Hehehe ALL Pink Floyd is magic my friend...every last little bit of it

If you haven't seen it, invest in the "Pulse" tour VHS/DVD....its 3 hours of pure sexiness

i've heard of pink floyd but never heard anything by them

I am the Master of Disaster!!!!!!!!

Aaah, come into the parlour my pretty *rubs hands together*

Pick up "Dark Side of the Moon" to get a good idea of what Floyd are all about. Its debatebly their best album and is just superb. Give it a go, what've ya got to lose?!

I think Wish You Were Here has the edge, myself.

Hehe, its that age old floyd argument ain't it...personally I think "Wish You Were Here" has the edge too....but I think for an introductory album Dark Side is a little easier. It also shows elements of floyd that you just don't hear on other albums. I love 'em both. Aah who am I kidding, floyd can do no wrong in my eyes...except Ummagumma which I had a few problems with.

Also, if you buy Dark Side, you get to do this....which is an experience I promise you'll never forget

Hmm, for a good version of a classic - you should listen to the version of "another brick in the wall" by erm - cannot remember the name - but its Layne Staley (Alice in Chains) singer doing the vocals, and features in the film "the faculty"

tis good

Audioslave! They did that version Audioslave!

Pink Floyd are good very good not my favourite.
For groups doing insturmental covers Apocalyptica are the best (Not a lot of heavy metal instruments, they have 1 drummer and 4 cello/double bass players)
And then we have Yes but I digress

Learning to Fly I believe is a good intro to Floyd, if a singular facet of them.

I agree Chips...I was given that soundtrack as a freebie on a job I was doing a few years back. The band who did the Floyd cover were called "Class of 99" - the collaboration of Stephen Perkins of Janes Addiction, Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine (NOT, I repeat NOT, Audioslave) and Layne Staley of Alice In Chains. And for that reason alone I chose NOT to bin it before listening

Its a very good version of the track, has some mean guitars on it and is generally pretty accurate to the original, just with a little more "ooomph".

However, imho, that track and the album it comes from really aren't the best works of Floyd. Its the more commercial side, Another Brick in the Wall being the only really commercially successful single that Floyd released. Its not typical floyd at all in the music sense - although its very typical in the political sense. In fact I'd go as far as saying that "The Wall" and the film of the same name, went a long way to putting off an entire generation from the music of Floyd. Its a shame, because once you've appreciated the other albums, The Wall seemed to be a logical progression....but for the virgin Floyd listener, it really wasn't a good place to start.

The Wall is dark, dirty and psychologically disturbing in places. A true masterpiece and a good insight into the mind of Roger Waters. But unfortunately that's also its downside. You're either a fan of Waters or your not....and the overlong poetic nastiness of The Wall has very little in the way of collaborations with Gilmour, leaving what can only be described as a Floydless experience. You see, IMHO, Floyd is a collaboration of many great minds and egos, the music cannot survive as a singular entity.

Hey, but I'm sure all of those Roger Waters purists will shout me down


Edited by - gromit on 5/24/2004 10:17:15 AM

Audioslave = RATM with a different singer

Thanks Heltak, I'm aware of that...Audioslave is RATM with Chris Cornell. However you said...

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Audioslave! They did that version Audioslave!

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...and the truth is, only Tom Morello of RATM/Audioslave was involved in that track. The band who did it were called "Class of 99" and they were :

Layne Staley - Alice in Chains (vocals)
Tom Morello - Rage Against the Machine (guitarist)
Stephen Perkins - Jane's Addiction (drummer)
Martyn Lenoble - Porno For Pyros (bassist)
Matt Serletic - Matchbox 20 (keyboards/producer)

So, what I was getting at is that if you named an Audioslave track, your comment would have been the equivalent of me replying "Soundgarden! They did that version Soundgarden!" - which would be wholely innacurate even though Chris Cornell used to be in Soundgarden.

Pedantic, I know, but accurate.

To keep it in track with this thread, I suppose I should point out that "Class of 99" were the first and ONLY band ever given permission to rerecord "Another Brick in the Wall pt.2" by Roger Waters. A rare thing indeed.

Heathen!! - A "different singer", a DIFFERENT SINGER......a DIFFERENT SINGER!!!!?!?!?!? . I cannot believe I have heard such BLASPHEMY!!

That is no 'different singer' - but Mr Chris Cornell - formely of the second best band to come from Seattle in the late 80's/early 90's - Soundgarden! . Seems like people are missing their GRUNGE ROCK 101 - i simply cannot believe it!!

Chris Cornell was the lyricist and singer for Soundgarden, and has the second best voice in rock (Layne (RIP) Staley being first of course )

Tom Morello - as you pointed out, is an exceptional guitarist from Rage Against the Machine. However, (Back to Seattle) Cornell used to play with Mr Kim Thyil - who was a flippin awesome player (Soundgarden) - listen to the wanderingly insane solo at in the middle of black hole sun. Of course - Jerry Cantrell played for AIC - also incredibly great . I will just quickly mention Pearl Jam as well - cannot leave them out of there

However, Audioslave is the only recent band that has me totally hooked after just one album. I flippin love em - and hope the come over to blighty (mainly as i can never see my fav bands otherwise - well, seeing as most are dead!!

Just for a little extra for everyone - if you like some nice chilling out lyrical genius music - then ever heard of Mad Season? Featured Layne on vocals, and Mike McCready on guitar (Pearl Jam), they were a very small and brief coupling which churned out my fav chill out tunes. River of Deceipt, Wake up, All Alone, Above - fantastic tunes . Unfort it never really came to much - but that one album was a diverge from the usual music they all made (Screaming trees drummer), and brilliant.

Oh yeah - Pink Floyd did great tunes as well - but i never really got into them - too much good stuff around when i was growin up

I must admit Rage lost their edge when Zack left. Audioslave is cool, but Rage (albeit hypocrites,) are some of the best music to listen to when feeling down, as it gives you something to fight about, and gives you a peverse little boost.

and chips...
Im probably younger than you are and i still get into the Floyd...

Vi

hmmm...must be an echo in here...

@chips I was/am a grunge fanatic too. Glad to hear someone else had the same appreciation....I got boo-ed down on one thread a few months ago when I dared to suggest that grunge was the best musical movement of the 90s. Its what I grew up with...it was aimed right at my generation - I was 14-18 at the time of the seattle sub-pop explosion - so the whole sound really effected me. Hence the defensiveness in my last post.

As for Mad Season, they were superb, although my favourite for chillin was always Grant Lee Buffalo or Chris Cornell's solo accoustic stuff. His voice is just superb.

@viator so what floyd have you heard? or have you been fed it from an early age? (its what I intend to do with my kids....heh)

my dad's a floyd fan. it must be genetic. ive got Dark side and the Wall, but i havent heard much of the others for a long time.

Vi