[QUOTE=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:[/QUOTE]

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.

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.

[QUOTE=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.[/QUOTE]

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

[QUOTE=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.[/QUOTE]

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.

[QUOTE=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.[/QUOTE]

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.

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!

[QUOTE=DBoon's Ghost]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.[/QUOTE]


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.

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.

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

[QUOTE=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.[/QUOTE]
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. :)

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.

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?

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

Animals will rox ur sox.

Trust me. ;)

[QUOTE=rock not roll]Animals will rox ur sox.

Trust me. ;)[/QUOTE]

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 :)

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

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.

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.

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.

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:

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The Wall(too bad my brother already has the DVD)
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Ya and I cant return it, I wasted $20 bucks.

It is about A$45.95 here in Australia.

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

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.

I am, but by a year.

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]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.[/QUOTE]

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.