The early work (prolly up to Ummagumma and Atom Heart Mother) is a bit more
psychedelic - with the possible exception of the singles "Arnold Layne" and
See Emily Play" - than the later, more calmed Floyd. The more they got
away from Syd Barrett's influence, the more their sound became what I would
call "tempered psychedelic". Keep in mind that they began in - what? '65 or
'66. "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" and "A Saucerful of Secrets" were both
***OLD*** school psychedelia (and, I'm pretty sure were repackaged and
remastered as a 2xcd). Ummagumma is still pretty intense as is Atom Heart
Mother, but the band begins to morph into the 'quieter insanity" mode with
"Meddle" and this sound is reflected in places on "Obscurred By Clouds" as
well. IMO, they reached the pinnacle of this aspect of their career with
"Dark Side of the Moon" - a tour de force even if it has been played to
death and beyond in my aged ears. The songs you mention are from later in
their journey ("The Wall", "Animals", "Wish You Were Here") and while
others will most certainly disagree with me, I have always considered those
titles to be 'past the prime' of Pink Floyd and part of their resting on
laurels phase. If you want to investigate their catalog, I'd suggest
Ummagumma for something a bit more out-of control than what you've heard.
Jump to "Meddle" and if that sounds good to you, grab DSOTM.
At 02:00 PM 3/12/2002, Jan! wrote:
quoted 11 lines I've been listening to this MP3 from Pink Floyd quite a lot recently. It's>I've been listening to this MP3 from Pink Floyd quite a lot recently. It's
>called "shine on you crazy diamond (parts 1-7)". It's about 17 minutes
>long and actually sounds like pre-post-rock to me :-)
>
>I don't know much of Pink Floyd's other work, just the stuff like "brick
>in a wall" and "we don't need no education" - heck, I don't even know the
>proper song names.
>
>I was wondering if you could give me some pointers for stuff in a similar
>vein: a bit more like crazy diamond than brick wall. How much of their
>work is psychedelic-ish?
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