PINK FLOYD

one of my earliest music buying memories is making my grandma take 9 year old me to the mall to buy the wall at sam goody's when it came out, I had seen a tv advert for it with scarfe's animation and was freaked/fascinated

otm indeed. i think the first time i heard this heat i thought of the wall, but this heat actually nailed the vibe so much more effectively. some of that is just overexposure to the wall, but still...

Like, did I ever know that "Gomer Pyle, USMC" was playing on TV in the background during the last verse of "Nobody's Home"? No, no I did not.

man, how could you not have heard this before? surprise surprise suprise

Maybe if instead of performing it as a ROCK OPERA© Waters should put together a small rock band and tour it in clubs.

I'd totally go and see that but for Waters the theatrical aspect has always been a key part of the whole live thing. I never saw The Wall shows (nor did I see his recent revival of it) but by all accounts it was one of the most amazing live shows evah.

See, in 78/79, I was a 9 year old kid stationed with my family on an Army base in Germany, and I just didn't have any exposure to the punk and postpunk that was happening at the time. The most cutting-edge music I heard on a regular basis was when New Wave bands made their way onto "American Top 40." I never heard Joy Division until I was in college! But I heard Floyd all the time, so the album has a lot of personal meaning for me.

none of the bombast bothers me. that's sort of the point. i think wire (on harvest records!) and the others were inspired by floyd, not in competition. if they sound fresher to you, that's nice

one of my earliest music buying memories is making my grandma take 9 year old me to the mall to buy the wall at sam goody's when it came out

lol. I was off sick from school one day and my mum went to the shops. I told her to buy me a copy of The Wall. When she brought it home I showed her the inner gatefold and she was like shocked.

I didn't say it was a competition. I would acknowledge that they're all inspired by earlier Floyd, but I'd reckon they probably didn't take the Wall very seriously at the time either.

Me and this other kid on the schoolbus would have each other rolling in the aisle, just by saying "Here comes the judge!" and showing a picture of buttface from The Wall gatefold.

one weird thing about the wall - for an overblown prog concept album, its songs are pretty short. most are < 4 minutes long.

True, but they also don't work as standalone songs.

I think "Mother" & "Comfortably Numb" work well on their own. I can play the album pretty happily up until "Young Lust" when I get filled with rage, like Pink, & want to destroy the album.

also

PINK FLOYD RULES

\m/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XAcQZgzSaM

Holy crap! The Dark Side reissue sound amazing! Just listened to it through the stereo and then on headphones. So damn good.

I'm actually kinda curious about the animals one, back when I was a major floyd head I thought it sounded murky so I never took to it

The Animals reissue in particular is astonishing. I always felt the same way about it before (though I loved the record in spite of the murk), but it sounds so much crisper now, it's almost a different album entirely. Floored.

Fat Old Sun RULES

otm.

you guys are making me want to go out RIGHT NOW to get some of these remasters.

Yeah this is not good, because up until this point I've steadfastly refused to re-buy all the remasters I bought last time 'round.

I haven't bought anything since Shine On except for that awesome special Piper a few years ago. These make the Shine On versions sound like I've been listening through a tin can. Gonna be hard not to grab more of these suckers.

I would love to pick up all the remasters but can't help but feel that several will be released with a bonus disc within the next year; in addition to Dark Side, Wall and Wish...

yeah that's why i'm kinda holding out. trying to hold out anyway.

Well, if anything, I know what to put on a Christmas list that people can get at just about any record store.

As opposed for asking for say, Ufomammut or Uncle Acid...

^^^

People are always asking me what to get me for gifts and I really struggle because there isn't a whole lot on my wish list that will be easy for people to track down. This year, though, I'm asking for that Miles Davis Live in Europe thing.

Word on the street is that there are more "immersion" and "experience" sets due next year. So I'd say, either hold off on the single-disc remasters, or be prepared to be pissed when you re-buy them in expanded form.

("word on the street" = guy I was talking to in a record store last night)

I know some peeps working the PF catalogue and I'm told at the moment they are still working on how to package and release the earlier records, I think the success of the Immersion sets will dictate how they follow on, if they don't put out the mono Saucerful I will be pissed.

definitely big Wish, Wall and maybe Animals sets coming. it will all depend on sales if they do others afterwards.

just ordered the 'dark side' vinyl remaster. intend to get deeply couchlocked when it arrives. pink floyd rules

They could - and should! - do a massive Barrett Era boxset. The first two albums combined with the singles (A + B-sides), Vegetable Man, Scream Thy Last Scream, an abundance of live material, demo's, etc. Although I very much want a Meddle and an Animals boxset too, at least give us this. That would rule, even more then they already do.

Soundtrack box sounds good too. More, Obscured and everything in between (Zabriskie (including sessions), the Committee, the 1969 moon landing session, etc.)

In fact, I just want all of these songs, somehow, somewhere: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unreleased_Pink_Floyd_songs

Capiche?

Problem is, if the current "immersion" sets are anything to go by, the emphasis on future boxes will be 5.1 surround yadda yadda rather than previously-unreleased stuff. For instance, out of the 10-12 discs that make up the combined DSOTM and WYWH immersion sets, there are a total of TWO songs from the unreleased "Household Objects" project.

Yeah, my fear exactly.

I was very excited when I heard about the project, but up til now it has been very disappointing.

I hope that every album at least gets a release with bonus-disc, as that will more focus on live material and unreleased tracks/versions than an uber audio surround super mix experience.

my early floyd playlist:

Arnold Layne
Candy and Currant Bun
See Emily Play
Apples and Oranges
Sunshine

Piper

Paintbox
Stoned Alone
Reaction in G
Vegetable man
Scream They Last Scream

What immersion set gets Point Me At the Sky?

TOTAL ECLIPSE.

/rimshot

Am I the only one who stans for the Divsion Bell? It probably helps that it was my first Floyd album; I didn't have to compare it to any earlier Floyd. But I still love half of that album today.

I'll freely admit I've never heard a note of it.

I like Division Bell better than Momentary Lapse and Final Cut. I feel that in every song they try to create the feel of some of their past albums. There is a Meddle song in there, a Wish one, etc. It also lays focus on the beauty of Gilmour's voice, so often obscured in the past by Waters gnarl. Overall the album is pleasantly boring - just as Gilmour's latest solo release -, while the last song is a true Pink Floyd classic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqvcmud3LFQ

^ God, I love that song. When my 15 year old self heard that song, I spend many hours trying to figure out "what it meant" - one of my first obsessed-over songs.

That's the only song I know off of Division Bell. It RULES.

I hear the new remasters are just

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

TOTAL ECLIPSE.

/rimshot

Now is only the Pink Floyd - who rule - had the guts to turn the Total Eclipse bootleg box into an Immersion one.

Then they would rule even more!

how did i miss that the DSOTM immersion set comes with a fucking scarf!?
http://www.plunderguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Dark-Side-of-the-Moon.jpg
that rules.

and coasters!

And marbles. Don't forget the marbles.

And...are those trading cards?

how cool would it be to just relax w/ your scarf, your marbles and trading cards while listening to the floyd. someday.

It seems like a glaring oversight that it doesn't include anything that could be used as a delivery system.

The yet to be announced A.H.M. Immersion set will come with a Lazy Susan for your own "Psychedelic Breakfast" and it will rule.

I think for later Immersion they should consult some of the goods on this fine thread.

btw PINK FLOYD RULES

Saw some pink floyd t-shirts that are actually cool. More clothing stores should do the full print thing on t-shirts looks way better than having a black tee with a simple square album cover printed on the center (unless it's a PF album cover, in which case it rules no matter how it's printed)

http://pf5.corpseclothing.com/pinkfloyd-subpf02.jpghttp://pf6.corpseclothing.com/pinkfloyd-pf16.jpghttp://pf5.corpseclothing.com/pinkfloyd-subpf01.jpghttp://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-66400482594017_2175_1782675