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Pink Floyd

SFG75

SFG75

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Any fans of theirs out there? I use to hate them with a passion, but age wisens you up to the good music.:D My favorite song has to be comfortably numb. If there ever was a stream of consciousness band, it would be them. You can also enjoy a great Rolling Stone article on the band here.
 
When I was in college, 25% of the songs played on the local classic rock station were either by The Beatles or Pink Floyd. I burned out quick on them and have made it a point to avoid them all together for the past 10 years. I'm sure I'll revisit them sometime.
 
I hate the Beatles, and used to think the same of Pink Floyd, but like them now. The Pulse CD is pretty good.

Still hate the Beatles though.
 
CDA said:
I hate the Beatles, and used to think the same of Pink Floyd, but like them now. The Pulse CD is pretty good.

Still hate the Beatles though.
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I thought you Brits worshiped the Beatles with a fervor that you usually reserve for all things curried.
 
I hate the Beatles, too. But I used to love them as a teenager. I still like Paul McCartney.

Pink Floyd is okay... must be getting old. :eek:
 
The Pink Floyd pig went missing the other day. They found it again though. It blew away or something.
 
I'm a pretty huge fan, actually. At least of the Roger Waters era (1968-ish - 1983-ish). I've never really seen the genius in Syd Barrett, and the albums and tours they made after Waters quit are competent but dull, but... I mean, Meddle, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall, that's some pretty fantastic music. Waters' solo albums aren't bad either, even if he's a much better lyricist than musician.

I'm not sure I'd agree that there was anything stream-of-consciousness about them after 1972 or so, though. Roger Waters' lyrics usually read like a half-decent philosophy/psychology text book made to rhyme; there's a lot of reasoning and planning in advance to it, and with the sort of live shows they played - especially the ones they've done since The Wall - there really wasn't a huge amount of space for improvisation. Which is a bit of a pity, some of those early gigs are amazing.

I really should look up some youtube links.
 
beer good said:
I really should look up some youtube links.
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Done and done. Here's a very subjective PF retrospective.

1967-1971: Psychedelia and improvisations

1967: Astronomy Domine

1968: Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun

1970: Careful With That Axe, Eugene

1971: Saucerful of Secrets

1973-1983: Rock operas and concept albums

1973: Brain Damage/Eclipse

1975: Welcome to the Machine

1977: Sheep

1979: The Happiest Days Of Our Lives/Another Brick In The Wall Part II

1980: Run Like Hell

1983: The Final Cut

1984 and on: Separate Ways

1984: Every Stranger's Eyes (Roger Waters solo)

1994: High Hopes (Waters-less Floyd)

2000: Amused to Death (Roger Waters solo)

2005: Comfortably Numb (last Pink Floyd performance ever?)
 
I have always loved Pink Floyd and it seems my children enjoy their music as well. Dark Side of the Moon is one of my all time favorite albums.

I Love the Beatles, too.

Life is good!
 
I love pink Floyd. I wore out my "The Wall" Cassette listening to it all the time.

--How can you hate The Beatles?
 
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