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Korben Dallas from _ on 2001-11-27 13:10 [#00056053]



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. :)


 

phiz from Amsterdam on 2001-11-27 15:05 [#00056081]



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.


 

Ophecks from Nova Scotia on 2001-11-27 15:21 [#00056090]



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.


 

Narkotic from Orange County, California, USA on 2001-11-27 17:02 [#00056144]



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


 

crayon_kid from the inner reaches of you soul... on 2001-11-27 17:08 [#00056145]



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 :)


 

The_Funkmaster from Newfoundland, Canada on 2001-11-27 18:27 [#00056164]



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...


 

Narkotic from Orange County, California, USA on 2001-11-27 19:24 [#00056174]



dont start shit, i know where you work little boy

>:)


 

Ophecks from Nova Scotia on 2001-11-27 20:05 [#00056199]



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!!!


 

Korben Dallas from _ on 2001-11-27 23:10 [#00056247]



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.



 

Scary Bear on 2001-11-27 23:27 [#00056251]



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.


 

Korben Dallas from _ on 2001-11-28 03:09 [#00056302]



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


 

Taxi on 2001-11-28 03:15 [#00056304]



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.


 

Korben Dallas from _ on 2001-11-28 08:44 [#00056356]



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?


 

Clobe Smith from over here on 2001-11-28 08:50 [#00056360]



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


 

Clobe Smith from over here on 2001-11-28 09:30 [#00056374]



http://rollingstone.com/news/newsarticle.asp?nid=14927&cf=1
110


 

Korben Dallas from _ on 2001-11-28 09:44 [#00056378]



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"!

:)


 

Fernz on 2001-11-28 10:16 [#00056386]



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...


 

Korben Dallas from _ on 2001-11-28 10:21 [#00056387]



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.


 

Fernz on 2001-11-28 10:25 [#00056388]



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. :)


 

Korben Dallas from _ on 2001-11-28 10:30 [#00056391]



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..



 

Fernz on 2001-11-28 10:38 [#00056394]



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.


 

Korben Dallas from _ on 2001-11-28 10:43 [#00056395]



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.

:)


 

Fernz on 2001-11-28 10:50 [#00056397]



Wish I coulda been there but I wasnt even thought of back
then... :)


 

Ophecks from Nova Scotia on 2001-11-28 16:35 [#00056471]



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.


 

Frag on 2001-11-28 20:09 [#00056516]



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...


 

zetre on 2001-11-28 22:46 [#00056543]



yeah, they should have used high-tech synth, computers,
kalimbas and cembalos...
come on.


 

The_Funkmaster from Newfoundland, Canada on 2001-11-28 22:57 [#00056549]



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...


 

Ophecks from Nova Scotia on 2001-11-28 23:39 [#00056567]



Who IS the best?


 

Ophecks from Nova Scotia on 2001-11-28 23:39 [#00056568]



BTW, The Beatles are the best, don't bother arguing, boy. :p


 

The_Funkmaster from Newfoundland, Canada on 2001-11-28 23:59 [#00056574]



well for me personally, maybe Pink Floyd, the old Genesis,
U2, Radiohead... mainly because I like those bands...


 

Naphex-Male from Vancouver, Canada on 2001-11-29 01:10 [#00056587]



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!


 

Ophecks from Nova Scotia on 2001-11-29 02:21 [#00056604]



If Genesis is better than the Beatles, then O Town is better
than Aphex! It's true, it's true!


 

Frag on 2001-11-29 02:25 [#00056609]



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.


 

Ophecks from Nova Scotia on 2001-11-29 02:27 [#00056610]



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.


 

The_Funkmaster from Newfoundland, Canada on 2001-11-29 02:55 [#00056617]



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...


 

Ophecks from Nova Scotia on 2001-11-29 03:13 [#00056629]



That's cool too, but you're still wrong! ;)


 

Naphex-Male from Vancouver, Canada on 2001-11-30 01:04 [#00056940]



Peter Gabriel was excellent in Genesis!
Those crazy starman costumes!
Whoa!
Let me off this banana boat!
Christ!


 

Naphex-Male from Vancouver, Canada on 2001-11-30 01:05 [#00056942]



a good Genesis album from that time period would be "Colony
of Slipper Men"
-Great jazz infused rock


 

The_Funkmaster from Newfoundland, Canada on 2001-11-30 01:07 [#00056943]



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...


 

The_Funkmaster from Newfoundland, Canada on 2001-11-30 01:08 [#00056944]



that's not an album, its a song from The Lamb album... but
its a great song nonetheless...


 

Korben Dallas from _ on 2001-11-30 07:50 [#00056997]



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).


 

Korben Dallas from _ on 2001-11-30 07:53 [#00056998]



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.


 

Naphex-Male from Vancouver, Canada on 2001-12-01 01:40 [#00057235]



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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