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this just in
climber
north fork
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Aug 25, 2011 - 01:42am PT
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Sickness indeed brah. Their animals album is my favorite.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Aug 25, 2011 - 01:45am PT
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Set the controls for the heart of the sun.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Aug 25, 2011 - 01:46am PT
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Didn't Pink Floyd do "Total Eclipse of the Heart"?
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jiff
Ice climber
colorado
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Aug 25, 2011 - 01:54am PT
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piper at the gates is one of the definitive psychadelic albums!!!
RIP Rick Wright and Syd Barrett
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jiff
Ice climber
colorado
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Aug 25, 2011 - 02:27am PT
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lucifer sam F*#K YEAHH!!!
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jiff
Ice climber
colorado
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Aug 25, 2011 - 02:29am PT
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He mentions his girlfriend in the song, too.
Jennifer Gentle
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S.Leeper
Sport climber
Pflugerville, Texas
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Aug 25, 2011 - 02:32am PT
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I could listen to echoes everyday and twice on sundays.
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Dick_Lugar
Trad climber
Collie-Rad-O! (FC to be exact)
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Aug 25, 2011 - 02:36am PT
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Pink Floyd is so passe...
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S.Leeper
Sport climber
Pflugerville, Texas
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Aug 25, 2011 - 02:37am PT
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yeah if Passe means THE SH#T
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S.Leeper
Sport climber
Pflugerville, Texas
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Aug 25, 2011 - 02:37am PT
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dick, what do you listen to?
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jiff
Ice climber
colorado
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Aug 25, 2011 - 02:40am PT
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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Aug 25, 2011 - 03:40am PT
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yes, I also do love the pink floyd.
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rrrADAM
Trad climber
LBMF
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Aug 25, 2011 - 09:06am PT
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I see you appreciate stuff from the SB era, but have you checked this one out yet:
Or...
You'll recognize some of the material, as it morphed into later songs.
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Aug 25, 2011 - 09:56am PT
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Love em,
Breathe
(Waters, Gilmour, Wright) 2:44
Breathe, breathe in the air.
Don't be afraid to care.
Leave but don't leave me.
Look around and choose your own ground.
Long you live and high you fly
And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry
And all you touch and all you see
Is all your life will ever be.
Run, rabbit run.
Dig that hole, forget the sun,
And when at last the work is done
Don't sit down it's time to dig another one.
For long you live and high you fly
But only if you ride the tide
And balanced on the biggest wave
You race towards an early grave.
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Aug 25, 2011 - 10:11am PT
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I'd like apple pie, but without the crust.
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Gene
climber
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Aug 25, 2011 - 11:34am PT
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Aug 25, 2011 - 12:59pm PT
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My first real immersion to Pink Floyd was in my first year of college, sitting with a room full of people watching The Wall. I hadn't listened to Pink Floyd at all before that.
That thing blew my mind. After it was over, I just sat there speechless. I didn't want to be in that room full of people in such a vulnerable state.
Over time, David Gilmour has come to be one of my top guitar-playing influences.
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Klimmer
Mountain climber
San Diego
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Aug 25, 2011 - 01:12pm PT
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I love The Floyd.
Prog Rock will never die. It is the music aficionados's and the real musician's choice of music.
It's deep great sounding and very complex music that can only be played by the best musicians, and lyrics that are incredibly deep and spiritual to match the music. It takes you to another world.
Word.
Huge fan of YES, Rush, Pink Floyd, Genesis . . . is there a pattern there?
PINK FLOYD "Coming Back To Life" (1994)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVxnNNGjubg
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Aug 25, 2011 - 01:20pm PT
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Jeff Bosson and I used to have a tradition of looking at climbing or mountaineering slides, only to the music of one group, Pink Floyd. After Jeff's untimely death, I have somehow hung on to some portion of what was among the best friendships I have ever enjoyed, by listening to Pink Floyd.
I guess that could also be labeled as some form of mental disorder...
easily admitted to.
Marooned:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OMFiqNA6Ag
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rrrADAM
Trad climber
LBMF
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Aug 25, 2011 - 02:48pm PT
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Huge fan of YES, Rush, Pink Floyd, Genesis . . . is there a pattern there?
Did toe, here... Although I may change the order a bit:
RUSH, Pink Floyd, RUSH, Yes, RUSH, Genesis, RUSH
Guess I'm a "poofter" too, but then again, I'm not even cool enough to know what that word means. :/
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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Aug 25, 2011 - 03:42pm PT
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Riley, with Pink Floyd, it's very hard to know where to start...
Welcome to the Machine
Wish you were here
One of these days
See Emily Play
On the turning away
All of Dark Side of the Moon-can't even distinguish what is best off that, it's all amazing-but maybe Us and Them, I really like the female vocalist in that.
Listening to "The Wall" was a cathartic experience that helped me get through my divorce... I kept listening to "One of my turns", "Don't leave me now", "another brick in the wall 3" and "goodbye cruel world", "Hey you" Helpful to listen to something that exactly matches your mood.
Love the Floyd! Brilliant musicians and lyricists.
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Aug 25, 2011 - 04:01pm PT
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I just remembered my *real* first experience with Pink Floyd, well before college. I didn't have any exposure to them after this incident until college.
I was probably in junior high, baby-sitting some smaller kids who were asleep. Perusing their parents' record collection, I was intrigued by the prism and rainbow. Put on Dark Side of Moon, and I lay on the couch alone and transfixed. I don't know how long I listened to the record skipping at the end, thinking it was part of some heartbeat trance.
Edit:
I didn't want to soil the Rush Appreciation thread, so adding this here. I must confess, Rush just doesn't solicit any emotional reaction from me. I've tried at different times over the years (including from links in their appreciation thread), but it just doesn't do anything for me!
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August West
Trad climber
Where the wind blows strange
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Aug 25, 2011 - 04:49pm PT
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Obscured by Clouds is the only PF album that has never fallen out of my music rotation. I understand why Dark Side or The Wall got more airplay, but haven't figured out why this album got so little attention.
But each to their own...
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Ottawa Doug
Social climber
Ottawa, Canada
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Aug 25, 2011 - 05:02pm PT
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You are so right, Dark Side of the Moon is the best wall music ever!
Cheers,
Doug
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mooch
Trad climber
Old Climbers' Home (Adopted)
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Aug 25, 2011 - 05:36pm PT
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Doin' the thread justice by conjuring memories of early days on my first wall, all through DG's haunting chords....
Shine On You Crazy Diamond......dedicated to the memory of Brutus Of Wyde.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyqgjCKm9nQ
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ground_up
Trad climber
mt. hood /baja
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Aug 25, 2011 - 05:45pm PT
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It is pointless to discuss "best band" or "best guitarist" but ,
as a lifelong guitar player I would have to say, David Gilmore
is my all time favorite , dood can make it sing.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Aug 25, 2011 - 06:00pm PT
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Y'all need to check out Gilmours 'Meltdown Concert'. The man still has it.
Riley knows what I'm referring to.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Aug 25, 2011 - 06:07pm PT
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Them there are fightin' words, FM.
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cintune
climber
Midvale School for the Gifted
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Aug 25, 2011 - 07:07pm PT
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Well, here's some synchronicity:
“Remember when you were young… You shone like the sun.” Four thousand light years away in the constellation of Serpens, a millisecond pulsar binary is pounding out its heartbeat. Meanwhile an international research team of scientists from Australia, Germany, Italy, the UK and the USA, including Prof. Michael Kramer from Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, German are listening in. Utilizing the 64-m radio telescope in Parkes, Australia, the team made a rather amazing discovery. The companion star could very well be an ultra-low mass carbon white dwarf… one that’s transformed itself into a planet made of pure diamond.
http://www.universetoday.com/88449/star-transforms-into-a-diamond-planet/
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Aug 25, 2011 - 07:42pm PT
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I like to separately consider guitar players in terms of their technical prowess and the feeling/impact of their playing. Technical prowess is a more straight-forward thing to compare, but the feeling/impact is a very subjective thing.
For me, Gilmour is tops for the feeling/impact of playing, with Mark Knopfler a close second. Santa and Clapton are up there close, and are the best in their respective sub-genres (of course from the perspective of my own preferences). Derek Trucks is needs to fit in there somewhere very high, sometimes #1 or #2 if I'm in the right mood.
Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Yngwie Malmsteen, and most of the Guitar Player Magazine coverboys have amazingly honed technical skills but their method of musical expression leaves me cold and unsatisfied. I can intellectually appreciate how difficult something is to play, but that is about the extent of the value for me if the feeling/impact is not there.
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S.Leeper
Sport climber
Pflugerville, Texas
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Aug 25, 2011 - 07:50pm PT
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[quote]Actually Sleeper, just listened to Fat Old Sun...pretty sweet. I'd probably enjoy older Floyd, I really never got into pre-Dark Side of the Moon Floyd. I just like to ruffle some of you classic rock focker's feathers from time to time.
Iand the Black Keys, channeling some Led Zep getting their THICKFREAKNESS ON:
Rock on Sleeper!
That's what I figured, Dick
I'm a big black keys fan, too!
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S.Leeper
Sport climber
Pflugerville, Texas
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Aug 25, 2011 - 07:53pm PT
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L I V E R P O O L !1111
I'll be there in 3 weeks !11!!!1
I just figured out the whole "you'll never walk alone" thing recently.
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S.Leeper
Sport climber
Pflugerville, Texas
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Aug 25, 2011 - 10:00pm PT
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I'll tell him Hi!
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TwistedCrank
climber
Ideeho-dee-do-dah-day boom-chicka-boom-chicka-boom
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Aug 25, 2011 - 10:22pm PT
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"Astronomy Domine" signaled liftoff.
"Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict" took it to a whole new level
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Aug 25, 2011 - 10:44pm PT
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The Pink Floyd, incidentally, invented the 'Ambient Music' genre; for those who don't already know that....
WTF?? Not sure I agree with that assessment.
Gilmore has excellent chops, obviously. And Amazing soul to go along with it all.
But there are so many excellent musicians, to say one is the best, it's like saying who is the best climber. No competition, or person, is going to be able to make that decision.
Hendrix, making his guitar talk on Hey Baby and various other cuts. His ability to hit the notes, and to pause in the right spots, yeah, he understood that. I have a track of his rhythm on "Have You Ever Been to Electric Ladyland". If you didn't know what cut that was from, you'd have a hard time figuring it out! Too bad he only made 3 1/2 albums in a little over 4 years...
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Aug 25, 2011 - 10:46pm PT
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Doh, how could I leave out Hendrix in my quick summary... and Stevie Ray Vaughn (Riviera Paradise!). Just reinforcing k-man's assessment that it's too hard to put labels on who's the "best." But it's fun to try. Signing off for the night, going to pump some plastic at Berkeley Ironworks.
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Aug 25, 2011 - 10:50pm PT
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I saw PF twice, once in 1970 at the Santa Monica Civic. This was right after they had released Meddle. The venue only held 5K people, so the atmosphere was pretty intimate. The next time was in 72 at the Hollywood Bowl where they performed Dark Side of the Moon for the first time iirc. Both times were pretty surreal, not to mention highly "electric"
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Aug 25, 2011 - 10:55pm PT
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Wow, the Hollywood Bowl and Dark Side...amazing.
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Kalimon
Trad climber
Ridgway, CO
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Aug 25, 2011 - 11:00pm PT
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Ubiquitous
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Aug 25, 2011 - 11:01pm PT
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The guitar solo(2nd one, I think) in
Comfortably Numb is cinsistently at the top
of the "Best Guitar Solos of All Time" lists.
Usually battling Stairway for #1.
I'm a big Animals fan.
Saw that tour in 88-89. (Edit: 87? When was that?)
So rad!
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Aug 25, 2011 - 11:06pm PT
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I broke the record for longest humming of fearless when i hummed it hiking from the palisade glacier to Glacier Lodge...Now i hum it on elevators...RJ
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Aug 25, 2011 - 11:37pm PT
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Last of the MO-hicans...was that like a same sex love story...?
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Aug 26, 2011 - 08:18am PT
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thanks Riley, that brought back some nice memories.
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Aug 26, 2011 - 10:41am PT
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Ya, so many great guitar solos floating in this universe.
{Kinda OT, but here goes...}
One of the lesser-known rips is Rob Fetters here with The Bears:
Fear is Never Boring
Happens to be one of my favorite 'climbing lyric' songs, with great phrases like:
Oh no trouble now
Are your nerves failing
Don’t come unglued
If your heart skips a beat
Stay on your feet
Don’t throw that moment away
Joe Bob sez Check It Out!
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Aug 26, 2011 - 01:36pm PT
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RILEY!!!
Thax so for posting up that Hollywood Bowl link !
Gosh...
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Aug 26, 2011 - 02:14pm PT
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one note about the Hollywood Bowl show was they had at least 10 or more search lights shining up behind the bowl, equally spaced apart, which created a awesome sunburst effect.
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Aug 26, 2011 - 03:51pm PT
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one more reason to like Riley
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S.Leeper
Sport climber
Pflugerville, Texas
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Aug 26, 2011 - 05:44pm PT
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bump be de bump
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Aug 26, 2011 - 06:05pm PT
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I stayed up late last night looking at the sheet music for the Wish You Were Here album, hearing the music in my head while my eyes studied how to play it.
I really like Shine On You Crazy Diamond from the Delicate Sound of Thunder live album.
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susan peplow
climber
www.joshuatreevacationhomes.com
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Aug 26, 2011 - 10:14pm PT
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This post immediately got my attention. It's been a big production month at Fish Products..... we started many a day with the fantastic 25:48 minute Medley remix by The Orb. All your favorites some with a funky groove just make you hungry for more.
PF classics, the Orb remixes and don't forget about the London Philharmonic Orchestra...we don't discriminate....they're all just too good!
In triple backup our iTunes library for PF is a non-stop play of 155 songs taking a full 15:09:15 minutes. When the last song plays we shut 'er down. But as you all know.....the show must go on.
~Sooze
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Aug 26, 2011 - 11:12pm PT
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Riley...thanks for jogging my memory...Atom Heart Mother... " Silence in the studio..."
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Aug 26, 2011 - 11:25pm PT
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Ok folks, here's one of my secret gems from the Internet. Enjoy!
http://www.mp3fund.com/artist.html?id=701
All you need is the stomach for authorizing credit card transactions to Byelorussia. I've not had any problems and used it for at least a year (and maybe for a while 5 years before that).
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Aug 26, 2011 - 11:29pm PT
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The guitar solo on fat ole sun takes one to a blissful , far away place...Demoral land...
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D.Eubanks
climber
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Aug 27, 2011 - 06:34pm PT
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Pink Floyd....one of the best progressive rock bands of all time.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Aug 28, 2011 - 06:59am PT
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Pink Floyd is like that- generations thinking it is about drugs or drug music..when it is in fact deeper than anything I have ever studied
Absolutely.
It may be a lie, but I've been told Gilmour has said that he only tripped once.
The music is not about drugs, rather the lyrics are metaphors.
Stoners confuse things too easily.
Pure beauty.
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cintune
climber
Midvale School for the Gifted
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Aug 28, 2011 - 03:11pm PT
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Here's the backstory and demo from Comfortably Numb, pre-lyrics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxGOfCvHj8s
As far as Syd, there were almost certainly some preexisting mental health issues; the overindulgence seems to have edged him off a jib when he was probably bound to peel anyway. Seen that happen before, pretty easy to get causes and effects switched around.
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S.Leeper
Sport climber
Pflugerville, Texas
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Aug 31, 2011 - 02:44am PT
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As far as Syd, there were almost certainly some preexisting mental health issues; the overindulgence seems to have edged him off a jib when he was probably bound to peel anyway. Seen that happen before, pretty easy to get causes and effects switched around.
I have first-hand experience with hallucinogens being the final straw to a very unpleasant mental melt down.
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S.Leeper
Sport climber
Pflugerville, Texas
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Aug 31, 2011 - 05:09pm PT
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I thought you might like that, Riley.
It's cool to hear one idol praising another.
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S.Leeper
Sport climber
Pflugerville, Texas
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Aug 31, 2011 - 05:16pm PT
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I can really relate to what Billy Corgen said, especially since we are the same age.
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Rick Linkert
Trad climber
El Dorado Hills CA
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I took the boys (Labs 11 yrs and 4 months) for a walk on a breezy Tahoe afternoon. They romped and sniffed while I listened to Dark Side of the Moon. The lyrics juxtaposed with watching Monty limping along with his arthritis and Huxley running circles around us with a pup's boundless energy was very thought provoking. Even though they are only able to be with us for a short while, dogs sure don't fixate on "Time" - getting old or mortality. They go after it every day to their limit. Seems to be a message in all of that.
All - Have a Happy and Safe Weekend and go after it a bit. Or, engage in the other favorite Labrador pastime - snoozing under the "Fat Old Sun."
Rick
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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They'er gone now. Move on.
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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I used to be way into them in the late 60s and early to mid 70s. The Wall was okay, but I felt it was the beginning of the end. I've seen them in concert many times. Always an awesome show!
The gong bursting into flames and Waters playing slide bass was always cool. You didn't really need drugs for it to be good, like you did for the Grateful Dead, but a mega dose of LSD and some weed did enhance things!
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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A few vinyl discs you may have not seen before:
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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More unusual Pink Floyd Albums........
Notice the two different photos......
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jiff
Ice climber
colorado
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bump
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S.Leeper
Sport climber
Pflugerville, Texas
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Miss ya out here in Texas
Where are you in Tejas?
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S.Leeper
Sport climber
Pflugerville, Texas
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holy smokes, karabin, that is quite a collection!
What is the most valuable album you have?
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Dick_Lugar
Trad climber
Collie-Rad-O! (FC to be exact)
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Listened to "The Wall" on my long drive the other morning from WY to CO...haven't listened to it in a couple of years. It was nice. Fell asleep to "Animals" the other night, and enjoyed "Echoes" the night before that. That's a cool music vid filmed in Pompei. Good stuff!
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Check out live at St. Tropez...Gilmour sends it with his siren- vocal on Atom Heart Mother...
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cintune
climber
Midvale School for the Gifted
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And this old codger turned 68 today.
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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Here is the back cover of the "Dark Side of the Moo" album.
The playlist is:
THIS SIDE:
Astronomy Domine 4:08
Candy and a Current Bun 2:43
Apples and Oranges 3:01
It Would be so Nice 3:41
Interstellar Overdrive 3:04
Scream Thy Last Scream 4:44
UDDER SIDE:
Heart Beat, Pig Meat 3:09
Crumbling Land 4:12
Embryo 4:39
Point Me At the Sky 3:37
Come in Number 51, Your Time is Up 4:57
Mademoiselle Knobs 1:50
TRIXIE records #CUD-382
The record has never been played and is absolutely A+ mint condition.
I don't know if it is bad that I never listened to it, or it is good that it stayed totally mint.
To answer S.Leepers question, I am not sure what is my most valuable record that I have. I stopped collecting records 20+ years ago when I started collecting climbing gear. I was/am totally a Hendrix freak and have over 150+ different Hendrix albums. Plus many rare Led Zeppelins and many hundreds of other artists records. I am not sure what the value of these records are, but probably some of my Hendrix albums will draw a pretty penny.
The postcards and postcard size sticker are around 20+ years old.
Rock on! Marty
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S.Leeper
Sport climber
Pflugerville, Texas
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Very cool Marty! I used to have those stickers and poster from the dsotm album, it was the third album I ever had.
Keep it comin Riley!
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Placerville, California
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my third string nickname in college was 'pinky'
which i inherited once my roomate learned my mid name is floyd.
i wear poorly all shades of pride.
better i wear the hues of shame.
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S.Leeper
Sport climber
Pflugerville, Texas
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Sep 16, 2011 - 02:40am PT
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bump for good music
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Sep 16, 2011 - 03:04am PT
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bump
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Sep 16, 2011 - 03:07am PT
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At first I recoiled when I first heard the Barret stuff.
Heh heh, I've had the same reaction! I was saying to myself, "Corporal Clegg, WTF!"
For a long time I've been content with Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall, Pulse, and Delicate Sound of Thunder. And I recently bought Saucerful of Secrets. But it's growing on me. I was instantly taken with Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun. It will take a while for me to dig into the other stuff. I recently bought Relics and Atom Heart Mother and Meddle and Obscured by the Clouds
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Nov 11, 2011 - 04:18pm PT
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So, I tried a while back to put some Floyd on my computer via iTunes. Fail. Gilmour had pulled the music over a contract dispute.
NOW, I find that all of the albums are back, and get this, remastered by Gilmour. Sick.
I just downloaded Animals and Meddle, my two favorite albums, and they sound great. Almost as good as fresh wax.
Loving on the Pink Floyd right now.
Riley, if you read this, what wall/route in NC this winter? I'm down.
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S.Leeper
Sport climber
Pflugerville, Texas
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Nov 11, 2011 - 05:11pm PT
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glad to see this post on top again.
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S.Leeper
Sport climber
Pflugerville, Texas
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Nov 11, 2011 - 05:12pm PT
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It's all so good
yes, yes it is.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Nov 11, 2011 - 05:29pm PT
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I've rediscovered Fearless as one of my favorite songs.
Keep this thread alive.
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S.Leeper
Sport climber
Pflugerville, Texas
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Nov 11, 2011 - 07:00pm PT
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I love the chanting at the end of the song....You'll never walk alone!!!
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Jan 27, 2012 - 12:13am PT
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I can't count how many many times I've listened to The Wall, but I was just inspired to put it on and I'm in the midst of listening to it again.
I watched a movie tonight, "The Wave," about an experiment in a Palo Alto classroom in 1967, designed to answer the question about how so many people in Germany in the 1930s and 40s could ignore the deaths of millions of people around them.
I've always been drawn to the adult child issues and the impact on relationships and resultant behavior addressed in the album, and not really latched onto the significance of the Nazi symbolism. Now there's this wave of recognition washing over me, how the spectrum of personal dynamics and bricks in the individual wall are projected across all of society in the collective wall and how a fascist revolution can occur.
There are so many layers of genius wrapped into the concept and composition of The Wall, so many interwoven links from the micro to the macro, it's like the combined force of human knowledge were channeled into a lightning bolt that sparked Roger Waters' brain. Just a miraculous achievement of human creativity. I'm in awe and getting all verklempt at the moment.
(wipes a tear)
And then there's the whole added irony of the sold-out performances and rabid fans just reinforcing the concept! Hell, I want to be one of them again. The concerts, including the audiences, are performance art that continues to reinforce the points of the original compositions. That's tapped in pretty deep to a fundamental pulse of humanity.
Riley, where are you seeing the show? I rejected the prices on basic principle before, but I may be willing to dig deep and spend for the experience.
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Jan 27, 2012 - 12:36am PT
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I always get a smile on my face when this post is on top.
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onyourleft
climber
Smog Angeles
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Jan 27, 2012 - 12:42am PT
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All during my years of single father-dom, during countless road trips across the country, I subjected my two young sons to endless hours of Pink Floyd on the car stereo.
They loved singing loudly We Don't Need No Education...
My oldest at age 27 has become, to my extreme satisfaction, a huge Floyd aficionado.
A year ago last November, he surprised me one evening with spur of the moment tickets to "The Wall" at Los Angeles' Staples Center.
It's an awe-inspiring show. Waters voice has perhaps lost some range through the years, but the overall impact of such a huge arena show is not diminished. If you're a true fan and it's available in your city, you owe it to yourself to witness this event.
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Jan 27, 2012 - 04:35pm PT
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OK, anyone who's up for the San Francisco show on May 11?
This seems like the type of experience that is best shared, and I'm not sure I can recruit financially solvent die hard fans from my local friend circle.
Here is the price range:
US $30.00 - US $255.00
US $30.00 Ticket + US $10.50 Fees = US $40.50 US
$255.00 Ticket + US $26.00 Fees = US $281.00
VIP packages with the buffet, shirt, schwag, and front/center seats: $600
VIP packages minus the buffet and almost front/center seats: $425
I'm having a mini-heart-attack over the prices, haven't gone to a big production concert in years, but trying to tell myself this is special.
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Jan 27, 2012 - 05:35pm PT
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nutjob,
If I lived in SF, it would be on like donkey kong.
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Jan 27, 2012 - 05:37pm PT
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Is it just Roger Waters in concert?
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Jan 27, 2012 - 05:45pm PT
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It's not the legal entity Pink Floyd lead by David Gilmour. I did a little research to make sure it's not just Roger Waters with a guitar and a chair and a microphone... Although I did see Neil Young like that years back and it was an exceptionally good performance that I was happy to pay for.
Roger Waters has got a good backing band and a pretty elaborate theatrical production going with the whole thing. If you are ok with spoiling the surprise of the experience, you can check out the details on Wikipedia (until SOPA/PIPA re-emerges!)
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Mar 21, 2012 - 05:11pm PT
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bump for the floyd!!!!!!!!!!
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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Watching the Dark Side of the Moon documentary on Netflix-awesome!
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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Yeah, that is a cool documentary.
When Wright passed, the Floyd passed. No way can they replace him onstage. He was an incredible musician.
I have this old jumping buddy who looks exactly like Gilmour. He also looks like the drummer for U2. My bro got more nooky than Wilt Chamberlin.
If you look at all old music, Pink Floyd still holds up. They don't sound like any other band. Period. If they came out today it would still sound new.
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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All I know is that I was scheduled to be drinking beer and listening to Willie Nelson, and now I find myself back on Floyd. Fearless to be exact.
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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And on to echoes.
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Mar 23, 2013 - 12:01am PT
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fun with photoshop
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Evel
Trad climber
Nedsterdam CO
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Mar 23, 2013 - 10:12am PT
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40 year anniversary of Dark Side of the Moon today. Best selling album of all time!
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Mar 23, 2013 - 12:20pm PT
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Locker doesn't like the Floyd. Thass sum ol' Booshit right there.
I knew there was sompin' I dint trust about that ol' boy.....
( * )( * )
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Mar 23, 2013 - 12:27pm PT
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I've always loved Pink Floyd, but I'm squarely in the Gilmour camp.
Waters seems a little too broadway for my taste, I'll take Gilmours ripping solos any day.
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Mike Friedrichs
Sport climber
City of Salt
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Mar 23, 2013 - 12:47pm PT
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Waters was the heart and soul of Pink Floyd. Without him, the band does not exist.
Ever notice that there just is not one wasted word on Dark side of the Moon? That has to be the most lyrically perfect record ever made.
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Carolyn C
Trad climber
the long, long trailer
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Mar 23, 2013 - 01:35pm PT
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^+1. 40 Years?! wow.
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jabbas
Trad climber
phx AZ
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Mar 23, 2013 - 04:41pm PT
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Imagine Rock without the "Floyd"; disturbing thought for me !!
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jabbas
Trad climber
phx AZ
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Mar 23, 2013 - 08:26pm PT
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So thanks Mr. Wyna cuz the sickness is upon me again . Am at the tail end of about 4 hours of Floyd soundwaves in my workspace. Thanks alot for warping me out into a nice comfy bivy !!
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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Mar 23, 2013 - 08:53pm PT
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Has anyone watched the "Dark side" playing against the "Wizard of Oz"....Interesting, (probably better with Nutmeg or Fungus) but maybe a little contrived.(You would probably only be able to get a straight answer to this Myth if you asked Alan Parsons.) Try it it out there, on utube. 40 years for dark side, I still think Welcome to the machine was better. Saw floyd in Oakland....80's can't quite remember but a solid show. They ran the pig (inflatable) up and everything. Missed the wall tour, heard the few shows they did were brilliant, but the production cost kept it to only about 5 shows ( if memory serves me Wright( hey,hey,hey).
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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thanks goatboy!
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