# Anyone like Pink Floyd? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 29, 2001, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-pink-floyd/90279 "2001-10-29T13:29:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-pink-floyd/90279/41 "2001-11-27T23:31:28Z")
At least a couple of people have quoted one of my favorite Pink Floyd songs without identifying it by name. Of course it is “free four” from “obscured by clouds”. AHunter3 > [@](#): > > But the memories of a man in his old age are the deeds of a man in his prime. See the splashing of the Kingfisher xanakis > [@](#): > > Aaah…the memories of a man in his old age are the deeds of a man in his prime. You shuffle in the gloom of the sick room and talk to yourself as you die… I saw Pink Floyd at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh in 1875 or 1976. They played the entire Dark Side of the Moon set followed by Shine on you crazy diamond. I bought a Pink Floyd comic book there. I’d love to know whatever happened to it. My fav Floyd albums in no particular order are, Clouds, DSOTM, WYWH, Ummagumma–[sub]one of these days I’m going to cut you into little pieces.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Nukeman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@Nukeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nukeman)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-pink-floyd/90279/42 "2001-11-27T23:56:38Z")
I’ve met the guy (Gerald Scarfe) who did the animations for those pink floyd videos (including the wall). Incedentally, he also designed all the characters for the disney ‘Hercules’ film. ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-pink-floyd/90279/43 "2001-11-28T00:11:50Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by The Mermaid \* > \*\* > I saw Pink Floyd at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh in 1875 or 1976._\* Hope for your sake it was in 1976. Would have been a bummer to hear the Pinks in mono.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Moon-Watcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@Moon-Watcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moon-Watcher)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-pink-floyd/90279/44 "2001-11-28T02:20:19Z")
I guess I stand alone when I like their last two albums better than all the rest. Now I “grew up” listening to Pink Floyd, in the sense I started at a young age (even though that was only eight years ago or so), but I really could never get behind Roger Waters the way I can David Gilmour. David is really the soul of that band; Waters is just a bitter, angry man who’s too depressing to listen to on a regular basis. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-pink-floyd/90279/45 "2001-11-28T02:24:06Z")
I adore Pink Floyd 🙂 I like their old stuff and their new stuff. I like the Division Bell… ---
**Author:** ![Genseric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Genseric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genseric)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-pink-floyd/90279/46 "2001-11-28T03:17:12Z")
I like Pink Floyd. I only have The Wall, Wish You Were Here, and Dark Side Of The Moon. Excellent albums. I’ve never heard much off any of the other ones except Momentary Lapse Of Reason. Dark Side came out when I was -2 years old. So much good music came out before I was born, I’ve still trying to catch up. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-pink-floyd/90279/47 "2001-11-28T04:12:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by omni-not \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > _Originally posted by The Mermaid \* > > \*\* > > I saw Pink Floyd at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh in 1875 or 1976._\* > > Hope for your sake it was in 1976. Would have been a bummer to hear the Pinks in mono.🙂 \*\* Almost sure it was 1976 but I don’t know, I was pretty drunk at the time. **Well it certainly wasn’t a race** - I think he was just cruisin for a bruisin\* _ **Well it certainly wasn’t a race** _ I don’t know how I could have left out The Wall. It ranks only after Dark Side. But then I really love Wish you were here… ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-pink-floyd/90279/48 "2001-11-28T04:51:24Z")
One of my favorite PF songs is “Not Now John” God it cracks me up every time. “…gotta bring the russian bear to its knees well, maybe not the russian bear… maybe the _swedes_” Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah Whooo! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-pink-floyd/90279/49 "2001-11-28T04:54:42Z")
I had almost forgot about “Not now John”. That is a good one. Thanks Opal for the reminder. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-pink-floyd/90279/50 "2001-11-28T06:33:19Z")
There’s nothing like being comfortably numb while listening to **Comfortably Numb**. I really like **Grantchester Meadows**. Another relaxing tune. I remember the first time I heard **Pow R Toc H**. Sea Sorbust, you are the only one I know who repeats the “doi doi!” part. Who’s voice was that, by the way? **Lucifer Sam** sounds like a Peter Gunn-James Bond style tune, but I think the riff drops off as if they’re not sure where to go with it. I wonder what they would do with a rewrite, since it was their first album. One other Q- why Bob Geldof instead of Waters in the movie? ---
**Author:** ![DPWhite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@DPWhite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPWhite)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-pink-floyd/90279/51 "2001-11-28T06:59:28Z")
Love the Floyd, at least what I have and have heard. The ones I have in my collection and have heard are, in order of preference: The Final Cut The Wall Dark Side of the Moon Wish You Were Here Ummagumma Meddle Atom Heart Mother For those who have got this far in the thread who don’t know Floyd, you don’t listen to just one cut, you sit and listen intently to the whole album. If you haven’t the patience to do that, then don’t waste your time. ---
**Author:** ![octothorpe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b77776/32.png) [@octothorpe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octothorpe)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-pink-floyd/90279/52 "2001-11-28T10:43:33Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by **Reality Chuck** _ > DSOTM was Floyd made accessible. That was obvious the first time I heard it. I was delighted when they became popular, but amazed that their best work is consistently overlooked. Well, while i certainly agree that _ **Dark Side of the Moon** _ did a lot to make **Pink Floyd** _more_ accessible, i don’t think that this was a bad thing. I believe (however erroneously) that, by bringing in **Alan Parsons** , the band was able to realise the concept that _was_ _ **Dark side of the Moon** _. I think the _feel_ was exactly what the band was after and that it was the inevitable culmination (at the time) of what they were working toward. Of course, not having been there, nor hearing this ‘straight from the horses mouth’ as it were, i may be well off the mark. Still, i think that this album, as well as _ **Wish You Were Here** _ were ‘perfect’ in that i can’t listen to any one song off the albums without wanting to hear the entire album. As no one has mentioned it yet, at one time (at least in the US) **Pink Floyd** had the distiction of having had two #1 albums without a #1 song. # ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-pink-floyd/90279/53 "2001-11-28T11:53:35Z")
> [@](#): > > “When The Tigers Broke Free” **NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!** I love Waters music, but this is just to annoying, even for me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-pink-floyd/90279.md?page=2)