# Band whose best-known song sounds like Pink Floyd **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [May 17, 2025, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-whose-best-known-song-sounds-like-pink-floyd/1018471 "2025-05-17T12:22:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-whose-best-known-song-sounds-like-pink-floyd/1018471/1 "2025-05-17T12:22:06Z")
For years I would hear a song on Classic Rock radio that I would have sworn was Pink Floyd and I was surprised to find it was by some band I’d never heard of before. I can hear the song in my mind but for the life of me I cannot remember the title or the name of the band. It starts with some heavy guitar strokes, and the end has an effect of a European-type police car siren that sounds like it’s passing you, like the Doppler effect. Can anyone identify the song and the band by this vague description? ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-whose-best-known-song-sounds-like-pink-floyd/1018471/2 "2025-05-17T12:27:08Z")
“Lunatic Fringe” by Red Rider? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-whose-best-known-song-sounds-like-pink-floyd/1018471/3 "2025-05-17T12:32:14Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > “Lunatic Fringe My first thought was Silent Lucidity by Queensrÿche but no Doppler effect. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jhat-xUQ6dw/maxresdefault.jpg "Queensrÿche - Silent Lucidity (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhat-xUQ6dw) ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-whose-best-known-song-sounds-like-pink-floyd/1018471/4 "2025-05-17T12:43:20Z")
I always thought “All of You” by Don Felder might just as well have been by the Floyd. It was in the movie “Heavy Metal”: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2-Y-xZExYS0/hqdefault.jpg "Don Felder: All Of You (HQ Vinyl) 1981") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Y-xZExYS0) ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-whose-best-known-song-sounds-like-pink-floyd/1018471/5 "2025-05-17T12:45:10Z")
That’s it! **“Lunatic Fringe.”** I thought “Red” was somewhere in the band’s name but I couldn’t find anything by searching that gave me a clue. Thank you! Not being able to remember this was causing me no end of anxiety, but I knew Dopers would come through! ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-whose-best-known-song-sounds-like-pink-floyd/1018471/6 "2025-05-17T13:06:22Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > That’s it! **“Lunatic Fringe.”** I can certainly hear the resemblance. Sounds like a cross between _Run Like Hell_ and _Young Lust_. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-whose-best-known-song-sounds-like-pink-floyd/1018471/7 "2025-05-17T13:09:13Z")
Huh. And here I was about to recommend **D.O.A.** by Bloodrock. It does have a siren in it and the beginning harmony of the chorus (i.e. “I … I … I … remember”) sounds exactly like Pink Floyd. However, I’ve never heard it on a classic rock channel. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-whose-best-known-song-sounds-like-pink-floyd/1018471/8 "2025-05-17T15:20:31Z")
“Lunatic Fringe” came to mind fairly quickly because I heard it on the radio a lot back in the day, and I would invariably think something like, Yeah, those guys have definitely been listening to their Pink Floyd records. Glad I was able to help. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-whose-best-known-song-sounds-like-pink-floyd/1018471/9 "2025-05-17T15:26:29Z")
I always thought the [guitar break/outro from Steely Dan’s _FM_](https://youtu.be/HV3zWSawJiw?feature=shared&t=179) sounded like it could be on a Pink Floyd album. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-whose-best-known-song-sounds-like-pink-floyd/1018471/10 "2025-05-17T17:31:58Z")
It sounds a heck of a lot like the first song I saw on MTV. [Twilight Zone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIaaBuGNwNw&ab_channel=RedBullet) by Golden Earring. ETA, I don’t think that was the version they showed on MTV (boobies). And I still maintain he’s saying “lunatic French”. ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-whose-best-known-song-sounds-like-pink-floyd/1018471/11 "2025-05-17T17:35:24Z")
Felder’s American accent takes the song out of the PF realm instantly, though. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-whose-best-known-song-sounds-like-pink-floyd/1018471/12 "2025-05-17T20:01:40Z")
Definitely not his best known song, but has some Floyd energy [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VHzVehsh9r0/maxresdefault.jpg "Leonard Cohen - Death of a Ladies' Man (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHzVehsh9r0) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-whose-best-known-song-sounds-like-pink-floyd/1018471/13 "2025-05-17T20:09:25Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > That’s it! **“Lunatic Fringe.”** I thought “Red” was somewhere in the band’s name but I couldn’t find anything by searching that gave me a clue. That song reminds me of Twilight Zone by Golden Earring. When it’s on in the background, I keep expecting to hear the line ‘when the bullet hits the bone’. ---
**Author:** ![pirviii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pirviii/32/3233_2.png) [@pirviii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pirviii)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-whose-best-known-song-sounds-like-pink-floyd/1018471/14 "2025-05-18T00:35:14Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > That song reminds me of Twilight Zone by Golden Earring. When it’s on in the background, I keep expecting to hear the line ‘when the bullet hits the bone’. Thank you, I thought I was the only one.