History AwesomeMusic / PinkFloyd

* "The Nile Song" and "Ibiza Bar" AKA the heaviest Pink Floyd songs ever written.
** Heck, it even help with the development of [[Music/{{Heavy Metal}}!!]]

** Heck, it even help with the development of [[Music/HeavyMetal HEAVY METAL!!!!]

** Heck, it even help with the development of [[Music/HeavyMetal]]!

** Don't forget [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOPNa753e1E "One Slip"]]. A great chorus and one of the most badass bass solos you will ever hear. Especially when it was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuZmS7gssBI played live]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQvG2SMVl84 "One of These Days"]], anyone? The bass line is simple yet haunting, and the slide guitar jam in the second half is icing on the cake. This is the reason why ''Meddle'' is a great album.
** Even more awesome is the AscendedMeme of playing the ''Series/DoctorWho'' theme halfway through it, something which began on the "Delicate Sound of Thunder" tours. So awesome that every tribute act, including and especially the ''Australian Pink Floyd Show'', does it.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcRYdVlGXNQ "Sheep".]] Especially near the end with the {{epic riff}}.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcRYdVlGXNQ "Sheep".]] Especially near the end with the epic guitar solo.

* [[VillainSong "Run Like Hell"]] is seriously {{badass}}.

There's a '''very''' good reason Music/PinkFloyd - Music/RogerWaters, Music/SydBarrett, David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick Mason ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and]] [[ThePeteBest Bob Klose]]) - are one of the most successful acts ever.

* ''A Momentary Lapse Of Reason'' gets a lot of flak, but it has its 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.

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

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lgOo8yEIPs "Dogs".]] Once you hear this, you'll understand why many people say it contains some of David Gilmour's best guitar work.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lgOo8yEIPs "Dogs".]] Once you hear this, you'll understand why many people say it contains some of his best guitar work.

* [[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).

* If you had to narrow Pink Floyd's awesome output down to one album, it'd be ''The 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, ''The 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=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.

If you had to narrow Pink Floyd's awesome output down to one album, it'd be ''The 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, ''The 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=pnExahMPPFI Brain Damage]] is a highlight.

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sVShT6nVTA Have A Cigar]]". One of the best examples of hard rock from Pink Floyd.

There's a '''very''' good reason Music/PinkFloyd - Music/RogerWaters, Music/SydBarrett, David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick Mason (and [[ThePeteBest Bob Klose]]) - are one of the most successful acts ever.

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

* "Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)" will always kick major ass. ALWAYS. At exactly the 2:49 mark is one the most amazing note bends in musical history. Just that 5 seconds there is one the finest moments in music.
** [[https://soundcloud.com/mixessss21/pink-floyd-vs-bee-gees-stayin It's even more insanely awesome when mashed up excellently with the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive"]].

%%* "Jugband Blues" 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.
%%That's as may be, but why are they considered highlights? Don't uncomment this example without explaining why EACH of these four songs is considered awesome.

** "Echoes" is the greatest song ''ever'' written. The reprise and the release, the band jam with the two guitar solos in a row, the whale song. Just unbelievable.
** Hell, even the intro. Just hearing the empty, ethereal ''ping...ping...'' leading into the main theme, you know you're in for something truly epic. The fact that Floyd created such an atmosphere with a single repeated note is proof of their greatness. (Especially Wright's greatness, as he came up with the intro. He wasn't as visible as Waters or Gilmour, but his contributions were nonetheless vital.)

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUDUltSdqIk Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI–IX)]]". The parting musical eulogy to Syd Barrett.

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

* [[VillainSong "Run Like Hell"]] is seriously bad-ass.

If you had to narrow Pink Floyd's awesome output down to one album, it'd be ''The 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.

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

* "Summer '68" is a major stand-out from the album. Beach Boys-influenced, it's generally considered to be one of the stronger compositions by Richard Wright.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7EpSirtf_E "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=FCMHmDnfD6I "The Trial"]] anyone? (Warning, that link leads to one of the {{w|hatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs}}eirdest and [[NightmareFuel scariest music]] videos ever. Still a [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic fantastic end track.]])