posted May 16, 2007 05:55 PM         

MINE- PINK FLOYD "PULSE" BECAUSE IT HAD OLD AND NEW TRACKS BY THE BAND THAT WAS PERFORMED LIVE. IT OPENED A WORLD OF INSTRUMENTAL AND LYRICAL DEPTH THAT CAN TOUCH EACH AND EVERY EMOTION WITHIN A MATTER OF HOURS. SO BEAUTIFUL. THIS GROUP WAS/IS HARDLY RECOGINZED FOR THE TALENT THEY POSSESSED. BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT MAKES THEM SPECIAL.

posted May 17, 2007 01:30 AM         

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THIS GROUP WAS/IS HARDLY RECOGINZED FOR THE TALENT THEY POSSESSED. BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT MAKES THEM SPECIAL.

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Wait, are you claiming Pink Floyd isn't recognized for their talent? On what planet?!

Critics drool themselves silly over Floyd (pick up any copy of Rolling Stone or Q or any other music mag). Fans love them - they've sold 200 million CDs/records. Their tours have been selling-out for years and they were just offered a record-breaking $250 million dollars up front to go on a new tour. The Wall is in development as a Broadway musical. Their fellow musicians adore them and they are frequently cited as influences (check out Billy Corgan's induction speech for Floyd into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame from a few years back). They have been wildly praised since their start in the London club scene.

posted May 17, 2007 02:18 AM         

No one makes music the way they did and still do.

I would have to say that all of Pink Floyd's albums inspired me and I can't really pick a favorite one. Love them all. I used to wait with great anticipation for their next album to be released and when it was I immediately went and bought it. Didn't even have to hear songs from it first. They never let me down either.

Of their older albums my favorite is Obscured by Clouds which was a movie soundtrack. Love Relics and Ummagumma too.

Their music surpasses anything other musicians have ever done I think. There are always things going on in the background of the music. That's why it's so transporting to listen to Floyd with headphones on.

posted May 17, 2007 10:15 AM         

Double DVD Collection SET of 5hrs 20min.s!!!

Best Drum Solo ever " Moby Dick " By John Bonham!!!!

posted May 17, 2007 10:47 AM         

I guess to clarify w/ Nefermi. Yes, now Pink Floyd is getting the more of the recognition they deserve. From my PERSONAL experience, however, when Pink Floyd is mentioned, it isn't uncommon to receive the comments "Oh thats drug music." or "Ya people on acid only listen to that stuff" I think that is something they were stereo typed with for years. And while many people that did listen to them did experiment with that, there was also a much larger realm that their music touched. So while you may be thinking what I am saying is "crazy talk", it's just from personal experience. And rather than seeing what I'm saying as being from another planet (which, if that were to be true I would consider myself very special) maybe look at what I'm saying as someone that is another person that has trememdous respect and love for Pink Floyd.

Oh and I would like to add that the only thing that was missing for me on the Pulse album was Roger Waters. His political influence in Pink Floyd's music and lyrics was both inspiring and eye opening.

posted May 17, 2007 12:34 PM         

So funny because really, outside of Sid Barrett who was not a part of the band by the time they made it really big in America, Pink Floyd was never known as a band that did a lot of drugs. Not like others of their era at any rate.

I used to tell people that I didn't need the drugs, I got high on Floyd's music.

I loved the Animals album!! Dogs. Yes!! But my favorite one from the album was Pigs. Roger Waters could sometimes be very cynical in his lyrics but you could never deny the truth or reality in them.

The Final Cut album of Floyd's didn't get the rave reviews that the rest of their albums did but I really liked that album of theirs too.

I also loved Roger Waters solo album when he left Floyd, The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking.

My three kids grew up to be huge Floyd fans too, mainly because they grew up listening to their music around house, and they went to all their concerts when they appeared in Detroit. But I think I traumatized them once listening to " Careful With That Axe, Eugene." LOL They all came running into the room wanting to know who was screaming.

I saw David Gilmour in concert with his solo album and he was awesome. Outstanding guitar he plays and he has what I feel is the best singing voice in Rock music.

I think that Pink Floyd maybe didn't get as much of the media attention that other bands did at the time. I think that was due to the fact that they were all very private about their personal lives and in fact, didn't do the drugs that other bands did or the outrageous things they did.

But they always got good reviews on their albums, their tours and the music. Which I feel, is all they cared about. They weren't really into the PR and stuff that other bands were.

I think I just wrote a review about Floyd.

posted May 17, 2007 01:06 PM         

I had to laugh at your memory of "Careful With That Axe, Eugene". It reminded me of a road trip some friends and I were taking. We got caught in the middle of a snow storm (around midnight). I was in the passenger seat. The driver was had white knuckles glued to the stearing wheel and I was blasting "One of These Days" from the Meddle album. It got to the point to where he was screaming "I can't take this it's too intense!!" I on the other hand, was enjoying myself to the fullest. But it makes me smile remembering that moment of experiencing full blown Pink Floyd.

I also am raising my son on Floyd. I did the headphones on the belly w/ him when i was pregnant. Hopefully he will respect them like his mother does. I have faith he will.

posted May 17, 2007 02:39 PM         

I saw the Animals tour, MISS A -- it was a fabulous extravaganza with huge balloons (the parade kind) of animals floating around the arena during the show.....

There are Floyd songs and lyrics posted over in the Favorite Songs thread in FFA.....

posted May 17, 2007 04:48 PM         

Pick only one?!? Argh! Don't make me choose just one...

Paul Simon ~ The Rhythm of the Saints because he can say something so poignant in unusual ways.

These songs in particular are my fav. tracks from this album:

The Cool, Cool, River
Moves like a fist through the traffic
Anger and no one can heal it
Shoves a little bump into the momentum
Its just a little lump
But you feel it
In the creases and the shadows
With a rattling deep emotion
The cool, cool river
Sweeps the wild, white ocean

Yes boss. the government handshake
Yes boss. the crusher of language
Yes boss. mr. stillwater,
The face at the edge of the banquet
The cool, the cool river
The cool, the cool river

I believe in the future
I may live in my car
My radio tuned to
The voice of a star
Song dogs barking at the break of dawn
Lightning pushes the edge of a thunderstorm
And these old hopes and fears
Still at my side

Anger and no one can heal it
Slides through the metal detector
Lives like a mole in a motel
A slide in a slide projector
The cool, cool river
Sweeps the wild, white ocean
The rage of love turns inward
To prayers of devotion
And these prayers are
The constant road across the wilderness
These prayers are
These prayers are the memory of god
The memory of god

And I believe in the future
We shall suffer no more
Maybe not in my lifetime
But in yours I feel sure
Song dogs barking at the break of dawn
Lightning pushes the edges of a thunderstorm
And these streets
Quiet as a sleeping army
Send their battered dreams to heaven, to heaven
For the mothers restless son
Who is a witness to, who is a warrior
Who denies his urge to break and run

Who says: hard times?
Im used to them
The speeding planet burns
Im used to that
My lifes so common it disappears
And sometimes even music
Cannot substitute for tears

Born At The Right Time
Down among the reeds and rushes
A baby boy was found
His eyes as clear as centuries
His silky hair was brown

Never been lonely
Never been lied to
Never had to scuffle in fear
Nothing denied to
Born at the instant
The church bells chime
And the whole world whispering
Born at the right time

Me and my buddies we are travelling people
We like to go down to restaurant row
Spend those euro-dollars
All the way from washington to tokyo
I see them in the airport lounge
Upon their mothers breast
They follow me with open eyes
Their uninvited guest

Never been lonely
Never been lied to
Never had to scuffle in fear
Nothing denied to
Born at the instant
The church bells chime
And the whole world whispering
Born at the right time

Too many people on the bus from the airport
Too many holes in the crust of the earth
The planet groans
Every time it registers another birth

But among the reeds and rushes
A baby girl was found
Her eyes as clear as centuries
Her silky hair was brown

Never been lonely
Never been lied to
Never had to scuffle in fear
Nothing denied to
Born at the instant
The church bells chime
And the whole world whispering
Born at the right time

posted May 18, 2007 02:49 AM         

The Beatles "The White Album"

Nirvana "From the Muddy Banks of The Wishkah [Live]"

Jeff Mangum "Live At Jittery Joe's"

Daniel Johnston "Welcome To My World"

Ramones "Greatest Hits"

P.J. Harvey "Dry"

Jane's Addiction "Jane's Addiction [Live]"

Primus "Suck On This [Live]"

Violent Femmes "Violent Femmes [Live]"

posted May 20, 2007 12:30 PM         

Fleetwood Mac: Rumours

Fleetwood Mac: Tusk

Muse: Absolution

Jane's Addiction: Nothing's Shocking

Sinead O' Connor: The Lion and the Cobra

Sinead O' Connor: I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

REM: Fables of the Reconstruction

posted May 20, 2007 10:56 PM         

The Moody Blues ~ Seventh Sojourn/ Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

Cat Stevens ~ Mona Bona Jakon/ Tea for the Tillerman

Beck ~ Mutations/ Sea Change

David Gray ~ White Ladder/ A New Day at Midnight

Pink Floyd ~ Wish You Were Here/ The Wall/ Animals

Godsmack ~ Awake

Sinead O'Connor ~ Universal Mother/ I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Led Zeppelin ~ Houses of the Holy/ I/ III

The Beatles ~ Revolver/ Rubber Soul/ Abbey Road

Neil Young ~ homemade greatest hits CD

Bruce Springsteen ~ " "

U2 ~ Achtung Baby/ All That You Can't Leave Behind

Jimi Hendrix ~ Axis: Bold as Love/ Electric LadyLand

Heart ~ Little Queen/ Dog & Butterfly

Janis Joplin~ Greatest Hits/Pearl

others:

The Bee Gees (pre-disco,lol)
Smashing Pumpkins
Audioslave
The Cure
Crosy, Stills, Nash and Young
AC/DC
Deep Purple
Nirvana
Cream
George Harrison
John Lennon
Jefferson Starship (specifically Marty Balin songs )

posted May 21, 2007 12:15 AM         

The Grateful Dead's American Beauty. Yes!!!!

Love the song "Ripple" on that album.

Another favorite to add to my list...well, maybe two

Nazareth - Hair of the Dog

posted May 21, 2007 02:00 PM         

Blow him one from me will ya.........a kiss thats is...

posted May 21, 2007 03:53 PM         

If I can get my hands on that man....