https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/may/25/royal-mail-stamps-pink-floyd-50-years
― heaven parker (anagram), Thursday, 26 May 2016 06:34 (eight years ago) link
Xpost: because I've been looking for a mint copy of Meddle over a decade and I haven't found one.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 26 May 2016 17:21 (eight years ago) link
^This is me with Atom Heart Mother. I lucked into a flawless UK original Meddle recently and it RULES.
― hardcore dilettante, Friday, 27 May 2016 11:52 (eight years ago) link
https://66.media.tumblr.com/eb9fa55365ae7f09072b4d6ddb70393d/tumblr_o7uhrfPNtv1qlzc4lo1_540.jpghttps://66.media.tumblr.com/4555129773ef644bca200d29c7b6c277/tumblr_o7uhrfPNtv1qlzc4lo2_540.jpg
― tylerw, Friday, 27 May 2016 16:58 (eight years ago) link
ok that rules
― Brad C., Friday, 27 May 2016 17:21 (eight years ago) link
Le Floyd!
― tylerw, Friday, 27 May 2016 17:22 (eight years ago) link
vinyl copies of some PF albums are so fucking expensive these days, reissue campaign is welcome.
― akm, Friday, 27 May 2016 20:39 (eight years ago) link
nothing brings out the tinny hollow superficiality of a Momentary Lapse of Reason like a nice vinyl pressing
Still hoping there is a psychedelic era immersion set coming at some point.Any news?
― Stevolende, Friday, 27 May 2016 21:27 (eight years ago) link
Early years box set is coming, it's going to be amazing too.
― MaresNest, Saturday, 28 May 2016 00:58 (eight years ago) link
My first Snapchat was about Pink Floyd
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 28 May 2016 03:28 (eight years ago) link
hi upper mississippi sh@kedown
― mookieproof, Saturday, 28 May 2016 03:31 (eight years ago) link
https://66.media.tumblr.com/3d2f02f6c3ebd537b2f4bbf1db4c0237/tumblr_mp07cyOfP61snb6qwo1_500.jpg
― dan selzer, Saturday, 28 May 2016 05:30 (eight years ago) link
Hi Mookie! That picture represents the life we should all aspire to
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 28 May 2016 19:10 (eight years ago) link
otm
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 29 May 2016 05:39 (eight years ago) link
le flamant rose
― droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, 29 May 2016 08:51 (eight years ago) link
LE FLOYD RÈGNE
― droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, 29 May 2016 08:52 (eight years ago) link
Ummagumma photo session outtakes
― Hideous Lump, Saturday, 4 June 2016 02:23 (eight years ago) link
wonder if roger's output would have been changed by the knowledge that, by the 21st century, he'd be better-looking than gilmour
― mookieproof, Saturday, 4 June 2016 02:28 (eight years ago) link
Good quality footage of the 1987 version of "Echoes" turned up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muYJnS9HrBU
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 8 June 2016 08:16 (eight years ago) link
Hey! I saw that tour!
Guessing the above comics were from the Rock 'N' Roll comics unauthorized biography books? Some interesting art in those (like Stuart Immonen on ZZ Top's issue.)
― Matt M., Thursday, 9 June 2016 14:05 (eight years ago) link
― mookieproof, Friday, June 3, 2016 9:28 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hell naw i'd still bone gilly way over waters
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 9 June 2016 21:01 (eight years ago) link
"bone-able" and "good-looking" should not be judged by the same criteria.
― hypnic jerk (rushomancy), Thursday, 9 June 2016 21:08 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CkULqEhUkAMJdH7.jpg
― tylerw, Thursday, 9 June 2016 21:13 (eight years ago) link
hehe that's cool
― niels, Friday, 10 June 2016 05:42 (eight years ago) link
bone-able" and "good-looking" should not be judged by the same criteria.― hypnic jerk (rushomancy), Thursday, June 9, 2016 4:08 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
My relationship with Pink Floyd is my business
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 11 June 2016 12:14 (eight years ago) link
This is a safe space for those who believe pink floyd rules
― tylerw, Saturday, 11 June 2016 14:28 (eight years ago) link
If only they would have used something like that for one of the latter day album covers...
― Taking dumps on a person's car is something children do (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 11 June 2016 17:12 (eight years ago) link
"Rendering Pink Floyds" by The Sixting Music, French album from 1974:
http://www.forcedexposure.com/App_Themes/Default/Images/product_images/close_up/d/DP10142CD_CU.jpg
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Sunday, 12 June 2016 18:52 (eight years ago) link
... I want this.
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Sunday, 12 June 2016 18:53 (eight years ago) link
it's good!
― hypnic jerk (rushomancy), Sunday, 12 June 2016 20:17 (eight years ago) link
PINK FLOYDS RULES
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Sunday, 12 June 2016 20:18 (eight years ago) link
Aaaaaaal ten of them!
― Mark G, Sunday, 12 June 2016 22:57 (eight years ago) link
Gilmour plays "One Of These Days" for the first time in 22 yearshttp://consequenceofsound.net/2016/07/david-gilmour-performs-pink-floyds-one-of-these-days-for-the-first-time-in-22-years-watch/
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 1 July 2016 21:04 (eight years ago) link
That song rules. Heard some more rumblings about a 60s focused Floyd set coming out sometime in the near future...
― tylerw, Friday, 1 July 2016 21:55 (eight years ago) link
i've been downloading a lot of 1971 floyd sets bc i have a fixation
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 1 July 2016 22:22 (eight years ago) link
If there was a bootleg box of 1971 Floyd shows like those Tangerine Dream "tree" bootleg sets, I would buy it.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 1 July 2016 22:28 (eight years ago) link
It seems Gilmy plays the slide parts on OTTD on a lap steel? Nice
― calstars, Saturday, 2 July 2016 01:56 (eight years ago) link
1970/71 are the best live years, hands down imho, I have tons of boots from those years.
― MaresNest, Saturday, 2 July 2016 09:05 (eight years ago) link
Been trying to figure out how and why Waters became the purported focal point of Pink Floyd, or at least how he came to be seen as the sort of Robbie Robertson of the band. Up until "Animals," iirc, the band more or less shares songwriting, with Waters getting the "all lyrics by" credit (like anyone cares about that). After that he generally snags the "all music and lyrics by" credit, but was that just a power move/symbolic gesture? I just find it weird, because I like Waters less as a singer than I do Gilmour (and Wright), certainly less of a player than David and Nick, and can't imagine Floyd's success even in the later years, or especially in the later years, without Gilmour tempering Waters' cynicism et al.
Anyway, I've never dug into Floyd lore that deep because I generally don't care, but those of you who know this stuff, was it Waters' credits grab that started the schism? Is it just his behavior c. "The Wall" or post Floyd that earned him his rep as a Mike Love sort? Or was he always a jerk? Or was it more of a mutual thing, with Gilmour sort of a jerk, too? Certainly the rumored negotiations behind the 87 reunion did not make anyone look good.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 2 July 2016 12:59 (eight years ago) link
except that a considerable proportion of floyd fans _do_ listen to them for the lyrics. the reason "dark side of the moon" was an immense, epoch-defining breakout album for them wasn't because they started writing better music on that album (they didn't). it was roger waters' epic bum trip that really hooked the kids, that started him being seen as an artist and a poet.
also worth bearing in mind that waters didn't exactly force a coup on the band over the strenuous objections of the rest of the group. after syd left, nobody wanted to be the frontman. they just wanted to hide in the back and play their instruments while distracting the crowd by occasionally crashing a plane into the stage. so while waters' growing ego became a problem, it was, i'd argue, part of the larger problem of their difficulties handling global mega-fame.
― the event dynamics of power asynchrony (rushomancy), Saturday, 2 July 2016 13:29 (eight years ago) link
it's also worth considering the possibility that waters was having an increasing amount of difficulty writing lyrics to other people's music, particularly as the members of the band grew apart due to their circumstances. waters had to do a lot of lyric rewriting post-dsotm- he completely rewrote the lyrics to the songs that would become "dogs" and "sheep" after their 1974-1975 live performances, for instance. even more tellingly, there's a tape of early demo recordings for the "wall" album. it's mostly similar to the final version, except that "comfortably numb", where the music was written by david gilmour, has totally different lyrics... and they're garbage. just awful, awful lyrics. if the song had been released with those lyrics, it certainly would not enjoy the reputation it does today.
so this may be part of the reason waters wrote most of the music for _the wall_, even though roger waters' musical gifts are, uh, modest, to say the least.
― the event dynamics of power asynchrony (rushomancy), Saturday, 2 July 2016 13:57 (eight years ago) link
Waters take looking back has always been that the other guys stopped contributing. It's a shame of course. I liked Rick Wright's early songwriting enough to make it my first thread on ILX.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 2 July 2016 14:27 (eight years ago) link
What's a good 70/71 show to start with for live Floyd newbs?
― pacific distances (sciatica), Saturday, 2 July 2016 14:28 (eight years ago) link
the bbc recordings of 70/71 are a great start (71 is also known as "meddled")
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Saturday, 2 July 2016 14:41 (eight years ago) link
the best bootleg in terms of playing/quality i've heard beyond that is '71 san diego
Wow these lyrics are indeed embarrassing o_O http://youtu.be/KFBcXwmNeUY
― niels, Sunday, 3 July 2016 19:08 (eight years ago) link
niels: not that one, goofball :)
― the event dynamics of power asynchrony (rushomancy), Sunday, 3 July 2016 23:42 (eight years ago) link
I hate Waters but I think he had no choice but to step up to the plate as the rest of them just seem to have given up at some point - Rick Wright especially. BBC In Concert from 1970 is absolutely perfect - soundwise and performancewise - apart from Waters' (who else) abysmal "If".
― They could have been Stackridge. (Tom D.), Monday, 4 July 2016 00:23 (eight years ago) link
Heard some more rumblings about a 60s focused Floyd set coming out sometime in the near future...
me too . . . fingers crossed. . . .
http://www.imwan.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=98590&sid=807d86b4f6a7679cafbfe5dc1fd70b02
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 5 July 2016 00:01 (eight years ago) link