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Korben Dallas
from _ on 2001-11-27 13:10 [#00056053]
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Ah .. what the heck. Thought I'd start a thread - comments in general welcome.
Thought I'd start a discussion on the Beatles and The Floyd (I have all the albums apart from Relics) - :)
I was quite into the beatles about 6 years and then it sort of got rejuvenated with the Anthology release.
Later, I got into Pink Floyd, and especially love the early stuff. AHM - quite possibly my favourite. Should really get Relics as it is VERY much at what I consider their special little peak. Dark side is still amazing, and Wish you were here.. but I think even Animals and the Wall are getting a little weak - that is perhaps a too strong a word - but they started slipping From Animals onwards. :)
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phiz
from Amsterdam on 2001-11-27 15:05 [#00056081]
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The Beatles Anthologies i thought where amazing, gave you a real insight into the workings of a band.
I was listening to Atom Heart Mother the other day and i still cant stick the 1st side, side 2 is brilliant though, If is a great tune, the little drill thats goes off in the backgound when he says 'please dont put your wires in my brain' always buzzes me up for some reason.
can't believe you aint got Relics, absolute masterpeice, Syd at his best.
anyone see the programme on bbc the other night about Syd, good stuff.
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Ophecks
from Nova Scotia on 2001-11-27 15:21 [#00056090]
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The Beatles are the be-all and end-all of music, it was all down hill from there, baby. For a band to be THAT creative and innovative and unique, COMBINED with the commercial success, nobody comes close.
Pink Floyd, I think, went downhill after WYWHere. Animals IS a bit weak, and the Wall is just pompous, but still good.
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Narkotic
from Orange County, California, USA on 2001-11-27 17:02 [#00056144]
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no no all floyd is good. i dig it animals, wywh, dark side, the wall, even some of the new stuff like momentary lapse of reason.. never gets old
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crayon_kid
from the inner reaches of you soul... on 2001-11-27 17:08 [#00056145]
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well, you heard it! ALL FLOYD IS GOOD!. and no one is allowed to dissagree with narkotic 'cuase hes older than you.
i like the late beatles stuff. sargent pepper is my favorite. my favorite floyd albums are wish you were here animals and dark side of the moon. the wall is also wonderfull but who doesnt like that one :)
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The_Funkmaster
from Newfoundland, Canada on 2001-11-27 18:27 [#00056164]
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I love Pink Floyd... the Waters stuff anyways... and The Division Bell is pretty good as well... my favorites are probably Meddle, and Wish You Were Here...
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Narkotic
from Orange County, California, USA on 2001-11-27 19:24 [#00056174]
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dont start shit, i know where you work little boy
>:)
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Ophecks
from Nova Scotia on 2001-11-27 20:05 [#00056199]
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All Floyd IS good, but some Floyd is better than others.
As for the Beatles, well, the only word that does them justice is FLAWLESS!!!
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Korben Dallas
from _ on 2001-11-27 23:10 [#00056247]
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I have to say - I'm not really down with Final Cut - its ok - And the Gilmour stuff.. never really got into to it, as the Floyd of the early 70's .. !!
Division Bell I think apart from a few singles is quite weak. They start worrying about sound production too much in my opinion. ? Gets quite boring and drawn out.
Re: AHM - the first side - to me makes the album. I know there are other pieces that perhaps are a bit more polished off - I know a lot of people that prefer Meddle over AHM. But for some reason I really like the strangeness .. the tune - the grandness of AHM ... Second side IS pretty good. - Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast you have to be in the mood for sort of - Pretty cool tune towards the end tho.
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Scary Bear
on 2001-11-27 23:27 [#00056251]
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I am not that keen on P.U.L.S.E. I liked it at first shit loads, then it just wore off. Most of my albums don't do that. Maybe it has been too long since I last listened to it and I might have a different point of view now. I will dig through my MDs and see what I think.
Everywhere I go I hear Meddle is cool. Experimental too, the way it should be.
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Korben Dallas
from _ on 2001-11-28 03:09 [#00056302]
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Yeah, I personally Pulse is a bit stale also .. I put it down to Dave Gilmour .. ?
Yeah, Meddle is quite experimental - very good even. AHM tho, I would recomend, has a more home made/ earthy kind of feel to it? But both are highly recommended ones. I can see why some people prefer Meddle over AHM .. Guess you'll just have to get both.
Saucer Full of Secrets is quite Experimental at times - shall we say .. But quite good. Some slightly not so good Tunes on it .. but Jugband Blues is an absolute Gem. The best song on the album IMHO
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Taxi
on 2001-11-28 03:15 [#00056304]
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I really liked animals when I used to have it. Right now I have trouble listening to anything without amazing production tho.
I thought pulse was ok, actually.
Quite impressive to see a thread that has gone 3+ messages and is still keeping on topic.
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Korben Dallas
from _ on 2001-11-28 08:44 [#00056356]
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Really?
I mean, real shitty lo-fi quality does piss me off- mp3's n that - But I mean, essentially usually anyway, the music shines thru dunnit?
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Clobe Smith
from over here on 2001-11-28 08:50 [#00056360]
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a friend of mine was saying he saw online (everything on the internet must me true!) a gilmour interview saying floyd was pretty much done ...
oh well, i got to see waters in concert. i guess that will suffice
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Clobe Smith
from over here on 2001-11-28 09:30 [#00056374]
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http://rollingstone.com/news/newsarticle.asp?nid=14927&cf=1 110
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Korben Dallas
from _ on 2001-11-28 09:44 [#00056378]
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Took him a while to figure that out.
The greedy um .. mmhhh. not sure what word to use .. reverted back to the name Pink Floyd as he didn't sell enough under "DAVID GILMOUR"!
:)
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Fernz
on 2001-11-28 10:16 [#00056386]
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I just thought that Revolution 9 by The Beatles has similarities to Gwarek2. They're both sound collages and Revolution 9 was done 30+ years ago! Pink Floyd were great but I wasnt too fond of The Wall. Im not really into them concept albums...
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Korben Dallas
from _ on 2001-11-28 10:21 [#00056387]
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Concept albums are good if its about the music .. I'm not really in for like political or shit like that.
Could be digging a really big hole .. but like Dark Side - that was quite Avant at the time, first ever release to have continuous play - interplay or whatever you call it, - ie Concept album .. but i don't really think the music suffered. The Wall was like a different motivated Concept .. - interesting, but unfortunately didn't do too nicely on the Album - some nice tracks tho -- but yeah .. would have to agree - sort of.
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Fernz
on 2001-11-28 10:25 [#00056388]
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Yeah I mean I got to admit, The Wall DID have some very good material. I just think the Floyd went downhill when they got all obsessed with the war and shit. Maybe that could just be me. I dunno. :)
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Korben Dallas
from _ on 2001-11-28 10:30 [#00056391]
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Too true .. Roger I believe was the main culprit in that..
They should have had like press conferences or something - instead of taking it out on the musice? Ah .. but who am I to say - they made pretty damn good music for such a long time -
The Wall concert - the concept however (as far as I know, doesn't have anything to do with war) is quite a cool idea tho..
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Fernz
on 2001-11-28 10:38 [#00056394]
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That was the one where they had people building a wall and at the last track there's only one brick left and at the last second the brick goes up..? (or something like that anyway.) It was a cool idea. Like to see someone these days pull off something like that.
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Korben Dallas
from _ on 2001-11-28 10:43 [#00056395]
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Yeah, that .. and the whole fake band thing!!!
Can't remember which song it was (In the flesh??)
The had a fake band play on the stage with their masks .. and then half way (through whatever song) they suddenly burst out this huge guitar solo or something .. with the spot light suddenly highlighting the REAL BAND! - had them fooled all along.
:)
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Fernz
on 2001-11-28 10:50 [#00056397]
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Wish I coulda been there but I wasnt even thought of back then... :)
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Ophecks
from Nova Scotia on 2001-11-28 16:35 [#00056471]
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The Wall leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I would of liked to see Syd Barrett keep going, but I guess it was better that he left, because they only got better, and I think Barrett would have taken them in a VASTLY different direction.
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Frag
on 2001-11-28 20:09 [#00056516]
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Ophecks, I like The Beatles a bit, but they're not the greatest band that ever was, as you see to be putting it....The stuff I hate is their earlier, pop stuff...You can't tell me their the flawless, most innovative, greatest band alive. They played conventional instruments...
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zetre
on 2001-11-28 22:46 [#00056543]
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yeah, they should have used high-tech synth, computers, kalimbas and cembalos...
come on.
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The_Funkmaster
from Newfoundland, Canada on 2001-11-28 22:57 [#00056549]
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well innovative, yes they probably were the most innovative band, the most influencial band, and all that... as far as BEST band goes, well as far as I'm concerned, they are not...
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Ophecks
from Nova Scotia on 2001-11-28 23:39 [#00056567]
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Who IS the best?
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Ophecks
from Nova Scotia on 2001-11-28 23:39 [#00056568]
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BTW, The Beatles are the best, don't bother arguing, boy. :p
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The_Funkmaster
from Newfoundland, Canada on 2001-11-28 23:59 [#00056574]
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well for me personally, maybe Pink Floyd, the old Genesis, U2, Radiohead... mainly because I like those bands...
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Naphex-Male
from Vancouver, Canada on 2001-11-29 01:10 [#00056587]
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A Nice Pair: Piper At The Gates Of Dawn and Saucerful Of Secrets
This is my favorite floyd to listen to...Syd Barrett's songwriting takes the cake. I have the first 1974 US edition on vinyl....
I also have his solo release of "The Madcap Laughs" and "Barrett" reissued as a 2 record set. This release is nuts!
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Ophecks
from Nova Scotia on 2001-11-29 02:21 [#00056604]
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If Genesis is better than the Beatles, then O Town is better than Aphex! It's true, it's true!
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Frag
on 2001-11-29 02:25 [#00056609]
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zetre --
I'm not suggesting they play instruments other than those available at the time, but OVERALL...throughout human history, I'm just saying that nowadays we have a bigger medium to toy with, and from now -- ON, is when the greatest bands should be around. It's not, but you can never say a band is THE GREATEST EVER. Since musical standards evolve so rapidly.
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Ophecks
from Nova Scotia on 2001-11-29 02:27 [#00056610]
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I agree, I wish the Beatles had more available to them. But it didn't matter, they were such good songwriters, it didn't bloody matter. They overcame it. I don't like their early stuff too much, but A Hard Day's Night has a spirit and a zest for life that no computer or Reason or Fruity Loops could EVER duplicate, no sir.
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The_Funkmaster
from Newfoundland, Canada on 2001-11-29 02:55 [#00056617]
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well I meant the Peter Gabriel led Genesis... they were great... the Phil Collins genesis, although it was decent, doesn't compare to the Gabriel Genesis...
but yeah, it's all just a matter of opinion... I just don't find the beatles music does anything for me... it's not that I think they suck, or anything, cause I totally respect what they did for music and everything... they are the innovative, influencial, AND commercially successful bands ever... how could I say they sucked? I just don't find their music appealing personally...
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Ophecks
from Nova Scotia on 2001-11-29 03:13 [#00056629]
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That's cool too, but you're still wrong! ;)
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Naphex-Male
from Vancouver, Canada on 2001-11-30 01:04 [#00056940]
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Peter Gabriel was excellent in Genesis! Those crazy starman costumes! Whoa! Let me off this banana boat! Christ!
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Naphex-Male
from Vancouver, Canada on 2001-11-30 01:05 [#00056942]
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a good Genesis album from that time period would be "Colony of Slipper Men"
-Great jazz infused rock
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The_Funkmaster
from Newfoundland, Canada on 2001-11-30 01:07 [#00056943]
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Selling England by the Pound is a great album... my favorite Genesis album... The Lamb is amazing, but has its flaws, where as Selling England is pretty much perfect IMO... yeah Genesis were so talented... Phil Collins on drums, Tony Banks on Keyboards (one of the best), Steve Hackett was a good guitarest, and Mike Rutherford was a good bassist... even Peter Gabriel on the flute was amazing...
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The_Funkmaster
from Newfoundland, Canada on 2001-11-30 01:08 [#00056944]
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that's not an album, its a song from The Lamb album... but its a great song nonetheless...
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Korben Dallas
from _ on 2001-11-30 07:50 [#00056997]
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Re: Naphex
Definetly!!
Love Syd .. I got Madcap and Opel -
Quite strange, because although the production is VERY amateur - kind of - the music still shines through.
Songs such as Birdie Hop and Effervescing Elephant on Opel are possibly some of the nuttiest tunes by Barret I know of.
But yeah.. Piper is brilliant. .. And I just can't get over Jugband Blues . Song #5 on saucer is quite nice also - i esp like the part just before the organ comes in with the whale time thing .. Shame they didn't do the same on the Live version (umma gumma).
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Korben Dallas
from _ on 2001-11-30 07:53 [#00056998]
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OH .. and Careful of that axe eugene .. mmmmhhh...
Anyone had a close look [i haven't and wont get] at Echoes .. quite nice.
They have a lot of stuff referring to their albums n that.. like on the back cover, the Axe (careful of that .. ) A bike .
The room has the poster of meddle (the ear!) - um ... etc etc.. THE wall faces --- if one keeps looking,quite cool considering they had so many albums.
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Naphex-Male
from Vancouver, Canada on 2001-12-01 01:40 [#00057235]
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LUCIFER SAM
Lucifer Sam, siam cat. Always sitting by your side Always by your side. That cat's something I can't explain.
Ginger, ginger you're a witch. You're the left side He's the right side. Oh, no! That cat's something I can't explain.
Lucifer go to sea. Be a hip cat, be a ship's cat. Somewhere, anywhere. That cat's something I can't explain.
At night prowling sifting sand. Hiding around on the ground. He'll be found when you're around. That cat's something I can't explain.
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