Obviously (see above) I have…
Too many to chose from, but I’ve gotta go with…
Echoes
Amen! It took me forever to figure out the “You’ll Never Walk Alone” part in there. I guess it was done by the crowd at a soccer match. It’s a brilliant counterpoint to the song.
Apparently, the crowd chanting “You’ll Never Walk Alone” is something of a regular happening at soccer (excuse me, football) matches in Britain. Why a song from “Carousel” got associated with a soccer match is beyond me, but there you have it.
Can anyone let me know whether Dark Side of Oz is urban legend or amazing writing?
Another vote for Time from a very long shortlist. Great intro (except for the alarm clocks) and a perceptive lyric.
After the “You’ll never walk alone” you can hear the crowd chanting “Li-ver-pool” (ie the football team). The reason it became associated with football was that Gerry and the Pacemakers released it around the time that one of their home town teams, Liverpool, started to become very successful. The fans would sing various pop songs, such as “She Loves You”, but that one took especially well. I do like “Echoes” off that album.
I probably listen to “Atom Heart Mother” more than the other albums; every song on that (including the title track and “Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast”) deserves a mention.
When I first heard “Piper at the Gates of Dawn” I was obsessed with the whole album, but especially “Bike”.
Comfortably Numb at Earls Court Stadium in London, 1980, The Wall tour. Blow me away!
Echoes, Wish You Were Here and Be Careful with that Axe Eugene. among others
“Marmalade. I like marmalade.”
One of Pink Floyd’s finest lyrics.
- Careful With that Axe, Eugene
- Atom Heart Mother
- Echoes
- One of These Days
- Astronome Domine
- Shine On You Crazy Diamond (their last great song, alas)
- Brain Damage/Eclipse
“You’ve got to be crazy”, Dogs
Wish You Were Here
Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Stay (Obscured By Clouds)
Bored today… so, in approimate order by favorite album, although not necessarily by favorite song. (And remember, in this list, “last” place still ain’t bad!)
Meddle
Echoes
Fearless
Wish You Were Here
Shine on… (I-IX)
Wish you were here
Animals
Pigs (Three different kinds)
Dogs
Sheep
Pigs on the Wing (I-II)
Dark Side of the Moon
Time
Speak to Me/Breathe in the Air
Brain Damage/Eclipse
The Wall
Comfortably Numb
The Thin Ice
Obscured by Clouds
Childhood’s End
Stay
Ummagumma (new material)
Sysyphus (I-IV)
Saucerful of Secrets
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Astronomy Domine
More
Cirrus Minor
Atom Heart Mother
If
Final Cut
Not Now John
Two Suns in the Sunset
Im with Plnnr. One of the best guitar riffs ever. Plus, I love the Bb to C chord change.
I refuse to pick. I like nearly every single song for one reason or another.
Inconclusive Scroll to bottom of page for link.
My favorite is the one about the lunatic being in his head–the melodic part at the end is so beautiful “And all that you touch,…”
They are my “desert island” band, so I can’t pick. But I have a major thing for Wish You Were Here and Careful With That Axe, Eugene.
Careful With That Axe Eugene, Obscured By Clouds, Astonomy Dominie, and Learning to Fly.
And I’m with AskNott, Several Species of Small Furry Animals Grooving In a Cave With a Pict, is a good tune.
Excellent head music!
Echoes
Shine on You Crazy Diamond
Not Now John
The Final Cut
Dogs
Sheep
Pigs (Three Different Ones)
Wish You Were Here
Time
Bike
Careful With that Axe, Eugene
Without a doube, Time. Raises the hair on the back of my neck every time I hear it.