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soggy
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a floyd fan searching for others
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Jun 5 00:07 UTC 1998 |
Hi,
I was just wondering if ppl. around here would like to
talk about my fav. group -- pink floyd. Iu am a big-time
floyd fan, though have never seen any of their shows live.
amongst my other fav. bands are Led Zepp. (without puff daddy, thank you
ver much), dire straits, deep purple, queen, bad company, eagles,
actually most of the bands previously called prog. rock and now called
"cclassic rock" by our local radio station.
ttfn,
soggy
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orinoco
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response 1 of 44:
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Jun 5 02:24 UTC 1998 |
Well, it's kind of funny...I bought a Pink Floyd T-shirt a while back because
it was the sort of thing that a character I was playing in this play I was
in would wear. And then I liked the shirt, so I kept wearing it after the
play ended, and enough people mistook me for a Pink Floyd fan that I decided
I should listen to an album or two to see if I like it. It was pretty good,
actually...but I don't know that I'd have much to contribute to a
conversation.
(and _what_ does puff daddy have to do with Led Zepplin?)
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mcnally
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response 2 of 44:
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Jun 5 02:30 UTC 1998 |
(wow -- a person lucky enough to have missed the unholy
Puff Daddy/"Kashmir" agglomeration that's tied in to all
of the Godzilla hype..)
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sironi
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response 3 of 44:
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Jun 5 07:56 UTC 1998 |
>though have never seen any of their shows live.
It's a real pity, Pink Floyd concerts are wonderful games of light and
music.
Unfortunatly i couldn't see their concert at Venice after "Momentary
lapse of reason" that was GRATIS.
I've seen PF in 1994 at Modena with my cousin and was such a wonderful
experience.
luca_
"All we need to do is make sure we keep talking" (Gilmour/Wright 1994)
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soggy
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response 4 of 44:
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Jun 5 23:24 UTC 1998 |
Hey Orinoco,
so what albums did you hear ? music of floyd has changed over the years;
especially after the pheenomenal success of _dark_side_fo_the_moon_
as far as puff daddy and led-zeppelin; well the new page-plant CD has a lot
of puffy stuff in it which makes me simply wanna scream and shout.
Hey Luca,
wow! you are one lucky sob :) so, how was the feeling to watch PF live ?
i have only seen the conert videos and they were awesome
and what other kinds of music do you all like?
as i believe i mentioned earlier, these days i am into classical rock, but
also
like alannis, natalie imbrugllia, no doubt etc.
later,
soggy
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orinoco
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response 5 of 44:
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Jun 6 21:59 UTC 1998 |
Well, I've heard Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall in their entirety, and
a few other assorted songs. Not much of their earlier stuff, though, which
is a pity, from what I've heard about it - a friend of mine is a _huge_ fan
of theirs circa Piper at the Gates of Dawn.
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sironi
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response 6 of 44:
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Jun 8 11:06 UTC 1998 |
We started from Milan in train and went to Modena.
There was an awful smell of marijuana since the railway station and
we passed the day playing cards, eating and drinking under the sun and
knowing all the free pretty girls ;-).
They started with some 60's pieces like Astronomy Domine and then turned
into the 70's and in "the division bell" album.
They did (from my memory) pieces like "one of these day", then all the
dark side of the moon, "shine on you crazy diamonds" (with a Gilmour
mistake on the solo), "another brick in the wall" "confortably numb" and
so many others.
They closed with "wish you were here".
They do not sing "Echoes" from Meddle and that was quite a pity.
They do not sing nothing from "Animals"
luca_
ps "one of these day" took about 20 minutes !
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soggy
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response 7 of 44:
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Jun 8 22:21 UTC 1998 |
hey orinoco,
Well, most of ppl. have heard ony these two album it seems.
i guess that when you get the time, try listening to Wish you were
here and to Animals. youmight get to like them a bit more !!
well, I am also a huge fan, but circa 1990 when i entered collage !!
later,
soggy
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raven
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response 8 of 44:
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Jun 9 17:22 UTC 1998 |
I like their "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" material the best. Syd Barret
was a genuis too bad he destroyed his brain with acid.
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cloud
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response 9 of 44:
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Jun 15 14:14 UTC 1998 |
I thougt you might be interseted to know that WUOM (88.3 FM) was having a sort
of "Pink Floyd fest" a week or two back. One thing they played was a boot-leg
concert album from just shortly before the release of "Dark Side of the Moon".
It was pretty bril to hear a radio station willing to play prog rock.
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bruin
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response 10 of 44:
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Jun 15 23:00 UTC 1998 |
RE #9 I believe 88.3 FM in Ann Arbor is WCBN, not WUOM (91.7 FM).
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cloud
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response 11 of 44:
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Jun 16 02:41 UTC 1998 |
Right. Sorry, I get all those call signs mixed up.
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eeyore
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response 12 of 44:
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Jun 16 04:35 UTC 1998 |
Heh...Floyd...Where do I start! :)
I don't know ancient Floyd at all...I keep meaning to start in on it though.
I think the earliest I really know is Animals. Momentary lapse of reason
has to be my all time favorite, followed closely by Division Bell and Dark
Side of the Moon. I love the wall, but in different ways....I absolutely
adore the Live wall, although it's not really Floyd.
All in all, I think I prefer post-Waters Floyd...The songs seem to hold more
meanig for me. Division bell came out right before I grqaduated, and the
last song on the album just really struk home.
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roadtrip
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response 13 of 44:
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Jul 30 18:39 UTC 1998 |
Floyd.. I grew up with my dad listening to Floyd fairly heavily.
Recently, I finally scraped up enough cash to buy The Wall, and had to
smuggle it back into the house. As soon as I put the CD in my player and
pumped up the volume on "Another Brick in The Wall Part II", my dad
busts in. Traditionally, the father figure is supposed to hate his son's
taste in music, break down the door and turn that noise off. My dad, on
the other hand, practically breaks down my door and turn my radio up to
full volume. Now, the CDs have been taken from me simply because he
listens to them so often. Upon further conversation with him, I
discovered that he was at the 1980 performance of The Wall in London,
England, at Wembley Arena (I think it was wembley.. only venue in
central london big enough short of hyde park). I was envious.
Who says you can't learn anything from your elders?
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strider
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Nov 7 18:46 UTC 1998 |
Grantchester Meadows,Several Species.., See Emily Play , Arnold
Layne,and Paintbox,which never ever fail to touch.And Obscured By
Clouds,I think is the most dense floyd album till date.Anybody ever
realised that Burning Bridges makes a direct hit at a joint in a dark
room? I fell in love with Floyd when the universe was created for me!I
have discovered that anybody who listens to Run Like Hell starts tapping
his feet,even a techno lovin' pinkforsaken yuppie.Pink Floyd means to go
deeper than the surface and I ask all of you guys to introduce as many
younger brothers,sisters, and friends to Floyd,Led Zeppelin,Eagles,Dire
Straits,Tolkien-for we need a shade from techno.
And feel free to curse anybody who doesn't like floyd,he's the
shallowest sob to have fallen on the terra firma.
And bless those who have not been around led zep,for they do not know
what they are....!
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orinoco
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response 15 of 44:
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Nov 8 22:36 UTC 1998 |
I assume you mean "On The Run" from Dark Side of the Moon, not "Run Like
Hell". Yeah, I love that one too.
Unless, of course, there _is_ a "Run Like Hell" and I've just made a fool of
m'self.
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mcnally
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response 16 of 44:
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Nov 9 02:14 UTC 1998 |
"Run Like Hell" is on "The Wall"
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cloud
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response 17 of 44:
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Nov 9 02:35 UTC 1998 |
No one ever "runs like heaven." I wonder why not?
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gypsi
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response 18 of 44:
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Nov 9 06:17 UTC 1998 |
I drive like a "bat out of hell". ;-)
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lumen
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response 19 of 44:
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Nov 9 07:55 UTC 1998 |
ah, f**k you-- I may not be a zep fan, but I like 'Stairway to Heaven'
I checked out the Wizard of Floyd urban legend recently-- cool!
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cloud
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response 20 of 44:
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Nov 10 01:29 UTC 1998 |
What was that, Jon?
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sironi
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response 21 of 44:
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Nov 10 08:11 UTC 1998 |
Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?
luca_
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lumen
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response 22 of 44:
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Nov 10 23:46 UTC 1998 |
Sorry-- that response just kinda pissed me off.
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orinoco
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response 23 of 44:
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Nov 12 23:18 UTC 1998 |
(Ah...so I have made a fool of myself. Goody)
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cloud
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response 24 of 44:
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Nov 14 04:30 UTC 1998 |
Oh, that's fine. I was curious about the Urban Legend, actually.
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