History AwesomeMusic / PinkFloyd

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQWszrZHBPI "Comfortably Numb"]] is a huge fan favorite and gains more radio play than any other Pink Floyd song these days, for a reason. Especially the live version from ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWnapx502uQ Pulse]]''. The guitar solo almost hurts, and the light show isn't exactly a detractor.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOqblSqx_VI "Pigs (Three Different Ones)"]] Charade you are for hating it.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcRYdVlGXNQ "Sheep"]]

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt-udg9zQSE Welcome to the Machine]]". One of the best criticisms of music industry, which has only gotten more apropos over time.

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%%* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJf5ZbumlgY Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I–V)]]".
%%* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt-udg9zQSE Welcome to the Machine]]".
%%* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sVShT6nVTA Have A Cigar]]".
%%* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxd-kWMzZNk Wish You Were Here]]".
%%* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUDUltSdqIk Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI–IX)]]".
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcRYdVlGXNQ "Sheep".]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOqblSqx_VI "Pigs (Three Different Ones)".]] Charade you are for hating it.

* "Hey You" and the moments Pink realises [[OhCrap he has spent his whole life making a mistake]].

* [[VillainSong "Run Like Hell"]] is seriously kickass.

** "Echoes" is the greatest song written. The reprise and the release, the band jam with the two guitar solos in a row, the whale song. Just unbelievable.

* While the album certainly isn't one of their more well-regarded musically, it does have its highlights, including [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU2XnEba_LI "The Gunner's Dream"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LqTGiIr-1o "The Fletcher Memorial Home"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e-yO6_FbtI "The Final Cut"]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkNOky3orsM "Not Now John"]]. "Not Now John" can also be a contender for not only being one of Floyd's heaviest songs, but infamously the one with the most (badass) profanity.

* ''A Momentary Lapse Of Reason'' gets a lot of flak, but it has it's share of highlights. They include the aforementioned [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tl0gab3Ufc "Learning To Fly"]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UCRa9wRFlg "Yet Another Movie"]] + [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fT0NEhl5-Q "Round And Around"]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef7_H4VGuIw "Terminal Frost"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijUCwQru9is "Sorrow"]]. Especially the section of "Learning To Fly" from "Above to the planet on a wing and a prayer..." to the song's end.

* While the album certainly isn't one of their more well-regarded musically, it does have its highlights, including "The Gunner's Dream", "The Fletcher Memorial Home", "The Final Cut", and "Not Now John". "Not Now John" can also be a contender for not only being one of Floyd's heaviest songs, but infamously the one with the most (badass) profanity.

* Sitting down and listening to a Pink Floyd album from start to finish almost always counts as Awesome Music. ''Music/WishYouWereHere'', ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'', and ''Music/{{Meddle}}'' are particularly well put together. ''Music/TheWall'' is awesome in its own way too, as is ''Music/{{Animals}}'', ''Music/ThePiperAtTheGatesOfDawn'' and ''Music/ASaucerfulOfSecrets''. Some may find ''Music/TheFinalCut'' fits into this category.

* "Jugband Blues", "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun", and "Let There Be More Light" are generally considered to be the highlights off this album, while Richard Wright's "Remember A Day" and "See-Saw", also have their fans.

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* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJf5ZbumlgY Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I–V)]]".
* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt-udg9zQSE Welcome to the Machine]]".
* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sVShT6nVTA Have A Cigar]]".
* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxd-kWMzZNk Wish You Were Here]]".
* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUDUltSdqIk Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI–IX)]]".

* The Grammy Award-winning instrumental [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7YMI39sObY "Marooned"]] is also an eerily moving listening experience with its marine mood reminiscent of "Echoes" and its vibrant guitar wails.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJM_5tbeGCk "Anisina"]] (meaning "in memory of" in Turkish), a moving tribute to the late Richard Wright.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJM_5tbeGCk "Anisina"]] (meaning "in memory of" in Turkish), a moving tribute to the late Richard Wright.

* Sitting down and listening to a Pink Floyd album from start to finish almost always counts as Awesome Music. ''Wish You Were Here'', ''The Dark Side of the Moon'', and ''Meddle'' are particularly well put together. ''Music/TheWall'' is awesome in its own way too, as is ''Animals''. Some may find ''The Final Cut'' fits into this category.

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* "The Nile Song" AKA the heaviest Pink Floyd song ever written.

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* ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason'' gets a lot of flak - most of which is completely unjustified, as the album is brilliant. Highlights include the aforementioned [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tl0gab3Ufc "Learning to Fly"]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UCRa9wRFlg "Yet Another Movie"]] + [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fT0NEhl5-Q "Round and Around"]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef7_H4VGuIw "Terminal Frost"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijUCwQru9is "Sorrow"]]. Especially the section of "Learning to Fly" from "Above to the planet on a wing and a prayer..." to the song's end.

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* While the album certainly isn't one of it's more well-regarded musically, it does have its highlights. Which includes "The Gunner's Dream", "The Fletcher Memorial Home", "The Final Cut" and "Not Now John". "Not Now John" can also be a contender for not only being one of Floyd's heaviest songs, but infamously the one with the most (badass) profanity.

* While the album certainly isn't one of it's more well-regarded musically, it does have it's highlights. Which includes "The Gunner's Dream", "The Fletcher Memorial Home", "The Final Cut" and "Not Now John". "Not Now John" can also be a contender for not only being one of Floyd's heaviest songs, but infamously the one with the most (badass) profanity.

* The whole album is 42 minutes of prime space rock/psychedelia, including "Astronomy Domine", "Lucifer Sam", "Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk", "Interstellar Overdrive" and "Bike".
** Not to mention the singles, "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play", that were spawned during this period.

* "Jugband Blues", "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun" and "Let There Be More Light" are generally considered to be the highlights off this album.
** Not to mention Richard Wright's "Remember A Day" and "See-Saw", which certainly has it's fans.

* While the album certainly isn't one of it's more well-regarded musically, it does have it's highlights. Which includes "The Gunner's Dream", "The Fletcher Memorial Home", "The Final Cut" and "Not Now John".
** "Not Now John" can also be a contender for not only being one of Floyd's heaviest songs, but infamously the one with the most (badass) profanity.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmeyocnsEIk "High Hopes"]] ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxdK_2EgpDs music video]]) is mesmerisingly beautiful, and "Poles Apart" and "Coming Back to Life" are awesome too. There's so much emotion in some of these songs that it hurts, and this album should never be overlooked.
** "High Hopes" might also count as a TearJerker because it seems like the band's farewell to their loyal audience. On the ''Echoes'' compilation, though, it's cleverly segued into Syd Barrett's "Bike" (by cutting from the closing church bell to a bicycle bell) so that they form a pair of reverse BookEnds to the band's career.

There's a '''very''' good reason Music/PinkFloyd are one of the most successful acts ever.

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* The whole album is 42 minutes of prime space rock/psychedelia, including "Astronomy Domine", "Lucifer Sam", "Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk", "Interstellar Overdrive" and "Bike". Not to mention the singles, "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play", that were spawned during this period.

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcRYdVlGXNQ Sheep.]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOqblSqx_VI Pigs (Three Different Ones).]] Charade you are for hating it.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lgOo8yEIPs Dogs]] at 3:41 (and again at 14:07) when the root chord changes from D minor to C major (and goes back to D minor every 4 bars).

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyL2vAUVOM0 "Time"]]. Just... "Time".

* The initial appearance of the four-note guitar motif in "Shine on You Crazy Diamond".
** "♩B♭, F, G, E♩".
** All of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", more like. Especially when it goes "[=SHIiINE=] ON YOU CRAAAAAZY [=DIiIiAmond=]"

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcRYdVlGXNQ "Sheep".]]

* [[http://youtu.be/9lgOo8yEIPs?t=3m41s Dogs]] at 3:41 (and again at 14:07) when the root chord changes from D minor to C major (and goes back to D minor every 4 bars).

* [[VillainSong "Run like Hell"]] is seriously kickass.

* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tGs4Mi3AYg title track]]. Recorded in ''1972''. Prototype electronica.

** "High Hopes" might also count as a TearJerker because it seems like the band's farewell to their loyal audience. On the ''Echoes'' compilation, though, it's cleverly segued into Syd Barrett's "Bike" (by cutting from the closing church bell to a bicycle bell) so that they for a pair of reverse BookEnds to the band's career.

If you had to narrow Pink Floyd's awesome output down to one album, it'd be ''TheDark Side of the Moon'', their most critically acclaimed and commercially successful work. It was on the Billboard Top 200 for ''fifteen years'' and would have re-entered the chart again had Billboard not changed the rules to prevent that (instead, it remains a mainstay of their "Catalog" chart). When they changed their rules in 2009 to allow catalog albums and re-entries into the Billboard Top 200, ''Dark Side of the Moon'' re-entered the chart a few weeks later and has popped in here and there ever since.

* Sitting down and listening to a Pink Floyd album from start to finish almost always counts as Awesome Music. ''Wish You Were Here'', ''Dark Side of the Moon'', and ''Meddle'' are particularly well put together. ''Music/TheWall'' is awesome in its own way too, as is ''Animals''. Some may find ''The Final Cut'' fits into this category.

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If you had to narrow Pink Floyd's awesome output down to one album, it'd be ''Dark Side of the Moon'', their most critically acclaimed and commercially successful work. It was on the Billboard Top 200 for ''fifteen years'' and would have re-entered the chart again had Billboard not changed the rules to prevent that (instead, it remains a mainstay of their "Catalog" chart). When they changed their rules in 2009 to allow catalog albums and re-entries into the Billboard Top 200, ''Dark Side of the Moon'' re-entered the chart a few weeks later and has popped in here and there ever since.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqCEPytSFqU "The Great Gig in the Sky"]]... [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlF8APEkh-E set to a simulation of an asteroid impact.]]

* ''Hey You'' and the moments Pink realises [[OhCrap he has spent his whole life making a mistake]].

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQWszrZHBPI "Comfortably Numb"]] is a huge fan favorite, for a reason. Especially the live version from ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWnapx502uQ Pulse]]''. The guitar solo almost hurts, and the light show isn't exactly a detractor.

** "♩B♭, F, B, E♩".

* The entire live half of Ummagumma is an absolutely fantastic journey into what Pink Floyd shows were like in their psychedelic years (particularly for those too young to have actually experienced it [[{{Pun}} in the flesh]]). All four songs are superbly done, but "A Saucerful of Secrets" in particular is utterly sublime.