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QUOTE (PuppetKing2112 @ Jun 25 2005, 10:47 PM)
Can't believe I didn't see this thread until now...HUGE Floyd fan here...they were probably my favorite band before Rush. I have most of their albums...I'm missing a few I think. I don't know their whole discography but I do have the following:

Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Interesting album, different from their later work, a lot more conventionally psychedelic.

Ummagumma - I loved the live disc immediately...the studio disc is still growing on me, but there are some sections that I really, really like.

Atom heart Mother - I'm sorry, this one just bored me. droning, boring stuff...nothing really happens at all.

Obscured by Clouds - I like this one. Some interesting sections.

Meddle - This was their first truly GREAT album IMO...

Dark Side of the Moon - What can I say that hasn't already been said 2 million times? My dad has the vinyl, and he gave me the posters that came with it. I have them on my wall.

Wish you were Here - This one is similar to Dark Side musically but I think I like it a little bit better.

Animals - Great.

The Wall - I'm sorry to everybody that is more partial to the earlier Floyd, but the Wall is probably my favorite Floyd album. the movie kicks ass too.

The Final Cut - Very underrated. I know it's a Roger solo album technically, but I think it's one of their best.

Momentary Lapse and Division Bell - I'm sorry, but I can't get into post-Waters Floyd. He was their main songwriter. These albums sound like the Pink Floyd Tribute Band, just like the Who post-Keith Moon sound like the Who Tribute Band and any of Axl Rose's lineups in the last decade sound like the GNR cover band. I don't dig it.


But yeah, I still count these guys among my favorite bands.

You're only missing Saucerful of Secrets, Relics, and soundtrack for movie More...all interesting albums...I love the song Biding My Time on Relics..been playing it alot lately. Saucerful is very psychedelic, especially the title track and Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (You heard/seen them in the Pompeii movie biggrin.gif )....along with Relics you need to get "The Works"; another compilation of singles and the like...both worthy albums imo...

 

 

You're also missing the live albums in post Waters era (pulse and thunder) but since u don't like the era, i guess u wouldn't want these...

 

 

I agree with you on Final Cut being underrated...very depressing album but great music....

 

 

The title track for Atom Heart Mother can be trying for some people but the other stuff is not bad..I'm particuliarly fond of If and Summer '68....

 

 

Obscured got some really rocking stuff on it..especially Free Four...

 

I agree with you that Momentary is hard to accept as "real" Floyd; especially when u considered how many session players played on it (like Final Cut is really sort of Waters solo album, this is pretty much Dave's solo album) but I tend to think Division Bell is real Floyd as far as the sound goes....u have to admit the lyrics on DB is a big step up on the MLoR album...

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sorry, I guess I forgot to mention then...I DO have the Thunder live album, as well as the Wall Live 1980 one (Is there Anybody Out there?). The Wall one is awesome...my English teacher said he saw them do the Wall in their only US appearence that year. He also saw Rush 3 times in the 80s, so he officially kicks ass.

 

Thunder is OK but it sounds more like a nostalgia state fair act than a real Floyd show.

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Found this rare pic of the infamous PF show in Montreal on the Animals tour...this show is well known in the annals of Floyd history...Roger snapped and enticed a young fan, who was whooping it up big time, to come closer and Rog did the unthinkable and spat in the face of the fan....this was the turning point in Rog's vision of the up coming classic The Wall; exploring the "barrier" that existed between a well known band and its audience...a brick in the wall you could say....apparently this pic was taken just moments before the ugly incident....

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QUOTE (PuppetKing2112 @ Jun 26 2005, 12:25 AM)
sorry, I guess I forgot to mention then...I DO have the Thunder live album, as well as the Wall Live 1980 one (Is there Anybody Out there?). The Wall one is awesome...my English teacher said he saw them do the Wall in their only US appearence that year. He also saw Rush 3 times in the 80s, so he officially kicks ass.

Thunder is OK but it sounds more like a nostalgia state fair act than a real Floyd show.

I'm not big on the Thunder album but I do like Pulse....

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I have:

 

DSOTM - CD

Wish You Were Here - on vinyl

Animals - Vinyl and CD

The Wall - CD and Video

Division Bell - CD

Pulse - CD and Video

 

I once owned Ummagumma on vinyl, but didn't really like it - with the exception of "...Axe..."

 

Animals was always my favourite, although Dogs does go on a bit sarcasm.gif

 

I prefer Dark Side of the Moon in live format on Pulse - it rocks

 

in fact all of Pulse is fantastic

 

When The Division Bell was released, it became one of my favourite albums of all time...I haven't listened to it for the best part of 10yrs now though ph34r.gif

 

Favourite songs: One of these Days, Comfortably Numb, Hey You, Learning to Fly, Wish You Were Here, Take it Back, What Do You Want From Me, Sheep, Us and Them thru to Eclipse, oh and Sammy Brown singing Great Gig in the Sky wub.gif wub.gif wub.gif

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QUOTE (PuppetKing2112 @ Jun 26 2005, 03:47 AM)
Atom heart Mother - I'm sorry, this one just bored me. droning, boring stuff...nothing really happens at all.

I'll out my hand up and say that I absolutely love Atom Heart Mother. Then again, I've always had a thing for long rambling instrumental pieces and this has got to be one of the best.

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Did the Floyd shuffle again this morning before I crash...this is mix that came up....

 

-Welcome to the Machine (from WYWH)

 

-Interstellar Overdrive (from Pipers)

 

-Fearless (from Meddle)

 

-Let There Be More Light (from Saucerful of Secrets)

 

-High Hopes (from Division Bell)

 

-Summer '68 (From Atom Heart Mother)

 

-Free Four (from Obscured by Clouds)

 

-Jugland Blues (from Saucerful of Secrets...final recording of Syd with band)

 

-Marooned (from Divison Bell..awesome instrumental)

 

-Mother Matilda (from Pipers..my fav on the album)

 

-Learning To Fly (from Momentary Lapse...)

 

-Careful With That Axe Eugene (from Relics..another killer instrumental)

 

 

 

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QUOTE (Mustard Death @ Jun 26 2005, 05:04 PM)
I... I just have Dark Side and The Wall... So I suppose I'm a bit of a Floyd newb!

That's like sayin' you have 2112 and Moving Pictures laugh.gif tongue.gif

 

Get out and do some exploring! I recommend getting Animals and Wish You Were Here next to complete their classic era as it were (at least critically and commercially) and take it from there...

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Their performance at Live 8 was phenomenal. I was moved to tears watching the four of them perform together again. I really hope this turns over a new leaf for them and they might at least tour together one more time. They don't have to make another album (that might be a bad idea as their creative differences could cause problems again), just dust off the old hits and tour again.
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I cried like a baby. It was amazing to see and hear, and I'll never forget it. Today's been a rough day for me, but seeing those four men on stage together made everything seem okay for a while.

 

 

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QUOTE (Mustard Death @ Jun 26 2005, 02:04 PM)
I... I just have Dark Side and The Wall... So I suppose I'm a bit of a Floyd newb!

Get these next:

 

Animals

Wish You Were Here

Meddle

Piper at the Gates of Dawn

The Final Cut

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I just saw Pink FLoyd on Live 8, I cannot believe they are back together! Im speechless...
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QUOTE (GhostGirl @ Jul 2 2005, 05:33 PM)
I cried like a baby. It was amazing to see and hear, and I'll never forget it. Today's been a rough day for me, but seeing those four men on stage together made everything seem okay for a while.

deal with it later!

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QUOTE (daveyt @ Jul 2 2005, 05:56 PM)
was it worth all the hype?

One word -no, make it two... PURE MAGIC.

 

Does that answer your question? biggrin.gif cheer.gif applaudit.gif

 

 

I could not hold back the tears, either.

 

 

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QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ Jun 26 2005, 07:13 PM)
QUOTE (Mustard Death @ Jun 26 2005, 05:04 PM)
I... I just have Dark Side and The Wall... So I suppose I'm a bit of a Floyd newb!

That's like sayin' you have 2112 and Moving Pictures laugh.gif tongue.gif

 

Get out and do some exploring! I recommend getting Animals and Wish You Were Here next to complete their classic era as it were (at least critically and commercially) and take it from there...

I love Wish you were Here!!! that one is a must IMO

 

Animals is great too though!

 

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QUOTE (sundog @ Jul 3 2005, 12:03 AM)
QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ Jun 26 2005, 07:13 PM)
QUOTE (Mustard Death @ Jun 26 2005, 05:04 PM)
I... I just have Dark Side and The Wall... So I suppose I'm a bit of a Floyd newb!

That's like sayin' you have 2112 and Moving Pictures laugh.gif tongue.gif

 

Get out and do some exploring! I recommend getting Animals and Wish You Were Here next to complete their classic era as it were (at least critically and commercially) and take it from there...

I love Wish you were Here!!! that one is a must IMO

 

Animals is great too though!

And I do enjoy The Division Bell

 

But I much prefer the old stuff!

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QUOTE (Lord Ghaleon @ Jul 2 2005, 11:54 PM)
Those that missed it I recorded the sudio and uploaded it. Those that want it, here it is!

http://s17.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=37B0SXJ...U8204M0XE2H6HWI

Thanx a lot Lord! I spent the day moving and then had to go to work so

I missed what I really was only interested in seeing and that is the Floyed show...

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K we know Syd named the band after two obscured bluesmen named Pink Anderson and Floyd Council..what I want to know is has anybody ever heard any recordings by these guys? I've been looking for some since I found this out back in the 80's and still haven't heard any music by them...Even with the advent of downloading on the net I still can't find even a snippet of music...Anybody else ever heard these guys? confused13.gif

 

http://support.uni-oldenburg.de/~floyd/eng...ml#PinkAnderson

 

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Pink Anderson

 

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Floyd Council

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