Well, they were active from the 60's through the 90's, but I consider their prime to be during the 70's

They're the band who released Dark Side of The Moon...



And Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall








The band was led by Syd Barrett; however, Barrett's erratic behaviour eventually forced his colleagues to replace him with guitarist and singer David Gilmour. After Barrett's departure, singer and bass player Roger Waters gradually became the band's leader from around 1977 until his eventual departure from the group.

i never got them when first heard them years ago, but then i got DSOTM and listened to the album right through and realised its not about all the single songs but the mood/feeling of all the songs combined, its a great album and i got echoes there best of

4 of my alltime favorite albums there C.T.

Me too

fendertele wrote:i never got them when first heard them years ago, but then i got DSOTM and listened to the album right through and realised its not about all the single songs but the mood/feeling of all the songs combined, its a great album and i got echoes there best of

A good description, fendie.

I have been doing my Pink Floyd homework yesterday. Did Syd Barrett ever meet John Lennon?

Atom Heart Mother live 1970

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That was fantastic! Love their guitars!

Just because I've been listening to The Wall repeatedly

Comfortably Numb Live 1994
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWnapx502uQ[/youtube]

Hey You Live 1994 (listen to 3.18 Octie.... !!!)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSV3i_T01Y8[/youtube]

Vera Live 1980 (I had this song in my head for the past two days...)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PR3Dp75MVM[/youtube]

Honey_Tree wrote:I have been doing my Pink Floyd homework yesterday. Did Syd Barrett ever meet John Lennon?

I think so - on 21 March 1967 the Beatles are recording in Abbey Road "Getting Better" and "Lovely Rita", only Ringo is not present. At approximately 11 PM they are visited by Norman Smith with Pink Floyd, whose 1st LP, "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn", he is producing in other sector of Abbey Road the same night.

I recently managed to complete my CD collection and now I have all PF's albums (except for compilation etc) and I'm happy - they have always been one of my favourite bands. First album I heard was Momentary Lapse of Reason and maybe because of that I love a lot their work after Waters leaving, as well as before. One of my favourite will always be Wish You Were Here, and I admire Syd Barett too. I've never been interested in Waters and Gilmour solo work, but last Gilmour album (On an Island) is pretty good, I think.

nousha wrote:

Honey_Tree wrote:I have been doing my Pink Floyd homework yesterday. Did Syd Barrett ever meet John Lennon?

I think so - on 21 March 1967 the Beatles are recording in Abbey Road "Getting Better" and "Lovely Rita", only Ringo is not present. At approximately 11 PM they are visited by Norman Smith with Pink Floyd, whose 1st LP, "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn", he is producing in other sector of Abbey Road the same night.

Thanks for answering, Nousha. I somehow think John and Syd would have gotten on well together.

First album I got was Dark Side of the Moon, which , to tell the truth... I didnt really warm up to. Now i'm ok with it, still aint my favorite. Call me sentimentalist, but I cannot listen to Time. It is too... true Momentary Lapses of Reason-thats a great cd. Love Gilmour. But my favourite so far is The Wall!!!!! Mmmm!

I need to listen to their early stuff and the Syd Barrett stuff as well. It was the 40th anniversary of Piper last October (I think?)

Great Band!

My Favorite Floyd track

Echoes . Live in Pompeii

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Echoes Prt 2 .

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I remember watching the DVD "Live in Pompeii (the director's cut) for the first time. I almost went into tears during "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun". I fell in love with this track. Later I translated it in Bulgarian, I rarely translate songs, it's almost impossible, you cannot translate the music which is part of it, but I tried (I've translated "Careful with that Axe, Eugene" too, hehehe).

Nick Mason's drums drive me mad, the Sun's bewitching me, Rick Wright's stripping my soul and the guitars - as if their strings are drilling through me to open small holes for the sun to go through me...

There's something about that DVD. The combination of music, empty space, full of sunlight, ancient scene, some atmosphere of a deserted place - as if the boys are the only people left on the whole planet, that sense of solitude, the cosmical feeling of some sounds, the "smell" of the time - those charming and powerful years, their young relationship, full of ambition, friendship, future, experiments, discoveries, musical genius, passion, pride...


Man, they're young and great, and they know it, and you know it and that's all. Pure music.

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=v5_0iZQ-TuA[/youtube]

Have many Music DVDs but Pomeii is out there on its own , its just Genius, and you get to see Floyd recording
at Abbey Rd which would become the masterpiece Dark Side Of The Moon

Nice One Nousha , you decribe the Dvd perfectly

Live 8 performances

Money
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl6NfQyNLto&feature=related[/youtube]

Breathe
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvkPKyMswUo&feature=related[/youtube]

Wish You Were Here
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvH127PFmcY&feature=related[/youtube]

Us and Them - Execellent piece of music!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeEbmXVjlcU&feature=related[/youtube]

Us and Them vs Secret of the third planet... ! [a Russian Cartoon] Sweet!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4SSIbxWRW4&feature=related[/youtube]