and don't forget hrvatski's excellent remix of "cirrus minor".
g.
On Tuesday 12 March 2002 04:30 pm, Mxyzptlk wrote:
quoted 36 lines The early work (prolly up to Ummagumma and Atom Heart Mother) is a bit more
> 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:
> >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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