Best Pink Floyd Song

[passedpawn]

I've never heard that on the radio pretty much ever. Seems like it's always Happiest Days of our Lives to another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2

Woops, you got me there. I meant part 2.

 

[jpc]

Missed this thread for so long due to my not being around, but I have to put up one of my favorites that I haven't seen anyone mention-- "Wot's... Uh the Deal?" Most people I know, even self-described Floyd fans, have never heard this one...

[ame="http://youtu.be/itxVfQ1MZOo"]Here's a live version from Gdansk...[/ame]

 

[passedpawn]

I always like the opening track on Learning to Fly, especially with headphones (well, it's all better with headphones).

 

[chessking]

Rather than the best floyd song, a more interesting question might be are you tired of any of them yet? I can see how that might be the case on albums up until Ummagumma or thereabouts, but seriously, I never tire of hearing any of it. It should have got old by now, surely?

I don't get tired of any, but my daughter laughs at Bike, The Gnome, and seems puzzled by Several Species.. Nothing I can say. There is a level of weirdness to the earlier stuff. But it is the sound of the time.

 

[littletommy]

Not now John is one I always loved. It was different, even for Floyd. Always loved Waters' sarcastic stuff. "there's too many home fires burning and not enough trees" WOW! That line has always blown me away!

And yes, Wots...uh the deal is amazing! My older brother introduced me to that song, and that album many moons ago, and it's a steady on my Ipod to this day, I know I have it on vinyl somewhere, too, need to find that......

 

[day_trippr]

"On The Turning Away" always haunts me...

Cheers!

 

[rhythmsteve]

Echoes, because its the first truely "Pink Floyd" song

 

[ChefRex]

I need to go though the thread but in the mean while the is the inspiration the name of one of my loooong dead dogs, RIP, dobbie goofy F he was!

 

[Homercidal]

I enjoyed the later stuff, after the really weird kind of spacey, disconnected sound from the very early days. Sometimes I go back there, but I think they really hit their stride about the time Gilmour got in.

And dudes, HEAPHONES! PF is great, anyway, but headphones takes it into a nearly mind-blowing experience. There are a few rare instances of artists using a recording studio as well as these guys did.

I also very much appreciate what the guys put into the songwriting.

 

[chessking]

FWIW, One of the American woman figure skaters in the Olympics, did a short program to Crazy Diamond. It wasn't the original version, sort of a Muzak version, but what the hell. Got to give her points for the effort.

 

[the_bird]

FWIW, One of the American woman figure skaters in the Olympics, did a short program to Crazy Diamond. It wasn't the original version, sort of a Muzak version, but what the hell. Got to give her points for the effort.

I was watching that with my daughter and her friend, and explained to them how it was a song written about their former bandleader who dropped too much acid and went insane. I think the_Bean already knew.

Incidentally, I never knew about this little event that occurred when they were recording the song:

Roger was there, and he was sitting at the desk, and I came in and I saw this guy sitting behind him--huge, bald, fat guy. I thought, "He looks a bit...strange..." Anyway, so I sat down with Roger at the desk and we worked for about ten minutes, and this guy kept on getting up and brushing his teeth and then sitting--doing really weird things, but keeping quiet. And I said to Roger, "Who is he?" and Roger said "I don't know." and I said "Well, I assumed he was a friend of yours," and he said "No, I don't know who he is." Anyway, it took me a long time, and then suddenly I realised it was Syd, after maybe 45 minutes. He came in as we were doing the vocals for Shine On You Crazy Diamond, which was basically about Syd. He just, for some incredible reason he picked the very day that we were doing a song which was about him. And we hadn't seen him, I don't think, for two years before. That's what's so incredibly...weird about this guy. And a bit disturbing, as well, I mean, particularly when you see a guy, that you don't, you couldn't recognise him. And then, for him to pick the very day we want to start putting vocals on, which is a song about him. Very strange.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shine_On_You_Crazy_Diamond

 

[the_bird]

FWIW, One of the American woman figure skaters in the Olympics, did a short program to Crazy Diamond. It wasn't the original version, sort of a Muzak version, but what the hell. Got to give her points for the effort.

Also; better than the little Russian phenom who skated to the theme from "Schindler's List," while dressed as the little girl in the red coat.

 

[smit70136]

"Wish you were here". Album and the song. The. End.

 

[Alpotun]

Partial to "Pigs", myself

 

[chessking]

Partial to "Pigs", myself

All of Animals. Its really one long song.

 

[bobeer]

Have a Cigar or anything off of Dark Side.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Daftest thread ever really....pick ONE Pink Floyd song? My head go boom.

 

[MaddBaggins]

I was just listening to Wish You Were Here (album) on the way home. Such a great album and the title song is one of my favorites. Comfortably Numb is up there too.

 

[MaddBaggins]

Just cranked up Meddle on the hi-fi!

One of these days....

 

[Homercidal]

I know I'm going to get flak for this, but I just can't seem to get into the early Floyd albums. They are just a bit too far out there for me. I like some of the songs, but musically I can't appreciate them. I think for the most part I like them better the further along they went. Up to a point anyway.

Hard to pick on best song. I find I like a different song best each time I listen to them. Comfortably Numb was really good in the car this weekend. Talk to Me is a another favorite. It's an age old problem.

 

[BBQB]

Set the controls for the heart of the sun

 

[BBQB]

...heart of the sun, heart of the sun

 

[1977Brewer]

Wish You Were Here. No arguments.

 

[MaddBaggins]

I know I'm going to get flak for this, but I just can't seem to get into the early Floyd albums. They are just a bit too far out there for me. I like some of the songs, but musically I can't appreciate them. I think for the most part I like them better the further along they went. Up to a point anyway.

Hard to pick on best song. I find I like a different song best each time I listen to them. Comfortably Numb was really good in the car this weekend. Talk to Me is a another favorite. It's an age old problem.

I'm with you. I have Piper but I really can't get into it. I like Meddle but not all of it.

 

[titansvol]

I would have to vote for comfortably numb

 

[dtgrdn]

On the turning away


or Comfortably Numb


Saw them 3 times, in 1973, 1987, & 1988. Best concerts ever!!!!

 

[craigger64]

I would have to vote for comfortably numb

THIS.


Or "Time" from DSOTM

Or "Us and Them" also from DSOTM.

Oh, I can't pick just one!!!!

:rockin:

 

[grrickar]

Wish You Were Here, Careful with that Axe Eugene, Us and Them, Dogs

The 'Animals' album was not to my liking the first time I heard it, then I listened to the lyrics. Amazing...

Dogs is about a corporate guy/businessman with questionable ethics making his way up the ladder. Sadly typical of some examples I have seen in my career...

17+ minutes. Awesome song.

PF is my favorite band, and I would gladly give a kidney to see them in concert before I leave this place...

Waters or Gilmour, no matter - PF > all other bands before or since IMO

 

[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.

I had no idea the Shine lyrics were about Syd Barrett, original PF frontman. I was just reading all about it on Wiki. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syd_Barrett

He went bat**** crazy after Saucerful of Secrets. Super crazy. LSD, plus maybe some unresolved emotional issues.

I also read that Wish You Were Here was dedicated to him.

Maybe Brain Damage on DSOTM is about him too.

 

[passedpawn]

OK, follow this. I'm sorta making up a story here, but it makes sense.

Shine You Diamond (S-Y-D). Hmmm... the name of the song spells out Syds name. Sorta. Cooincidence? It's similar to the Beatle's Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (LSD), from Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. Similar tricky use of letters, right?

Syd wrote almost all of PF's first album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, which was recorded in Studio 3 at Abbey Road Studios, and produced by former Beatles engineer Norman Smith. At the exact same time that engineer Smith was creating this PF album, the Beatles were in Studio 2 recording songs for... yep, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Cooincidence? Hmmm...