All in all you're just another vote in the POLL! The Pink Floyd ballot poll thread (ILM Artist Poll Thread #49) - VOTING CLOSED

Brain Damage/Eclipse is one awesome song. This is not Heartbreaker/Living Loving Maid, people.

I would vote for it as a single song. No preference about Happiest/Brick 2 though.

Nobody ever turns off the radio after "Brain Damage" and before "Eclipse" and thinks they've heard a complete song.

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.

PINK FLOYD RULES

are you guys gonna be doing this every 5 minutes for this whole thing

no

sweet

Every 2 minutes.

PINK FLOYD RULES!

OK I'm finally going to participate in a ballot poll. Psyched about this one.

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"Pigs on the Wing" should count as one, but only if you're voting for the 8-track version with the Snowy White solo.

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.

yep I think I may have room for all of those

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.

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.

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.

so do I just put "zabriskie point sessions" as one vote?

so do I just put "zabriskie point sessions" as one vote?

Yes.

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.

What about In the Flesh?/In the Flesh

― 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.

I'm voting for the Blondie song.

In the Flesh? / In the Flesh are 2 separate songs

Hard at work on my ballot right now, zoned out, blasting fucking "Mudmen" really loud. God, I love this band so much.

More contention points... "Obscured By Clouds" is on my list, but "When You're In" isn't.

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.

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.

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

Can I have an answer to this please?

I'd throw a vote in for Brain Damage and Eclipse to be included as one.

Just a personal thing I think, always considered it one piece, and one without the context of the other just seems bizarre to me.

Can I have an answer to this please?

It's fair game. "Moonhead" may end up on my top 20.

Brain Damage and Eclipse are two songs in my head

I will vote for Brain Damage->Eclipse as one song. doesn't make sense otherwise imo

Maybe CDs/MP3s have ruined me. I will offer the caveat that while it's possible to listen to Eclipse without Brain Damage, you can't really listen to Brain Damage without Eclipse.

I heard it/them for years on the radio before I knew they were supposedly two separate and distinct songs.

First time I heard DSOTM was when my step-dad played it for me when I was 8 (he was 23.) Thought it was pretty cool, but the weird giggling and the lunatic laying somewhere on the grass kinda freaked me for a little. But it all got better when Eclipse came on.

So yeah, there was a time when I'd skip Brain Damage or just kinda tune out during it. I got my wits about me by the time I was 11, but there's still a distinction in my brain between the two songs.

(DSOTM also the first CD I ever owned.)

was gonna post a floyd gif to back up my point but, uh, I think it's too early to go there

how did I forget how awesome Saucerful of Secrets is

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So is it just gonna be a judgment call when it comes to voting for those "of a piece" songs?

I'm leaning towards "Brain Damage/Eclipse" as one song, after reading these arguments.

VG otm. "Saucerful" and "Set The Controls" definitely on my ballot.

Grady, were you asking about "zabriskie sessions" for the track votes or for the bootleg album votes? cuz if the former, I think Elvis gave you the wrong answer.

official tracks:

Crumbling Land
Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up,
Heart Beat, Pig Meat

bootleg album tracks:

http://www.discogs.com/Pink-Floyd-A-Total-Zabriskie-Point-Of-View-The-Complete-Collection/release/3225898

if I understand correctly, any of these individual songs could also be voted for in a tracks ballot, as per Elvis' ruling on unreleased songs

this is good because I might vote for "Rain in The Country"

sorry for pedantry

ah, thank you! yeah i am more concerened with specific tracks, that seemed like a strange answer

345-way Tie

(1.) ALL OF THEM - 164 votes, 164 first-place votes

THEY ALL RULE

I'm not sure that all of Ummagumma, which I'm currently listening to, does in fact rule.

pplains otm

the live part rules xp

Live Ummagumma disc is tremendous.

Also, Pompeii "Echoes" rules supremely over the studio version, which is fine, but doesn't bring the funk in the midsection.

oh yeah, the live disc definitely rules

the studio disc has its moments (David Gilmore's songs aren't bad and I've always enjoyed Several Species of Small Furry etc.), but overall I think there is a good reason why today was the first time I listened to it in probably 10+ years.

if I understand correctly, any of these individual songs could also be voted for in a tracks ballot, as per Elvis' ruling on unreleased songs

this is good because I might vote for "Rain in The Country"

I realize I wasn't clear enough... Yes, the unreleased tracks are fair game.

Is anyone planning on voting for "Brain Damage" and "Eclipse" as two separate and distinctly tabulated tracks? If not, let's treat them as one.

Three ballots in so far.

Never forget

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw4sYDQesAg&feature=kp

thanks for spotting that. (xxxpost)

damn forgot to vote, will be rooting hard for "Great Gig in the Sky"

what was the final ballot count?

Do you mean... The final cut?

the Final Cut, as it were

DAMMIT YOU ALWAYS DO THAT

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!

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.

Come in Poll #49, your results are up (Pink Floyd ballot poll results)

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...