# Your favorite Pink Floyd Song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 25, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-song/664493 "2013-07-25T16:09:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-song/664493/41 "2013-07-25T20:40:37Z")
“High Hopes” ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-song/664493/42 "2013-07-25T21:09:23Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Strangely enough, it’s the first album that comes to mind whan I think of Pink Floyd these days. A very uneven album, but I love it anyway. > > I’ve always said that they started out as Syd’s Floyd, and in the '70s they became Roger’s Floyd, and they ended up as David’s Floyd. But my favorite era by far is the late '60s/early '70s period when they were _Floyd’s_ Floyd, a true band with no single dominant personality holding the reins. That’s when they were at their spaciest, their most pastoral, their most progressive, and their most English. I’m pretty much the same. I love listening to bootlegs from the period around 69-72 where they’d do something like stretch out Fat Old Sun to fifteen minutes. ---
**Author:** ![akrako1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@akrako1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akrako1)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-song/664493/43 "2013-07-25T21:14:28Z")
Interstellar Overdrive followed by Scream Thy Last Scream or Lucifer Sam, it’s a tough choice… ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-song/664493/44 "2013-07-25T21:34:06Z")
I like the extended _Empty Spaces_ version that accompanies the animation in The Wall movie. It has additional lyrics and music. I am not sure it is available anywhere outside the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-song/664493/45 "2013-07-25T21:44:14Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > I like the extended _Empty Spaces_ version that accompanies the animation in The Wall movie. It has additional lyrics and music. I am not sure it is available anywhere outside the movie. The extended _Empty Spaces_ is actually a different song called _[What Shall We Do Now?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Shall_We_Do_Now%3F)_ It was cut from the original album due to the time constraints of vinyl, but it was included in the lyrics on the album’s inner sleeve. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-song/664493/46 "2013-07-25T22:43:42Z")
> [@MovieMogul](#): > > Summer '68 Great choice. It’s a terrific example of an under-appreciated, under-enjoyed Floyd track. Just like Paintbox and The Nile Song ;). ---
**Author:** ![Suil\_Dubh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Suil\_Dubh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suil_Dubh)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-song/664493/47 "2013-07-25T22:50:31Z")
“Grantchester Meadows” off of _Ummagumma_. I love the pastoral ambience. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-song/664493/48 "2013-07-25T22:54:03Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > “High Hopes” Thought I’d be the only person to pick a track from _The Division Bell_, but my choice would be “Coming Back To Life”, although I love the whole album. I love most of their other stuff as well, though, but that’s the album I come back to most. Maybe because it came out when I was 16 and just getting into the band, but it’s still just as meaningful now. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-song/664493/49 "2013-07-26T02:48:01Z")
Wow, forty-eight posts and no one agrees with my favorite: “Learning to Fly”, with “Us and Them” a close second. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-song/664493/50 "2013-07-26T06:58:47Z")
I came to Floyd rather late (in my 30’s) growing up with post-punk and electronica I’d dismissed them as irrelevant and one-dimensional prog-rock dinosaurs. Then shortly after my daughter was born she was squawking in the car and wouldn’t settle. On the radio came “wish you were here”…silence (from both me and her). A “greatest hits” purchase soon followed, then “The Wall” and I very quickly realised Pink Floyd covered rather more musical space than I previously thought. Anyhow, “wish you were here” still remains my favourite, closely followed by “Mother” (the central guitar solo within being, in my opinion, the best 30 seconds in rock), “welcome to the machine” and “Stay” Then about 60 others. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-song/664493/51 "2013-07-26T07:09:11Z")
‘Money’ for me - not because it’s the only one I like 🙂 Just sentimental reasons. ---
**Author:** ![OtisCampbellWasRight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d78d45/32.png) [@OtisCampbellWasRight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtisCampbellWasRight)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-song/664493/52 "2013-07-26T12:06:18Z")
> [@MovieMogul](#): > > Summer '68 Seconded. Atom Heart Mother is an amazing album start to finish. ---
**Author:** ![timid1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@timid1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timid1)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-song/664493/53 "2013-07-26T12:16:15Z")
I second “Fearless”. I was at an outdoor concert in the 70’s at Tampa Stadium. The song came on as we waited for the show to begin. I had no idea who it was, but was enthralled. I actually thought the crowd chants at the end was coming from the audience. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-song/664493/54 "2013-07-26T17:07:35Z")
I have to third _Fearless_. I was introduced to the song by a friend’s band doing a note-for-note, pitch perfect cover of it at their practice (some people accused them of being a Floyd rip-off, but I digress). Their cover at the time, and the original today still give me goosebumps all over. Before that, my favorite song by Floyd was [_One of these Days_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgvAwBDbuIo). Yes, I know _now_ that it’s off of the same album as _Fearless_, but I knew it from a compilation album when I was a kid. But even today, the Pink Floyd song I’m most likely to play on an instrument is [_Lucifer Sam_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAgGBWWC7xs). That riff is just so _cool_. It even sounds great on a mandolin. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-song/664493/55 "2013-07-26T17:23:47Z")
I’ve heard of Pink Floyd, I’m sure I’ve heard some of their songs, but honest to goodness, I couldn’t name one if my life depended upon it. Even looking at the ones listed in this thread, most don’t register. Maybe if I’d tried hard enough, I’d have come up with _The Wall_ but I can’t guarantee it. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-song/664493/56 "2013-07-26T17:35:56Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I’ve heard of Pink Floyd, I’m sure I’ve heard some of their songs, but honest to goodness, I couldn’t name one if my life depended upon it. Even looking at the ones listed in this thread, most don’t register. Maybe if I’d tried hard enough, I’d have come up with _The Wall_ but I can’t guarantee it. You’ve very likely heard the two big radio hits, “Money” (“Money, it’s a gas/Grab that cash in both hands and make a stash”) and “Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2” (“We don’t need no education/We don’t need no thought control”). ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-song/664493/57 "2013-07-26T19:37:16Z")
You’re right - I’m familiar with both of those, but I never associated them with a particular group. About a year ago, we got satellite radio in the car, and I’ve lost track of the times I’ve looked at the display to see who was singing, only to say “I never heard of him/her” or “I didn’t know that’s who did that song!” I’m more tragically unhip than I thought. dang. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-song/664493/58 "2013-07-26T19:49:16Z")
I guess it would be “Time” but it’s not nice making me choose. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-song/664493/59 "2013-07-26T20:26:14Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > “High Hopes” > [@Steophan](#): > > Thought I’d be the only person to pick a track from _The Division Bell_, but my choice would be “Coming Back To Life”, although I love the whole album. > > I love most of their other stuff as well, though, but that’s the album I come back to most. Maybe because it came out when I was 16 and just getting into the band, but it’s still just as meaningful now. I’ll second High Hopes - _The Division Bell_ may be my favorite album too, though _Momentary Lapse of Reason_ and _Wish You Were Here_ are heavy competitors. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-song/664493/60 "2013-07-26T21:13:55Z")
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