Last night, my wife and I watched a program on the history of the Floyd. Happily, she now understands 'which one is Pink?' Then she asked me 'why did they break up?' I pointed out that John Walters who was seemed so anti-establishment in his music had decided he was 'der feuer' of the Floyd. The others had to walk away from the hypocrite. Like Nixon visiting the Kremlin, I always thought Nixon was there to 'take notes' that led to Watergate. Bob Wilson
I still love Floyd. When I met my (to be) wife, she was convinced that I was a druggie because of my infatuation with Floyd. I revel in their musical skills, chord changes, musical trips and, of course, their lyrics. I am one who believes that it is not necessary to be stoned when watching "The Wall" and have enjoyed it many times sober.
Where was the documentary airing Bob? I'd love to try and catch that as I've always been a huge fan of theirs. In fact, one of my greatest regrets is never having seen the original line-up, live in concert. But alas, I was too young to go when last they toured the states for (I think) the Wall tour. I did get to see them fronted by Dave Gilmour for the Momentary Lapse tour, which was nice (though not the same). Thanks for the post. I believe I'll be playing a lot of Floyd at work today thanks to this
By original line-up, do you mean with Syd Barrett? (I never quite understood the adulation for early Pink Floyd with Syd Barrett.)
Hehe, no, I meant with Roger Waters. I should've clarified because, you're absolutely right, they've had three "front men" over the years. I always forget about Syd Barrett, despite having a soft-spot for "See Emily Play".
My favorite album was/is Ummagumma and Atom Heart Mother Nick Mason is a serious car collector Like many bands of the time, the beginning albums are the best. For instance no one remembers that Fleetwood Mac was a blues band.
The 2nd concert in my long history of Live Music was on 04/03/73 at the Dane County Coliseum in Madison Wisconsin when I saw Pink Foyd doing Quadraphonic "Meddle" & "Dark Side of the Moon" I have since seen them 6 times, and now Austrailian Pink Floyd carries on the tunes. Damn near as good as the original, execept for the Kangaroos, instead of Pigs!!! All that you touch And all that you see All that you taste All you feel And all that you love And all that you hate All you distrust All you save And all that you give And all that you deal And all that you buy Beg, borrow or steal And all you create And all you destroy And all that you do And all that you say And all that you eat And everyone you meet And all that you slight And everyone you fight And all that is now And all that is gone And all that's to come And everything under the sun is in tune But the sun is eclipsed by the moon
Heck yes! And not only were they a blues band, but a very heavy one at that. Below is a link to one of my favorite, early Fleetwood Mac songs "The Green Manalishi". [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVWcq-PjgpY&feature=related]YouTube - Fleetwood Mac - Green Manalishi[/ame] Enjoy! :thumb:
Roger Waters was in the Floyd from the beginning. Before Syd Barrett and Richard Wright in fact. David Gilmour replaced Barrett. Waters and Wright wrote some great things together and the release of UmmaGumma was the album that got me to really wake up to them. Saw them during their "shine on you crazy diamond tour", very impressed with just how precise and professional they were. IMO Waters has gone on to show who was the musical leader of the Waters-Wright songwriting team.
Thanks, I forgot about this one. I wonder if the Mahalishi is associated with Peter Green who of course was their guitarist? I spent a huge amount of time during the late sixties and early seventies at Bill Graham's Filmore West at the Avalon Ball room in San Francisco. I got to see all the greats except Big Brother with Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane and Jimmi Hendrix because they were sold out. In those days you had to stand in line to buy tickets and quite often the munchies would set in or some of us were too stoned to figure out why we were standing in line.
What I liked was the growth and variety. But "The Wall" was ... not high on my list. "Comfortably Numb" is OK but otherwise, I like the other tunes better probably because "The Wall" seems to about 'the bad people' and all too often, "We have found the enemy. It is us." Bob Wilson
"The Wall" was one of my favorite albums for some time... used it often to run to. Several songs on the album have perfect rhythm to my stride, and the length of the songs would just get me in the zone, so to speak. Getting high au naturel (via endorphins), I'd say
Pink Floyd just won its case against EMI, stopping EMI from selling single song downloads from the group's albums: Pink Floyd Wins Court Battle With EMI Over Downloads - NYTimes.com Other interesting tidbit from the article: "The band members Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason all appeared on the 2009 Sunday Times Rich List with personal fortunes estimated at £85 million, £78 million and £50 million respectively."
Bloody Hell, the lads should put aside their differences, well David at least, and get back together for a Summer Tour 2010... I would sure love to go..!
I saw Pink Floyd on their Dark Side of the Moon tour in Detroit in the 70's. After the show ended they had whispering sounds echoing throughout Cobo Hall. Quintessential Pink Floyd.
