yup, it is pretty crazy to think that they only had one #1. but you also have to remember that there were other huge bands like queen, led zeppelin, black sabbath, etc that were sweeping up the charts at the time lol 😂
In the UK they didn't release many singles because proper rock bands just didn't release singles in the '70s - singles were the medium for pop and easy-listening. So, for instance, Comfortably Numb wasn't a "hit" because it wasn't a single.
I'm not a fan of all Pink Floyd music, but some of their albums are absolutely amazing. Animals, Dark Side, the Wall, and Wish You Were Here are insanely good.
@Far Stox You clearly need to pay better attention to the lyrics. It's a beautifully tragic story of a man who doesn't know how to deal with trauma and quite literally loses his sanity and sense of who he is. Then in the middle of his mania he understands he was the issue the whole time. He realizes he needs to take responsibility for his actions and breaks down his wall. I relate to the story because I feel like I've gone down a similar path but on a smaller scale. I'm still trying to break down my wall.
There was a great BBC documentary on Pink Floyd from 2007 that was on RUclips called “Which One’s Pink?” but I think they pulled it down. That would have given you an excellent idea of what the band members thoughts as well as general history.
Pink Floyd wasn't about singles. They were an album band if ever there was one. Their songs skewed too long, too dark, too experimental for top 40 radio. But man did they sell the hell out of some albums!! They were about concepts and storytelling that unfolded over the course of an entire album. This was their superpower. That doc was painfully brief.
Check out the founder of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett. A very important part of the Floyd’s history. He was like a ghost that haunted all of them to the end.
Agreed. I found a doc "Understanding Syd Barrett" that I'm planning on checking out today. Video should be up later this afternoon. Any other ideas/sources/etc. are more than welcome!
Pink Floyd, like Led Zeppelin were an album band so only released singles sporadically. No 1 in the singles chart doesn't mean as much as producing whole albums of complete genius in my opinion. Bands like Queen were more prolific in producing hit singles as opposed to legendary albums. That's why The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd are the top 3 best selling bands ever because they all produced a run of masterpiece albums in succession. I highly recommend going back to the start of Pink Floyd's catalogue. Peace
Pink Floyd stopped trying to make radio singles in 1968. Syd was the pop singles guy. Once he left, they struggled to make a popular pop song so they gave up and started going towards experimental long songs. They kept refining and found what worked and what didn’t. You start seeing this evolution through their albums.
Pink Floyd is my absolute favorite band. I actually got this awesome book years ago called Echoes, the complete history of Pink Floyd. It’s one of my favorites.
I'm jealous. You get to listen to all of the old psychedelic albums for the first time. I'm not sure if this video mentioned Division Bell but it's actually my #2 favorite album they made. Could listen to "Keep Talking" to get a feel for what the rest of the album is like.
Was never a fan of the "Pre - Meddle" Pink Floyd..... EXCEPT..... "The Nile Song" which early '69 has to be one of the first "proto-metal" tracks, being released months before Black Sabbath brought out their first album Black Sabbath. Not a style Floyd would stick with but still pretty awesome 😉
A few comments: 1. Pink Floyd convened in London but are properly considered a Cambridge band - because that's where they all came from. 2. Comfortably Numb wasn't a "hit" because it wasn't released as a single - simple as that. 3. Albums like Atom Heart Mother and especially Ummagumma - along with lesser-known, improv-oriented recordings like the John Latham Session or the early performances of The Man And The Journey - separate the hardcores from the fellow-travellers because they show Pink Floyd's connection to the 1960s schools of performance art and free-improvisation-as-a-genre. Basically, it's easier to appreciate that stuff (and recognise its limitations) if you know who Evan Parker and Steve Stapleton are, and can name more than one member of the Fluxus Group. People who don't know tend to appear on RUclips listening to it and spouting insulting nonsense like "they must have been on drugs, only mad dopeheads do this sort of thing".
Know this story off by heart. Have for 37 years. Always fascinating. Hope you love it. I’m about to watch with you 😎 Ok, honestly? It’s a gloss-over. Watch the BBC one. This barely scratches the surface 😢
Besides various solo albums where Roger Waters Amused to death with Jeff Beck is outshining, there is so much more to explore: Relics compilation, the film music part for Zabriski Point, the phenomenal albums Atom Heart mother and Meddle (echoes) the Epic live in Venedig Concert on a water stage seen by 500 000000 people, the delicate sound of thunder live double album and of course their goose bump live aid reunion concert, the complete Pompeii concerts and their last album the endless river, enjoy 😎
Pink Floyd’s music style really did not “fit in” with the typical “Top 40” parameters, especially with regard to song length. The longer a song is, the less chance it will receive any airplay, especially if it is 4 minutes or more.
Nick mason is currently touring, and playing all the older stuff, saw them at Massey Hall in Toronto a couple of weeks ago. It was amazing to say the least.
It was a trend among big groups to focus on albums, and the more progressive you were as a band, the more you were not interested in hits. And the music style with all the odd chord changes and odd rhythm patterns made it not to be hit material. Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody was an exception because despite their manager's advice, they were persistent to release it as a single.
The music industry has time limit standards for radio play. Most progressive rock albums failed to produce songs that made the pop charts due to the length of the songs.
This overview left out "Obscure by Clouds" 1972, released right before Dark Side of the Moon". Awesome album as well but it was technically the sound track to a French film.
Crazy to think that Dark Side was their 7th (I think?) album and their first breakthrough album. And then they still kept getting better after that. A good lesson in sticking with what you love. I think you can view their career in four phases: the Syd Barrett era (including the Saucerful album which Syd barely appears on. It is still in that style). Then their experimental era, their next three or four albums). Then the classic era, which you could start at with Meddle but really it’s their four huge albums from Dark Side to the Wall. Final Cut was basically a companion to the Wall but with even less input from the other band members. The cover even said something like “by Roger Waters, performed by Pink Floyd.” Then the fourth and final era, the David Gilmour led band. All are great in their own way but they are different. But still always inspired by their founder Syd. And yes, some of those songs, like Comfortable Numb, have only grown more popular over the years. They never really released “singles” which explains why they only had one #1 song. They didn’t need to try for that. People bought their albums anyway.
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yup, it is pretty crazy to think that they only had one #1. but you also have to remember that there were other huge bands like queen, led zeppelin, black sabbath, etc that were sweeping up the charts at the time lol 😂
And only 1 Grammy! 🫤
Led Zeppelin highest hit was #4, they released very few singles.
In the UK they didn't release many singles because proper rock bands just didn't release singles in the '70s - singles were the medium for pop and easy-listening. So, for instance, Comfortably Numb wasn't a "hit" because it wasn't a single.
I'm not a fan of all Pink Floyd music, but some of their albums are absolutely amazing. Animals, Dark Side, the Wall, and Wish You Were Here are insanely good.
best 3 they ever did
@@mickb44 The Wall reigns supreme
@@antonioiniguez1615 1st 3 sides for sure but i went to all the live gigs from dsotm onwards and animals was my fav gig after the wall
@@mickb44 that's awesome
@Far Stox You clearly need to pay better attention to the lyrics. It's a beautifully tragic story of a man who doesn't know how to deal with trauma and quite literally loses his sanity and sense of who he is. Then in the middle of his mania he understands he was the issue the whole time. He realizes he needs to take responsibility for his actions and breaks down his wall. I relate to the story because I feel like I've gone down a similar path but on a smaller scale. I'm still trying to break down my wall.
There was a great BBC documentary on Pink Floyd from 2007 that was on RUclips called “Which One’s Pink?” but I think they pulled it down. That would have given you an excellent idea of what the band members thoughts as well as general history.
Pink Floyd wasn't about singles. They were an album band if ever there was one. Their songs skewed too long, too dark, too experimental for top 40 radio. But man did they sell the hell out of some albums!! They were about concepts and storytelling that unfolded over the course of an entire album. This was their superpower.
That doc was painfully brief.
Looks like the video feed cut out for me towards the end. Sorry guys! I’ll get it taken care of
Glad to see you back on Pink Floyd.
Hope to see you do some Pulse reactions.
Especially Sorrow.
I didn't like the stuff until David joined the group
Check out the founder of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett. A very important part of the Floyd’s history. He was like a ghost that haunted all of them to the end.
Agreed. I found a doc "Understanding Syd Barrett" that I'm planning on checking out today. Video should be up later this afternoon. Any other ideas/sources/etc. are more than welcome!
Pink Floyd, like Led Zeppelin were an album band so only released singles sporadically. No 1 in the singles chart doesn't mean as much as producing whole albums of complete genius in my opinion.
Bands like Queen were more prolific in producing hit singles as opposed to legendary albums.
That's why The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd are the top 3 best selling bands ever because they all produced a run of masterpiece albums in succession. I highly recommend going back to the start of Pink Floyd's catalogue. Peace
some of their early stuff takes some time to truly appreciate, but the appreciation will come, phenomenal band, regardless of the era
Happy to see you back on Pink Floyd. From France
Pink Floyd stopped trying to make radio singles in 1968. Syd was the pop singles guy. Once he left, they struggled to make a popular pop song so they gave up and started going towards experimental long songs. They kept refining and found what worked and what didn’t. You start seeing this evolution through their albums.
Pink Floyd is my absolute favorite band. I actually got this awesome book years ago called Echoes, the complete history of Pink Floyd. It’s one of my favorites.
👏👏👏👏glad to see you back
I'm jealous. You get to listen to all of the old psychedelic albums for the first time.
I'm not sure if this video mentioned Division Bell but it's actually my #2 favorite album they made. Could listen to "Keep Talking" to get a feel for what the rest of the album is like.
You have to realize that the early Pink Floyd was in the LSD area!
Was never a fan of the "Pre - Meddle" Pink Floyd..... EXCEPT..... "The Nile Song" which early '69 has to be one of the first "proto-metal" tracks, being released months before Black Sabbath brought out their first album Black Sabbath.
Not a style Floyd would stick with but still pretty awesome 😉
A few comments:
1. Pink Floyd convened in London but are properly considered a Cambridge band - because that's where they all came from.
2. Comfortably Numb wasn't a "hit" because it wasn't released as a single - simple as that.
3. Albums like Atom Heart Mother and especially Ummagumma - along with lesser-known, improv-oriented recordings like the John Latham Session or the early performances of The Man And The Journey - separate the hardcores from the fellow-travellers because they show Pink Floyd's connection to the 1960s schools of performance art and free-improvisation-as-a-genre. Basically, it's easier to appreciate that stuff (and recognise its limitations) if you know who Evan Parker and Steve Stapleton are, and can name more than one member of the Fluxus Group. People who don't know tend to appear on RUclips listening to it and spouting insulting nonsense like "they must have been on drugs, only mad dopeheads do this sort of thing".
Know this story off by heart. Have for 37 years. Always fascinating. Hope you love it. I’m about to watch with you 😎
Ok, honestly? It’s a gloss-over. Watch the BBC one. This barely scratches the surface 😢
Besides various solo albums where Roger Waters Amused to death with Jeff Beck is outshining, there is so much more to explore: Relics compilation, the film music part for Zabriski Point, the phenomenal albums Atom Heart mother and Meddle (echoes) the Epic live in Venedig Concert on a water stage seen by 500 000000 people, the delicate sound of thunder live double album and of course their goose bump live aid reunion concert, the complete Pompeii concerts and their last album the endless river, enjoy 😎
Have you checked out Atom Heart Mother? That was the first album I bought from them and as always, not disappointed.
pink floyds, "Loss for words", and "coming back to life"!! they could of done without the drums in that song though, personal opinion.
Pink Floyd’s music style really did not “fit in” with the typical “Top 40” parameters, especially with regard to song length. The longer a song is, the less chance it will receive any airplay, especially if it is 4 minutes or more.
Meddle is one of my favorite all time albums. Great from beginning to end. The songs San Tropez and Seamus will definitely surprise you!
Nick mason is currently touring, and playing all the older stuff, saw them at Massey Hall in Toronto a couple of weeks ago. It was amazing to say the least.
Try CLOSE TO THE EDGE by YES. Awsome classic album.
Dude.. first time I saw your reactions, I thought this is so cool. Thanks for coming back.. Looking forward to your thoughts.
It was mentioned; guess you blinked 🤣
Just had to say it myself… haha… I like to support good guys.
@@shadowtheguarddog LOL, I just realized I answered the wrong person 🤣
Radio didn’t play long songs and Floyd’s songs are long and concept albums to listen to in one sitting. Chart-topping was never what Floyd was about.
They were not commercialized. They were more for hippies and the regular folk
It was a trend among big groups to focus on albums, and the more progressive you were as a band, the more you were not interested in hits. And the music style with all the odd chord changes and odd rhythm patterns made it not to be hit material. Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody was an exception because despite their manager's advice, they were persistent to release it as a single.
The music industry has time limit standards for radio play. Most progressive rock albums failed to produce songs that made the pop charts due to the length of the songs.
The dark side of the moon came out in March 1973 it hit the top 100 albums and I believe it never left and is its' still on the list.
listen to sorrow live (whatever version you want, i mean from whatever live you want). but you have to!!!
Waters wrote all the lyrics and most of the music, Gilmour was a great guitarist.
Shine on you crazy diamond was the song about Syd Barrett.
Most of their songs was too long to make a single and to make the radio play
Your not old enough to remember any of that music my brother
Pink Floyd didn't release singles
you clearly have catching up to do
One of the greatest bands of all time
Glad you’re back to music, especially Pink Floyd!!
Glad to be back!
Always happy when I see you post.
Too many pauses.
I think it was a mess
This overview left out "Obscure by Clouds" 1972, released right before Dark Side of the Moon". Awesome album as well but it was technically the sound track to a French film.
It was mentioned…I guess you blinked 🤣
@@lynnhoffman247"Songs from the film More" was mentioned but not "Obscure by Clouds"
@@chrisvandyk6807 See 5:13
I love your Pink Floyd reactions and am looking forward to more. I'm hoping part 2 of Shine On You Crazy Diamond will be on your list.✌🏽
Crazy to think that Dark Side was their 7th (I think?) album and their first breakthrough album. And then they still kept getting better after that. A good lesson in sticking with what you love.
I think you can view their career in four phases: the Syd Barrett era (including the Saucerful album which Syd barely appears on. It is still in that style). Then their experimental era, their next three or four albums). Then the classic era, which you could start at with Meddle but really it’s their four huge albums from Dark Side to the Wall. Final Cut was basically a companion to the Wall but with even less input from the other band members. The cover even said something like “by Roger Waters, performed by Pink Floyd.” Then the fourth and final era, the David Gilmour led band. All are great in their own way but they are different. But still always inspired by their founder Syd. And yes, some of those songs, like Comfortable Numb, have only grown more popular over the years. They never really released “singles” which explains why they only had one #1 song. They didn’t need to try for that. People bought their albums anyway.
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