it has a lot of meaning. The tits ain't bad either.

[BurnLikeABlackNight]

The Wall is. Pretty much the only explanation i've come come up over the last hour to explain fully.

[ConfusedBehavior]

i am a huge pink floyd fan, and The Wall and DSOTM are great, and though it doesnt have very many songs, Wish You Were Here(not just the song, the entire album) was great, the song WYWH is great, along with Welcome to the machine, Have a cigar, and i have never met anyone that didnt like Shine On You Crazy Diamond(dedicated to their first main songwriter, syd barret, who suffered from mental complications after their first album)

overall, Money is great for his awesome tenor sax parts by Dick Parry(i play tenor sax so its a weakness of mine), and WYWH is one of my fav songs ever, but the most haunting lyrics come from "Speak To Me/Breathe"

for long you'll live and high you'll fly, for smiles you'll give and tear's you'll cry, for all you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be - Speak To Me/Breathe, Dark Side Of The Moon Album

[Mega_Dave]

I just recently started to listen to them and think they're amazing. I have DSOTM and I'm just wondering what CD I should get next. Any suggestions?

[RNR]

I have WYWH, DSOTM, animals, The Wall and the final cut. So uhh yeah.

Carry on...

[Yogurtishealthy]

Dave Gilmour thinks he's a pretty crap guitarist, how wrong he is. On my three best albums it is arranged 1. Wish You Were Here (I love Have A Cigar) 2. The Wall and 3. Dark Side Of The Moon (Time contains one of the most beautiful guitar solo's ever constructed, so bluesy yet so vibrant!)

[DBoons Ghost]

Nice!

I will tell ya'll something about Waters and his lyrics.

For truly haunting incredible lyrics, check out the songs "Two Suns in the Sunset" and "The Final Cut" off the underrated album, The Final Cut. Maybe the album is too meloncholy for the general majority of Floyd fans, and is admittingly musically adventurous, but those two songs are amazing. I happen to love the whole album, and as sick of people are of the conceptual design of most of Floyd's albums, it would be a sin for hardcore Floyd fans to not give that album some love.

Also, Meddle is a masterpiece too. Echoes is absolute brilliance, and we all know Fearless is mindblowing.

Some tidbits about Gilmour and his writing outside of Waters, if you can find it, Gimour released a solo album in the mid 80s called About Face. There's a song on that album called "Murder" that is jawdropping. Excellent writing on that song. Very dramatic. The rest of the album is slightly mediocre though, but if you can't find that song lemme know and I'll post it.

[Riva]

I'll see if I can track it down. Sounds interesting.

[mordredozzy124]

My favorite songs are Comfortably Numb, Time, Welcome to the Machine, Money and Eclipse... David Gilmour is an amazing guitarist, and i have to agreee that comfortably numb is better live. I find it creepy on dark side of the moon - brain damage when its like "I'll see you on the dark side of the moon"... anyway a fantastic band, and lots of their music is very relaxing.

[the mighty zep]

I think Floyd is more than argueably the best band ever. The didnt just make music, they made art. Everything about their songs just works so perfect...DSOTM is a masterpiece, one of them albums thatll never get old-even if you listened to it 3 times a day for the rest of your life. Every song on that album, better or worse, is just as important an aspect to it than the last, TIme will forever be one of my favs. WUWH is so touching to me, that theres not even words. Welcome to the machine is probably one of my favorite songs, but only when i listen to it with the album. Animals took floyd from the slow rock/jazz combo to a bit more hard rock, crazy solos...making Sheep one of my favortie songs ever. The Wall is a bit unlike the FLoyd sound i enjoy listening to...but still a piece of art. COmfortably Numb, Another Brick I-II, The Trial, all classics.

After Waters left, theres no doubt the band got a bit worse...but worse for pink floyd is only 9 bars above incredible as to 13. The Final Cut and Momentary Lapse arent good, they have their moments, but still...Division bell is a good one. Greatest guitar work ive heard in a long time, Marooned, Take it Back, High Hopes. Its a great album.

The word of them reuniting is spreading like crazy around here...i just heard it on the radio on the way home, but its just not gonna happen. the Magazines say that for more issues sold-Djs for more listeners, they just want money, so they start rumors. The odds of that happening are about 1:50, but if it did...I think it would be great. Id buy tix to that show so fast and pay as much as it takes. I dont care if they suck now, i just want to see the greatest band of time in action again.

[jimi hendrix the third]

hey you is the best song its kinda of haunting though
espiceally the video for it on the wall dvd

does ne body have any stuff from them with syd barret on guitar

[jimi hendrix the third]

oh the movie the wall kick ***

[lunch998]

hey you is the best song its kinda of haunting though
espiceally the video for it on the wall dvd

does ne body have any stuff from them with syd barret on guitar

Piper At the Gates is a great album.(Syd Barret on guitar)

My favorite, as I said earlier, is Animals. I think it combines the overall sound and musical quality of WYWH with the dark and emotional lyrics of the Wall to form a happy medium that fits me perfectly. Plus, Animals is their best concept album, but no one considers it as one.

[Big-Bird]

Comfortably Numb is great on the "Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live: 1980-81" CD. I havent heard anything off of Delicate Sound of Thunder, but im downloading Time and Comfortably Numb off of it now. :thumb:

The Wall in general has very haunting lyrics IMO.

Like Lunch, my favorite Floyd CD is Animals.

The Wall is a concept album I believe.

I absoloutly adore Shine On You Crazy Diamond

[Kingofdudes]

The Wall is a concept album I believe.

Which is why I said the whole album has haunting lyrics.

[Riva]

Ummagumma is a concept album, isn't it?

The final song certainly is very strange.

[thewormyourhonor]

I pity this thread...ive only rad the first page but i seems as if it was all the WYWH , DSOTM, and The Wall fans......and A few exceptions of Animals.....ok first of all DSOTM is overrated in a way...it is an awesome album but is given more appreciation than it always should....The best floyd song is obviously THE NILE SONG from the album "More: Music from the Motion Picture." This song is perfect in every way as in it mixes psychadelic sound with heavy distorted metal guitars and vocals better than what they normally did...in the song Atom Heart Mother off of the album of the same name there is a truly awesome slide solo.....and any floyd fan that picks WYWH over A Saucer Full of Secrets is insane......OK now the Wall is a dark creepy album but I am ashamed to say the album The Fragile by NIN is a dark two disc album that is fairly similair to The Wall but sadly alot better so please listen to it and compare them....now lastly.....listen to all the Floyd songs before u pick your favorite... :angry:

[thewormyourhonor]

I think Floyd is more than argueably the best band ever. The didnt just make music, they made art. Everything about their songs just works so perfect...DSOTM is a masterpiece, one of them albums thatll never get old-even if you listened to it 3 times a day for the rest of your life. Every song on that album, better or worse, is just as important an aspect to it than the last, TIme will forever be one of my favs. WUWH is so touching to me, that theres not even words. Welcome to the machine is probably one of my favorite songs, but only when i listen to it with the album. Animals took floyd from the slow rock/jazz combo to a bit more hard rock, crazy solos...making Sheep one of my favortie songs ever. The Wall is a bit unlike the FLoyd sound i enjoy listening to...but still a piece of art. COmfortably Numb, Another Brick I-II, The Trial, all classics.

After Waters left, theres no doubt the band got a bit worse...but worse for pink floyd is only 9 bars above incredible as to 13. The Final Cut and Momentary Lapse arent good, they have their moments, but still...Division bell is a good one. Greatest guitar work ive heard in a long time, Marooned, Take it Back, High Hopes. Its a great album.



OMG this made me want to puke....The Division Bell Hurts my ears more than the putrid vocals of that band Coheed and Cambria! oh godddd......u forgot sum major "artistic" albums they made...PATGOD and Ummagumma...and i guess you could say More:MFTMP...please dont confuse the Division Bell with PINK FLOYD anymore...oh gpd...*throws up*

oh and Final Cut album did have Waters in it...and it was a very good album....only a couple notches below The Wall...

[Riva]

I pity this thread...ive only rad the first page but i seems as if it was all the WYWH , DSOTM, and The Wall fans......and A few exceptions of Animals.....ok first of all DSOTM is overrated in a way...it is an awesome album but is given more appreciation than it always should....The best floyd song is obviously THE NILE SONG from the album "More: Music from the Motion Picture." This song is perfect in every way as in it mixes psychadelic sound with heavy distorted metal guitars and vocals better than what they normally did...in the song Atom Heart Mother off of the album of the same name there is a truly awesome slide solo.....and any floyd fan that picks WYWH over A Saucer Full of Secrets is insane......OK now the Wall is a dark creepy album but I am ashamed to say the album The Fragile by NIN is a dark two disc album that is fairly similair to The Wall but sadly alot better so please listen to it and compare them....now lastly.....listen to all the Floyd songs before u pick your favorite... :angry:

I have Ummagumma, More: Soundtrack from the Motion Picture, and Obscured by Clouds on tape, The Wall, DSOTM, WYWH and Piper At The Gates Of Dawn on CD, and have heard plenty of other songs. And I still prefer Wish You Were Here, Time, Run Like Hell and Comfortably Numb over any other song. So listen to other people before you spout off.

[Whatever]

I pity this thread...ive only rad the first page but i seems as if it was all the WYWH , DSOTM, and The Wall fans......and A few exceptions of Animals.....ok first of all DSOTM is overrated in a way...it is an awesome album but is given more appreciation than it always should....The best floyd song is obviously THE NILE SONG from the album "More: Music from the Motion Picture." This song is perfect in every way as in it mixes psychadelic sound with heavy distorted metal guitars and vocals better than what they normally did...in the song Atom Heart Mother off of the album of the same name there is a truly awesome slide solo.....and any floyd fan that picks WYWH over A Saucer Full of Secrets is insane......OK now the Wall is a dark creepy album but I am ashamed to say the album The Fragile by NIN is a dark two disc album that is fairly similair to The Wall but sadly alot better so please listen to it and compare them....now lastly.....listen to all the Floyd songs before u pick your favorite... :angry:

If you hate the Wall so much, then what's up with your Screen name

[lunch998]

I pity this thread...ive only rad the first page but i seems as if it was all the WYWH , DSOTM, and The Wall fans......and A few exceptions of Animals.....ok first of all DSOTM is overrated in a way...it is an awesome album but is given more appreciation than it always should....The best floyd song is obviously THE NILE SONG from the album "More: Music from the Motion Picture." This song is perfect in every way as in it mixes psychadelic sound with heavy distorted metal guitars and vocals better than what they normally did...in the song Atom Heart Mother off of the album of the same name there is a truly awesome slide solo.....and any floyd fan that picks WYWH over A Saucer Full of Secrets is insane......OK now the Wall is a dark creepy album but I am ashamed to say the album The Fragile by NIN is a dark two disc album that is fairly similair to The Wall but sadly alot better so please listen to it and compare them....now lastly.....listen to all the Floyd songs before u pick your favorite... :angry:

Dark Side is probably overrated, but maybe some people have heard a lot of Pink Floyd and still prefer WYWH. I personally think WYWH is slightly overrated, but its still great. Then again I have heard almost all Pink Floyd, and I can say the Obscured By Clouds is very underrated. I think all Pink Floyd is great, but your favorite song doesn't isn't going to be everyone elses favorite song.

[BurnLikeABlackNight]

The bad thing about DSOFM is it gets kinda old after a while but i suppose everything is like that. The Wall i have yet to get tired of. One thing i will says is i can't get tired of listening to any Syd Barrett songs. They just keep getting better.

[lunch998]

The bad thing about DSOFM is it gets kinda old after a while but i suppose everything is like that. The Wall i have yet to get tired of. One thing i will says is i can't get tired of listening to any Syd Barrett songs. They just keep getting better.

Dark Side is the best way to get into Pink Floyd, but your right. After discovering all the other great Floyd material, Dark side can seem boring when you go back to it.

[Paranoidd]

I have every Floyd album, including some unreleased Syd stuff, and Dark Side is still my favorite.

I think quite a few people are falling into the trap of thinking that obscure = better.

[Lateralias]

I own Animals (which is my favorite), Wish You Were Here, and Dark Side. I'm aiming for Meddle next, Echoes is such an amazing song. Pink Floyd have got to be one of the most influential and classic progressive rock bands out there today, and oh yeah, David Gilmour is an extraordinaire guitarist.

I can't wait for the PULSE dvd to come out, hopefully it will have all the same material as the Live CD did, including all of DsotM, and a good selection of songs off The Wall. Kinda disappointed theres nothing from Animals though, they were probably all to long of songs to play. I doubt that reunion rumor is true about the band getting back together for a tour, but if it is, it will be sold out in a heartbeat.

[Lateralias]

I think quite a few people are falling into the trap of thinking that obscure = better.

I agree, Dark Side definately is a pinnacle for Pink Floyd, and I can't stand how people can say that it gets old after hearing other PF material. I just like to think the albums recorded around the DsotM era are all on the same level of success as Dark Side itself.

[Paranoidd]

Fair enough.

Frankly, of the hundreds of albums I have, Dark Side is one record that I never, ever get tired of listening to. That says something in itself.

[Lateralias]

Fair enough.

Frankly, of the hundreds of albums I have, Dark Side is one record that I never, ever get tired of listening to. That says something in itself.

Same here, it was the first album to get me into classic rock, and to this day I still have random DsotM listening streaks, sometime the cd ends up in the player for 45 minutes, or even weeks at a time.

[lunch998]

Fair enough.

Frankly, of the hundreds of albums I have, Dark Side is one record that I never, ever get tired of listening to. That says something in itself.

Yea that just didn't happen to me after I got more Pink Floyd. I love Dark Side but I find that I can't stop listening to Animals.

[ledfloyd_fan]

I doubt that a Floyd reunion tour is on the horizon. The breaking up left the whole band feeling some animosity (if that's the word) between each other. Roger just released a DVD not to long ago, and so did Gilmour.

The original name for DSOTM, when they were touring with it before it was released was Dark Side of the Moon: An Album for Assorted Lunatics. Post other Floyd trivia. NOW!

[The Great Danguini]

Nice!


Some tidbits about Gilmour and his writing outside of Waters, if you can find it, Gimour released a solo album in the mid 80s called About Face. There's a song on that album called "Murder" that is jawdropping. Excellent writing on that song. Very dramatic. The rest of the album is slightly mediocre though, but if you can't find that song lemme know and I'll post it.


Did you know that "Murder" was written about John Lennon following his murder.


I think the most haunting Floyd tune, for me anyway, is "Great Gig in the Sky", the one with just the piano and the girl improvising the vocals.

I just recently bought the dvd, "Classic albums: Dark Side of the Moon", which is great, it shows all members talking through each track and playing the songs and Leads! acousticly and electric. The bonus have the extended interviews/lessons with Water, Gilmore, and Wright on "Time", "Money", "Great Gig in the Sky", & "Brain Damage" and more. With demo recordings too. It also has interviews with Alan Parsons talking about the mixing and effects. A must have for a PF fan for sure.

[lunch998]

Dogs was originally called "You've gotta be crazy" and Sheep was called "Raving and Drooling." Both were played live as early as 3 years before Animals became an album.

[-Listy-]

Ive been listening to Pink Floyd alot recently, gonna try the DSOTM/Wizard of Oz thing tommorow :lol:

[Permanent Solution]

I have every Floyd album, including some unreleased Syd stuff, and Dark Side is still my favorite.

I think quite a few people are falling into the trap of thinking that obscure = better.
Haha, late response, but I agree...I think they are the same sort of people who claim that when a band hits mainstream it has sold out. I love The Wall and DSotM, and listen to both frequently, and am not so inclined to listen to their older stuff. I think people believe they are more "elite" when they can name songs that they think no one has heard of before. Additionally, Division Bell was a stellar album, Gilmour's slide solo in High Hopes is phenomenal, and if that album makes you "want to puke" than I hope you do because you clearly are close-minded and, frankly, an idiot. :)

[the mighty zep]

i thought Division bell was great too...not like the same 'art rock' theyve made before...but it was a good way to end.

Every Floyd album is good...none of them make me want to puke, but whatever suits your style. ?

That guy really has some issues, but who the hell cares, were all entitled to our opinion. Pink FLoyd probably has the widest range of opinions because of their odd style of music. I loveit, people hate it, people want to vomit...but i think it makes them the greatest band in the world, how no other band has attempted, or came close, to matcing Floyds music style.

[LedFloyd7923]

DSOTM is my personal fav. The Wall probly has the most haunting lyrics. Anyone see the movie? Thoughts? What do you think the album lyrics mean?

[Kingofdudes]

David Gilmuor in Concert and Animals have just arrived. Im happy :D

[RNR]

Animals will rox ur sox.

Trust me. ;)

[Kingofdudes]

Animals will rox ur sox.

Trust me. ;)

I've been loving it on Rhapsody for a while, finally decided to make a commitment :naughty:

My dad found some Pink Floyd Videos at work today :eek:

he found the tapes for


The Wall(too bad my brother already has the DVD)
Pulse
Delicate Sound of Thunder


Today has been a great day :)

[jrock77]

the most haunting lyric is on the great gig in the sky about 3 minutes in where if u turn it up real loud u hear thvocalist say, if you can hear this wisper, your dying, scary stuff,

gilmour is amazings, but he should have wrote more

[thickasabrick]

i think Dark Side of the Moon was their best album, because it was basically the last album they made where they all put in their best effort...the wall was basically all Waters with the occasional Gilmour helping out.

One time I fell asleep while listening to The Wall...right at the end when The Trial came, i started having a horrible nightmare where someone was choking me. i woke up right when the song stopped and i was so freaked out. thats one creepy song.

edit- to the thing about the vocalist whispering: i've never heard that, and i listen to that album every day..im intrigued now. are you sure you arent talking about when she says "i never said i was afraid of dying" or something like that.

[Kingofdudes]

After watching most of Delicate sound of thunder, I gotta say that performance was just lacking in something. Pulse live is far superior to it.

[Riva]

Delicate Sound Of Thunder sounds better to me, but I have seen neither Pulse nor DSOT live so I wouldn't be able to comment on the stage show.

[Kingofdudes]

I recommend Pulse, it has a good selection of songs, and they actually play DSotM in order.

I have been listening to a lot of Pink Floyd this weekend :thumb:

[guitrguy]

The Wall(too bad my brother already has the DVD)

Ya and I cant return it, I wasted $20 bucks.

[Riva]

It is about A$45.95 here in Australia.

[guitrguy]

It was on sale in a record store that going out of business, its normally $30 here.

[Riva]

Who is older out of you and KingOfDudes, guitrguy?

/curious

And, I was listening to Waiting For The Worms, and got freaked out for no apparent reason.... weird.

[guitrguy]

I am, but by a year.

[Kingofdudes]

Who is older out of you and KingOfDudes, guitrguy?

/curious

And, I was listening to Waiting For The Worms, and got freaked out for no apparent reason.... weird.

He is older by a year.

I freaked out the first time I listened to "Careful with that Axe Eugene" when that scream comes out of nowhere.

[Permanent Solution]

WFTW is great...took me forever to actually hear the lyrics though, they are so intertwined with the music...

[lunch998]

Who is older out of you and KingOfDudes, guitrguy?

/curious

And, I was listening to Waiting For The Worms, and got freaked out for no apparent reason.... weird.

That can happen during the Wall.

[Riva]

Yeah, that gave me a jolt. I was listening to it in bed, just going to sleep, and "Argh!", outta nowhere.

[guitrguy]

The Wall (the movie) is freakin awesome. Do you know it was written to reflect Roger Waters.

[Permanent Solution]

The Wall (the movie) is freakin awesome. Do you know it was written to reflect Roger Waters.
Yeah..that was floating around in this or some other thread...

[lunch998]

Yea hopefully I am going to buy that soon.

[Riva]

He thought it up after spitting at a fan that was being overactive, I heard.

And he was so full of remorse that he made the concept out to express his feelings.

[RNR]

Waters, from what i've heard was a major asshole. I hate it when musical geniuses are ****ers :(.

[Permanent Solution]

Waters, from what i've heard was a major asshole. I hate it when musical geniuses are ****ers :(.
*considers*...so if I am an asshole...does that make me a musical genius?

[RNR]

No, that's not what I meant at all.

Nice try though :thumb:

[Permanent Solution]

Oh shoot...maybe I am both anyways...we will see ;)

[Kingofdudes]

Waters, from what i've heard was a major asshole. I hate it when musical geniuses are ****ers :(.

Thats what sucks, the greatest songwriters are always hard to get along with.

David and Roger are both very ambitious(sp?) with their music which was good and bad. They created wonderful music together, but eventually their drive caused too much conflict with each other.

[TsukasaZero]

Syd Barrett was the best member of the band.

Too bad he ****ed up his life with drugs.

[black_sabbath634]

im kind of confused on this who did what on pink floyd? who played what?

[Permanent Solution]

Waters - Vocals/Bass
Gilmour - Guitar
...Help me out more intelligent people lol

[Kingofdudes]

Gilmour did vocals too^
Nick Mason - Drum
Rick Wright - Keyboardist

[TsukasaZero]

Roger Waters - Bass, Vocals
David Gilmour - Guitar, Vocals for most albums
Syd Barrett - Vocals, Guitar on first 2 albums
Nick Mason - Drums
Rich Wright - Keyboards

I think Nick and Rich are in the right spots...

[Riva]

Does anyone now what the cover of Delicate Sound Of Thunder is supposed to symbolise? Or is it just a trippy piece of art?

And I'm pretty sure the line-up is:

Roger Waters - Lead Vocals and Bass
David Gilmour - Lead Guitar and Vocals
Richard Wright - Keyboards
Nick Mason - Drums

Syd Barrett was originally the Lead Guitarist and Vocalist, but was replaced by David.
There are also various session players for Saxophones, other percussion, etc.

[weatherman123]

yeah, thats correct ^
my favorite floyd song is comfortably numb becasue when I heard it on PULSE, the second solo moved me more than any other peice of music ever has
my favorite floyd lyrics are off of Learning To Fly, Time, and Have A Cigar

[Kingofdudes]

There are also various session players for Saxophones, other percussion, etc.

The session saxophonist for Delicate Sound of Thunder had an ugly *** mullet.

[guitrguy]

What does that kid say in the beginning of "Goodbye Blue Sky"?

[Kingofdudes]

You guys might be interested in this
http://www.pinkfloydonline.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=17;t=3227

[lunch998]

What does that kid say in the beginning of "Goodbye Blue Sky"?

Doesn't the kid say something like "look mommy theres an airplane in the sky."

[Permanent Solution]

look mummy there's an airplane up in the sky...close lunch...but no cigar :p

[lunch998]

look mummy there's an airplane up in the sky...close lunch...but no cigar :p

Or I could go Have a Cigar anyway, if you know what I mean.
(Worst Joke ever)
Besides I was **** close.

[Permanent Solution]

Yes, close...and yes, horrible joke.

[lunch998]

Yes, close...and yes, horrible joke.

**** good song though, I was suprised when I first heard that Roy Harper sang on that track.

[Permanent Solution]

Which song?

Meh...doesn't matter all Floyd's stuff is great :p

[ledpoisoning27]

pink floyd is one of the greatest bands one all time.
they made music into art and symbolism

my favorite ablum right now is the wall because all the songs go together so well and for the person who asked the wall is a story on roger waters aka 'pink' who is a burnout rockerstar who just sits in his hotel room all day, building a 'wall' around himself and his emotions.

i havent yet watched DSotM with wizard of OZ but i heard somewhere that alice in wonder land is also synced with the wall but im not sure if its true

also i dont think pink floyd will ever get back together because their are to much arrguements over money and they just arent getting along.

I might be going to see the Australian Pink Floyd show soon
if any one has seen it please tell me if its good or not :wave:

[Riva]

The session saxophonist for Delicate Sound of Thunder had an ugly *** mullet.

Hehe, I just looked at the photos on the coverslip. That is a mullet and a half. :lol:

[pand]

My favourite song is Run Like Hell, when i hear it off PULSE i get chills up my spine. incredible. my mum and dad were at the actual concert that they filmed and recorded the soundtrack from! the jealousy is just huge!

[DeusExMachina]

I dont know that guy was pretty twisted

Piper at the Gates of Dawn is a chapter from the book A Wind in the Willows. Thats where it comes from.

[DeusExMachina]

pink floyd is one of the greatest bands one all time.
they made music into art and symbolism

my favorite ablum right now is the wall because all the songs go together so well and for the person who asked the wall is a story on roger waters aka 'pink' who is a burnout rockerstar who just sits in his hotel room all day, building a 'wall' around himself and his emotions.

i havent yet watched DSotM with wizard of OZ but i heard somewhere that alice in wonder land is also synced with the wall but im not sure if its true

also i dont think pink floyd will ever get back together because their are to much arrguements over money and they just arent getting along.

I might be going to see the Australian Pink Floyd show soon
if any one has seen it please tell me if its good or not :wave:

The Australian Pink Floyd show is incredible. I saw it back in April. They're really really good. Also, don't bother with those supposed "synchs," they're really overrated.

[Lumiere]

I've bought the PF Q special edition. It's not as good as the Led Zep or Radiohead ones, but it's still thoroughly informative and interesting.

[FIGPASTE]

I know this is noobish but Im confused
What albums is Sid Byrett on?

[Lumiere]

Yes, it's just PATGOD. And he's present on a bit of A Saucerful Of Secrets too.

He also has two original solo albums - The Madcap Laughs and Barrett.

There's also a rarities album called Opel, but it's poor at best.

[Kingofdudes]

*Syd Barrett ;)

He's only on their debut, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn I think.

If anyone wants a really good link for Pink Floyd...http://www.pinkfloydfan.net/

Good site so far :thumb:

[Orange Fog]

Pink Floyd has been all-time favorite band since 5th grade. I can still remember that moment my older friend told me to listen to Time. I was amazed.

I appreciate all music by Pink Floyd. Whether it be Syd Barrett's debut, or Gilmour's solo albums.

There is an upcoming Aus Pink Floyd concert in my city. I've already booked tickets and its in November 21st I think... Since my generation is too young to have heard Pink Floyd in their 'prime' this would really be the chance of a lifetime to hear at least something near Pink Floyd. They say Gilmour is a fan of the Aus Pink Floyd himself.

[Floydian]

IMO their most haunting lyrics are from hey you, the version of comfortably numb from pulse is the best, but the one performed with NIN, David Bowie etc. is also v. good

[lunch998]

Nevermind, I posted a link to a good site but it didn't work.

[Riva]

I've heard some of Syd Barrett's solo work; my favourite song would be Here I Go, off the Madcap Laughs. However, his solo work pales when compared to his time with Pink Floyd.

[the mighty zep]

If anyone wants a really good link for Pink Floyd...http://www.pinkfloydfan.net/

I dont think ive ever done a search on the web without that site coming up first. Very infromative and great site for floyd, on my favorites now. Only thing its missing is 100% accurate, and organized, Tabs.

I know a great Zeppelin site like that with totally accurate tabs and just about everything youve ever needed to know, but this istn the place to discuss.

Im thinkin of painting a big Pink Floyd - DSOTM album cover on my basement wall. I dont know if ive brought this up before, but if by any chance somebody here know how to go about painting on my wall something like this, could you give me some basic pointers on how to...like what kind of paint, how do get the measurements right, etc.? Im, of course, probably not doing it myself because om no artist, but it would be very helpful

[Kingofdudes]

That site has tabs :thumb:

Sorry, cant help with the paint

edit: bleh

[Riva]

Use acrylic water based paint. Unless you like passing out to turps, and getting great big stains everywhere that cannot be washed off. Also, make sure you trace the design before you paint it.

[lunch998]

Use acrylic water based paint. Unless you like passing out to turps, and getting great big stains everywhere that cannot be washed off. Also, make sure you trace the design before you paint it.

Acrylic is oil-based, tempera paint is water based, I think. Maybe I'm completely wrong.

[-Listy-]

..And my favourite PF song for today is High Hopes :wave:

[Orange Fog]

My fav is Dogs

[Riva]

My favourite for today is Hey You.

And acrylic can be water based or oil based. Hence my use of the words water based. :p

[Kingofdudes]

For today it has been Pigs(3 different ones) for me.

[lunch998]

My favourite for today is Hey You.

And acrylic can be water based or oil based. Hence my use of the words water based. :p

Yea I just found that out
:upset:

Anyways for that past few weeks it has been Animals for me. I can't stop listening to it.

[weatherman123]

my floyd song of the day is "Fearless"
any other meddle fans?

[Schyma]

Here

[Kingofdudes]

my floyd song of the day is "Fearless"
any other meddle fans?

I have only heard Echoes off of it(which is a great song), I will most likely buy it Tuesday, I will tell you then. :thumb:

[Schyma]

Echoes is OK It would be great If only they cut that 7:00 to 19:00 min.
Try fast fowarding though that part...its better:)

[Kingofdudes]

:lol: Im good with dealing with long songs.

/me is watching David Gilmour Concert DVD right now

[Schyma]

Its not that its long its that is pointless...

[Riva]

Shine On You Crazy Diamond drags on a bit.

[Shadows_Fall]

Comfortbaly Numb is my favorite track, I love the guitar solo's in thier simplicity but the way every note sings is just so beautiful, every time i hear it, it makes the hairs on my arm stand up, it's just so beautiful, and the way the rest of the song is very simple and has a very slow kinda almost eerie vibe to it, it's amazing, my dad burnt this CD and it has Motorhead's "The Game" on it (****ing kick *** song!) and right after he put comfortably numb, and oddly enough, it fits that song can go after any song and still contain all that emotion and beauty and i've yet to find another song that can do that!

[Kingofdudes]

Comfortably Numb is great on the David Gilmour DVD, except for the people he gets to do the spoken parts...

[Schyma]

Who sung Have a Cigar? I know

[Kingofdudes]

*points at your user title*

[bob]

because were all talkin about floyd i was wondering what guitar effects were used on another brick in the wall part 2 where gilmore does the a minor pattern in the verse thing and then on the g strumming after that
if anyone knows email me at plasticwaterz@yahoo.com

[Riva]

Not sure, I thought it was just a bit of creative distortion.

[Riva]

The first one is good, but the second one to me is unnecessary, as the first one said all it needed to. Just my opinion though. Don't be sad, Medopalis.

/hugs you round the shoulders.

Chin up, big guy.

[Riva]

Hehe, yeah, the live version off of Delicate Sound Of Thunder does that, and I actually prefer that version.

[Kingofdudes]

Meh, I cant stand the Delicate Sound of Thunder for some reason, Pulse live is much superior IMO.

[Woodstock]

The best part of Shine On You Crazy Diamond is right after that four note guitar riff when the drums kick in. Best buildup ever.

[lefthandman3]

My favorite album of theirs is Animals. I guess it isn't haunting, but its dark, very serious, and the music is amazing. Great lyrics throughout the album, too. animals is by far my fav album i like the song dogs, theres some meaningful, almost scary lyrics in it, and the guitar is wicked :thumb:

[guitrguy]

It is based off of Animal Farm.

[Riva]

Really? What parts relate to what? I thought it was just a stoner trip... :p

[thickasabrick]

how often do you listen to a floyd album?
i only have the records for the wall and dstom, i listen to the wall about once a week cuz its so long, but dsotm is less than 45 minutes so i listen to it usually every day..im kinda addicted to it.

[Riva]

All the time. I usually have music on while I am at home, or in the car, and Pink Floyd are a big part of my rotation.

[Schyma]

*points at your user title*

cool didn't think that many people knew :thumb:

[lunch998]

Really? What parts relate to what? I thought it was just a stoner trip... :p

The entire concept. Animal Farm is a George Orwell book about Communist Russia, which is the basis for the Pigs, Dogs and Sheep. The Pigs are the smartest of the Animals who can seek control over the entire farm (Stalin). The Dogs are the animals who are strong and vicious, but do what the Pigs tell them too in order to gain personall success (The Russian Police force, I forget the name at the moment). The Sheep are the stupid animals that follow whatever the Pigs say because they think whatever the Pigs say is the best. If the sheep ever get out of line, then the Pigs use to Dogs to control the sheep.

If you read the lyrics to Dogs, Pigs (Three Different Ones) , and Sheep, you can find the relation.

[lunch998]

cool didn't think that many people knew :thumb:

Yea, I said that in the Classic Rock Thread.

[the mighty zep]

Thats the fourth of four different concepts ive heardin translation of the Animals albums...im so confused now.

Pretty funny though, most of you probably know this, but during the photo shoot of the Floating pig above the power plant, the pig broke lose and flew around the country side for a little less than a day i think, and when it approached a nearby airport, a pilot radio'd into the control tower reporting a 'flying pink pig' while landing.

And i also tryed that Dark side of Oz deal this weekend, and its pretty crazy. It didnt work halfway through the movie cause it was recorded off TV from 1980 somethin by my parents, so ill need to get the 50th anniversary DVD. But i defintaly wont buy it, i dont even like that movie, but the first hour was pretty sweet with the album. There are alos other ways ive read about, first playing DSOTM 3 times; playing DSOTM, then Animals, then tracks 2-5 of Division Bell; or DSOTM and The Wall disc 1. probably wont try that, but to anyone who does, let me know if it works out any better.

[lunch998]

What other translations of Animals are there? That is the overall point, obviously there are numerous smaller points, such as the different people Waters attacks in "Pigs(Three Different Ones)". Also in Dogs, the "Stone" is Water's sign of depression and negativity which leads to the him writing "The Wall".

I wrote a review on Animals at http://s3.invisionfree.com/music_discussion
I don't know if that link will work but if you go there and then under "CD Reviews" you can find it.

[Riva]

I heard something about how certain The Wall songs blend in with certain WYWH songs. i.e. The end of one blends in to the start of the other. Of the top of my head, though, I can't think of any that might do this. Anyone else heard about this?

[Riva]

Anyone?

[Permanent Solution]

Nope

[guitrguy]

Wywh?

[Kingofdudes]

Wish you were here

[Jude]

I don't think Animals is really equivalent to Animal Farm. It's more addressed to British society at the time. Dogs is about the rich and powerful, pigs is about the government, Sheep is about the common people...

[the mighty zep]

I heard something about how certain The Wall songs blend in with certain WYWH songs. i.e. The end of one blends in to the start of the other. Of the top of my head, though, I can't think of any that might do this. Anyone else heard about this?

I dont even know what your talking about

You mean when you play the wall (disc 1) over WYWH, they would blend or somethin?

if you explain ill try it right now

[DeusExMachina]

I heard something about how certain The Wall songs blend in with certain WYWH songs. i.e. The end of one blends in to the start of the other. Of the top of my head, though, I can't think of any that might do this. Anyone else heard about this?

Maybe it's real, but it sounds like a hoax to me. Like the whole DSOTM/Wizard of Oz synch thing... its only there because people want to believe its there. It really doesn't work that well at all.

[DesolationRow]

I am a huge Pink Floyd fan. I don't have a favorite CD but my favorite songs include Brain Damage, Comfortably Numb, Time, Money, Wish You Were Here, Great Gig in the Sky, Run Like Hell, and Hey You. The last solo in comfortably numb is an amazing piece of music. The bassline to Money is usually stuck in my head all day. Pink Floyd is in the top 3 of my greatest bands ever.

[jangus]

i am a huge pink floyd fan, and The Wall and DSOTM are great, and though it doesnt have very many songs, Wish You Were Here(not just the song, the entire album) was great, the song WYWH is great, along with Welcome to the machine, Have a cigar, and i have never met anyone that didnt like Shine On You Crazy Diamond(dedicated to their first main songwriter, syd barret, who suffered from mental complications after their first album)

overall, Money is great for his awesome tenor sax parts by Dick Parry(i play tenor sax so its a weakness of mine), and WYWH is one of my fav songs ever, but the most haunting lyrics come from "Speak To Me/Breathe"

for long you'll live and high you'll fly, for smiles you'll give and tear's you'll cry, for all you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be - Speak To Me/Breathe, Dark Side Of The Moon Album

I love when people try to sound like they know a lot about Pink Floyd, and then spell Barrett wrong (and his mental complications were during and after Piper)

Brain damage has fairly haunting lyrics, talking about insanity and whatnot.

I have been listening to Pink Floyd a lot over the past few months and with every cd I am continually blown away. A truly amazing band. Favourite song at the moment would have to be Dogs, the middle section is just brilliant and the harmonized guitar solos are one of the best. But one song I never see mentioned anywhere is Fearless off Meddle. It would definately have to be one of the best songs off that album apart from the obvious, echoes. anyone else agree?

anyway enough of my rambling its great to see another pink floyd thread, there hasnt been one for a while.

I'll have to disagree. Besides Echoes, I say San Tropez, then One of These Days, then Fearless.

Pink Floyd is my favorite band. I have every album of theirs. My favorite is Meddle or Wish You Were Here. The most haunting lyrics are from Dogs. Roger Waters was a genius.

I really hate Money and Another Brick in the Wall (part 2).

Piper at the Gates of Dawn is a chapter from the book A Wind in the Willows. Thats where it comes from.

Thats where the TITLE comes from.


And Rick Wright did some back vocals too. Such as on Echoes.

[RedHedFighter666]

i heard if u listen to darkside of the moon from the very beginning of the wizard of oz, its supppost to make sense....idk cuz i havent seen the wizard of oz cuz its a gay movie

[RedHedFighter666]

my friend told me this cuz she put the movie on mute and listened to the album

[thewormyourhonor]

If you hate the Wall so much, then what's up with your Screen name


grrr i dont hate the wall! i just get pissed off when a great band has a selection of songs that people obsess over when they have much better work that is being ignored!!!

[thewormyourhonor]

Dark Side is probably overrated, but maybe some people have heard a lot of Pink Floyd and still prefer WYWH. I personally think WYWH is slightly overrated, but its still great. Then again I have heard almost all Pink Floyd, and I can say the Obscured By Clouds is very underrated. I think all Pink Floyd is great, but your favorite song doesn't isn't going to be everyone elses favorite song.


someone that sees what i mean!!! yay! :)

[the mighty zep]

Maybe it's real, but it sounds like a hoax to me. Like the whole DSOTM/Wizard of Oz synch thing... its only there because people want to believe its there. It really doesn't work that well at all.

People say it TOTALLY GOES IN SYNC with the movie because they see it on the websites, which are trying to getr people interested and excited. Ive done it a few days ago with some crappy video (didnt work well with commercials though...), but i still got the point. The only thing is the album lyrics and song structures are just very ironic to the movie. But youll find most the movie doesnt go very well with the album...but i think its interesting enough for everyone to check out. It doesnt work half as good after the first time the albums done.

Ive heard it also works with DSOTM, then Animals, then tracks 2-5 on Divison Bell. Maybe ill try that, but i doubt it will work.

The most ironic parts to me were these

1. The whole Great gig in the sky vocal solo while the house is in the tornado
2. 'Chinge' to money starts when the door opens to color
3. Breathe "Balenced on the biggest wave" - Dorothys on the pole
4. Dorothy listens for the tin mans heart when Eclipse ends and the heartbeat starts.
5. Time "kicking around a piece of ground in your hometown" Dorthy travels down the dirt road
6. The backround voices in The Great Gig saying 'im not afriad of dyeing, why shouldnt i' and all theo ther comments as the tornando approaches.
7. The great gig IN THE SKY/house is in the tornado in the sky
Any COLOUR you like/Dorothy cant decide which path to take on the YELLOW road
BRAIN DAMAGE while scarecrow sings about him not having a brain.

there were some other cool parts, but those were the really cool ones, and if you didnt notice, theirs all the first time you play the CD. And yes, you should have the TV on mute when trying it...maybe captions would work, because some dialouge matches the lyrics. they suggest using the 50th anniversary DVD edition and starting the CD right after the thrid lion roar (on the MGM opening credits)

[weatherman123]

the version of comfortably numb from pulse is the best, but the one performed with NIN, David Bowie etc. is also v. good


what????????? what have i missed??

[Riva]

I dont even know what your talking about

You mean when you play the wall (disc 1) over WYWH, they would blend or somethin?

if you explain ill try it right now


I mean, as in the ending notes for a song off of The Wall blend into the beginning notes of a song off of Wish You Were Here. However, I couldn't think of any that did do that, and I was asking if anyone else does.

[the mighty zep]

hmmm....ill check in on that.

If you find out what song in paticular tell me

[the mighty zep]

The Closest match i could find was the end to Young Lust and the beginning to the song Wish You Were Here. Nothing special though. I think that was a false statement.

[Riva]

Bugger, and I was hoping it was true. Ah well, it would have been a cool little trick though. I'll go punch the guy who told me that. Thanks mighty zep.

[lunch998]

I don't think Animals is really equivalent to Animal Farm. It's more addressed to British society at the time. Dogs is about the rich and powerful, pigs is about the government, Sheep is about the common people...

Most of the lyrics in the songs match up with the Animal Farm idea, and numerous reviews have said it is about based somewhat on Animal Farm. I think it is more of a fact than an opinion.

[Kingofdudes]

Most of the lyrics in the songs match up with the Animal Farm idea, and numerous reviews have said it is about based somewhat on Animal Farm. I think it is more of a fact than an opinion.

Has Roger ever said anything about the lyrics?

[lunch998]

Has Roger ever said anything about the lyrics?

Here is a Dave Gilmour Quote about the album:

"The Animal Farm concept didn't come up until the album was about three-quarters finished. I don't think Roger had it in his mind before, but at some point he realized how close the lyrics were on those tracks, and he changed the lyrics about a bit on 'Dogs'...and 'Sheep'... It all obviously fitted together in his mind, coming to mean that. It is a good thing, in the end, having come to a collective decision, though. It knocks out some of the excesses which might otherwise appear from us as individuals."

Aside from that hard evidence, every review I've read of Animals (Probably about 10-15 of them) explain that the Album is somewhat based on Animal Farm.

[Riva]

Well, it it mighty close for it to be a coincidence.

[Riva]

Now, I know Piper At The Gates Of Dawn is a chapter from Wind In The Willows, but is there any significance beyond that?

[Permanent Solution]

I can give you a solid, definite mebbe on that.

[Jude]

IMO their most haunting lyrics are from hey you, the version of comfortably numb from pulse is the best, but the one performed with NIN, David Bowie etc. is also v. good

Uh....I think I can say with confidence that Pink Floyd has never performed, nor will ever perform with, Bowie, much less NIN. I can only imagine that you've downloaded one of those mislabeled files off Kazaa where it has the names of five random unrelated artists, none of whom would ever share a stage with each other, on it and it's up to you who it actually is.

[doctorjbeam]

Getting back on topic, I'd have to say that my all time fave Floyd songs are Comfortably Numb, Time and SOYCD. Lyrically, they're awesome. Musically, especially the solo from Time, is just amazing.

I just love the lyrics from Comfortably Numb:

Hello, is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone at home?
Come on, now,
I hear you're feeling down.
Well I can ease your pain
Get you on your feet again.
Relax.
I'll need some information first.
Just the basic facts.
Can you show me where it hurts?

Amazing stuff.

[bludwig]

i love ppink floyd my parents love pink floyd, they love pink floyd enough to name me after them, hi im barrett. my favorite song is......... i like em all the same the ooone with the best lyrics is definitly dogs
You gotta be crazy, you gotta have a real need
You gotta sleep on your toes, and when you're on the street
You gotta be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed
And then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight
You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking.
And after a while, you can work on points for style
Like the club tie, and the firm handshake
A certain look in the eye, and an easy smile
You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to
So that when they turn their backs on you
You'll get the chance to put the knife in.
You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder
You know it's going to get harder, and harder, and harder as you get older
And in the end you'll pack up, fly down south
Hide your head in the sand
Just another sad old man
All alone and dying of cancer.
And when you loose control, you'll reap the harvest that you've sown
And as the fear grows, the bad blood slows and turns to stone
And it's too late to loose the weight you used to need to throw around
So have a good drown, as you go down, alone
Dragged down by the stone.
I gotta admit that I'm a little bit confused
Sometimes it seems to me as if I'm just being used
Gotta stay awake, gotta try and shake off this creeping malaise
If I don't stand my own ground, how can I find my way out of this maze?
Deaf, dumb, and blind, you just keep on pretending
That everyone's expendable and no-one has a real friend
And it seems to you the thing to do would be to isolate the winner
And everythings done under the sun
And you believe at heart, everyone's a killer.
Who was born in a house full of pain
Who was trained not to spit in the fan
Who was told what to do by the man
Who was broken by trained personnel
Who was fitted with collar and chain
Who was given a pat on the back
Who was breaking away from the pack
Who was only a stranger at home
Who was ground down in the end
Who was found dead on the phone
Who was dragged down by the stone.
genius....

[weatherman123]

Uh....I think I can say with confidence that Pink Floyd has never performed, nor will ever perform with, Bowie, much less NIN. I can only imagine that you've downloaded one of those mislabeled files off Kazaa where it has the names of five random unrelated artists, none of whom would ever share a stage with each other, on it and it's up to you who it actually is.

agreed. for example, i once downloaded a 'collaboration' of floyd and zeppelin on wish you were here.
ha. ha. ha...

[Dr. Jake Destructo]

Getting back on topic, I'd have to say that my all time fave Floyd songs are Comfortably Numb, Time and SOYCD. Lyrically, they're awesome. Musically, especially the solo from Time, is just amazing.

I just love the lyrics from Comfortably Numb:

Hello, is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone at home?
Come on, now,
I hear you're feeling down.
Well I can ease your pain
Get you on your feet again.
Relax.
I'll need some information first.
Just the basic facts.
Can you show me where it hurts?

Amazing stuff.

My parents had an argument about that song. My mom thought it was about drugs, which it probably is, but my dad didnt think so..Answer please?

[Kingofdudes]

My parents had an argument about that song. My mom thought it was about drugs, which it probably is, but my dad didnt think so..Answer please?

Have you ever seen the movie?

[weatherman123]

if hes asking that question...most likely no

[Permanent Solution]

Have you ever seen the movie?
Wait...OMG! You mean the part where he goes like...comatose after doing lotsa drugs! Man, I love that part, cause he's like....dead almost! lol :rolleyes:

[TopHat]

^
I love that part..... The wall is just the most amazing album I've ever heard! But some people only listen to the hit songs off of Pink Floyd albums. There are some idiots out there that where Pink Floyd shirts yet they only know the songs: Money, Wish You Were Here, and Comfortably Numb. Don't get me wrong.... those songs are amazing....but there are better ones. To fullly understand Pink Floyd you must listen to their albums all the way through.
And by the way, the most haunting Pink Floyd lyrics are from: Goodbye Blue Sky. But that isn't my favorite song..... it's a tie between Nobody Home and The Great Gig In The Sky.

[Creeping_death86]

Relics and Saucerful of secrets are amaaaazing Pink Floyd albums.

The nile song is one of the best Floyd songs.

underrated albums.

[Riva]

Yes, all of their studio albums are the kind that you have to listen in order, otherwise you miss out on the whole feel and tone of the album.

[Kingofdudes]

The sarcasm is biting :rolleyes:

[Riva]

I wasn't being sarcastic you silly man.


Or was I?

[-Listy-]

http://search.suprnova.org/
anyone else use that? You can download 'David Gilmour in concert' at the concert video section, good stuff

[beyondthecircle]

ill be getting ummagumma soon, i have a bootleg version of it (not all songs were played, some of "saucer" was played too), but it gave me a good idea of what ummagumma will be like. but, i will always be a fan of all of their albums.

[Permanent Solution]

ill be getting ummagumma soon, i have a bootleg version of it (not all songs were played, some of "saucer" was played too), but it gave me a good idea of what ummagumma will be like. but, i will always be a fan of all of their albums.
Did you get the live Ummagumma CD...that's what it sounds like...

[Riva]

I only have Ummagumma on tape. :(

The best song is Granchester Meadows.

[Dr. Jake Destructo]

I don't understand how you can listen to Pink Floyd's albums skipping random songs. As if in it really doesn't make any sense to me as first of all the songs flow together so it sounds worse anyway, and secondly as it removes the whole concept. Obviously The Wall is their biggest example of a "concept" album, but most of their other albums have an underlying feel to them as well.

Yeah it defeats the purpose. Each album is actually like one freaking song, which owns

[Deathtoall99]

i just walked into the conversation but i wanted to know something Pinkfloyd related


me and a few of my friends are going to see the Austrailian pink-floyd cover band in a town near were we live


so has anyone seen em before??
they good..? whats your guys opinion and do you think they put on a better or worse show then the original pink Floyd?

[paul_player]

Brain Damage has some amazing lyrics, the line from Echoes that goes "Two strangers passing in the street, by chance two seperate glances meet, and I am you and what I see is me." Woah, that's wild. "Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way," from 'Time' is cool and then the way the band switches right back into 'Breathe' is cool as well. Pink FLoyd has some of the most imaginative amazing lyrics ever, in every single one of their songs,(except instrumantals of course.)

[paul_player]

Speaking of instrumentals, i think a much overlooked song of Pink Floyd's is 'Any Colour You Like' off Dark Side of The Moon, it has some awesome keyboard playing by Richard Wright, it leads right into 'Brain Damage'.

[Kingofdudes]

I love the piano on the Great Gig in the Sky, those chords = orgasm

[fret21]

Oh its great music to listen to when your stoned,I'd say there a stoner band,kinda of really spacy,but its in a good way.I think there pretty talented.Comfortably Numb sounds really cool when your ****ed up.

[Kingofdudes]

I cant stand it when people say you can only listen to them when you are high. I enjoy them all the time without drugs :mad:

[fret21]

I cant stand it when people say you can only listen to them when you are high. I enjoy them all the time without drugs :mad:

I enjoy them without drugs too.

[weatherman123]

i enjoy them period...drugs can make things better but on the same token you cant rely on them to improve music.

[lunch998]

I think On the Run is a really cool song. And drugs aren't always a necessity.

[-Listy-]

I enjoy them without drugs also, just if you are high it sounds much clearer and makes more sense, but of course you dont need drugs to enjoy them :)
Anyone else agree that 'Coming back to life' is such a great song, one of my faves at the moment, good guitar :)

[Riva]

I'd much rather listen to Floyd without the drugs. And I'm listening to Run Like Hell at the moment, which is my favourite song for this week.

[Lumiere]

I've got about 17 hours of Floyd stuff.

Yes, I'm a fanatic (well, not a massive fanatic).

[Brew]

I like Pink Floyd without being high or anything, but I'm still going to listen to it whilst high to see if it lives up to its hype.

Has anyone seen the Aussie Pink Floyd? They really are amazing, if you get chance to see them, go and do it.

You won't regret it.

[RNR]

I've seen a clip of the Aussie Pink Floys thing. It looked pretty good.

People who say that Pink Floyd is only good when you're high are full of ****.

[Riva]

I like Pink Floyd without being high or anything, but I'm still going to listen to it whilst high to see if it lives up to its hype.

Has anyone seen the Aussie Pink Floyd? They really are amazing, if you get chance to see them, go and do it.

You won't regret it.

I'll look into it. :thumb:

[Brew]

I'll look into it. :thumb:

When I saw them they played all of Dark Side of the Moon, had a break then played a greatest hits set.

The Great Gig in the Sky blew me away, the female singer they have for it was spot on.

[Brew]

Agreed...but I'm still holding out desperate hope for a re-union, even if it's just for 1 tour.

*is a Brit, so can't really look forward to seeing the Aussie Floyd* :upset:

They did a tour around the UK last year.

I saw them in Bristol.

[Riva]

Can you give us a link to a website or something?

[Brew]

http://www.aussiefloyd.com/

Enjoy.

Edit: If anyone here has half a memory, I used to have their logo as my avatar.

[Riva]

Bugger, they aren't touring in Australia again till the new year.

[[DyingFetus]]

my favorite ablum right now is the wall because all the songs go together so well and for the person who asked the wall is a story on roger waters aka 'pink' who is a burnout rockerstar who just sits in his hotel room all day, building a 'wall' around himself and his emotions.


Actually, Roger Waters wasn't Pink. Pink was a fictional character based on both Roger Waters and Syd Barrett. I haven't seen the movie or listened to the album thoroughly in a while, so I can't remember much of what was Waters and what was Barrett, but I think that the actual "Wall" thing in the hotel room was Syd, while the events in the "Another Brick In The Wall" songs were Waters (the event of his dad being killed in the war, the mistreating in the school, his wife cheating on him). I saw this interesting site before, that explained every detail of it, like basically the little things, i'll edit it in if I can find it.

[Riva]

http://www.pink-floyd.com

"Another Link in the wall"

Has all of the major Pink Floyd websites.

[guitrguy]

Roger himself said he wrote the movie to reflect himself and not Syd.

Pigs(Three Different Ones) is now my new favorite Floyd song.

[Riva]

Good choice for a new favourite. :thumb:

I'm tossing up between Run Like Hell and Eclipse

[guitrguy]

I personally like Eclipse better. Run Like Hell just gets a little to old for my taste.

[the mighty zep]

Run like hell is much better to see live than listen to. You really feel the momentum of the song puch itself foward (RUN like hell). Eclipse is great too. Im planning on getting meddle pretty soon too. i heard echoes was one of the best song most people have heard, so im really just looking foward to that.

My favorite floyd song right now is probably Sheep or Welcome to the Machine. Its so hard to chose, but i personally cant enjoy the songs as much if i dont listen to it along with the album. WYWH has such a huge impact on me, and dark side is my goal for life to master.

I dont think ive ever heard a bad floyd song yet, except for them little 2 minute songs in between the good ones on the wall, but thats it. And not to mention, i havent heard much stuff when Barrett was in the band.

[guitrguy]

Barrett stuff is nothing like Gilmour stuff.

[Riva]

:lol:


Just heard the end of Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)

That English bloke is really funny. "How can you eat your pudding if you don't eat your peas?!?"

[the mighty zep]

I sort ta figured that out the first time i ever heard his stuff. Sounds nothing like the normal floyd.

I never liked The Wall much either, since it seems sortta unlike them. DSOTM, WYWH, and Animals are sortta like them far out jam songs, but the wall is more like, song after song, withthe meaning of the album in every song, but not really like the others. I dont know why, but its always been my least favortie.

[guitrguy]

I sort ta figured that out the first time i ever heard his stuff. Sounds nothing like the normal floyd.

I never liked The Wall much either, since it seems sortta unlike them. DSOTM, WYWH, and Animals are sortta like them far out jam songs, but the wall is more like, song after song, withthe meaning of the album in every song, but not really like the others. I dont know why, but its always been my least favortie.
I actually I agree with you, I like WYWH, DSOTM, and Animals much more then The Wall(still not bad though).

[the mighty zep]

:lol:


Just heard the end of Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)

That English bloke is really funny. "How can you eat your pudding if you don't eat your peas?!?"

Thats the most important part of the song!

It just wouldnt be the same without the angry british guy screaming about pudding...Think about the impact on music.... :lol:

[Riva]

Indeed. What course would the album have taken without the angry brit?

The mind shudders away from such thoughts.

[the mighty zep]

Id seen the Australian Pink Floyd Show on Friday, and at the end of that song, they played that line really loud and the crowd went crazy. It was so sweet.

THey did a great show too. Im surprised most people havent heard of them

[Riva]

They're not very well known in Australia, which is strange. They aren't touring here again till next year.

[Kingofdudes]

They seem to stay away from the South.




























Just like every other band :upset:

[The Esoteric]

I've heard of them and im seeing them soon.

[Riva]

They seem to stay away from the South.

(big space)

Just like every other band :upset:

Yeah, it sucks how bands avoid the small places.













Probably afraid of inbred hicks like you. :angry:

[Kingofdudes]

Yeah, it sucks how bands avoid the small places.
Probably afraid of inbred hicks like you. :angry:

/me was born in North Dakota

pwned by the thruth

[guitrguy]

Ironically I was born in Mississippi, but our Dad is in the Air Force.