Floyd never changed my life or anything*, but they've produced some great material and I'll def be voting.
* In fact I hated them for a while when Brick Pt 2 seemed to play hourly on local radio...
― Taking Devil's Tower (by mashed potatoes) (WilliamC), Thursday, 27 February 2014 16:01 (ten years ago) link
I just hope the Barrett era doesn't end up walking this. The Waters era rules and I'll be repping for it throughout this thread. The Gilmour era... nah.
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 27 February 2014 16:03 (ten years ago) link
trust that "Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up" & "Careful With That Axe, Eugene" are to be counted separately?
― Euler, Thursday, 27 February 2014 16:04 (ten years ago) link
is stuff like the zabriskie point sessions elidgible or is it considered a bootleg (or would i be the only person voting for these tracks anyway)?
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Thursday, 27 February 2014 16:06 (ten years ago) link
you def won't be the only person voting for those
― Euler, Thursday, 27 February 2014 16:08 (ten years ago) link
they RULE
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Thursday, 27 February 2014 16:08 (ten years ago) link
yes they do!
― sleeve, Thursday, 27 February 2014 16:10 (ten years ago) link
as far as Zabriskie, there were 3 tracks officially released on the soundtrack, but the entire "sessions" could be voted for as a boot if I understand correctly.
― sleeve, Thursday, 27 February 2014 16:11 (ten years ago) link
lobbying post for voters not to forget Obscured by Clouds, an odd record I've come to love over the years
― col, Thursday, 27 February 2014 16:21 (ten years ago) link
let's be fair, it wouldn't be a pink floyd poll without someone saying that they sucked
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 27 February 2014 17:04 (ten years ago) link
Brain Damage/Eclipse. 1 song or 2 songs?
I'm thinking two.
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 27 February 2014 17:17 (ten years ago) link
agreed
― mookieproof, Thursday, 27 February 2014 17:17 (ten years ago) link
definitely
― sleeve, Thursday, 27 February 2014 17:18 (ten years ago) link
'Time' for the win. probably my all time favourite ever rock song.
― piscesx, Thursday, 27 February 2014 17:18 (ten years ago) link
ok as a card carrying member of the PINK FLOYD RULES club I am ashamed to admit that I have never listened to Animals until today
& it RULES wtf was I waiting for all these years
― Euler, Thursday, 27 February 2014 17:22 (ten years ago) link
oh duuuuude
yeah Animals is awesome, I love it
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 27 February 2014 17:24 (ten years ago) link
I was listening to Piper on the way into work, sleeping on a dandelion etc
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 27 February 2014 17:25 (ten years ago) link
So if Brain Damage/Eclipse is 2 songs does the same go for Happiest Days of Our Lives and Brick 2?
― Drugs A. Money, Thursday, 27 February 2014 17:35 (ten years ago) link
uh oh
― sleeve, Thursday, 27 February 2014 17:45 (ten years ago) link
I always think of Eclipse as the outro to Brain Damage. I don't know, separately they only feel like half a song and I probably wouldn't vote for them.
― silverfish, Thursday, 27 February 2014 17:49 (ten years ago) link
Can't believe you didn't go with "How should I complete the POLL?"
*deletes bookmark"
― bi-polar uncle (its OK-he's dead) (Phil D.), Thursday, 27 February 2014 17:51 (ten years ago) link
I don't think many people would vote for Happiest Days of Our Lives by itself so I don't think it really matters if you merge it with Brick 2 or not
xxp
― silverfish, Thursday, 27 February 2014 17:51 (ten years ago) link
What about In the Flesh?/In the Flesh
― silverfish, Thursday, 27 February 2014 17:53 (ten years ago) link
Brain Damage/Eclipse is one awesome song. This is not Heartbreaker/Living Loving Maid, people.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 27 February 2014 17:56 (ten years ago) link
I would vote for it as a single song. No preference about Happiest/Brick 2 though.
― how's life, Thursday, 27 February 2014 17:57 (ten years ago) link
Nobody ever turns off the radio after "Brain Damage" and before "Eclipse" and thinks they've heard a complete song.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 27 February 2014 18:09 (ten years ago) link
just want to remind everybody to take a listen to "Paintbox" before your final ballot
Yes! There's a good chance this could be my #1.
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 27 February 2014 18:26 (ten years ago) link
PINK FLOYD RULES
are you guys gonna be doing this every 5 minutes for this whole thing
― The Edge - why is he so bald and hatted? (wins), Thursday, 27 February 2014 18:29 (ten years ago) link
no
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Thursday, 27 February 2014 18:30 (ten years ago) link
sweet
― The Edge - why is he so bald and hatted? (wins), Thursday, 27 February 2014 18:31 (ten years ago) link
Every 2 minutes.
PINK FLOYD RULES!
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 27 February 2014 18:32 (ten years ago) link
OK I'm finally going to participate in a ballot poll. Psyched about this one.
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 27 February 2014 18:37 (ten years ago) link
PINK FLOYD RULESPINK FLOYD RULESPINK FLOYD RULESPINK FLOYD RULESPINK FLOYD RULESPINK FLOYD RULESPINK FLOYD RULESPINK FLOYD RULESPINK FLOYD RULESPINK FLOYD RULES
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 27 February 2014 18:45 (ten years ago) link
<3
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 27 February 2014 18:54 (ten years ago) link
"Pigs on the Wing" should count as one, but only if you're voting for the 8-track version with the Snowy White solo.
― pplains, Thursday, 27 February 2014 19:40 (ten years ago) link
Obscured By Clouds is such a sweet mellow album. could vote for "Free Four", "Wots...Uh The Deal", and "Stay", and the title track too I think.
― Euler, Thursday, 27 February 2014 22:19 (ten years ago) link
yep I think I may have room for all of those
― sleeve, Thursday, 27 February 2014 22:28 (ten years ago) link
That's basically what I was thinking, though "Violent Sequence" could be a vote for "Us And Them" since it later officially appeared in the DSOTM immersion box.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 28 February 2014 01:02 (ten years ago) link
Need a consensus on "Vegetable Man" and "Scream Thy Last Scream." - both were unreleased, but I would like to include them since they were both completed.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 28 February 2014 01:06 (ten years ago) link
so do I just put "zabriskie point sessions" as one vote?
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 28 February 2014 01:55 (ten years ago) link
Yes.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 28 February 2014 03:00 (ten years ago) link
Looking forward to voting in my first ILM artist poll. Will have to dust off Relics, Obscured by Clouds and A Saucerful of Secrets to revisit some of the stuff that isn't etched into memory.
― Wordy, Friday, 28 February 2014 03:46 (ten years ago) link
― silverfish, Friday, February 28, 2014 4:53 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah, that's a tough one. Only a question mark to distinguish the two. That fact alone might justify combining them, to avoid any confusion in the ballots? But like the three parts of 'Another Brick in the Wall', they're kind of different beasts. Although I suppose it could be argued that 'In the Flesh?' and 'In the Flesh' are two different versions/performances of the same song, albeit with different lyrics and context.
― Wordy, Friday, 28 February 2014 03:56 (ten years ago) link
I'm voting for the Blondie song.
― pplains, Friday, 28 February 2014 04:23 (ten years ago) link
In the Flesh? / In the Flesh are 2 separate songs
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 28 February 2014 04:29 (ten years ago) link
Hard at work on my ballot right now, zoned out, blasting fucking "Mudmen" really loud. God, I love this band so much.
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 28 February 2014 04:47 (ten years ago) link
More contention points... "Obscured By Clouds" is on my list, but "When You're In" isn't.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 28 February 2014 05:23 (ten years ago) link
heaping the love on the album Saucerful of Secrets this afternoon. on a generous day, i think i could include about half the songs on here.
― charlie h, Friday, 28 February 2014 05:26 (ten years ago) link
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun will be somewhere on my ballot. And some very, very hard decisions will be made. I'm glad there's only a song poll, since a number of their songs are quite long, and define the albums they preside on (Saucer Full of Secrets, Atom Heart Mother, Echoes, SOYCD, Dogs), which would make an album poll almost feel redundant.
I'm also all for having SOYCD be one song, Brain Damage/Eclipse being one song, but nothing else. Though I would not mind if we just collectively threw our hands up and strictly voted for each track separately, regardless because at least that's easier to tabulate.
― octobeard, Friday, 28 February 2014 08:51 (ten years ago) link
What about the stuff listed at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unreleased_Pink_Floyd_material Is that in-game?― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 27 February 2014 15:28 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 27 February 2014 15:28 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Can I have an answer to this please?
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Friday, 28 February 2014 09:01 (ten years ago) link
46 ballots in. They all RULE (seriously!)
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 03:48 (ten years ago) link
wow it's gonna be a real party!
we'll need to dust off the oil slide projector
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 03:51 (ten years ago) link
I had one of those as a kid! A toy version of a psychedelic oil slide projector. The slides were little disks that worked like a lava lamp using heat from the projector's light bulb. I didn't quite understand yet what it was supposed to be used for, and accidentally sat on and broke one of the slides which left a stain on the sofa that remained for the next 15 years.
― Lee626, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 04:02 (ten years ago) link
47th ballot just sent!
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 04:05 (ten years ago) link
I always end up waiting until the last moment in these polls and quickly put something together, obviously completely forgetting about many great songs. Anyway, I voted at least.
― silverfish, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 04:17 (ten years ago) link
feel like at this point I can admit that much as I wanted to I couldn't deny brick pt2 a spot on my ballot. great solo plus there was real wtfness in the floyd dropping a surprise disco track even if it was a bit plodding.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 04:23 (ten years ago) link
It's hard to convey how pervasive disco was in the late '70s, so much so that everyone from the Stones to Barry Manilow to the Beach Boys to KISS felt they had to dip their toes in it.
― Lee626, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 04:34 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enzNePWJvI4
― I'll take the jangle-jangle over the throb-throb (brg30), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 04:35 (ten years ago) link
First ballot poll I ever participated in... it ruled.
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 04:39 (ten years ago) link
I kind of surprised myself with my choices--2 tracks from Final cut on my shortlist... but I didn't have the nerve.
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 04:40 (ten years ago) link
This is one of the few polls in which i have no idea what will be in the top 5. i.e. there's no critical consensus at all what the best song from DSOTM is. I also don't know how the relative rankings of the Barrett vs. Waters eras will play out.
― Lee626, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 04:50 (ten years ago) link
http://www.quartzcity.net/ilx/pf_poll/waters-gong.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 06:37 (ten years ago) link
Some last minute listening by the fireside confirmed I like Richard Wright a lot more now than I did as a teen. VOTED.
― 30 seconds to the return of bruno (Spectrist), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 06:49 (ten years ago) link
Just submitted my ballot. God that was hard.
― octobeard, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 06:50 (ten years ago) link
http://www.quartzcity.net/ilx/pf_poll/ani-gong.gif
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 07:05 (ten years ago) link
Roll out tomorrow...
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 07:16 (ten years ago) link
You are fast! Thanks for the quick results.
― octobeard, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 07:16 (ten years ago) link
psyched
― charlie h, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 07:29 (ten years ago) link
I got my vote in under the wire last night. wish i'd had more time to explore the catalog but i gave myself a day to listen to a bunch of Floyd and throw together my ballot.
― some dude, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 09:19 (ten years ago) link
Perfect gif
― how's life, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 10:30 (ten years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 11:10 (ten years ago) link
That gif is hilarious.
― Corporal Clegg, you've got a lovely daughter (WilliamC), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 11:56 (ten years ago) link
bang a gong, get it on.
― Lee626, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 12:50 (ten years ago) link
thanks for spotting that. (xxxpost)
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 12:51 (ten years ago) link
damn forgot to vote, will be rooting hard for "Great Gig in the Sky"
― voodoo chili, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 16:11 (ten years ago) link
what was the final ballot count?
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 17:16 (ten years ago) link
Do you mean... The final cut?
― pplains, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 17:17 (ten years ago) link
the Final Cut, as it were
DAMMIT YOU ALWAYS DO THAT
― sleeve, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 17:17 (ten years ago) link
Did not make this deadline, which sucks (in my head I had till the end of today). Will be following the rollout for sure though!
― grandavis, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 17:18 (ten years ago) link
I think a measure of a good/great poll is finding totally new stuff to like in an artist I thought I had passing familiarity with, and this one was one of the best. A song I barely knew two weeks ago was my #1, and a song I'd never heard two weeks ago was my #5. I'm excited for the results.
― Corporal Clegg, you've got a lovely daughter (WilliamC), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 17:26 (ten years ago) link
Come in Poll #49, your results are up (Pink Floyd ballot poll results)
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 19:51 (ten years ago) link
Since I don't dare say it in the results thread, I will here:
"Dogs of War" has aged surprisingly well – much better than a lot of AMLoR. For a song I couldn't stand 25 years ago, today it sounds like a purposeful nod to Floyd's blues roots. The lyrics aren't nearly as frightening as I remember and the Tom Scott solo break is actually kind of awesome.
Ok, carry on...
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 22:19 (ten years ago) link