David Gilmore (Pink Floyd) fans

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Yeah, that's an excellent video. The first song, alone, is worth seeing. Oh, and it's Gilmour

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I like early, Syd Barrett era Floyd and I think Gilmour is a great guitarist. I kind of outgrew Floyd though. I don't want to sit around for hours listening to Waters whine about his childhood.

While some songs like Be Careful With that Axe and One of these Days are spectacular some of those experiments were failures. Ummagumma's second LP is .

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Meddle, Obscured by Clouds, or Animals? Which is best to go through after in your opinion?

My interests changed away from classic rock before I gave them an honest chance, but been planning on going back through their discography. I know they're one of the bands that's considered to transcend genre labeling anyways.

Depends on what you are looking for. Animals is much close to Dark Side's style if you want that. Meddle and Obscured are earlier work where they are doing more of their experimental soundscape stuff with Rogers going into a 5 min bass groove.

I would start with this



If you have any acid then eat it.

[ohmwrecker]

While some songs like Be Careful With that Axe and One of these Days are spectacular some of those experiments were failures. Ummagumma's second LP is .

I didn't mention Ummagumma, but, Ok . . . Most of Floyd's work is pretty spotty. Dark Side is really the only LP worth listening to from start to finish, but once you've blazed up and done that a few times, it loses it's luster.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I didn't mention Ummagumma, but, Ok . . . Most of Floyd's work is pretty spotty. Dark Side is really the only LP worth listening to from start to finish, but once you've blazed up and done that a few times, it loses it's luster.

you mentioned early pink floyd and ummagumma fitts that bill. unless you are just talking about the very first one.

Animals and wish you were here are solid from top to bottom. They lacked iden y and a cohesive sound prior to Dark Side of the Moon. The next several ablums they made were stupendous though. That is not to say that those first 4 albums are not quality but they are as you say 'spotty.'

I get that you don't like the Wall. Gilmour didn't like Waters doing that either.

[ohmwrecker]

I was mostly referring to Barrett era Floyd. First two LPs + singles. Everything gets pretty spotty from there for me. There are brilliant spots on nearly every Floyd album, but I think they peaked on Dark Side. Animals and Wish You were here are good, but, for me, still very spotty. The Wall has some of their best songs on it, but they get swallowed up by the "concept".

[leemajors]

Depends on what you are looking for. Animals is much close to Dark Side's style if you want that. Meddle and Obscured are earlier work where they are doing more of their experimental soundscape stuff with Rogers going into a 5 min bass groove.

I would start with this



If you have any acid then eat it.

Live at Pompeii was what we watched coming down after stumbling around the UT campus on shrooms

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Live at Pompeii was what we watched coming down after stumbling around the UT campus on shrooms

Sounds like a few nights of mine own.

[Proxy]

Depends on what you are looking for. Animals is much close to Dark Side's style if you want that. Meddle and Obscured are earlier work where they are doing more of their experimental soundscape stuff with Rogers going into a 5 min bass groove.

I would start with this



If you have any acid then eat it.

Awesome, thanks man. What I'm looking for... is whatever music connoisseurs value them for, objectively. I'm not a musician, so having one guide me through what bands like Animal Collective or Steely Dan do makes a huge difference for me. I'll def check out the video, take some acid, and then check out Meddle and Obscured.