100% agree!
In my opinion, Pink Floyd is one of the greatest bands in the world. I particularly like Nick Mason's playing style. It reminds me of a laid back swing. For the band to come this far, losing members and all, it's amazing to know two members are still doing what they love to create the band's 15th studio album.
When I was in Banff for holidays this past year, a man originaly from india saw my dark side of the moon shirt. He told me he flew to england to see them on the Meddle tour in the 70s. For the band to be recognized worldwide is very impressive. It just goes to show the impact these artists have on people.
100% agree!
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I like Pink Floyd too.
Love the Wall, but could take or leave the rest of the library. Just find them a little too laid back. Was great in my pot years as a teen.
I think that I would like Pink Floyd more if I hadn't heard a bunch of amateur bands butcher many of the classics. There's a local rock band who does a bunch of 70s rock including Pink Floyd, Eagles, etc. I think that local band ruined a lot of artists for me.
MY personality is based on a Pink Floyd song.
"Comfortably Numb"
“I did not trip and fall. I attacked the floor and I believe I am winning.”
I agree they are a great Band, no other band like them at all. The Dark side of the Moon and the Wall are the best albums but wish you were here and momentary lapse of reason are right up thee as well. I am not a big fan of the sid years.
If you ever get a chance to see australian pink floyd I highly recommend it, I have seen them twice so far and it was incredible
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http://www.redskymary.com/ NOT MY BAND, JUST A GREAT LOCAL BAND WHO SHOULD BE SOOO MUCH BIGGER IMO
I like the music they made with the classic line up. Didn't care for the post Waters stuff as much. I'm not taking anything away from Roger Gilmour, he's a good musician and song writer, but there was just something missing without the Roger Waters influence to my ears. I didn't even care for Roger Waters solo stuff. Gilmour and Waters were just a magical teem.
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Night and day between Waters and Gilmore
Waters songs were political.
Gilmore's were about life.
“I did not trip and fall. I attacked the floor and I believe I am winning.”
I'm a strong lover of Floyd but sadly they're long past their prime.
all the best...
Agreed................although MLOR is not quite as magical as those other three............of all their great work, one of my favorite tunes is WEARING THE INSIDE OUT.............Richard Wright.............from The Division Bell.
Dark Side was on the Billboard charts for a record 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988, with an estimated 50 million copies sold..........unbelievable ! It is Pink Floyd's most commercially successful album and one of the best-selling albums worldwide.
I was very fortunate a few years back to get seats on the 11th row to see THE WALL tour in Tulsa with Roger Waters................not just a concert, but an amazing multi-media spectacle almost impossible to describe.
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Love Pink Floyd. Even the stuff with Syd Barrett.
In my top ten favorite bands list. At #2.
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Nick Mason didn't play on many tracks on The Wall. RW used studio musicians, including Jeff Pocaro on the album. I read Nick was reading in the green room while some of the tracks were being recorded. He probably had to just put up with the difficult to please Waters.
Pink Floyd is one of my favorite bands for sure. The Wall is my favorite album of all time. I'm a huge fan of all their 70s material from Meddle to The Wall. Earlier and later than that, not so much.
It absolutely kills me that I couldn't make it to The Wall tour when it came through here. I've seen videos on Youtube and it looks like it would have been incredible.
xsabers...I thought Mason played on all the tracks except for Mother? Are there others?
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Love me some Pink Floyd.
Dark Side of the Moon, & The Wall especially.
Pink Floyd is one of my all time favorite bands. Nick Mason's drumming fits the music like a glove.
one of my favorite bands, wish you were here and animals are also pretty good albums
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I'm happy to see a lot of you guys are fond of WISH YOU WERE HERE.........a very good piece of work.
I have twice read the book called SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS, which is the story of the band from the origin on through the breakup.
There is an awful lot of material here about Syd............and as we all know, the WYWH album has an awful lot about Syd.
Below is an excerpt I stole from WIKI :
Wish You Were Here is the second Pink Floyd album to use a conceptual theme written entirely by Roger Waters. It reflects his feeling that the camaraderie that had served the band previously was, by then, largely absent. The album begins with a long instrumental preamble and segues into the lyrics for "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", a tribute to Syd Barrett, whose mental breakdown had forced him to leave the group several years before. Barrett is fondly recalled with lines such as "Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun" and "You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon".
Wish You Were Here is also a critique of the music business. "Shine On" crosses seamlessly into "Welcome to the Machine", a song that begins with an opening door (described by Waters as a symbol of musical discovery and progress betrayed by a music industry more interested in greed and success) and ends with a party, the latter epitomising "the lack of contact and real feelings between people". Similarly, "Have a Cigar" scorns record industry "fatcats"; its lyrics contain well-used clichés such as "can hardly count", "they call it riding the gravy train" and "by the way, which one's Pink?". The latter was a question asked of the band on at least one occasion. "Wish You Were Here" contains lyrics which relate not only to Barrett's condition, but also to the dichotomy of Waters' character, as an idealist, and a domineering personality. The album closes with a reprise of "Shine On" and further instrumental excursions.
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You would enjoy reading the book.
There was a period where it was a bit of a rudderless ship............even though Waters was considered the leader, it took quite a while for him to become comfortable in the new role.
It got better about the same time Gilmour joined the band and, despite all their later differences, they worked very well together and (arguably) wrote their best stuff together. Gilmour thought highly of Waters creative production and was the creator of some extremely tasty guitar passages within those works.
WISH YOU WERE HERE is a very good example of just that.
You will also discover that Wright was not just some keyboard guy that didn't help all this along too...........he had quite an extensive background in jazz composition and used that knowledge to create some of their signature sound.
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Watching "Pink Floyd live 2005" on you tube is pretty cool..Gilmore was 59 in that video,Waters 62
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I just re-watched that Live 8 concert in 2005. Nick Mason has said he used a 2oo2 Ride on Dark Side of the Moon. His cymbals (from what I can make out), are all Paiste Signatures, except the 2oo2 Ride cymbal. He likes that 2oo2 Ride.
Us & Them ride cymbal sound is one of the most soothing ever recorded.
That DW kit is darn nice too.
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Pearl Sensitone Elite Aluminum 5.5" and 6.5" Snare
Pearl COB Custom Deluxe [Gladstone] (75-76) Snare
Love Drum Co. Hammered Steel 5.5" Snare
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Accent 8"
Paiste Signature:
6", 10" Splash
14" Dark Crisp Hi-Hats
14" Sound Edge Hi-Hats
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22" Symphonic Med-Heavy (use as a Ride)
Paiste Formula 602:
22" Formula 602 Modern Essentials Ride
Paiste 2oo2:
22" Ride
16" Crash
8",10" Splash
Paiste 2oo2 Big Beat:
15" Hi-Hats
19", 20", 21" Big Beat Multifunctional
Paiste Sound Formula:
16" Crash
20" Full Ride (Frankenstein)
Paiste Twenty:
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