The Official Pink Floyd Thread

[theimperialwarcult]

Originally Posted by ElephantSack

My brother, my girlfriend and I were talking about bands like Pink Floyd (which are few) who don't rely on a lot of movement and release for themselves while they play but are more along the lines of a deep "sensory experience" (to quote my brother), bands like Tool and Porcupine Tree, for example.
It's obvious that without The Pink Floyd, neither of these bands ever would have become what they are. And The Pink Floyd were definitely a band that was all about having every note right, every hit precise; and working with the visual stimuli, they didn't need to be "in your face", because they were already inside your mind.
Dark Side of the Moon has been a reliable standby ever since I was 12 or 13 years old. It's a perfect album. One of the few that if it had anything added or taken away, it would be detrimental to it's sound.
Animals, my second favorite, I didn't discover until I was about 17 or 18, and it took a while to grow on me. But now that I've really listened to it, I feel that it too is an album that is perfect in it's solidarity. I prefer it sometimes to Dark Side...
Although I discovered Meddle before Animals, and I did prefer it for a while, I've grown accustomed to it's sound, and it is a great album with excellent songs. I feel the same way about A Saucerful of Secrets, which I feel is probably one of their darkest and heaviest albums ever, perhaps because it was the last to be recorded with Syd Barret, if my knowledge serves me correctly.
The later Pink Floyd stuff from albums like The Wall and Wish You Were Here just don't hold the same fire for me as their earlier works. But songs like "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", "Mother" and "Comfortably Numb" are very intense pieces.
Pink Floyd is an untouchable band, in my opinion, because they were the first to produce that kind of sound, which was deep and subtly beautiful and sometimes transcendent, but also had a fairly common thread of being sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek, and even mocking in it's views on society and politics.
They kind of took some of the same fire that the Beatles carried, but gave it a more crass edge. For example, their first hit song, "Arnold Layne" was about a man who goes to department stores to try on and steal women's underwear. And this was 1967. And while the Beatles were peetering out and still writing ballads and love songs (although along with their own metamorphic, transcendental pieces), The Floyd kept exploring deeper into that chasm which separated them from their contemporaries.

Animals was the first album by Pink Floyd that really drew me in. I'm surprised the wall isn't one of your favorites. It was the more in depth and precise than any of their other albums. Have you ever read Cliff jones's "Another Brick in the Wall"? This book contains the stories behind every Pink Floyd song in order from their earliest work to the latest stuff. It's really interesting to go song by song reading the descriptions then listening to the albums. Ha, it was specially helpful for songs like "Pigs (the three different one)". First time I heard this song I was like WTF! I love this song but had no clue what the lyrics could possibly be about.

[jackhammer]

I wouldn't mind reading that book myself. I have quite a few books on the Floyd and that sounds an interesting read.

[boo boo]

I watched a special about them on VH1 classic, very interesting. I never knew about Pink Floyd playing live in the BBC studio during their coverage of the moon landing.

That's awesome.

[jackhammer]

Originally Posted by boo boo

I watched a special about them on VH1 classic, very interesting. I never knew about Pink Floyd playing live in the BBC studio during their coverage of the moon landing.

That's awesome.

Floyd did a lot of radio work in the late 60's and early 70's as well as a lot of unfinished soundtrack work too. The complete collection of their unreleased work is this:



A 17 disc set with EVERYTHING to complete your Floyd collection. I have barely delved into it myself.

[Blue]

Originally Posted by jackhammer

Floyd did a lot of radio work in the late 60's and early 70's as well as a lot of unfinished soundtrack work too. The complete collection of their unreleased work is this:



A 17 disc set with EVERYTHING to complete your Floyd collection. I have barely delved into it myself.

Anyone know how to get their hands on this?

[Blue]

I also wanted to share this. I thought this was an incredible version of Set the Controls. I would've loved to be at an early Floyd show to see works like this done live.

[theimperialwarcult]

Originally Posted by Blue

I also wanted to share this. I thought this was an incredible version of Set the Controls. I would've loved to be at an early Floyd show to see works like this done live.

Thanks for sharing this video, I had not see it before. Indeed it would have been amazing to have experienced one of their early shows, or any at all. I'm too young so I've missed out on seeing a lot of my favorite bands at their prime.

[ConGrUenCy]

I'm in heaven, especially from 3:09.

[jackhammer]

Originally Posted by Blue

Anyone know how to get their hands on this?

I do obviously

[noise]

Originally Posted by jackhammer

Floyd did a lot of radio work in the late 60's and early 70's as well as a lot of unfinished soundtrack work too. The complete collection of their unreleased work is this:



A 17 disc set with EVERYTHING to complete your Floyd collection. I have barely delved into it myself.

holy smokes, that looks awesome. have you spent any more time with it since you last posted?

it's just over 6gb for a flac rip. gotta make sure it's worth it