Artists shouldn't be compared, but I'd go for The Beatles as the greatest of all time, then maybe The Stones, then tied for 3rd would be Led Zeppelin, The Who, Pink Floyd, U2, maybe Queen and a few others.
I'm still amazed that after 47 years of listening, I still find their music outstandingly wonderful. Timeless. One of my biggest regrets is that I didn't get to see them on stage. I watch, Pulse and it just blows me away each time.
I was serving in the military and couldn’t get leave to go to The Wall concert in 1977/78. But I got to see each of their solo tours several times each & Pink Floyd post Roger Waters for the MLOR and TDB Tour (front row seats at Giant Stadium) and most recently Roger Waters The Wall and This is Not A Drill Tour. They were equally amazing. Ran into Roger Waters near my home town and gave him directions and shook hands. True story.
I always wanted David , Roger , Nick and Rick to make just one more beautiful masterpiece!!!! They made great music without Roger but those 4 took it to a level no other band could even dream of!!!!
Roger was a good poet..but horrible musician and singer. Without Gilmour's supreme musicianship PF would have remained a cult psychedelic band. The band was lucky to get Gilmour as Syd's replacement.
@@thenote2367 Rogers bass playing was unique id say that calling him a bad musician is going abit far He's no Geddy Lee but he played bass on Animals Let's give him that
I think what drew people in to pink floyd was the music then the lyrics as great as they are were secondary. David's silky voice. Richard,Nick and David deserve where they are. Roger never should left. But he did. David's guitar player crushes everyone else. Just my opinion.
Actually Roger never left. He disbanded the band he believed he was the only custodian of (and still believes it today). The boys were able to use the pink floyd name after a lawsuit and only when rick got out of rehab. Anyway I love em all equally, (Syd included) despite the evident recent senile dementia problems of "some" of them. XD
I was born in the 90s, but was lucky enough to discover a cassette with Pink Floyd on it at age 8, and they were indeed the reason why I decided to be a musician at the same age. Seeing them on the TV in 2005 was one of the clearest memories I have of my teen years, I was in a bar and when they announced "... and now ladies and gentlemen...Pink Floyd" everyone stoped speaking istantly, you could see the emotion of people in the air. It's in that moment I realised that music never gets old, expecially when after almost 25 years of listening to them each single time I get new feelings and inspiration from their songs. Thanks Roger, Syd, David, Rick and Nick for having influenced so deeply my life and many other people who tirelessly still listen and enjoy your music.
Los escucho hace 44 años y no dejo de sorprenderme al ver que su música sigue totalmente vigente y no pasará nunca de moda, porque la buena música trasciende. Felicidades amigo porque Pink Floyd fue tu guía no pudo ser mejor para ti, saludos desde Chile. 🇨🇱
Grew up with The Beatles, The Moody Blues and Pink Floyd, three bands forever etched into this 69 year old mind. Thanks for the memories and when I need to unwind I watch my copy of Pulse.
Yeah, that just about sums them up perfectly. I would like to suggest another band and album which is in some ways on a par. Supertramp : Crime of the Century. Absolute masterpiece. Never really given the credit it deserves IMHO. Floyd and Supertramp The 2 greatest bands of all time, musical content, quality of song writing, musicianship. On a different level from everyone else.
Gotta love Pete’s insistence to mention Syd immediately and mention his name more than any other member! I notice he was quick to mention Rick and Nick by name after the video tribute, perhaps realizing (or being told by some director) that he hadn’t yet done so. Wright was an enormous contributor to the early sound. And Mason was the perfect drummer for Pink Floyd as one person famously once proclaimed! 😉
Sad to think that Syd was alive while this event took place. Yet we can all safely assume he was 100% oblivious to all the accolades he was receiving hundreds of miles away for things he accomplished decades prior.
Pink floyd was just pure genius. Dont get me wrong i totally understand the importance of syd barrat and the fact pink floyd became what they did largely influenced by syd but the fun really started when david joined..thats when things really got going IMO..all those perfectly matched guitar pieces for each song and amazing melodies david created what a visionary he just ooozes soul in every lick! David and roger's relationship working together may have been a rocky road at times but from a music point they were the perfect collaboration. These guys were just on another level you cant compare their music with anything else...
I agree, syd is and will always be the reason there is a floyd, but if it wasn't for his departure, floyd simply wouldn't have gotten to where they went.
Your probably showing your age or location. As Pete Townshend says, they were something to see. Bowie, Yes, Gabriel, all those british giants talked at one time or another at going to see SYD. At that point Roger and Nick could hardly play, there was the light show but as anybody talks about, it was Syd they went to see. And watch documentaries at how all these guys who later couldn't stand one another but all have a reverence and open wound for....a guy. Do you EVER remember meeting another BOY at school that you gave a halfway shit about? They were pals, friends, fun, but the way these people talk about Syd then its clear that there was something magical about Syd. And of course they became something different without him, and its amazing they even stayed together. The guys in Genesis talk about how they almost packed it in simply because the guitarist who was only a QUARTER of the writing team left. Thats the magical thing about Pink Floyd, its like Monty Python. Its amazing it existed, its amazing it went on the way it did, its amazing that they are even remembered. After Roger left they only did two albums. And Roger only really did three and was done by 1992. Everything about Floyd is just crazy, which is what makes them Floyd. As Ezrin said, we really don't know 'which ones Pink' because they were just an aggregate. Like The Band they were all independant musicians who somehow managed to not just put out music, but great music. Thats astonishing in a way, particularly from middle class brits, who as we've seen with other bands, usually just defer to the guy in charge.
Yawn. I love 70s Floyd but I hate all these Dad Rockers shitting on Syd. So fucking dull. Yeah, we all like guitar solos, but Syd was a brilliant songwriter and one of the most influential artists of his generation.
@@nectarinedreams7208 No doubt. And it's impossible to say how they would have sounded, but if there is no Gilmour, and if Roger doesn't take over as titular songwriter and creative head, it's a good chance I never become as big a PF fan as I am today.
I was born in 51 they have played a part of all my life since 1967 and i have not heard anyone to surpass there music and unlikely to hear anyone else given i might be gone in 15 yrs at a push but i have been around for the best music ever
I have listened to Dark Side of The Moon walking on Helidecks on offshore rigs and platforms at night all over the world, one of my most favorite albums ever.
it's amazing how humble they were in their acknowledgements of each other, even if they didn't get the accolades that they so deserved, it wouldn't have made a difference of what they had achieved over the years, they are amazing and the best band I still play to this day.
Well David, that's perfectly understandable. Damn right he took offense, since (and at the same time every respect for Dave, Nick and Rick) he, Roger, wrote and created pretty much all of PF's work since Roger Barrett's departure. AND put out Amused to Death which imho is up there with the very best of PF's work. So yeah, kudos to him that he politely mentioned that he felt a little more than just a passenger. A great bassist or rhythm guitarist? No, not so much. But my god, all the great ideas he had, both musically and lyrically.... genius.
Born in the 60s and have had them with me since the late 60s. Can still sing every word and play air guitar every note to dark side at 63. Saw them live!! The greatest band ever. Thank you pink Floyd for so much part of my life
Que puedo decir …… he crecido con Pink Floyd. Y cuando los escuché por primera vez, fue algo increíble ! El primer tema que escuché fue 1976, en el planetario de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Shine on you crazy diamond. Y a partir de ese momento, Pink Floyd marcó mi vida, en el año 1980 compré el álbum The wall… el año que murió mi padre, previamente en el ‘75 la muerte de mi madre y en el 76 la muerte de mi tío más querido, Pink Floyd me educó, me dio fuerza, me inspiro a ser lo que soy, Gracias a cada uno de ustedes por todos estos años tan maravillosos y que el día que me muera ojalá sea, con la primera canción que escuché “Shine on you Crazy Diamond”
Without any doubt one of the greatest bands of all times. Skills, talent, creativity, intelligence. Oh my goodnes would that be nice if some of the so called band of today only had two of these... Taste is a personal thing, but even people who do not like PF say that they are among the greatest ever. Period.
David Gilmore best guitarist in world and his beautiful wife Polly who stands up for her husband hands. Love them both. Great artists in their own right and a force to be dealt with together 🥰
Polly est une castreuse, jalouse de Roger Waters. Et elle est la responsable que David et Roger ne peuvent plus travailler ensemble. Polly en étant l'auteur des chansons de David nous empêche d'apprécier la fusion entre DG et RW. Et tout le monde le sait 😢
@@nourdinelamouchi2775 translation Polly is a neuter, jealous of Roger Waters. And she is the one responsible for David and Roger no longer being able to work together. Polly being the author of David's songs prevents us from appreciating the fusion between DG and RW. And everyone knows it
Right, and the best sound team in the biz! Of all the stadium shows I saw in the 70s, theirs was the only one without echo. Of course, these genii used it as part of the overall mix. Fkn amazing, man!
Absolutely Greatest Ever! they are so right about it's an Experience and It's Great, emotional music, excellent music and songs that are soo Unique they took everything and created a true masterpiece.
PROPS: I’m a Stones girl buttt, Led Zeppelin (Plant & Page) plus Floyd (David & Roger) have always made me weak in the knees in a far different way than Jagger & Keith ever could!! I remember very vividly buying Darkside, Wish & the Wall the second each album came out and being totally blown away. To me, Floyd was the go to music when you wanted to chill and sink into being a stoner, Zeppelin was the must have when you wanted to go hard all night with your dude and the Stones were my fav to get happy and dance. Van Halen was my driving music (later replaced with U2) and Arrowsmith, Eagles or a little Guns & Roses were our everyday jam for just hanging out while having a little background noise. I still play all of these to this day and love them just as much as I did when I was in my teens & early 20s….all of it is the soundtrack of my life BB (before babies)!!!! Through my 30s & 40s I put away my rocker chick side in order to raise my family (like a lot of us did) but in my 50s & 60s, I’m back and digging through my over 400 original albums and pulling out all my old stuff and listening to it at full blast while I’m cleaning house or grilling steaks and loving every second of it just the way we used to - it all still sounds great!!
Just enjoyed a listen of the 1974 Wembley bootleg in a field in Oregon on a perfect summer day My thoughts after the show was over are that I'm convinced that David Gilmore is the greatest rock and roll guitarist of them all I've listened to a lot of bootleg shows this summer from zeppelin SRV Hendrix Sabbath Van Halen Allman bros Eric Clapton the Dead I can say that Gilmore just stands out among the rest his sounds from his prime years are unbeatable
Гении!!! Самые лучшие! Их сила музыки такая, что они могут снести на своём пути любую легенду рока. Будь это Битлз, Роулинг Стоунз, Лэд Зэппилин или кто либо.
I was only a kid when I first heard them play, I was blown away when I heard their song "Wish you were here" then "The Wall" was something else special.
The best band Masterpiece A tribute to Ian Andersen 🌹🎉What a fantastic vocalist Thank you so much for being the only song that went straight to my heart Forever 💖
