Floydians

The Final Cut is such a divisive album, I honestly don't think its fans will be converted by a remix. Unless there's someone who hates both but would pick TFC solely because of the production. I like AMLOR a lot, and I don't care for the production, but the problems with that album are rooted in the...

Metal Machine Music has defenders, so go wild and someone will like it!

That was a fantastic article, thanks for sharing! I had no idea the rhythm tracks were one continuous take. Roger and Nick weren't flashy by any means, but when they need to get the job done, they get it done. Animals is still the best Floyd album in my book, but AHM is probably my favorite: makes m...

Don't you remember my anti-New York rants? I spent my formative years there and it probably explains why I'm a miserable ball of pessimism constantly toeing the line of full-on misanthropy. So I got the hell out and I'm very happy about that! It's been over 100 degrees for most of the past month, bu...

Well it was all a learning experience, wasn't it? You wouldn't be doing these things differently if you hadn't done 'em this way in the first place! For a debut album, you knocked this out of the park. Putting aside my involvement with it and the fact that you're my friend, it's still one of my favo...

Not New York anymore!

Been listening to this all day, only to discover that as of today (May 4), it's been two years since it was officially released! This still remains one of my favorite albums of all time, probably in my top ten (and I own close to a thousand!) and I'm so proud to have contributed to it in whatever ma...

Half six clearly means three.

I thought I had lost my original files for this, but I finally found them and I've been listening again. Digging around, hearing all my early attempts, Ocean Child without the drums, re-reading this thread... I LOVE THIS ALBUM!!! You said you were opposed to Leysin as its own EP, but from my perspec...

I did have a flea market seller who sold "small-ticket artists" (i.e. not Beatles, Stones, Zappa, Dylan, huge names/premium artists like that) for $2/record, or $15 for 10 records. It's insanely difficult to not go for that deal, and indeed I did pick up a few records I'll probably never play just b...

Bowie would not be at the top if he hadn't died. I love his work, but I never heard ANYBODY talk about him until he died in a spectacularly theatrical display of mystery and retroactive hints on his album. As for Floyd, why pay $20 for a DSOTM that already smells like weed when you can pay $35 for o...

Even Gilmour does some variation of "shredding" from time to time (like in Biding My Time, or the Live At Pompeii version of Careful With That Axe). If the song calls for super-fast guitar, then I have no problem with the super-fast guitar. However, the list of guitarists who CAN play super-fast but...

I am really, really bored with "technical" playing, which is an aspect I think I forgot to mention. The only "virtuoso" I can stomach is Allan Holdsworth, and a lot of that is just because he's just such a humble guy who has no pretensions whatsoever - although his style is far more interesting than...

The other stuff I've tried sounded like a professional version of a Guitar Center volume war: a bunch of (this time, talented) musicians in one space all fighting for attention. King Crimson sounded to me like they were all playing different songs at the same time, each one trying to be louder than ...

That may be true, but remember, the N78 leads to a whole new world.

In a stunning turn of events, it turns out that I actually like Yes! Seems like a stupid joke I would have made years ago, but nope - $18 later, I have Fragile, CTTE, and Classic Yes on my shelf, and I've spun the former two about a dozen times each. I can only guess that back in 2014 when I first s...

Good to hear back from you. When you do coding for a living, having to do coding on the side gets to be a bit tedious. Perhaps portentously, I had dental surgery today and during the surgery got into a conversation/mini-argument with the dentist about progressive rock. Yes, it must be today! (The da...

I never noticed the chordal similarity. Funny! The rhythm really disguises a lot. (I did notice that Shepherd sounds kind of similar to Pull The Lever... maybe just a little bit... I guess...) I'm really liking the re-recorded Leysin. (I forgot Soundcloud existed, otherwise I probably would have fou...

This one, from nine years ago. Fabulous little tune. I think it could benefit from a higher-quality recording, on the level of CABW, with a full arrangement (you could do some gorgeous harmony vocals on the "hmm, memories" bridge bit). I'd love to hear the re-recorded one, that might be just what I...

I've heard that CD Baby can be very two-faced on the issue. That said, as long as you didn't fork over the ownership of the music, and only distribution rights, I don't think it will be a significant problem. And the "label" thing is just an idea I've had kicking around for a few years. I'd need to ...

I keep coming back to this album. I don't know how you did it but this thing still sounds fresh every time I listen to it. I've been knocking around the idea of starting my own record label - more a CD distribution catalog than an actual label, but still. Would be honored if this was the first relea...

I will have to give it a more honest listen. The original mix sounded murky, but to my ears, the remix (or at least, what I heard of it - I think just The Gold It's In The) sounded really unpleasant, much moreso than the original mix. It's been a long time since I listened but I distinctly remember ...

What I like about Tommy is that there was a conscious decision to do nothing over the top with it: guitar, bass, drums, piano, vocals, and very rarely anything beyond that. Despite that, though, it's way more opera than rock to me, with useless 20-second interludes and distracting inner monologues t...

I knew her from Every Day I Write The Book by Elvis Costello, didn't realize she sang with Floyd. (Also didn't realize she was on Beat Surrender!) This has been a rough week.

Wow. That's only like $70 here. He must really hate the US, haha.