| NOTWMEDDLE 30.01.2005 01:22 |
As much as I like Queen, I always go back to Pink Floyd. Brian May and David Gilmour are both great guitarists. Nick Mason and Roger Taylor are the drummers whom get least recognition. John Deacon I compared to Rick Wright, the member of the band that is highly underrated. Freddie was like Syd Barrett then Roger Waters. Roger, like Freddie, was a fellow Virgo but Roger unlike Freddie became an egomaniacal tyrant whom threw people out of PF if they became lazy in his view. |
| Serry... 30.01.2005 15:00 |
You can make such links to most of bands... "John Lennon was genius and he's dead, Freddie was genius and he's dead too - wow!" But anyway - Pink Floyd are great, "Dark side of the moon" is one of my fave album ever. |
| Gunpowder Gelatine 30.01.2005 15:09 |
I love Pink Floyd, but I can't really draw the comparison between Freddie and Roger Waters, or even Syd Barrett for that matter. Roger was completely tyrannical, whereas Freddie was always quick to make the point that all four of them were equal to each other. But I can definitely see the comparision between Roger, John, Nick Mason and Rick Wright not getting the attention they deserve for their skills, though Nick and Rick are probably more underrated since Roger and John at least had their top singles. |
| NOTWMEDDLE 30.01.2005 15:44 |
<font color=#8A2BE2> Linda Of The Valley wrote: I prefer Wish You Were Here.. The thing I don't like about their songs is the stuff they do at the start. Take the track Wish You Were Here for example. It's on looooads of the tracks on Dark Side Of The Moon..:( What do they smoke when they write these songs?The riff of WYWH came about when David Gilmour played it in the control room at Abbey Road Studio #3 and Roger was impressed that the two wrote the song. Drugs were not part of PF's diet after Syd Barrett went crazy. |
| Sebastian 30.01.2005 18:04 |
The famous infamous Roger's quote from Q Magazine, November 1992: "Well, anyway, I am one of the best five writers to come out of English music since the War." - "Who would rank above you?" "John Lennon. I'm trying to think... er, I can't think of anybody else. You see, I don't much like listening to records. I'm a bit isolationist and insular. I'd rather be fishing. The list of great writers is very, very short but I am definitely in it. Er, who else is there that's better than me? I really don't know. Freddie Mercury, maybe..." More quotes like that coming soon in the next Bechstein Debauchery. Keep tuned. |
| FriedChicken 30.01.2005 18:57 |
What does that have to do with Pink Floyd Sebastian :) |
| ægishjalmur 30.01.2005 19:09 |
I think they were mean... They persecuted the keyboard player - didn't let him know when they were recording their albums because they thought he wasn't good! They'ra mean... |
| akindofmagic 30.01.2005 19:38 |
well, Floyd and Queen happen to be my two fav bands! There aren't very much in common. Freddie could had become a tiran but he choosed not. He even said he was«not the leader of the band, just the lead vocalist»! Roger is all that you don't want to have in a band.he even stoled songwriting credits of their (ex-)bandmates! Rick and John otherwise have lot in common. They were the quite guys, very underrated. both bands have reformed without their former leaders. |
| Awesome-O _4000 30.01.2005 21:59 |
Yeah... Roger Waters was/is very arrogant... however you have to give him credit, he wrote virtually all of Pink Floyd's lyrics (after Syd Barret's going off his tree, of course) Pink Floyd and Queen are my two favorite bands as well... actually best connection I've found between the two bands is Brian May and David Gilmour. Both posess the two most unique guitar tembres i've ever heard. I consider both amazing by their sheer power to put emotion and feeling into the guitar- almost in a hypnotic way. Of course this is just one of many opinions- some find Gilmour boring... Anyway, aside from that I fear they really don't have much in common... they were both VERY eccentric, but in different ways. |
| impact 31.01.2005 03:55 |
I love the pink floyd nearly as much as i do queen.the difference though is in the attitudes both bands had towards music. If i feel dark and serious i will listen to the pink floyd and relax knowing i aint the only one who's pissed at the world.If however i am feeling on top of the world ( or want to ), i will go for the good old fashioned, sensory overload, happy ,positive, guitar crunchin' rock n roll that queen (thankfully) gave us.this takes me away from the unending drudgery of life. |
| impact 31.01.2005 03:56 |
I love the pink floyd nearly as much as i do queen.the difference though is in the attitudes both bands had towards music. If i feel dark and serious i will listen to the pink floyd and relax knowing i aint the only one who's pissed at the world.If however i am feeling on top of the world ( or want to ), i will go for the good old fashioned, sensory overload, happy ,positive, guitar crunchin' rock n roll that queen (thankfully) gave us.this takes me away from the unending drudgery of life. |
| Sebastian 31.01.2005 04:49 |
FriedChicken<br><font size=1>The Almighty</font> wrote: What does that have to do with Pink Floyd Sebastian :)The fact that it's the member of one band mentioning a member of the other. Not a very big deal, but better than nothing |
| NOTWMEDDLE 31.01.2005 14:39 |
the_hero wrote:It actually went back to Animals. Roger started shutting Rick Wright out of Pink Floyd hence why Rick did his solo album Wet Dream in 1978 and David Gilmour was shut out of Animals save Dogs and put out a solo effort of his own in 1978.Sebastian wrote:I love Pink Floyd. Too bad Mr Waters wanted all the credit since the wall albumFriedChicken<br><font size=1>The Almighty</font> wrote: What does that have to do with Pink Floyd Sebastian :)The fact that it's the member of one band mentioning a member of the other. Not a very big deal, but better than nothing |
| NOTWMEDDLE 31.01.2005 14:43 |
<font color=#8A2BE2> Linda Of The Valley wrote: I meant just the start of it where the people are talking....and all those tracks on DSOTM...Roger came up with the idea at a band meeting at drummer Nick Mason's kitchen about using human voices as segues on the songs. Paul and Linda McCartney actually took part but were unusable so their guitarist in Wings Henry McCullough replied to a question about getting angry with "I don't know I was really drunk at the time". |
| brENsKi 31.01.2005 15:00 |
wywh absolutely beats dsotm into a soggy mess |
| Lester Burnham 31.01.2005 15:39 |
NOTWMEDDLE wrote: It actually went back to Animals. Roger started shutting Rick Wright out of Pink Floyd hence why Rick did his solo album Wet Dream in 1978 and David Gilmour was shut out of Animals save Dogs and put out a solo effort of his own in 1978.Didn't he also have an uncredited hand in writing 'Sheep'? |
| sexmachine 31.01.2005 16:33 |
i think john deacon could be compared to syd barrett. shine on you crazy diamond,john and,wish you were here. |
| akindofmagic 31.01.2005 22:06 |
Lester Burnham wrote:Yep. David Claims to write 70% of the music on Sheep. But it is not the only ting. ABITWpt2,Hey You, Is there anybody out there and other seems to have other songwriters that just Roger(David, producer Bob Ezrin,etc..)!NOTWMEDDLE wrote: It actually went back to Animals. Roger started shutting Rick Wright out of Pink Floyd hence why Rick did his solo album Wet Dream in 1978 and David Gilmour was shut out of Animals save Dogs and put out a solo effort of his own in 1978.Didn't he also have an uncredited hand in writing 'Sheep'? |
| lyricalassasin77 01.02.2005 17:28 |
Sebastian wrote: The famous infamous Roger's quote from Q Magazine, November 1992: "Well, anyway, I am one of the best five writers to come out of English music since the War." - "Who would rank above you?" "John Lennon. I'm trying to think... er, I can't think of anybody else. You see, I don't much like listening to records. I'm a bit isolationist and insular. I'd rather be fishing. The list of great writers is very, very short but I am definitely in it. Er, who else is there that's better than me? I really don't know. Freddie Mercury, maybe..." More quotes like that coming soon in the next Bechstein Debauchery. Keep tuned.Roger really said that?? If he did he sure is a conceded fuck isn't he?...........Peace |
| Sebastian 01.02.2005 21:18 |
Yes Roger did say that. The quote sounds a little big-headed, but it's quite right as well. Anyway, imo, there's no way Fred ranks higher than Roger in songwritting. |
| redyfredy01 01.02.2005 21:54 |
i have never really compared Pink Floyd and Queen. But now that you think of it, it's kind of interesting. |
| Mr.Jingles 01.02.2005 22:03 |
Musically I think Dave Gilmour was more talented than Roger Waters, but lyrics wise Roger was the best writer in Floyd. |
| Fenderek 02.02.2005 05:38 |
When it gets to lyrics- Waters is the man, one of my afv lyricist of all time. pure genius. When we talk music- the best one happened when Waters clashed with Gilmour- two egos crashing produced the best music ever- just listen to WISHYOU WERE HERE album. When they went seperate ways- both struggled... |
| 7Innuendo7 02.02.2005 07:16 |
The Meddle album rocks |
| iGSM 02.02.2005 08:04 |
I'm probably the odd one out and a result of an incestuous relationship but I find Pink Floyd to be boring. I 'HAD' to listen to The Dark Side of the Moon the other day (HAD! to due to a friend threatening me with Barbara Streisand..that and it was his car) and wasn't impressed. At all. There were times when the car had stopped that I thought about jumping out and stabbing myself with an ice pick. Well obviously not but I think I might be deficient with a chromosome or somethin'. |
| Mr.Jingles 02.02.2005 09:07 |
The first time I listened 'Dark Side Of The Moon' I thought it was nothing but overated psychadelic crap. I only liked two songs from the whole album... 'Eclipse' and 'Us and Them'. Later I felt more fond of the album, and I listened to it more. Then I realized that for the time when it came out it was indeed a milestone in rock history. Few albums before 'DSOTM' had been as experimental and at the same time great as 'DSOTM' was. I might not like it as much as 'Wish You Were Here' or 'The Wall', but I appreciate it a lot more than the first time I listened to it. |
| brENsKi 02.02.2005 15:47 |
Awesome-O _4000 wrote: Yeah... Roger Waters was/is very arrogant... however you have to give him credit, he wrote virtually all of Pink Floyd's lyrics (after Syd Barret's going off his tree, of course) .Syd Barret never had a tree to "go out of" in the first place - my guess is he was never even remotely close to any kind of woodland - the guy was a natural-born lunatic, hallucinagenic drugs merely accentuated and hastened his "loopiness" |
| foxxy_moron 04.02.2005 00:29 |
GO SYD.. he was so hot in his younger days. |
| goinback 04.02.2005 00:47 |
LOL I thought I was the only one who noticed how hot Syd was! He looks like the dark curly-haired guy on the OC (a US TV show) :) And Pink Floyd and Queen are my two favorite bands also. I can't really choose between them, because they're so different...apples and oranges. They're both the best at what they do. |
| Teo_torriate04 04.02.2005 03:31 |
<B><font color=#ff7f00>Brenski</B> wrote: wywh absolutely beats dsotm into a soggy messI agree that Wish... is far better that Dark Side... But I happen to prefer Meddle to either of them. |
| inu-liger 05.02.2005 18:33 |
I just watched the Berlin Wall concert DVD with Roger Waters and guests. Wouldn't it have been lovely if any members of Queen took part in that production? It's a shame Freddie was seriously ill at the time. If he was ever feeling fine then, he probably could have taken part in some of the Wall songs. |
| ryancoke 06.02.2005 03:29 |
NOTWMEDDLE wrote: As much as I like Queen, I always go back to Pink Floyd. Brian May and David Gilmour are both great guitarists. Nick Mason and Roger Taylor are the drummers whom get least recognition. John Deacon I compared to Rick Wright, the member of the band that is highly underrated. Freddie was like Syd Barrett then Roger Waters. Roger, like Freddie, was a fellow Virgo but Roger unlike Freddie became an egomaniacal tyrant whom threw people out of PF if they became lazy in his view.As good as Syd was, he's got nothin' on Freddie. Floyd does kick ass, though. |
| NOTWMEDDLE 08.02.2005 02:23 |
Lester Burnham wrote:The song was originally called Raving and Drooling back in 1974 before Roger re-worked the lyrics to complete the Animal trilogy for Animals.NOTWMEDDLE wrote: It actually went back to Animals. Roger started shutting Rick Wright out of Pink Floyd hence why Rick did his solo album Wet Dream in 1978 and David Gilmour was shut out of Animals save Dogs and put out a solo effort of his own in 1978.Didn't he also have an uncredited hand in writing 'Sheep'? |
| NOTWMEDDLE 08.02.2005 02:26 |
akindofmagic wrote:Another Brick in the Wall(pt. 2)'s disco beat was because of Bob Ezrin and Ezrin suggested the band experiment with a disco drum beat. Goodbye Blue Sky and Hey You's vocal arrangements were done by Gilmour.Lester Burnham wrote:Yep. David Claims to write 70% of the music on Sheep. But it is not the only ting. ABITWpt2,Hey You, Is there anybody out there and other seems to have other songwriters that just Roger(David, producer Bob Ezrin,etc..)!NOTWMEDDLE wrote: It actually went back to Animals. Roger started shutting Rick Wright out of Pink Floyd hence why Rick did his solo album Wet Dream in 1978 and David Gilmour was shut out of Animals save Dogs and put out a solo effort of his own in 1978.Didn't he also have an uncredited hand in writing 'Sheep'? |
| Sebastian 08.02.2005 19:10 |
I don't think there's any duet in the world that can sound more beautiful than the ones Gilmour and Wright did. Not even Paul & Art. Hats off to them both. Btw Roger sang marvellously as well imo. |