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=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 really dislike the Barrett era stuff, to be honest. There are only a few songs I enjoy, like 'Astronomy Domine'

I just managed to download a copy of the only existing recording of David Gilmour's first group Joker's Wild. Although it's nothing special (just an average R&B group of the 60s) it's quite interesting to hear Gilmour in such an early form. Too bad the sound quality isn't very impressing.:)

How's Gilmours playing?

[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]

[QUOTE=Led-ZeppelinIV]
/stoner[/QUOTE]


Maybe you like it because it's a lot stranger. I like Floyd for their lyrics and complexity of music, I enjoy complex music. I respect Syd era music, but I don't enjoy it. The later days had such a complexity to them, and the lyrics were even complex. I enjoy sitting down and listening to an album, and this may sound strange, going through and writing down what I think is the meaning of the lyrics. You can come up with some intresting stuff.



edit: Did anyone pick up Gilmours new album? How is it?

i searched on google and found a music video for one of the new songs. i liked it :). didnt strike me as phenomenal but it was a nice song, very laid back.

[QUOTE=standard]edit: Did anyone pick up Gilmours new album? How is it?[/QUOTE]

It's pretty mellow, kinda like The Division Bell. But it's still pretty cool. Gilmour's playing is still awesome.

Hey guys


David is in this months issue of guitar world. He talks about his new album and several other things. Even if you don't play guitar you might want to pick this up just for the interview.

It also has a rodger waters interview but I've yet to get around to reading it.

i think i will pick that up

[QUOTE=magicbus]I picked up [I]On An Island[/I] today. Only 10 bucks at Best Buy and it came with an extra cd jam. Time to give it a listen.[/QUOTE]

Cool, I hope my Best Buy has the extra jam cd.

[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.