Best Pink Floyd Song

[passedpawn]

I hated The Wall animated video. Don't know why. I went to bed listening to the album for a year. Couldn't finish the movie.

 

[meddin]

I gotta be honest, Pink Floyd is one of those bands I could never get into. I am a huge music buff, and listen to everything from rock to jazz to blues, to hip hop, to classical, to whatever.

For whatver reason Pink Floyd (and Rush for that matter) is a band that I think I am suppossed to like but don't much.

I hope that doesn't make me a bad person

 

[Rick500]

I'm at least tied as the world's biggest Floyd fan...and I could only watch The Wall, the movie one time all the way through. It disturbs me.

 

[Homercidal]

I gotta be honest, Pink Floyd is one of those bands I could never get into. I am a huge music buff, and listen to everything from rock to jazz to blues, to hip hop, to classical, to whatever.

For whatver reason Pink Floyd (and Rush for that matter) is a band that I think I am suppossed to like but don't much.

I hope that doesn't make me a bad person

I never got into PF that much growing up. But in the last year or so I have re-experienced their stuff and am blown away.

Rush, not so much...

 

[SourHopHead]

I saw Roger a few years ago in Omaha Nebraska and it was the BEST show I have ever gone too. I still have pics on my phone of them on stage and the flying pig. It got better when I saw them on TV all together doing that Live 8 show or something on MTV.

 

[Scallywag]

Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict.

 

[boo boo]

Too much there to actually decide on, but if I really had to pick I guess it would have to be Comfortably Numb, or Echos or Breathe or.....

Closest I have gotten to seeing them was the Australian Pink Floyd Show that played here 4 or 5 years ago. Awesome show.

My favorite band bar none, and as far as I know, have every album they produced.

Years ago in a time far far away... I wore out that many Dark Side Of The Moon 8 track tapes, that I eventually bought the record and recorded my own 8 track tapes.
I used to drive my wife nuts listening to Several Species.....

 

[SpanishCastleAle]

Years ago in a time far far away... I wore out that many Dark Side Of The Moon 8 track tapes, that I eventually bought the record and recorded my own 8 track tapes.

So...when you're listening to DSOTM...do you still expect to hear the song fade out, then a "kachunk", then fade back in?

To this day I still do that for every record I had on 8-track.

 

[passedpawn]

So...when you're listening to DSOTM...do you still expect to hear the song fade out, then a "kachunk", then fade back in?

To this day I still do that for every record I had on 8-track.

That's funny.

 

[thataintchicken]

I will base this on the fact that anytime I hear this PF song pop up on the radio.. i have to turn it up and listen.

Us and Them.

The Dream Theater version is pretty good as well.

 

[SpanishCastleAle]

Pretty cool thataintchicken. I'm also an old Dream Theater fan.

 

[Homercidal]

That was sweet! DT is awesum!

Yes, there are just too many good tunes to pick any single one of them.

 

[Zul'jin]

This is easy. "Wish You Were Here". It's the only really good Pink Floyd song.

And did they get you to trade ... Cold comfort for change?

No. No, they did not.

 

[DakotaSchmidty]

Easy. It's Fearless... or Learning to Fly... or On the Turning Away... or anything off Wish You Were Here... or anything off Dark Side... or maybe Comfortably Numb. Actually off The Wall, I really like Waiting For the Worms, or Mother, or Young Lust. Vera and Bring The Boys Back Home are really cool when you listen to the whole album straight through. They just stand out. I like The Trial too. There's some good stuff on the Division Bell. Not Now John was a cool tune... Maybe it's not an easy question?

I didn't read this whole thread, so maybe somebody already put this out there, but here's a cool site that has the complete discography for PF, lyrics, trivia and all. Enjoy!:rockin:

http://http://www.pinkfloyd-co.com/disco/disc_idx.html

 

[DakotaSchmidty]

Sorry, I screwed up that link. Try this one:

http://www.pinkfloyd-co.com/disco/wall/wall_album.html

If this one doesn't work, well, I don't know what to tell ya

 

[HPDrifter]

Wow! Lots of good input here.. I really enjoy ALL PF music. I saw them live in 1991 (i think) in Minneapolis and was completely blown away.

Why is it then that although I love all of their music, I am completely blown away by "Wish you were here?" They all get turned up, but this one is on the MP3 player and on the disks in both cars...

 

[manticle]

Years since I listened but Dogs, The Trial and Waiting for the Worms were old favourites.

Many, many good ones, despite the tendency towards self indulgence sometimes.

Special vote also goes to Careful with that Axe, Eugene.

 

[passedpawn]

Easy. It's Fearless... or Learning to Fly... or On the Turning Away... or anything off Wish You Were Here... or anything off Dark Side... or maybe Comfortably Numb. Actually off The Wall, I really like Waiting For the Worms, or Mother, or Young Lust. Vera and Bring The Boys Back Home are really cool when you listen to the whole album straight through. They just stand out. I like The Trial too. There's some good stuff on the Division Bell. Not Now John was a cool tune... Maybe it's not an easy question?

I didn't read this whole thread, so maybe somebody already put this out there, but here's a cool site that has the complete discography for PF, lyrics, trivia and all. Enjoy!:rockin:

http://http://www.pinkfloyd-co.com/disco/disc_idx.html

Maybe this one works.
http://www.pinkfloyd-co.com/disco/disc_idx.html

 

[JakeTheHopDog]

For me, it's "One Slip" from the album "A Momentary Lapse Of Reason".

"One slip, and down the hole we fall
It seems to take no time at all
A momentary lapse of reason
That binds a life for life
A small regret, you won't forget,
There'll be no sleep in here tonight"

Pretty much tells the story of my son's life. His life, not mine...

 

[SanAntoneRR]

Welcome To The Machine from the Wish You Were Here album.

 

[Fatgodzilla]

May not be their best, but it's what I think when I read this thread. Some of you blokes should be certified insane and thus are duly qualified to issue an answer here.I feel sorrow for the rest of you dribblers.

 

[parabellum]

I love Welcome to the Machine. Used to have dreams about the machine as a kid. I was in the machine... on a conveyor... being transported through a series of mechanized tunnels. Kinda funny how a kid's mind can be so perceptive without understanding what it is he/she is experiencing.

 

[passedpawn]

Shine on You Crazy Diamond is my favorite. I listen to Floyd whenever it is dark and I'm driving a nice long distance and I can really drift away in it.

Yesss...

Just letting this one fill my room and my mind. It's soooo beautiful.... am I floating yet....

 

[steinsato]

I'm a big fan of obscured by clouds. Think I'll throw that album on now

 

[BrotherGrim]

When the Tigers Broke Free

I read this thread and built an all PF playlist on my classic.

 

[lschiavo]

PF is silliness. I skip it or change channels. The Monty Python of "music"?

 

[Airborneguy]

I started Wish You Were Here on the way to work tonight. I love that the album takes me three trips back and forth from work to listen to the whole thing.

 

[squeekybobo]

Shine On You Crazy Diamond gets my vote. Echoes is high on my list as well.

 

[mathin]

One of my favorites is Comfortably Numb from The Wall. But if I were to pick a more obscure song, I'd go with One of These Days on the album Meddle

 

[day_trippr]

I'm an unrepentant PF fanboi.

I've been listening to The Wall live edition, with one complete play through virtually every day since the middle of March. I do my best work when that album puts me in the zone. It...is...awesome...

Cheers!