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

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

RULES

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

would it count as trolling this poll if I voted for "One Slip"? because ~I might~

xp pvmic

def voting for "On The Turning Away"

Townshend's demo is slightly less bombastic:
http://youtu.be/oZGI7JdZBck
(and apparently Gilmour only used the lyrics, and set them to his own music)

xxp

the studio disc has its moments

Grantchester Meadows will be high on my ballot.

My best friend pimps for "One Slip." He exploits my love for Roxy Music.

One Slip has Tony Levin on bass

the fretless throughout the album is tasty: eg the little nudges in "On the Turning Away"

"On the Turning Away" isn't miles from "Hey You" (fretless again?) but no weird Waters vocal interlude is a plus

'momentary lapse' was terribly calculated (ugh the cover), but as a 14yo it was pretty much what i wanted -- glacial synths, big comfortably numb solos, no waters awkwardly muttering about anzio. i'm not too likely to vote for it, but i shan't disown it

happy to say i have never heard anything from the division bell tho

iirc, Gilmour only revived "Pink Floyd" because his solo sales were disappointing, and he (correctly) reasoned that he'd sell a lot more under the Floyd name. It's not like he had a burning desire to work with Mason or Wright -- not that he worked with them on Momentary Lapse for more than 10 minutes anyway.

I feel like Division Bell is a bridge too far for me.

Yeah I'm kind in the same boat as mookie w/r/t Momentary Lapse, 'Learning to Fly' was the first Pink Floyd song I knew and the boy I had a crush on at the time made ma copy of the album on cassette <3 lol. Doubtful I'd vote for it, lot of much better stuff to fill the 20 slots

*me

glacial synths, big comfortably numb solos[

I think of this as a genre---Queensyrche, Mike and the Mechanics, eg---about which i am, shall we say, ambivalent

presumably you are not 14 years old?

I've also never listened to The Division Bell but I'm gonna give it a try. I like High Hopes

"High Hopes" may just squeak in on my 20.

i sort of shudder at the thought of giving momentary lapse a fresh listen before voting but i suppose i should.

iirc i did like "one slip" at the time (though it would be a couple years before manzanera meant anything to me) and also the guitar on "sorrow" but i hated "learning to fly" then and don't expect to like it now.

oh jesus this is terrible. might be better without lyrics.

okay "on the turning away" has some nice playing but the lyrics are balls and it's just "comfortably numb" lite. weird to me that there are thousands of guitar dudes out there chasing this tone.