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I just don't get it.
I'm male, 40, enjoyed recreational drugs quite a bit for quite a long time from the age of about 17, adored Spacemen 3, but despite several attempts over the years to convince myself otherwise, I still think Pink Floyd are just rubbish.
What am I missing?
Thought tonight's BBC4 stuff might shed a little light, but no, still shite.
I think a few of their songs are absolute works of art, but those are somewhat swamped by a mass of "just noise". You certainly need to be "in the mood" imo to appreciate most of it....
I just find them flaccid and pretentious.
I reckon there are at least 5 pink Floyd. Personally I only like 2 of them.
60s shit.
70s boundary breaking intergalactic awesomeness
80s oh dear, it's all going a bit American pop rock
90s trying too hard and just being shit
I simply hate soccer with a passion, sends me to sleep & I get annoyed with a lot of the pansies that play it.
Can't stand Frank Skinner either. Makes me want to smash the telly to bits when he's on ( so I switch channels)
Why start a thread about something you dislike?
Everyone else must be wrong then....
Well, I like them..
Sorry.
I didn't get them either even though I was around in the 70's. Actually saw them perform Dark Side of the Moon when it was just released.
There was a lot of pretentious stuff around though and the masters were a band called Yes with their triple concept albums.
I loved Yes, my ex mrs had all their albums, 'Yessongs being my fave.
Floyd were/are my biggest fave though.
Saw them at Earls Court in April 1994, Division Bell tour. Wow. & I mean 'like wow man'
Why start a thread about something you dislike?Everyone else must be wrong then....
Au contraire chief.
For years I thought I didn't like Radiohead, then one night Mrs Tyred went out leaving me instructions to record the Jools Holland special they were doing that night. Might as well make sure I haven't messed up the recording I thought, by watching the first few mins. Woah, how wrong had I been?
Similar Damascene conversion with Belle & Sebastian.
Posted because I've always expected something similar with Pink Floyd but its never come. Wondered if I'd simply missed the best stuff.
So there.
Very jealous of you essel. The pulse tour I think of as their best phase and I never got to earls court.
Some people don't like some music. Imagine that. Each to their own.
I believe Dark side of the moon is the biggest selling vinyl album of all time.
Very jealous of you essel. The pulse tour I think of as their best phase and I never got to earls court.
AND....!... I've got the dvd!
That was probably the best night I can ever remember. Even better than the best sex I've ever had. (with a girl from Harrogate) 😆
I reckon Great Gig In The Sky is one of mankind's greatest achievements let alone a fantastic piece of music by a great band.
Even better, the Marshal amp documentary was on after it 🙂
Why should we care if you don't like them
I think I'd say I was a fan. I think many of my favorite albums are by Pink Floyd
But I'll admit that many of their albums are dreadful
if you Meddle with the Dark Side you will just end up banging your head against The Wall
sorry 😳
if you Meddle with the Dark Side you will just end up banging your head against The Wallsorry
Ooosh! & who do you think you are, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn?
Animal!
Iconic album. Still listen to it (I'm 45) love it. Many an hour spent in my youth in a haze brings back memories but still to this day find something new.
I rate dave gilmour up there with the best guitarists of our times.
Those puns make me wish I wasn't here.
What am I missing?
Taste?
bowser538 - Member
I rate dave gilmour up there with the best guitarists of our times.
Easily. It's the whole restraint he plays with. He could do all the widely Yngwie nonsense but he doesn't. In a perfect world he would replace all the sax on Dark side.
OP - you might as well have stolen my login.
I think interstellar overdrive and set the controls for the heart of the sun are great, but I've always wondered if I'm just missing something in their later material.
I used to like my psychedelic music quite overwhelming like the spacemen or mbv - but I guess pink Floyd are more chilled out like can's later stuff. Except not really funky.
Anyway, I suppose I appreciate them a bit more now, but it's all a bit muso for my taste still.
i love pink floyd personally and saw roger waters doing the wall at wembly last year.
it was bloody fantastic 😀
IMO, Gilmour is God (not Clapton, but he's not bad either)
One of my all time favorites, saw them perform the wall at earls court in 79. Amazing
The wall is still my all time album that I listen to regularly. Unlike many I also like the final cut, great political writing by waters, but it did mark the end of their best. Some of the early stuff is pure brilliance and some not for me.
Got to agree, an hour of Floyd followed by an hour on Marshall amps, now that's what I call tv.
Roger Waters has aged better than the rest of the band
Storm Thorgetson legend
Pink Floyd, like Genesis, were and still are a very big part of my musical identity. BUT with both, and many other bands, I'm not a fan of all of their work.
For Floyd it's Meddle to Animals. I like bits of The Wall but I don't "get" most of Roger Waters. For Genesis it's Foxtrot to Wind and Wuthering, plus a few odd bits and pieces.
To label Floyd as rubbish is, to me, quite insulting. They have influenced huge amounts of music that followed. To say you don't like or get it is perfectly fine. I don't like The Smiths. To some it's their musical awakening and still holds their affection. I can appreciate that Johnny Marr has influence lots of guitarists, but he doesn't "float my boat" musically.
Each to their own.
The final cut is a work of art
What bigblackshed says really. there's no way anyone can say that Floyd are 'shite' If they were they wouldn't have been so succsessful FFS!
(I still hate soccer though)
Got to agree with fire starter. As I said earlier, brilliant political writing.
I think this thread will run for a while, two sides to everything, shame those that do not like, cannot see their wrong. 😀
Anyone who doesn't like Pink floyd is a lost soul. That's a fact.
Would that be two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl year after year
Wish you were here.
Not mad on them. Don't mind bits of The Wall or DSoTM. Really like See Emily Play though.
Big fan here..saw them in about '87 at the Olympic stadium in Munich. A momentary lapse of reason...
Not a particularly big fan of their early stuff ( pre 70's ) and i think they were a better band for having Roger Waters..
I hate soccer also.
Honest opinion of Pink Floyd - a couple of their albums are ok, Dark Side and Wish You Were Here, but most other albums just bore me after a while, not tried the new album but the thought of it makes my balls ache
That's not to say that we should all have the same taste of course
Loved them from first seeing them in 68 right up to The Wall when suddenly I didn't like the direction they'd taken. The odd track I like but the total love and trust I felt has gone.
And The Endless River is... Err.... Interesting...? 😕
Thanks. Now I've spent over an hour watching/listening to Pink Floyd on YouTube! 😳
I'd asked I would think about my favourite band briefly, and say Pink Floyd. Just like the sound they make for most of what they did.
Ask me about my favourite live music experiences and I will rave on about the two times I got to see them (Wembley in the late 80's and Châteaux de Chantilly in something like '94) for about as long as the actual concerts. Loved dance music around the 90's, Manchester scene stuff enjoy the Pogues as much as anyone but Pink Floyd just seen to endure somehow.
And age with Dave Gilmour being a quality guitarist.
Nobeer... & zippykona sum it up for me. Also, Gilmour couldn't play like Yngwie, and vice versa. Wouldn't want them to.
Money get back
I'm all right Jack keep your hands off my stack.
Poems everybody?! Absolute rubbish laddie.
Money it's a hit
( although I'm sure some on here will say ) Don't give me that do goody good bullshit.
(Personally) I'm in the hi-fidelity first class traveling set. But . I can't stand soccer so definitely won't be buying me a new football team.
Wish you were here is pure class,
The wall is brilliance
The rest is ok but not a massive fan of Meddle or Animals, apart from a few tracks.
For me Waters did the best stuff and his solo albums are really good, Pros and cons especially. I even like The Final Cut cut though and that's almost a Waters solo album.
I've been listening to the Endless River a bit over the last few days and initial impressions were if it wasn't good enough for the Division Bell why is it ok now! But it has started to grow somewhat. The best albums are growers. Amused to death took about 5 yers for me to really see it's genius
Any Colour You Like + Acid = good memories.
I've got a bike...
First saw them live at Bingley Hall, Stafford, just after they released Animals, and then Earl's Court after the release of The Division Bell. I've been to see Roger Waters three times most recently his Wall Tour. They are with out doubt the best concerts I have attended for the quality of the sound and the overall concert experience.
The band is just fantastic and that's really what I think
By the way which ones Pink
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn > Great
A Saucerful of Secrets -> Set the controls, rest hmm.
More -> Meh
Ummagumma -> 50% awesome, 50% the drugs don't work
Atom Heart Mother -> Best cover picture ever.
Meddle -> Great stuff.
Obscured by Clouds -> Must have listened to it a few time, can't remember a single song.
The Dark Side of the Moon -> Genius!
Wish You Were Here -> Beautiful.
Animals -> Start of the decline.
The Wall -> NO
The Final Cut -> Dirge
A Momentary Lapse of Reason -> Album title is almost accurate.
The Division Bell -> Dad rock.
The Endless River -> Probably more self indulgent twaddle.
IanMunro, I agree with you there, except I think Animals is great - the first Floyd I ever heard and I loved it right away. obscured by Clouds is an overlooked gem.
I saw them at Wembley in the Momentary Lapse tour and I thought they'd gone stodgy. For me, as others have remarked, the brilliance is in Gilmour's restraint as a guitarist. every note has a purpose. hearing him wring out endless variations on his solos on Comfortably Numb, for example, was a pity. also their sax player had the crappest mullet ever.
They weren't the same without Waters, either.
I won't be buying the new album.
Despite this thread being wrongly started, I'd like to say I don't like Pink Floyd. Just to, you know, have my voice heard.
I like millions of other things though, so I am pretty sure I'm not missing out.
I avoided all the later stuff for years, assuming it was all dull overblown dad rock… but then listened to [b]Division Bell[/b] in full in the summer and was totally hooked… love it. And Gilmour's [b]On An Island[/b]. Lovely.
[b]Momentary Lapse of Reason[/b] should still be avoided. Except Sorrow… that's okay. The rest is terrible.
“New” album is okay, but inessential.
I've always thought that there was a correlation between James Bod and Pink Floyd. You have your early, critically acclaimed, genre defining stuff (Sean Connery, Piper at the Gates of Dawn), a bit of a..er...'hiccup' (George Lazenby, Ummagumma), your indulgent and massive selling return to form (Roger Moore, Meddle & Dark Side of the Moon), the new guy who takes it in a different but somewhat patchy direction (Dalton, The Wall & The Final Cut) and then they both chug on into old age and mediocrity (Pierce Brosnan, Divison Bell & The Endless River). Daniel Craig has spoiled this model and therefore does not exist (unless Dave Gilmour can pull something pretty spectacular out his baldy hat).
Shut yourself away with - The Wall. Get into the theme of it its not individual tracks its a masterpiece, it doesn't jump aroud. Its dark and nasty at times but a masterpiece.
I really really like a lot of their stuff. And what always makes me smile is the way they had a "Ringo" track on most albums - where they let Richard Wright sing lead. Wearing the Inside Out being a classic of the genre. I love his singing but it's a bit forced.
Liked them since my childhood; The Wall in - I think - 1981/82 was eye-opening.
I think every album, no matter how overall skanky, has at least one gem and I really quite like Obscured by Clouds too... Actually Dark Side of the Moon is maybe over-played - it's Wish You Were Here that has the beautiful tracks..
Latter stuff has passed me by I must say..
Richard Wright brought some great songs in out of left field
bigblackshed - Member
Pink Floyd, like Genesis, were and still are a very big part of my musical identity. BUT with both, and many other bands, I'm not a fan of all of their work.For Floyd it's Meddle to Animals. I like bits of The Wall but I don't "get" most of Roger Waters. For Genesis it's Foxtrot to Wind and Wuthering, plus a few odd bits and pieces.
To label Floyd as rubbish is, to me, quite insulting. They have influenced huge amounts of music that followed. To say you don't like or get it is perfectly fine. I don't like The Smiths. To some it's their musical awakening and still holds their affection. I can appreciate that Johnny Marr has influence lots of guitarists, but he doesn't "float my boat" musically.
Each to their own.
It took me a very long time to really appreciate The Smiths, it must be said. I can now appreciate Marr's skill as a guitarist, and [i]How Soon Is Now[/i] sends shivers down my spine with the very first opening notes, but otherwise I aggree wholeheartedly with this.
Oddly enough, and despite not owning a working turntable, I bought a Pink Floyd vinyl album today!
My intention is to get a mate with a vinyl fixation and the appropriate equipment to do a digital copy.
Why would I bother? It's a bootleg, often considered to be the best live bootleg ever recorded, Pink Floyd [i]Winter Tour '74[/i], which has [i]Raving and Drooling, You've Got To Be Crazy[/i] and [i]Shine On You Crazy Diamond[/i], songs that eventually appeared on [i]Wish You Were Here [/i] and [i]Animals[/i]
Plus I saw them on this tour at Bristol Hippodrome, so it was irresistible.
It also effectively only cost me £5, 'cos I'd just sold some old vinyl to the same dealer for £20, and she let me have it for £25, rather than £30.
Bargain! 😀
Well if you're only 40...
To me Ummagumma IS Floyd. Did I tell you about the time I saw Floyd perform Dark Side of the Moon live before the album was released? No? Well it was brilliant, but the second half which was all Piper, Ummagumma and Meddle was 10 times better.
Another thumbs up for summer68! 😀
The proper songs on Atom Heart Mother are all ace. They could have been such a pop band back then if they'd wanted.
Oh, check out “Blue” on Gilmour's album for some great stuff by Wright. His final piece of perfection.
Oh… essential Wright download for you…
Zabriskie Point - Outtake - Love Scene - Version 4
Just love Gilmours facial expressions!
Kelvin, do you have a link for that plz?
Hanging on in quiet desperation
Is the English way
I loved the wall as a lad,but when I was 17, my foreman, one Tuesday morning, offered me a spare ticket for the momentary lapse of reason tour. Maine road.
As soon as we got to the stadium I was separated from the folks I was with..
I've never been the same after that gig .
I eventually packed in my job and ran away to London on the back of it tbh.
I don't love everything they've done ,but I really really like a lot .
Slightly disappointed dezb sees no worth in the floyd...:-)
Slightly disappointed dezb sees no worth in the floyd...:-)
Just tastes innit. I really wish football got me remotely interested, I'd be more involved in conversation at work!
Each to their own & as long as dezb like what he likes, thats ok by me.
I think you'll find that Dez reckons any musicians over the age of 40 should be put down. He's really quite ageist. 😉
Dub Side of the Moon - Easy All Stars is a cracking tribute to a beautiful album. Most of you have probably heard it, but those of you who have not. Enjoy!!
So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from hell?
Blue skies from pain?
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
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I was a massive teenage Floyd fan. I could probably still sing/hum along to all 5 of the main 70s albums start to finish. Me and a mate trekked all the way down to Earl's Court from Huddersfield to watch them in 1994, aged about 15 or 16. I confess I grew out of them after a bit, although I still have a soft spot for the early Syd Barrett/psychedelic stuff, and my records and CDs are still lurking somewhere about.
It's weird (and a bit depressing) to think that the 1994 tour I saw is roughly as long ago now as Dark Side Of The Moon was back then.
[i]I think you'll find that Dez reckons any musicians over the age of 40 should be put down.[/i]
DezB's heroes include...
Neil Young
Iggy Pop
Karl Hyde
Brian Eno
Richard D James
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:-)j
Wave upon wave of demented avengers
March cheerfully out of obscurity into the dream
Just love Gilmours facial expressions!
Kelvin, do you have a link for that plz?
Google is your friend. Or Spotify. Zabriskie Point is one of my favourite films - one day I'll manage to get there!!
Love Live at Pompeii.
PF are ofter called 'pretentious' on here, but people never explain what exactly makes the music pretentious.
Never got it? Upper middle class art school bollocks, but then again it's probably too "clever" for me.... Dumb northern punk... Anything more than three cords and I get confused....
