By the way, which one's Pink?-Pink Floyd reviewed (lyrics, pop)

stevesonthebay · 07-01-2008, 05:13 AM

ive been listening to pink floyd for years. i remember listening to dark side of the moon and wish you were here. i,d never heard anything like it. my mate intoduced me to albums like ummagumma, meddles and i think welcome to the machine. i bought the wall double lp and listened to it cover to cover. my recolections of pink floyd have always been waters/gilmore. later i discovered how syd barret started the band and his strong influence on the music and prefer the early floyd more. i think waters was a strong influence to as he was there in the early days. gilmore gave it that more mainstream feel. great review

Son of JayJamJah · 07-06-2008, 11:58 AM

Just found this thread today. Really glad I did, I'll take notes through the whole thing and drop you some feedback when i finish.

lucifer_sam · 07-07-2008, 04:38 PM

Pink Floyd was probably the first "classic" band I've ever listened to and certainly one of my favorites. I loved everything they made for some time (until I could discern the difference between trash and good music), and I still think that most of their albums had a profound effect upon the musical industry. My favorite album by far is Meddle, my favorite song, Echoes, an amazing opus and collage of Pink Floyd's talents. They will undoubtedly be forever etched in my mind as among the first real music I listened to.

jackhammer · 07-11-2008, 05:02 PM

I am a little stuck here as 'Music From The Body' is the next review but I cannot find this bugger anywhere and my memory is a little shot after the last listen (10+ years!).

Son of JayJamJah · 07-11-2008, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

I am a little stuck here as 'Music From The Body' is the next review but I cannot find this bugger anywhere and my memory is a little shot after the last listen (10+ years!).

I can get that for you, I'll pm you when i get it digitalized.

jackhammer · 07-12-2008, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by JayJamJah

I can get that for you, I'll pm you when i get it digitalized.

Appreciated.

Ghostrider · 07-13-2008, 05:13 PM

I can't believe I missed this thread earlier. I've enjoyed reading your reviews JH, I hope you're going to do Gilmour's and Water's solo albums too.

Dark Side Of The Moon
Meddle
Wish You Were Here

My 3 favorite PF albums, but I like the others too.

Piss Me Off · 07-14-2008, 02:09 PM

After a fresh read of your review and lots of listens to Piper i have to say you got it spot on. Astronomy Domine is a cracking opener, must have made people trip balls at the time. Bike and The Gnome ARE gorgeous pop songs and i don't care what anyone thinks.

Double X · 07-14-2008, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Piss Me Off

After a fresh read of your review and lots of listens to Piper i have to say you got it spot on. Astronomy Domine is a cracking opener, must have made people trip balls at the time. Bike and The Gnome ARE gorgeous pop songs and i don't care what anyone thinks.

Amen. The only absolute garbage songs are 'Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk' and 'Pow R. Toc H.'.

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THE DIVISION BELL (1994)

Despite the presence of a few outside album contributors, this release was a huge step in appeasing the bands fans sans Waters and seems to be the last album they will ever make. Richard Wright was fully incorporated into the band and his inclusion and contributions add some much needed gravitas.

A lot of the themes on the album seem to allude to communication breakdown and /or the ability to solve problems amicably. This of course can be associated with the Waters/Floyd scenario. Although legally; well done and dusted, emotionally it had barely raised it's head from the cot.

Musically there is only one track that conjures up the many horrors of AMLOR, and that is Take It Back. Written with producer Bob Ezrin, this was obviously an attempt at a hit single. Whether this was intentional or a part of a commercial contract honouring is debateable. We can go right back to Piper to conclude that Floyd do not make music for singles charts.

Upon a thorough relisten, it is surprising how well this album stands up to previous releases. When Gilmour put's everything into his solo's, it becomes clear how simple he keeps the music, yet so emotive. Album opener 'Cluster One' and 3rd track 'Marooned' work on Gilmour's undoubted talent and still come across as great guitar lead Ambient pieces and not self indulgent wankathons.

'What Do You Want From Me' is a generic rock track enhanced by some great blues tinged guitar work and 'A Great Day For Freedom' is one of Gilmours best works vocally.

'Wearing The Inside Out' is Wright's baby and it is so welcoming to hear his vocals dominate a track. After Meddle, the public barely got a chance to hear his unmistakeable vocals and lazy Jazz tinged compositions. The tracks opening replete with saxophone is one of my favourite Floyd pieces.

'Coming Back To Life' has a catchy hook but fails to raise the hackles but follow on track 'Keep Talking' is an effective riposte and features some great guitar work.

'Lost For Words' is a fairly standard acoustic pop song that does'nt seem to be inspire musically but the albums closer 'High Hopes' again retains Floyd's fondness for Musique Concrete and is a fitting ending to the career of one the world's best ever bands. Lyrically it points to a need to be somewhere else and a release from the machine that is Pink Floyd and is resplendent in it's own melancholy.

My friend bought it for $5 at Newbury Comics, and that's about all it was worth. It's sad when 'Take it Back' is the most upbeat song there, and 'What Do You Want From Me' doesn't seem awful. 'Cluster One', 'Marooned', 'Wearing Inside Out', and the last 3 tracks are all awful. Sometimes it seems they were thinking "We have all this shiny new space on our shiny new cd, so lets extend every song as far as we can".

One of the slowest, saddest, and awful albums ever released by an amazing band. May sound like I am overdoing it but this album was downright disappointing to me.

jimmd23 · 07-15-2008, 09:04 AM

Syd Barrett is Pink. Not only did he come up with the name Pink Floyd, but he was the true inspiration of many of the bands later works. RIP Syd Barrett, Shine on you crazy Diamond.

07-01-2008, 05:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
stevesonthebay Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 66	ive been listening to pink floyd for years. i remember listening to dark side of the moon and wish you were here. i,d never heard anything like it. my mate intoduced me to albums like ummagumma, meddles and i think welcome to the machine. i bought the wall double lp and listened to it cover to cover. my recolections of pink floyd have always been waters/gilmore. later i discovered how syd barret started the band and his strong influence on the music and prefer the early floyd more. i think waters was a strong influence to as he was there in the early days. gilmore gave it that more mainstream feel. great review __________________ Most of us go to our grave with our music still inside of us.

07-07-2008, 04:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
lucifer_sam Unrepentant Ass-Mod Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3,921	Pink Floyd was probably the first "classic" band I've ever listened to and certainly one of my favorites. I loved everything they made for some time (until I could discern the difference between trash and good music), and I still think that most of their albums had a profound effect upon the musical industry. My favorite album by far is Meddle, my favorite song, Echoes, an amazing opus and collage of Pink Floyd's talents. They will undoubtedly be forever etched in my mind as among the first real music I listened to. __________________ first.am

07-11-2008, 05:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I am a little stuck here as 'Music From The Body' is the next review but I cannot find this bugger anywhere and my memory is a little shot after the last listen (10+ years!). __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

07-14-2008, 02:09 PM	#8 (permalink)
Piss Me Off Moodswings n' Roundabouts Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: At the corner of Dude and Catastrophe Posts: 4,470	After a fresh read of your review and lots of listens to Piper i have to say you got it spot on. Astronomy Domine is a cracking opener, must have made people trip balls at the time. Bike and The Gnome ARE gorgeous pop songs and i don't care what anyone thinks. __________________ Last FM Rate Yr Music Muxtape

07-06-2008, 11:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
Son of JayJamJah Occams Razor Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: End of the Earth Posts: 2,472	Just found this thread today. Really glad I did, I'll take notes through the whole thing and drop you some feedback when i finish.

07-13-2008, 05:13 PM	#7 (permalink)
Ghostrider Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 131	I can't believe I missed this thread earlier. I've enjoyed reading your reviews JH, I hope you're going to do Gilmour's and Water's solo albums too. Dark Side Of The Moon Meddle Wish You Were Here My 3 favorite PF albums, but I like the others too.

07-15-2008, 09:04 AM	#10 (permalink)
jimmd23 Groupie Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2	Syd Barrett is Pink. Not only did he come up with the name Pink Floyd, but he was the true inspiration of many of the bands later works. RIP Syd Barrett, Shine on you crazy Diamond.