[QUOTE=canadapantsman]I just recently obtained the first cd. A lot of it is crap, but i really like some of the stuff, like The Gnome and Bike.

Animals is meh fave album of all time
DSotM was my starter, and is great chill out music, but I dont listen to it as much as the other classic PF albums. It is overrated.

David Gilmour is the reason i started to get serious about playing guitar and writing my own music.[/QUOTE]
Welcome to the forums :) (Sort of :p )

I agree with everything in that post except that most of PATGOD is crap. The Gnome and Bike are awesome songs, but there's not a single bad song on the album to me. It's got great rockers like Astronomy Domine, Lucifer Sam, and Interstellar Overdrive, kooky Syd stuff like Matilda Mother, The Scarecrow, The Gnome, and Bike, and just wierdly awesome stuff like Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk and Pow R. Toc H. But that's your opinion. I just beg you to really listen to the album a few times through, you'll warm up to it :)

Yes, PATGOD > all other Floyd. Just give it time, it's amazing.

Im new to the boards. Im a big ska fan but my get away of constant off beats is the floyd. :wave:

Pipers is a great album. I think Piper At the Gates of Dawn is a better album than A Saucer of Secrets. Its a fantastic example of psychedelic rock. I believe they lost some psychedelic feel after syd left. Still made some great stuff though. Animals is my favorite. I like Final Cut and WYWH very much also. I cant decide if i like their earlier stuff the best but syd barrett was(is?..i guess) amazing. If you like the early stuff, syd barrett's solo albums are great. Madcap and Barrett are worth a listen.

Welcome to the forums dude, nice to have another Floydian.

Barrett's solo work is great, I like it just as much as his work on Piper & Saucerful. His voice is so soothing, it really fits with the simple acoustic feel of The Madcap Laughs.

Two n00bs with good opinions and spelling? Unpossible!

I ashamedly have not yet heard The Final Cut, but I will get around to it.

I state again: Obscured By Clouds has some of Floyd's best "poppy single" style stuff. The Golds It's In The..., Wot's... Uh The Deal, Childhood's End, and Free Four... Why oh why didn't they get released as singles? They would have been huge hits! But alas, it was not meant to be I suppose...

[QUOTE=fwqhgads]Man, that and Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, as well as some really early stuff like Pow. R Toc H. and then some Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up.

Scary stuff : ([/QUOTE]
Haha, Pow R. Toc H. scared you? :lol:

I kid. I kid because I love.

[QUOTE=BigTrav415]Two n00bs with good opinions and spelling? Unpossible!

I ashamedly have not yet heard The Final Cut, but I will get around to it.

I state again: Obscured By Clouds has some of Floyd's best "poppy single" style stuff. The Golds It's In The..., Wot's... Uh The Deal, Childhood's End, and Free Four... Why oh why didn't they get released as singles? They would have been huge hits! But alas, it was not meant to be I suppose...[/QUOTE]

Meh you're not really missing all that much with the Final Cut. It's certainly not a bad album, but is probably Floyd's worst (tied with AMLOR). Water's songwriting is fantastic, but he really dominates the album too much. It would have been a much better album if Wright was still in the band and if Gilmour had been given more creative freedom and room to explore. Still, Floyd's worst is better than most music.

Obscured By Clouds, on the other hand, does own.

[QUOTE=BigTrav415]I ashamedly have not yet heard The Final Cut, but I will get around to it.[/QUOTE]

Neither have I, and I will never get around to it.

[QUOTE=robo2448]Meh you're not really missing all that much with the Final Cut. It's certainly not a bad album, but is probably Floyd's worst (tied with AMLOR). Water's songwriting is fantastic, but he really dominates the album too much. It would have been a much better album if Wright was still in the band and if Gilmour had been given more creative freedom and room to explore. Still, Floyd's worst is better than most music.

Obscured By Clouds, on the other hand, does own.[/QUOTE]
I absolutely love "The Gold It's In The..." it's awesome.

I only have a few songs off Obscured by Clouds but i do like them very much. From what i have it seems to have some comforting songs(Stay, Burning Bridges) and some decent...rollage(When You're In).

And if you dont like Final Cut, it's understandable(it's different), but if you havnt heard it yet it is worth a try.

[QUOTE=Catchthe22]I only have a few songs off Obscured by Clouds but i do like them very much. From what i have it seems to have some comforting songs(Stay, Burning Bridges) and some decent...rollage(When You're In).

And if you dont like Final Cut, it's understandable(it's different), but if you havnt heard it yet it is worth a try.[/QUOTE]
Ok, someone definitely stole my idea for an avatar! I totally thought of

|p|i|n|k|f|l|o|y|d|
my anti-[anything]

But now I can't do it :(

Oh well. I love my avvy :)

Whoever doesn't have OBC, I will send it out sometime. It is definitely one of my favorite Floyd albums. Wot's... Uh The Deal is probably my favorite light Floyd song right now, and that's saying something. Fearless is definitely a very close second though.

[QUOTE=Led-ZeppelinIV]Early Floyd is def. way better, probably the earlier, the better. See Emily Play is my fav. Floyd song, or Let There Be More Light (and what could be more fun than Corporal Clegg?)

Just about every album after DSotM except WYWH just got a little too commercial 70's arena rock bandish for me.[/QUOTE]

I wouldn't say Animals or The Wall sound like commercial 70's arena rock at all, but I'll respect your opinion anyways. Animals is probably my least favourite Floyd album, although it's still better than about 70% of the music out there.


My top five favourite Floyd albums are PATGOD, Saucerful of Secrets, DSOTM, WYWH and The Wall.....so I can't really say I prefer a specific time period. And I've pretty much loved everything that was put out after The Wall.

[QUOTE=BigTrav415]Two n00bs with good opinions and spelling? Unpossible!

I ashamedly have not yet heard The Final Cut, but I will get around to it.

I state again: Obscured By Clouds has some of Floyd's best "poppy single" style stuff. The Golds It's In The..., Wot's... Uh The Deal, Childhood's End, and Free Four... Why oh why didn't they get released as singles? They would have been huge hits! But alas, it was not meant to be I suppose...[/QUOTE]
Free Four actually was released as a single I believe. It flopped hugely, just like every other early Pink Floyd single after PATGOD and before DSOTM

[QUOTE=Mr. Night]How's Gilmours playing?[/QUOTE]

Nothing special, there's nothing even close to a solo on it. It's just him playing chords and stuff. Anyway, the link to it (the only EP by Joker's Wild, Gilmour's first band) is to be found somewhere on this page: [url]http://regnyouth.blogspot.com/2005_05_29_regnyouth_archive.html[/url]

[QUOTE=LF96]Free Four actually was released as a single I believe. It flopped hugely, just like every other early Pink Floyd single after PATGOD and before DSOTM[/QUOTE]
Must... find... now...

Thank god for eBay!

/knows I won't actually buy it

I went to Best Buy to get On An Island, but I don't think they had it. It wasn't under New Releases, and there was no David Gilmour section. Oh well, I got some Gov't Mule instead :)

EDIT: [url]http://cgi.ebay.com/Pink-Floyd-Sealed-Italian-45-PS-Free-Four-The-Gold-It_W0QQitemZ4843543923QQcategoryZ306QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]

I honestly don't think I can resist.

Link Don't work.

[QUOTE=Mr. Gay]Link Don't work.[/QUOTE]
Keen observation and great use of a server-clogging post, Mr. Night. Or should I say... Mr. Day... which rhymes with Mr. Gay!

:-*

It was a 45 RPM single of Free Four and The Gold It's In The... I almost bought it, but didn't.

Yeah.

Corporal Clegg = :D :D :D

I think the RIAA should make it a law that any song published by a record label recognized by the RIAA must include at least one (1) kazoo solo that lasts at least one (1) minute.

[QUOTE=BigTrav415]Keen observation and great use of a server-clogging post, Mr. Night. Or should I say... Mr. Day... which rhymes with Mr. Gay!

:-*

It was a 45 RPM single of Free Four and The Gold It's In The... I almost bought it, but didn't.

Yeah.

Corporal Clegg = :D :D :D

I think the RIAA should make it a law that any song published by a record label recognized by the RIAA must include at least one (1) kazoo solo that lasts at least one (1) minute.[/QUOTE]

Thats my favorite song on the album aside from Jugband Blues. I love the way kazoo's are used on that album.

[QUOTE=pigonthewing82]Thats my favorite song on the album aside from Jugband Blues. I love the way kazoo's are used on that album.[/QUOTE]
My favorite songs off it are probably the intro to Let There Be More Light, Set The Controls, and Corporal Clegg, which has a better kazoo solo than Jugband Blues IMO. JB isn't my favorite song to be honest, it's weird; I like the seperate lyrics that Barrett wrote, but I feel like he could have mixed them up and it sound better.

For example:

And the sea isn't green
And I love the Queen
And what exactly is a joke
And what exactly is a dream

It just flows so much better that way, and it sounds more poetic. But now that I think about it, I guess that Jugband Blues is an everlasting monument to Barrett's state at leaving Pink Floyd; beautiful but flawed.

Thats why I love the song, its poetic, jumbled, psychedillic, and unpredictable kind of like Syd was. And the lyrics are a perfect close to his career with Pink Floyd especially the way that he went out.

[QUOTE=BigTrav415]Keen observation and great use of a server-clogging post, Mr. Night. Or should I say... Mr. Day... which rhymes with Mr. Gay!

:-*

It was a 45 RPM single of Free Four and The Gold It's In The... I almost bought it, but didn't.

Yeah.

Corporal Clegg = :D :D :D

I think the RIAA should make it a law that any song published by a record label recognized by the RIAA must include at least one (1) kazoo solo that lasts at least one (1) minute.[/QUOTE]
God da[size=2]m[/size]n, I love Corp. Clegg. And the loud, responding verses that Gilmour sings in Let There Be More Light give me goosebumps. I think Saucer is my favoutire album.

Let There Be More Light is my favourite from SoS, just because it's such a great album opener.

I just saw a commercial for On An Island, it looks awesome. I'm gonna pick it up later on today, I've got high expectations.

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]Let There Be More Light is my favourite from SoS, just because it's such a great album opener.[/QUOTE]
I love your avatar. I'm not a Huge fan of SoS, but it is still a good album.

[QUOTE=Led-ZeppelinIV]Haha, Pow R. Toc H. scared you? :lol:

I kid. I kid because I love.[/QUOTE]
: (

Only a bit.

How can Pow R. Toc H. scare you?!? That song makes me happy and smiley whenver I listen to it. How can you not cheer up listening to all those silly sounds?
My favorite has to be towards the beginning where they come out of the intro with a "Whaa-WHAAAA!" :lol: I can never keep myself from laughing at that part.

PATGOD cheers you up so much, save for a few neutralish tracks like Matilda Mother and Scarecrow, every song on there is upbeat, humorous, and happy. How can you listen to Bike without smiling? You can't, that's how.

God I miss Syd :( :( :(

It's awfully considerate of you to think of me here
And I'm much obliged to you for making it clear
That I'm not here.
And I never knew we could be so thick
And I never knew we could be so blue
And I'm grateful that you threw away my old shoes
And brought me here instead dressed in red
And I'm wondering who could be writing this song.
I don't care if the sun don't shine
And I don't care if nothing is mine
And I don't care if I'm nervous with you
I'll do my loving in the winter.
And the sea isn't green
And I love the queen
And what exactly is a dream
And what exactly is a joke.

[QUOTE=BigTrav415]How can Pow R. Toc H. scare you?!? That song makes me happy and smiley whenver I listen to it. How can you not cheer up listening to all those silly sounds?
My favorite has to be towards the beginning where they come out of the intro with a "Whaa-WHAAAA!" :lol: I can never keep myself from laughing at that part.

PATGOD cheers you up so much, save for a few neutralish tracks like Matilda Mother and Scarecrow, every song on there is upbeat, humorous, and happy. How can you listen to Bike without smiling? You can't, that's how.

God I miss Syd :( :( :(

It's awfully considerate of you to think of me here
And I'm much obliged to you for making it clear
That I'm not here.
And I never knew we could be so thick
And I never knew we could be so blue
And I'm grateful that you threw away my old shoes
And brought me here instead dressed in red
And I'm wondering who could be writing this song.
I don't care if the sun don't shine
And I don't care if nothing is mine
And I don't care if I'm nervous with you
I'll do my loving in the winter.
And the sea isn't green
And I love the queen
And what exactly is a dream
And what exactly is a joke.[/QUOTE]
I'm talking about the ending part where it sounds like all the doy doys are being killed. : (

But yeah, it is a good album for cheering you up.

PATGOD has the opposite effect on me. The songs themselves are humorous and witty, but the connotation of the album as a whole is very negatvie due to what happened to Syd in its wake.

[QUOTE=Lunch]PATGOD has the opposite effect on me. The songs themselves are humorous and witty, but the connotation of the album as a whole is very negatvie due to what happened to Syd in its wake.[/QUOTE]
I suppose I too find this happening to me aswell, once I start thinking about Syd.

[QUOTE=Lunch]PATGOD has the opposite effect on me. The songs themselves are humorous and witty, but the connotation of the album as a whole is very negatvie due to what happened to Syd in its wake.[/QUOTE]
Considering it is one of the few, and probably best, of Syd's works, I can't help but enjoy it, even though I as well can't help but feel badly that there could have been so many more good things for Syd (and us) if things had gone differently :(

Great, now I'm depressed.

/puts on The Wall and broods

I get a somewhat negative vibe from Piper, even though all the songs are relatively positive. Bike is the only song the makes me smile, the rest sort of calm me down and make my mind drift away. Like Lunch said, knowing what happened to Syd afterwards makes the album sort of sad.

Finding Meddle on Vinyl the other day inspired me to get a record player. Just thought I'd let everyone know, it's exciting...

/random outburst

Does anyone have an mp3 (not stream) of the gilmour concert?

mine has a couple of jumps in it...

[QUOTE=BigTrav415]

God I miss Syd :( :( :(

It's awfully considerate of you to think of me here
And I'm much obliged to you for making it clear
That I'm not here.
And I never knew we could be so thick
And I never knew we could be so blue
And I'm grateful that you threw away my old shoes
And brought me here instead dressed in red
And I'm wondering who could be writing this song.
I don't care if the sun don't shine
And I don't care if nothing is mine
And I don't care if I'm nervous with you
I'll do my loving in the winter.
And the sea isn't green
And I love the queen
And what exactly is a dream
And what exactly is a joke.[/QUOTE]

Those lyrics are just... Just wow.

I can never get over that song.

I really love Pow R Toc H, easily my favourite Syd era song.

[QUOTE=Hamilcar]Finding Meddle on Vinyl the other day inspired me to get a record player. Just thought I'd let everyone know, it's exciting...

/random outburst[/QUOTE]

i love listening to music on vinyls. my dad gave me all of his vinyls he bought when he was younger, because i bought a record player when i started collecting vinyls. and in his collection were a few floyd albums:thumb: ...i love listening to them, i have my record player hooked up to my cd player/stereo, so its got great sound. anyone else still listen to vinyls?

[QUOTE=Nosferatu]i love listening to music on vinyls. my dad gave me all of his vinyls he bought when he was younger, because i bought a record player when i started collecting vinyls. and in his collection were a few floyd albums:thumb: ...i love listening to them, i have my record player hooked up to my cd player/stereo, so its got great sound. anyone else still listen to vinyls?[/QUOTE]
Ya, I have about 50 of my own and 100 of my dads, and about 300-400 of my dads that he inherited from a friend that died. It ranges from PF to Demons and Wizards to original Sinatra to Basie to Duke Ellignton to spanish tangos to classical.

[QUOTE=Nosferatu]i love listening to music on vinyls. my dad gave me all of his vinyls he bought when he was younger, because i bought a record player when i started collecting vinyls. and in his collection were a few floyd albums:thumb: ...i love listening to them, i have my record player hooked up to my cd player/stereo, so its got great sound. anyone else still listen to vinyls?[/QUOTE]

I do. Vinyl albums sound better than CD's, hands down. Usually I'll go down to my basement and play a record my dad has, that I have on CD, just cuz it sounds better. He's got some great vintage speakers, or rather stuff he still had as a kid. Too bad I'm not allowed to turn it up too loud :upset:

I've got about 35 vinyl and my dad has somewhere around 400. Unfortunately, I don't own a record player.

I love Pow R Toc H, but Astronomy Domine will always be my favorite Syd era song.

The only respectable vinyl I have is the Beatles boxset. Other than that the collection's pretty lean. And [b]Flaming[/b]'s my favourite Syd era song.

Pow R Toc H and Astronomy Domine are my fav Syd songs. Personally, I've always gotten a really positive vibe from Syd's songs.

I picked up On an Island last night, great album; Gilmour hasn't lost a thing. Some of the slide solos sound straigh from Echoes.