Pink Floyd + No Drugs = Amazing Experience that matches a drug induced idiocy.

And yeah, just slapping Echoes, Dogs and Alan's Psychadelic Breakfast on a CD would be terrifying for any new fan. :p They'd just be so out of context.

My friends and I listened to DSOTM in it's entirety after eating shrooms. Unfortunately I didn't start tripping until after.:(

But yes, I think they sound just as good while sober as they do while stoned.

I've never heard more amazing music than when I was tripping, sorry Riva.

Live at Pompeii + Weed = GET ON YOUR KNEES AND BOW DOWN

Listening to Floyd at night in the dark with headphones is the way to go. Especially if you have 1 candle burning. The smell kind of fills the air and combined with the music... woah. Better than any drug experiences.

Of course, adding a fatty to the combination wouldn't hurt ;)

[QUOTE=robo2448;13719333]Listening to Floyd at night in the dark with headphones is the way to go. Especially if you have 1 candle burning. The smell kind of fills the air and combined with the music... woah. Better than any drug experiences.[/QUOTE]

I would recommend trying psychedelics before you jump to that conclusion.

Pink Floyd is ****ing sweet! :chug:

Screw the drugs...the music is just as good (if not better) when you're sober lol :smoke:
Yeah...Pink Floyd's Animals & Wish You Were Here albums are pretty ****in' awesome too. Been digging 'em a lot lately. :thumb:

Well I don't see why you should listen to them on drugs. The band themselves barely did them. Also look at Jethro Tull, incredibly creative band and 100% sober.

They [B]are[/B] good not on drugs.. But you are all saying how amazing it is to sit in a dark room and listen to them... Try smoking and joint and doing it, then you will understand.


I never did until I tried it... It's so much more intense, you have such a better understand of the music and so much more emotion.


Of course, I still [b]love[/b] Floyd not under the influence.

Bull fu[font=verdana]cking sh[/font]it. I don't care what you guys get up to, or whether or not you enjoy recreational drugs, but don't you dare tell us what we need to do to fully understand the music.

You must spread some reputation around before giving it to Riva again.

[QUOTE=Riva;13720197]Bull fu[font=verdana]ck[/font] ****. I don't care what you guys get up to, or whether or not you enjoy recreational drugs, but don't you dare tell us what we need to do to fully understand the music.[/QUOTE]


Let me restate what I said.. I didn't exactly mean you don't understand it if you're not high... You understand it from a [b]new[/b] perspective.. It's different, it really is.


I listened to DSoTM once high... It was ridiculous. I understood the meaning of life completely, whether it be a false sense or not, it's fun.

This by no means is encouraging people to use drugs, it's your choice... and I respect if you choose not to.

Yeah, nobody's saying that drugs are essential to Floyd. But I'm sure a large percentage of Floyd listeners are at least tokers, so it's appropriate to discuss such experiences.

I've only listened to the Floyd whilst high once. It was DSOTM, and it really was a completely different feeling than when I listen to it....un-high.

But like I said, I've only done that once. I've listened to them hundreds of times sober, and they're just about my favorite band. So apparently they're alright at what they do.

[QUOTE=robo2448;13719333]Listening to Floyd at night in the dark with headphones is the way to go. Especially if you have 1 candle burning. The smell kind of fills the air and combined with the music... woah. Better than any drug experiences.[/QUOTE]
heh, seems like something to try when you've got a night alone with no substances....

But Robo, do you really live in Canada now??

That's how weed is with everything, it makes you experience things from a different perspective. I completely agree with Standard. It's not that drugs makes them necessarily sound better, but sometimes when you're high and you listen to a song it's like you're listening to it for the very first time.

[QUOTE=Riva;13720197]Bull fu[font=verdana]cking sh[/font]it. I don't care what you guys get up to, or whether or not you enjoy recreational drugs, but don't you dare tell us what we need to do to fully understand the music.[/QUOTE]

I never questioned your ability to understand or enjoy music. You called what I said a "drug induced idiocy" and I disagreed based on my personal experience. Robo said it was way beyond any drug experiece, but as far as I know he hasn't (could be wrong) and I recommended he did before jumping to a conclusion.

Drugs aren't needed to enjoy music. I was speaking from my personal life.

This subject tends to arise every now and then, ruffling a few feathers along the way :lol: For me, I can't say I've ever listened to the Floyd "under the influence". And I can't say I ever will. Just not my bag, baby.

But I do find the idea curiously intriguing unfortunately. Maybe when I'm on the death bed I'll get the ol' zig-zag out and "roll another one" as a certain legendary lead singer once phrased it (and later changed, for censorship purposes). Candy And a Current Bun, anyone?

How my mind deviates, I can't even remember what I was talking about.

Bleh so there was a vinyl collection of zabriskie points and 11 bootlegs on some sort of ebay site but someone gave 400 euro´s '-_-

And it was the real zabriskie point not the soundstrack, just a vinyl of PF with only PF songs

when you're high, your state of mind is altered (in some ways for the worse, and in some ways for the better). so smokin some weed and listening to floyd or any kinda music is an entirely different perception and lens you see or hear things.

sometimes you can glean something from that and "bring it back with you" if you will to your normal state. of course, it's never necessary to be doing drugs. you really do feel like you have another sense and your ability to focus and see things in different ways is amplified. false delusions as these may be, it brings an entirely new experience. saying you need drugs to understand floyd or saying drugs are completely moot and irrelevant to appreciating a band's music are both wrong.

weed + CoB = one night of fun.

If I enjoy Pink Floyd the way it is, then why do I need to here it from a "new perspective"? It seems kind of stupid. Causing a slight danger to your health just to listen to DSoTM seems like a pointless waste of time.

I don't care if [B]you[/B] do drugs, I just think it's stupid.

Has anyone in here said that you [I]need[/I] to do drugs to enjoy Pink Floyd? I don't think so. That's not what we're talking about.

[QUOTE=Lunch;13724569]Has anyone in here said that you [I]need[/I] to do drugs to enjoy Pink Floyd? I don't think so. That's not what we're talking about.[/QUOTE]

I know that.

[QUOTE=bahamut_ali;13722308]This subject tends to arise every now and then, ruffling a few feathers along the way[/QUOTE]

Yes it does, and it usually turns out the same. I don't know about everyone else, but I'd rather just talk about Floyd instead of argue about something as pointless as drugs.

[QUOTE=What?;13724557]If I enjoy Pink Floyd the way it is, then why do I need to here it from a "new perspective"? It seems kind of stupid.[/QUOTE]

Ok so you just agreed that no one said you need to do it, so what are you talking about here? You don't need to. Some people enjoy it, other people don't. That's all.

Okay, let me say that in a different way. That's why [B]I[/B] don't do it, because I think it's stupid.

I'm sorry about any misunderstanding. I agree with you, I apparently just didn't make myself clear.

Fair enough, I just don't want to come off like just because I enjoy recereational drugs that they are a necessity to enjoy music.

:thumb: Alright. I didn't want to be misunderstood or anything like that. So it's all good then.

[QUOTE=What?;13724765]:thumb: Alright. I didn't want to be misunderstood or anything like that. So it's all good then.[/QUOTE]

Just have a toke and everything will be all good. :)

[QUOTE=Leper;13711728]Pink Floyd are the type of band where you can't just hear their songs, you have to actually listen to their music to truly appreciate it. Remove all other possible distractions and immerse yourself in their music and suddenly those "10 minute spells of weird noises" will become so much more than that. Oh, and to truly appreciate Pink Floyd, I find, you almost have to listen to their albums from start to finish. I love the fact that they aren't a singles band.[/QUOTE]


Hmm...I just don't think it's for me.

Personally, music that requires isolation and drugs to sound good isn't of my preference.

Like I said though, kudos to them for having great live shows and being a large influence to many of my favourite bands.

I hate idiots who seem to believe you NEED to be high in some way or form to listen to albums like[I] Piper at the Gates of Dawn[/I]. I mean besides that, being sober is the only way to listen to it, I think. Don't those kind of people annoy you too, Kingofdudes?

you just need to be high to like PATGOD

ok i dont mean that but i made a funny!

[QUOTE=CardCheat;13726413]Hmm...I just don't think it's for me.

Personally, music that requires isolation and drugs to sound good isn't of my preference.[/QUOTE]

It doesn't at all though, that's the point we've just made.

Pink Floyd sounds great to me when not on drugs.
But may just sound different on them.
That's what they are saying Mr. Cardcheat.

[QUOTE=CardCheat;13726413]Hmm...I just don't think it's for me.

Personally, music that requires isolation and drugs to sound good isn't of my preference.

Like I said though, kudos to them for having great live shows and being a large influence to many of my favourite bands.[/QUOTE]

I didn't realize that Leper's post had anything to do with drugs.

[QUOTE=What?;13726934]I didn't realize that Leper's post had anything to do with drugs.[/QUOTE]

It didn't, but his post about the whole "you need to be alone without distractions" post was a few pages back, while the whole drug discussion was going on when I posted.

Anyway, what I am trying to say is that from my view, it seems like songs can be enjoyed without drugs, but to have the complete "Pink Floyd experience", drugs would come in handy.

Basically, it just comes down to the fact that I don't really enjoy the majority of this band's material.

You don't need isolation or drugs to appreciate Pink Floyd, you just have to listen.

But to each his own.

hey all

finding this topic interesting...

And for me pink floyd is great either way, stoned or not, my opinion anyway is that when your stoned your sense of music is a very differnt experience, when your really getting into it you can feel the tones through a somewhat tunnel vision splashing at you, the music swirling around the room and the intensity is raised very high (this is only me speaking for myself out of my own experience here ), with all that said it is out of this world when your not bent either, just i guess us floyd fans searching for more and different ways to expereince it will use the aid of a spliff or two, but there is absolutly nothing wrong with being against drugs at all.....but in the most polite way possible "dont knock it till you've tried it" but hey where all in this forum for the same reason so lets spread or feelings and knowledge peacefully.....

on a lighter note im going to see roger waters in febuary, cant wait

oh and does anyone know where i can get like a torrent of pink floyds - Eclipse, a peice for assorted lunatics ( that being the DSOTM live show prior to the album bein recorded )

thanx alot
live on floyd

I can mad when people say that you need drugs to enjoy Pink Floyd. It's just not true.

Pink Floyd gets the whole drug association because they use sound effects and make wankers say "this is tripping me out" before they go back and listen to something mainstream. Just like any image attached to anything the real fans know different.