I thought it would be nice to have a post dedicated to the music that SS users love. I personally love ALMOST all types of music, but my all time favorite is Pink Floyd.
Below is the conversation that inspired this thread, but feel free to weigh in with any and all bands/groups/individuals/genres/sub-genres/etc..
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@Alison Clancy asked what albums/songs I would recommend for a "beginner level" Pink Floyd listener, and here is what I came up with:
Here's a few to get started:
Wish You Were Here (entire album and especially the song)
Us And Them
High Hopes (the Division Bell album really)
The Great Gig In The Sky (shows the talent of the back-up singers)
Echoes (all 23 1/2 minutes of it)
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (parts 1 - 9)
Learning To Fly
On The Turning Away
The Final Cut album (great music and amazing story telling)
Different feel but still very Pink Floyd:
One Of These Days
Dogs Of War
Have A Cigar
Young Lust
@Jeff Reisman then chimed in with:
Once you've gotten through the big three - The Wall, Wish You Were Here, and Dark Side of the Moon - put on some really good headphones, close the door, dim the lights, light some incense, lay back on a comfy sofa or beanbag chair, and fire up the Animals album. I find Animals to be the most immersive yet most underrated of all their albums; I just fall into it every time.
And since I was excited to stumble across another Pink Floyd fan I had to throw a little more out there:
@Jeff Reisman I agree that Animals is a totally underrated album. My personal favorite is the Wish You Were Here album. The Wall and The Dark Side of the Moon (while certainly iconic) are not in my top favorites though. Animals, The Final Cut, and Division Bell all rank higher than them in my book. Momentary Lapse of reason is a great one too that not many people bring up (Dogs of War, On The Turning Away, Learning To Fly). Echoes of course is absolutely phenomenal too.
I do tend to avoid their earlier stuff with Syd Barret though as a lot of it is very much like the Beatles of that era. It wasn't until Waters and later Gilmore took over that they really started to develop their own unique sound as a band.
@Alison Clancy One thing to keep in mind... I definitely recommend listening to every song multiple times so you can really focus on each of the different parts individually after having taken in the song as a whole the first time then end it by taking in the song as a whole again but with a new found appreciation for all of the background. Every person involved with any song had such a HUGE level of talent. I wish I could remember which song it it (maybe @Jeff Reisman can remember) but there is one song that has a saxophone just going to town then a second saxophone picks up. That's actually the same guy switching from one horn to another without missing a beat. The Great Gig In The Sky showcases how talented even their back-up singers were. There is another song that has a bunch of different animal noises in the background that are actually done with various instruments instead of recordings.
I could go on forever about them though, so I should probably just go ahead and leave it at that. Haha
