The Enduring Appeal of Pink Floyd: A Scientific Exploration of Fan Love

[Gokul43201]

Remember Kylie Minogue ?

In my opinion, Gilmour was a better bassist than Waters...I recall he (Gil) played bass for more than a couple of numbers and I thought they were real neat. Now I suddenly want to listen to those again, but I can't remember which ones they were...

 

[hypnagogue]

Clare Torrey, who happened to be introduced by Alan Parsons due to her backing vocals (in studio previous work for AP). She was not given any vocal instructions by PF, all she was told was to think about Dying, and to make any vocal representations she Wished. She was played a little of the Piano work by Rick, then let loose and recorded her vocals, amazing eh!

I believe Roger Waters also helped her along during the recording by giving her hand gestures telling her when to raise her voice and when to quiet down, in the fashion of a symphony conductor.

One of the greatest but most overlooked things about Floyd, IMO, is Waters' lyrics. The music itself is good enough that the casual listener might not pay very close attention to the words, but those words are incredible. He has a way of creating succint and powerful images with a poetic elegance that I think is unrivaled by just about any other lyricist. I find that for the great majority of songs, the lyrics suffer greatly if read without the musical accompaniment, but Waters is one of the few whose stuff still shines when it stands alone. And if you follow the words within the atmosphere of the music-- someone mentioned art galleries, but I'd say more like virtual reality. Chilling stuff sometimes.

"Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn"... you know it's strange, I used to get that a lot too, floating around in my head. There must be something to it.

For all the Floyd heads, here's a brief list of some of my relatively obscure favorites:

Fearless
Let There Be More Light (amazing lyrics here, especially in conjunction with the music)
Dogs (possibly the most acerbic words ever sung, and that transition from the keyboard/strumming to the slow beat guitar solo kills me)
Mudmen (love the drum crescendo into the wailing guitar bend)
Cirrus Minor (puts you on another planet)
and of course, the epic to end all epics,
Echoes

 

[photon]

I wasn't alive when PF was big, but I think they rock. Among my favs are, "Another Brick In the Wall," and "Great Gig in the Sky."

Some other fav. rock bands: U2 (can't get enough), Led Zep., beatles, Jefferson Airpalne, it's all good.

 

[Gokul43201]

I actually liked Final Cut quite a bit. I've not found anyone to second that opinion.

 

[tumor]

Final cut might have had great lyrics as usual with Waters,but musically I could not stand it,same with The Wall plus to much hype.All the albums until The Wall are my favourites.

 

[Pythagorean]

I totally agree! Roger Waters sure can put some feeling in his guitar parts. I especially like the solo in comfortably numb. And I think among their best songs are "shine on you crazy diamond", "another brick in the wall", "wish you were here", and "high hopes".

Dude, David Gilmour is the guitarist. In fact, that's him in my avatar.

 

[russ_watters]

I wasn't alive when PF was big...

That would make you...10? Their last big tour (and it was big - they sold-out stadiums) was in '94 iirc. I saw them at the Vet in Philly - it was the best concert I've ever been to (not that I've been to all that many).