# When was your last Pink Floyd moment? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 28, 2005, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-your-last-pink-floyd-moment/333126 "2005-11-28T22:49:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-your-last-pink-floyd-moment/333126/1 "2005-11-28T22:49:37Z")
\*I got a little black book with my poems in. Got a bag with a toothbrush and a comb in. When I’m a good dog they sometimes throw me a bone in. …snip… I’ve got wild staring eyes I’ve got a strong urge to fly But I’ve got nowhere to fly to \* …so. When’s the last time Roger et.al. read _your_ mind and put what they found to music? ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-your-last-pink-floyd-moment/333126/2 "2005-11-28T23:07:07Z")
Run to the bedroom, In the suitcase on the left You’ll find my favorite axe. Don’t look so frightened This is just a passing phase, One of my bad days. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-your-last-pink-floyd-moment/333126/3 "2005-11-29T00:25:39Z")
I keep trying to turn away from the pain and damn troubles, but I never succeed. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-your-last-pink-floyd-moment/333126/4 "2005-11-29T00:29:26Z")
I often find myself thinking “how I wish you were here” … like just last week, when I realized that it’s been over a year already since my friend Chuck died. That’s the Floyd lyric/song that winds up in my head the most. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-your-last-pink-floyd-moment/333126/5 "2005-11-29T00:35:20Z")
_Big man, pig man A-ha, charade you are’_ (Hubby just got a new research job involving pigs) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-your-last-pink-floyd-moment/333126/6 "2005-11-29T00:53:49Z")
You know that I care what happens to you, and I know that you care for me, so I don’t feel alone, or the weight of the stone, now that I’ve found somewhere safe to bury my bone. And any fool knows a dog needs a home, a shelter from pigs on the wing. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-your-last-pink-floyd-moment/333126/7 "2005-11-29T01:09:48Z")
Silence in the studio. I use that all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-your-last-pink-floyd-moment/333126/8 "2005-11-29T01:40:59Z")
Run rabbit run dig that hole, forget the sun and when at last the work is done don’t sit down, it’s time to dig another one ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-your-last-pink-floyd-moment/333126/9 "2005-11-29T01:43:53Z")
Moderately buzzed three years ago, New Years. We were blasting _Animals_ for some strange reason. ---
**Author:** ![IUchem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/aca169/32.png) [@IUchem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IUchem)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-your-last-pink-floyd-moment/333126/10 "2005-11-29T01:52:30Z")
You gotta sleep on your toes, and when you’re on the street You gotta be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed And then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking. And after a while, you can work on points for style Like the club tie, and the firm handshake A certain look in the eye, and an easy smile ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-your-last-pink-floyd-moment/333126/11 "2005-11-29T02:32:11Z")
Through the fish-eyed lens of tear stained eyes, I can barely define the shape of this moment in time. And far from flying high in clear blue skies, I’m spiraling down to the hole in the ground where I hide. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-your-last-pink-floyd-moment/333126/12 "2005-11-29T03:02:11Z")
_Fearlessly the idiot faced the crowd…_ 😛 ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-your-last-pink-floyd-moment/333126/13 "2005-11-29T03:13:06Z")
_…you are only coming through in waves…_ ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-your-last-pink-floyd-moment/333126/14 "2005-11-29T04:19:22Z")
I’ve got a bike. You can ride it if you like. CAREFUL WITH THAT AXE, EUGENE! ---
**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-your-last-pink-floyd-moment/333126/15 "2005-11-29T06:29:58Z")
Strangers passing in the street, By chance to separate glances meet, And I am you and what I see is me. ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-your-last-pink-floyd-moment/333126/16 "2005-11-29T06:38:08Z")
[quote] Day after day, love turns grey Like the skin of a dying man. Night after night, we pretend its all right But I have grown older and You have grown colder and Nothing is very much fun any more. And I can feel one of my turns coming on. I feel cold as a razor blade, Tight as a tourniquet, Dry as a funeral drum. [quote] ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-your-last-pink-floyd-moment/333126/17 "2005-11-29T07:36:58Z")
Well, not recent but **Auguest** brought it up. When I was a teen (back during the 70’s) a friend girl of mine’s dad LOVED pink floyd. He bought all their albums. He gets the latest and lays down on his sofa with headphones turned up listening. We are in the _over garage_ rumpus room when we hear his screech … he had “careful with that Axe Eugene” at full volume … heh I tink he came straight up offa the couch when the scream came. 😛 As for myself, I’ve never been able to take politicians seriously after “the paper holds their folded faces to the floor … And everyday, the paper brings more”. 'cause it DOES. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-your-last-pink-floyd-moment/333126/18 "2005-11-29T07:53:10Z")
You got to be crazy, you gotta have a real need, You gotta sleep on your toes, when you’re on the street, Got to be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed. (Best Pink Floyd song - ever) But this also offers the perfect opportunity to a question that occured to me again the other day: In Pigs on the Wing, Part 1, he sings “We would zigzag our way, through the boredom and pain, wondering which of the \_\_\_\_\_\_ to blame”. Now, every lyric sheet I’ve ever seen has said that “buggers” goes in the blank, but it doesnt _sound_ like buggers to me - before I had seen lyrics, I thought he was saying “brothers” and even listening to it knowing that it should be “buggers” it doesn’t click. Anyone else feel this way? ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-your-last-pink-floyd-moment/333126/19 "2005-11-29T08:06:33Z")
A momentary lapse of reason that binds a life to a life A small regret, you won’t forget, There’ll be no sleep in here tonight ---
**Author:** ![sniperfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@sniperfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sniperfang)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-your-last-pink-floyd-moment/333126/20 "2005-11-29T08:34:43Z")
_Where were you when I was burned and broken While the days slipped by from my window watching Where were you when I was hurt and helpless …snip… While you were hanging yourself on someone else’s words Dying to believe in what you heard I was staring straight into the shining sun …snip… I took a heavenly ride through our silence I knew the moment had arrived For killing the past and coming back to life_ That sonofabitch Waters totally ripped off the last few years of my life! I demand retribution! I demand royalties! … What’s that?.. What?.. They sang this in 1994? Well, … damn. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-your-last-pink-floyd-moment/333126.md?page=2)