pink floyd is a genre of its own. i'd love to sit down and talk to them all about how they did it. i would have so many questions i dont think i could fit them into this lifetime. its so hard to name a favorite song...given the fact that there's a floyd song for every occasion or mood. but lately echoes has been my groove. if we're talking barett era floyd... pow r toc h.

Without a doubt, Pink Floyd is my favorite 70's band.

I own five Floyd albums, and I love them all. Let me rank them according to preference:

1. Dark Side of the Moon
2. The Wall
3. Animals
4. Wish You Were Here
5. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn


And now, my favorite Floyd songs (ranked, also):

1. Comfortably Numb
2. Time
3. Brain Damage
4. Hey You
5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond
6. The Great Gig in the Sky
7. Young Lust
8. Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2
9. Goodbye Blue Sky
10. Nobody Home
11. Pigs (Three Different Ones)
12. Wish You Were Here
13. Mother
14. Have a Cigar
15. Eclipse
16. Sheep


I finally bought Animals earlier this month. I've been listening to it almost every day for almost two weeks! Amazing guitar work. I tend to favor lyrical songs, but some of the instrumental stuff on this album is terrific. And the fact that I've been retreading George Orwell's Animal Farm and 1984 certainly adds to the dimensions and the overall excitement I feel as I listen to this wonderfully transcendent music.



David

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I was once a huge Pink Floyd fan, now I can't listen to anything they did post-Obscured by Clouds. Even when I was at the height of my PF obsession, I never enjoyed Dark Side.

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Originally posted by Maximum Jack:
I was once a huge Pink Floyd fan, now I can't listen to anything they did post-Obscured by Clouds. Even when I was at the height of my PF obsession, I never enjoyed Dark Side.

Wow, I didn't think that was possible! Dark Side is a masterpiece! That's almost like discovering sex and giving it up because you got tired of it! Nevah!!!

I'm 42, and I became a Floyd fan in 1996. A friend of mine loaned me her Dark Side and The Wall LPs (yes, records!), and I was immediately blown away. Still hooked.


David

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Originally posted by Prometheus:
That's almost like discovering sex and giving it up because you got tired of it! Nevah!!!

Dude, if I fell asleep in the middle of sex the first time I tried it, It would not have been worth doing again.

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Originally posted by mark f:
I've always preferred Syd Barrett Pink Floyd, basically all of "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" ("Astronomy Domine", "Lucifer Sam", "Interstellar Overdrive", etc.)

I completely agree. A Saucerful of Secrets was really good to. (Corporal Clegg, Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun, A Saucerful of Secrets) I don't think they were similar to The Beatles at all. Piper and Sgt. Pepper's were recorded and released around the same time, but Sgt. Pepper's was mostly pop music with some psychedelic studio touches. Pink Floyd was making jams that were way ahead of their time. Then again, Atom Heart Mother is a fantastic song as well.

"Look, Mummy, there's an aeroplane up in the sky"

I think that you haven't really "felt" music until you've listened to "Goodbye Blue Sky" as loud as your stereo will go. The harmonies are absolutely brilliant, especially unreasonably loudly.

Also, kudos go to "In the Flesh" and "The Thin Ice".
p.s.
Have I mentioned that "The Wall" is the best thing that ever turned my brain inside out?

If there is one constant in my life, it is my undying love for Animals. Anything post- The Wall I refuse to even acknowledge as Pink Floyd.

I watched "Remember That Night - Live from the Royal Albert Hall" again this weekend. It's currently (and probably will be forever) my favorite PF or PF-related DVD. Fat Old Sun and Echoes are f-ing amazing. And David Bowie knocked Arnold Layne outta the park! Anybody else have a favorite track from that show, or just general commentary?