Pink Floyd

[dholliday]

The funny thing is I also got my old fella into them the same time, obviously he's 20 odd years older than me, but he became a fan as well - Suppose we're forever indebted to that workmate of mine who sadly passed away a few years back - he's the musical version of an Everton uncle who took you to your first match.

lovely put that

 

[daza_1973]

Roger waters is a mentalist and I find some of his lyrics hard to take, but I love wish you were here, has a great flow through the album

Bit strong - he's just very passionate about his beliefs - hope I still am when/if I hit 75

 

[dholliday]

Bit strong - he's just very passionate about his beliefs - hope I still am when/if I hit 75

oh aye...as you say it's good to see him actively thinking about the world still...he was always the intellect behind the band:

 

[leslad]

Bit strong - he's just very passionate about his beliefs - hope I still am when/if I hit 75

Haha yeah probably was a bit strong. You're right about the passion, and I'm not from his generation so maybe I'm not well placed enough to understand. Just not for me I guess!

 

[leslad]

Bit strong - he's just very passionate about his beliefs - hope I still am when/if I hit 75

Also I do enjoy a lot of their music I think loads of it is undeniably quality.

 

[daza_1973]

oh aye...as you say it's good to see him actively thinking about the world still...he was always the intellect behind the band:

Listen to the last track on his last album - 'Is this the life'... - Wait for her - you can almost hear him coming to terms with a lifetime of struggles - its quite beautiful and sad in the same way Johnny Cash's - Hurt cover was.

 

[dholliday]

Tempted to go see Nick Masons band next month in Manchester who im told only do the early stuff

This fresh article really whets the appetite! Gary Kemp of all people is the singer, apparently he's always been a huge Floyd fan.

Interesting quote at the end from Nick, which shows he's only doing this for the love:

“I’m concerned it doesn’t become too big, you don’t want it to get to the stage where the improvisation has to go out of the window because there’s too many people there and it seems like a risk.”

Full article here:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2...et-on-a-psychedelic-trip-nick-mason-gary-kemp

 

[SerenityNigh]

shirley the greatest band there ever was?

Been massively into them since first hearing On The Run in 1994: it tickled my techno bones while introducing me to the psychedelic, prog & avant-garde.

Having another big Floyd listening session for the first time in yonks, still amazed at how different each album is to each other. Also with the film The Wall we have a proper classic piece of cinema.

What's your favourite?

for me,
Album: The Wall
Song: Atom Heart Mother suite
Solo: slide-guitar on Shine On part II
Synth: Minimoog solo during middle-section of Dogs
Lyric: the entire The Wall, but other than that: "only dimly aware of a certain unease in the air" is epic dark poetry
Instrumental: On The Run

not keen on: post-Waters albums


For those that don't know it, here's the astonishing Atom Heart Mother suite (a rare Floyd piece which is co-written by someone outside of the band, in this case Ron Geesin):

Greatest band there ever was?

I'd argue that these British and one Irish band have been as or more influential, at least in America, than Floyd:

Beatles
Stones
Bowie
U2
Radiohead
Led Zeppelin

... there's debatably a few more that could/should be on this list, but at some point you have to settle on something reasonable to demonstrate what is "best," and album sales and influence/reputation among musicians are pretty important.

So, yes Floyd is pretty great, but if they're "better" than even two on the list above, they're probably miles behind the others.

 

[Goat]

Greatest band there ever was?

I'd argue that these British and one Irish band have been as or more influential, at least in America, than Floyd:

Beatles
Stones
Bowie
U2
Radiohead
Led Zeppelin

... there's debatably a few more that could/should be on this list, but at some point you have to settle on something reasonable to demonstrate what is "best," and album sales and influence/reputation among musicians are pretty important.

So, yes Floyd is pretty great, but if they're "better" than even two on the list above, they're probably miles behind the others.

Music is subjective tho isnt it.

For me, I prefer Floyd above all these you mentioned.

Are these bands "bigger"? I would probably say yes, I mean take that list above, if you asked me to "rank" them, in order of which I PREFER, it would look like this :

Floyd
Beattles
U2
Radiohead
Stones
Bowie
Zeppelin

I doubt anybody else would pick the same order, but that wouldnt be the order I would judge them.

This give me an idea for a thread maybe.

RATE MY MUSIC LIBRARY

 

[SerenityNigh]

Music is subjective tho isnt it.

For me, I prefer Floyd above all these you mentioned.

Are these bands "bigger"? I would probably say yes, I mean take that list above, if you asked me to "rank" them, in order of which I PREFER, it would look like this :

Floyd
Beattles
U2
Radiohead
Stones
Bowie
Zeppelin

I doubt anybody else would pick the same order, but that wouldnt be the order I would judge them.

This give me an idea for a thread maybe.

RATE MY MUSIC LIBRARY

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No issue with the subjective, but when you're arguing "best" you have to have a basis for measure. There are more than a few crap bands who've sold a lot of albums, so album sales is not the end all measurement, but you've got to establish something, even if it is widespread appeal. For that measure, the Beatles are hard to beat, since they top all the categories (sales, appeal, influence) and all of these are very widespread.

That's not to say you can't prefer Floyd, lad. And I like your second idea. Your record collection sucks, 4/10 for me.

 

[SerenityNigh]

Music is subjective tho isnt it.

For me, I prefer Floyd above all these you mentioned.

Are these bands "bigger"? I would probably say yes, I mean take that list above, if you asked me to "rank" them, in order of which I PREFER, it would look like this :

Floyd
Beattles
U2
Radiohead
Stones
Bowie
Zeppelin

I doubt anybody else would pick the same order, but that wouldnt be the order I would judge them.

This give me an idea for a thread maybe.

RATE MY MUSIC LIBRARY

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Sake, just took a look and I've bought some crap thought the years, and this library only counts those which survived the conversion to digital, so no Pearl Jam or Metallica and a few others

 

[dholliday]

Greatest band there ever was?

I'd argue that these British and one Irish band have been as or more influential, at least in America, than Floyd:

Beatles
Stones
Bowie
U2
Radiohead
Led Zeppelin

... there's debatably a few more that could/should be on this list, but at some point you have to settle on something reasonable to demonstrate what is "best," and album sales and influence/reputation among musicians are pretty important.

So, yes Floyd is pretty great, but if they're "better" than even two on the list above, they're probably miles behind the others.

Objectively the Floyd are miles more influential than any band on that list bar the Beatles. Objectively the Floyd are the 3rd-biggest selling music act ever, behind only Michael Jackson & again the Beatles.

Subjectively, on strength & sheer variation of their large discography - which far outweighs the ambition shown by all them acts on your list put together - they are the greatest rock band ever.

EDIT: I missed Bowie on your list...he's got a shout, very strong discography & huge influence. His very final album is my favourite of his.

 

[daza_1973]

Music is subjective tho isnt it.

For me, I prefer Floyd above all these you mentioned.

Are these bands "bigger"? I would probably say yes, I mean take that list above, if you asked me to "rank" them, in order of which I PREFER, it would look like this :

Floyd
Beattles
U2
Radiohead
Stones
Bowie
Zeppelin

I doubt anybody else would pick the same order, but that wouldnt be the order I would judge them.

This give me an idea for a thread maybe.

RATE MY MUSIC LIBRARY

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Pulp's Different Class is 1995 - need to tag your dodgy mp3 folders more carefully

 

[roydo]

Objectively the Floyd are miles more influential than any band on that list bar the Beatles. Objectively the Floyd are the 3rd-biggest selling music act ever, behind only Michael Jackson & again the Beatles.

Subjectively, on strength & sheer variation of their large discography - which far outweighs the ambition shown by all them acts on your list put together - they are the greatest rock band ever.

EDIT: I missed Bowie on your list...he's got a shout, very strong discography & huge influence. His very final album is my favourite of his.

Objectively, depending what web site you visit, granted, Floyd are miles behind Zep, Beatles, Elvis, Michael Jackson, Garth Brookes, The Eagles, and just about level with AC/DC, on global sales.

Dark Side is generally seen as one of the biggest selling albums in history, no problem, its epic. But they have sold jack, (in relation to being the greatest rock band ever), since The Wall.

As for influence. Impossible to quantify. Made bass guitar sexy maybe.

 

[SerenityNigh]

Objectively the Floyd are miles more influential than any band on that list bar the Beatles. Objectively the Floyd are the 3rd-biggest selling music act ever, behind only Michael Jackson & again the Beatles.

Subjectively, on strength & sheer variation of their large discography - which far outweighs the ambition shown by all them acts on your list put together - they are the greatest rock band ever.

EDIT: I missed Bowie on your list...he's got a shout, very strong discography & huge influence. His very final album is my favourite of his.

I'm showing Elvis, Garth Brooks, Led Zeppelin, Eagles, Billy Joel, and Elton John also ahead of Floyd in record sales. Maybe my info is wrong.

As far as ambition is concerned? Come on brother, you can discount Zeppelin, Stones, and U2 if you won't want but Floyd don't have more ambition than Beatles, Bowie, and Radiohead.