I'll make it my mission this year to work my way through the whole lot...
#pray4leespoons :)
actually I should probably take the time to hear at least one floyd album all the way through tbh... Piper At The Gates Of Dawn had Syd Barrett on it so maybe that one, if not then another one of the earlier albums I reckon
I do have odd bits and bobs of theirs scattered across the hard drive and they play them regularly on Planet Rock radio, but I've no real idea which bits belong to which album.
I reckon you're right about their influence on Blur though, first time I heard Arnold Laine I immediately thought of Blur.
The Final Cut wasn't just Wall leftovers. They obviously re-used at least four songs, but Waters wrote a lot of new material and it's pretty obvious from the lyrics that it's referencing events from the early 80s such as the Falklands War, Thatcherism, the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, etc. all of which occurred after the sessions for The Wall were concluded.
On the whole, I don't think it's a bad album. It's just that, as is frequently the case with the final recording from a disintegrating band, there's a distinct air of disharmony about it. Mind you, that does rather suit the subject material.
Interesting. I either had no idea or had forgotten about most of the lyrical content to be honest, the last time I heard the album was while I was still in college. I know that the working title for the album was "Spare Bricks" and, having heard Gilmours thoughts on the album, I thought it was literally just stuff that didn't make The Wall. I'll have to dig out The Final Cut again and have another listen, see what my brain makes of it now that I'm older. I always did like Not Now John though. Great track! :-D
Animals was apparently the start of the disintegration of the band, and in my opinion it adds a really heavy atmosphere which complements the album.
I've only ever heard three of their albums - Wish You Were Here (which someone has on CD here at work, I stick it on every now and then), Dark Side Of The Moon, and The Wall (which I heard as a kid). The rest is in my very large Pile of Stuff to Listen To, but Pink Floyd isn't really suited to short 10-minute bursts in the car to work or as background music with the kids running around.
However it's coming up to our busy time at work and I sometimes have to come in at weekends on my own, so I'll make it my mission this year to work my way through the whole lot...
Some of the early tracks are hard work, they're little more than sound effect experiments. Start with the 'More' album, that's got some good stuff on it.
Some of the early tracks are hard work, they're little more than sound effect experiments. Start with the 'More' album, that's got some good stuff on it.
But I like sound effect experiments! :grin:
Heard one of their album tracks on Planet Rock the other day (can't remember which), it sounded exactly like a lost acid house/techno track from 1988. Sped up a bit.
Heard one of their album tracks on Planet Rock the other day (can't remember which), it sounded exactly like a lost acid house/techno track from 1988. Sped up a bit.
Some of the early tracks are hard work, they're little more than sound effect experiments. Start with the 'More' album, that's got some good stuff on it.
What?! The first two albums have some fantastic tracks on them!
Don't listen to him, Lee. Start from the start! :razz:
What?! The first two albums have some fantastic tracks on them!
Don't listen to him, Lee. Start from the start! :razz:
Really. Points of view. Or of audition. The best is in the first two to me, particulary where Barrett is involved, where they play a psychedelic version of beat music, with "sound effects" added and, in a couple of cases, lenghty and chaotic instrumental improvisations in the middle.
The following phase is more atmospheric, less beat, less childish and more orderly. More self-important and educated, also. So it tends to bore me very much.
The later albums with Waters are pratically his psychotherapy in music. No thanks.
Then, in the Gilmour-lead phase, they get more relaxed and musical, again. Although in a washed-up way.
What?! The first two albums have some fantastic tracks on them!
Don't listen to him, Lee. Start from the start! :razz:
Don't get me wrong, some early stuff is amazing but some sound terribly dated and go on forever (such as the title track of Saucerful of secrets and Intersteller Overdrive) but i love tracks like Astronomy Domine, Cymbaline, Let there be light, Lucifer Sam, Green is the colour and Remember a day.
Really. Points of view. Or of audition. The best is in the first two to me, particulary where Barrett is involved, where they play a psychedelic version of beat music, with "sound effects" added and, in a couple of cases, lenghty and chaotic instrumental improvisations in the middle.
The following phase is more atmospheric, less beat, less childish and more orderly. More self-important and educated, also. So it tends to bore me very much.
The later albums with Waters are pratically his psychotherapy in music. No thanks.
Then, in the Gilmour-lead phase, they get more relaxed and musical, again. Although in a washed-up way.
The Barrett period is the one I like.
The first three albums are psychedelia, recorded during the 60s. They turned prog-rock pretty much at the turn of the decade with Atom Heart Mother. If you like Saucerful Of Secrets, you'll probably also like More, even though Syd isn't on it (mind you, he's only on one track of Saucerful Of Secrets anyway).
Don't get me wrong, some early stuff is amazing but some sound terribly dated and go on forever (such as the title track of Saucerful of secrets and Intersteller Overdrive) but i love tracks like Astronomy Domine, Cymbaline, Let there be light, Lucifer Sam, Green is the colour and Remember a day.
The last half of Saucerful Of Secrets (the song) is one of my favourite things they've done. It's even better live (at Pompeii). Interstellar Overdrive is a classic! I dunno... :rolleyes: ;-)
The last half of Saucerful Of Secrets (the song) is one of my favourite things they've done. It's even better live (at Pompeii). Interstellar Overdrive is a classic! I dunno... :rolleyes: ;-)
Don't get me wrong, the intro on Interstellar Overdrive is amazing but it just descends into a mess.
Maybe i need to replay these tracks again cos i haven't played them in a long time.
*goes off to find his Saucerful of secrets CD*
The first three albums are psychedelia, recorded during the 60s. They turned prog-rock pretty much at the turn of the decade with Atom Heart Mother. If you like Saucerful Of Secrets, you'll probably also like More, even though Syd isn't on it (mind you, he's only on one track of Saucerful Of Secrets anyway).
Yes, in the second album he directly really leaves his mark only in Jugband Blues, the only thing that's composed [and sung] by him in it. More is ok, it's in my top 5.
To me they started turning into a total bore with Ummagumma, '69. Although I appreciate Atom Heart Mother [put it on #2 in my top five].
That Meddle suite doesn't grab me. And the dog blues isn't funny as it probably was meant to be. More like dog crap. Best thing on the album are the acoustic ballads sung by Gilmour, to my ears.
Dark Side Of The Moon never impressed me much as an album. It's lush and algid, although quite easy to listen. And it's easy to listen although not easy listening.
Wish You Were Here, I can sleep through pratically all of it, except of course for The Classic That Everybody Knows, and the sung part of Barrett inspired suite. Welcome To The Machine and Have A Cigar are anguishing.
The same anguish of the latter two is mantained and employed in all the damned Animals album, but married and further marred with extreme dullness.
Then there's The Wall that feels like Pink Floyd After The Punk Holocaust and the Disco Good Times, meaning that the sound and the songs are, OVERALL, more rock and slim and funky too [as in the Famous Single, The National Anthem Of The Bricklayers].
And there's THE FINAL CRAP... A pure concentrated of war neurosis minus the listenable bits contained in The Wall.
After that, they became a sort of pop/rock/psychdelic ghost under Gilmour's direction. They lived a dreamy afterlife, in their own special dimension, for a couple of albums. Whatever that means.
The Final Cut wasn't just Wall leftovers. They obviously re-used at least four songs, but Waters wrote a lot of new material and it's pretty obvious from the lyrics that it's referencing events from the early 80s such as the Falklands War, Thatcherism, the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, etc. all of which occurred after the sessions for The Wall were concluded.
Tbh Matt_B it has been described as a Waters solo album. In fact i'm pretty sure Gilmore in an interview expressed a similar opinion.
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#pray4leespoons :)
actually I should probably take the time to hear at least one floyd album all the way through tbh... Piper At The Gates Of Dawn had Syd Barrett on it so maybe that one, if not then another one of the earlier albums I reckon
I reckon you're right about their influence on Blur though, first time I heard Arnold Laine I immediately thought of Blur.
Interesting. I either had no idea or had forgotten about most of the lyrical content to be honest, the last time I heard the album was while I was still in college. I know that the working title for the album was "Spare Bricks" and, having heard Gilmours thoughts on the album, I thought it was literally just stuff that didn't make The Wall. I'll have to dig out The Final Cut again and have another listen, see what my brain makes of it now that I'm older. I always did like Not Now John though. Great track! :-D
Animals was apparently the start of the disintegration of the band, and in my opinion it adds a really heavy atmosphere which complements the album.
Some of the early tracks are hard work, they're little more than sound effect experiments. Start with the 'More' album, that's got some good stuff on it.
But I like sound effect experiments! :grin:
Heard one of their album tracks on Planet Rock the other day (can't remember which), it sounded exactly like a lost acid house/techno track from 1988. Sped up a bit.
(Edit: it was "On The Run")
Ah yes, that was on 'Dark side of the moon'.
What?! The first two albums have some fantastic tracks on them!
Don't listen to him, Lee. Start from the start! :razz:
Really. Points of view. Or of audition. The best is in the first two to me, particulary where Barrett is involved, where they play a psychedelic version of beat music, with "sound effects" added and, in a couple of cases, lenghty and chaotic instrumental improvisations in the middle.
The following phase is more atmospheric, less beat, less childish and more orderly. More self-important and educated, also. So it tends to bore me very much.
The later albums with Waters are pratically his psychotherapy in music. No thanks.
Then, in the Gilmour-lead phase, they get more relaxed and musical, again. Although in a washed-up way.
The Barrett period is the one I like.
Don't get me wrong, some early stuff is amazing but some sound terribly dated and go on forever (such as the title track of Saucerful of secrets and Intersteller Overdrive) but i love tracks like Astronomy Domine, Cymbaline, Let there be light, Lucifer Sam, Green is the colour and Remember a day.
The first three albums are psychedelia, recorded during the 60s. They turned prog-rock pretty much at the turn of the decade with Atom Heart Mother. If you like Saucerful Of Secrets, you'll probably also like More, even though Syd isn't on it (mind you, he's only on one track of Saucerful Of Secrets anyway).
The last half of Saucerful Of Secrets (the song) is one of my favourite things they've done. It's even better live (at Pompeii). Interstellar Overdrive is a classic! I dunno... :rolleyes: ;-)
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
A Saucerful of Secrets
More
Ummagumma
Obscured by Clouds
I guess living in London in a commune as a child in the early 60's might have a slight influence in my choice of music and life style - far out man!
Again, interesting. Never knew that...
2. Wish you were here / Dark side of the moon
3. The Wall
And no more....
Don't get me wrong, the intro on Interstellar Overdrive is amazing but it just descends into a mess.
Maybe i need to replay these tracks again cos i haven't played them in a long time.
*goes off to find his Saucerful of secrets CD*
Yes, in the second album he directly really leaves his mark only in Jugband Blues, the only thing that's composed [and sung] by him in it.
More is ok, it's in my top 5.
To me they started turning into a total bore with Ummagumma, '69. Although I appreciate Atom Heart Mother [put it on #2 in my top five].
That Meddle suite doesn't grab me. And the dog blues isn't funny as it probably was meant to be. More like dog crap. Best thing on the album are the acoustic ballads sung by Gilmour, to my ears.
Dark Side Of The Moon never impressed me much as an album. It's lush and algid, although quite easy to listen. And it's easy to listen although not easy listening.
Wish You Were Here, I can sleep through pratically all of it, except of course for The Classic That Everybody Knows, and the sung part of Barrett inspired suite. Welcome To The Machine and Have A Cigar are anguishing.
The same anguish of the latter two is mantained and employed in all the damned Animals album, but married and further marred with extreme dullness.
Then there's The Wall that feels like Pink Floyd After The Punk Holocaust and the Disco Good Times, meaning that the sound and the songs are, OVERALL, more rock and slim and funky too [as in the Famous Single, The National Anthem Of The Bricklayers].
And there's THE FINAL CRAP... A pure concentrated of war neurosis minus the listenable bits contained in The Wall.
After that, they became a sort of pop/rock/psychdelic ghost under Gilmour's direction. They lived a dreamy afterlife, in their own special dimension, for a couple of albums. Whatever that means.
(it's the only one I have listened to) love side 2 (or is it 3)
the one that starts "Is there anybody out there?" and "there aint nobdy Home" just sublime :)
I also liked ...Take it back from the 90's
oh yeah and "money"
2. Dark Side of the Moon
3. Wish you Were Here.
4. Piper at the Gates of Dawn.
5. Meddle.
Tbh Matt_B it has been described as a Waters solo album. In fact i'm pretty sure Gilmore in an interview expressed a similar opinion.
2. Dark Side of the Moon - Masterpiece.
3. Animals.
4. Atom Heart Mother.
5. The Wall.
The Dark Side of the Moon
Wish you Were Her
Wall
The Division Bell
and five?...