This debate was settled in 1983. My kid brother and I (he was 18) were smoking large amounts of bud and listening to Pink Floyd. I posed the same question....Which PF song is their best? He paused for 20-30 seconds and said "Whichever one you're listening to at the time". 40 yrs later, we both agree that this is still an accurate assessment.
I've been avoiding clicking this vid for weeks now because the idea that PF could have a singular greatest song. You are 100% correct and currently "I've got a bike" is at the top. Tomorrow it will be something else. From that Clare Torry solo in Great Gig to the transition of Waters voice to sax in Gunners Dream to the backwards track on Empty Spaces that precedes the lyrics that focus your attention on the lyrics and away from the music, this band innovates and in some ways no one has replicated the mind hacks they implemented to this day. Some props have to got to Alan Parsons but ultimately the band itself were just a bunch of musical geniuses a couple of steps ahead of the Beatles. So best song, there isn't one, they are all good and the best one is the one your lucky enough to be listening to right now.
I believe "Time" is Pink Floyd's best song. It's certainly the most profound. How you relate to it only becomes stronger the older you get. It's absolute truth in its words. The music used to tell its message is also quite powerful and sublime at the same time. I also think it's David Gilmour's best guitar solo.
Shine On You Crazy Diamond had the most profound effect on me. It spells out the pain of the ‘loss’ of a dear friend in metaphorical but stark lyrics. Masterful writing.
I'm not a huge fan of WYWH album as a whole but Shine on stands out as one of their peak moments. Profound, clear, and hits in the very heart. Masterpiece.
Echoes from Pompeii is my all time favorite. I love the way that song reverses itself. Never heard anything quite like it before and it just had a lasting impression on me.
It’s a legendary feat in music history. It’s my favourite song of all time and the build with the climax around 3/4 of the way through the song gives me goosebumps every time.
"Shine on you Crazy Diamond" is undoubtedly one of the most remarkable song structures ever created by Pink Floyd, although it might slightly lose its intensity towards the end. As an ardent listener of Pink Floyd for four decades, this track holds a special place in my heart and is unquestionably my ultimate favorite.
Shine on you crazy diamond is technically the beginning and end of Wish you were here album I-V doesn't really end it goes into Welcome to the machine since goes into Have a Cigar since goes into Wish you were here since goes into Shine on you crazy diamond parts VI-IX with a very built up ending not just for the song but for the whole album as the ending seems very grand and dramatic it's a perfect album
It's "Time", plain and simple. It is profound, beautifully structured, and lyrically magical with a magnificent guitar solo. A work of art from the amazing intro through the "Breathe" reprise.
I really only focus on lyrics with country and folk, but this song has always struck me. I’m more into Waters’ lyrics now that I’m older. Time is the song for me.
I like listening to it now because it hasn't been worn out like Dark Side and The Wall. I love those two albums, but heard the too many times. Getting a buzz and listening to Wish You Were Here is very relaxing
Comfortably Numb, is just an out of this world musical experience. I've been listening to it for forty plus years and never tire of it. Gives me goosebumps every single time. A truly brilliant song. So ethereal and beautiful.
I agree 100%. A song about shooting dope. But it's a great song. That's the first song I learned guitar solos. You had the 1st easy sweet gentle guitar solo then you have the second bluesy outro solo which is soaring. Two very simple effective solos that say way more than a bunch of kids shredding. The groove in Meddle is also great
Wish you were here, Will always be my favorite. My wife passed recently and we were both fans of Pink Floyd and I can not get through that song without thinking of her.
I'm so sorry, Keith. That song is one of my favorites too but unlike Rick, I don't feel it as "uplifting." It makes me feel nostalgic and sad. That's not a bad thing though. I really hope you can find solace in your memories of her and in music. She had to leave her body but her soul continues and she'll be there to help you transition when its your time. 💐❤️
Echoes is probably their greatest song. It set the stage and template for everything that followed and was the moment when they really figured out where they wanted to go.
I would rather say Wish You Were Here, it is the best Pink Floyd's song because it is Pink Floyd in its purest form and its essence without synths or electric overloaded solos, just a band playing for an old friend.
One doesn’t simply listen to one song from Pink Floyd. You start the album, sit down, and enjoy the entire thing. Each album is a symphony. Each song is a movement
Mostly agree. These songs are from an era when bands carefully considered the writing, inclusion and order of each song an an album. A "Greatest Hits" album of a band like Pink Floyd is highly problematic.
@@donniev8181 Actually none of the members were cannabis smokers and that was never the intended point of the music, that's probably the biggest misconception among newbies like yourself and others unfortunately, most being American listeners 🤦♂🤦♂
This song (Us & Them) is THE most impactful LIVE musical moment of my life. I was 16, in 1988 and I slept out overnight at the mall for Pink Floyd tickets for their show at Veterans Stadium in Philly in 1988. I got floor seats in section AA, but as someone who is was incredibly short then (and now) I couldn't see anything since everyone was standing on their seats. So I went up to a higher level hoping to find a seat I could see from, when a nice couple said they had an open seat in the front row of the 2nd level. When the chorus of Us & Them hit and all those lights circling the screen turn towards the audience and shine bright white...it was just such a moving moment. I will never, ever forget it. Best concert I've ever seen.
Great Gig in the Sky is my favorite. The singer was told to sing how she thought it might feel like to experience death. Most times, when I listen to it, I end up in tears or close to it. What a brilliant idea they had with that one
@@tomasvanecek8626 Have you heard Bike? People around then don’t get it but Syd’s stuff is literally almost even better remembered by the young. It takes a lot to realize how distinctive they were. Vegetable Man had it been a single wound have been unheard of until the arrival of new wave. Incredible. It’s like he was already in 1979 and skipped the entire Classic Rock period.
I'm 64 now. I still remember the first time I listened to Shine On You Crazy Diamond. A friend at school had taped the album having just bought it. I came home, ate dinner, went to bed early and listened to the album lying in bed with headphones. The start of the album, with the early parts of SOYCD is still my favourite ever start to an album and my favourite Pink Floyd.
I'm also 64. I heard "Shine on" live twice before the WYWH album came out: at Wembley and Knebworth and at the latter gig, Dick Parry was used for more than just the two "Dark Side" songs: he played a knockout solo in the encore "Echoes" replacing the guitar break straight after verse 2. I bought a bootleg of "Shine on" soon after that so was really familiar with it by the time I heard the album version for the first time. When Parry's Baritone came in at the end of (again) verse 2, it knocked me out.
Right, and likely the really crappy Radio Shack headphones that we all had, that would leave your head a sweaty mess. I have nostalgic memories of that time.
yup…am 63 and rode my bicycle 14 miles round trip to KMart to buy Wish You Here in 1975 right when it was released. It took me a couple of weeks to realize that the shrink wrapper was an opaque flexible film that was covering the jacket…I thought it was the album jacket was a grey version of the Beatles White album design. Then, I noticed a perforated air hole in the shrink wrapper and saw color of the jacket picture through it and took a peek behind the shrink wrapper to my freaking surprise. Best Floyd album? Hard to say…my fondest one, though. Been dialed in to Floyd since an older brother’s initiation of UMMA GUMMA in 1969…
I'm 58 and growing up in an area where I only heard Top 40 music in my teens, I knew little about Pink Floyd other than The Wall. My older brother had a cassette with some songs, one of which was Comfortably Numb and that's the first Floyd song I got to know and that was probably about 1982 or so. When I went to college in the fall of 84 I found a radio station I couldn't get at home and that was KQRS out of Minneapolis. They played all of this awesome music I'd never heard like Floyd and Rush etc. In fact I'd never heard of Rush until then. The first Floyd Album I had, which I borrowed from a friend and recorded on cassette, was The Wall and it was certainly different than anything I had heard before. College student living frugally so it was a while before I had a library of Pink Floyd CDs. And yes, the headphones. I really should give a listen to both WYWH and DSOTM with headphones. I don't know when the last time I used headphones.... What would the teenagers, or even 30 year olds think of headphones today? lol
Alan Parsons deserves credit for how he put their music together on this album. The way one song flowed into the next, the sound effects, and the overall package was a major achievement for the audio / recording engineer. ❤
But how much did Parsons have to do with all that? I've read quite a lot about Pink Floyd, but I've never heard a definitive answer. I know that he put together the alarm clock sequence at the beginning of "Time." But beyond that, I just haven't heard. Interesting fact: When Pink Floyd started making Wish You Were Here, they asked Parsons to work on it. They gave him a lowball offer, thinking he would be privileged to work with them again. He turned them down and immediately went on to great success with the Alan Parsons Project.
~~ it's interesting how on the 2003 film; "The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon" - all band members have interview segments - and Parsons has a bit as well - David Gilmour seems to downplay any contributions Parsons made - he says (a bit dismissively) of Alan; "He had a few good ideas" - David knows well that Roger was the driving force behind that project - and he seems to not want to give anyone else much credit - perhaps for fear of any perception of reducing his own input on the record even further by comparison to Roger's ..
@@gregc8670Parsons had a great deal to do with this lp! He had the added responsibility of actually taking razor to tape! Imagine being responsible for a perfect take then having to edit it with a razor! The sound quality of DSOTM was and is the height of an audiophiles wet dream!
After Meddle, Pink Floyd started with these bloated concept albums. I jumped. ship. They lost the quality to transport the listener to another place. Did not like DSOTM. Flame me.
Totally agree... and by a long way.... only song I have ever tripped on without doing and drugs at all... lisytened to it back then on a caseete through a walkman,,,,,, bouncin on clouds! A Masterpiece! See Emily play though will always stick with me.. I remember the day Relics was released , a dorm mate got it for his birtday and Relics got played relentlessly all year! An Abum/Collection for the ages... Meddle tough was the transitional Album and still had the Syd Effect to some degree,,,,, Brilliant Album
I can't believe he did not include this. Gilmours REAL greatest solo. Tight song form as Rick was talking about. Rick needs to remake this video. He must have simply forgot it
To me it's funny watching this music teacher/producer who brings all this sophistication, and can instantly tell you every chord extension, key change and odd tempo, turn into a teenager listening to great music. "That's just... so great!"
Pink Floyd is my favorite band of all times and I absolutely love so many of their songs…but High Hopes gives me chills every time. Glad you mentioned it here!
One of the most underrated aspects of Pink Floyd is the space in between notes, what they do not play, the amazing atmosphere they create for each song. Unparalleled.
"Shine On You Crazy Diamond" is their greatest song for me. Quality and quantity in abundance. Amazing when you consider the struggle they endured to record it. "OK, who's been playing with the echo returns?" 🙂
Saw it live, so sad & Beautiful, 5-9 was just riveting, with that Diamond Center Stage shining facets of light on everone in the venue. 1977 Philadelphia
It’s not a song though, Shine on you crazy diamond is a 9 part 25 minute long symphony. It has more in common with a classical piece than a song within its structure.
Dogs is a pure masterpiece, and a complete, structured song, which is an amazing song from beginning to end. Every instrument is perfect, and the guitar solos are just so good.
Hard to beat Dogs, think I crashed a car listening to Animals. There's an early version called "you have to be crazy" and a live recording of it if you search.
Shine on you crazy diamond had taken me on an experience I’ve never felt in any other song, that’s why it separates itself from any other song of all time.
I can't believe it took so far into the comments to find Shine On. As my life goes on different Floyd songs become my favorite and this has been it for me for quite awhile now. The guitar work is some of the finest of any musician ever.
It's quite the composition. The band was in the studio recording the song which of course is about Syd Barrett. He was the brilliant, charming, witty, good looking young artist who started as front man for Pink Floyd. There was a party going on where he was slipped a huge amount of LSD. He was also in the early stage of schizophrenia. It is thought by most who were close to him that these conditions flipped the switch off in his brain. It is said that when he looked at you, rather than seeing his normal brilliant, charming, mischievous, almost child like demeanor, that his eyes were like "black holes in the sky", as described by the lyrics of Roger Waters in Shine On You Crazy Diamond. It's so sad how his mind transformed so darkly, and he came to resemble Uncle Fester of the TV series Adams Family, but only with a very morbid demeanor.
@@uversa7 I thought you were going to tell the story of him showing up during the recording of the Wish You Were Here album, shaved head and gaunt, looking nothing like the shining diamond of a man he was as the band leader just a few years before. Crazy story.
I was driving in my car, age 17, when Shine On came on the radio. I had no idea who it was by, but turned around and drove to the local record store and bought it. It's flawless. Then again, so is Animals...
Haven't finished the video yet. I think The dark side of the moon had to be excluded from the list, it's over the top in its entirety and beats almost everything.
Thre are more better Pink floyd songs than comfortably numb imo My top 5 is 1.Echoes 2. SOYCD3. Atom Heart Mother 4.Wish you were here 5. Dark side of the moon comfortably numb is great too
Comfortably Numb is Pink Floyd's A Day In The Life, in that it was the latest and greatest manifestation of their two greatest songwriters genuinely working together. Sublime.
It was a David song that Roger took and wrote the lyrics to, unlike most of The Wall, which is almost a Roger solo album, so that is a reasonable take.
The thing about Floyd is that their greatest song can change numerous times over the years. So many moods, textures and messages. Such great musicianship, arrangement, composition and production displayed that I cannot pick just one song.
Got the same with each artist. Sometimes I just need to put loud Killing In The Name Of by Rage Against The Machine. Sometimes I like much different and softer souns.
I agree. Me neither, for a while it was Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun then Echoes, then Comfortably Numb, and then Dogs etc etc etc too many awesome songs it really is hard to pin it down to just one
I couldn't believe The Dark Side of The Moon was recorded in the 70s when I first heard it 4 years ago (I was very late to trying Pink Floyd). It was more immersive than most albums I hear nowadays, and sounds pristine. It's an experience, and I tend to listen to it in its entirety rather than just a few songs.
For me it’s Time. It includes a personal connection to general relativity and actually makes you feel the time that passed in your life just listening to the song. On top of that, the solos that include key change feel like a sad introspective journey. It’s one of my favorite songs of all time.
Always loved Time. Originally, it was Gilmour’s guitar work that drew me to the song. Now in my 50s, the lyrics hit me hard every time I hear it. Given the fact that they were probably just shy of 30 when they wrote it, the concept of being young and in no hurry for anything, and suddenly realizing years have passed and life is now short, shows a ton of wisdom for such young men.
A great song about our journey here and the fraud which deals with debt and the initial cut. A song likely handed to them. Just to add, general relativity is a lie created by the dumb as a rock Einstein the actor to hide the Aether.
Unfortunately my son was born stillborn. He had long arms like an albatross. When I hear Echoes I think of him flying above, having adventures and looking down on us.
@@softwareofexcellence Sounds like Echoes is blessing for you. To me it's like listening to one of the great composers like Beethoven. The truth of the matter is, your son is looking down at you smiling. Be blessed.
@softwareofexcellence no doubt he is! Pink floyd is about accepting God and believing in him and his paradise! Your son lives and he sings wish you where here to you through pink floyd every single time you listen to it!
Great Gig in the Sky is the only rock song that has ever evoked a wave of emotion so strong that I have physically wept. I can't imagine a better qualification for quantification...
I`m really surprised that the Great Gig in the sky wasn`t mentioned. It is for me not only Pink Floyd`s best songs, but one of the finest pop songs ever made. It has such a unique and distinct vibe that I haven`t seen being replicated by other songs/bands yet. Plus, the singular way the singer Claire Tory performs and the fact that this song has no lyrics gives it a crazy amount of drama, power and complexity that is mindblowing. A truly unique and timeless masterpiece.
@@aholder4471 I don't remember this story well, but didn't they ask her on take 2 to try materializing through vocal performance agonizing thoughts surrounding the subject of death? I heard this version of the story a while ago, so I'm not sure if it's true.
"Comfortably Numb" is such an atmospheric song. I remember, as a 17 year old, going into a kind of trance every time I'd hear it. The opening melody is so dark and and has a sense of foreboding, and Gilmour's leads are other worldly . For me, their greatest song.
When I first played "The Wall", "Comfortably Numb" struck me as being the standout track from an already impressive album. That melody in the chorus is sublimely gorgeous.
Comfortably Numb is my favourite Pink Floyd song. The two guitar solos are probably the best ever and I love the lyrics. This is a historically brilliant song.
Every group worth it's salt has that one song that really resonates and like Stairway, November rain, bohemian, you can't always get what you want, home by the sea, telegraph road and comfortably numb. All of them are long songs that have slow starts and fast finishes.
Man, who wouldn't just love to sit down with Rick, have a few beers, and talk about music? He's so knowledgeable, yet so unassuming, without a trace of arrogance, and his love of music is contagious. Love ya, Rick!
Comfortably numb never fails to get the fur on the arm standing. The guitar work is arguably (IMO) the greatest thing ever put to tape. Wish you were here is also up there. The acoustic intro and the story the song tells is phenomenal.
I agree with Rick that Animals is less about songs than pure 'listening'. That said, Gilmour's work on 'Dogs', especially the solo before the 'and when you lose control' part is unbelievable. The way he connects his phrases and caps it perfectly by leading right into the vocal melody gives me chills.
I read somewhere that the solo that made it onto the album was only the second-best recorded solo for "Dogs"! Somehow the best solo got deleted and they had to use the second-best!
Not saying they're my favorite but i do want to mention Final Cut and When The Tigers Break Free. Love those two and especially the solo on Final Cut. Beautiful.
So many great options but, for me, their greatest achievement is Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts VI-IX. That screaming slide part at the beginning all the way through the synthesized dirge at the end. Perfection.
My top 10 - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun, Mother, Wish You Were Here, Paranoid Eyes, Brain Damage/Eclipse, Comfortably Numb, One of the Days, Sorrow, Astronomy Domine, When the Tigers Broke Free
Fearless, Time, Mudmen, Echoes, Dogs, Learning to fly, Comfortably Numb, etc.... There are too many to choose from. From every album, not just singles...
Animals is my favourite album. No, it's not a singles album, but it feels like the most complete, most interesting record musically and lyrically. Some of the most scathing lyrics Roger ever wrote. But, I think the ending solo on Pigs is incredible. It's a great driving record. And even though Rick was without a credit, his playing was amazing. That electric piano intro to Sheep is iconic.
My favorite is "High Hopes" from the "Division Bell". It's just perfect from beginning to end. It's a symphony. It is one of the these rare songs that trigger a physical and/or emotional response you have no control over: "High Hopes" always gives me goosebumps and I begin to cry - always, even while watching this video. I have several thousand music tracks in my collection, but "High Hopes" is in that rare bunch of 10 songs from the thousands that trigger such a response.
Thank you. I haven't lived to Division Bell in years. "High Hopes" is an excellent work with maturity and depth. It's hard to describe, but the phrase "A world of magnets and miracles" for me are six words that describe what the _feeling_ of childhood memories are like, not what they actually are.
High Hopes is not my #1, but I agree that it's a wonderful, magical song. I especially like the live versions from David Gilmour's "Remember That Night" and "Live in Gdansk" DVDs, because he adds that haunting acoustic guitar outro.
That entire album is incredible… and High Hopes is my favorite PF song as well. And it kinda puts the recent Endless River album into proper context. “The endless River/forever and ever” are the last lyrics of High Hopes. If you listen to the albums back to back Endless River makes more sense.
I have always loved: “On the Turning Away” which I think as one of the most underrated PF songs ever. Another awesome song is Sorrow, both from a Momentary Lapse of Reason
In the 1980s, my then girlfriend, now wife, bought me my very first CD with this song on it. I still have it to this day. Funny, back then we asked how long a CD could last. The answer was, "we don't know."
Shine On is their greatest song. Not just musically, but those have to be Roger’s best-ever lyrics. Plus the subject matter, harkening back to the band’s very origin. Just perfect. THAT SAID, Animals is my favorite album by them and contains Roger’s best-ever singing.
I love the long intro to Shine On You Crazy Diamond, but the song proper (the vocal part) isn't that great. I think Floyd's greatest song is "Time"... It has the fantastic long cinematic intro which Floyd do so well, and the song is great, Waters's best lyric, his most important message.
"High Hopes" - It's a song that anyone can relate to. Regardless of age, gender, nationality, background, etc. - It also resonates stronger the older you become. Maybe the greatest song ever.
I'm an old guy....David Gilmore was the most influential to my own learning/playing. What a melodic soloist! First time I heard Time, I was blown away. He has so many other solos that are so good, it's hard to judge them. But my favourite is still Time. Other learning influences were Hendrix, Page,Terry Kath, Jeff Beck, Clapton, Larry Carleton........there were so many good players from the 70's! I've forgotten quite a few.
Dogs still moves me every time I hear it. Chiming acoustic guitars to Rick’s keyboards to the vocal bounce off between Dave and Roger. I never get tired of hearing it.
Dark side of the moon is not just a number of songs to listen to its an album experience - to be immersed in from start to finish. In my opinion it’s the best album ever made
Wish You Were Here is easily one of the greatest songs ever written. The subject matter, the playing, the composition… everything….. makes me tear up every time.
Shine On : those three cords, and that drop when the drums come in-it's light dropping and scattering over the floor. Can't tell you or describe how it affects me. One of the greatest musical compositions ever. Along with Echoes from Pompeii, with those ethereal harmonies.
He is the master of making every chord make you feel the the lyric . He makes his guitar , sing , cry , laugh, bark ! And no one sounds like him. They can try , but no. He played from the inner depths of his soul . He didn’t dance around the stage or go for the gimmick . He PLAYED . it is musical poetry.
I feel like it really captures childhood innocence, as well as coming of age. "Look mummy, there's an aeroplane up in the sky" is a great line. I get nostalgic af when my kids point out aeroplanes in the sky.
The mood shift in the beginning from singing birds on a sun lit grass field in summer to the spelling of doom is unmatched across the entire spectrum of music.
@@jesperFrost Yes! My favorite part is "Did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter when the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath a clear blue Sky?"… that crazy long line flows like butter, and the descending notes are beautiful
Dogs. The last two minutes are a mindblowing mantra for the rebels, for anyone that doesn’t fit, for anyone that has hit rock bottom, experienced emotional pain and fought through it to reach the highest echelons of their own spiritual enlightenment
I'm 61 and have been obsessed with Pink Floyd, I ignored Animals for some reason. Then 4 montths ago i sat and gave it a listen again. Crap i listen to it every day!
"Who was born in a house full of pain. Who was trained not to spit in the fan. Who was told what to do by the man. Who was broken by trained personnel. Who was fitted with collar & chain....." Mind blowing indeed! A road many of us have traveled down.
At 21.38 those 4 notes are so iconic. In August 1984 I think, I was at Wembley stadium in London for a Pink Floyd concert. The band came on and nothing happened for a while, it was all very quiet with no lights. Then you hear those 4 notes and the place erupted. Sent shivers through my body. What an incredible night that was. I'll never forget it 🥹
All the ethereal productions are great, but if you were in a band, this is fun? (And it has never walk alone at the end, a “twofer”, if you will?). And, it has the magic gold top tone.
Ehh... not a fan of much he did after Roger left the group. They may have been at each others' throats, but there's no denying they brought out the best in each other.
David Gilmour is such a great guitarist! And the lead singing in Pink Floyd, Gilmour's singing in particular, is so great, and is not talked about enough! All the band's vocals are great, and David Gilmour is just amazing as a lead singer, in the same quietly amazing, grand, slow, cinematic way as his guitar playing, that immensely grand slow-moving cinematic drama that makes Pink Floyd so amazing! I have always been blown away by his lead vocals!
I saw that show live in 1994!! One of the best concerts of my life!!! It was almost unbelievable that they opened with Astronomy Domine and also included One of These Days... Not to mention how amazing of an album Division Bell ended up being, and the live versions of those songs were fantastic!! Didn't mean to make you jealous, but just wanted to share... I remember getting wristbands and standing in line to buy tickets (like we did in the old days before the "Internets" took over)... I must have bought 24 tickets without even knowing who would go with me, but I found friends and friends of friends... some serious concert tailgating also... Wow, yeah 1994... can't believe that was 30 years ago!!
Time is my favorite. I don't understand why it doesn't get more recognition. The rhythm part is amazing. The interplay between the four instruments is perfect, and it's done in a style that would be very easy to get wrong, but it's perfect. The guitar solo is the most subtly emotional perfect phrasing of any guitar solo ever and the best solo tone ever.
"On the Turning Away" is a beautiful song. Also a big fan of "Learning to Fly", if for nothing else just the repetative hook. It's just so relaxing to listen to!
I've always felt Wish You Were Here was their best album but Dark Side of the Moon is also in there as well as many other albums. Two songs that grab me are: Shine On You Crazy Diamond and Wish You Were Here.
A Pillow of Winds is my favorite of their songs that no one ever mentions, so I'm glad you mentioned it. I never thought of it as psychedelic, though it is. To me it's sort of impressionistic. Like it just floats like clouds, without seeming to "go anywhere," unlike most songs.
I never that of this song as psychedelic as a kid when I was exploring the whole catalog. Always loved it. Now that I’m older (and have heard more) it’s as English folksy psych as it gets.
My top 5. Would be 1.Echoes. 2. Cirus minor 3. Brain Damage. 4. Saucerful of Secrets 5.The Narrow way. Pink Floyd to me had a sameness to there music. You would hear them use the same grooves in alot of different songs. The ending of Saucerful of Secrets is a perfect example of what Pink Floyd did. Majestic and very melodic Cirus Minor is similar rhythmically and also melodically. I love the groove on the Atom Heart Mother suite. Echoes has that similar feel to it. Not putting Floyd down I think they found a rhythmic formula and it worked
Pink Floyd have a lot of great songs but there are two that just really stand out to me: Comfortably Numb and Wish You Were Here. They both have an uncanny ability to connect emotionally in a way that matches the greatest of all music.
Pink Floyd have so many great songs, it’s impossible to choose one! I started listening at 12 and now that I’m 60 I love their music even more. Greetings from Portugal ❤
I was born in 74 and have been a Pink Floyd fan my entire life. My mother tells stories about me dancing to Dark Side holding on to her tower speaker before I could even walk. I love the whole catalogue, but High Hopes just hits me right in the feels.
Meddle is a perfect bridge between the psychedelia before and Dark Side of the Moon after. I love it. I first heard "Echoes" on an open reel top end system (not sure how they got the tape, words like "quad" were used....). My mind was blown, and I have loved the album every since.
Dogs is absolutely brilliant and although long does follow a song structure, albeit with many twists and turns. Gilmour’s accoustic guitar and vocals give me chills on that one.
Meddle was recommended to me by my college roommate when we would play the alarms ringing at the beginning of "Time" on volume level 10 at 4 am in our dorm. We'd crank it for about 20 seconds, shut it off, then act sleepy when we stumbled out into the hallway to see who else we had rudely awakened. Jason asked me if I heard Meddle and lent me his CD. It grew on me and has become an all-time favorite. Super happy to hear people giving it the love it deserves.
I'm 80 years old and a Pink Floyd fan from the late 60's. I've been lucky enough to see Roger 8 times incl. "The Wall". I was at "This is Not a Drill" in September. I still get excited when I listen to their music so I love how you are reacting to it. If I were to pick out the best I would have to say "Comfortably Numb". It still gives me goose bumps after all these years. There they are again, goosebumps! 🥰😍🤩😘
I love it. A little behind you at 67 yrs old, I've been a huge fan since Meddle. I too was at The Wall concert in Feb, 1980 at Nassau Colosseum. To this day, the single greatest concert I have ever seen!
Age 66, and the memory of the Animals Show in "77 is burned into my memory. One of the best memories of my life. My all-time favorite band. Back then 66 was inconceivable. I'm still 20 in my head. 🥳
My top 4: 1. Comfortably Numb 2. Time 3. Mother 4 Wish You Were Here These are life stoppers that give me pause to reflect and make sure I'm not wasting away my life. The execution of these songs often brings tears.
