What Sucks about This Artist?: Pink Floyd

04-24-2018, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Wait until you check out Animals or Wish You Were Here!

Oh boy, I can't wait!

Seriously, this thing here alone destroys that entire Dull Side of the Moon album with ease:

**Frownland** · 04-24-2018, 03:05 PM

I think that Saucerful is a lot better as well, but I recced DSOTM because Saucerful was made during the Syd Barrett era of Floyd. When Barrett left and they added Gilmour, they got their most well-known lineup and DSOTM is the best representative of the "classic Floyd sound" that they developed and built on with that lineup.

04-24-2018, 03:32 PM

Yeah I know that one pretty well. I probably know all their most famous songs off The Wall well enough. Probably also some form a couple other albums.

On Comfortably Numb: Some nice guitar playing here and there, but the song isn't really clicking with me. It's giving me Bryan Adams flashbacks.

That's not praise btw.

The Batlord · 04-24-2018, 03:33 PM

Pretty sure everyone on Earth has heard that song more times than they care to.

The Sane Psycho · 04-24-2018, 04:23 PM

I love Pink Floyd, but their personalities are unbearable. It's hard to find a crew as unlikable, personality wise, as these guys. Furthermore, their discography tends to be very hit or miss. One more thing, they're great songs, but I am so sick of Comfortably Numb and Another Brick In The Wall Part 2.

I wanna do one of these for my favorite band, Weezer.

**Frownland** · 04-24-2018, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by The Sane Psycho

Another Brick In The Wall Part 2.

Great track up until the goddamn children's choir. Nobody needs that ****.

Trollheart · 04-24-2018, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

Yeah I know that one pretty well. I probably know all their most famous songs off The Wall well enough. Probably also some form a couple other albums.

On Comfortably Numb: Some nice guitar playing here and there, but the song isn't really clicking with me. It's giving me Bryan Adams flashbacks.

That's not praise btw.

Bryan Adams? You just take that back!

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Great track up until the goddamn children's choir. Nobody needs that ****.

Ever.

OccultHawk · 04-24-2018, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

my condolences man

lol

Lisnaholic · 04-25-2018, 07:22 AM

More opinions about Floyd if anyone is interested:- http://www.musicbanter.com/prog-psyc...oyd-album.html

I'm sure I've said this elsewhere, but I see Atom Heart Mother as the big turning point with PF. Everything up to and including AHM was exploratory and innovative, everything afterwards was about Floyd backpeddling or consolidating their sound/reputation. For example, Saucerful and Ummagumma had chunks of improvised psychedelic jam material, but my impression is that once they started filling stadiums with their fans, they got scared of music that wasn't choreographed down to the last note. In that sense they became victims of their own success, although Waters did try to break out of Floyd's ponderous polished style with Final Cut .

Here's my rundown of some of their other albums:

Piper: some nice songs, but some of the experiments in whimsical pop sound like little more than advertising jingles today. I prefer Barratt's more mature solo albums.
Meddle: Gilmour probably has toilet-training issues. After the bold inspiration of Atom Heart Mother, this album is an exercise in cleaning, polishing and tidying up.
DSOTM: Money has a really clever start, but the rest of the album is too careful to be interesting.
Wish You Were Here: Although they hated reporters banging on about crazy Barratt, they decided to make an album about him. Very misguided imo.
The Wall: At last some consistently good lyrics from Big Bad Roge, this album has some great songs and I like the whole postwar-guilt thing too, partly because I saw it happening; a whole generation in the UK was brought up with the idea that they weren't worthy of the sacrifice their dead dad's had made.

I rather overplayed Floyd in younger days, so I never really listen to them now. At a pinch, I can still enjoy:

1. Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast
2. One of These Days
3. Remember a Day
4. The Gunner's Dream
5. Nobody Home

^ Get listening if you like, Batlord, but you may well hate them all.

The Batlord · 04-25-2018, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

^ Get listening if you like, Batlord, but you may well hate them all.

Was listening to Saucerful of Secrets last night and it was actually my best impression of Floyd to date, so I'm a bit more open atm.

04-24-2018, 03:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I think that Saucerful is a lot better as well, but I recced DSOTM because Saucerful was made during the Syd Barrett era of Floyd. When Barrett left and they added Gilmour, they got their most well-known lineup and DSOTM is the best representative of the "classic Floyd sound" that they developed and built on with that lineup. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

04-25-2018, 07:22 AM	#9 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	More opinions about Floyd if anyone is interested:- http://www.musicbanter.com/prog-psyc...oyd-album.html I'm sure I've said this elsewhere, but I see Atom Heart Mother as the big turning point with PF. Everything up to and including AHM was exploratory and innovative, everything afterwards was about Floyd backpeddling or consolidating their sound/reputation. For example, Saucerful and Ummagumma had chunks of improvised psychedelic jam material, but my impression is that once they started filling stadiums with their fans, they got scared of music that wasn't choreographed down to the last note. In that sense they became victims of their own success, although Waters did try to break out of Floyd's ponderous polished style with Final Cut . Here's my rundown of some of their other albums: Piper: some nice songs, but some of the experiments in whimsical pop sound like little more than advertising jingles today. I prefer Barratt's more mature solo albums. Meddle: Gilmour probably has toilet-training issues. After the bold inspiration of Atom Heart Mother, this album is an exercise in cleaning, polishing and tidying up. DSOTM: Money has a really clever start, but the rest of the album is too careful to be interesting. Wish You Were Here: Although they hated reporters banging on about crazy Barratt, they decided to make an album about him. Very misguided imo. The Wall: At last some consistently good lyrics from Big Bad Roge, this album has some great songs and I like the whole postwar-guilt thing too, partly because I saw it happening; a whole generation in the UK was brought up with the idea that they weren't worthy of the sacrifice their dead dad's had made. I rather overplayed Floyd in younger days, so I never really listen to them now. At a pinch, I can still enjoy: 1. Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast 2. One of These Days 3. Remember a Day 4. The Gunner's Dream 5. Nobody Home ^ Get listening if you like, Batlord, but you may well hate them all. __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

04-24-2018, 03:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
MicShazam Guest Posts: n/a	Yeah I know that one pretty well. I probably know all their most famous songs off The Wall well enough. Probably also some form a couple other albums. On Comfortably Numb: Some nice guitar playing here and there, but the song isn't really clicking with me. It's giving me Bryan Adams flashbacks. That's not praise btw.

04-24-2018, 04:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
The Sane Psycho Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 299	I love Pink Floyd, but their personalities are unbearable. It's hard to find a crew as unlikable, personality wise, as these guys. Furthermore, their discography tends to be very hit or miss. One more thing, they're great songs, but I am so sick of Comfortably Numb and Another Brick In The Wall Part 2. I wanna do one of these for my favorite band, Weezer.