PINK FLOYD

ok that rules

Le Floyd!

vinyl copies of some PF albums are so fucking expensive these days, reissue campaign is welcome.

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?

Early years box set is coming, it's going to be amazing too.

My first Snapchat was about Pink Floyd

hi upper mississippi sh@kedown

https://66.media.tumblr.com/3d2f02f6c3ebd537b2f4bbf1db4c0237/tumblr_mp07cyOfP61snb6qwo1_500.jpg

Hi Mookie!
That picture represents the life we should all aspire to

otm

le flamant rose

LE FLOYD RÈGNE

Ummagumma photo session outtakes

wonder if roger's output would have been changed by the knowledge that, by the 21st century, he'd be better-looking than gilmour

Good quality footage of the 1987 version of "Echoes" turned up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muYJnS9HrBU

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.)

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, Friday, June 3, 2016 9:28 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hell naw i'd still bone gilly way over waters

"bone-able" and "good-looking" should not be judged by the same criteria.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CkULqEhUkAMJdH7.jpg

hehe that's cool

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

This is a safe space for those who believe pink floyd rules

If only they would have used something like that for one of the latter day album covers...

"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

... I want this.

it's good!

PINK FLOYDS RULES

Aaaaaaal ten of them!

Gilmour plays "One Of These Days" for the first time in 22 years
http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/07/david-gilmour-performs-pink-floyds-one-of-these-days-for-the-first-time-in-22-years-watch/

That song rules.
Heard some more rumblings about a 60s focused Floyd set coming out sometime in the near future...

i've been downloading a lot of 1971 floyd sets bc i have a fixation

If there was a bootleg box of 1971 Floyd shows like those Tangerine Dream "tree" bootleg sets, I would buy it.

It seems Gilmy plays the slide parts on OTTD on a lap steel? Nice

1970/71 are the best live years, hands down imho, I have tons of boots from those years.

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.

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.

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.

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.

What's a good 70/71 show to start with for live Floyd newbs?

the bbc recordings of 70/71 are a great start (71 is also known as "meddled")

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: not that one, goofball :)

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".

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

oh and

http://www.esf.edu/top10/2016/10.htm

Pink Floyd stamps

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0935/1310/files/Pink_Floyd_Stamps_large.png

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CnSQ8A6WIAAbRA5.jpg

Yeah, scrap bibles in schools!