What are you currently listening to?

[Simon Buttle]

which one's Pink?

Probably Rodger Waters because he thinks he invented music

 

[dholliday]

Atom Heart Mother must be the most underrated album of that golden late-60's/early-70's period.

@ste d' indica @Simon Buttle

 

[dholliday]

Probably Rodger Waters because he thinks he invented music

big fan of Roger, not necessarily his solo works, tho' they are more interesting than Dave's. I like Roger because it was his creative drive which made all those Floyd albums so unique to one another...no other music act I'm aware of has made so many albums which are so distinct from one another, not even Einstürzende Neubauten.

 

[Simon Buttle]

Atom Heart Mother must be the most underrated album of that golden late-60's/early-70's period.

@ste d' indica @Simon Buttle

I actually like The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, i quite like a lot of that psych stuff although i know it's aquired taste

 

[dholliday]

I actually like The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, i quite like a lot of that psych stuff although i know it's aquired taste

oh yes, but Piper isn't underrated.

i love Astronomy Domine, Cirrus Minor, Interstellar Overdrive...tho' the Syd stuff has aged a bit, I used to love Bike but it sounds a bit silly now. This might be the best Syd song:

 

[Simon Buttle]

big fan of Roger, not necessarily his solo works, tho' they are more interesting than Dave's. I like Roger because it was his creative drive which made all those Floyd albums so unique to one another...no other music act I'm aware of has made so many albums which are so distinct from one another, not even Einstürzende Neubauten.

He wrote a lot of the songs, but much of the creative spark behind things like Dark Side of The Moon such as the weird sounds and the whole idea of it flowing together came from Alan Parsons the sound engineer. He worked with the band for many years and was a huge influence on their sound, the guy is a genius.

 

[dholliday]

He wrote a lot of the songs, but much of the creative spark behind things like Dark Side of The Moon such as the weird sounds and the whole idea of it flowing together came from Alan Parsons the sound engineer. He worked with the band for many years and was a huge influence on their sound, the guy is a genius.

Aye, he engineered Atom Heart too, tho' Ron Geesin helped compose the epic title track (arguably Pink Floyd's greatest song). Parsons only engineered those two Floyd albums, didn't he?

 

[dholliday]

He wrote a lot of the songs, but much of the creative spark behind things like Dark Side of The Moon such as the weird sounds and the whole idea of it flowing together came from Alan Parsons the sound engineer. He worked with the band for many years and was a huge influence on their sound, the guy is a genius.

Just to give Roger a little due too: it was he was the creative force behind how to best use all that fancy electronic equipment they got for Dark Side. There's a great bit in a docu where Gilmour admits he was fiddling with this EMS synth-sequencer, trying to get a hypnotic groove going but it just sounded staid, then Roger wacked up the tempo and added filtering and lo On The Run was born.

 

[Simon Buttle]

Aye, he engineered Atom Heart too, tho' Ron Geesin helped compose the epic title track (arguably Pink Floyd's greatest song). Tho' Parsons only engineered those two Floyd albums, didn't he?

Ron Geesin is a really interesting character, a musician in his own right, but practically part of the band at one point, he was one of the first people messing around with synths and he used to make his own instruments and customise others.

 

[dholliday]

He wrote a lot of the songs, but much of the creative spark behind things like Dark Side of The Moon such as the weird sounds and the whole idea of it flowing together came from Alan Parsons the sound engineer. He worked with the band for many years and was a huge influence on their sound, the guy is a genius.

interesting bit from this article:

Roger Waters, Pink Floyd’s vocalist, would reportedly interrupt the studio sessions regularly to go watch his beloved Arsenal play football, leaving Parsons to dream up much of the psychedelic soundscape millions of college kids have pondered while stoned. Parsons is the one who put in those nightmarish chiming clocks in the beginning of “Time,” as well as the one who found and recruited the singer Clare Torry, who made “The Great Gig in the Sky” the mind-melting track it is.

Great Gig is comfortably in the top 10...who knew the female orgasm could be made into such a musical masterpiece?

 

[Simon Buttle]

interesting bit from this article:

Roger Waters, Pink Floyd’s vocalist, would reportedly interrupt the studio sessions regularly to go watch his beloved Arsenal play football, leaving Parsons to dream up much of the psychedelic soundscape millions of college kids have pondered while stoned. Parsons is the one who put in those nightmarish chiming clocks in the beginning of “Time,” as well as the one who found and recruited the singer Clare Torry, who made “The Great Gig in the Sky” the mind-melting track it is.

Great Gig is comfortably in the top 10...who knew the female orgasm could be made into such a musical masterpiece?

Clare Torry later sued the band for millions over that song and actually won. Interesting fact about Great Gig was that prior to her singing on the song Paul and Linda McCartney were recorded talking about death for it. But both gave very monotone answers so the cut was never used and Parson's decided they should get a session singer to do the part.

 

[dholliday]

Clare Torry later sued the band for millions over that song and actually won. Interesting fact about Great Gig was that prior to her singing on the song Paul and Linda McCartney were recorded talking about death for it. But both gave very monotone answers so the cut was never used and Parson's decided they should get a session singer to do the part.

oh gods that would've been cringe to hear Paul Macca's voice on a Floyd record.

i like the recorded musings on death they used in the end, i think they're from a tour hand.

Delia Derbyshire, another big favourite of mine, used a similar idea for arguably her greatest work (and pre-dating Dark Side by almost 10 years):

 

[Simon Buttle]

oh gods that would've been cringe to hear Paul Macca's voice on a Floyd record.

i like the recorded musings on death they used in the end, i think they're from a tour hand.

Delia Derbyshire, another big favourite of mine, used a similar idea for arguably her greatest work (and pre-dating Dark Side by almost 10 years):

I can never quite get my head round Delia Derbyshire, she did some impressive work for the time but i find it is more of a soundscape rather than actual music. It's only in recent years she has got the deserved recognition though which is a shame.

 

[dholliday]

I can never quite get my head round Delia Derbyshire, she did some impressive work for the time but i find it is more of a soundscape rather than actual music. It's only in recent years she has got the deserved recognition though which is a shame.

agree, it's deffo soundscapes...i make soundscapes myself with synths, it's meditative music if you like. they're much easier to create nowadays as the tools are all there within the synth instrument, back then Delia really had to think outside the box.

 

[Simon Buttle]

agree, it's deffo soundscapes...i make soundscapes myself with synths, it's meditative music if you like. they're much easier to create nowadays as the tools are all there within the synth instrument, back then Delia really had to think outside the box.

There are lot's of pictures of her in the Radiophonic Workshop making what look like tape loops, she was a clever lady no doubt.