Speaking of Baltimore, imo this works almost as well with the film as the Little Richard song on the actual soundtrack


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPPZdkBHoVU

The filthiest person alive indeed!

This makes me laugh...long story...haha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRSBmalHDV0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyYIqHskQGM

everyone has a there song this is Mine....

Dear youtube algorithm,
I have no idea what the **** you're recommending me sometimes, but this is quietly weird in a lovely way

^ The algorithm rarely fails. It's weird. BUT - in my research, it definitely has recommended the same albums/songs to large numbers of people. If you listen to jazz every now and then, I'd be willing to bet that it's recommended this to you at some point (which admittedly, isn't a bad record - I could throw it on during a romantic outing to a quiet italian restaurant)



As for what I'm listening to right now:

What a day.....just laugh, that's all you can do...life is real short these days

Lmao yes that Gerry Mulligan album has turned up in my recs a lot. Never clicked with me really

I knew it! haha

It's one of those albums I've filed away in my mind for if I'm ever at a party filled with geriatrics and I am given the responsibility of throwing some music on that no one in the room will find offensive (Kind of Blue is also in this camp, despite being a better record).

I’ve just became kinda sold on the entire Pink Floyd thing (I truly despised them for most of my conscious life for being a sort of pretentious-Beatles-rip-off), so I’m listening to a ton of stuff

Among them

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More seriously, I'm imagining you're checking out their older, more classic stuff, but don't miss out on some of their newer stuff either - though Division Bell isn't touted as one of their best albums (because it isn't), everyone deserves to hear this tune.

Wow that's terrible advice.

Aren't you an Animals hater tho?

I'm not saying check out all their newer albums, but they've had some great songs since The Wall period.

Sure The Final Cut is decent but Division Bell is best ignored.

I completely agree. I've never once on this forum (and I'm confident about that), claimed that Division Bell is a great album or even an album worth hearing (especially if you haven't explored their earlier material). It's just 'High Hopes' that I recommend from it. It's unfortunate, in my opinion, because that song really deserved a better album.

EDIT: I'm not aware of a compilation off the top of my head, but I'm guessing there must be some compilation album that collects some of Floyd's best songs post 1980. Assuming that exists, I'd recommend that.

I think I've got the most playtime with Wish You Were Here.

Fair enough, it's a great record.

Here's an interesting house mix of the title track if you've never heard it. SNBRN opened up one of his sets with it during quarantine and I've been a fan of it since.

Went through a serious Wall phase in high school that throws the game, but I've been consistently returning to Dark Side as a full album more.

I've found myself appreciating their A Momentary Lapse Of Reason album more in recent days, particularly the nice doing-cocaine-in-space vibe of Terminal Frost.

haha, yea, not gonna lie, sometimes i skip ahead to the good parts. but the long play is a mood.

The Wall, for me, has two of their best songs (Comfortably Numb, Hey You) and the rest I don't listen to. But holy **** they are good.

Not a great song but the massive riff from In the Flesh is some peak Floyd imo.

Actually before I started listening to them these couple of days ago High Hopes was my favourite song by Pink Floyd. I’ve had some great memories with it at the begining of high school. The sort of experiences that stay with you for the rest of your life.

I was checking out most of their discography really. I’m not the kind of person to throw judgements on weak or non-existing basis.

Even though I’ve come to appreciate them more these last couple of days, I still find their style a bit tiresome, and their songwriting pretty weak. Don’t get me wrong: they do write great stuff, it’s just that I think if you’d cut their 20min songs into 4-6min ones they’d be a much better listen and would still have time for the epic instrumentals and all.

But then again when I listened to The Wall - an album with only 2-4 minutes songs - in it’s entirety yesterday, I’ve come to realise that they are incapable of such stuff. If you take away the 15min epic solos and weird keyboard stuff, their material becomes dull. Yes, I believe The Wall is garbage (I mean, yeah, sure, Comfortably Numb is amazing [though I enjoyed it way more when I was 15 or so], and Another Brick In The Wall Part 1&2 are great, but the rest is pretty much nonsense to me).

The last 3 or 4 days I’ve listened to all of their albums at least twice (apart from The Final Cut, so far the ugly cover scares me away).
I really enjoyed Animals, DSOTM (obviously), Meddle, Obscured by Clouds (kind of) and two or three tracks from Ummagumma.
Oh, and Wish You Were Here is great. But that one I liked also before.

Though still most of Ummagumma and Atom Heart Mother is pretty much unlistenable to me.

The big surprise for me was Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Which I loved in my Paris days, but when I re-listened to it yesterday I was unable to actually listen to the songs in full.

And really, even though my overall opinion of them had changed and I’ll actually listen to them on a more regular basis, my previous judgements of them are still valid for me. Those being these two:

1. They are the pretentious version of the Beatles (the comparison is for me in the chord progressions, melody making, and the feel of many arrangements. The pretentiousness is in the fact that they are incapable of actually writing a song that is not relying on amazing musical skills and always have to drag the songs to the point of no return)

2. The Dark Side of The Moon is for sure their best album (simply because they focus more on songwriting and songstructure rather than on showing off how good and long they can play. This is really the album that shows us how good Pink Floyd might’ve been)

3. They are a band who makes music that serves only lying on your back in a field and looking at the stars (impossible to read, cook, take a walk or do anything else for that matter, because the music is to busy and distracting [and I’m not saying this is a kind way])


But you know: Pink Floyd fans cheer! I’m no longer your enemy but an ally!
:clap::beer:

You should check this out: Why The Beatles and Pink Floyd sound so similar

Yeah, very funny.
Though I think that if you can’t hear any similarity you should check it out

Pink Floyd always sounded more like that other band that used chord progressions and melodies to me.

I’m not sure whether you’re trolling me or not.

I mean can’t you see that bands and songwriters can use similar type of progressions or melody patterns?

Why do you prefer to be mean instead of having some sort of constructive discussion? I thought that Batlord was the trolling one around here (no offense to him btw)

See sig.

Here's some construction: I see similarities in some of their early work and harmonies but their differences are so much more prominent that I think it's overly reductive to call them a Beatles variant.

Interesting fact: Pink Floyd recorded Piper the same time the Beatles we're recording Sgt. Pepper in the adjoining studio. They were even able to see the Beatles at work a bit. Perhaps that was an influence, at least in the early going.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qswky27sAuM
them lyrics!....top-level stuff

None taken, bitch.

New Malaa baby