just got into pink floyd during the last 6 months. brilliant group. anyone into them?

im a big pink floyd fan

what albums have you heard so far /?

Pink Floyd, one of the best bands ever!
Me dad brought me up on them! Cheers pops!! :thumbsup:

In fact i think i'll put some Wish You Were Here on!! :D

First saw the Floyd in March 1970 at the City Hall. I prefer their early stuff - up to and including DSOTM.

Gotta love Pink Floyd. First got into them after hearing Meddle ages ago (my sis had it on LP). Found out my cousin was a huge fan, so listened to all his stuff. Never looked back!

For some incredible reason, Pink Floyd passed me by. I started getting into music in the very early 70's and looking back, I cannot fail to wonder how I missed them. Got into Queen, glam rock, punk etc (variety of musical tastes I know) but until Live 8 last year I had never heard anything by Floyd except Money and Another Brick In The Wall (Pt2) :confused:

I now have heard just about everything they have ever released (including Syd Barrett's solo stuff) and have read on-line articles and interviews until the early hours and still cannot get enough of them.

I'm even heading to see the Aussie Pink Floyd at the Sheffield Arena on 21st April with my 17 yr old son who, unknown to me, has been a PF fan for the last couple of years :cool:

just got into pink floyd during the last 6 months. brilliant group. anyone into them?


Although I had heard 'Wish You Were Here' many years ago, I too have only just started geting into "the Floyd".

Some of their stuff is just genius ... but not all.

I can't boast Longcol's pedigree as a Floyd fan, but I've been 'into' the band since the age of 13 in 1974, when I taped 'Dark Side' in its entirety from the radio. A young colleague of my father's in his early 20s very kindly taped me 'Atom Heart Mother', 'Meddle' and 'Ummagumma' and I was hooked. I now have every Floyd album on cd, including David Gilmour's pastoral new album, 'On an Island' which some critics have regarded as the follow-up to 1994's 'The Division Bell'.

My favourite Floyd material is from the earlier days, in particular the albums, 'Dark Side of the Moon', 'Wish You Were Here', 'Meddle', 'Atom Heart Mother', 'Ummagumma', 'A Saucerful of Secrets' and 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn'. I prefer the naive experimentalism and the pastoral sides of Floyd, and cannot abide the angst-ridden, indulgent, semi-autobiographical 'The Wall' in which Waters whinges , whines and bleats interminably. Even worse is [described by Gilmour as 'cheap filler'] the Waters-dominated, 'The Final Cut'. Those two debacles aside, I like all Floyd's music to a lesser and greater degree.

I envy Longcol's experience of the Floyd in 1970, and also my friend Bernie for being present at the 1969 Manchester gig which was partly used for the A side of the double album, 'Ummagumma'. One hears of the band frying bacon on stage and other daft antics in those days. To me, and I imagine that it is the same for many people, there is something wonderfully, reassurringly 'English' about the sound of Gilmour's bended strings, Wright's keyboards , the slow, four-footed drumming of Mason and the vocal phrasing of Waters/Gilmour. To someone of my generation [40-something], Floyd are as resonantly 'English' as Elgar and Vaughan-Williams. Indeed, the band are a major cultural reference in any history of English popular music. They did more than any other British band to 'build bridges' between popular music and the avant garde. Arguably, they influenced more people than the other contenders for that title, Germany's Can and America's Velvet Underground.

:cool: Pink Floyd are one of the greatest band's of all time!! Dark Side Of The Moon is also the greatest album ever recorded. Fantastic band, every song takes you on a journey...

Seeing Floyd playing DSOTM live on my birthday in 1972 has to be one of the big highlights of my life.

A pivotal point for Floyd IMHO.

The first half of the gig was DSOTM in its unpolished entirety - the second half the "old stuff" - eugene, set the controls for..., saucerful,....and portents of self satisfaction setting in - "Meddle" from the previous year had introduced both repetition "One of these days" = "Eugene" (without the brooding build up - more aimed at sixth formers for whom no track without a guitar solo could cut business) - and the "Gilmour plod" (see next paragraph).

But compared to the gig of two years previous (I'd prefer not to mention the Atom Heart Mother Gig of '71), Gilmour added many more plodding "spaced out" blues solos. Goodbye "Interstellar Overdrive" and "Astronomie Dominie", welcome "Echoes" and far worse yet to come.

When DSOTM was released I was hugely disappointed - too long in the studio (in terms of 30 odd years ago) no rough edges, and where the hell did the "Great Gig In The Sky" come from???

By then "hanging on in quite desperation in the English way" - my favourite fragment of a Floyd lyric - had moved on to Bowie, Roxy Music with their decadent optimism or, flashy twelve bar blues that led downhill from Wishbone Ash to Status Quo followed by the more childish exponents of heavy metal. (Led Zep cut a different path - another line to be followed up at some point).

But that's only one interpretation I have:cool:

Love to you all.

By then "hanging on in quite desperation in the English way" - my favourite fragment of a Floyd lyric

From the same song, another great couplet (or two):

Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.

And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.

Longcol,
Was the 'Atom Heart Mother' gig of 71 terrible? I have always had an enormous affection for the album, and still play 'Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast' fairly regularly. The sound of roadie Alan Stiles enjoying his Cornflakes still makes me laugh. 'The Fat Old Sun' is a wonderful track too, and evokes perfectly an English summer early evening. Admittedly, it is an 'experimental' album, and not all the experiments work, but it is still great fun and a marvellous 'period piece' all the same.

Love Pink Floyd!
Looking forward to the Pulse DVD in June/July
Have it on video and watch it at least once a week!

As embarrassing as it is for a fan of the Clash and Sex Pistols to admit, I do love the odd bit of Pink Floyd! :o

"Wish You Were Here" and "Dark Side of the Moon" are works of art. Not sure about the other albums..... although "Animals" is worth the occasional listen

StarSparkle

Have been into floyd since the early 70s, top band. have all there albums.

timo

Unfortunately in my opinion it was for a number of reasons.

Firstly they played most of the gig with the house lights up.
The brass section on AHM was badly miked up - virtually inaudible from the balcony.
They had a couple of power cuts - one in "Saucerful of Secrets" just as the last "movement" - the vocal wailing - started.
Lots of people were leaving the gig before it ended to catch the last bus home.

The band looked fairly unhappy with everything and really appeared to be going through the motions - not a patch on their playing in either of the other two gigs.

They did do Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast featuring roadie in a Santa hat, the gig being in December (come to think of it the gig will have been December 1970!)

thanx everyone 4 replying 2 this thread. didn't realise how many people were still into pink floyd

Saw them at the City Hall with Jimi Hendrix! They were way ahead of their time then and I coundn't understand what they were at - but with age you learn these things - FANTASTIC BAND!!!

is anyone else ****** off with on/ off release of the live dvd pulse first it was coming out at xmas now its coming out in october:(

is anyone else ****** off with on/ off release of the live dvd pulse first it was coming out at xmas now its coming out in october:(

No - I think by the time of "Pulse" the Floyd were a good 20 years past their best and had become more of a glorified tribute band.

Used to love them with a passion when I was a teenager. I am now 39 (almost 40) and now can only listen to the Mark One stuff with Syd Barrett. The rest is dadrock, I feel. The Wall is unlistenable.

However, they do have one of my favourite songtitles: Several species of small, furry, animals, gathered together in a cave and grooving with a pict.

Used to love them with a passion when I was a teenager. I am now 39 (almost 40) and now can only listen to the Mark One stuff with Syd Barrett. The rest is dadrock, I feel. The Wall is unlistenable.

However, they do have one of my favourite songtitles: Several species of small, furry, animals, gathered together in a cave and grooving with a pict.


Dadrock!!?? The Wall and Dark Side Of The Moon are two of the best, most timeless albums ever! Thats why they are never out of the album chart.

Longcol,
Thanks for coming back to me re the 'Atom Heart Mother' gig. My late reply is due to a week-long ban enforced upon me for insulting a fellow poster. Doesn't sound like me, does it?

I agree with hacker that 'The Wall' is hard to stomach . For me, it represents the dreary, self-obsessed, angst-ridden side of Roger Waters taking over the band. However, I don't agree with the label 'Dad rock' at all. It is perfectly understandable that men of a certain age [who are most likely to be fathers] will predominate amongst the fan-base of a band whose best years were probably in the 1970s. That in itself does not make the music necessarily 'safe' [which is what I assume hacker is implying]. I am 44 years of age and still love the Floyd, or most of what they have done, and also listen to Classical, free jazz, drum and bass, garage, rap, Nigerian 'highlife', folk, ambient, dub, you name it!

Longcol,
Thanks for coming back to me re the 'Atom Heart Mother' gig. My late reply is due to a week-long ban enforced upon me for insulting a fellow poster. Doesn't sound like me, does it?

I agree with hacker that 'The Wall' is hard to stomach . For me, it represents the dreary, self-obsessed, angst-ridden side of Roger Waters taking over the band. However, I don't agree with the label 'Dad rock' at all. It is perfectly understandable that men of a certain age [who are most likely to be fathers] will predominate amongst the fan-base of a band whose best years were probably in the 1970s. That in itself does not make the music necessarily 'safe' [which is what I assume hacker is implying]. I am 44 years of age and still love the Floyd, or most of what they have done, and also listen to Classical, free jazz, drum and bass, garage, rap, Nigerian 'highlife', folk, ambient, dub, you name it!

Yes, post in haste, regret at leisure. Dadrock is a tad unfair on reflection. What I meant is that they became a tad bloated musically towards the end. Dark Side of the Moon is still wonderful, and probably always will be. That aside, there isn't too much of the stuff post-Syd that grabs me. Good band on the whole. Didn't mean to have a go, Floydies. I am a dad of three, by the way...

Hacker,
Don't worry, old fruit. To be honest, the Floyd [and Nick Mason has admitted this himself] have sometimes got locked into a melancholic, four-footed, plodding dirge or two and your phrase, 'bloated' is not inappropriate regarding 'The Wall'. What appears to be clear from recent interviews with Gilmour is that the recent live 'get together' will never happen again, at least in the recording studio. As a functioning, creative unit Floyd ended with 1995's 'Pulse' live album, and the bulk of that was classic old material.

Not very keen on the first couple of albums, then love everything from Meddle to The Wall (first of their songs I ever heard was Comfortably Numb, drunk, at a teenage house party) then don't like much after that. Stopped bothering after The Division Bell. I have a copy of Pulse and I think it's a good record of them. Don't really think they should do any more. I do quite like David Gilmore's new single though.

bensonhedges,
'Comfortably Numb' is the only track from 'The Wall' that I like. It does sound particularly good when one's mind and body are under the influence of alcohol and, er, certain substances [not Junior Asprin]...!

You're so right, on both counts:thumbsup:

Have been into floyd since the early 70s, top band. have all there albums.


not sure wheater this is the right thread.but i have their 1969 album..more.. on vinyl ..mint condition.can any body tell me if this album is worth anything to a collector.:)

Been into 'em since buying 'See Emily Play' on a 45 rpm way back when :huh:....I'm 57 now and they remain 'one ' o' mi favourite bands ...although , i like lots of Rock / Metal ....gonna see Children of Bodom & Amon Amarth in April ... I bet i'll be one o' the oldest there ..:hihi:

Been into 'em since buying 'See Emily Play' on a 45 rpm way back when :huh:....I'm 57 now and they remain 'one ' o' mi favourite bands ...although , i like lots of Rock / Metal ....gonna see Children of Bodom & Amon Amarth in April ... I bet i'll be one o' the oldest there ..:hihi:

You still see lots of "oldies" at concerts nowadays. I'm in my 50's and was at Academy for Anathema and Black Spiders in last couple of weeks. Magnum coming up at Corp next month, you never stop rocking!!!

Great Band !!!

Been into 'em since buying 'See Emily Play' on a 45 rpm way back when :huh:....I'm 57 now and they remain 'one ' o' mi favourite bands ...although , i like lots of Rock / Metal ....gonna see Children of Bodom & Amon Amarth in April ... I bet i'll be one o' the oldest there ..:hihi:

Definitely - If you are, actually, Todd Rundgren.

dark side of the moon and wish you were here are still 2 atmosphericly wonderous albums

I was and i suppose still am a Floyd fan to a degree, started listening to them in the mid-70's, "Wish you were here" time. Anything Pre-Wall i really like, Post-Wall i haven't a clue since i moved on to other things. 3 visits to London to see "The Wall" are my only live experiences of them.

On a side note, anyone else seen that Yes are coming to the City Hall (09 Nov 11). I might be tempted for old times sake. Line up is:-

Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Alan White, Benoit David and Oliver Wakeman

Australian Pink Floyd are a superb tribute band.

Australian Pink Floyd are a superb tribute band.

Indeed they are/were and I've seen them at the Arena every year 2006-2010. However it appears there's been a split in the band which has now also given us 'Brit Floyd'. Aussie Floyd aren't playing Sheffield (Arena) this year whilst Brit Floyd are playing the City Hall. I'm giving it a miss this time :(

Definitely - If you are, actually, Todd Rundgren.

Been a Todd R fan for many years ...i saw him at Glasgow in 76 :hihi:

I've got DSOTM, Wish you were here and my personal favourite "THE WALL".

I've got DSOTM, Wish you were here and my personal favourite "THE WALL".

I've still got DSOTM on vinyl ( Complete wi' unused Stickers an' Posters ):thumbsup: ..

....and also my friend Bernie for being present at the 1969 Manchester gig which was partly used for the A side of the double album, 'Ummagumma'.

I'm deeply envious; the live perfomances on Ummagumma are really something else. That performance of 'Careful With That Axe, Eugene', with the slow build up to Roger's haunting screams is sublime, and my favourite version of the song. I also favour the live version of 'Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun', which takes on a much more middle eastern feel than the album version.

My parents are big Floyd fans so I grew up hearing them, but only got into them properly myself at the age of about 16/17 and I've been a huge fan ever since (although, like a lot of others, The Wall doesn't do much for me. I personally prefer their stuff up until - and including - DSOTM).

I saw the Australian Pink Floyd last year and had no idea the Brit Floyd were a break off from the Oz band.

A must see for all Pink Floyd fans...

With an uncompromising ear for detail, The Pink Floyd Dimension reassemble the classic works of the original band in an exciting and truly inspiring live show.

The Pink Floyd Dimension @ O2 Academy 2 Sheffield
Saturday 17th September 2011
Door time: 7.30pm

http://www.o2academysheffield.co.uk/event/24497/the-pink-floyd-dimension-tickets

if u like floyd, u-tube "juliettevmusic".

or juliette valduriez

The party's at my mum & dad's when thay were on holiday

'Dark Side of the Moon' playing disco lights a few drinks and a few joints
waht a good night

Dark side is without doubt one of the best albums of all time, thats why it still sells in huge numbers even today. A girl in my village sings with the Aussie Pink Floyd. I've never been a great fan of tribute bands but some of them are so sophisticated these days its hard to tell them apart. A good example are Talon - Eagles tribute, note perfect and nice guys.