NecrosaroIII
Ultimate DQ Fan
What a musical achievement. I'd never really listened to the pre DSotM stuff before (my dad had told me it was trash). This song is incredible though.
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Echos is the best Pink Floyd song.
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What a musical achievement. I'd never really listened to the pre DSotM stuff before (my dad had told me it was trash). This song is incredible though.
strange headache
Banned
Probably the greatest gig in human history.
InfiniteCombo
Banned
Close.
"Dogs" from the album Animals is probably their best song. Followed by the combined parts of "Shine on you Crazy Diamond" from the album Wish You Were Here.
I love Echoes, though.
Big PF fan, I own all of their albums -- yes, even the shitty post-Roger Waters stuff.
"Dogs" from the album Animals is probably their best song. Followed by the combined parts of "Shine on you Crazy Diamond" from the album Wish You Were Here.
I love Echoes, though.
Big PF fan, I own all of their albums -- yes, even the shitty post-Roger Waters stuff.
NecrosaroIII
Ultimate DQ Fan
Animals is such a fucking underrated album.
CrankyJay™
Member
It’s not, but it’s great.
InfiniteCombo
Banned
You're absolutely right. With a caveat.
It's underrated by the casual Floyd fans (which are the majority). But big Floyd fans, and the music press, certainly appreciate Animals for the excellence it is.
My story with Pink Floyd was funny -- I started with Dark Side (of course) and went from there chronologically through their 70s stuff -- Wish You Were Here, then Animals, then The Wall. Then I went *backwards* to their debut, and my mind got blown. "Is this even the same band!?" The Syd Barrett stuff sounds so different from almost anything they did afterwards, that it's special in its own way.
belmarduk
Member
I mean... is it even disputable?
Personally, I think Meddle in its entirety is their best album... Including Seamus (that's the dog.)
NecrosaroIII
Ultimate DQ Fan
The Syd Barrett stuff reminds me of King Crimson a lot of times, which isn't a bad thing IMHo.
I had a very similar experience as you. Pretty much went the same way
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
Time for me.
NecrosaroIII
Ultimate DQ Fan
For a while, this was true for me. Then Comfortably Numb, then Shine On. And now Echoes.
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Deleted member 1159
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I sent this meme to a friend today and he said he didn’t get it and I kinda died inside
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
Beautiful album.
One of my most enjoyable memories of being stoned out of my mind was listening to this, A Saucerful of Secrets, and Dark Side of the Moon as a teenager. Worst part of that is nothing has come close to those highs, so probably best they’re all left in the past. That and I have a hard time selecting music to listen to.
CrankyJay™
Member
I can’t name you the best, or my favorite. It honestly varies by day or my mood. But I can give you my top songs, in no particular order:
Dogs
Time
Us & Them
Comfortably Numb
Hey You
Shine on You Crazy Diamond
I basically love all of DSOTM, The Wall, Animals and Wish You Were Here albums
Then a few singles off the other albums. Not a huge fan of any music without Waters, but not a fan of Waters solo stuff so basically it’s Gilmore/Waters/Wright for me.
Just crazy the evolution of the band and sad how it ended and all the music we missed out on, but Waters got a little obsessed with his war thing and the resentment he had about his father’s demise.
Dogs
Time
Us & Them
Comfortably Numb
Hey You
Shine on You Crazy Diamond
I basically love all of DSOTM, The Wall, Animals and Wish You Were Here albums
Then a few singles off the other albums. Not a huge fan of any music without Waters, but not a fan of Waters solo stuff so basically it’s Gilmore/Waters/Wright for me.
Just crazy the evolution of the band and sad how it ended and all the music we missed out on, but Waters got a little obsessed with his war thing and the resentment he had about his father’s demise.
NecrosaroIII
Ultimate DQ Fan
A while back I tripped on mushrooms and listened to Dark Side of the Moon. Had to do it at least once, even though it's cliche. Was an amazing experience. By time I reached Us and Them and Any Color You Like, I was sobbing at how beautiful it was. I experienced an ego death as my mind blended into the music. It was a wonderous experience.
I was strongly recommended to do the same for the Wish You Were Here album.
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Catphish
Member
But it does seem that Gilmour is responsible for the lack of reunification since Live 8. Waters has repeatedly expressed his willingness to bury the hatchet, but Gilmour won’t have it.
Especially tragic now since Wright is gone.
I don’t know what Gilmour’s beef is, but we’re all lesser for it.
CrankyJay™
Member
Yeah, there’s a lot that went on.
Werewolf Jones
Member
Why is this band referencing Jojo's Bizarre Adventure? 
Catphish
Member
I know. And I only know the public bit.
belmarduk
Member
As great of an artist as he is, Waters is an egomaniac and only wants to continue the band from his terms. He never valued input from the other members of the band. While you may not like them, they put out an album in 2014 and released a song a few months ago. Lets not forget that it was he who quit the band and not the other way around!
Kev Kev
Member
Damn Pink Floyd is simply one of the greatest of all time. So many great albums and songs from them, it’s hard to choose which one is best.
I just can’t lol. Animals, Dark Side and The Wall are my favorite albums from them. Somewhere in there is a song I’d call their best but I simply can’t choose.
I just can’t lol. Animals, Dark Side and The Wall are my favorite albums from them. Somewhere in there is a song I’d call their best but I simply can’t choose.
thegame983
Member
Best band of all time: Pink Floyd
Best Album of all Time: Wish you were here
Best song of all time: Comfortably numb
As far as their 'long form' songs are concerned. I would go Shine on (part 2 specifically)
Currently I am listening to Animals exclusively
Best Album of all Time: Wish you were here
Best song of all time: Comfortably numb
As far as their 'long form' songs are concerned. I would go Shine on (part 2 specifically)
Currently I am listening to Animals exclusively
NecrosaroIII
Ultimate DQ Fan
They absolutely can be. For me, I prefer my songs to be at least 7 minutes long. 2-3 minute long songs are weak for me, by time its over, I'm just starting to get into it
Razorback
Member
7 is fine. 23? I've heard albums shorter than that.
Wildebeest
Member
I think that the first batch of Syd Barrett material was actually pretty good, but perhaps the psychedelic pop might not seem as "serious" as the moody progressive dad rock which was much more popular. The transition was a problem, but Echoes and Set the Controls to the Heart of the Sun are highlights.
InfiniteCombo
Banned
I think Meddle is arguably the first album in their truly "progressive" sequence. They were no longer transitional at that point. (I think the last transitional album was Atom Heart Mother, which I absolutely love because of its huge "WTF" factor 
) Even by the time of Atom Heart Mother, all traces of Syd Barrett were pretty much gone.
Speaking of Syd... All the stuff when he was the leader of the band -- their debut album and the two major singles around that time ("See Emily Play" and "Arnold Layne") -- is absolutely fantastic material. If you only know the soft progressive Floyd of the 70s, do check out some of the Syd Barrett-era stuff. It will blow your mind.
) Even by the time of Atom Heart Mother, all traces of Syd Barrett were pretty much gone. Speaking of Syd... All the stuff when he was the leader of the band -- their debut album and the two major singles around that time ("See Emily Play" and "Arnold Layne") -- is absolutely fantastic material. If you only know the soft progressive Floyd of the 70s, do check out some of the Syd Barrett-era stuff. It will blow your mind.
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Scotty W
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I used to be a massive Floyd head, but I find them simply impossible to listen to these days. It is a combination of having listened too much and realizing the Roger Waters is an insufferable twat. Once you really see that, you will see it running through everything he has ever done. With that said, if we are sharing epic videos of Pink Floyd, nothing tops this:
InfiniteCombo
Banned
I agree with you that Waters is an insufferable twat, and I disagree with like 90% (maybe higher) of what the guy ever says.
That being said, after Syd had his mental meltdown, Waters was truly the leading creative force of the band. And they were the better for it. Look what happened after Waters left in the 80s, their output was shit (in my opinion, anyway).
I thought my time with Floyd was just some sort of phase, but they're pretty much permanently in my favorite top 5 classic rock acts of all time.
Catphish
Member
I think their post-Waters work could be much better than it is if Gilmour would have kept his wife from the songwriting.
She may be a fine writer, but her lyrics are weak and do not mesh well with the music. To the song, I can hear any track and know which ones are hers.
When it’s all Dave and/or Richard, those songs are pretty effing good. They just lack Roger’s cynicism and darker edges.
The same goes for Gilmour’s solo stuff. When he’s driving, it’s all good. When his wife gets involved, rubbish.
Don’t mean to slam the woman, just calling it like I hear it.
InfiniteCombo
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You're absolutely 100% right.
What Gilmour should've done was what McCartney did. "OK Linda, you want to be part of the music? Sure, go bang on the keys of that keyboard over there, I'm still the one writing the songs." And McCartney's/Wings' output of the 70s is MUCH better for it.
NecrosaroIII
Ultimate DQ Fan
I too don't like Roger Waters as a person, but there was something magic about him teaming up with Mason,Wright and Gilmour. What they created together is fantastic.
As a lyricist, I love Waters work. Take this line from Echoes for example.
"
Overhead the albatross
Hangs motionless upon the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves
In labyrinths of coral caves
The echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand
And everything is green and submarine
"
Love it. I come from a background of listening to instrumental stuff before I got into other types of so I don't usually care too much about lyrics. But I love his song writing
Gilmour is an underrated vocalist btw.
As a lyricist, I love Waters work. Take this line from Echoes for example.
"
Overhead the albatross
Hangs motionless upon the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves
In labyrinths of coral caves
The echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand
And everything is green and submarine
"
Love it. I come from a background of listening to instrumental stuff before I got into other types of so I don't usually care too much about lyrics. But I love his song writing
Gilmour is an underrated vocalist btw.
AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
Why not? There's no rule dictating what length a song "has" to be. Classical musicians were writing long songs way before Floyd showed up. Hell, Sleep has a song that's nearly an hour long and it's probably far from the longest written.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
Or 'Echoes is one of Pink Floyd's songs'.
Razorback
Member
I'm not into debating definitions of words. You're right, of course it's a song. But it's clearly an outlier in terms of length, and that alone significantly changes how one consumes the medium. If someone said their favourite movie was Chernobyl, everyone would tell them thats a series not a movie. But beyond length whats the actual difference between the two formats?
Nostalgic Nightmare
Member
One of These Days and A Pillow of Winds are also great songs off this album.
Honestly it's one of those you just sit back and listen to the whole thing, it's a journey.
Honestly it's one of those you just sit back and listen to the whole thing, it's a journey.
ÆMNE22A!C
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AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
I mean that seems fairly obvious, there's 5 clearly defined episodes with individual intros, recaps and credits. Hell, Napoléon from 1932 is actually longer than all of Chernobyl put together. A track is a track whether it's 3 seconds or 3 hours long.
ÆMNE22A!C
NO PAIN TRANCE CONTINUE
And the pompei version is fucking incredible holy shit
It's weird. I only really listened to three of their albums. And when I say listened i mean obsessively for years.
Wish you were here
Dark side of the Moon
(Meddle)
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