Fretless solo on Murder, from About Face, too.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 25 March 2017 18:33 (seven years ago) link
That's not Pino Palladino?
― MaresNest, Saturday, 25 March 2017 18:42 (seven years ago) link
Years back I did some work with Guy Pr@tt and I asked him 'so, is it *really* true that Gilmour played the good bass stuff on the records?' he just laughed and looked at me like I was crazy for even asking.― MaresNest, Saturday, March 25, 2017 10:17 AM (twelve hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― MaresNest, Saturday, March 25, 2017 10:17 AM (twelve hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
He did the bulk of the good singing on the records too. The rest of the good singing, of course, being done by Rick Wright.
― Coolio Iglesias (Turrican), Saturday, 25 March 2017 22:41 (seven years ago) link
from what i understand he was responsible for the large majority of the good guitar playing as well
― PURE, BEAUTIFUL OIL (Sparkle Motion), Sunday, 26 March 2017 02:19 (seven years ago) link
to be fair gilmour did his share of bad singing as well.
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Sunday, 26 March 2017 02:48 (seven years ago) link
Definitely did most pouting.
― Bill Teeters (Tom D.), Sunday, 26 March 2017 09:30 (seven years ago) link
Funny that the member of Floyd responsible for most of its good singing, bass playing, and guitar playing managed to parlay these superior skills into Floyd's worst record.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 26 March 2017 11:32 (seven years ago) link
And their best! WYWH :)
― MaresNest, Sunday, 26 March 2017 16:34 (seven years ago) link
Always felt Waters had the ideas and the aesthetics, Gilmour had the skills, Mason the sense of humor, and Wright the soul. Clearly, as Floyd began to get more "serious" you can see how much Wright and especially Mason get marginalized in the late 70's.
― octobeard, Sunday, 26 March 2017 23:05 (seven years ago) link
Pushing Wright increasingly into the margins post-Wish You Were Here was a huge mistake. I think his keyboard playing is still superb on Animals, but I begin to miss his voice. I miss his keyboard playing on The Wall and The Final Cut. It's true that Waters was great with concepts and song ideas, but I think he went a little too far in forcing his "vision" upon the band on The Wall and The Final Cut to the point where it smothered the identity of the band. Animals, as much as Waters dominated on that record, is the last "true" Floyd record for me, in that you can still hear all the band members working together to create that Pink Floyd sound that they honed together over a number of years following Syd's departure. After that, it was Waters (plus backing band) or Gilmour (plus backing band) and the bands identity was lost.
― Coolio Iglesias (Turrican), Sunday, 26 March 2017 23:17 (seven years ago) link
Turrican OTM
― doug watson, Monday, 27 March 2017 01:43 (seven years ago) link
Yup, egos and immaturity ruined them. So sad a band that good for that long allowed that sort of nonsense to tear them apart.
― octobeard, Monday, 27 March 2017 02:17 (seven years ago) link
The Wall is further proof that cocaine is a heluva drug.
― earlnash, Monday, 27 March 2017 02:26 (seven years ago) link
excellent point, never thought of The Wall as a coke album but it def is, now that I think about it there's some similarities to Tusk - band fracturing, huge expectations based on 70's blockbuster followups, artistic sprawl... but FM pulled it together in the end and stayed more or less cohesive.
― sleeve, Monday, 27 March 2017 02:58 (seven years ago) link
(by "pulled it together in the end", I mean "released a few more albums that didn't sound like one member's solo project")
― sleeve, Monday, 27 March 2017 02:59 (seven years ago) link
Pushing Wright increasingly into the margins post-Wish You Were Here was a huge mistake.
I thought Wright stopped contributing because he decided he'd rather spend time with his family. Gilmour complained about Wright's lack of input as much as Waters. And after Animals, Waters presented the band with both The Pros & Cons of Hitchhiking and The Wall, and the band chose to go with The Wall -- it was surely Waters being kind of a dominant jerk, but the others (by their own admission) weren't exactly overflowing with ideas of their own.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 27 March 2017 15:21 (seven years ago) link
i thought it was Pros and Cons vs Final Cut?
― dan selzer, Monday, 27 March 2017 15:28 (seven years ago) link
Then they should have taken a break or gone on hiatus.
― Coolio Iglesias (Turrican), Monday, 27 March 2017 15:30 (seven years ago) link
In July 1978 the band reconvened at Britannia Row Studios, where Waters presented two new ideas for concept albums. The first was a 90-minute demo with the working title Bricks in the Wall.[13] The second, a project about a man's dreams across one night that dealt with marriage, sex, and the pros and cons of monogamy and family life versus promiscuity.[14] The first option was chosen by the group for the new Pink Floyd project and the second idea eventually became Waters's first solo effort, a concept album titled The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking.[13]
The Final Cut was, in Gilmour's view, little more than The Wall leftovers -- "If these songs weren't good enough for The Wall, why are they good enough now?"
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 27 March 2017 15:33 (seven years ago) link
They were in a desperate financial situation by the time of The Wall, though, so they pretty much had no choice but to do something.
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― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 27 March 2017 15:37 (seven years ago) link
Okay, so they found themselves facing a hefty tax bill, there was dissatisfaction within the group with the whole stadium experience, relations within the band were strained and they were on the brink of falling apart.
What it resulted in, though, is The Wall by Roger Waters and backing band and not a collaborative effort by Pink Floyd. I dare say if they weren't having business problems and were forced to continue, the band would have naturally fell apart in the late '70s and there wouldn't have even been a Gilmour-led Floyd. I think they were pretty much over as a collaborative unit after Animals.
― Coolio Iglesias (Turrican), Monday, 27 March 2017 21:51 (seven years ago) link
I mean, from what it sounds like to me, there was tension within the band and they were fed up with each other long before The Wall.
― Coolio Iglesias (Turrican), Monday, 27 March 2017 21:53 (seven years ago) link
Come on now, surely the wall is at least 'waters, gilmour and backing band'
― chip n dale recuse rangers (Jon not Jon), Monday, 27 March 2017 22:15 (seven years ago) link
The Roger Waters Experience
― Coolio Iglesias (Turrican), Monday, 27 March 2017 22:46 (seven years ago) link
always thought of it as Waters/Gilmour/Ezrin tbh
― sleeve, Tuesday, 28 March 2017 01:27 (seven years ago) link
Yes exactly (Waters gilmour ezrin kamen?)
― chip n dale recuse rangers (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 28 March 2017 02:41 (seven years ago) link
The Wall rehearsals sneak recording is insight into Waters mania, he sounds completely at the end of his rope at various points.
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 28 March 2017 08:19 (seven years ago) link
― Coolio Iglesias (Turrican), Monday, March 27, 2017 5:53 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I think there were big fights as far back as DSOTM. But I agree, they would've fallen apart (or at least gone on hiatus) after Animals had they not been in a cash crunch.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 28 March 2017 13:50 (seven years ago) link
In July 1978 the band reconvened at Britannia Row Studios, where Waters presented two new ideas for concept albums
i wonder when the possibility of a non-concept album last occurred to roger
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 28 March 2017 13:58 (seven years ago) link
Last time they put a "greatest hits" package together?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 28 March 2017 14:32 (seven years ago) link
(Waters gilmour ezrin kamen?)
All rightI got somethin' to sayYeah, it's better to burn outYeah, than fade away
― Lauren Schumer Donor (Phil D.), Tuesday, 28 March 2017 17:59 (seven years ago) link
next level
irl lol
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 28 March 2017 18:06 (seven years ago) link
Looool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h_OZ1F1BjQ
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 28 March 2017 20:01 (seven years ago) link
Anybody familiar with this? looks potentially interesting, always happy to read what Joe Boyd has to say:
https://www.amazon.com/Pink-Floyd-Their-Mortal-Remains/dp/1851779167/ref=pd_lutyp_im_3_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1851779167&pd_rd_r=CQ1P331M7SBSWDDSFFFM&pd_rd_w=MyskY&pd_rd_wg=cxrx3&psc=1&refRID=CQ1P331M7SBSWDDSFFFM
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 02:25 (seven years ago) link
Possibly linked earlier but if not -- see you on the dark side of the shrimp
http://gizmodo.com/newly-discovered-chill-dad-shrimp-gets-best-name-ever-1794253725
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 16:05 (seven years ago) link
And my eyes still grow damp to rememberThat his majesty signed with his own rubber shrimp
― how's life, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 16:13 (seven years ago) link
we don't need no / new crustaceans
― tylerw, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 16:17 (seven years ago) link
Hoo ken ye eat yaer plankton if yae haven't had any krill
― iris marduk (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 16:34 (seven years ago) link
Shine On, You Crazy Decapod.
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 16:39 (seven years ago) link
A Saucerful of ShrimpMore ShrimpBubbaGumpaAtom Heart ShrimpObscured by ShrimpWish You Were ShrimpThe Final ShrimpA Momentary Lapse of ShrimpThe Division Shrimp
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 16:49 (seven years ago) link
^ Heh, I actually read that in the voice of Bubba.
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 16:55 (seven years ago) link
I listened to The Final Cut a couple of nights ago and found it to be quite a moving record this time around.
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 16:57 (seven years ago) link
Careful with That Prawn, Eugene
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 17:11 (seven years ago) link
A requiem for the post-shrimp dream.
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 18:11 (seven years ago) link
shrimp has swum across the oceanleaving just some stunned small prey
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 18:20 (seven years ago) link
On a distant shore, miles from landStands the ebony totem in ebony sandA dream in a mist of grey...On a far distant shore...
The pebble that stood aloneAnd driftwood lies half buriedWarm shallow waters sweep shellsSo the cockles shine...
A bare winding carcase, starkShimmers as flies scoop up meat, an empty way...Dry tears...Crisp flax squeaks tall reedsMake a circle of grey in a summer way, around manStood on ground...
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 19:49 (seven years ago) link
Careful with that Shrimp, Eugene.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Thursday, 13 April 2017 09:06 (seven years ago) link
dammit
Two shrimps in the sunset
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Thursday, 13 April 2017 18:32 (seven years ago) link
As I pimp for a shrimpSlide a rind down behindThe sofa in San Tropez...
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 13 April 2017 18:46 (seven years ago) link