[QUOTE=Son of Northern Darkness]I'm listening to Dark side of the Moon as I type this and it's just such an Amazing album! wow.... I recently saw this AWESOME Show called "The Pink Floyd experience" Done by a company from New Zealand I think.... They did their songs Perfectly! It was excellent! I wish I could've seen the real Pink Floyd....:upset:[/QUOTE]
Hehe, We're reeling you in as you speak.

I would also love to see the floyd! my list is

Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Nirvana
AC-DC

[QUOTE=Kingofdudes]lies
I prefer the "Is there anybody out there" version or the "United we Stand, Divided we Fall" version[/QUOTE]

Whats "United We Stand, Divided We Fall?"

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]Prism's version is also acceptable.[/QUOTE]
I wasn't a huge fan of Prism. The sound quality was meh, and the performance itself was somewhat lacking.

[QUOTE=Obi One Kenodi]Whats "United We Stand, Divided We Fall?"[/QUOTE]
a DVD bootleg floating around in a torrent


I like Prism for Echoes

[QUOTE=Son of Northern Darkness]I'm listening to Dark side of the Moon as I type this and it's just such an Amazing album! wow.... I recently saw this AWESOME Show called "The Pink Floyd experience" Done by a company from New Zealand I think.... They did their songs Perfectly! It was excellent! I wish I could've seen the real Pink Floyd....:upset:[/QUOTE]

Yeah, DSOTM got me into PF as well. It's probably my favorite PF album.

[QUOTE=DeusExMachina]I wasn't a huge fan of Prism. The sound quality was meh, and the performance itself was somewhat lacking.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, Learning to Fly earns a big "meh" on Prism for the terrible mixing of the vocals. You can barely hear Gilmour.

Hmmm...
 

None of you are giving The Division Bell the true praise that it is due. It is the greatest album of all time, even eclipsing Dark Side Of The Moon. The delicate guitar playing on "Marooned", the genius acoustic guitar on "Lost For Words", the 'electric coffee table' on "High Hopes", the mouth thing Dave Gilmour uses on "Keep Talking"...the list goes on and on. I know some of you won't agree with me, but I don't care. I love Pink Floyd, I love Dave Gilmour and I love The Division Bell. But that's not to say the other albums can't compare, because The Wall contains classic tracks such as Comfortably Numb (my favourite song), Run Like Hell, and Hey You, and many people don't recognise the genius of some of the other songs, such as One Of These Days (Meddle).

guess what i got today fellas??? an Australian release only of the dark side of the moon, this one is special cos it was a quadrophonic pressing done for the tour, it gets better, its rare because its a pink pressing not the normal black, only released in australia, limited copies made:thumb:

I've finally dug up my Floyd albums again, as I haven't listened to them in a while.

Currently converting a rock noob into a Pink Floyd fan on MSN. Let you know how it goes! :thumb:

I think the Division Bell gets the praise it deserves: great music, terrible lyrics.

[QUOTE=Kingofdudes]I think the Division Bell gets the praise it deserves: great music, terrible lyrics.[/QUOTE]

Dude, what the hell are you talking about? The lyrics on The Division Bell are the greatest of any album, ever. No-one writes better lyrics than Dave Gilmour. No-one, dammit!!

Give me examples of the bad lyrics, because I haven't heard any. And don't tell me to give you an example of good lyrics, because I could take any of the lyrics from the album and they would be genius.

[QUOTE=JakLovesStrats]Dude, what the hell are you talking about? The lyrics on The Division Bell are the greatest of any album, ever. No-one writes better lyrics than Dave Gilmour. No-one, dammit!!

Give me examples of the bad lyrics, because I haven't heard any. And don't tell me to give you an example of good lyrics, because I could take any of the lyrics from the album and they would be genius.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]PINK FLOYD LYRICS

"High Hopes"

Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young
In a world of magnets and miracles
Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary
The ringing of the division bell had begun

Along the Long Road and on down the Causeway
Do they still meet there by the Cut

There was a ragged band that followed our footsteps
Running before time took our dreams away
Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground
To a life consumed by slow decay

The grass was greener
The light was brighter
With friends surrounded
The nights of wonder

Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us
To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side
Steps taken forwards but sleepwalking back again
Dragged by force of some inner tide

At a higher altitude with flag unfurled
We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world

Encumbered forever by desire and ambition
There's a hunger still unsatisfied
Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon
Though down this road we've been so many times

The grass was greener
The light was brighter
The taste was sweeter
The nights of wonder
With friends surrounded
The dawn mist growing
The water flowing
The endless river

Forever and ever[/QUOTE]

They don't make any sense, and lack coherency.

Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young
In a world of magnets and miracles
Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary
The ringing of the division bell had begun

[b]This is about having a dream[/b]

Along the Long Road and on down the Causeway
Do they still meet there by the Cut

There was a ragged band that followed our footsteps
Running before time took our dreams away
Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground
To a life consumed by slow decay

[b]This is when someone else before them with the same dream lived there dream adn took it away.[/b]

The grass was greener
The light was brighter
With friends surrounded
The nights of wonder

Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us
To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side
Steps taken forwards but sleepwalking back again
Dragged by force of some inner tide

[b]He's looking at how good the dream could be[/b]

At a higher altitude with flag unfurled
We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world

[b]Here they reach there dream world[/b]

Encumbered forever by desire and ambition
There's a hunger still unsatisfied
Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon
Though down this road we've been so many times

[b]Now they're living their dream, they are sitll unsatisfied and want more, he had this before when they wanted there dream[/b]

The grass was greener
The light was brighter
The taste was sweeter
The nights of wonder
With friends surrounded
The dawn mist growing
The water flowing
The endless river

Forever and ever

[b]history repeats[/b]



So there is sense just look ;)

They still don't make that much sense to me... Musically that's one great song tho.

Yesterday I bought Obscured By Clouds & Meddle on vinyl. Hope they'll arrive soon. I have never heard anything off of Obscured By Clouds, so that'll be a surprise. :)

the difference between TDB and the others are(lyricswise) is that the other are more direct, it's easyer to see, there were metophores in the others, but those were much clearer and easyer to udnerstand

Gilmours lyrics weren't as dark as Waters, but I think they are still good. I think his lyrics are harder to understand though, because of the way he writes them.

your interpretation of that song was off base.it is a song about reflecting on their youth and how things were so much more innocent and pure.and how they had aspirations as kids to become a great rock band.but now they fullfilled their dreams they are not satisfied that it wasnt as good as they thought it would be so they want to reach a level of purity that they had in their youth.but they cant seem to do it in todays grown up world.so the ringing of the division bell represents the transition from the innocence of youth to the harsh reality of adulthood.

pink floyd has always hinted to the fact that they dont like the corporate coldness of the music industry and society at large.they always make references to there youth and how much they miss the feelings that only a free spirited child can have.take the wall for instance,the main character was a child
that was curious and ambitious.but when he grew up to be a rock star he was troubled and suicidal.

[QUOTE=JakLovesStrats]Dude, what the hell are you talking about? The lyrics on The Division Bell are the greatest of any album, ever. No-one writes better lyrics than Dave Gilmour. No-one, dammit!!

Give me examples of the bad lyrics, because I haven't heard any. And don't tell me to give you an example of good lyrics, because I could take any of the lyrics from the album and they would be genius.[/QUOTE]

You can't seriously be trying to say that Gilmour writes better lyrics than Waters.

[QUOTE=JakLovesStrats]None of you are giving The Division Bell the true praise that it is due. It is the greatest album of all time, even eclipsing Dark Side Of The Moon. [/QUOTE]
Hmm, no. I could think of 100 albums better than The Division Bell, but it is a nice album. Best album post-Waters. I like the music itself a lot.

[QUOTE=magicbus]You can't seriously be trying to say that Gilmour writes better lyrics than Waters.[/QUOTE]

Yeah thats rather ludicris.

I'm not a real big fan of TDB, though I do love High Hopes and Marooned.

[QUOTE=Spinal Pap]Yeah thats rather ludicris.

I'm not a real big fan of TDB, though I do love High Hopes and Marooned.[/QUOTE]

Same here. Waters is a much better song write than Gilmour.
But that does say alot

Waters also had a darker past than Gilmour which attributes to his lyrics.

[quote]They don't make any sense, and lack coherency.[/quote]

I actually happen to like the lyrics in High Hopes. As someone pointed out, they're about how things were so pure as a child, but aren't any more. Theres also seems to be a bit about Roger in it all, almost as though the band were pleading for him to return, and for the great days of old return. The song in general is amazing, and the music video is pretty darn cool.

[QUOTE=JakLovesStrats]Dude, what the hell are you talking about? The lyrics on The Division Bell are the greatest of any album, ever. No-one writes better lyrics than Dave Gilmour. No-one, dammit!!

Give me examples of the bad lyrics, because I haven't heard any. And don't tell me to give you an example of good lyrics, because I could take any of the lyrics from the album and they would be genius.[/QUOTE]

Woah, now thats going [I]way[/I] to far. David Gilmour is quite possibly my favorite guitarist ever, and he's got a great voice to boot, but as a lyricist, he's pretty bad. With the exception of High Hopes and On The Turning Away, as well as a couple other tracks, his lyrics are pretty dull and uninteresting. Musically he's an excellent composer, but he's far from a good lyricist. Calling him "the best ever" is just retarded.

[QUOTE=modern_man]your interpretation of that song was off base.it is a song about reflecting on their youth and how things were so much more innocent and pure.and how they had aspirations as kids to become a great rock band.but now they fullfilled their dreams they are not satisfied that it wasnt as good as they thought it would be so they want to reach a level of purity that they had in their youth.but they cant seem to do it in todays grown up world.so the ringing of the division bell represents the transition from the innocence of youth to the harsh reality of adulthood.

[/QUOTE]



That's what I said but then easyer :P

[QUOTE=JakLovesStrats]Dude, what the hell are you talking about? The lyrics on The Division Bell are the greatest of any album, ever. No-one writes better lyrics than Dave Gilmour. No-one, dammit!!

Give me examples of the bad lyrics, because I haven't heard any. And don't tell me to give you an example of good lyrics, because I could take any of the lyrics from the album and they would be genius.[/QUOTE]
Welcome to the forums. But, you're wrong.

[QUOTE="Lost for Words"]I was spending my time in the doldrums
I was caught in the cauldron of hate
I felt persecuted and paralyzed
I thought that everything else would just wait
While you are wasting your time on your enemies
Engulfed in a fever of spite
Beyond your tunnel vision reality fades
Like shadows into the night

To martyr yourself to caution
Is not going to help at all
Because there'll be no safety in numbers
When the Right One walks out of the door

Can you see your eyes blighted by darkness?
Is it true you beat your fists on the floor?
Stuck in a world of isolation
While ivy grows over the door

So I open my door to my enemies
And I ask could we wipe the slate clean
But they tell me to please go **** myself
You know you just can't win[/QUOTE]
Those lyrics are pretty meh. And almost all the lyrics on AMLOR are pretty meh.

Also, there are plenty of lyricists in the R&M realm alone that are better than Gilmour. Don't even get me started on lyricists for musicals.

[QUOTE=Dragon_Prince]That's what I said but then easyer :P[/QUOTE]

okay,then i need an interpreter to interpret your interpretation.:lol: it was alittle vague,sorry.but i just explained it the long way then.

Ah hec what does it matter?

Okay I'm looking for albums similer to WYWH from around that time. But so far
I have found nothing (suprising huh?) I was wondering if any of you know of anything in that same sorta style. I think it's one of a kind but I might be wrong...any help?

[QUOTE=modern_man]okay,then i need an interpreter to interpret your interpretation.:lol: it was alittle vague,sorry.but i just explained it the long way then.[/QUOTE]


I know, mine was too short, but it was something I did in a min :P me was to lazy to do a good one

[QUOTE=JakLovesStrats]None of you are giving The Division Bell the true praise that it is due. It is the greatest album of all time, even eclipsing Dark Side Of The Moon. The delicate guitar playing on "Marooned", the genius acoustic guitar on "Lost For Words", the 'electric coffee table' on "High Hopes", the mouth thing Dave Gilmour uses on "Keep Talking"...the list goes on and on. I know some of you won't agree with me, but I don't care. I love Pink Floyd, I love Dave Gilmour and I love The Division Bell. But that's not to say the other albums can't compare, because The Wall contains classic tracks such as Comfortably Numb (my favourite song), Run Like Hell, and Hey You, and many people don't recognise the genius of some of the other songs, such as One Of These Days (Meddle).[/QUOTE]

I don't know. The Division Bell greatest album ever? I love the Division Bell, but let's not go crazy. I agree that it's very underrated, but it isn't the best album of all time. Not by a long shot.

me, i hate the division bell... blah i listened to it once, never listened again.

[QUOTE=Obi One Kenodi]I actually happen to like the lyrics in High Hopes. As someone pointed out, they're about how things were so pure as a child, but aren't any more. Theres also seems to be a bit about Roger in it all, almost as though the band were pleading for him to return, and for the great days of old return. The song in general is amazing, and the music video is pretty darn cool.



Woah, now thats going [I]way[/I] to far. David Gilmour is quite possibly my favorite guitarist ever, and he's got a great voice to boot, but as a lyricist, he's pretty bad. With the exception of High Hopes and On The Turning Away, as well as a couple other tracks, his lyrics are pretty dull and uninteresting. Musically he's an excellent composer, but he's far from a good lyricist. Calling him "the best ever" is just retarded.[/QUOTE]

What?!!?!? Dave Gilmour is THE greatest guitarist of all time. Full stop. He is also THE greatest lyricist. Sure, Roger Waters was brilliant, but he just isn't as good as Gilmour. Not calling him "the best ever" is retarded. Have you heard the lyrics from "Lost For Words"? Pure genius. Anyone who argues has no brain, or no taste in music, or both. Probably both.

[QUOTE=Its all gravys]me, i hate the division bell... blah i listened to it once, never listened again.[/QUOTE]

You suck.

[QUOTE=JakLovesStrats]What?!!?!? Dave Gilmour is THE greatest guitarist of all time. Full stop. He is also THE greatest lyricist. Sure, Roger Waters was brilliant, but he just isn't as good as Gilmour. Not calling him "the best ever" is retarded. Have you heard the lyrics from "Lost For Words"? Pure genius. Anyone who argues has no brain, or no taste in music, or both. Probably both.[/QUOTE]


When revering to lyrics Roger Waters > David Gilmour
other aspects, Gilmour > Waters

And if Gilmour was a better writer then Waters like you say, then he would have written the songs when Waters was in the band ;) But he knew Waters wat better with words.
Now I'm guessing you're lost for words ;):P

[QUOTE=JakLovesStrats]What?!!?!? Dave Gilmour is THE greatest guitarist of all time. Full stop. He is also THE greatest lyricist. Sure, Roger Waters was brilliant, but he just isn't as good as Gilmour. Not calling him "the best ever" is retarded. Have you heard the lyrics from "Lost For Words"? Pure genius. Anyone who argues has no brain, or no taste in music, or both. Probably both.[/QUOTE]

The greatest guitarist of all time? No way! off the top of my head I can tell
you tons of other people that are much better. Roger is better with lyrics
enough said. Granted Gilmour has tons of talent. but still you can't say that
Dave is the best at anything...he was/is very good though

[QUOTE=JakLovesStrats]What?!!?!? Dave Gilmour is THE greatest guitarist of all time. Full stop. He is also THE greatest lyricist. Sure, Roger Waters was brilliant, but he just isn't as good as Gilmour. Not calling him "the best ever" is retarded. Have you heard the lyrics from "Lost For Words"? Pure genius. Anyone who argues has no brain, or no taste in music, or both. Probably both.[/QUOTE]

Silly Lad.

Dave gets some of the best tones I have ever heard though.

[QUOTE=fwqhgads]Dave gets some of the best tones I have ever heard though.[/QUOTE]
True say.

I think JakLovesStrats is a fake account. That's the only explanation.

That being said, Gilmour's tone on TDB is like aural sex (omfg punz lol).