How good were Pink Floyd?

[MCFC_ Phil]

I wasn’t even a Pink Floyd fan until someone played me Comfortably Numb when I was stoned in 1988. It blew me away completely and I’d still have it as one of my favourite tracks of all time.

Only this. Gilmour guitar is something else.

 

[Jamshopbridge]

Syd era for me. Piper At The Gates of Dawn and the run of early singles are superb. Love his odd scratchy guitar style and his very English vocal style.

 

[chesterbells]

Syd era for me. Piper At The Gates of Dawn and the run of early singles are superb. Love his odd scratchy guitar style and his very English vocal style.

I don’t enjoy that era anywhere near as much, but I respect it and what they did. They were really a different band then weren’t they.

I’m not comparing them in any way musically, but it sometimes puts me in mind of what happened with Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac.

 

[AlexWilliamsGloves]

I don’t enjoy that era anywhere near as much, but I respect it and what they did. They were really a different band then weren’t they.

I’m not comparing them in any way musically, but it sometimes puts me in mind of what happened with Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac.

I agree…in fact I feel there is almost a need to like the Syd era stuff more…that it’s cooler or something, when in actual fact, it’s fuckin hard to listen to. They then had some amazing albums….then it just went bland (after Waters left….and even his solo stuff is boring)

 

[crublue1]

Not a Floyd fan but this is spectacular.
Bowie does his bit then steps back to admire the brilliance.
Not often Bowie is outalented but he's like a star struck kid here.
Great production.

 

[PinkFinal]

I love Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Apart from the Stethoscope track it's great. I think pretty much everything Syd did with Floyd was top notch. Even stuff like Apples and Oranges. Saucerful of Secrets has some fantastic stuff on it too.

Syd Barrett's solo albums though are not great.

 

[chesterbells]

I agree…in fact I feel there is almost a need to like the Syd era stuff more…that it’s cooler or something, when in actual fact, it’s fuckin hard to listen to. They then had some amazing albums….then it just went bland (after Waters left….and even his solo stuff is boring)

Agree with virtually all that pal.

What I would say though is that my favourite official live “Pink Floyd” album is actually Waters solo one from his 97-99 “comeback” world tour, Live- In The Flesh, and on that album his solo tracks from Amused To Death stand up really really well alongside the Floyd tracks.

 

[unicorn]

As an 18 year old indie kid I thought they were dinosaurs but I was blown away by The Final Cut and still am, really moving. Hardly ever listen to the '70s stuff now.

 

[AlexWilliamsGloves]

Not a Floyd fan but this is spectacular.
Bowie does his bit then steps back to admire the brilliance.
Not often Bowie is outalented but he's like a star struck kid here.
Great production.

Took a while to “get” Bowie’s vocal there…must be a difficult key for him, by then you can just hear Bowie being Bowie….and not just copying Waters…very cool

 

[eversince 76]

Pink Floyd didn’t get me up until the album Echoes. Ummagumma was too dark for me. And than there was Dark Side Of The Moon and that was it. Got addicted up until Division Bell. After that my intrest faded. Still love to listen to Pink Floyd with DSOTM and WYWH my favourite albums of the band. So yes. They were really good imo.

 

[BimboBob]

Not a Floyd fan but this is spectacular.
Bowie does his bit then steps back to admire the brilliance.
Not often Bowie is outalented but he's like a star struck kid here.
Great production.

The twat at the back dancing would have got a right hook...Bowie has never had the greatest voice but he coped well...eventually.

 

[bornblueegg]

They were amazing

 

[crublue1]

The twat at the back dancing would have got a right hook...Bowie has never had the greatest voice but he coped well...eventually.

Ha ha I thought exactly the same, he looks like he's dancing to a completely different song .

 

[blueparrot]

Not a fan myself, though a handful of songs I quite like. What I will say is I know a few people that are fans and they son’t seem to like a good chunk of their albums either, I think they agree on about 4 that are great and then argue amongst themselves which of the rest they dislike the most, and which are okay.

 

[Bill Walker]

Not a fan myself, though a handful of songs I quite like. What I will say is I know a few people that are fans and they son’t seem to like a good chunk of their albums either, I think they agree on about 4 that are great and then argue amongst themselves which of the rest they dislike the most, and which are okay.

I love the Pink Floyd arguments :)

 

[PinkFinal]

A very rare audio interview with Syd Barrett

 

[abu13]

Not for me but then its all about personal taste.

 

[Revolver]

Just got one of their Best of albums which has some great songs. However I find the Syd Barrett era music really difficult to listen as in I think the songs sound flat and without a decent tune. But it’s all a matter of taste.

 

[AlexWilliamsGloves]

Just got one of their Best of albums which has some great songs. However I find the Syd Barrett era music really difficult to listen as in I think the songs sound flat and without a decent tune. But it’s all a matter of taste.

I don’t think “best of”’s do Floyd any justice tbh….they’re the ultimate album band.

 

[dennishasdoneit]

All I know about Pink Floyd is they bored me to tears as a teenager on ToTP
Then I discovered Shine on Crazy Diamond.
And years later I heard Comfortbly numb.
Brilliant.
Not a massive rock fan and don't know anything about the group or history,.but those two tracks changed my life.
Looking back..that long monotonous track from the 70s is bang on.
I just couldn't see it at the time.