How good were Pink Floyd?

I liked them when they first came on the scene, "See Emily play" "Arnold Lane" were brilliant, I just went off them after that.
 
I've been listening to them a fair bit recently trying to recapture my youth. Phenomenal tracks. I've never seen them live thou.

The aging process is so cruel
 
Pink Floyd were simply the best live performance and light show I've ever seen especially the Animals show in Bingley Hall 1977. Along with the flying pig and a host of other inflatables and countless explosions, lazers and other spectacular stuff plus full quadraphonic sound. Imagine all the speakers most bands have at the front and then put the same amount of speakers down both sides of the venue and then a full bank along the back of the venue. Never seen anything like if since oh apart from subsequent Pink Floyd shows. Rainbow in 1977 were good as well with that fooking flashing Rainbow.
 
The Pandorica Opened said:
Every Pink Floyd fan I've ever met has had slight B.O.

Not sure what that tells you, but there you go
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B..O isn't what springs to mind for me for Pink Floyd fans. I didn't smell B..O at their gig in Bingley Hall Stafford in 1977. However I did smell that "Patchouli Oil" that everyone seemed to be wearing:-)
 
Mr Ed (The Stables) said:
Pink Floyd were simply the best live performance and light show I've ever seen especially the Animals show in Bingley Hall 1977. Along with the flying pig and a host of other inflatables and countless explosions, lazers and other spectacular stuff plus full quadraphonic sound. Imagine all the speakers most bands have at the front and then put the same amount of speakers down both sides of the venue and then a full bank along the back of the venue. Never seen anything like if since oh apart from subsequent Pink Floyd shows. Rainbow in 1977 were good as well with that fooking flashing Rainbow.
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They need to release a full live show of that tour. The live recordings from WYWH tour they released had those special early versions on (Raving & Drooling and Gotta Be Crazy) but I’d love to hear / see a full 77 show
 
chesterbells said:
They need to release a full live show of that tour. The live recordings from WYWH tour they released had those special early versions on (Raving & Drooling and Gotta Be Crazy) but I’d love to hear / see a full 77 show
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I think hell will freeze over before that happens unfortuantely, due to the rift between Waters and Gilmour.

In fact the 1977 tour was the start of the break up of the band.

Richard Wright was sacked by Wates and was out of the band when they (Waters) wrote the Wall in 1978. He was allowed to play at the Wall concerts in 1980/1981 as a contracted musician.

The 1977 Pink Floyd show is the only time they have performed the complete "Wish You Were" album in it's entirity.

The best 1977 show, is their gig at the Oakland Coliseum on 9th May 1977, it's an awesome recording by Reinhart Holhwein, transfered by Bob Menke and mastered by Derek McCabe. If you want a copy of it PM me. However MP3 quality audio is here on Youtube.......it still sounds fooking awesome:

 
Mr Ed (The Stables) said:
I think hell will freeze over before that happens unfortuantely, due to the rift between Waters and Gilmour.

In fact the 1977 tour was the start of the break up of the band.

Richard Wright was sacked by Wates and was out of the band when they (Waters) wrote the Wall in 1978. He was allowed to play at the Wall concerts in 1980/1981 as a contracted musician.

The 1977 Pink Floyd show is the only time they have performed the complete "Wish You Were" album in it's entirity.

The best 1977 show, is their gig at the Oakland Coliseum on 9th May 1977, it's an awesome recording by Reinhart Holhwein, transfered by Bob Menke and mastered by Derek McCabe. If you want a copy of it PM me. However MP3 quality audio is here on Youtube.......it still sounds fooking awesome:

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Fabulous, thanks pal, will have a full listen to that tomorrow.
 
chesterbells said:
Fabulous, thanks pal, will have a full listen to that tomorrow.
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There are some awesome 1975 North American Tour recording most notalbly the Mike "The Mike" Millards recording from 26th April 1975 Sports Arena LA. I think this recording has what you mentioned earlier a complte Shine On You Crazy Diamond split with Have a cigar. The other tracks on Wish You Were Here hadn't been written or rehearsed so You Gotta Be Crazy and Raving And Drooling complete the first part of the show. The second part is a complete performance of Darkside Of The Moon with the encore being Echoes. Again I have this if you want a copy just PM me. But the MP3 on this youtube recording is still fantastic:

 
My childhood memories are pretty much all set to a Pink Floyd soundtrack - they're my favourite band, but also kind of unique & untouchable for that reason. I've often wondered if I'd have grown to love them so much if I'd discovered them at a sensible age. I like all albums with both Waters & Gilmour, not so much their earliest or "latest", and I prefer Waters' solo stuff to what the rest could muster up without him. Roger Waters was the character of Pink Floyd. Gilmour would've had them creating nothing but elevator music with shit hot guitar.
 
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