[QUOTE=Lunch]Or you could go all out and get Piper At the Gates of Dawn.[/QUOTE]
You should go with this option.

[QUOTE=Jake]You should go with this option.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, when I first heard Piper, I despised it, but since then its grown on me a huge amount.

[QUOTE=magicbus]Which albums do you have? Relics is kind of a compilation album, and IMO there are better ones you can buy first.[/QUOTE]
Get The Division Bell and Piper. Those are two of the best, and definitely don't get enough respect.

[QUOTE=Jake]You should go with this option.[/QUOTE]
Naa, that album sucks......

I don't know how anyone could listen to such non-sense. :rolleyes:

[QUOTE=NightHorse]So I'm planning on buying 'Relics' in a short amount of time. Is it any good. I'm buying it 'cos I've run out of them to buy, I have the famous four and I dunno what to get next. So I decided 'Relics.'[/QUOTE]I would proceed in this order:

Meddle
Atom Heart Mother
Obscured By Clouds
The Final Cut
The Division Bell
Piper At The Gates of Dawn
A Saucerful of Secrets
More
Ummagumma
A Momentary Lapse of Reason

[QUOTE=steveneccles]I would proceed in this order:

Meddle
Atom Heart Mother
Obscured By Clouds
The Final Cut
The Division Bell
Piper At The Gates of Dawn
A Saucerful of Secrets
More
Ummagumma
A Momentary Lapse of Reason[/QUOTE]


I would do it on the order they came out. That's always tons of fun

Why in the world do you need [I]all[/I] of their albums? I don't understand anymore (even though I've done it several times) why someone would want to waste their time collecting every album a band has come out with when most of the albums are sub par at best. You could be exploring other great music instead of collecting these albums that you'll only listen to a few times and then trash later. I downloaded Pink Floyd's entire discography one time and ended up very disappointed with all the sub par albums they had. DON'T be blinded be all of the great albums you're hearing now (DSOTM, WYWH, Animals...etc) because not all of their music is great and you'll only end up disappointed. (or at least I was) Ended up deleting alot of them.

To be honest there are only 6 albums that (IMO) are really worth getting:

Piper At The Gates of Dawn
Meddle
Dark Side of the Moon
Wish You Were Here
Animals
The Wall

Just my opinion...I know most will disagree.

[QUOTE=Schyma]Why in the world do you need [I]all[/I] of their albums? I don't understand anymore (even though I've done it several times) why someone would want to waste their time collecting every album a band has come out with when most of the albums are sub par at best. You could be exploring other great music instead of collecting these albums that you'll only listen to a few times and then trash later. I downloaded Pink Floyd's entire discography one time and ended up very disappointed with all the sub par albums they had. DON'T be blinded be all of the great albums you're hearing now (DSOTM, WYWH, Animals...etc) because not all of their music is great and you'll only end up disappointed. (or at least I was) Ended up deleting alot of them.

To be honest there are only 6 albums that (IMO) are really worth getting:

Piper At The Gates of Dawn
Meddle
Dark Side of the Moon
Wish You Were Here
Animals
The Wall

Just my opinion...I know most will disagree.[/QUOTE]


I agree with you. I did that with Hendrix and Metallica. I was talking about this the other day, THis girl said she wanted all of Neil Youngs albums (like 30) I was like why? all I want are his big 5 and someone will probably give
me those. Then if I like the ones they give me maybe I'll decide to support
the bloody record company's who really care nothing for the artist. But maybe
he's a "Fanboy" who has lots of moeny to waste. Lord knows I'm not and I can't afford it. So thanks to everyone who creates mailing lists

[QUOTE=Schyma]Why in the world do you need [I]all[/I] of their albums? I don't understand anymore (even though I've done it several times) why someone would want to waste their time collecting every album a band has come out with when most of the albums are sub par at best. You could be exploring other great music instead of collecting these albums that you'll only listen to a few times and then trash later. I downloaded Pink Floyd's entire discography one time and ended up very disappointed with all the sub par albums they had. DON'T be blinded be all of the great albums you're hearing now (DSOTM, WYWH, Animals...etc) because not all of their music is great and you'll only end up disappointed. (or at least I was) Ended up deleting alot of them.

To be honest there are only 6 albums that (IMO) are really worth getting:

Piper At The Gates of Dawn
Meddle
Dark Side of the Moon
Wish You Were Here
Animals
The Wall

Just my opinion...I know most will disagree.[/QUOTE]

I would add a few to that list, but that's mostly right. There are a few Floyd albums that IMO aren't consistently great, but I'll probably still buy most of them.

[QUOTE=Schyma]Why in the world do you need [I]all[/I] of their albums? etc[/QUOTE]I like at least half the songs on almost all of their albums, and some of the songs on the rest.

Yeah, like if you use Bit Torrent, they have all these discographies, and I probably haven't listened to half the cds, or if I did it would be like once.

[QUOTE=randomthought9]Yeah, like if you use Bit Torrent, they have all these discographies, and I probably haven't listened to half the cds, or if I did it would be like once.[/QUOTE]

Oh. Thanks.

Hey did you all know that when The floyd were looking for a name
one that they thought of was The Megadeaths. I thought that was really funny

I got that from the Megadeth thread

I own all of Pink Floyd's works, and I enjoy the majority of the songs on all of them.

[QUOTE=Britton]Hey did you all know that when The floyd were looking for a name
one that they thought of was The Megadeaths. I thought that was really funny

I got that from the Megadeth thread[/QUOTE]
Isn't Pink Floyd's name from those two blues guitarists?

(Pink Anderson and Something Floyd?)

Pink Anderson and Floyd Council, I believe.

Yep.

I'm learning the Shine On (I-V) intro solo deal.. Super fun to play, and sounds sweet.. But I'll never match that tone.

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]Pink Anderson and Floyd Council, I believe.[/QUOTE]
Oh, thanks. That was bugging me for the past few days.

[QUOTE=standard]Yep.

I'm learning the Shine On (I-V) intro solo deal.. Super fun to play, and sounds sweet.. But I'll never match that tone.[/QUOTE]

Gilmour's tone really good. It's my favorite out of anyone. Especially in Time. That song is amazing.

That one sounds awesome on clean.

Here's me playing it with distortion: [url]http://media.putfile.com/Shine-On-Solo[/url]

[QUOTE=steveneccles]If they could take about 3/4 of OBC and a couple of songs from More, they could re-release it as "Pink Floyd: The Soundtracks" and it would be amazing[/QUOTE]

If only they could find the "Us and Them" piano melody recorded for Zabrsikie point and put it on there, then it would be amazing.

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]Pink Anderson and Floyd Council, I believe.[/QUOTE]
But wasn't their name originally "The Pink Floyd Sound"?

[QUOTE=LF96]Most of their vinyls aren't too hard to find except maybe PATGOD... I think you can find that one for the same price as a cd if you search a little tho. I see The Wall and DSOTM all the time on second hand markets... :)[/QUOTE]
I have The Piper At The Gates on vynil. It came as "A nice pair" which was a vynil of the first 2 albums.

[QUOTE=shamed-angel]But wasn't their name originally "The Pink Floyd Sound"?[/QUOTE]Yes....

So where did the names come into it? There's no mention of that in Inside Out, which is my source of Pink Floyd knowlege.

[QUOTE=shamed-angel]So where did the names come into it? There's no mention of that in Inside Out, which is my source of Pink Floyd knowlege.[/QUOTE]
Maybe Nick Mason didn't want to simply ramble on about the names of P.F

[QUOTE=standard]Yep.

I'm learning the Shine On (I-V) intro solo deal.. Super fun to play, and sounds sweet.. But I'll never match that tone.[/QUOTE]

I heard that through a vox valvetronix the other day and it sounded incredible

You can actually ALMOST match that tone on a solid state amp with a lot of bass, and 8-7 tone on the geetar. I wonder what kind of amp he used on that? Probally a Fender Twin.

[QUOTE=shamed-angel]So where did the names come into it? There's no mention of that in Inside Out, which is my source of Pink Floyd knowlege.[/QUOTE]From Inside Out:

"Syd produced, with little further ado, the name The Pink Floyd Sound, using the first names of two venerable blues musicians Pink Anderson and Floyd Council."

Looks like the old reading skills could use a little sharpening ;)

EDIT: I would read a Saucerful of Secrets if I were you; it's a less lucid but more in-depth biography of the band

[QUOTE=steveneccles]From Inside Out:

"Syd produced, with little further ado, the name The Pink Floyd Sound, using the first names of two venerable blues musicians Pink Anderson and Floyd Council."

Looks like the old reading skills could use a little sharpening ;)

EDIT: I would read a Saucerful of Secrets if I were you; it's a less lucid but more in-depth biography of the band[/QUOTE]

I had a hard time getting through that book for some reason. But never
the less it was a great book. It had lots of great story's there that I hadn't heard before.

i like saucerful of secrets better than inside out......i actaully got sort of disinterested in the middle of inside but that was probably because i'd already read a hundred pink floyd biographies by then

[QUOTE=Whale and Wasp]i like saucerful of secrets better than inside out......i actaully got sort of disinterested in the middle of inside but that was probably because i'd already read a hundred pink floyd biographies by then[/QUOTE]


LoL

It's funny how many Bio's people make of the same band.

I've seen 2 million Led Zep Bio's
about 1 million Hendrix Bio's
at least 2.5 million PF bio's
5 Billion Beatles bio's

and the list go's on and on

I don't know if this is going to be interesting or not, but I was reading Saucerful Of Secrets the other day and I found out that the cover on [U]Meddle[/U] was an underwater ear listening to sound waves. The books really good, it helped me understand certain songs better. For example, [U]Wish You Were Here[/U] has a bunch of references to stuff about Syd, like the fact that he was a painter.

[QUOTE=FLOYD_FOREVER]I don't know if this is going to be interesting or not, but I was reading Saucerful Of Secrets the other day and I found out that the cover on [U]Meddle[/U] was an underwater ear listening to sound waves. The books really good, it helped me understand certain songs better. For example, [U]Wish You Were Here[/U] has a bunch of references to stuff about Syd, like the fact that he was a painter.[/QUOTE]yeah, that's what i meant about saucerful being more in depth. it's really cool that way :cool:

Anderson Council just doesn't have the same ring to it, does it?

[QUOTE=steveneccles]yeah, that's what i meant about saucerful being more in depth. it's really cool that way :cool:[/QUOTE]

I haven't gotten to any of that stuff yet. I probably should continue reading, as I stopped about 5 chapters in.

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]Anderson Council just doesn't have the same ring to it, does it?[/QUOTE]

Sure doesn't, though I'm fairly sure that if Floyd had gone by that instead, I would still listen to them.

NP: Syd Barrett - Terrapin

[QUOTE=magicbus]I haven't gotten to any of that stuff yet. I probably should continue reading, as I stopped about 5 chapters in.[/QUOTE]


I found 90% to be meaning less and hard to get through...but I did learn
some intresting stuff about the floyd

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]I own all of Pink Floyd's works, and I enjoy the majority of the songs on all of them.[/QUOTE]
Agreed.

I enjoyed Saucerful of Secrets, and recommend that anyone interesting in learning more about Pink Floyd read it.

I'm so naming my next band Anderson Council.

[QUOTE=DeusExMachina]Agreed.

I enjoyed Saucerful of Secrets, and recommend that anyone interesting in learning more about Pink Floyd read it.

I'm so naming my next band Anderson Council.[/QUOTE]

Dude you should do a PF cover band with that name!

I really wouldn't recomend that book to new comers though.

[QUOTE=DeusExMachina]Agreed.

I enjoyed Saucerful of Secrets, and recommend that anyone interesting in learning more about Pink Floyd read it.

I'm so naming my next band Anderson Council.[/QUOTE]
I was gonna say that!!

Oh well, you get the name. :upset: