Now that I did not know! They are also on the bootleg LP " Dark Side Of The Moo"
― sleeve, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 01:40 (ten years ago) link
Thank you, Mr Telecom. This RULED.
I first heard it via the Camper Van Beethoven cover.
― If I had hands and you had a neck (WilliamC)
Me too! Also, I first heard "Astronomy Domine" via Voivod.
― a lot of really bad records changed my life (staggerlee), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 01:45 (ten years ago) link
Come In Number 51, Your Time Is UpUs & ThemWish You Were HereFearlessComfortably NumbRemember A DayGoodbye Blue SkyThe Thin IceBrain Damage->EclipseThe Great Gig In The SkyOne SlipUnknown Song [on Zabriskie Point soundtrack reissue, sometimes called Rain in the Country I think?]Free FourStayTimeDogsRun Like HellPaint BoxObscured By CloudsSet The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
― Euler, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 01:47 (ten years ago) link
also, to the best of my reckoning here are the proper floyd songs (i.e. not counting like "wine glasses") that got zero votes at all
And a full 40% of that list is Momentary Lapse and Division Bell material.
Some truly nice surprises - they never played "Fearless" live! Same with the clip below, until Gilmour did on his last tour, with Rick. Very happy this made the Top 40.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itxVfQ1MZOo
― Max will be so proud when he sees this (Max), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 01:50 (ten years ago) link
1. Time2. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun3. Astronomy Domine4. Great Gig in the Sky5. Echoes6. Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Part 17. The Nile Song8. Dogs9. Grantchester Meadow10. Lucifer Sam11. Money12. Atom Heart Mother13. Jugband Blues14. Let There Be More Light15. Wish You Were Here16. Fat Old Sun17. Goodbye Blue Sky18. The Final Cut19. The Gold It’s in the…20. Green Is the Colour
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 01:52 (ten years ago) link
1. Welcome To The Machine2. Shine On You Crazy Diamond3. Echoes4. Careful With That Axe, Eugene5. Time6. Wish You Were Here7. Dogs8. The Trial9. Set The Controls For The Heart of the Sun10. Brain Damage/Eclipse11. One Of These Days12. A Saucerful Of Secrets13. What Shall We Do Now?14. Bike15. Arnold Layne16. Mother17. The Nile Song18. Childhood's End19. Scarecrow20. Have a Cigar
― octobeard, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 01:57 (ten years ago) link
1. Astronomy Domine2. Shine On You Crazy Diamond3. Lucifer Sam4. Speak To Me/ Breathe5. Fearless6. Remember A Day7. Echoes8. Comfortably Numb9. Cymbaline10. One Of These Days11. Brain Damage/ Eclipse12. Careful With That Axe, Eugene13. Atom Heart Mother Suite14. Dogs15. Interstellar Overdrive16. See Emily Play17. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun18. Matilda Mother19. Wish You Were Here20. High Hopes
― charlie h, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 02:16 (ten years ago) link
1. One Of These Days 2. Embryo 3. Fearless 4. Careful With That Axe Eugene 5. Lucifer Sam 6. Astronomy Domine 7. The Nile Song 8. Echoes 9. Let There Be More Light10. Bike11. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun12. Candy And A Currant Bun13. Cirrus Minor14. A Saucerful Of Secrets15. Interstellar Overdrive16. See Emily Play17. Arnold Lane18. Paintbox19. Jugband Blues20. Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk
Versions on Ummagumma disc 1 and Live At Pompeii preferred.
― I'll take the jangle-jangle over the throb-throb (brg30), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 02:28 (ten years ago) link
the last couple of days i've been really diving into songs like Bike and Scarecrow that showcase Syd's more stripped-bare childlike expressions. while some of his songs (Astronomy Domine, Chapter 24, etc.) have an intensely fixated and obsessive quality, these ones seem to exude a much rawer and more tender side. they have a really sincere and unique impact on me, imbued as they are with the kind of frivolity, zeal and abandon that is accepted as normal and healthy in children, but deemed strange and impractical in adults. well, the way i see it immaturity endures in adults in much more harmful ways than this, and listening to Syd extol his flagrant inner child is simultaneously a sad and joyful experience.
― charlie h, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 02:31 (ten years ago) link
http://www.quartzcity.net/ilx/pf_poll/91-mudmen.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 03:35 (ten years ago) link
http://www.quartzcity.net/ilx/pf_poll/dnf-lost_for_words.jpg
DNF = Did Not Finish
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 03:36 (ten years ago) link
my ballot:
See Emily PlayLucifer SamBrain Damage/Eclipseset the controls for the heart of the sunAtom Heart MotherTake Up Thy Stethoscope and WalkIn The Flesh?BikeFearlessCorporal CleggShine On You Crazy DiamondBreatheSheepHey YouA Saucerful of SecretsCareful with that Axe, EugeneWot's... Uh the Deal?Astronomy DomineSeveral Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a PictDogs
a bit disappointed that Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk just missed the top 50
― silverfish, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 03:39 (ten years ago) link
http://www.quartzcity.net/ilx/pf_poll/58-when_the_tigers_broke_free.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 03:40 (ten years ago) link
In the end, I think I had enough graphics set aside for every track.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 03:41 (ten years ago) link
you did good, tiger
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 03:42 (ten years ago) link
http://www.quartzcity.net/ilx/pf_poll/dnf-im_a_king_bee.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 03:50 (ten years ago) link
http://www.quartzcity.net/ilx/pf_poll/60-pigs_on_the_wing.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 03:55 (ten years ago) link
http://www.quartzcity.net/ilx/pf_poll/108-keep_talking.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 04:10 (ten years ago) link
i salute the five other voters who repped for "when the tigers broke free"
elvis that's a helluva graphic.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 04:43 (ten years ago) link
oh wow did you not count "come in number 51" as "careful with that axe" because uh
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 05:14 (ten years ago) link
anyway here's my ballot, all pre-dark side and final cut
1. Careful With That Axe, Eugene2. Embryo3. One Of These Days4. Jugband Blues5. Two Suns In The Sunset6. Astronomy Domine7. Fearless8. Cymbaline9. Paintbox10. Cirrus Minor11. When The Tigers Broke Free12. Interstellar Overdrive13. See Emily Play14. Summer '6815. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun16. Fat Old Sun17. Obscured By Clouds18. High Hopes19. A Saucerful Of Secrets20. The Nile Song
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 05:17 (ten years ago) link
well except for "high hopes," a wonderful song
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 05:18 (ten years ago) link
Telecom, commendable job. Amazing rollout. This came at a tough time for me personally (thank you Floyd for not penning garden variety "i love you girl"/"girl you're breaking my heart" love songs!), so it was relieving to see many familiar names one after another, track after track that I've enjoyed for years for varying reasons. Got to hang with bros and do the laser floyd experience for the first time in decades, and, man, great to know some things in life are so constant, I was seventeen all over again. You owe it to yourself to take this in first hand if it rolls your way:
http://i.imgur.com/c1yen1O.jpg
Pink Floyd were the first band I got into in a major way, like obsessively memorizing tracklists, song durations, chronology, mythology, the whole package, and taught me patience in listening, that 20 minute epics were perfectly acceptable beside the 3-4 minute pop dosage. I've always admired their theatre-of-the-mind textures and production, and well before I ever smoked a bowl I was super into the bizarro soundworld that albums like Atom Heart Mother and Saucerful provided; I'm the heretic who claims the studio portion of Ummagumma as their favorite work! I remember enthusiastically playing the mid-section of "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party" on my walkman headphones to my father in the kitchen when I was 13, and he gave me the look that conveyed 'geez, you're going to be trouble'. The tape fuckery and layers on layers of sound that matter-of-factly communicated 'this is music, actually' were fundamental in my enjoying far more difficult works later, as well as influencing a decision to play percussion, loosely, in bands.
Bold did not place in top 51:
the narrow wayheart beat, pig meatsheepsee emily playcareful with that axe, eugenesummer 68seesawobscured by cloudsgrantchester meadowsatom heart motherremember a dayjugband bluesthe grand vizier's garden partypoint me at the skyon the runbiding my timecrying songlucifer samlet there be more lightdon't leave me now
― 30 seconds to the return of bruno (Spectrist), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 05:46 (ten years ago) link
Still amazed "Money" did not break the top 50
― Mark G, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 07:07 (ten years ago) link
Treating number 51 and Eugene as different songs is nuts
― post-nodern music player (wins), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 07:20 (ten years ago) link
I dunno.. I always thought of them differently.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 07:33 (ten years ago) link
superb pollreally top quality list
great graphics too
thanks ET it's been awesome!
1. Brain Damage EclipseComfortably NumbShine On You Crazy DiamondRun Like HellOne of These DaysSheepSee Emily PlayThe Great Gig in the SkyWish You Were HereEchoesYoung LustIn The Flesh?FearlessIfDogsWhen the Tigers Broke FreeCirrus MinorA Pillow Of WindsEmbryo20. Nobody Home
― nathey, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 10:24 (ten years ago) link
My ballot (bold didn't place in top 50):
1. Comfortably Numb2. Brain Damage/Eclipse3. Wish You Were Here4. Shine On You Crazy Diamond5. Mother6. Run Like Hell7. Breathe8. Another Brick in the Wall Pt 29. Time10. Dogs11. The Great Gig in the Sky12. When the Tigers Broke Free13. Sheep14. In The Flesh?15. Two Suns in the Sunset16. The Gunner's Dream17. Pigs (Three Different Ones)18. Echoes19. Nobody Home20. The Post War Dream
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 10:32 (ten years ago) link
Also surprised by "Fearless" placing so high, a nice enough song but nothing to do with what makes Floyd great for me.
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 10:34 (ten years ago) link
Fearless was a bit of a surprise for me as a Pink Floyd song. I had heard it around before I picked up the album. A couple of times because Meddle was playing in the background somewhere, but mostly through a friend playing and singing on acoustic guitar. I had always taken it for a Led Zeppelin song. So when I finally delved into Meddle on my own, it was a huge, pleasant shock to have this song I had always been hearing while out and about. I agree that it didn't sound much like the Floyd I knew at the time, but have since course to see it as a culmination of the mid-period mellow rock stuff (wots in the deal, etc)
― how's life, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 10:48 (ten years ago) link
Wots uh the deal
― how's life, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 10:49 (ten years ago) link
xps well it's your poll and I guess nobody asked for clarification the way they did with other songs but I think the commonly accepted view is the same as wiki's:
Come in Number 51, Your Time Is Up" is a re-recording of "Careful with That Axe, Eugene," originally released as a b-side in December 1968.
― post-nodern music player (wins), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 10:53 (ten years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 11:03 (ten years ago) link
combined Eugene + #51 woulda been tied for 15 in the poll, so no big shakeup there
Elvis, do you have a graphic for #51? would love to see it
― Euler, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 13:26 (ten years ago) link
My ballot
01. Two Suns in the Sunset02. Biding My Time03. Run Like Hell 04. Have A Cigar05. Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)06. The Final Cut07. Money08. Sheep09. On the Run 10. Empty Spaces/What Shall We Do Now?11. Not Now John (album version)12. Nobody Home13. The Nile Song14. The Hero's Return (Parts 1 and 2)15. When The Tigers Broke Free16. Bike17. One of My Turns18. Apples and Oranges19. Careful with That Axe, Eugene20. One of These Days
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 15:28 (ten years ago) link
love my two suns in the sunset people
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 15:31 (ten years ago) link
Damn, it just occurred to me that I completely forgot about "Biding My Time." Would have absolutely voted for it. Fantastic tune.
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 20 March 2014 00:32 (ten years ago) link
Stripped trombone breakdown is epic on that one.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 20 March 2014 01:31 (ten years ago) link
http://www.quartzcity.net/ilx/pf_poll/63-come_in_number_51.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 20 March 2014 03:07 (ten years ago) link
lovely
― Euler, Thursday, 20 March 2014 03:37 (ten years ago) link
Mr. Telecom, we just may want all the graphics for all the songs.
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 20 March 2014 04:31 (ten years ago) link
Ask away!
(a lot of these do come from http://pinkfloyded.tumblr.com - which is run by Floyd-head Martin Kennedy of All India Radio)
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 20 March 2014 05:46 (ten years ago) link
That's #63, arf...
― Mark G, Thursday, 20 March 2014 07:35 (ten years ago) link
Top 3 in this poll barely sound like the work of the same band
― Lee626, Thursday, 20 March 2014 14:26 (ten years ago) link
yeah, interesting that. they have stretches of carefully assembled uniformity (all of Dark Side, most of The Wall), and yet they've consistently reinvented themselves and are capable of significant disparities, even within the one album.
― charlie h, Thursday, 20 March 2014 14:43 (ten years ago) link
"Stay" (my #5) their most uncharacteristic song I can think of, especially being only one album removed from DSotM. Am i forgetting one?
― Lee626, Thursday, 20 March 2014 14:51 (ten years ago) link
http://www.vulture.com/2017/08/all-165-pink-floyd-songs-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html
way too favorable to the waters era.
― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Friday, 4 August 2017 22:43 (six years ago) link
very boring safe list. "Wish You Were Here" is ok but ive never been impressed with it. something about the internal rhyming makes me think they were just trying to cop Barrett's 1967 mwriting style to re-create Astronomy Domine
"See Emily Play" is the best Floyd imo and one of the best pop singles of all time
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 5 August 2017 16:07 (six years ago) link
Weird list. Spends half the time droning on about how he doesn't like Syd then puts Bike right up there. Very pedestrian ratings otherwise. Think "prefers 79 Floyd to 67 Floyd" is the biggest flag that I am living in a different musical universe to someone.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Saturday, 5 August 2017 16:59 (six years ago) link
the pink floyd group i'm part of has been ripping it to shreds since it's been published. something might come out of it. stay tuned.
― The Saga of Rodney Stooksbury (rushomancy), Saturday, 5 August 2017 17:30 (six years ago) link