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In no real order: 1. Meddle (sans Seamus) 2. Obscured By Clouds 3. Dark Side of the Moon 4. Animals 5. Atom Heart Mother I really love pastoral Floyd - the era where Rogers hadn't really exerted too much control - when Gilmour and Wright had more to do with the sound of Floyd than anything else. The first album I really knew was Dark Side, then Piper. I love Piper - but as I've gotten older my music tastes have tended to become further removed from Psychedelic whimsy. There are certain songs of the Syd era which are brilliant, and I had the good fortune a couple of years ago to write a cover story for Guitarist Australia on Syd and the guitar techniques associated with early Floyd which was very special. However, my guitar heart lies with Gilmour. And On An Island is the best solo Floyd record bar none. In fact I would even rate Gilmour's S/T record above The Wall. I admire Waters' lyrics and philosophical positions - when he started on his megalomaniacal trip really destroyed all that was good about the Floyd - the loss of the incredibly delicate and pastoral musical sensibilities of Wright and Gilmour to the subservience of overly wordy lyrics married to sub-standard melodies from The Wall and the Final Cut is almost too much to bare for my ears. Waters lost the poetry of his earlier work when he started getting angry. And while I won't ever refuse to acknowledged a band and a artists growth in their work - it is bittersweet for me when it comes to the Floyd as for me, their peak was when everyone was working in partnership between 68 and 73. Though really, I still rate the post animals Floyd albums highly than many other bands best albums so my disagreement with the waters megalomaniacal era is really just academic. Cheers Tom -----Original Message----- From: Scott Duncan [mailto:scottd@webworkz.com] Sent: Sunday, 21 September 2008 2:49 PM To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com Subject: Re: Your Top 5 Pink Floyd Albums On Sep 20, 2008, at 12:30 PM, tEd (r) KiLLiAn wrote: > > I was born in 1953 and have been a fan since i bought "Umagumma" as > a brand new double LP at the corner record shop in 1969. > > I picked up on some of their earlier more psychodelic stuff after > that and have bought everything ever since. > > I even find their early soundtrack albums, although weaker > generally, to be still very enjoyable from time to time. > Even some of the Gilmour era "reconstituted" Floyd is pretty darn > good (much like Gilmour's solo efforts). > > News of Richard Wright's departure from this mortal coil was much > to me like news of the death of Hendrix, Morrison, or Lennon. > > The end of an era. > Ted, you've got an notable similarity to me in every word above. Same age (- a year), same album, same feelings. Seeing my 1st Floyd show in March 1973, Dark Side of the Moon changed my life. It changed my aim in life. It had EVERYTHING: True Quadrophonic sound, a great light show, a backdrop film, pyrotechnics! (massive explosion/ mushrooming fireball in "Careful w/ that Axe, Eugene"), Rock guitar, spacey electronics, appealing lyrics/ concept, sexy backup singers. It was very 3 (or maybe 4 or 5) dimensional to me. After 2 years in college I got a synth, got a 4 track reel to reel (w/ sound-on-sound!), & found a girl who'd been a Floyd fan even before me. Tried chasing the band for a few shows on subsequent tours. I always made audience tapes. Got backstage a few times & once gave band members Indian arrowheads (ones I'd found). Rick seemed pleasantly down-to-earth the first time I got to say "hi". They'd just seen "Star Wars" in Cleveland and he loved it . They were about to play to 77,000 fans @ Cleveland's Stadium (with no opening act). It set a new record at the time. The band obviously hit a "Grand Slam" homerun w/ DSOTM. They were my "heroes" for both their sound, and their low-key style. The Live at Pompeii film also showed their sense of humor pretty well. Very Sad to lose him. The music though, remains & continues .... it shines on..... Favorite albums: DSOTM, Wish You Were Here, Obscured by Clouds, Meddle, & all the others.. Scott D. ************** IMPORTANT MESSAGE ***************************** This e-mail message is intended only for the addressee(s) and contains information which may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please advise the sender by return email, do not use or disclose the contents, and delete the message and any attachments from your system. Unless specifically indicated, this email does not constitute formal advice or commitment by the sender or the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ABN 48 123 123 124) or its subsidiaries. We can be contacted through our web site: commbank.com.au. If you no longer wish to receive commercial electronic messages from us, please reply to this e-mail by typing Unsubscribe in the subject line. **************************************************************