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In summary, the author likes Pink Floyd and thinks their music is complex and their songs are great. He also thinks that Syd Barrett was a special kind of being.
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Well, since Led Zeppelin has its own thread, we might as well get one for pink floyd too :approve:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG4OMNR5vD4
 
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  • #2
LOL

Might as well post the entire albums

Dark of the Moon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY5winxPMvA

and

Wish You Were Here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDiPEnqfoC0
 
  • #3
Now you're talking :biggrin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpH_e0of400
 
  • #4
One of my favs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Okd3Oyii7E

Dogs: starting at 3:56, one of the best rock and roll riffs of all time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lgOo8yEIPs
 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FRSdelJMFE
 
  • #6
Somebody Stoooooooooop me :biggrin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr8P-xQDKb0
 
  • #7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC67vNY9Rcg
 
  • #8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkhX5W7JoWI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrGuVa-4BVE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0HrrR9QDQU
 
  • #9
Speak to me/Breath is the best though.
 
  • #10
WannabeNewton said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0HrrR9QDQU

This is such a scary song. In fact, the entire "the wall" album is very scary.
 
  • #11
All of the Pink Floyd. Just all of it.
 
  • #12
Fearlessly the idiot faced the crowd...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM1a7vojSCQ
 
  • #13
micromass said:
This is such a scary song. In fact, the entire "the wall" album is very scary.
idk man these songs are way scarier:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqlsVZ1zxMk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt-udg9zQSE

They feel very Orwellian.
 
  • #14
This is Pink Anderson:

tumblr_miraa9UWbR1s5v0u5o1_1280.jpg


This is Floyd Council:

Council.jpg


Pink Floyd is named after them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM1_6CFt5Mg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9SivL7ebg4
 
  • #15
micromass said:
This is such a scary song. In fact, the entire "the wall" album is very scary.

Hey You is definitely a creepy song. Although I also find On the Run to be a little spooky as well.

EDIT:

Yeah, so I meant to say that Brain Damage is creepy, not On the Run.
 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lgOo8yEIPs
 
  • #17
AnTiFreeze3 said:
All of the Pink Floyd. Just all of it.

Right Freeze, but it's all about what's movin' your mojo right now. That's why these threads are cool. (Dirac's mojo face :biggrin:)
 
  • #18
micromass said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lgOo8yEIPs

Copycat!
 
  • #19
Back when the albums came out, we did concerts from our dorm room or the dorm balcony.

Equipment:

Phillips turntable (Harman/Kardon receiver optional)
Phase Linear Pre-Amp (we used to put ice cubes on the preamp)
Phase Linear Amp
Eight 100W Advent Speakers stacked in Quad.

The room was about 10 x 14 ft.

From the balcony, one could hear the music 2+ miles away. The dorm room was loud. :biggrin:
 
  • #20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts-2lg5fpQ4

The host doesn't seem to like pink floyd a lot...
 
  • #21
AnTiFreeze3 said:
All of the Pink Floyd. Just all of it.

I know! Like there would be one song saved from popping up in this thread. Teens!
 
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  • #26
jbunniii said:
This thread needs more from the Syd era.

RIP

The madcap laughs
 
  • #27
Astronuc said:
Back when the albums came out, we did concerts from our dorm room or the dorm balcony.

Equipment:

Phillips turntable (Harman/Kardon receiver optional)
Phase Linear Pre-Amp (we used to put ice cubes on the preamp)
Phase Linear Amp
Eight 100W Advent Speakers stacked in Quad.

The room was about 10 x 14 ft.

From the balcony, one could hear the music 2+ miles away. The dorm room was loud. :biggrin:

I'm fairly certain that 99% of my hearing loss can be blamed on Pink Floyd and my Carver M1.5.

"The Wall" specifically. It was the most musically complex, and the pinnacle of their creations, IMHO.

I'm surprised there are no pictures of my ears bleeding. :biggrin:
 
  • #28
Wish You Were Here is my favorite simply because it has Shine On You Crazy Diamond.
 
  • #29
WannabeNewton said:
Wish You Were Here is my favorite simply because it has Shine On You Crazy Diamond.

I don't think I'd heard of Syd Barrett until a few years ago, as unless the band's name included the names of the members, I seldom had a clue who was singing or playing which instrument.

But that is a good song. Syd must have been a special kind of being.

I had a long time musician coworker pass away last year. His name was Sid. One of the neatest people in the world. My boss, 30 years my junior, had his pictures on his desktop for at least a year.

Crazy Diamonds...
 
  • #30
Great to see so many Pink Floyd lovers here! I think my fav record (if I had to choose) would be "Wish you were here", but I like most of what they've done.

EDIT: forgot to say that I played in a Pink Floyd cover band for fun when I was younger (I played keyboards). We played the entire The Wall + some stuff from Dark Side and Wish You Were Here. I think my fav part to play was Nobody Home, it's a nice piano piece, I think. And I still remember Vera Lynn;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSf5HSiLscA
 
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  • #31
I honestly think Welcome to the Machine is their best song. The lyrics are absolutely superb and apply to so many things-the perfect characterization of modern day dystopias. If I ever read 1984 again I'm going to play this song for background ambiance.
 
  • #32
WannabeNewton said:
I honestly think Welcome to the Machine is their best song. The lyrics are absolutely superb and apply to so many things-the perfect characterization of modern day dystopias. If I ever read 1984 again I'm going to play this song for background ambiance.

I suppose I will have to start a new thread.

When I was 16, I listened to Davie Bowie's "Young Americans", non-stop, on 8 track, whilst reading Clark's "Rendezvous with Rama".

Nothings going to change my world!

<yoda voice>Naive little bas*ard, I was...</yoda voice>
 
  • #33
I highly recommend this excellent documentary, which is available for instant streaming on Netflix, and it looks like at least part of it is on Youtube.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_Albums:_Pink_Floyd_%E2%80%93_The_Making_of_The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon



You get to hear the story about how the album and individual songs developed, including such details as how the various spoken word bits ("I am not afraid of dying...") in "The Great Gig in the Sky" were gathered. Speaking of which, that song belongs in this thread:

 
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  • #34
Good thread, and great choices!

One of my favourite songs;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZkERB6dU_Y
 
  • #35
jbunniii said:
I highly recommend this excellent documentary, which is available for instant streaming on Netflix, and it looks like at least part of it is on Youtube.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_Albums:_Pink_Floyd_%E2%80%93_The_Making_of_The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon



You get to hear the story about how the album and individual songs developed, including such details as how the various spoken word bits ("I am not afraid of dying...") in "The Great Gig in the Sky" were gathered. Speaking of which, that song belongs in this thread:



Thank you. I needed that.
 
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