Album Rating: 4.5
Still the US version of Piper took off Astronomy Domine, Flaming, and Bike
Like why?
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Album Rating: 4.5
^that should be a punishable crime. Those are literally like the greatest songs not only on this album but ever made by Pink Floyd
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Album Rating: 4.5
Pow R. Toc H. has to be my fave on here
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Ahah yes that one is pretty great ars.
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Album Rating: 4.2
RIP Syd, ten years today
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Album Rating: 5.0
syd passed 10 years ago today
edit- ay robro said it didnt notice
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Album Rating: 4.0
thought he died in the 70's from all the drugs or something
rip
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Album Rating: 4.0
RIP
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Album Rating: 2.5
Flaming: best track. Weird, trippy and even a bit creepy.
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Album Rating: 4.5
It's a great one for sure, not my favorite on here though
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Album Rating: 4.2
"lol thought he died in the 70's from all the drugs or something"
ur hilarious
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gerald
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Album Rating: 4.0
Pow R. Toc H. has to be my fave on here
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Album Rating: 4.5
Following Floyd's discography, and a few of Syd's solo works, you see Syd's journey in the music, even after he was associated with Floyd. From the early days of Floyd where he is credited for almost every song you can clearly see his genius in bending traditional boundaries of pop music into an even further psychedelic-pop realm then The Beatles ever reached. throughout shows he was said to light a candle on his head, and enderneath the wax he'd place a few drops of Lucy so as it melted down his face, it would absorbed. there are debates on whether this is true, but I wouldn't be surprised. he was the perfect frontman in a small scene where it was safe to say half their audience was riding off LSD and counter-culture movements. He started Pink Floyd, even being the one to coin the name.
however, Syd's stability slowly fell off. Roger is quoted explaining how Syd would do things they still till this day cant decide if Syd's intentions were to fuck with the band, or his sanity was actually missing. things like writing a melody and having waters learn it, and when waters would show his progress Syd would claim that wasnt even close to what he wrote and play an entirely different melody, repeating this a few dozen times. another problem waters claimed was Syd would play the same chord repeatedly during a live show with no variation. the audience ate it up of course, but the band knew it wasn't actually what he wanted. this is when the band, namely Rogers, knew Syd's time in Floyd was coming to an end.
Waters began to unplug Syd's amp during live shows to let him live out his dream of being a rockstar, but to prevent him from holding PF back. Rogers would even write songs and congradulate Syd on writing them. he began to realize that this was more patronizing then it needed to be, so eventually decided to kick him out of Pink Floyd for good. So Syd started off a man of immense talent, again credited to most of TPatGoD and earlier songs, to eventually fading away like a dying ember in having only the lone Jugband Blues on Saucerful... its a very haunting song in context to his ousting from the band.
Now I dont remember when exactly Gilmour is brought on board, possibly right after Saucerful, but both David and Rogers helped Syd record "The Madcap Laughs" at Abbey Road. This record is a brainchild of Syd's and very much worth exploring to anyone who hasn't heard it. It shows the beauty, whimsical nature of Syd along with his fragile and shattered mind. Very dark in what it stands for while coming off as child-like, a very odd balance that plays into its strengths. its very interesting that gilmour aided the process as he obviously became Syd's eventual permanent replacement.
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Album Rating: 4.5
After Syd's departure, the band clearly builds on his ideas with albums like Meddle, but having the more stable and arguably more proficient Gilmour makes songs like Echoes go even further than Syd's work (in my opinion of course). Eventually the band realizes their own groove, happening to be a far cry from Syd's original visions. Sadly this explodes into Dark Side, becoming one of the world's most successful albums ever... and its practically based on Syd's decent into madness and thus could never have been achieved without him.
So now here Floyd is, post mutiny and more rich and famous then they could ever care to be... what do they do? They write the most emotional and fucking powerful 5 piece suite of assessing what Syd had done for them, and where they are now, and how regretful they are he could not make it this far. SOYCD and WYWH alone can send chills down anyone who know's of Syd's past... but the fact that he turned up in the studio during Roger's vocal recordings on SOYCD is just too fucking eerie to fathom. read up on this if you get the chance, its one of the more interesting stories in rock's history.
From what I understand, Syd's family eventually helped him live a life separate from Floyd, claiming it was for the best towards his mental health. He apparently took up painting as a way to express what twisted and magical fantasies occupied his head. would love to see some of his works.
RIP Syd, you legend, you martyr...
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Album Rating: 4.5
Gilmour is on 5/7 of the tracks on Saucerful
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Album Rating: 4.5
thanks, that was all from memory (:
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Album Rating: 4.5
and based off a comment I left on the site years ago in a meddle thread, but expanded on
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Album Rating: 4.2
"Waters began to unplug Syd's amp during live shows to let him live out his dream of being a rockstar, but to prevent him from holding PF back." :-(
Gilmour's first appearance was on a Roger-written b-side called Julia Dream from my knowledge, and from then he appeared on every song on Saucerful except Remember A Day and Jugband Blues, and got his first co-writing credit on the Saucerful t/t (could be incorrect)
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Album Rating: 4.5
I honestly didn't think he was on Saucerful at all. I feel like the worst Floyd fan ever.
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