What bands do you like??

[de Silentio]

Originally Posted by Didymos Thomas

I've enjoyed all of Floyd's work. Dark Side is a classic, but Wish You Were Here is my personal favorite.

Interesting, Wish You Were Here was always my favorite too, but of late I have taken a deep liking to Animals.

Pink Floyd is by far my favorite band. Maybe that's due to all the drugs I did in High School... Wait, did I say that out loud?

[Theaetetus]

The all-time greatest Pink Floyd album is Meddle. They never topped the song "Fearless" in their career after that point. Not to mention the 23 1/2 minute Side B opus "Echoes" that obviously inspired both Dark Side and Wish You Were Here. Both of those albums grew out of Meddle. But "Fearless" alone highlights a Pink Floyd at the height of their experimental days before the string of concept albums. Not to mention the beauty of the Beatlesque "A Pillow of Winds" and the wonderfully exlorative journey that is "San Troupez"

[de Silentio]

Originally Posted by Theaetetus

Not to mention the 23 1/2 minute Side B opus "Echoes" that obviously inspired both Dark Side and Wish You Were Here. Both of those albums grew out of Meddle.

Floyd is an interesting band because they evolved so much from their first to last album. They span numerous genres because of this, thus they have numerous 'greatest', depending on an individuals taste.

Regarding Meddle, yes, great album. However, I think the Live at Pompeii version of Echoes is better than the studio version. You can also see recordings of Dark Side of the Moon on the Live at Pompeii video.

To say that Dark Side and WYWH grew out of Meddle is a bit of a stretch. Floyd calmed down a lot after Meddle, I would even venture to say that Dark Side is a mix of styles that are shown in Meddle and Obscured by Clouds (which is very calm 'experimental' wise).

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Floyd calmed down until Waters totally took over with The Wall, then they became just insane (perhaps reflecting Waters' state of mind?!?)
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But "Fearless" alone highlights a Pink Floyd at the height of their experimental days before the string of concept albums.

I'm curious by your use of the word experimental in this context. Because when I think of Floyd's experimental side, I think of albums like Atom Heart Mother or Ummagumma, more psychedelic like. This is when they really started experimenting with their instruments, and Roger Waters with his synthesizer.

It seems to me like Meddle is a mix of mainstream songs and experimental songs. Fearless and San Tropez being more mainstream and Pillow of Winds, Echoes, and One of These Days being more experimental.

I also think that Floyd revolutionized the music industry with Dark Side of the Moon because the album didn't comprise singles, it was an album that told a story from start to finish. It even has a beginning, middle, and end. (The climax being Any Colour You Like)

Oh yeah, did I mention that I'm a Floyd Head?

[socrato]

Wow getto community.

[Theaetetus]

I was talking about experimental in the sense that Meddle pretty much encompasses the entire span of the Pink Floyd sound. I probably construct the concept of experimental differently than most. A collection of random jams to me seems more structured than a vast array of sounds. Not to mention comming out of Ummagumma "Fearless" is rather experimental.

[FatalMuse]

All the old blues legends; Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf
Some of the old folk-country; Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan (multi-genre really)
Rock; Hendrix, Lez Zep, Black Sabbath, Cream, King Crimson, the Yardbirds, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, the Band, Rory Gallagher

Big fan of Tom Waits (don't even know what genre to put him in).

Bob Marley, New Zealand roots/reggae and a little bit of hip-hop/rap - but quite particular there.

[Didymos Thomas]

FatalMuse - sounds like our record collections are pretty similar.

[FatalMuse]

Yes indeed, I saw your list on the previous page but thought it would be lazy to just quote it.

[Zetetic11235]

Schoenberg, Liszt, Later Shawn Lane, Allan Holdsworth, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, charles wuorinen, stravinsky, Greg Howe, Ron Thal (Bumblefoot), Steve Vai(used to be a much bigger fan in my virtuoso rock days), Singer, U.S. Mapel.

I've been studying modern 12 tone composition lately, and Schoenberg is the father of such music if you are interested in its beggings, however, a lot of his early studies are quite shocking if you aren't familiar with the movement. If you want to check out some of what has been done since then, check out charles wuorinen . Just click on the red link on the side titled compositions.

[Holiday20310401]

Originally Posted by Didymos Thomas

What's this categorical rejection of rap?

Perhaps you'd like this song? It's not rap but the rhyming scheme is similar I feel anyways. Its a good song, when you listen deeply to the lyrics. Very good summary of humanity.

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