Pink Floyd

This post has more to do with my love for Pink Floyd than it does any one album. Maybe your a fan, maybe not. But hopefully you have listened to more than just The Wall or Dark Side of the Moon. And I really hope your not judging them based on just those albums. While they are both wonderful masterpieces in their own right, they certainly do not tell the entire tale that is Pink Floyd.

You may have already attempted listening to their earlier works, but in case you haven't, there are tons of tracks you should go through to really get a feel for their roots. From early psychedelic pop songs like See Emily Play and Julia Dream to eerily tense songs such as Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun and Careful with that Axe, Eugene, The Floyd had a wide array of musical compositions that even crossed into the blues once Gilmour had his feet firmly planted in the band. From there they ventured into more melodic, harmony driven music.


An example would be a few of the tracks off of Meddle's first side as well as Fat Old Sun from Atom Heart Mother - two wonderful and a bit experimental albums.Here is a song off of Meddle entitled "Pillow of Winds". The original poster of this video does a very nice job memorializing Richard Wright. The second video is also an original video for Fat Old Sun from Floyd's 1970 release, Atom Heart Mother, one of my personal favorites.









These albums, in addition to the soundtrack for the films More and La Vallée would prepare them for writing one of the most renowned , influential and ground breaking albums in music history in Dark Side of the Moon. This album is still the 4th all-time best selling album and will continue to sell as more fans in the future generations continue to learn and love Pink Floyd.

I LOVE Clare Torry's vocals on this piece - Great Gig in the Sky.






The Floyd went on to record classic albums in Wish You Were Here, Animals - both critically acclaimed albums which lead them up to their Swan Song : The Wall.

I'll save reviews and opinions for those albums for another day. Until then, I'll leave you with a live version of Time, from Wembley Stadium in 1974. My absolute favorite Floyd song. See you next time. Enjoy.