Gottastopbuyinggear Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Dark Side of the Moon for me. Seems to be a family thing - my elder brothers got me into Pink Floyd, and they were lucky enough to go to the Earls Court concert in '73. My late mum was a massive classical music fan, with hundreds (possibly thousands) of records in her collection. Only one was not classical - DSOTM. It's the only album that I will still occasionally sit down in a darkened room with a glass of something warming and listen to from start to finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 [quote name='fleabag' timestamp='1478660707' post='3170718'] I may be a bit out there, but one of my all time fave Floyd tracks was written and sung by Richard Wright [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBC86e5cT5U[/media] [/quote] I believe the incredibly poignant slide guitar was Syd Barrett, guesting on the album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 That was unknown to me T, but yes a very poignant piece it was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HengistPod Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 I was a huge Floyd fan and partook of the Publius Engima for a time in the mid 1990s whilst replenishing my extensive PF bootleg collection with trades from all over the world on cassette (so much easier nowadays where you just download a torrent!). I drove to the Wall in Berlin in 1990, too, and still have my "Pink" mask from it. Persons were observed driving back along the Berlin Access Road autobahn with huge polystyrene "bricks" tied to the roof of their cars afterwards. I always preferred Roger's grumpy, whinging and occasionally manic style to Fat Dave's sleepy blues, although the two together obviously work very well. My fave Floyd-related moment is "Amused To Death". It is utterly fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc S Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 (edited) Although I wouldn't say I was a massive fan - I've always liked them quite a lot... or a bit - depending on what year you asked me, or what mood I was in at the time lol. However, I was just going to answer as others have done - "comfortably numb" But then I started thinking more about my fave tracks. And the whole of Dark Side of the Moon is pretty awesome really - especially "Money" and "Us and them". Then I suddenly thought of "Shine on you crazy diamond" and "wish you were here" and as I started to type this answer, while thinking of the earlier Syd Barrett stuff, I thought - you can't leave out the classic "See Emily play" - perhaps my favourite of them all? Nice thread, as I'm already thinking of tracks from "Animals" and "Division Bell" but better close there See, I'm more of a fan than I even thought I was Edited November 10, 2016 by Marc S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 [quote name='josie' timestamp='1478734498' post='3171355'] "Learning to Fly" was my theme song for years - for the lyrics, not the sound, which chugs along a bit. For me it nails the daring and overcoming of terror to achieve a dream. Close to the bone. "Time" - again the lyrics are almost unbearably true - how did Waters at 28 when he wrote it, understand so well how it feels when one is 60? It is going to be played at my funeral, in the Gilmour "Live at Gdansk" version - that guitar solo is again almost unbearably poignant. I can only listen to it once a year at most, headphones clamped on and weeping. [/quote]I wonder if Roger Waters realised how poignant the lyrics on that whole album would be even now and probably forever. 'The papers hold their folded faces to the floor, and every day the paperboy brings more' screams desperation more than anything else to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubinga5 Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 [quote name='mikel' timestamp='1478762935' post='3171398'] Gilmour is my all time favorite guitarist. He can portray more with less notes than anyone I have listened to. The first solo in Comfortably Numb always makes me emotional. [/quote]Wasn't he voted best guitarist of all time in Guitar Magazine about 5 times in a row?. Hendrix was second. I would go with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 (edited) When it comes to technique and the ability to play in a lot of different styles there are a lot of much better guitarists. But in terms of pure emotion and doing the right thing for the song Gilmore is pretty much at the top of the premier league. I say that as someone who ,as a rule, doesn't really like long guitar solos. Edited November 10, 2016 by Cato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 [quote name='HengistPod' timestamp='1478791627' post='3171683']s. I always preferred Roger's grumpy, whinging and occasionally manic style to Fat Dave's sleepy blues, although the two together obviously work very well. My fave Floyd-related moment is "Amused To Death". It is utterly fantastic. [/quote] PS wasn't that the almighty Jeff Beck on gitwrist duties ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Echoes or One Of These Days for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josie Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 [quote name='The-Ox' timestamp='1478737095' post='3171373'] don't want to hijack the thread, but if you were to pick one, who would you say was the 'best' in the band? [/quote] Gilmour is the one who stands out for me too. I saw Roger Waters at the Mcr Arena several years back, and he had a second lead guitar player with him who was way better. I only found out years later it was Snowy White. Very high on my list of people to see live again if I ever get the chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 SSoSFAGTiaCaGWaP of course! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 I started listening to the Floyd when I was at school about 1991 and everyone else was listening to 808 State & The Prodigy. Comfortably Numb is still in my top 10 all time favourite songs. An interesting fact is that Dave wanted the bass notes to sustain and Roger wanted them to stop after every note. They couldn't agree on it so they recorded it twice, once Dave's way and once Roger's way and spliced it together. If you watch Echoes Part I from Live at Pompeii, when it gets to the point where camera comes around in front of the PA, I'm convinced that it gets louder but I think it's in the mind. I have the vinyl copy of the Wall and at the time when I was dabbling in LSD, Mushrooms and so on I had a turntable that you could stop but the needle would still pick up the sound. I turned it backwards at the track "What Shall we Do Now" and heard the secret message. Probably the most scared I'd ever been in my life to hear a proper backwards recording. The best gig I have ever been to to this day is still seeing the Floyd at Earls Court on 23rd October 1993. It cost me and my best mate £65 each to get a bus from Glasgow down to the gig. I stayed up for 54 hours that weekend and it is something I will never forget. The band were amazing. Dave Gilmour has one of my favourite sounds. It's never shrill or unbearable like some. It's like velvet and just glides across the ears. I agree that he might not be "the best" which doesn't really mean anything but his sound and his choice of notes is incredible. I like some Syd stuff - Bike was always my favourite, I like some of Saucerful but from Meddle onwards is where it is for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 [quote name='ead' timestamp='1478812045' post='3171909'] Echoes or One Of These Days for me. [/quote] And Fearless is another good un. Basically, we could just list every track on Meddle, lol. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoham Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 [quote name='HengistPod' timestamp='1478791627' post='3171683'] My fave Floyd-related moment is "Amused To Death". It is utterly fantastic. [/quote] Agree 100% - very good album - and the political points are just as relevant today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 The fact Gilmour can select the right tone, choice of notes and appropriate phrasing surely does make him one of the best. Personally I don't rate overrated plankspankers like Eddie Van Halen, Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen etc. Their solos all sound very similar as do the tones they use on all their tracks and the notes they play is the aural equivalent of throwing mud against the wall and hoping some will stick. Gilmour isn't that easy to mimic while there's some 14 year old French girl on You Tube nailing Eruption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 I'm not a PF fan but the cover band plays Another Brick and it always goes down well and gets the best reception of any song we do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrunoBass Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 I've never 'got' Pink Floyd, and what I have heard does absolutely nothing for me. But they are held in such high regard by so many people, there must be something in there for me to enjoy. What would be a good point of entry for me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 A weird-ish track for PF but very slick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv5uuhkS4j8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 [quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1478957302' post='3172957'] I've never 'got' Pink Floyd, and what I have heard does absolutely nothing for me. [/quote] This was me until I was given a ticket to see Dave Gilmour at the Albert Hall last year. What an amazing show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewie Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 [quote name='Rikki1984' timestamp='1478632861' post='3170501'] Animals is one of my favourite albums of all time. I love Rogers angry, bitter lyrics. [/quote]Totally agree with that. Animals is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Couldn't get enough of Relics in the 80s when I was a teenager Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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