Meddle, Obscured By Clouds, or The Wall.

My dad has two Pink Floyd albums on vinyl. I hope for my birthday I cna get Animals on vinyl.

And on another note, does anyone own a copy of Nick Mason's new book "Inside Out". I'm thinking about getting it I wonder if it's any good.

[QUOTE=TerryThorne]Not to rag on you or anything, but that phrase was pretty funny.

(cause if you have to look hard, that means vinyls are hard to find)[/QUOTE]

Heh heh, yeah that's true. I was more trying to convey the message that vinyl may be hard to find, but it's definitely worth looking harder for. I'm sure most would agree with me on that.

I don't own Mason's new book, but I'm pretty sure I've heard good things about it. I'd assume it's worth buying.

[QUOTE=thickasabrick]Heh heh, yeah that's true. I was more trying to convey the message that vinyl may be hard to find, but it's definitely worth looking harder for. I'm sure most would agree with me on that.

I don't own Mason's new book, but I'm pretty sure I've heard good things about it. I'd assume it's worth buying.[/QUOTE]
It's a brilliant read, it's got all the Pro's of a AutoBio, plus it's incredibly Funny.

[QUOTE=thickasabrick]Heh heh, yeah that's true. I was more trying to convey the message that vinyl may be hard to find, but it's definitely worth looking harder for. I'm sure most would agree with me on that.

I don't own Mason's new book, but I'm pretty sure I've heard good things about it. I'd assume it's worth buying.[/QUOTE]


I agree with you on the subject of vinyl.

Yea I've heard good things about Nicks book too I wonder if I could find it at barnes and Nobel

I was going to buy Nick's new book, but then I realized it's huge and costs 30 dollars. So, I'm going to wait a bit before I pick it up.

Music is one of my favorite topics for reading, soi I'll have to look at it eventually. First, I want to get to Phil Lesh's [u]Searching For The Sound[/u].

What order did everyone hear their PF albums in? For me, it was
DSotM->The Wall->WYWH->Animals->Meddle->PATGOD

I've told this story I don't know how many times, but I first heard Pink Floyd when I was at my dad's house one weekend. I think I'm one of the few people I've heard of that first heard Pink Floyd on my own, one night I just decided to look for a few songs on Limewire or something by this band called Pink Floyd, because I had heard about them from a few random places, the first I think being the Wizard of Oz sync thing, then just hearing their name mentioned. I think I downloaded a few songs, but the only ones I really remember are Wish You Were and Run Like Hell. Of course I had never heard anything by them, being still in the infantile stages of music appreciation, that stage from birth till you find a band you really, really like. Obviously, I had never heard any Pink Floyd before, so after those songs, I was like :eek: . The next night I went to my dad's house, and on a whim I looked through his vinyls and one caught my eye: DSotM. I hadn't heard it before then, but I knew it was a Pink Floyd album. I think I brought it up or something sometime that weekend, and he was elated to hear that I wanted to listen to it, so he did, on the (nice) surround sound system/turntable he'd had since college. I was like :eek: yet again. That same weekend, my dad told me he was getting married to a woman I had met once, two weeks before. I decided to go with him down to Wilmington on Sunday and come back Monday night (long weekend), and on the way there, there, and on the way back, I listened to a cassette tape copy of DSotM my dad had dug up from his closet. Sometime after I got back, I bought my first CD ever, the 30th anniversar edition of DSotM. I found a portable CD player somewhere in my house, and I OD'd on it for about 2 weeks. I mean, I listened to it constantly, in school, at home, in bed, etc. That went for a while, until a couple of days before my class trip. I went to the mall, and my mom said she'd get me two CDs to listen to on the trip (looooong trip, lost of time in the bus). I instantly went to the Pink Floyd section, and seeing some two-disc album called The Wall on sale, I decided to purchase it, as well as an on-sale copy of AC/DC Live (stfu). Basically, I OD'd on The Wall for most of the class trip, until one night we went to the mll near our hotel, and I stumbled on a CD store, and decided to buy WYWH, narrowly beating out Animals (hmm... factory with a pig, flaming man... factory with pig, flaming man...) Once again, OD city on WYWH. I stuck with those three for a while, until I made my mom take me to the mall again, and I got Animals. OD city. After an even longer while, I found myself teetering between Meddle and PATGOD. I had seen neither in my normal CD store, and I probably wouldn't be back here again. By this point I hd spent a little time in the (old) PF thread, and I had heard about some alledgedly amazing song called Echoes, so... yeah. OD city. I ended up finally getting PATGOD at some point or another... so, you know. I am definitely the only true Pink Floyd fan in my grade, although in the 11th grade there are some stoners that wear PF shirts all the time, so maybe there.

And that's my boring story. Obviously I still need a few albums, but I've got what most would consider the Top 5 plus the Essential 6th. Spill them stories, folks.

That's a cool story man, Here's mine:

When I was in 7th grade I began to obsessively watch That 70's show. My favorite character was Hyde, and I noticed he was almost always wearing a Zeppelin shirt. Since he was my role model back then, I went and downloaded a buncha Zeppelin, became completely obsessed with them, and wound up buying their entire discography in less than a year. Well, It's about that time that I found MX, and started reading the CR thread. I noticed a bunch of people talking about Floyd, so I figured I'd go from there, I was really burned out on Zeppelin by then. My dad picked up DSOTM for me and at first I didn't really like it. It grew on me though and I listened to it non stop for months. About a month later, I saw the movie of The Wall on sale for like $1.50, so I picked it up and fell in love with it. My uncle found out I liked Floyd, so he burned me a copy of The Wall, WYWH, and PATGOD. I loved those, so I went out and got Animals, then Meddle, the Division Bell, then The Final Cut, then MLOR, and so on.

bigtrav, that's a wicked story, man, I think it's cool, I mean, I heard Pink Floyd, and waited 5 years to admit they were good.

I wish I had a cool story. I don't. I just heard Time and got Dark Side.

Woot to That 70's Show. Only sitcom I watch regularly anymore.

why, did they have an episode with it?

^Midnight Rider's post.

I started with tapes of More, Obscured By Clouds and Meddle. I didn't even hear Dark Side Of The Moon for a few years.

I heard Pink Floyd but didn't really like them for a while. I liked a couple songs like Have a Cigar, Wish You Were Here, In The Flesh, Time, Money and Another Brick in the Wall part 2. It wasn't till I saw The Wall I started to really take in Pink Floyd's music. After that I got in the habit of listening to Pink Floyds albums from start to finish even if I didn't like all the songs, just because I loved the way they all tied together. The Wall, Animals, and Dark Side of the Moon became my favorite albums next. Then I got into Wish You Were Here and fell in love with their long jams. After hearing so much about Syd from the Wish You Were Here album I picked up PATGOD and got into their more psychidellic stuff. Live in Pompii is what got me into Echoes whitch is around when I became obsessed with Pink Floyd. I was then on a quest to find as many bootlegs as I can, and here I am with every Pink Floyd album, a number of books, a large number of bootlegs and many dvd's.

I started with DSOTM which I bought for 50 cents on a flee market because my dad recommended it. I was basically just searching for Led Zeppelin vinyl, but my dad got me as far as to buy some other 70s vinyl too (picked upThe Who's Tommy that day as well). Anyway, I liked the album right from the start and was delighted to find out that I knew around half of the songs on the album. Nevertheless, I didn't pay too much attention to the album until somewhere last year, I really started liking it. I picked up WYWH and The Wall at the local library, copied them and followed it up with Meddle which I copied as well. Then I bought Animals and Atom Heart Mother on vinyl via ebay. Loved them both. Then, at another yard sale, I replaced my WYWH and The Wall cd-r's with vinyl together with a whole bunch of other real nice 70s vinyl, that day was a good day. Then I bought Meddle and Obscured By Clouds on vinyl via ebay, followed by the purchase of Live At Pompeii. And I think that's where I am right now. I've heard material from all the PF-albums, and am probably gonna pick 'em all up (preferably on vinyl). :)

I heard WYWH once ... And I liked it ...
2 years later some dude was whining about he's goign to uy a PF album so Itook a lsiten tot that album ...
And I didn't like DSOTM, until I listened a few times again, and I bougt myslef more and more PF, and I was like wooow :D

Got DSOTM on vinyl now ^^

I got DSOTM and TW for X-Mas, then I got Animals and WYWH for my Birthday. Then I got Relics for this Christmas and I bought SFOS on Saturday.

I first heard DSOTM. I was immediately fascinated by it, the music, the vocals, everything was amazing to me. After listening to that for about a week, I downloaded WYWH, and my dad downloaded Ummagumma for me. I listened to both of those and was amazed. The Live disc of Ummagumma had such cool songs, and Shine On You Crazy Diamond blew my mind. Soon after, my dad picked up Meddle on vinyl for me. I think after that, it went PATGOD, Animals, The Wall, OBC, and the rest weren't really in any order.

[QUOTE=Laredo]i have DSOTM, WYWH, and animals...

what next[/QUOTE]

Those are the three best. They're in the middle, so either way you go is abeat of achange.

You can go backwards and get more psychedelic. I'd say go with Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Syd wrote the first 2 albums (I think).

Or you can go with a more Roger Waters style of things.

Either way is pretty good. I love Syd's music jsut because ofthe random craziness he wrote, that somehow made great songs.

He wrote the first album, and part of SoS and Relics.

[QUOTE=rockinbass17]Woot to That 70's Show. Only sitcom I watch regularly anymore.[/QUOTE]

I haven't missed an episode in like 2 years, I know most of them by heart.

I bought DSOTM, just because Pink Floyd were really popular and I didn't know anything by them and wanted to see what the fuss was about. I didn't like it the first time I heard it. The only songs I liked originally were Time, Us and Them, and Brain Damage/ Eclipse. But then I decided to pick up WYWH to give them another chance and immediately fell in love with it. I started to love DSOTM too and then I just went on an obsessive Floyd buying spree.

My dad showed me them playing "One of These Days" on the DSoT VHS. Then spun the wall on viynl for me. Then I went out and bought (sigh) Echoes:The Best Of, but very soon after I bought DSotM and WYWH.

I first heard PF because my dad had an old tape of The Wall. Then I bought DSOTM, and at first didn't like it. But, I liked Time a lot, so I just listened to that and gradually branched out until I became a huge PF fan.

[QUOTE=DeusExMachina]I first heard PF because my dad had an old tape of The Wall. Then I bought DSOTM, and at first didn't like it. But, I liked Time a lot, so I just listened to that and gradually branched out until I became a huge PF fan.[/QUOTE]

Yay for tapes!

Oh wow

I can't imagine what I'm gonna do when we are outta the CD age...I don't want to have to buy all this stuff again.

My parents have Vinyl 8 tracks Tapes and now cd's and alotta the stuff they have on record they've gone back out and bought on cd...

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]Yay for Vinyl*![/QUOTE]
*fixed!

We are practically out of the CD era. The first step out the door was the invention of portable Flash card, with the ability to store relatively large amounts of data on a portable basis. The first devices to make use of this were PalmPilots and such, but mostly because at that point only .mp1 and .mp2 layer-music encryption had been invented besides the enormous .wav, and both were very low-quality. When the .mp3 was finally announced, the first primitve mp3 players came out, to a limited audience of wealthy, knowledgeable audiophiles. Of course, Apple saw the chance and pounced, keeping the iPod in production for a while and testing the waters for the perfect moment to pounce, coming out with its monster to immeasurable success. However much you can hate on Apple for going for the mainstream audience instead of true music-lovers, you have to admit that they came out with a great new way to listen to music. CDs are practically a thing of the past, with the main use being in car stereos, but with new stereos coming with iPod hookups and the ability to buy a third-party adapter for any FM radio, that need is rapidly degenerating. Of course, the CD will not drop out of the market with as much rapidity and force of the CD, mostly because of the expenisveness of the iPod, the cheap(er) CD will stay. But, of course, people still buy vinyl, so don't expect to never see a CD again or anything :p

As to my first hearing of Pink Floyd, I was on my sister's computer one day in sixth grade, and there was this band Pink Floyd on it, and somehow I knew of them becaue of The Wizard of Oz so I listened to Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2 and was astounded. I then heard Brain Damage and Hey You and then borrowed The Wall and Dark Side of the Moon from my sister.