PINK FLOYD

Any frenchman will recognise the riff as the national railways jingle (SNCF):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIMT7JImkHc

looool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KLnVcWg3nw
For comparison of what modern day Genesis solo guitarist sounds like next to modern day Gilmour music

baaderonixx, that's dead on to the part I like in Rattle That Lock. lol

I didn't mind a lot of 'On An Island', there was a charm about that kinda somnambulant, hushed dadrock. But this new thing is all pastel colours, suit jackets with shoulder pads and bassists with colourful ethnic waistcoats, hope the rest of the record isn't a hopeless pile of junk.

I'd be really happy if he took more notes from Manzanera and went all early 80s Roxy Music.

that'd be good.
feel like gilmour is the kind of guy who should just be locked in a studio for a day w/ his guitars/amps -- what he'd come up with that way would probably be better than this blando stuff.

I think all the old guys from prog bands (or even people like brian wilson) need one young, advant garde, funky/grungy rocker to turn an old, sterile sound into something with teeth.

A remixer du jour might be more beneficial in this case. Hey, quite a few Balearic heads loved The Endless River.

what was the consensus on Metallic Spheres?

Not sure but this article mentions a full recitation of Metallic Spheres at Cafe Mambo (at sunset but sans Gilmour, sadly) and further explores the Floyd/Balearic link.

what did the folks that post on this thread think of it? I gave it a couple of listens and it didn't register. My wife (a floyd fan) asked why I was listening to Joe Satriani.

I thought it sounded better on paper.

The Orb and David Gilmour -- Metallic Spheres

Critical reading: http://www.markprindle.com/gilmour.htm#metallic

That Prindle review rules.

I miss Prindle, actually. His reviews weren't for everyone, but I always found 'em entertaining.

Oh my God I have just spent a good 15 minutes laughing uncontrollably. That review is one of the funniest fucking things I've ever read. Thanks for making my day.

That was definitely good to read again
I listened to Metallic Spheres the other night. It's just as unmemorable as anything DG has produced in years. On An Island is still about as good as solo Dave gets, I think.

Heya, I need some help from the hivemind identifying a ROIO, I seem to have mislaid it and am a little sketchy on the specifics.

It's from London and I'm quite certain it is one of the Empire Pool dates from '74, what would make it easier to identify however is the taper can be heard for quite a while at the start, he's being quizzed about his gear and, iirc, has a cheerful northern accent. Can anybody help?

This is from an interview with David Gilmour in latest Mojo. File under: people who seem to have figured out how to live

"Inside the cosy, busy and slightly messy kitchen, his son Joe lolls in a corner chair, playing dextrous arpeggios on an acoustic guitar as Gilmour's author and lyricist wife Polly Samson appears through an adjoining door, smiling and puffing on a roll-up. The couple have lived here for 21 years and together they seem to have settled into an arrangement that benefits both their creative and family lives. "Polly and I sort of have different priority working times," Gilmour says. "She sometimes is writing a book, and I sort of take a back seat. When the kids are at school, I can go in the studio and work. But I've got to be done and wrap up whatever I'm doing so I can make them supper."

listening to The Wall for the first time in years

Roger Waters kinda had a lot of 'issues'

not the best thread to admit it, but i probably haven't listened to all four sides of the wall in ... 16 years?

that doesn't rule man

actually until now me either

it's really

long

just listening to Animals too which is way way better for this type of Floyd

I listened to The Wall when the remasters came out. Sounded good but still pretty fucking tedious.

yeah i have listened to animals fairly regularly over the years... the wall just seems comical to me at this point.

The wall's too long but there's so much cool stuff. Cool sounds. Lots of it scared me as a kid, the menacing Palm muting and heavy snares. "Run like hell" is the best.

I think the last time I listened to The Wall in full was about 2 years ago, but I hadn't listened to it in full for a good while before then. The production on The Wall has really held up, I think - the album still sounds great. My attitude towards The Wall as a piece, though, has changed a hell of a lot with the passing of time. I definitely think The Wall is a record for sulky teenagers, really. In adulthood, I probably find the record as comical as tylerw does.

Even as a sulky teenager, I had this problem with falling asleep partway into disc II.

Falling Asleep RULES

Run Like Hell definitely holds up

saw a guy yesterday with a giant neck tattoo of the crossed hammers, seemed p chill and not at all scary

Sounds like dude totally gets it.

Animals > The Wall, in that "theme" concept albums > "story" concept albums

The Wall is great. Saw the new Roger Waters concert film/road movie the other day, it's well worth seeing.

Last I heard The Wall I was testing out midi files. Empty Spaces into Young Lust.midi

I had a great idea yesterday. A Pink Floyd video game in the style of battletoads/streets of rage. Most of the enemies would be grabbed from The Wall movie. I would like to see a giant judge slowly stomping around mid-level and your character has to dodge his feet that come crashing to the ground (and the occasional t-bag). All the while you are fighting hammers and worms and moving forward alongside the judge distraction.

ahh man, I just remembered that I want to make "This is America calling, are we reaching?" as a ringtone

wtf is going on in this thread, The Wall rules

I mean it's cool to have your own edit of the album, removing songs that rule a little less like "Young Lust" and Part 2, but let's not go overboard

http://img12.deviantart.net/5e28/i/2009/157/3/6/pink_floyd_shoes_by_lizlemler.jpg

Posted elsewhere, but

http://i.imgur.com/qw0JXRs.jpg

"So, Roger, who's gonna show this stranger around?"

On topic: Young Lust is good. I am tired of people completely dismissing music on the basis of male chauvinism when the lyrics are about primal urges; and there's no reason to believe the singer lacks a super-ego that would keep his animalistic thoughts/desires in check. Also, pertaining to The Wall, the narrator character isn't a choir boy and shouldn't be held to that standard. Perhaps some of this doesn't translate to random radio-goers unfamiliar with The Wall as a concept album, but even the dark undertones of Young Lust suggest that the singer is succumbing to his ego and that he is speaking from a primal state of mind.

Never "got" the wall - has decent tracks (I guess mostly just "Comf Numb") but wouldn't wanna hear it all in one go - unlike Dark Side, WYWH, Meddle, Obscured by Clouds. Also lyrics seem plain silly and it's so pretentious.

Having seen Waters' reboot of the stage show a few years ago, but not the original Floyd show, I think the album makes most sense as a soundtrack to the stage show. A few big production numbers linked by shorter narrative sections to move the action along.

nah, young lust sucks because it's a self-consciously "ballz-out" blues rocker that's musically generic and uncompelling. the sound of a band out of its element. the lyrics don't offend me, but they're definitely cringeworthy.

the wall has some great stuff on it though. one of my turns and nobody home are super underappreciated.

Waters is a member of Maidstone, the golf club in the Hamptons that is basically impossible to get in to....guess that titled wife of his helped!

Young Lust vs Blue Light

I always read Young Lust a parody of the ball-out blues rocker.

^^^ that's how I interpreted it, too, a piss-take on something Zeppy.

yeah young lust as blooze parody makes sense. i'd just much rather listen to zepppelin that floyd's pisstake

Then again, Floyd do some heavy bloozy rock on More and it...well, it RULES.

(It should be noted, however, that in the interim period, Nick Mason gradually shed absolutely every single aspect of his playing that made him unique, interesting and, at times, one of the near-greats.)