FSM # 30: So…what about Pink Floyd? Any fans?
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There is no doubt that PF paved the way for my interest in instrumental music (with the long solos) and consequently film music. So I owe them a lot.
My favourite album is unquestionably “The Wall”. Not only because it was the album that hooked me to their music, but because it’s such a damn good piece of music in the first place. One of the highlights in rock history is when Roger Waters’ hoarse voice gives way to Gilmour’s lofty chorus on “Comfortably Numb”.
I have all of their albums, solo albums, singles, DVD’s and even a few bootlegs. So I am a completist within reasonable boundaries. I only miss the Syd Barrett 3CD box and a couple of live albums (“Delicate Sound” and “PULSE”).
I went to see them on the “Division Bell” tour in 94 (from which “PULSE” was recorded). Great stuff!!
Are you a fan? If so, do you prefer the old psychedelic sound with Barrett or the more progressive, large-scale sound with Waters? I think I’m in the latter camp, although I DO like a lot of the early stuff as well (something about the deceptive naïvité!)
I saw the broadcast of THE WALL when they (or was it Waters only?) performed that at the Berlin wall. I am not a fan but I have to admit I never really explored them like so many classic rock artists. Had not time had to explore film composers 😉
Fan, particularly of the 87 and 94 albums, but also older stuff.
(For me, 1973 is the year music started to get a little interesting, with PF and some Vangelis material. But it got more serious in 76 with Jarre. Film music from 77/78. And pop took off for me in the early 80s. House music from 1989.)
I have all of their albums, solo albums, singles, DVD’s and even a few bootlegs. So I am a completist within reasonable boundaries. I only miss the Syd Barrett 3CD box and a couple of live albums (“Delicate Sound” and “PULSE”).
Since 2003, I got the Barrett box (but not really a big fan) and the PULSE DVD. Never got DELICATE SOUND, neither video nor audio.
Of course, a lot has happened since 2003. They had the 2005 reunion at Live8. Rick Wright died. I saw Roger Waters live in 2007, then some years later he basically went crazy. But I’m still a hardcore fan and completist.
I am a fan of David Gilmour’s guitar playing but not a huge fan of Pink Floyd songs or albums. So usually I was more excited when Gilmour appeared on other people’s albums than when a new PF album came out. But I liked “A Momentary Lapse of Reason” quite a bit.
A madcap, eh?
Yes, a major Syd Barrett fan. I suppose, though, that I would like a lot of Pink Floyd stuff after Syd yet before DSOTM, though I’ve never really explored this era. We do have the Live at Pompeii DVD, but that is more for it’s Spinal Tap-esque overindulgence than for the music per se.
I love that “overindulgence”. It’s a type of artsy, multimedia, event-like concert performance you don’t often see anymore.
Nick Mason recently toured with a SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS concert concept, where he and his band played ONLY old Pink Floyd. Wish I’d been able to attend that, because although I gravitate towards the later stuff, I’m still fascinated by those early years. Roger Waters even turned up for one of the gigs, in a performance of “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun” (and had a funny mallet accident along the way there):
I intend to buy that at some point.
By the way, in not so happy news, saxophonist Dick Parry died a few days ago, age 83. He played on several PF songs, like “Money” and “Shine On Your Crazy Diamond”.
I love that “overindulgence”. It’s a type of artsy, multimedia, event-like concert performance you don’t often see anymore.
Me too. My favorite example of 1970s rock overindulgence is the Beach Boys’ Holland album. They decided to record an album in Holland. But rather than finding a recording studio in Holland, they dismantled their LA studio and had it shipped to Holland where it was reassembled. They recorded the album, dismantled their studio, and had it shipped back. Drugs were rampant in the 1970s, obviously.
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