Pink Floyd ....

JonR · Post by **JonR** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 6:50 pm 0

of How i learnt to forget "The Wall" and Love "Animals"

Hi all,

im just listening to the "Animals" album. never heard it before and i think its great. the last floyd album i bought was "The Wall" and...well, i just find it depressing to listen to, so much so, i stoppped listening to pink floyd for a few months. so i'm happy i've found more floyd to listen to that doesn't leave me wanting to slash my wrists

I think i'll go buy "Meddle" as i've heard thats really rather good.

Take Care,
JonR.

Tmuk · Post by **Tmuk** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 7:03 pm 0

I don't think The Wall's particularly depressing. Animals is great with a spliff

as is Wish You Were Here if you haven't heard that one

JonR · Post by **JonR** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 7:10 pm 0

Hey,

yeah, in order i've bought:

Dark Side Of The Moon
Wish You Were Here
The Divison Bell
The Wall
Animals

so, hearing The Wall all the way through is kind of depressing. i think part of it is just "down to me", as it were, and my relationship (or lack of it) with my parents.

i mean, The Wall was a great (but kind of long) film and i'm not sure exactly what it is about the album, but its just depressing to me.

JonR.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 7:49 pm 0

JonR wrote:i mean, The Wall was a great (but kind of long) film and i'm not sure exactly what it is about the album, but its just depressing to me.

JonR.

I always found it extra strange seeing Bob Geldoff going nuts and smahing up his room.

Animals is a beautiful album and also my personal favourite.

TFO · Post by **TFO** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 8:25 pm 0

The tribute band Think Floyd were round these parts last week. Being a bit of a local thesp, they hired me to be Pink in the staging (or at least the bits that Roger Waters will allow them to stage) of The Wall.
Good larf really, and a nice bunch of blokes.
OK so I look nothing like Bob Geldolf, but I did buy a Boomtown Rats album once.

Finished the night off with an encore of Sheep. Yay!

strangeloop · Post by **strangeloop** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 9:02 pm 0

Yeah, I'd recommend Meddle next. Brilliant songs apart from the universally hated Seamus. But we can forgive the Floyd the odd naff song.

I think I mentioned this on another thread so at the risk of repeating myself, don't forget about the last ever PF album

The Final Cut.

JonR · Post by **JonR** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 9:30 pm 0

oops, actually looked in my album collection and realised i also have:

UmmaGumma
The Final Cut

UmmaGumma is fun to listen to. lots of memories of last summer, driving home from work after 12-13 hour days when the sun is going down, being half out of my mind tired from work and hunger and listening to "Careful with that axe, eugene"...of course it didn't effect my mental wellbeing

JonR

mattley · Post by **mattley** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 9:45 pm 0

Final Cut is one of the best musically but by far the most depressing, and of course the album that split up Floyd as Waters slowly dissapeared up his own arse. Still a great album but soooo depressing.

Animals is just the greatest floyd album IMO followed byr Wish you were here which will alaways be special to me 'cos it was the first I heard.

Don't like much of the early stuff.

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 12:43 am 0

I love Animals.

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Black · Post by **Black** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 3:54 am 0

well i would like to say I have all (well the ones I'm manged to get via shops, imports, bootlegs etc..) and I'm a bit of a floyd junky.. (got 6 copies of the wall as they are either special sets, in a boxed set, different album art etc.. (same for DSOTM) and a few others...

if you want a good 'wall' listening experience.. then listen to 'Is There Anybody Out There'. A 2 cd set from a live recording made 20 odd years ago.. much better than the studio version I think..

Black · Post by **Black** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 4:00 am 0

Anybody got Davlid Gilmore in Concert (sings a lot of floyd songs) 2002 on DVD ??..

I'd say he's been enjoying the good life for a while

.. excellent DVD though..

everklear · Post by **everklear** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 5:20 am 0

"Wish You Were Here" is right up there for me.

"The Final Cut" as well - for when you're in an apocalyptic mood. "Two Suns in the Sunset" really floats my boat - as I'm a dad with two kids it is especially poignant.

"Meddle" is a good listen - and I don't think "Seamus" is such a bad track. It doesn't fit in with the album, but as a track on it's own, it isn't half bad.

I never could get into "Saucer..." or "Ummagumma" - except that one track, "...blah blah blah...Pict". Funny.

ji · Post by ji » Thu Jun 05, 2003 7:34 am 0

Am I then the only one who likes "Atom Heart Mother"?

And the solace of "Fat Old Sun"...

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 8:17 am 0

Naw, I'm very fond of the Cow Album, too. I even like Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast

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Muttley