the final cut was originally going to be called [I]spare bricks[/I]

4 srs?
I didn't know that.

what is 4 srs

"For serious" I'm guessing.

[QUOTE=MrConeman;13367493]The general feel to it, and some of the musical ideas, I think it's quite like it indeed. The Wall dwarfs Final Cut though.
I can enjoy both albums as seperate peices, they just have shades of each other IMO.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking has the same general feel too. Then again the basic material for all 3 records were written at the same time.

roger waters was at a band meeting, and was the only one with any new ideas for the next album (dave gilmor and rick wright having just completed solo projects) he presented two ideas: the pros and cons of hitchhiking and the wall. the wal voted unanimously in favor of the wallproject, whereas the manager (can't remember his name) voted for pros and cons....

when the wall was being made, there were several unused tracks, ones that the band didn't feel worked in the album setting (i say band, i mean roger waters and bob ezrin, the producer). this included when the tigers broke free. these were planned to be released later under the title spare bricks

however, when touching up the songs for release (...tigers had already been released on single, i think as a b-side to mother) waters was inspired by the outbreak of the faulklands war, and the project took on a life of its own, becoming very much a waters solo project.

roger also went on to record pros and cons by himself, with eric clapton on guitar.

thats the basic story anyway

Cool, glad that was cleared up, thanks.

NP - Dogs.
God I had forgotten how amazing this song is, that riff is just...awh.
They keyboard stuff around the 10 minute mark is resonably orgasmic too.

i love that one guitar solo right after david says "just another sad old man all alone dying of cancer" its awesome :chug:

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn is better than Dark Side Of The Moon.

That was random.

I disagree btw.

I also disagree. As much as I love their old stuff, listening to Piper too much makes my head hurt, whereas Dark Side of the Moon is like vicodin. It's like the whole band gave so much to it equally(as far as I know); it feels balanced. Also, it's very dark and mysterious, especially with all the creepy whispering.

Speaking of earlier Pink Floyd, from what I understand Meddle is the turning point in musical direction for the band, but was the earlier stuff with gilmour like the Syd Barret stuff or another thing altogether?

[QUOTE=Luc214;13369860]The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn is better than Dark Side Of The Moon.[/QUOTE]

ummm k?

[QUOTE=rippa32;13370328]Speaking of earlier Pink Floyd, from what I understand Meddle is the turning point in musical direction for the band, but was the earlier stuff with gilmour like the Syd Barret stuff or another thing altogether?[/QUOTE]

It was very different, although still very psychedelic. None of the albums in that era are as good as Piper, but they are very experimental and interesting.

me likes saucerful of secrets the best of that era

ewwwww such a boring album. Their Soundtrack for More is probably the best of that era for me.

more is like one of four pf albums i dont have. the only worth while track i remember from more is the nile song

I'm not a huge fan of More. My favorite from that era is Obscured By Clouds. Actually, that's after Meddle so I guess that doesn't work. Saucerful then.

The only More song I ever listen to is "Cirrus Minor". Pretty cool one.

haven't heard More, but it's on my list. I like Meddle and Sauceful about the same.

my list of fav pink floyd albums (these are the albums i have, anyway):

1. Animals
2. Meddle
3. Wish You Were Here
4. Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Performed Live 1980-1981
5. Dark Side Of The Moon
6. The Wall
7. A Saucerful Of Secrets
8. Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
9. Atom Heart Mother
10. The Division Bell

I've also got like relics and the delicate sound of thunder, but im too lazy to put them on here

How is [I]Obscured By Clouds[/I]?

[QUOTE=Apocalyptic Raids;13376695]How is [I]Obscured By Clouds[/I]?[/QUOTE]

It's my least favorite Pink Floyd album. It's kind of boring, but I haven't listened to it in ages and don't really want to.

Ah, ok. I am interested in it, mostly because it's right in between [I]Meddle[/I] and [I]Dark Side of The Moon[/I], which make up my top 3 Floyd albums along with [I]Wish You Were Here[/I] (original, I know :p).

OBC is pretty sweet. I'd put it before The Final Cut, The Division Bell, AMLOR, Relics, Saucerful, PATGOD, AHM, and More. I guess that makes it like number 7 or 8 on my list.

Raids I'd check it out. It's pretty characteristic of the Meddle era. Cool songs, and really cool guitar work by Gilmour on that one. The "Mudmen" and "Childhood's End" solos are some of my favorites.

[QUOTE=magicbus;13376879]OBC is pretty sweet. I'd put it before The Final Cut, The Division Bell, AMLOR, Relics, Saucerful, PATGOD, AHM, and More. I guess that makes it like number 7 or 8 on my list.

Raids I'd check it out. It's pretty characteristic of the Meddle era. Cool songs, and really cool guitar work by Gilmour on that one. The "Mudmen" and "Childhood's End" solos are some of my favorites.[/QUOTE]


Yes, it'd put it ahead of those. But those don't rank too highly. There are about 7 albums that I absolutely love and the rest are just OK.

If you liked Meddle then you'd probably like OBC, but both of those two albums are probably my least favorites. :(

I really like the [I]Meddle[/I] sound, so I'll probably check it out. Thanks.

Ahhh ****. Now I feel like doing a list of my favorites.

1. Wish You Were Here
2. Dark Side of the Moon
3. Meddle
4. The Wall
5. Ummagumma
6. Animals
7. Obscured By Clouds
8. Piper At The Gates of Dawn
9. A Saucerful of Secrets
10. Atom Heart Mother (only for the first song)

The Division Bell>More>Momentary Lapse of Reason>The Final Cut

I never listen to the last ones.