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..................where was I? Calling out libertycaps. Where are you? I feel like talking shit.

I was always anti-Waters until I saw him last fall. Now I'm a convert. Sounds familiar, doesn't it? I do not like him Sam I am... I guess I was a little harsh on the Wall.. sort of like In The Dark to me, it's better than perhaps I give credit but the fact that it did so well commercially dulls the buzz. Nice write-up Led. I do really like Fat Old Sun off Atom Heart Mother. It's a Gilmore classic.

And all this time I thought British royalty meant Clapton, Beck, and Page... I suppose Keith and David Gilmour need to be on that list as well. In the fall of 1979 I had just turned 11 and I went into Musicland at my local mall and bought a cassette copy of The Wall. The college-age dudes behind the counter got a real kick out of this young kid coming in and buying a new Pink Floyd album. I have been incredibly blessed by music, what with having young parents still into the Stones, the Beatles and The Who (not so much the Dead) from my birth in 1968 all through the seventies. When the Rolling Stones' "Some Girls" came out, my Dad and I would fight over the one copy in the house. I digress... I used to listen to The Wall camping, in my room at night, on the way to school, etc. It made an indelible impression on me... the trendy rock songs with great guitar were/are still my favorite, but listening to that album was like listening to a movie and way before drugs, this really expanded my headspace. Eras of Floyd are like eras of the Dead, they each have their talking points. I think the fans here pretty much have it nailed - the Shine On You Crazy Diamond suites are beyond epic. I like the happy little ditty, San Tropez off Meddle. The last thing Gilmour put out, featuring Rick Wright, The Endless River, very much sounds like classic Pink Floyd. David's recent release, Live at Pompeii is stunning - run out and buy the blu-ray now. Dave is digging in to these solos and singing as well as he has in years. I've seen Waters a bunch the last few go-rounds as well. Genius that he is, he's prickly, kind of icy. David Gilmour's warm heart just undeniably comes through in every note he plays and sings. Kind of like Jerry.

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Stoltzfus, ever wonder what Bill the drummer says if he has days like that? “I don’t want to work, I just ???”

I love Floyd, but with that list no wonder you didn’t get around to some things...Niiiice WISH YOU WERE HERE! Dark Side is a nice perhaps slightly more accessible, popular, aaa, whatever, and there are some great wierd ones to, but Welcome to the Machine and Shine on You Crazy Diamond on W.Y.W.H. are must listens. If you can, sequence Shine on parts 1+2 in order. I love to do Welcome, then parts 1+2, or Welcome after, and skip the hits sometimes..... Not too familiar with the old stuff? Got Animals finally, a few years ago, took a little more work, but it’s grown on me. The Wall, it’s actually a great album, it just got played to death, and in our adolescent circles it seamed kind of ???, not pop sellout, but not as much like the good old wierd stuff....? Would love to hear other comments here about The Wall, or Floyd in general....

Meddle (Echoes...wonderful lysergic experience at the Oregon coast with that)Ummagumma Piper at the Gates of Dawn Animals

Meddle is pretty good, lots of folks like Animals. Dogs and Pigs Three Different Ones are good tunes. Ummagumma is a weird one.. you started there? I personally don't like The Wall all that much, but I guess it has a couple good tunes. I like the lap steel guitar on a couple tunes on The Division Bell. High Hopes comes to mind. I get the feeling you have heard more of Dark Side of the Moon than you admit.. It's a classic albeit a bit overplayed. I like a few of the Gilmour solo tours too.. Live at the Royal Albert Hall is quite good as is Live at Gdansk. Love the Floyd..

Half of ummagumma is a live recording and half is studio. The live is awesome, the studio can put you to sleep if it’s not your cup of tea, and I expect that’s the case with you. Vguy’s suggestion of Atom Heart Mother will probably have the same effect on you. I suggest Obscurred By Clouds, as it has a lot of short songs that are filled with lyrics. Then I suggest Animals which has 3 really long songs with not a lot of lyrics. And it’s awesome!!!!!!

....i assume that's what you meant. Wish You Were Here and Atom Heart Mother. I would start there, knowing my tastes....