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Official Pink Floyd Thread

Wilkas said:
Pink Floyd at Live 8 HD (Full Set) - YouTube

Everyone went nuts when Money started, one of my favourite versions of it. You can't really hear the crowd noise during the video but being there it was really loud, even little kids were singing along. Totally stole the show, nobody came close that day.

You could feel the uncomfortableness of it for them, especially at the end but for a little bit you could feel that they enjoyed it, the solo in money and during comfortably numb they just rocked it. It's the only time I got to see all 4 playing together as I was too young the first time around and I'm grateful I did. RIP Rick Wright, huge miss.
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If I'm not mistaken, I thought I saw a flying pig somewhere in the opening ceremonies. :D
 
Wilkas said:
Pink Floyd at Live 8 HD (Full Set) - YouTube

Everyone went nuts when Money started, one of my favourite versions of it. You can't really hear the crowd noise during the video but being there it was really loud, even little kids were singing along. Totally stole the show, nobody came close that day.

You could feel the uncomfortableness of it for them, especially at the end but for a little bit you could feel that they enjoyed it, the solo in money and during comfortably numb they just rocked it. It's the only time I got to see all 4 playing together as I was too young the first time around and I'm grateful I did. RIP Rick Wright, huge miss.
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Ooops, replied in the wrong post
 
Does any body here remember Vera Lynn. Remember how she said that we would meet again, some sunny day.



Lyrics that you think speak where the band was at the time.

I choose Vera for the wall as this is appropriate for the declining of the band and Rogers plunge into the madness his mind created for him to live out.
 
Been a fan of their music since the 60's.
My favourite album is, of course, DSOTM, but the early stuff was genuinely mind-blowing.

They always said that Meddle was the dress rehearsal for DSOTM !
 
argedion said:
I guess if it's determined by the higher ups that this is not kosher then this thread will not last long. So here is to hoping any higher up wishing to remove this thread will have to take thorazine before so they can't. :D
Pink Floyd is my favorite band. I am more of a fan of the first fifteen albums after Roger Waters left I felt it became more the Gilmour band and less of Pink Floyd. All my current ringtones and notifications are currently Pink Floyd From Piper to The Final Cut. I will post more as time permits

Ok I'm back with more to post :D

Syd Barrett and Roger Waters initially Started the band and Syd had a deep dark secret that didn't stay secret for very long while on tour for the first album he had trouble playing through complete songs so he ended up calling in a buddy of his to "help" him out his buddy was David Gilmour. By the time the band made it to the studio for their second album A saucerful of Secrets Barret was pretty much Gone. His mental illness mixed with his drug addiction had him to far gone to do any serious music. David became a permanent member of the band. And the rest is history.

One of my favourite albums from the band I feel was really in the peak of the band and its Atom Heart Mother. I think that this is the album that really defines the band as a musical powerhouse. The Album cover was simplistic by the bands request they didn't want anything that was "labeling" so they ended up with a picture of just a cow. And the Album cover ended up as a picture of just a Cow. No Labels Not Artist Name, Nothing. The Actual Name Atom Heart Mother came from a news paper Clipping about a mother who was given a Pace Maker. While the Album and The "Song" had nothing to do with the Article it certainly had something to do with the direction the group was going.

I want this thread to be a honest thread so why do you like/dislike Pink Floyd. Please keep it RESPECTFUL. Also feel free to exchange ringtones, notifications, wallpapers, splashscreens, bootanimations, and so on.
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Hate to correct a fellow Floyd fan, however, it was not Waters and and Barrett that formed Floyd, it was Mason and Waters, with Richard joining then Syd, and finally Dave when Syd decided 'he wished he was here'.

Pink Floyd were the only band that i dearly wanted to see live, alas, with Richard Wright passing away that will now never happen.

I own every Floyd album released, and have a few DVDs to boot which i never grow tired of listening to or watching although i do admit that being a bit older have started to dislike the 'experimental' stuff that they did on some of the early albums.

I would loved to have listened to how the Wall would have sounded over 3 LPs [showing my age] as opposed the released 2 although we had snippets of the 3rd album on 'The Final Cut'.
 
Trent Reznor said:
I saw Roger Waters play The Wall this spring in Denver. Show was amazing!!! Def in the top 5 concerts I've seen.


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Saw the same concert in Brisbane Australia in February this year.
Had goosebumps the whole time.
Loved every minute.

Pep
 
Romulous said:
Hate to correct a fellow Floyd fan, however, it was not Waters and and Barrett that formed Floyd, it was Mason and Waters, with Richard joining then Syd, and finally Dave when Syd decided 'he wished he was here.
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I stand corrected then :)
 
GREAT thread!

I LOVE that song:

"Another Brick In The Wall"

"Hey!

Teacher's!!

Leave those kids alone!!"

Awesome group!

+ 1 to argedion
 
Romulous said:
Hate to correct a fellow Floyd fan, however, it was not Waters and and Barrett that formed Floyd, it was Mason and Waters, with Richard joining then Syd, and finally Dave when Syd decided 'he wished he was here'.
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To expand on that, Barrett, Gilmour and Waters were childhood friends in Cambridge before PF existed. Gilmour had his own bands before PF, and his only association with PF was as guitar teacher to Syd and Roger. Syd was actually the last to join the original Pink Floyd, after Wright. Little known fact.*

In many ways, Gilmour was fated to be the musical leader of Pink Floyd from before the beginning. Gilmour and Wright were the truly talented musicians of the band.

Pink Floyd were the only band that i dearly wanted to see live, alas, with Richard Wright passing away that will now never happen.
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My one great regret was to not see David and Rick tour to support Dave's solo album. My biggest delight was to have seen the '87 tour 4 times. I saw the '94 tour, but it simply couldn't outdo the "Momentary Lapse" energy and technology.

*"Biography: Pink Floyd" 2008-12-25
 
Speed Daemon said:
To expand on that, Barrett, Gilmour and Waters were childhood friends in Cambridge before PF existed. Gilmour had his own bands before PF, and his only association with PF was as guitar teacher to Syd and Roger. Syd was actually the last to join the original Pink Floyd, after Wright. Little known fact.*

In many ways, Gilmour was fated to be the musical leader of Pink Floyd from before the beginning. Gilmour and Wright were the truly talented musicians of the band.

My one great regret was to not see David and Rick tour to support Dave's solo album. My biggest delight was to have seen the '87 tour 4 times. I saw the '94 tour, but it simply couldn't outdo the "Momentary Lapse" energy and technology.

*"Biography: Pink Floyd" 2008-12-25
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Great post mate.

Do you have the ISBN of that book?

I would love to add that to my collection.
 
Romulous said:
Great post mate.
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Thanks!

Do you have the ISBN of that book?

I would love to add that to my collection.
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It's not a book; it's a Biography Channel airing. It looks like you can buy a DVD of the show here. You can also wait for it to be aired again, and snag the full-HD version off of BIOHD. Most of the HD content is either interview footage of people who you don't care about or Ken Burns style "panning and scanning" of still photographs, so the DVD isn't a great loss over the HD version.
 
Any of you lot read this? I urge you to get it, such a fascinating read and gives the truth about a great many issue. A must for any Floyd fan. I first read it a few years ago but just picked up the latest version on ebook, forgot how engrossing it is!

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Wilkas said:
Any of you lot read this? I urge you to get it, such a fascinating read and gives the truth about a great many issue. A must for any Floyd fan. I first read it a few years ago but just picked up the latest version on ebook, forgot how engrossing it is!

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I've had the dead trees version for several years now. It's the single best trustworthy source of Pink Floyd information (at least on the human level) that I've seen to date.
 
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