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G0dd3ss · 09-30-2003, 11:07 PM

Mine? Animals...Most favorite song from that album, and one of my most fav. songs of all time - Dogs.

What's your fav. There are so many. And so many reasons behind why those songs leave such an impact.

I love Dogs, cause I look at it like the way corporate America works. It makes me sick, and to hear a song that addresses it...well, it just makes me feel better.

snapcarve · 10-01-2003, 12:28 AM

Gotta go with Wish You Were Here.

While Darkside of the Moon is a (pretty much) undisputed masterpiece, it seems sort of... emotionally vacant at times. Over produced? Possibly, but everything works in context.

Animals? I feel as if it's a rather weak cd. While "Dogs" is one of the best Pink Floyd songs ever, I find the rest of the cd to just drag from song to song.

The Wall. I'll be honest. I dislike the second half of this record. Nothing of substance or interest minus a few tracks. Move it down to one record, and it's the best cd ever.

Wish You Were Here though is such a great blend of things that make Floyd great. Some deep emotion (especially the title track), some amazing musicianship, and not a low spot on the cd.

Spartak · 10-01-2003, 03:23 AM

Meddle.

Starts with One of these days, ends with Echoes.

Unbeatable.

Vilkata · 10-01-2003, 03:30 AM

Gotta go with Dark Side Of The Moon
always a classic

Nefir · 10-01-2003, 06:20 AM

Ditto on Wish You Were Here. I had alot of trouble choosing between it and Darkside, but in the end it won my favor

Favorite song.. oh god, I can't decide. I love them all. Its just such an awesome album. I guess if I was forced to choose at gunpoint, I'd pick the title track, but I might also pick Have a Cigar instead... arghh, decisions decisions..

monkeydriven · 10-01-2003, 06:33 AM

Animals- Have to agree about Dogs.

Derwood · 10-01-2003, 07:19 AM

Pink Floyd is my favorite band of all time, so this is hard to say. My fav album changes daily.

DSOTM is still the ultimate, so I'll stick with that one. The Wall is maybe 6th or 7th down the list for me behind Wish You Were HEre, Meddle, Atom Heart Mother, etc.

yournamehere · 10-01-2003, 07:25 AM

Gotta go with DSOTM.

almostaugust · 10-01-2003, 08:21 AM

My favourite at the moment is The Final Cut. i think that as a whole album it works very well. For a couple of years recently i would have said that the Division Bell was my favourite- even though it was highly shat upon by everyone. I just really liked the sound of it, even though people were quick to point out the absence of Roger and Gilmour's apparenlty crappy lyrics.

iamjero · 10-01-2003, 08:24 AM

My fave would have to be animals

Jadey · 10-01-2003, 10:40 AM

It's hard to pick a fav, but I'd have to go with DSOTM! I really like Animals too, but listneing to Dark Side just takes me to a whole different place.

Sion · 10-01-2003, 10:46 AM

not possible to pick a single favorite

but I love all these:

The Wall
Dark Side of the Moon
Animals
Wish You Were Here
Ummagumma
Atom Heart Mother
Meddle

interrogator · 10-01-2003, 07:03 PM

It all depends on the mood...

I love the Wall, but really prefer the movie/tour version of Empty Spaces/What Shall we Do know?

Dark Side -- Always a classic
WYWH -- makes me cry (lost a loved one...)

I've seen Roger Waters four times... really good stuff.

Wish I was around (well, old enough) to see the Wall tour in the early 80's.

k

Tophat665 · 10-01-2003, 07:46 PM

Obscured by Clouds. 7 times out of 10, if I reach for a Pink Floyd album, it's the one I go for. It hasn't got a single one of my favorite floyd songs on it, mind you, but it hangs together better than the rest for me.

cockmonger · 10-01-2003, 07:58 PM

definetly meddle or animals... they're both uncommercial releases...and contain soundscapes as lustrious as dsotm or the wall...the songs just have more edge and bite especially in animals.

G0dd3ss · 10-01-2003, 08:04 PM

Since I've recently re-discoverd my love for Pink Floyd...I'm delving into some of the more obscure records. Piper at the Gates of Dawn, for starters.

Coolest little diddy on there called "Bike". So sweet.

fuzzix · 10-02-2003, 01:55 AM

My favourite changes from time to time. It really is too difficult to pick one favourite, but at the moment it's Wish You Were Here. The long instrumental pieces give it an eery atmosphere, it all seems very well thought out and polished. You listen to it and afterwards feel completely satisfied.

Great Scott · 10-02-2003, 02:01 AM

I grew up worshipping The Wall. Now don't get me wrong, it's an unequaled masterpiece, but after years I have come to accept that Wish You Were Here in the best Floyd album ever. Lots of people have told me they think DSOTM is, but I never saw it. Someone hit the nail right on the head for me when they called it emotionally vacant. I second that, well spotted.

Sion · 10-02-2003, 04:55 AM

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Originally posted by Tophat665
Obscured by Clouds. 7 times out of 10, if I reach for a Pink Floyd album, it's the one I go for. It hasn't got a single one of my favorite floyd songs on it, mind you, but it hangs together better than the rest for me.

Free Four is one of my all time FAVORITE Floyd tunes. top ten at least.

interrogator · 10-02-2003, 05:03 AM

The London Philharmonic's version of Floyd songs is pretty good too... I listen on the iPod on long flights.. works great.

jujueye · 10-02-2003, 07:56 AM

Hmmm...Just bought Dark Side on SACD and its amazing. Guess it would have to be that one.

Sleepyjack · 10-02-2003, 08:45 AM

hmmm animals or DSOTM
They're all pretty damn good though.

interrogator · 10-02-2003, 09:46 AM

There are some demo-tape MP3's out there of the wall... Interesting stuff...

Jadey · 10-02-2003, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by interrogator
There are some demo-tape MP3's out there of the wall... Interesting stuff...

Yeah, to hear Roger's demo of the Wall on an acoustic is pretty cool. It was intended as a more blues-y tune.

I think they should release an album of "unreleased material" which they have never officially done. I like to hear remastered versions of "point Me At The Sky" or some of the Zabriskie Point stuff (even though the soundtrack has recently been remastered and re-released)

stonecurran · 10-02-2003, 11:33 PM

dark side of the moon followed closy by wish you were here

anti fishstick · 10-03-2003, 12:32 AM

wish you were here

h2ogo69 · 10-03-2003, 12:13 PM

dark side of the moon ... amazing

Derwood · 10-03-2003, 02:41 PM

I have a 4 disc import set called "Total Eclipse" that is basically a Pink Floyd version of the Beatles Anthology. Demos, live tracks, radio appearances, alternate takes.....it's amazing.

Jadey · 10-04-2003, 05:43 PM

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Originally posted by Derwood
I have a 4 disc import set called "Total Eclipse" that is basically a Pink Floyd version of the Beatles Anthology. Demos, live tracks, radio appearances, alternate takes.....it's amazing.

Me too! It kicks ass doesn't it! It's amazing to listen to all 4 disks and listen to the transformation the band has made from the beginning.

Destructicon · 10-04-2003, 05:46 PM

I'd have to go with The Wall.

forseti-6 · 10-04-2003, 06:26 PM

Tough call. I'd have to say a tie between Dark Side and WYWH. Both are great in its own regard. Two very different albums, but both are so well engineered. Neither has one bad note on it.

brandon11983 · 10-04-2003, 08:38 PM

Dark Side of the Moon. Because every song is completely unique to the previous. Plus "Money" is just a stellar tune.

irseg · 10-04-2003, 10:28 PM

Musically, The Wall and DSoTM are tied. WYWH is not far behind.

However "Animals" has the most emotional significance to me.

Speed_Gibson · 10-04-2003, 11:01 PM

the only song I know from them is that "we don't need no education..." one, just how many albums are out there?
-not curios enough to spend time googling right now, as I just got off work and have some actual audio work to do-

lions20 · 10-07-2003, 06:40 AM

The Wall

tekaweni · 10-07-2003, 03:30 PM

Now this is a hard one, I have them all and like them all for diff reasons.

At the end of the day I guess it has to be Division Bell, as it has personal meaning to me. I guess we each have our own! Technically I like Atom Heart Mother, and commercially Dark Side Of The Moon was brilliant.

Oh, and Ummagumma.

Oh, and all the others too!!!

tictac · 10-08-2003, 07:44 AM

Fun to know.

The Wall was orignThe wall was originally written by waters alone and the band did not find this material especially great, but still managed to turn it into one of the twentieth century’s most famous rock records. And if you don’t already know it….. it’s a the who rip-off.
Medley is the best record.

blaze719 · 10-08-2003, 09:57 AM

Its either DSotM or Wish You were Here for me. I can listen to both of them over and over again. I think lyrically, dark side is better, though.

ratbastid · 10-08-2003, 10:19 AM

Funny how everyone who says The Division Bell has some rationalization or explanation why. Well, guess what--you NEED one! That thing STANK. "Learning to Fly", for God's sake? Give me "What God Wants", if you want to hear a kickin' post-Floyd tune.

It's a close draw for me between Animals, Wish you were Here, and Meddle.

The Wall drags badly the second half. It starts to sound like the soundtrack that it is.

I like Dark Side, but it's so emotionally chilly, I usually can't listen to the whole thing in one sitting. Not that that's a mistake--it's a brilliant exploration of emotional distance (listen closely to the lyrics on the last song if you have questions about that--"And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the moon"). It's just hard to sit through.

more fire · 10-08-2003, 10:52 AM

wish you were here.

09-30-2003, 11:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
G0dd3ss Crazy Location: O-H-I-O	Favorite Pink Floyd Album? Mine? Animals...Most favorite song from that album, and one of my most fav. songs of all time - Dogs. What's your fav. There are so many. And so many reasons behind why those songs leave such an impact. I love Dogs, cause I look at it like the way corporate America works. It makes me sick, and to hear a song that addresses it...well, it just makes me feel better. __________________ It's best not to be too moral...you cheat yourself out of too much life. - Maude, Harold and Maude.

10-01-2003, 03:23 AM	#3 (permalink)
Spartak Bang bang Location: New Zealand	Meddle. Starts with One of these days, ends with Echoes. Unbeatable. __________________ I can read your mind... looking at you... I can read your mind...

10-01-2003, 03:30 AM	#4 (permalink)
Vilkata Crazy	Gotta go with Dark Side Of The Moon always a classic __________________ LOL KEEKLES

10-01-2003, 06:20 AM	#5 (permalink)
Nefir Junkie Location: Louisville, KY	Ditto on Wish You Were Here. I had alot of trouble choosing between it and Darkside, but in the end it won my favor Favorite song.. oh god, I can't decide. I love them all. Its just such an awesome album. I guess if I was forced to choose at gunpoint, I'd pick the title track, but I might also pick Have a Cigar instead... arghh, decisions decisions.. __________________ You do not use a Macintosh, instead you use a Tandy Kompressor break your glowstick, Kompressor eat your candy Kompressor open jaws, Kompressor release ants Kompressor watch you scream, Because Kompressor does not dance

10-01-2003, 06:33 AM	#6 (permalink)
monkeydriven Addict Location: Boston	Animals- Have to agree about Dogs. __________________ you think i got my eyes closed but i've been lookin' at you the whole f&ckin' time... ------------------------------------------------ Posting from the home of the 2004 World Champion Boston Red Sox

10-01-2003, 12:28 AM	#2 (permalink)
snapcarve Upright	Gotta go with Wish You Were Here. While Darkside of the Moon is a (pretty much) undisputed masterpiece, it seems sort of... emotionally vacant at times. Over produced? Possibly, but everything works in context. Animals? I feel as if it's a rather weak cd. While "Dogs" is one of the best Pink Floyd songs ever, I find the rest of the cd to just drag from song to song. The Wall. I'll be honest. I dislike the second half of this record. Nothing of substance or interest minus a few tracks. Move it down to one record, and it's the best cd ever. Wish You Were Here though is such a great blend of things that make Floyd great. Some deep emotion (especially the title track), some amazing musicianship, and not a low spot on the cd.

10-01-2003, 07:19 AM	#7 (permalink)
Derwood Who You Crappin? Location: Everywhere and Nowhere	Pink Floyd is my favorite band of all time, so this is hard to say. My fav album changes daily. DSOTM is still the ultimate, so I'll stick with that one. The Wall is maybe 6th or 7th down the list for me behind Wish You Were HEre, Meddle, Atom Heart Mother, etc. __________________ "You can't shoot a country until it becomes a democracy." - Willravel

10-01-2003, 07:25 AM	#8 (permalink)
yournamehere Invisible Location: tentative, at best	Gotta go with DSOTM. __________________ If you want to avoid 95% of internet spelling errors: "If your ridiculous pants are too loose, you're definitely going to lose them. Tell your two loser friends over there that they're going to lose theirs, too." It won't hurt your fashion sense, either.

10-01-2003, 08:21 AM	#9 (permalink)
almostaugust Junkie Location: Oz	My favourite at the moment is The Final Cut. i think that as a whole album it works very well. For a couple of years recently i would have said that the Division Bell was my favourite- even though it was highly shat upon by everyone. I just really liked the sound of it, even though people were quick to point out the absence of Roger and Gilmour's apparenlty crappy lyrics. __________________ 'And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe Maybe this year will be better than the last I can't remember all the times I tried to tell my myself To hold on to these moments as they pass'

10-01-2003, 08:24 AM	#10 (permalink)
iamjero Insane Location: New Orleans/Oakland/San Diego/Chicago	My fave would have to be animals __________________ "Ideas are far more powerful than guns. We don't allow our enemies to have guns, why should we allow them to have ideas?" - Joseph Stalin

10-01-2003, 10:40 AM	#11 (permalink)
Jadey This Space For Rent Location: Davenport, Iowa	It's hard to pick a fav, but I'd have to go with DSOTM! I really like Animals too, but listneing to Dark Side just takes me to a whole different place.

10-01-2003, 10:46 AM	#12 (permalink)
Sion Dumb all over...a little ugly on the side Location: In the room where the giant fire puffer works, and the torture never stops.	not possible to pick a single favorite but I love all these: The Wall Dark Side of the Moon Animals Wish You Were Here Ummagumma Atom Heart Mother Meddle __________________ He's the best, of course, of all the worst. Some wrong been done, he done it first. -fz I jus' want ta thank you...falettinme...be mice elf...agin...

10-01-2003, 07:03 PM	#13 (permalink)
interrogator Upright	It all depends on the mood... I love the Wall, but really prefer the movie/tour version of Empty Spaces/What Shall we Do know? Dark Side -- Always a classic WYWH -- makes me cry (lost a loved one...) I've seen Roger Waters four times... really good stuff. Wish I was around (well, old enough) to see the Wall tour in the early 80's. k

10-01-2003, 07:46 PM	#14 (permalink)
Tophat665 Minion of the scaléd ones Location: Northeast Jesusland	Obscured by Clouds. 7 times out of 10, if I reach for a Pink Floyd album, it's the one I go for. It hasn't got a single one of my favorite floyd songs on it, mind you, but it hangs together better than the rest for me. __________________ Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

10-01-2003, 07:58 PM	#15 (permalink)
cockmonger Insane	definetly meddle or animals... they're both uncommercial releases...and contain soundscapes as lustrious as dsotm or the wall...the songs just have more edge and bite especially in animals.

10-03-2003, 12:32 AM	#26 (permalink)
anti fishstick Post-modernism meets Individualism AKA the Clash Location: oregon	wish you were here __________________ And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~Anais Nin

10-01-2003, 08:04 PM	#16 (permalink)
G0dd3ss Crazy Location: O-H-I-O	Since I've recently re-discoverd my love for Pink Floyd...I'm delving into some of the more obscure records. Piper at the Gates of Dawn, for starters. Coolest little diddy on there called "Bike". So sweet. __________________ It's best not to be too moral...you cheat yourself out of too much life. - Maude, Harold and Maude.

10-02-2003, 01:55 AM	#17 (permalink)
fuzzix Psycho Location: Australia	My favourite changes from time to time. It really is too difficult to pick one favourite, but at the moment it's Wish You Were Here. The long instrumental pieces give it an eery atmosphere, it all seems very well thought out and polished. You listen to it and afterwards feel completely satisfied. __________________ I'm most definately not 'lovin' it'.

10-02-2003, 02:01 AM	#18 (permalink)
Great Scott Insane Location: In a huge maze just trying to find my cheese	I grew up worshipping The Wall. Now don't get me wrong, it's an unequaled masterpiece, but after years I have come to accept that Wish You Were Here in the best Floyd album ever. Lots of people have told me they think DSOTM is, but I never saw it. Someone hit the nail right on the head for me when they called it emotionally vacant. I second that, well spotted.

10-02-2003, 05:03 AM	#20 (permalink)
interrogator Upright	The London Philharmonic's version of Floyd songs is pretty good too... I listen on the iPod on long flights.. works great.

10-02-2003, 07:56 AM	#21 (permalink)
jujueye alpaca lunch for the trip Location: in my computer	Hmmm...Just bought Dark Side on SACD and its amazing. Guess it would have to be that one.

10-02-2003, 08:45 AM	#22 (permalink)
Sleepyjack Fast'n'Bulbous Location: Australia, Perth	hmmm animals or DSOTM They're all pretty damn good though.

10-02-2003, 09:46 AM	#23 (permalink)
interrogator Upright	There are some demo-tape MP3's out there of the wall... Interesting stuff...

10-02-2003, 11:33 PM	#25 (permalink)
stonecurran Crazy Location: australia	dark side of the moon followed closy by wish you were here

10-03-2003, 12:13 PM	#27 (permalink)
h2ogo69 Banned	dark side of the moon ... amazing

10-03-2003, 02:41 PM	#28 (permalink)
Derwood Who You Crappin? Location: Everywhere and Nowhere	I have a 4 disc import set called "Total Eclipse" that is basically a Pink Floyd version of the Beatles Anthology. Demos, live tracks, radio appearances, alternate takes.....it's amazing. __________________ "You can't shoot a country until it becomes a democracy." - Willravel

10-04-2003, 05:46 PM	#30 (permalink)
Destructicon Banned Location: Illinois	I'd have to go with The Wall.

10-04-2003, 06:26 PM	#31 (permalink)
forseti-6 Existentialist Location: New York City	Tough call. I'd have to say a tie between Dark Side and WYWH. Both are great in its own regard. Two very different albums, but both are so well engineered. Neither has one bad note on it. __________________ "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." - Dr. Seuss

10-04-2003, 08:38 PM	#32 (permalink)
brandon11983 Stereophonic Location: Chitown!!	Dark Side of the Moon. Because every song is completely unique to the previous. Plus "Money" is just a stellar tune. __________________ Well behaved women rarely make history.

10-04-2003, 10:28 PM	#33 (permalink)
irseg Junkie Location: Florida	Musically, The Wall and DSoTM are tied. WYWH is not far behind. However "Animals" has the most emotional significance to me.

10-04-2003, 11:01 PM	#34 (permalink)
Speed_Gibson Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? Location: right here of course	the only song I know from them is that "we don't need no education..." one, just how many albums are out there? -not curios enough to spend time googling right now, as I just got off work and have some actual audio work to do- __________________ Started talking to yourself I see. Yes, it's the only way I can be certain of an intelligent conversation. Black Adder

10-07-2003, 06:40 AM	#35 (permalink)
lions20 Insane	The Wall

10-07-2003, 03:30 PM	#36 (permalink)
tekaweni It wasnt me Location: Scotland	Now this is a hard one, I have them all and like them all for diff reasons. At the end of the day I guess it has to be Division Bell, as it has personal meaning to me. I guess we each have our own! Technically I like Atom Heart Mother, and commercially Dark Side Of The Moon was brilliant. Oh, and Ummagumma. Oh, and all the others too!!! __________________ If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten

10-08-2003, 07:44 AM	#37 (permalink)
tictac Upright	Fun to know. The Wall was orignThe wall was originally written by waters alone and the band did not find this material especially great, but still managed to turn it into one of the twentieth century’s most famous rock records. And if you don’t already know it….. it’s a the who rip-off. Medley is the best record. __________________ If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut. Albert Einstein

10-08-2003, 09:57 AM	#38 (permalink)
blaze719 Upright	Its either DSotM or Wish You were Here for me. I can listen to both of them over and over again. I think lyrically, dark side is better, though. __________________ Well the clock's heart it hangs inside its open chest with its hands stretched towards the calendar hanging itself.

10-08-2003, 10:19 AM	#39 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	Funny how everyone who says The Division Bell has some rationalization or explanation why. Well, guess what--you NEED one! That thing STANK. "Learning to Fly", for God's sake? Give me "What God Wants", if you want to hear a kickin' post-Floyd tune. It's a close draw for me between Animals, Wish you were Here, and Meddle. The Wall drags badly the second half. It starts to sound like the soundtrack that it is. I like Dark Side, but it's so emotionally chilly, I usually can't listen to the whole thing in one sitting. Not that that's a mistake--it's a brilliant exploration of emotional distance (listen closely to the lyrics on the last song if you have questions about that--"And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the moon"). It's just hard to sit through.