Pink Floyd?

Oblio · Oct 2, 2003

James Sez said:
I was just listening to "A Bunch of Furry Creatures..." from an early album (Ummagumma) The early stuff was so...amazing. IMHO, it's still fresh and innovative in a strange and wonderful way. Most people hate it in favor of the pop stuff. I can understand why they rejected the weird stuff-you can't sell many albums or get on MTV by pushing the limits of the masses. Such is the way of music.

You must mean :

Several species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave and grooving with a pict

That's from memory, it's probably been 20 years since I played Ummagumma back in my college radio days.

There is nothing quite like One of these days I am going to cut you into little pieces; Astrominy Dominy; Lucifer Sam; Arnold Layne; Interstellar Overdrive ...

Has anyone seen the movie Zabrinski Point ?

Oblio · Oct 2, 2003

Interesting Trivia:

Syd Barrett wrote the song Terrapin for the '93 series of the X-Files.

Trivia Question: Where did the name Pink Floyd come from (no Googling !) ?

Bonus: From where ? (see answer to the first question)

Psyber freek · Oct 2, 2003

Oblio said:
Trivia Question: Where did the name Pink Floyd come from (no Googling !) ?

Bonus: From where ? (see answer to the first question)

Pink floyd was formed in London, and was named after bluesmen Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. Anyway, Pink Floyd is one of the greatest bands I've ever known.

Oblio · Oct 2, 2003

Assumming you did not peek on the first question (not that I think you did, being a Floyd fan, you knew this by heart

), where were Anderson and Council from ?

James Sez · Oct 2, 2003

"Several species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave and grooving with a pict"

Oops, I should look at the CD titles once in awhile. I used to play it on a radio show also. My listeners hated it (and the rest of that CD).

Oblio · Oct 2, 2003

James Sez said:
Oops, I should look at the CD titles once in awhile. I used to play it on a radio show also. My listeners hated it (and the rest of that CD).

Hah ! Mine too. The beauty of non-Commercial radio is ...

if ya got somthin good to say or play

James Sez · Oct 3, 2003

Oblio sez..."The beauty of non-Commercial radio is ..."

I don't want to get off of Pink Floyd, but I have to tell Oblio something he might appreciate. I used to play a lot of free-form jazz, John Cage and other oddness. I had a listener call in saying that they hated my show so much that they had planted a bomb outside the station window and were planning to blow me and my insane music up. They demanded I play "Stairway To Heaven"

I said "No Way!" Soon the place was swarming with the police and some FBI agents. What the listener did not realize was that angry responses are (generally) not seen as a criticism to college radio DJs. The bomb threat experience was a high point for me, especially because I did not actually get blown up. When I got back to my booth I dedicated my show to her.

Mr.Cheese · Oct 3, 2003

Dude that's awesome!

I recommend everyone watch The Wall.
I think it's a brilliant piece of modern fiction. Roger Waters can do things with words that few can match.
Plus the movie has songs the CD doesn't have.

Godfrey · Oct 3, 2003

Oblio said:
Syd Barrett wrote the song Terrapin for the '93 series of the X-Files.

Are you sure? Because I own a Smashing Pumpkins Vinyl from 1989 with a cover of Terrapin on it. I think it's a lot older than that. In fact, I think Syd Barrett stopped producing music a long time before then.

Oblio · Oct 3, 2003

Godfrey said:
Are you sure? Because I own a Smashing Pumpkins Vinyl from 1989 with a cover of Terrapin on it. I think it's a lot older than that. In fact, I think Syd Barrett stopped producing music a long time before then.

I got it off IMDB.com while I was looking for Zabrinski Point (which is oddly missing)

Oblio · Oct 3, 2003

James Sez said:
Oblio sez..."The beauty of non-Commercial radio is ..."

I don't want to get off of Pink Floyd, but I have to tell Oblio something he might appreciate. I used to play a lot of free-form jazz, John Cage and other oddness. I had a listener call in saying that they hated my show so much that they had planted a bomb outside the station window and were planning to blow me and my insane music up. They demanded I play "Stairway To Heaven" I said "No Way!" Soon the place was swarming with the police and some FBI agents. What the listener did not realize was that angry responses are (generally) not seen as a criticism to college radio DJs. The bomb threat experience was a high point for me, especially because I did not actually get blown up. When I got back to my booth I dedicated my show to her.

Wow ! THe best we ever did was have the FBI call our school because we (another DJ mind you in case anyone is watching

) had called the White House and cautioned uncle Ronnie (as he was endearing know to us radicals at the time) to be careful with his worldly might.

Of course there was the time that we made less than gracious comment about a snooty sorrority house that is best left for another time (and forum)

.

Psyber freek · Oct 3, 2003

Oblio said:
Assumming you did not peek on the first question (not that I think you did, being a Floyd fan, you knew this by heart ), where were Anderson and Council from ?

Well, according to the Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music

, Pink Anderson was born in Laurens, South Carolina, and Floyd Council was from Chaple Hill, North Carolina.

Godfrey · Oct 4, 2003

Oblio said:
I got it off IMDB.com while I was looking for Zabrinski Point (which is oddly missing)

Well, as far as I know, after SB left Pink Floyd, he released a couple of moderately successful albums (from where Terrapin comes), before swearing off music forever. He know lives as a recluse somewhere in England. I'd post a link to prove it, but I need fifteen posts. Go and look around on allmusic.com though, it should have it there, if you're interested

Axver · Oct 7, 2003

Heh, I fail to show up for a few days and look at how many responses I get ...

Anyway, slightly off-topic now, but I'm planning on getting Dark Side Of The Moon and The Wall very soon. Currently, I absolutely love the first CD of Pulse, particularly Coming Back To Life through to Another Brick In The Wall (Part Two), although I feel some of the stuff on the second CD isn't nearly as good. In particular, I don't like The Great Gig In The Sky.

Shame I don't know much Pink Floyd trivia ... although I'm always up for a game of U2 trivia! Apparently, if you listen to REALLY early recordings of U2 (as in unofficial stuff from before their first release, Boy, in 1980), there are a lot of guitar riffs by The Edge that are very reminiscient of Pink Floyd ...

Mr.Cheese · Oct 7, 2003

Has anyone seen the video "Live at Pompeii?"
That's pretty darn cool.

I still drool over Roger Waters' writing.

ps139 · Oct 7, 2003

Besides DSOM, I think the best Floyd album is Meddle (1972) (( <---- I think ))

Axver · Oct 7, 2003

'I still drool over Roger Waters' writing.'

Do you mean his lyricism? Well, I have a question which pretty much gives away my lack of PF knowledge: Did he write all of their lyrics, or was he just the main lyricist? Because some of Pink Floyd's lyrics are just fantastic. I love them.

oneiric · Oct 9, 2003

One of my favorite bands alongside tool and radiohead.

Mr.Cheese · Oct 9, 2003

He wrote their lyrics heavily until he left after The Wall.

silent water · Oct 10, 2003

Mr.Cheese said:
He wrote their lyrics heavily until he left after The Wall.

Didn't he leave after The Final Cut?

Anyway, they are one of my favorite bands. Atom Heart Mother or The Wall are my favorites.

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