Pink Floyd
Whilst perusing the deep folders of my father's computer, I came across his music folders. Amongst these folders was one titled Pink Floyd, a familiar name. I decided to listen to a song. Then another. And by God, Pink Floyd is damned good.
I've shifted the whole lot onto my computer now and am listening to Fat Old Sun.
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It was theirs but to do or die.
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Obviously its only the desire to play fast and loose with my front room priviledges that drives me to say that Pink Floyd does my head in.
It does though. I hate all that ambient noodling. Give me Sabbath or Give Me Death.
Beruit, put that axe down...
"The only thing I've gotten out of this thread is that Navaros is claiming that Satan gave Man meat. Awesome." Gorebag
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I have to agree with EA on this one, i can't really stand them but each to his own i suppose. I prefer bands like Slayer and Pantera and that sought of vein but thats just me
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Slayer...music isn't really that great and the whole death metal thing is kind of wierd...
Pantera...NOW HERE WE GO!!!
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Yes, perusing your Father's files can be quite good, as you find all sorts of good music. Thanks to his files, i found the Strokes. I also found that he had been transferring files from our first home computer all the way to this one, from 1994 which used the first versions of MS Word and Excel! We've had 6 PC's since then as well...Originally Posted by King Malcolm
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Do you guys know each other?
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And, 'fess up, you were looking for pr0n... wrong kind of Strokes, eh MC
Ok Ok, I was just leaving anyway...
"The only thing I've gotten out of this thread is that Navaros is claiming that Satan gave Man meat. Awesome." Gorebag
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Malcolm, totally agree with you, pink floyd are the best band ever...my friend advised me to listen to Comfortably Numb about two months ago, i still aint tired of the solo at the end
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye.
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown,
The dream is gone.
I have become comfortably numb...
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Last edited by Beirut; 12-16-2005 at 01:40.
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No, he means that one's own father stores interesting things on his computer. He is referring to his own father and I to mine.
It was not theirs to reason why,
It was not theirs to make reply,
It was theirs but to do or die.
-The Charge of the Light Brigade - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
"Wherever this stone shall lie, the King of the Scots shall rule"
-Prophecy of the Stone of Destiny
"For God, For King and country, For loved ones home and Empire, For the sacred cause of justice, and The freedom of the world, They buried him among the kings because he, Had done good toward God and toward his house."
-Inscription on the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior
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Sorry, but someone here doesn't like Pink Floyd and raises Slayer and Pantera above them? You do realise that Floyd are cultural icons while Slayer and Pantera are nonentities even in their own genre? Sabbath I can cope with but why Sabbath OR Floyd. I can enjoy both.
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I'm not saying they suck but they never did anything for me , i just get bored by there music. I think your wrong about the Slayer/Pantera view but i suppose its your opinion.
They might be your icon but they are not mine
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I completely agree with you that Pink Floyd are excellent. In fact, I'm currently llistening to Mother (from the Wall), which is an excellent track.
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Pink Floyd is awsome. Incredible geniuses, their music, while sometimes odd, works.
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If you should stand then who's to guide you?
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Far out, a Floyd thread!
Yeah, Pink Floyd is the greatest band ever (with the exception of the Blues- that's a whole different deal there- and the Experience, but again, that was really just Jimi Hendrix, with some other people backing him up- so the best true rock band is still Floyd.) If you are looking for some rather "different" Floyd, go with Piper at the Gates of Dawn. I believe it is the best Floyd album (well, alright, Dark Side is as good as Piper- but it is still not the same.)
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Deary me, do you even know who Slayer and Pantera are?! Slayer, one of the big four metal changing thrash bands - the others being Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax, heard of them?! - Slayer changed the metal scene with their mixture of heavy riffs and punk type speed... And Pantera refreshed and gave the metal scene a kick up the arse in the 90's when it was desperately needed. Not big even in their own genre?! You have no idea!
Slayer and Pantera are no better or worse than Floyd, just different and I love all three.
Though they don't quite match up to Maiden.
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INEZ: Prove it. Prove it was no dream. It's what one does, and nothing else, that shows the stuff one's made of.
GARCIN: I died too soon. I wasn't allowed time to - to do my deeds.
INEZ: One always dies too soon - or too late. And yet one's whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are - your life, and nothing else.
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What would the world be without ambient noodling?
(That's a priceless expression by the way.)
Floyd is a particular taste, somewhat akin to having the flu - just makes you want to lie down on the sofa and lose consciousness.
I like songs where you're only aware of the first minute or so of the music, and then the fact that it's over. What happened during the intervening twenty minutes is anyone's guess.
Fat Old Sun, by the by, is probably my favorite song. Especially the live bootleg versions.
Unto each good man a good dog
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I guess I'm just not an ambient noodling kind of guy.
"The only thing I've gotten out of this thread is that Navaros is claiming that Satan gave Man meat. Awesome." Gorebag
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Argh, my EA respect level just dropped.
I can understand if you don't like the pre-Dark Side stuff-It's an acquired taste-but after that it's perfectly written, instrumentally fantastic space rock.
Not too much extraneous noodling at all.
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I guess I'm not a perfectly written, instrumentally fantastic space rock kind of guy either
If my musical taste was a beer it would be a pint of Old Gutrot on a hand pump and a punch in the gob after. I really do think that Ace of Spades is the best song ever written.
I'm not clever enough for Pink Floyd and that's that.
"The only thing I've gotten out of this thread is that Navaros is claiming that Satan gave Man meat. Awesome." Gorebag
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I knew that it couldn't take long before you two were going to praise good old pink.
I like pink, tough I only know a few songs but I can also listen to more the heavier metal stuff. JAG, you're right Mettallica Anthrax and Slayer are important metalbands with a lot of influence. But everybody has his own opinion. Myself, I like Anthrax or Mettallica much more than slayer. But you're right they are one of the big metal bands.
But then they were all bad compared to frank zappa and captain beefheart
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My favorite Floyd song and to me the greatest solo ever produced by anyone. Not technically but emotionally. I could listen to it all day....my friend advised me to listen to Comfortably Numb about two months ago, i still aint tired of the solo at the end
Welcome to the Machine.Whilst perusing the deep folders of my father's computer, I came across his music folders. Amongst these folders was one titled Pink Floyd, a familiar name. I decided to listen to a song. Then another. And by God, Pink Floyd is damned good.
I've shifted the whole lot onto my computer now and am listening to Fat Old Sun.
So what they still dont hold a candle to Floyd. And what happened to Judas Priest on your list? Or Iron Maiden for that matter.Deary me, do you even know who Slayer and Pantera are?! Slayer, one of the big four metal changing thrash bands - the others being Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax
Thrash metal sucks in general. Soundgarden was pretty good.
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Pink Floyd is nowhere near as good as people make it out to be...
...so sad
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I actually like Black Sabbath, Slayer AND Pink Floyd, but maybe that's just me.
Anyway, Floyd are great. Check out their album "Animals"-- many have argued that is where the distinctive "Pink Floyd" sound emerged, to be refined on such monoliths as Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall.
Other faves:
Nile Song
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
and, of course, who could forget:
Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict
Smoke a fattie and enjoy, I say.
"I love this fellow God. He's so deliciously evil." --Stuart Griffin
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Soundgraden was more grudge than anything and had nothing to do with Metal music. Thrash Metal for me most certainly doesn't suck. I prefer music that wakes me up and get me going rather than sending me to sleep but thats just me
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I knew that it couldn't take long before you two were going to praise good old pink.
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Actually, funny that you mention it, Gawain; I saw Slayer open for Judas Priest two summers ago. I'm not a fan of either band, admittedly, just a song here or there, but Priest's show was way better, even though Slayer is far better live than out of a machine.
But yeah...Floyd vs. Sabbath? No contest; Sabbath. I never liked Pantera and Slayer is okay. I can only assume that Slyspy meant that they were non-entities among the underground, which is absolutely the case.
Alexanderofmacedon, Slayer's not death metal.
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Black Sabbath's first album isn't bad (I don't have it, though.) Pretty well drug-oriented, a real opiate album. Still, it ain't Floyd, and it ain't Iron Butterfly- at least, not in my opinion.Actually, funny that you mention it, Gawain; I saw Slayer open for Judas Priest two summers ago. I'm not a fan of either band, admittedly, just a song here or there, but Priest's show was way better, even though Slayer is far better live than out of a machine.
But yeah...Floyd vs. Sabbath? No contest; Sabbath. I never liked Pantera and Slayer is okay. I can only assume that Slyspy meant that they were non-entities among the underground, which is absolutely the case.
Alexanderofmacedon, Slayer's not death metal.
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You never will listen to my recommendations, will you?
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Don't worry about it so much. You're a heavy-metal man, I'm a hippie.
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