Thanks for taking care of that; I was about to axe-murder my puter monitor over that.
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Excellent Obscure Pink Floyd songs?
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Thanks for taking care of that; I was about to axe-murder my puter monitor over that.
Not much love for later works it seems.
Post War Dream is incredible, in a bleeding open wound way.
Post War Dream is incredible, in a bleeding open wound way.
^ Yeah - a lot of people here like the older PF including me.
What did you guys think the first time you heard "Bike" ..... this is PF?
It grew on me too.
What did you guys think the first time you heard "Bike" ..... this is PF?
It grew on me too.
That album- The Final Cut- was a continuation of Waters whining about his dad getting killed in the war and blaming his problems on others, but after the success of The Wall it seemed quite reasonable to make more of the same. I for one though TFC was a great album, and I still enjoy hearing it occasionally, but some of my peers absolutely hated it. I really don't understand why.
Meanwhile, Gilmour is writing bad lyrics and trying to find another place to go after playing DUN DUN DUUUUH!!! as G, Gb and Em. Gilmour without Waters is not PF, and neither is Waters without Gilmour.
Waters was a great lyricist and had a way of succinctly describing the human condition. Even though they're known for heavy production and effects their songs sound great on acoustic guitar.
I love all of the post Barrett stuff up until the split. Never could get the Barrett bit. But I liked The Final Cut. A Gunner's Dream and Your Possible Pasts are beautiful tunes.
Solo Waters is more Floyd than Watersless Pink Floyd.
"She stood in the doorway the ghost of a smile
haunting her face like a cheap hotel sign
her cold eyes imploring the men in their macs
for the gold in their bags or the knives in their backs
stepping up boldly one put out his hand
he said, " I was just a child then now I'm only a man"
By the cold and religious we were taken in hand
shown how to feel good and told to feel bad"
I love all of the post Barrett stuff up until the split. Never could get the Barrett bit. But I liked The Final Cut. A Gunner's Dream and Your Possible Pasts are beautiful tunes.
Solo Waters is more Floyd than Watersless Pink Floyd.
"She stood in the doorway the ghost of a smile
haunting her face like a cheap hotel sign
her cold eyes imploring the men in their macs
for the gold in their bags or the knives in their backs
stepping up boldly one put out his hand
he said, " I was just a child then now I'm only a man"
By the cold and religious we were taken in hand
shown how to feel good and told to feel bad"
[GOLF CLAP]
The Final Cut is an incredible album, very different from the rest. Excluding Not Now John, which always seemed out of place on the album, there's a distinct lack of gratuitous guitar solos and edginess. The arrangements and instrumentation are very sparse, there's a lot of airiness to the album. The songs are simple but good. And to me, The Final Cut is the most "conceptual" of all the albums. The story is strong and cohesive, it's almost as if it's one long song. It might the most obscure Floyd album. It's definitely the most "Watery". I suspect people who don't like The Final Cut also don't like his solo work.
And as the windshield melts and my tears evaporate
Leaving only charcoal to defend
Finally I understand the feelings of the few
Ashes and diamonds, foe and friend
We were all equal in the end
Yeah, Bike from Meddle, wasn't that one of Syd's? "I'd give it to you if I could but I borrowed it"
I think it was "Several Species of Small Furry Animals in a Cave, Grooving With a Pict" Umma Gumma was a great album for tripping.
Picts were an ancient civilization in north eastern Scotland. Reputed to be small but fierce aboriginal warriors who wore face paint and tattoos, they were more akin to their Gaelic and Brythonic neighbors than they were different. They were skilled craftsmen, had written language and currency and traded with the Romans.
Spectrum said:
The intro seems to have parts of the intro of 'Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Song' and it goes on to become 'Embryo' (the song can be found on some bootlegs, and a demo of the song appeared first on a compilation of the label Harvest, later on the Pink Floyd 'Works' compilation)
Yes, from the Zabriskie Point Soundtrackbasscooker said:
Nope, actually a retake of Careful With That Axe, Eugene for the Zabriskie Point soundtrack (from 1970), the original was the B-Side of 'Point Me At The Sky' (from 1968)basscooker said:
Scream Thy Last Scream!!!!lunarpollen said:
Other songs by Pink Floyd:
Biding My Time (with Richard Wright on trombone)
Echoes
Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
Saucerfull Of Secrets
One Of These Days
Interstellar Overdrive
etc etc
Now, if you go looking for bootlegs...;
The Man & The Journey; Pink Floyd Live in 1969 totally out of this world
Pink Floyd & Frank Zappa; Interstellar Overdrive played with Frank Zappa on extra guitar; sound quality is rather low (but what do you expect from a 1969 tape)
Sights And Sounds Of Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd; contains the 'lost' songs Vegetable Man and Scream Thy Last Scream
Not a bootleg, but a bit difficult to find: A Fish Out Of Water (the record is credited to Syd Barrett); the first demo of Pink Floyd, two songs: I'm A Queen Bee and Lucy Light.
Does it show I'm a Floydhead...
I guess I have to be the contrarian, but most of my favorite Floyd moments are tracks that sound like Gilmour took over, regardless of when they came out.
Us And Them from DSOTM
Wish You Were Here and Welcome To The Machine from Wish You Were Here
OnThe Turning Away and Learning To Fly from Momentary Lapse Of Reason
Fat Old Sun from Atom Heart Mother
Man. I feel old right now.
Us And Them from DSOTM
Wish You Were Here and Welcome To The Machine from Wish You Were Here
OnThe Turning Away and Learning To Fly from Momentary Lapse Of Reason
Fat Old Sun from Atom Heart Mother
Man. I feel old right now.
When I bought their complete works a few years ago and listened to all the albums again, I was shocked with the intensity and violence in their music.
Hearing some songs like Another Brick and Money a million times may have tamed them but put back in context and taken as a whole, the band was hardcore, far from the hippie mellowness they symbolise today.
Hearing some songs like Another Brick and Money a million times may have tamed them but put back in context and taken as a whole, the band was hardcore, far from the hippie mellowness they symbolise today.
Sorry, Piper at the Gates of Dawn ...
I had it on Relics on 8 track, it's been a while ...
I liked PF more after Umma Gumma. (It is Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict, btw.)
I picked up the Echos compilation when it came out, and was pleasantly surprised by "Bike", "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play", even though I'm not a big Syd fan. I lost interest after Waters left, but there are a few gems in the catalogue.
I picked up the Echos compilation when it came out, and was pleasantly surprised by "Bike", "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play", even though I'm not a big Syd fan. I lost interest after Waters left, but there are a few gems in the catalogue.
+1 to your +1.
That album is almost 100% perfect, except for that guitar solo where Gilmour appears to lose his focus and just bends the same note over and over again until he gives up and just hits a big chord then goes into these wimpy little pull offs before getting back into the meat of the solo.
Definitely all of Meddle. It's my favorite PF album!
I also have to mention "Pillow of Winds" of that album as one of my favorites.
I also have to mention "Pillow of Winds" of that album as one of my favorites.
