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- KVRAF
- 3964 posts since 31 Aug, 2003 from In a foreign town, in a foreign land
Which track was supposedly in sync with the Jupiter bit from 2001? Was that Echoes?
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1262 posts since 15 Feb, 2003 from Up the Pennine way
Several years ago some friends were round at my place tripping.
I was not and kept them entertained.
The video was playing 2001, the stereo was playing "Animals" and the subtitles were scrambled....
You should have seen their faces as the monkeys were hitting the bones and yet Pigs were grunting...hehe
Amazingley it all seemed to go together.
DSOTM is the classic, but for me I still think "Wish you were Here" was the best.
You cant beat people up then have them say "I love you"
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- KVRAF
- 6496 posts since 26 Nov, 2004 from Frederick, MD
"Floyd fans only"
Which Floyd?
There's the Syd Barrett Floyd. Then there's the Post-Syd Barrett Floyd. Then there's the 'Cid Floyd (the studio LP part of Ummagumma). Then there's the Prog Epic Floyd (Atom Heart Mother to Meddle). Then there's the Mature/Commercially Viable Floyd (Dark Side/Wish You Were Here). And then, IMHO, there's the Past It Floyd (Animals and onward).
I really think Wish You Were Here was their last great album. Everything after that reeked of commercial influence and self-conscious theatrics.
Which Floyd?
There's the Syd Barrett Floyd. Then there's the Post-Syd Barrett Floyd. Then there's the 'Cid Floyd (the studio LP part of Ummagumma). Then there's the Prog Epic Floyd (Atom Heart Mother to Meddle). Then there's the Mature/Commercially Viable Floyd (Dark Side/Wish You Were Here). And then, IMHO, there's the Past It Floyd (Animals and onward).
I really think Wish You Were Here was their last great album. Everything after that reeked of commercial influence and self-conscious theatrics.
- KVRAF
- 3266 posts since 22 Sep, 2003 from under the sun
i see what you mean... but...emdot_ambient wrote:I really think Wish You Were Here was their last great album. Everything after that reeked of commercial influence and self-conscious theatrics.
even if it's quite different, the Waters Floyd period (Animals to Final Cut) is still a very good era.
after that, it's definitely dead.
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1262 posts since 15 Feb, 2003 from Up the Pennine way
The thing is they were always a very theatrical and visual band.
Imagine "Alans Psychedelic Breakfast" live. A mock up kitchen on stage, a cooker frying bacon and cornflakes being poured into a bowl....
Then a motorbike gets ridden around the stage, you can guess what track that was.
All very trippy stuff.
You cant beat people up then have them say "I love you"
- KVRian
- 1004 posts since 2 Aug, 2004 from Sweden
I've loved them since "Wish you were here". And oddly enough I even like some fairly late albums. "Momentary lapse" f.e. I think is one of their best. "Animals" is at the absolute top for me, closely followed by "Wish you were here".Wopelka wrote:i see what you mean... but...emdot_ambient wrote:I really think Wish You Were Here was their last great album. Everything after that reeked of commercial influence and self-conscious theatrics.
even if it's quite different, the Waters Floyd period (Animals to Final Cut) is still a very good era.
after that, it's definitely dead.
There's a lot of emotions because of stuff that happened around me tied in with PF's albums (soundtrack of our lives) though, so I'm not sure how much is based on any kind of objective standpoint. The same thing happens with Genesis.
- KVRAF
- 19156 posts since 13 Feb, 2003 from Vancouver, Canada
I agree with you strongly, those are the two albums I listen to the most! Although one really has to distinguish between David Gilmour's present-day Floyd and the real deal. We know the new Floyd is just entertainment, or at best a means for Gilmour to carry on playing guitar solos!beltrom wrote:I've loved them since "Wish you were here". And oddly enough I even like some fairly late albums. "Momentary lapse" f.e. I think is one of their best. "Animals" is at the absolute top for me, closely followed by "Wish you were here".Wopelka wrote:i see what you mean... but...emdot_ambient wrote:I really think Wish You Were Here was their last great album. Everything after that reeked of commercial influence and self-conscious theatrics.
even if it's quite different, the Waters Floyd period (Animals to Final Cut) is still a very good era.
after that, it's definitely dead.
There's a lot of emotions because of stuff that happened around me tied in with PF's albums (soundtrack of our lives) though, so I'm not sure how much is based on any kind of objective standpoint. The same thing happens with Genesis.
But Momentary and Delicate Sound of Thunder represent a really exciting time for me and he did a good job with those songs. Personally, I'll take the live version of Comfortably Numb over the original any day. The huge drums! The two-part harmony throughout! That SOLO!!!
- KVRian
- 1004 posts since 2 Aug, 2004 from Sweden
Yes you're right. I was going to comment but found myself just repeating what you said with other words...bduffy wrote:I agree with you strongly, those are the two albums I listen to the most! Although one really has to distinguish between David Gilmour's present-day Floyd and the real deal. We know the new Floyd is just entertainment, or at best a means for Gilmour to carry on playing guitar solos!
But Momentary and Delicate Sound of Thunder represent a really exciting time for me and he did a good job with those songs. Personally, I'll take the live version of Comfortably Numb over the original any day. The huge drums! The two-part harmony throughout! That SOLO!!!
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Lazarus Machine Lazarus Machine https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=83111
- KVRist
- 68 posts since 3 Oct, 2005
You folks wouldn't beee-lieve just how many times I had to buy the WYWH album, man!
Four times!
The first one was played regularly in a beat-up walkman during my college years and later went to that great tape heaven up in the sky in the line of duty after an errant pinch roller strangled it. The other three occasions? People I used to hang out with flicked 'em. Each time. Thrice!
Love that album. Love all of them: with syd, post-syd, with waters, post-waters. Love their solo albums also. animals, WYWH, Wall, final Cut, Atom Heart Mother [which medical instrument inspired the newspaper headline that inspired the album's title? and how many kids did she have, eh?], DSOTM all make me go... "Why the bloody heck wasn't I born in the 60s?"
Four times!
The first one was played regularly in a beat-up walkman during my college years and later went to that great tape heaven up in the sky in the line of duty after an errant pinch roller strangled it. The other three occasions? People I used to hang out with flicked 'em. Each time. Thrice!
Love that album. Love all of them: with syd, post-syd, with waters, post-waters. Love their solo albums also. animals, WYWH, Wall, final Cut, Atom Heart Mother [which medical instrument inspired the newspaper headline that inspired the album's title? and how many kids did she have, eh?], DSOTM all make me go... "Why the bloody heck wasn't I born in the 60s?"

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- KVRAF
- 19156 posts since 13 Feb, 2003 from Vancouver, Canada
That actually happened to me with Pop Will Eat Itself's "Cure for Sanity". I bought it 3 times and it was stolen 3 times. Ah, the 90's...Lazarus Machine wrote:You folks wouldn't beee-lieve just how many times I had to buy the WYWH album, man!
Four times!
The first one was played regularly in a beat-up walkman during my college years and later went to that great tape heaven up in the sky in the line of duty after an errant pinch roller strangled it. The other three occasions? People I used to hang out with flicked 'em. Each time. Thrice!![]()
Love that album. Love all of them: with syd, post-syd, with waters, post-waters. Love their solo albums also. animals, WYWH, Wall, final Cut, Atom Heart Mother [which medical instrument inspired the newspaper headline that inspired the album's title? and how many kids did she have, eh?], DSOTM all make me go... "Why the bloody heck wasn't I born in the 60s?"
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Lazarus Machine Lazarus Machine https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=83111
- KVRist
- 68 posts since 3 Oct, 2005
yeah, "the 90s"... i was around then too! in fact, that's when i went to college! Last millennium! Imagine telling that to a pretty girl: "Hi. You know i went to college in the last millennium?" a stellar pick-up line if there ever was one. heh heh.

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- KVRAF
- 1530 posts since 20 Apr, 2005 from southsubchicago
man i haven't heard meddle in years...brings back lots of memories...i used to run a crappy rick copy thru my old moog sonic VI filter with a down slope ramp lfo and an analog delay, and NAIL the bass solo part of "one of these days"....and learning the organ intro to "pigs"....and the guitar part to "astronomy domine" (sp?)seamoss wrote:ahhhh.......what about meddle?
echoes
ahh the good old days...
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- KVRAF
- 19156 posts since 13 Feb, 2003 from Vancouver, Canada
Yeah, if they're into "old" guys...Lazarus Machine wrote:yeah, "the 90s"... i was around then too! in fact, that's when i went to college! Last millennium! Imagine telling that to a pretty girl: "Hi. You know i went to college in the last millennium?" a stellar pick-up line if there ever was one. heh heh.
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Lazarus Machine Lazarus Machine https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=83111
- KVRist
- 68 posts since 3 Oct, 2005
Floyd's live shows are supposed to be tremendously visual and exceptionally absorbing. You folks [who posted here] must have been to some [if not all!] of them. Do tell us something about it/them: any favourite parts, experiences and such like...
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- KVRist
- 214 posts since 7 Oct, 2004
Hey Lazarus Machine
Here's quite an interesting article
http://www.pinkfloyd-co.com/band/interv ... -sos1.html
Here's quite an interesting article
http://www.pinkfloyd-co.com/band/interv ... -sos1.html

