Pink Floyd

[MadmanDan]

WOW, if he can get licence to sell those, he can make a fortune, it looks pretty cool

[Doc Emmett Brown]

I watched a movie called Grave of the Fireflies over the weekend, and some of the scenes really brought to life the lyrics in Goodbye Blue Sky,

Did you see the frightened ones
Did you hear the falling bombs
Did you ever wonder
Why we had to run for shelter
When the promise of a brave new world
Unfurled beneath a clear blue sky

Get Animals, as soon as you can.  It's my personal favorite, and don't let the five tracks fool you...it's a solid 41 minutes long.  Same with Meddle...six tracks, 46 minutes.  Some of their best "epic" tracks are on those two albums, and Animals is a great musical companion to George Orwell's "Animal Farm." 

thanks for the tip, I have DSOTM, the Wall and Final Cut and I love them all.


The only thing I dont get is the 'getting high while listening to them' business.  The music takes you on a wild journey as it is!

[freedom78]

Get Animals, as soon as you can.  It's my personal favorite, and don't let the five tracks fool you...it's a solid 41 minutes long.  Same with Meddle...six tracks, 46 minutes.  Some of their best "epic" tracks are on those two albums, and Animals is a great musical companion to George Orwell's "Animal Farm." 

thanks for the tip, I have DSOTM, the Wall and Final Cut and I love them all.


The only thing I dont get is the 'getting high while listening to them' business.  The music takes you on a wild journey as it is!

I don't do that, either.  I agree that the music is good enough sans THC.

[judaskennedy]

anyone ever watch the wizard of oz as it synchs up with DSOTM?   that is trippy as hell-  watch it when your high lol

[darkdays_01]

anyone ever watch the wizard of oz as it synchs up with DSOTM?? ?that is trippy as hell-? watch it when your high lol

A long while back , back in the party days some friends and i did that. It is very trippy, to say the least.

Just recently got into the Syd Barrett era of Floyd great stuff.

[Jim]

What do you guys think of this version of Flaming? It's ragged on by pretty much everybody that has commented on youtube, but I fucking love it! A lot of people complain about how disinterested the band look, but I think that just makes it all the more cool.

I mean... I wouldn't mind hating it, fuck Dave singing Syd's song and all that, but I just can't... There's just something so cool about it.

I've never really known early Floyd stuff too well, but I'm trying to listen to all of their albums and, fuck me, the Barrett stuff is just blowing me away. I know the Dark Side era pretty well, and love it to death, but some of the early stuff is just incredible.

Also, I got tickets for Roger Waters at the O2 in May. Set me back ?150 for the pair, but hey, fuck it, he plays the whole of Dark Side of the Moon in the second half. I can't wait!

[Jim]

(oh, though I will add that Dave does fuck up the lyrics, which does annoy me somewhat...)

[freedom78]

Also, I got tickets for Roger Waters at the O2 in May. Set me back ?150 for the pair, but hey, fuck it, he plays the whole of Dark Side of the Moon in the second half. I can't wait!

Saw that show a couple of years ago.  It was great! 

[Doc Emmett Brown]

What do you guys think of this version of Flaming? It's ragged on by pretty much everybody that has commented on youtube, but I fucking love it! A lot of people complain about how disinterested the band look, but I think that just makes it all the more cool.

I'm not used to seeing them look so...hot and... bubblegummy 


So yesterday Stephen Hawking came to give a talk on campus.  There was a long line to see him and someone started playing 'Keep Talking' off The Division Bell album, which I thought was a nice little tribute.  I dont know if there's a lot of love for that record, but I like it.  Marooned is a great song, as is High hopes.  I just like the ambience of the album in general.

[cfcsfc]

What do you guys think of this version of Flaming? It's ragged on by pretty much everybody that has commented on youtube, but I fucking love it! A lot of people complain about how disinterested the band look, but I think that just makes it all the more cool.

I mean... I wouldn't mind hating it, fuck Dave singing Syd's song and all that, but I just can't... There's just something so cool about it.

I've never really known early Floyd stuff too well, but I'm trying to listen to all of their albums and, fuck me, the Barrett stuff is just blowing me away. I know the Dark Side era pretty well, and love it to death, but some of the early stuff is just incredible.

Also, I got tickets for Roger Waters at the O2 in May. Set me back ?150 for the pair, but hey, fuck it, he plays the whole of Dark Side of the Moon in the second half. I can't wait!

Dude, you're gonna love the Waters show. Very envious, if I had the money and free time I would gladly fly anywhere in the world to see him again. I saw him last year on the Australian leg of his tour, and it was hands down the best show I've ever seen. Simply incredible.

I love pretty much everything Floyd, but my favorite stuff of theirs is the Meddle-The Wall era. The Barrett stuff I quite like, but it took me a while to really get into it. I have to be in the right mood for it, but when I am, I love it.
I enjoy the Momentary Lapse and Division Bell albums. There are a few tracks I don't really like too much, but there are some fantastic things on them, High Hopes being a real highlight of DV.
Waters and Gilmour's solo albums are great as well. Waters Pros and Cons and Amused to Death (especially) are great. KAOS is alright but not his best work. Gilmour's self titled is amazing. About Face has some good stuff on and On An Island is a good listen. I'm interested in hearing Ric Wright's solo stuff, but haven't found it yet.

[freedom78]

On an Island is VERY laid back.

It'd make for great chill music. 

I like their solo stuff, but it's just not the magic that Floyd is.  Roger's writing without Gilmore's guitar, and so on. 

[Doc Emmett Brown]

Roger Waters plays `Dark Side,' unleashes giant pig

By JAKE COYLE, AP Entertainment WriterMon Apr 28, 7:31 AM ET

Roger Waters brought Coachella to a close with an epic two-set performance that included playing all of "Dark Side of the Moon" and unleashing a giant inflated pig into the night sky.

The 64-year-old Waters, the third headliner of the three-day music festival following Prince and Jack Johnson, performed an elaborate, almost retrospective concert Sunday featuring music from throughout Pink Floyd's catalog.

Old photographs of the band often flashed across the screen behind Waters and his current band, which played songs from "The Wall," "Wish You Were Here" and "Animals," among other Floyd albums. They also played "Dark Side" in its entirety, culminating with the album's iconic triangle prism rising above the stage.

But Waters' biggest prop was an inflatable pig the size of a school bus that emerged while he played a version of "Pigs" from 1977's capitalism critique, "Animals."

The pig, which was led above the crowd from lines held on the ground, displayed the words "Don't be led to the slaughter" and a cartoon of Uncle Sam wielding two bloody cleavers. The other side read "Fear builds walls."

The underside of the pig simply read "Obama" with a checked ballot box alongside.

As Waters drew the song to a close, flame bursts exploded on the sides of the stage and the swine floated into the night sky. Waters said sadly and comically, "That's my pig."

The performance also included speaker towers placed around the outside of the crowd. Smoke machines funneled across the stage and over the audience, thickening the atmosphere.

[Jim]

Dude, you're gonna love the Waters show. Very envious, if I had the money and free time I would gladly fly anywhere in the world to see him again. I saw him last year on the Australian leg of his tour, and it was hands down the best show I've ever seen. Simply incredible.

You weren't wrong on that one!, by far the best show that I've ever seen as well.

It's so difficult to choose stand out songs, but highlights were probably, err,

Us and Them. The atmosphere for that one was incredible!

Sheep. Again, the atmosphere was amazing, and it was one of the highlights more for that than the actual song itself, if that makes sense. It closed the first half and what with the ol' Pig flying o'er the top and the confetti it was such a great feeling to know that we were only half way through!

Perfect Sense. Well... It's Perfect Sense!, one of my favourite Waters solo songs, and the performance was spot on.

Also, Mother live just blows me away. I may even go as far as saying that I prefer the Waters solo performance to the album version, the vocal juxtoposition is so much stronger, it really adds to the song immensely.

It was more than worth the hundred and fifty notes, and I'd pay as much as I had to see a Floyd reunion... Though, on that note, as far as I know Waters is pretty much on board these days, getting Gilmour to join in is the main problem... But if that's really the case, then Roger should probably avoid saying in the programme that he thinks that his current band perform DSotM better than his old band mates did...

Anyway!, all in all a fantastic night.

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

 David Gilmour has hinted at the possibility of a future Pink Floyd reunion concert.

He said that the band?s members ?haven?t absolutely said no to that possibility? but insisted that the chances of a long term reunion were unlikely.

?We did the one off thing and that was probably enough for me but we shall see,? Gilmour said.

Speaking to the BBC at the Ivor Novello awards last week, where he won the Lifetime Achievement award, Gilmour also voiced his support for Amy Winehouse.

?Amy is one of the absolutely outstanding sort of sparks of great musical joy for me that has come up in the last few years,? he said.

?Just fantastic and she will be around for a very long time I?m sure.?

Thanks for the info to Gigwise.com.

[freedom78]

David Gilmour has hinted at the possibility of a future Pink Floyd reunion concert.

He said that the band?s members ?haven?t absolutely said no to that possibility? but insisted that the chances of a long term reunion were unlikely.

?We did the one off thing and that was probably enough for me but we shall see,? Gilmour said.

Speaking to the BBC at the Ivor Novello awards last week, where he won the Lifetime Achievement award, Gilmour also voiced his support for Amy Winehouse.

?Amy is one of the absolutely outstanding sort of sparks of great musical joy for me that has come up in the last few years,? he said.

?Just fantastic and she will be around for a very long time I?m sure.?

Thanks for the info to Gigwise.com.

If it's only one show, wouldn't it be awesome if they struck a deal to have it on network TV?

[Jim]

If it's only one show, wouldn't it be awesome if they struck a deal to have it on network TV?

Yes. And no.

If they did, I'd like to see all revenue go to charity... Then I'd be happy that it wasn't that kind of reunion.

I know what I'd want for a setlist, but I don't want to get ahead of myself.

In a perfect world I'd have no Wall or Dark Side of the Moon popping up. Never going to happen, though.

Actually, I could suffer Us and Them and Mother.

[Doc Emmett Brown]

Pink Floyd with Syd Barrett performs Interstellar Overdrive in London in 1966

http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid=232521510393077852&ei=BtmYSNSOKYmK2wLQvfTsDA&q=interstellar+overdrive


and a little homage to The Piper at the Gates of Dawn which celebrates its 41st anniversary today
http://www.musicbyday.com/the-piper-at-the-gates-of-dawn-was-released-41-years-ago-today/186/

[GypsySoul]

Thanks Doc!!!  That was awesome!!!

I got the 40th Anniversary Edition of Piper and it has four versions of Interstellar Overdrive on it 



R.I.P Syd

[MadmanDan]

 I dont know if there's a lot of love for that record, but I like it.  Marooned is a great song, as is High hopes.  I just like the ambience of the album in general.

   

Division Bell is an underrated masterpiece ! The way it sounds and feels, everything about it. At first I didn't like it, thought it was too slow, but the lyrics, melodies and Dave's guitar are amazing

[Bitch Slap Rappin]

Pink Floyd is one of my favorite groups of all time. I like every album/cd put out by them including the early cd Piper at the Gates of Dawn. I've seen Pink Floyd twice (Momentary Lapse and Division Bell tour). And I've seen Roger Waters twice. Both were incredible in sound, lights and performance. I wish there were more groups of their calibur in the modern age of music. Some say Cold Play is close to them. But I can't really see that.