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Ok, Im going to have to hold my hand up here and admit I dont know as much of they're stuff as I thought I did.
As an impressionable teenager, The Wall meant a lot to me.
I adore Animals and Wish you were here.
Enjoy Dark side, not really a fan of Final Cut.
What albums do I need to own that live up to Animals and WYWH ?
As an impressionable teenager, The Wall meant a lot to me.
I adore Animals and Wish you were here.
Enjoy Dark side, not really a fan of Final Cut.
What albums do I need to own that live up to Animals and WYWH ?
Edited by Turn7 on Friday 19th October 19:21
I'd add in Atom Heart Mother to the above and everybody has to listen to Piper At The Gates of Dawn at least once, if just to understand where they came from... TBH I can 'appreciate' but don't really like anything after WYWH that much - they just stop doing it for me for some reason!
Turn7 said:
I know I could Google it, but anyone got a 15 second history lesson on PF ? Who when where etc
Wiki said:
Founded in 1965, the group originally consisted of university students Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Richard Wright and Syd Barrett. They first gained popularity performing in London's underground music scene during the late 1960s, and under Barrett's creative leadership they released two charting singles and a successful début album. David Gilmour joined as a fifth member in December 1967, and Barrett left the band in April 1968 due to his deteriorating mental health. After Barrett's departure, Waters became their primary songwriter and lyricist. With Waters, Mason, Wright and Gilmour, Pink Floyd achieved critical and commercial success with the concept albums The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977) and The Wall (1979).
Wright left the group in 1979, followed by Waters in 1985. Gilmour and Mason continued as Pink Floyd and Wright subsequently joined them as a paid musician. They continued to record and tour through 1994; two more albums followed, A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) and The Division Bell (1994). Inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005, they have sold more than 250 million albums worldwide, including 74.5 million certified units in the United States.
After nearly two decades of acrimony, the band reunited in 2005 for a performance at the global awareness event Live 8. Barrett died in 2006 and Wright in 2008. In 2011, surviving members Gilmour and Mason joined Waters at one of his The Wall Tour shows at The O2 Arena in London.
Wright left the group in 1979, followed by Waters in 1985. Gilmour and Mason continued as Pink Floyd and Wright subsequently joined them as a paid musician. They continued to record and tour through 1994; two more albums followed, A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) and The Division Bell (1994). Inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005, they have sold more than 250 million albums worldwide, including 74.5 million certified units in the United States.
After nearly two decades of acrimony, the band reunited in 2005 for a performance at the global awareness event Live 8. Barrett died in 2006 and Wright in 2008. In 2011, surviving members Gilmour and Mason joined Waters at one of his The Wall Tour shows at The O2 Arena in London.
I like Atom Heart Mother too, although I recall hearing David Gilmour saying in an interview that he though it was s
te. Or words to that effect.
I'd also recommend the various live albums. Of those, I think 'Pulse' is the best. Apart from the music, it's also really well recorded and mastered, and sounds phenomenal on a decent stereo.
te. Or words to that effect.I'd also recommend the various live albums. Of those, I think 'Pulse' is the best. Apart from the music, it's also really well recorded and mastered, and sounds phenomenal on a decent stereo.
Turn7 said:
Ok, Im going to have to hold my hand up here and admit I dont know as much of they're stuff as I thought I did.
As an impressionable teenager, The Wall meant a lot to me.
I adore Animals and Wish you were here.
Enjoy Dark side, not really a fan of Final Cut.
What albums do I need to own that live up to Animals and WYWH ?
Have you listened to The delicate sound of thunder? And also, is there anybody out there, which is a live version of the wall with the original group.As an impressionable teenager, The Wall meant a lot to me.
I adore Animals and Wish you were here.
Enjoy Dark side, not really a fan of Final Cut.
What albums do I need to own that live up to Animals and WYWH ?
Edited by Turn7 on Friday 19th October 19:21
Probably in a minority of one here but as an impressionable late teen The Final Cut was my favourite. I was/am a big fan of Waters' lyrics and thought that despite David (with not enough credit being given to Richard Wright as well) creating the sound of the band, I always thought Waters' words were the spirit and soul of the music. The ex-Waters Floyd albums never did it for me at all. 'An earthbound misfit, I?' Puhlease!
The Final Cut is pretty much a solo Waters album with some Gilmore solos thrown in as an afterthought. But Michael Kamen's orchestration is beautiful and the theme of the album very moving, albeit a bit 6th form politics.
It does go off the plot a bit - a good Floyd-geek game is to spot the songs that were written for The Wall but never made it onto that album. I reckon One of the Few was meant to be a backstory for the teacher on The Wall and The Final Cut track fits in with The Wall's relationship breakup section.
But The Gunner's Dream remains my favourite ever PF song and if it catches me at the right moment can make me get something in my eye.
The Final Cut is pretty much a solo Waters album with some Gilmore solos thrown in as an afterthought. But Michael Kamen's orchestration is beautiful and the theme of the album very moving, albeit a bit 6th form politics.
It does go off the plot a bit - a good Floyd-geek game is to spot the songs that were written for The Wall but never made it onto that album. I reckon One of the Few was meant to be a backstory for the teacher on The Wall and The Final Cut track fits in with The Wall's relationship breakup section.
But The Gunner's Dream remains my favourite ever PF song and if it catches me at the right moment can make me get something in my eye.
I was also I my late teens when I discovered the final cut, and it still remains pretty much my top floyd album. Having said that, I have been really getting in to Dave Gilmours on an island album recently. When I first heard it I really didn't like it at all, but a few years later and older I must admit that some of the David's solos in it are pretty mind blowing, and am finding it a really relaxing mix of almost jazz and blues with a hint of floyd. I totally agree that the guners dream is really very special and that Rogers song writing and voice was what turned my attention to the band in the first place, and have been to see him twice live, with the last being his wall tour in london, but I would also pay anything to see Dave live.
Amused2death said:
if you get the chance to listen to "Songs from the body" (Early Waters work) then for gawds sake don't 
It's an absolute pile of poop!
To be fair it is the soundtrack to a 1970 medical film, and a collaboration with Ron Geesin. Yes, it is atrocious, but has one of the best track titles ever with "More than seven dwarves in penis-land" It's an absolute pile of poop!collingbroon said:
Turn7 said:
I was at the original Wall gig at Earls court, one of my earliest "big gigs".
Spectacular.
I would of loved to have seen that! A very different show to the latest modern computerised one I can imagine?Spectacular.
Was an amazing night.
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