Why a Pink Floyd Playlist Doesn't Work
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- Опубликовано: 28 окт 2024
- In this installment of JTC Playlists, JT explains why a #best of #PinkFloyd #playlist doesn't really work, how their albums are specifically crafted to be one complete listening experience... before making a playlist anyway... Stay to the end for a special announcement:
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Pink Floyd is without a doubt one of the greatest classic rock bands of all time. They began in the 60s with Roger Waters on bass, Nick Mason on drums, Richard Wright on organ and Syd Barett on lead guitar and vocals. Syd was the band's leader and chief songwriter in the early days, penning their first singles Arnold Layne and See Emily Play. This would lead to the release of their 1967 album Piper at the Gates of Dawn, featuring classics like Astronomy Domine, Flaming, Bike and the epic psychedelic instrumental Interstellar Overdrive. Their live shows were equally inventive incorporating unique light shows. However due to Syd's intake of LSD mixed with a breakdown involving schizophrenia, he would gradually be pushed out of the band he fronted, being replaced with David Gilmour on guitar. This would become Pink Floyd's classic lineup with Roger taking more of a songwriter role, including the song Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun which would appear on their 1968 album A Saucerful of Secrets. The album was the only to feature all five band members and Syd's final composition with Floyd, Jugband Blues. Through albums like the soundtrack to More and the experimental Ummagumma, Pink Floyd was still finding their voice, focusing more on albums rather than singles, but still producing an occasional classic like Careful with that Axe Eugene. In 1970, Atom Heart Mother proved to be a success with the 23 minute instrumental and featuring Dave's song Fat Old Sun. 1971's Meddle would turn out to be an important staple for the band with the rocking opener One of these Days I'm Going to Cut You Into Little Pieces, featuring a rare spoken vocal by Nick, Roger's echoing bass line and Dave's Slide Guitar. The flip side, another 23 minute piece, Echoes, featuring Dave and Rick on vocals, is often regarded as Progressive Rock's finest moment, from the opening ping of Rick's leslie piano. They would also perform both these songs along with earlier classics Live at Pompeii. The Obscured by Clouds soundtrack appeared in 1972 with tracks like Burning Bridges and Free Four. However 1973's Dark Side of the Moon would become one of the most successful albums of all time, staying on the charts for nearly 13 years and still a best seller today. Roger's lyrics dealt with the evils of society driving one to madness, while the music was nearly one entire inter-connected piece (making it difficult to separate for a playlist or a best of / greatest hits compilation). Still standouts like Money, Time and Great Gig in the Sky are favorites among fans. Their 1975 followup Wish You Were Here, featuring the opening and closing piece Shine On You Crazy Diamond (a tribute to Syd Barrett who even showed up at the sessions), is thought to be equally great, if not greater, as Dark Side. But tensions between the band were beginning to rear their head. 1977 saw the release of Animals, likening three animals: Dogs, Sheep and Pigs to various classes of society. Roger became the band's main frontman and sole songwriter with Dave occasionally sharing the mic and writing credits. Tensions grew during the tour when Roger ended up spitting on a fan in Montreal and coming up with the idea for The Wall to separate himself from the audience. 1979 would see the release of The Wall, the album and later the tour and film. Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 became their best selling single and Comfortably Numb remains one of their most popular tunes. But it nearly broke up the band as Roger fired Rick for lack of output, creating a greater rift between him and Dave. 1983's The Final Cut was Roger's final album with Pink Floyd before he officially left, leaving Dave and Nick to reunite with Rick for 1987's Momentary Lapse of Reason, featuring the song Learning to Fly. Roger sued to break up the band, but failed to do so instead focusing on his solo career. The Gilmour led Floyd would produce 1994's The Division Bell, a return to form for many fans with Rick now sharing vocal and songwriting duties again. Songs included Take it Back, Coming Back to Life, Keep Talking and High Hopes. It wasn't until 2005's Live 8 concert when Dave, Nick and Rick reunited with Roger for a short set giving closure for many fans. Syd never performed with Pink Floyd again and died in 2006. Rick died in 2008. The album The Endless River was dedicated in his honor. Pink Floyd's legacy has continued to inspire fans and aspiring musicians, myself included. My One Band performance of Dark Side of the Moon kicked off this channel and my Elements piece was directly inspired by them.
i still have a pink floyd playlist
that being a playlist that’s all of their albums in chronological order
I did that too, I feel its the only right way to make a Floyd playlist
@@BzzBzzBee-l7r Like, you just heard Us And Then, when the song ends, suddenly some Ummagumma song starts playing, like, doesn't work
Same
Every album in chronological order. That's basically my way of listening to most of the bands 😁
What about the singles?
Here's somebody who really understands Pink Floyd. Much appreciated.
Thank you!
Honestly, as cool as a Floyd list would be, you’re right about them being more album-oriented. I’m super excited for the PF reviews, tho. Those are gonna be awesome! If you wanna do some more playlists in the future, I think that Oingo Boingo and Rush could make for some good topics.
I spent years and years figuring out how to make a PF’s playlist and feel like I’ve finally mastered it.......it’s going to make ur 🤯. I play one album at a time from start to finish and then move on to another album. I know it’s mind blowing but I figure PF did all the leg work for me so I get to just sit back, listen and enjoy.
Everything before Dark Side can be playlisted imo. Meddle, Atom Heart Mother, Ummagumma, A Saucerful of Secrets, and Piper at the Gates of Dawn all have songs that are pretty confined within their run-time. Yeah some of them are super long and transition into completely different arrangements multiple times, but it's still pretty easy to tell when one song ends and another begins
I tried doing a playlist of Pink Floyd recently, and I had to make it two discs to fit everything I wanted on there. Nice to see some love for Obscured by Clouds here. That's a great album that never gets the attention it deserves.
Also, I'm super hyped for the abum reviews! I'm curious what you think about Saucerful of Secrets, since that's actually one of my favorite albums of their's. I love how it showcases all five band members.
Obscured by Clouds, Childhoods End, The Gold Its in the, When your In, and Free Four are all great imo. And any PinkFloyd Playlist shouldn't be limited to a single disc. Double Disc at least. If not just making a playlist on youtube or something with out having to limit yourself. I have a 67 song playlist of Floyd on a data cd i listen to in my car
Pink Floyd makes sense as an Album Band because it works as a whole than compilation albums or a Playlist. Still like their Echoes compilation. Can't wait for the reviews.
My love The best of albums but PF is not for The best of PF is best listening whole album one by one
I actually prefer the second half of Shine On You Crazy Diamond, but it’s such a fantastic track that I don’t mind which half is picked.
I love the opening instrumental of the first half of Shine On
Me too, I love how the guitar riff builds up and cuts back in.
@@STEIN470 and especially because it’s in the key of Bb (is it Bb? Could be wrong), it’s extremely haunting. It’s definitely a song I blast on my headphones!
Can hardly think of something more ridiculous than 'Pink Floyd Greatest Hits.' 😆
The 'Echoes (The Best of Pink Floyd)' compilation album works really well and the sequencing is spot-on. I still struggle to listen to any individual tracks from DSOTM though. I prefer to listen all the way through.
us and them is my favorite
No, that's a shitty compilation album. But I also disagree with the video here.
@@dirt_xo what are you talking about ? DSOTM is possibly the most influential rock album ever
@@definitelynotjiraiya5063 I was talking about echoes. It's a horrid "album".
“Coming back to life” has touched me in a way no song ever has before
Pink Floyd has always been one of my dad‘s favorite bands. But I was never really the biggest fan of them, and I kept trying to listen to their songs but they just didn’t click. Until one day I decided to listen to my older brothers copy of Darkside of the moon and then it finally clicked, I was trying to listen to them as individual songs rather than as album experiences and my mind was blown.
Amazing how different one album is to the next. Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Atom Heart Mother, Wish You Were Here, The Final Cut and The Division Bell. So many different styles and sounds.
well the last two hmm....
Man you know your Pink Floyd, love the addition of coming back to life, it truly doesn’t get enough love
As someone who appreciates their talents and really likes a few of the songs, but isn't so into the long solos, I'd be into a Pink Floyd compilation album that includes only their more lyrical stuff 1) See Emily Play 2) Lucifer Sam 3) Cymbaline 4) Money 5) Us and Them 6) Brain Damage 7) Wish You Were Here 8) Pigs on a Wing 9) Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 10) Comfortably Numb.
I've always felt that "Time" is Roger as his best lyrically. "Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" is such an iconic line.
That's what my dad, who is a super fan of them, told me.....you can't listen just one song if you don't listen the one after it!
Sure you can.
Well, to be honest a Pink Floyd Playlist only work if you choose The early years albums (from Piper to Obscured by Clouds) after that is very difficult to make a playlist because every album after those are concept albums and almost every song in those albums are connected
Hell no, all the albums from 1967 to 1972 have a distinct sound and style. None would fit very well, maybe just throwing a Fat Old Sun, or a Summer 68 with tracks from Obscured by Clouds, but that's about it. The textures on all those albums are different
I really love hearing any part of another brick in the wall completely separate from the other songs. It really is satisfying and very complete
This. This is why i have virtually zero floyd songs on my playlists. I LOVE floyd, but there's only a few couple of songs that work on their own, not because they're bad, but because You know it'd hit so much harder with the context behind, the prime example for this might be (for me at least) The trial and outside the wall.
I couldn’t agree more. I love the Floyd. I can’t hear just one song from an album. I have to sit down and listen to the whole record.
You are correct. They always were an album band. "Animals" is a parable of 5 chapters.
_"the first time I heard 'dark side of the moon' was on my father's original copy"_ this is also true for me, except I don't know if my father's copy was original and it was a CD
This playlist for me would literally just be the stand alone harder rock bangers that bop on their own without all the story telling. However, they are few and far between since Floyd would always stick to their slow building conceptual style. The only songs I can really even think of that would work in a playlist like this are money, have a cigar, comfortably numb, the gold it’s in the…, and maybe another brick in the wall just for the vibes? Idk probably just not even worth it to make the playlist so yeah lol
I've tried to do mixes as well, and after the 4 disc set I made, I've come to the conclusion that you only got so many options.
First Mix - Use all the songs from all the albums that dont go into other songs. So, right there, that sets ya up with a whole bunch of albums. So, how hard is it to make a mix from every single album up to Dark Side? It's easy. It's just a matter of what goes with what.
Second Mix - Now you are stuck with those songs that just go into other songs. But it's easy to pull out songs from all the other albums other the Dark Side & The Wall.
Third Mix - The Wall (minus Mother or Comfortably Numb, or both)
Fourth Mix - Dark Side, but with side 2 played first. Then side 1.
listening to pink floyd on a record player hits so much more different its beautiful
I feel your pain. I've found good value in exploring Floydian "vertical tastings". Par example. There are numerous live versions of "Any Colour You like", and they are all different. It's like numerous different songs that happen to have the same theme. Sometimes Dave takes the lead, other times Rick, and they are all different to the album cut, which is a stone cold classic.
When I first got into Pink Floyd in the 1990s, I made a tape for my car with Darkside of the Moon on one side and Wish You Were Here on the other side. Me and my friends listened to that tape all the way through hundreds of times. One night we ended up leaving the tape in my Friends mom’s car. She decided she was keeping that tape and we never saw it again.
Great video!
As a huge Pink Floyd fan I understand all the points you made in the video, starting from the fact that it is just impossible to have only ONE playlist.
Just for fun, in my collection I have long time created some playlists by Pink Floyd selecting them by genre or context... like: PF deep instrumental, PF rock, PF heavy, PF nocturne, PF travel, etc. But anyway, it's kind of fun create a few surprising connections, but doesn't really work better then just listening to a particular album.
More than to think about a possible playlist for PF. It will be a pleasure to see your next videos dedicated to individual albums. There's a lot to discuss not only about the songs in itself but also on the relations they create with themselves (as the transitions you've pointed out). Besides several others, one thing that strikes me about the way how PF produce their albums is the contrast they set in volume for certain parts. It's a little like classic music: the instrumental and almost silent sound lasting several minutes makes the way for the later parts. They really stand out when they get into play. (If I managed to explain what I was trying to say....)
Anyway... Fantastic work, man!
Cheers from Brazil.
Thank you for mentioning any colour you like, it’s honestly the best
Pink floyd creates concept albums, which from top to bottom is a masterpiece
I actually made a double album years ago that mixed The Wall, The Final Cut, The Wall Film Versions and a bit of other tracks onto one 4 side double vinyl album. Sadly it’s taken off of RUclips but if anyone wants a google drive of the album I’d be more than happy to give anyone a link for it. I’m proud of it to this day.
I am intrigued
same
I’m interested
Too true, Pink Floyd is my favorite band & hearing single songs outside of the entire album format is a travesty. I'm happy to hear someone who agrees with Burning Bridges too, such a beautiful piece & those alternating vocals are so nice.
Can't wait for the album videos, the history of rock 70s videos was a big reason for me getting into pink floyd a few months ago and I'll be eternally grateful
Man I was thinking the same thing a few weeks ago and now RUclips recommends this to me
As someone mostly into 60s Floyd, I find playlists quite easy :)
Animals is my favorite album of theirs and one of my all timers.
Also I made the video woohoo!
Also also Pink Floyd reviews let’s gooo
here's how i would make my playlist of mainly long/instrumental tracks if there was no time restriction
1. Astronomy Domine
2. Interstellar Overdrive
3. Let There Be More Light
4. Atom Heart Mother
5. Echoes
6. Absolutely Curtains (maybe? i'm not quite sure with this one)
7. The Great Gig in the Sky
8. Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Pt. 1-9)
9. Dogs
10. Run Like Hell
11. High Hopes
I dig that. Wouldn't fit on a vinyl record though.
@@JTCurtisMusicI'm not even sure it would fit on a CD if you didn't bitcrush it to hell and back.
If you want a PF playlist: listen to one of their live albums, or one of Waters’ or Gilmour’s live albums.
A few years back I thought I'd put together a "Lost" Pink Floyd album: About Hitchhiking - Made up from the 1984 solo albums of Gilmour & Waters. With tracks also from Wright's 1978 solo album
1. Until We Sleep
(D. Gilmour)
2. Apparently, They Were Travelling Abroad
(R. Waters)
3. Murder
(D. Gilmour)
4. Summer Elegy
(R. Wright)
4. Running Shoes
(R. Waters)
5. Love on The Air
(D. Gilmour)
6. Sexual Revolution
(R. Waters)
7. Holiday
(R. Wright)
7. Blue Light
(D. Gilmour)
8. The Remains of Our Love
(R. Waters)
9. Out of The Blue
(D. Gilmour)
10. Go Fishing
(R. Waters)
11. All Lovers Are Deranged
(D. Gilmour)
14. Drop in From the Top
(R. Wright)
12. Every Strangers Eyes
(R. Waters)
13. Near the End
(D. Gilmour)
14. The Moment of Clarity
(R. Waters)
*After putting these songs together, it's more apparent that each of the song writers for Floyd had a specific skill. Waters is good at creating the Narrative. Gilmour is good at creating the Soundtrack. Wright was a good Bridge between all of them with the Atmosphere. IMO
my judo teacher was adamant he had made a Pink Floyd workout playlist, but had lost it since it was on cassette.
I have used Run Like Hell on my running playlist, but that's probably about it.
Hilariously I would say Pink Floyd's worst album was their greatest hits album.
A PF playlist would have to be themed around some abstract concept. I made one some time back with songs from DSOTM to The Wall. I called it Summer of Darkness, and I amalgamated the themes of those albums to create a story about a boy that slowly loses his mind (DSOTM) over losing a girl he met over the summer (WYWH) while juggling his totalitarian job environment (Animals) and school life (The Wall). You can also create a playlist with a lot of their last albums, as they deal with communication issues, maturation and separation anxiety. You're not gonna necessarily start a party with random joints from Atom Heart Mother, but you can definitely create a cohesive listening experience with a handful of PF songs.
i remember i was playing GTA 5, and I wanted to put Us and Them on my Self-Radio station. but then i hated the sudden ending, so i ended up having half of The Dark Side of the Moon on one MP3 for my radio
I made a mega playlist of the Floyd of their best and some personal favourites in which I split it up into 6 parts. Whenever I make a playlist like this I have rules for myself to include at least 1 song from every album, not have songs from the same album play after one another unless they segue into each other and try to spread them out, have each part start and end with a song that sounds appropriate, all songs must be in their entirety and not just parts of it, and all songs must be their original recording.
So this is my playlist:
1. Astronomy Domine
2. Cymbaline
3. What Do You Want from Me
4. Free Four
5. Speak to Me
6. Breathe
7. On the Run
8. Sheep
9. Atom Heart Mother
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10. Shine On You Crazy Diamond 1-5
11. Welcome to the Machine
12. Time
13. Two Suns in the Sunset
14. In the Flesh
15. Run Like Hell
16. Fat Old Sun
17. High Hopes
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18. Hey You
19. The Great Gig in the Sky
20. Green is the Colour
21. The Fletcher Memorial Home
22. Arnold Layne
23. Take It Back
24. Jugband Blues
25. Echoes
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26. On the Turning Away
27. See Emily Play
28. When the Tigers Broke Free
29. Us and Them
30. Bike
31. Burning Bridges
32. Sorrow
33. Wish You Were Here
34. Shine On You Crazy Diamond 6-9
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35. Dogs
36. Learning to Fly
37. Marooned
38. Fearless
39. Have a Cigar
40. Money
41. Another Brick in the Wall 1
42. The Happiest Days of Our Lives
43. Another Brick in the Wall 2
44. Another Brick in the Wall 3
45. Goodbye Cruel World
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46. One of These Days
47. Pigs
48. Flaming
49. Mudmen
50. The Narrow Way
51. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
52. Louder than Words
53. Bring the Boys Back Home
54. Comfortably Numb
Along the way I tweaked it to make it sound better such as switching Louder than Words and Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun and adding On the Run onto Breathe. Some songs are still segued together as they were in their albums, most of them from The Wall as only having part of the song loses the experience for me. I still have flaws with it though, the biggest being Us and Them seguing into Any Colour Your Like being cut to move into Bike. On the plus side in making a mega playlists, I seek to find what songs from different albums sounds best together; an example is Fat Old Sun and High Hopes having the same chime. Due to it being a 5.5 hour playlist, I have almost never listened to it from start to finish uninterrupted so I think starting and ending it the parts with a typical intro and outro suits them well.
In conclusion, I still believe a Pink Floyd playlist works, but compared with just listening to the albums, it fairs weak. This may not be said with other bands. I take Slipknot as an example as none of their music are concept projects (although they do apply a psychological theme to each album), and for the single song that is, entitled Vermilion (in 2 parts), I had them put together for that playlist.
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Good to see someone mention a song from Obscured by Clouds, very underrated Floyd album imo.
Bc they are perhaps the most album oriented band of all time. And that's not meant to be a criticism. It would be like watching scenes from different films in the same series jumbled together. I can't listen to just one song by Pink Floyd without craving the rest of the album.
Instead of a ‘playlist’ I made an album of my favorite songs with transitions in GarageBand and then downloaded the full album to my phone. It’s got a lot of full A sides and B sides to keep the flow going.
I would consider myself as a pink floyd fan, i have listened to the full albums through many many times. But I still think that you can make a playlist work with pink floyd songs. Not solely, but as a part of a larger proge playlist.
Relics, is probably the best
" Compilation Album", and gives a good view of EARLY FLOYD , Includind Syd Era songs
Looking forward to the reviews in the new year happy new year
The term ‘Albums band’ is a bit of a meaningless cliche, and it often applies to bands that just don’t have good enough songs. However in the case of Floyd it is perfectly justified. You could argue that the Barrett era they were more of a pop singles band, the songs are more stand alone, but even then they’re still out of place on a playlist in my opinion. Imagine hearing a playlist of Queen, Deep Purple, REM, then Great gig in the sky comes on, it would stick out like a sore thumb. From Dark side onwards they are lyrically conceptual, but even before that the albums seem conceptual. ‘We will rock you’, ‘Walk this way’, ‘Good times bad times’, ‘Wonderwall’, ‘Alan’s psychedelic breakfast’, people would be like ‘What the fuck is this?’
Hahaha, well put
I honestly believe that Echoes, One of These Days, Time, Comfortably Numb Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Us and Them and Dogs are the greatest pieces of music ever written in the last 100 years. Obviously just my opinion as I'm super biased. Pink Floyd is the greatest band that has ever existed and no one will ever be able to persuade me otherwise. Nine Inch Nails is a close second for me.
I'd share that opinion.
So true! PF is a Album band and not a Playlist band! It gets you way better in their Universe by listening to a Full Floyd's album than random songs from différent albums! Such a great Prog Band!
Everytime I've ever heard Us And Them on the radio, they always played Any Colour You Like.
My "custom LP" would literally be Dogs and Comfortably Numb on one side and Echoes on the other
Jim Ladd from KLOS created some insane Pink Floyd playlists, he was the true master. His Headsets programs -- and hour long and commercial free -- were psychedelic tours de force that illuminated a theme from individual songs from Pink Floyd, the Doors, and others.
I look forward to your Pink Floyd album reviews 😃
The Pink Floyd playlist on my phone is like 20 songs long, and even then there are plenty of songs that need including to cover their broad musical spectrum.
You're correct in saying it's too difficult to whittle them down to a Vinyl playlist while trying to convey the essence of the band musically...a near impossible task actually.
Loved the video, liked & Subscribed 👍
just pick the song you like, easy, just do whatever
Hey! It's 2022 now! I'm hyped!
My Pink Floyd Play List goes like this: 1. "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" 2. "A Saucerful Of Secrets" 3. "More" 4. "Ummagumma" 5. "Atom Heart Mother" 6. "Relics" 7. "Meddle" 8. "Obscured By Clouds" 9. "Dark Side Of The Moon" 10. "Wish You Were Here" 11. "Animals" 12. "The Wall". (If I'm in the mood I would add 13. "The Final Cut" 14. "A Momentary Lapse Of Reason" 15. "The Division Bell".)
You just listed all of their albums. 10/10.
Hell yeah 2022! I feel like this is a direct response to what you about King Crimson in the Doors video.
I'd been planning this one for a while, but the King Crimson comment definitely reminded me about it.
Good to hear... I'm really looking forward to that Pink Floyd deep dive. Keep up the amazing content man.
I’ll make my own Pink Floyd greatest hits
2 records
Side 1
1. Astronomy Domine
2. One Of These Days
3. Time
4. Money
5. Us And Them
Side 2
1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (version of Collection Of Great Dance Songs edit)
2. Wish You Were Here
3. Sheep
Side 3
1. Another Brick In The Wall
2. Mother
3. Hey You
4. Comfortably Numb
5. Run Like Hell
Side 4
1. The Fletcher Memorial Home
2. Sorrow
3. High Hopes
Interesting to see a song from The Final Cut. that album gets shit on a lot, it's definitely worth a listen every once in awhile.
Great album IMO
Thank you RUclips for suggesting this amazing video and channel.
Didn’t think I’d ever make it into one of my favorite RUclipsrs videos via comment. Also, extremely excited for 2022 now
would love a playlist on metallica. would be really cool to see how you put their longer songwriting into a vinyl kind of playlist
James Rolfe had a pretty interesting idea of how to make a Pink Floyd playlist work. He makes the disclaimer at the beginning that Pink Floyd is an album band and their records are meant to be listened to in their entirety to truly appreciate and understand their music and they're not meant for a playlist at all. His idea was basically to structure the playlist like a planet. With the crust, outer core, and inner core, and then back to the outer core, and out through the crust. Check out his Playlist Junkie video on Pink Floyd to see what I'm talking about.
I have seen his video, it's interesting. My playlists are meant to be timed to a vinyl record so it makes it more difficult.
You can make a chronological playlist from Barrett to Obscured. After that it, becomes tricky
Pink Floyd helped shape my taste in music now, its what i grew up with in 6th to 8th grade, they are a band thats as unique as their name.
12 year old depressed me stumblef on my Dads bootleg "The Wall". HOOKED. My favorite band of all time. suprisingly Dark Side was one of my least favorites.... until 19 years later it hit me... I got it... phenomenal. Albums are stories, adventures. I enjoy them stone sober too...
A playlist with all of the Pink Floyd songs is fantastic and it would definitely work
I completely agree. I have tried myself to come up with different playlist but none of them ever really worked so I always end up trashing them - even with cassette tapes from the distant past. Each album became one playlist itself for me - I have to listen from start to finish or I'll have a feeling of incompleteness like not watching a complete movie; gotta hear the whole thing in one sitting, like a great meal.
Putting the whole album in the playlist is exacty what I do, thats why my prog playlist is gigantic
Fucking nailed it! I've been telling my friends that for years whenever we rotate songs I for go my turn saving them to play an entire album, Because that's how you listen to Floyd.
I play Hey You as a single a lot, but it's also my favorite song, so take that with what you will.
Heres how you do a Pink Floyd Playlist
- Echoes
- All of Dark Side of the Moon
- All of Wish You Were Here
- All of Animals
- All of The Wall
The final cut is underrated, love the Gunners Dream and When the tigers break free.
Definitely. My personal favorite album.
I always always play brain damage with eclipse. Never one without the other
Works for me. Got em on Pandora all day at work.
I actually did a Pink Floyd playlist when I got Spotify Premium, and the best part, I made to be listened in shuffle
It barely works lol
Because of this I come up with the idea of "combining songs", for example: If I combined "Brain Damage" with "Eclipse" they would always play in sequence, idependent of the shuffle button
I've never maid a Playlist so idk if this would fit but this is what I'd try and get on if I had to:)
Side 1
Marooned 5:30
Obscured by clouds 3:05
Wish you where here 5:21
Welcome to the machine 7:32
Side 2
One of these days 5:55
Pig three little ones 11:26
If 4:31
It's kind of impossible their all long and good lmao
I have 2 playlists on an old phone permanently plugged in connected to a BT speaker next to the bed. First one is Us and Them through Eclipse and the other one has Echoes in Pompeii, SOYCD, and Gilmour doing SOYCD acoustic
I’m a floyd head and I’m going against the grain on this one. You say you need context for songs that don’t stand on their own but if you’ve listened to their discography all your life then isn’t necessary to enjoy it, at least for me. I’ll make a playlist that has Careful With That Axe Eugene, Wish You Were Here, Young Lust, Marooned, and Set the Controls right next to each other and that’s because I know how each of these songs fit within the context of the entire band’s history. If that sounds like heresy to you, you can still admit that the range of sounds, themes, and emotions that PF can exhibit in just those handful of song examples is nothing short of beautiful.
I think Time is my favorite Pink Floyd. Atleast my favorite for David's guitar
I would have agreed..but I've been listening to the same 2+Hr Mix on RUclips for prolly 5yrs now.. it is a phenomenal mix
There is already a playlist out there. You just start with relics and keep playing, all the way though, to the endless river. It's a long playlist, but it's a good one.
"i am a huge pink floyd fan" Okay cool i guess i will like the video "it might be my favorite band ever" had to hit the subscribe button after that
The man and the journey!
Great video! You should do a Nirvana playlist. I feel like that would be pretty easy. I'm super hyped for your Pink Floyd reviews!
Nirvana would be great
A super contribution. My Fav-list:
MASTERPIECES:
1. "Echoes"
2. "Dark Side of the Moon" (the whole Album)
3. "Wish you were here" (the whole Album)
4. "Dogs"
BEST SONGS:
1. CN
2. High Hopes
3. In the Flesh?/In the Flesh
4. Cymbaline
5. Hey You
6. Green is the Colour
7. Pigs (Three different Ones)
8. Another Brick in the Wall(Part 2 without "school choir")
9. Marooned
10. Interstellar Overdrive
So i hope, i'll get some confirmation for my lineup and taste
Great idea, and makes total sense. More content like this please JT!
I think listening to music through the entire album is the best way to
It's simple. Meddle, Obscured by Clouds, Dark Side, WYWH, Animals, The Wall, and The Final Cut.
Well I have an app for offline Floyd and it is just a playlist and ur right but the created also made breathe merge into any color you like and to be honest it sounds FABULOUS
I really enjoyed this Pink Floyd attempt of a compilation well done..I have done my personal favorites like on 2 cds so I have them handy in my car
The moment I realised this was when I was downloading mp3 for them was and I listened to Another Day in Our Lives (might be thinking of the wrong song) and didn't get that LEGENDARY transition into Another Brick in The Wall pt.2
I really want queen for the next playlist video! And one day I’d like to see a Rush playlist!
I was gonna say do one, but a while ago after listening to Dark Side of the Moon again I realised it would be impossible to do it properly due to the best songs being long
Just found this channel! super cool, and i look forward to watching the album reviews!
Yes. The difference between a Pink Floyd fan and everyone else. Is that people became fans from listening to whole ALBUMS. And then doing some research as to the inspiration for the album to provide some context.
Totally agree with everything you said.
My first exposure to pre-DSOTM Pink Floyd was renting a VHS copy of “Live at Pompeii” back in high school.
But had no idea of Syd Barrett until a high school friend loaned me a bootleg copy of a tape with Syd-era songs on it. I was like “This is Pink Floyd??”
I also think some of the later Gilmour era songs work alright as such for songs. I do think “Learning to Fly” is a pretty good song. I’m not going to fault the prog rock bands from the 70s for becoming a bit more 3-4 minute radio friendly in the 80s. Tastes were changing and they had to adapt.
My introduction to Pink Floyd was pulse live which had entire dsotm and tons of wish you were here, it may have had both entire albums on there