btb Posted October 9, 2023 Author Share Posted October 9, 2023 19 hours ago, Richey Edwards said: He wasn't even the best singer in Pink Floyd. Gilmour and Wright had better voices IMO. Undoubtedly but Gilmour era Floyd were decaff in comparison. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 19 minutes ago, btb said: Undoubtedly but Gilmour era Floyd were decaff in comparison. Oh, Waters was the better lyricist. Post-Waters lyrics are banal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Not DSOTM but why not? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted October 9, 2023 Author Share Posted October 9, 2023 (edited) IIRC the studio version is the only Floyd song Syd Barrett and Dave Gilmour both played on. 29 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said: Not DSOTM but why not? Edited October 9, 2023 by btb 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 3 hours ago, btb said: Undoubtedly but Gilmour era Floyd were decaff in comparison. I liked The Division Bell. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Firmly in the like camp. These are classic songs but he's done something different with them as he's retained the structure and melody. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 2 hours ago, scottsdad said: I liked The Division Bell. Unpopular opinion but TDB would be in my top 5 Floyd albums. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 13 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said: Unpopular opinion but TDB would be in my top 5 Floyd albums. It'd be there or thereabouts for me. I'm not keen on pre-Gilmour Floyd. I know many are but the Barrett era just sounds like 60s pop to me, indistinguishable from loads of other acts at the time. I'd have The Division Bell above The Final Cut, Momentary Lapse of Reason, and The Endless River (which was just musak). It's on about the same level as Meddle or Animals if I were to make a list. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 9 minutes ago, scottsdad said: It'd be there or thereabouts for me. I'm not keen on pre-Gilmour Floyd. I know many are but the Barrett era just sounds like 60s pop to me, indistinguishable from loads of other acts at the time. I'd have The Division Bell above The Final Cut, Momentary Lapse of Reason, and The Endless River (which was just musak). It's on about the same level as Meddle or Animals if I were to make a list. Not a massive fan of AMLOR. It's okay but that's all. TFC is Waters best solo album IMO. Animals would be near the top of my list if I was to make one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted October 9, 2023 Author Share Posted October 9, 2023 6 hours ago, scottsdad said: I'm not keen on pre-Gilmour Floyd. I know many are but the Barrett era just sounds like 60s pop to me, indistinguishable from loads of other acts at the time. Floyd's debut album The Piper At The Gates of Dawn (Chapter 8 (?) of Wind in the Willows) is a stand-out album of British psychedelic music with far trippier lyrics than most of their contemporaries and a full blown freak-out track Interstellar Overdrive. For me the weakest spell in Floyd history was the period immediately after Barrett left when the others were all trying to write Syd-like hit singles, it took about 3/4 years before they finally coalesced on their classic 70s sound on Meddle. Floyd also refer to Barrett/Piper on many of their subsequent albums including The Division Bell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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