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, soggy44 responses total.
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?)
(wow -- a person lucky enough to have missed the unholy Puff Daddy/"Kashmir" agglomeration that's tied in to all of the Godzilla hype..)
>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)
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
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.
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 !
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
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.
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.
RE #9 I believe 88.3 FM in Ann Arbor is WCBN, not WUOM (91.7 FM).
Right. Sorry, I get all those call signs mixed up.
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.
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?
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....!
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.
"Run Like Hell" is on "The Wall"
No one ever "runs like heaven." I wonder why not?
I drive like a "bat out of hell". ;-)
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!
What was that, Jon?
Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn? luca_
Sorry-- that response just kinda pissed me off.
(Ah...so I have made a fool of myself. Goody)
Oh, that's fine. I was curious about the Urban Legend, actually.
If you start the album "Dark Side of the Moon" when the MGM lion roars the third time at the beginning of _Wizard of Oz_, the album will correspond with the scenes...like a giant music video. It's pretty cool. For example, when the scarecrow is dancing, you hear the lyric, "The lunatic is on the grass...", and when "Money" starts up, the movie changes from black and white to color. The music during the tornado is *perfect* (I can't remember what song it is). Try it sometime. =) They've denied using that as a basis for the album, and I believe them...but it's a great coincidence, and theaters will run it once in a while. I think they call it "Dark Side of Oz".
(The music during the tornado is "Great Gig in the Sky")
Thank you! =)
Actually, Gypsi, the last thing I heard or read on the subject had the band denying an intent to synch with the WOO. However, they left open the possibility that Roger Waters (who had left the band at the time of the interview) may have deliberately done it during the final mix, mastering stages of the recording, since he was heavily involved in that (and apparently the rest of the band wasn't).
I wonder how well it would sync up with a vinyl (LP) edition of DSotM? Seems that the track timings or the track to track timings would be differnt than the CD version. Then how do you handle the time to turn the LP over?
RE #29 Or (unless your cassette deck has auto reverse) taking the cassette out, turning it over, and playing side 2.
The time differences would be very minimal...and it wouldn't affect the synchronicity with the movie. I've had friends start the cd a bit later or earlier than you should, and it still looked cool.
I saw it through the entire movie..the CD was repeated 2 1/2 times.
Does it work after the first time playing the cd through? We never did a comparison. We'd just let the cd stop and watch the rest of the movie sans Pink Floyd.
When I did it we put the CD on repeat. There is a little bit right after the CD starts the second time when things like the Tin Woodsman's creaky joints synch up really well, but a few songs into the second repeat of the CD it seemed to stop working so well.
I don't remember where they are, but the DJ explained to me that there were certain cue points. You can't simply put it on repeat-- you need to know where to start it again, I think. I did note that the music didn't synch perfectly well with the middle of the movie, but once it gets to the end, things get better again. Just be patient and try it again, I guess.
Oh, okay, that would explain it.
if someone could find out about the cue points, I'd love to know.
Eeep. Campus Life, a student organization here at CWU, did it and I didn't write down the points for certain. They had to practice the first one a lot, so I assume it would be possible to figure out the other ones.
hi guys
I have discovered this really gorgeous place to discuss the
absolute GODS of classical rock... and boy i really have freaked
out on it. Momentary Lapse of Reason is my along with the
daarkside on moon....
thats all for now, though i could go on talking about them for ever...
Hi, I am a huge fan of Floyd and the Doors. I havent got the opportunity of watching Floyd live though, but I have pursued any info about the band and tried catching up on all thier videos. I guess if we look at the emergence of Floyd as a band, the beat generation that fuelled this kind of music, it was a very strong message that people from that generation were trying to send out to the world that its time that we look beyond the normal trivial inane materialistic desires that we end up chasing all our lives, and try to levitate into the higher planes of life. Although this might be considered by many as an excuse for people to dope and live in self contained worlds, it was a very serious attempt by people who were interested in soul searching to accomplish their quest. Floyd during Syd's time was the real FLoyd I guess, although it still maintained its charm later, it was slightly laid back and inhibited. The reading of American poetry in 1965 by Allan Ginsburg, Ferlinghetti and others really inspired the underground scene in London, the birth of Floyd, which was actually born at that time, but Syd was given a boost by the revolution talking place in America. Other than Dylan, The Who, and a couple of small other bands that made it big for sometime, there were not many bands that sprung in the 1960's beat generation, although many were inspired by it later. Oops, I forget Grateful Dead. Even Nirvana has some influence of the beat generation .. references to Neal Cassady, who was a big influence on Allan Ginsburg and Jack Kerouac (On the Road). As for the Doors, I consider Morrison as one of the most revoltionary figures in the '60's early '70's. His style was really amazing, and American Prayer still remains the best thing I have ever heard in life. Janis Joplin and Hendrix also are my favs, but somehow Jim Morrison was a class apart. He drew heavily on William Blake, which I guess sprung from Huxley's fascination for Blake, and the The Doors actually got their name from "The Doors of Perception"by Huxley. It is a remarkable book in the sense that Huxley takes a quarter gram of mescaline in water, and proceeds to describe his experiences. Actually Blake inspired a lot of pschedelics of our time. Blake's description of his out of body experience is pretty interesting and one should read it if one gets the chance. If anyone has chanced to come across "sunflower sutra" by Allan Ginsburg, and realises the beauty of that poem, one should also know that Ginsburg had a dream that Blake appeared in his dreams and read out his poem "ah! sunflower". Ginsburg thought that he has seen god and then proceeded to write this poem. I had an out of body experience once, when I was listening to Floyd for almost 10 hours continuously, and delving deep into the music and the lyrics, and it has been one of the best experiences in my life. Encumbered forever by desire and ambition, there is a hunger still unsatisfied .. Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon, thru down this road we've been so many times !!! Scylla (scylla@cyberspace.org)
I don't want to pick a fight but I couldn't disagree more about Jim Morrison..
I should point out that Jim Morrison was *very* influenced by the beat poets-- in fact, something akin to that was more what he wanted to do than singing. I like the Doors hits that I've heard-- haven't really grabbed any albums-- but that's just me. Definitely an acquired taste, since not too many people think much of beat poetry anymore-- not like many did.
RE#41 -- Ditto
Hi there. The first time I am posting something on a net community. I love Pink Floyd,Led Zep,Metallica,Deep Purple,Queen,Jethro Tull. Pink Floyd's my favorite band. Have listened to everything from The Wall,The Dark Side of the room,Relics,A momentary lapse of reason,Umma gumma,Pulse Just love Interstellar Overdrive.Heard they once played it for 45 mins. Also like Julia Dream. both of these songs are from Relics. Also love Led Zep esp Kashmir(The original),Stairway to heaven,The levee will break, Have you heard Smoke on the water and highway star by Deep Purple.The live ones are absolutely brilliant.
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