Speaking of which ,have you heard the new Flaming Lips…?
Yeah. Another band that’s great on paper but just hits me all wrong. Haven’t heard a thing of theirs that I truly liked since “Transmissions From The Satellite Heart” – decades ago. Yikes, I’m old. Anyway, like all FL albums, I gave it a listen. Didn’t do anything for me.
Yeah they aren’t for everyone but I think they have made at least one masterpiece in The Soft Bulletin(1999)…fun live band too…
They actually were a shitload of fun live. I saw them play with Weezer at Jones Beach and I’ll hand it to them, they’re a good live act.
… Fleet Foxes - Shore
Ulver-Flowers of Evil
(33 min of excellence…)
I watched it last night. I agree with you. Nick is fine and the bass player wasn’t bad. Keyboard was okay but the 2 guitarist sucked in my opinion. No feel or style. David’s super hard to get right but Waters band usually does Dave justice. I liked the selection of songs as I’ve been revisiting this time period.
Singing was okay…I guess it is was it is…to see Nick come out of retirement.
You guys make me glad I skipped going to see the Mason thing when it came through town a couple yrs ago…Nick is probably way more invested in his cars than he is in music these days…will always respect him as a great drummer for a great band…might watch Pompeii this weekend…
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It was a nice experiment on paper, and Nick sounds decent. It’s the OTHER guys I can’t stand…
It s a trip to hear you guys talk about D Mason’s tour. I haven’t seen it, but now i’ve got to see who his band is. haha.
since were talking about early floyd, i’m going to fess up and say that i’m not a fan of the syd stuff. its too… something.
also, did you guys feel like the spinal tap group acted like Pink floyd in their early days?
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Spinal Tap’s early work is definitely a riff on Floyd and the more psychedelic, forgettable bands from the late 60s, yeah.
I love Syd’s work. Nick’s tour wasn’t just Syd’s work – it was a lot of the stuff Floyd recorded while they were wandering the wilderness between “Piper” and “Dark Side Of The Moon,” a period that’s seriously underrated in my view.
One of the artists on the Nick Mason concert album is a dude from Spandau Ballet. I got nothing.
I’m not a Syd Fan either when it comes to Floyd. His sound is too (like you said) something. Like he’s trying to establish atmosphere or mood, but it just doesn’t work for me. I much prefer the melodies of Waters
I’ll always have a soft spot for Syd era Floyd and even his 2 solo albums…especially the second album,Barrett which Gilmour and Wright had a heavy hand in with production…that stuff has a way of growing on you…that being said,that era definitely ran its natural course and I’m glad that Floyd became what they eventually did because I greatly prefer the era where Waters and Gilmour were in charge(and eventually Waters- I’m one of the handful who thinks The Final Cut is a masterpiece)…The Syd era is fantastic you just have to listen with a different mind set…that twisted,fractured take on late 60s pastoral British pop kind of exists in its own world and I’m all about it…
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Holy crow, I had no idea this woman existed until today:
Action Bronson only for dolphins.
I love “The Final Cut” too. Floyd had more periods than a woman with a busted uterus; enough facets to make up a diamond (shine on you crazy). And I’m a big fan of all of them. With the exception of “The Division Bell,” which still has “High Hopes,” which is halfway decent…
The new Deftones. WOW. Best one since “White Pony.”
Good to hear this. Mine arrives on Tuesday.
Same here…love the final cut and everything else but not Division Bell. Seems so wimpy.
Beastie Boys - Check your Head
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Anybody else like the BBs?
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