[IPodPJ]

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Originally Posted by welchie /img/forum/go_quote.gif As far as I know these guys weren't into drugs. Everyone thinks their music is stoner music. Yes, it is, but they were pioneers creating music that just plain captures you stoned or not. I'm in awe of this band.

Uh, righhhhhhhhhtt.. Tell that to Syd Barrett. He used major amounts of hallucinogens and ended up in a loony bin.

The other members experimented with them but none were drug "users". And as far as I know none have used any drugs in a long time.

 

[OGTL]

Pink Floyd is one of the most overrated bands in history..

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And as far as I know none have used any drugs in a long time.

That's the thing- you wouldn't know. I'm sure they all used drugs and continue to do so today to varying degrees.

 

[Dublo7]

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Originally Posted by spookygonk /img/forum/go_quote.gif Gone to the great gig in the sky.

When I read that Rick Wright died, I played that song immediately.

I also listened to Meddle again, the other day. It's stunning how good that CD sounds.

Also, Welchie, there's a few interviews where the band members spoke about their previous drug use. In some interview in a canteen, when recording Dark Side of the Moon, they were clearly, visibly stoned out of their minds. Roger Waters admitted it too.
They did drugs. No big deal.

 

[Redcarmoose]

PF did not use drugs but drugs used PF to sell more drugs.

 

[IPodPJ]

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Originally Posted by OGTL /img/forum/go_quote.gif Pink Floyd is one of the most overrated bands in history..

In your opinion.

That's why DSOTM was the longest running on the Billboard Top 200 charts for 741 weeks.

You may not like them or understand them but that doesn't mean they are overrated at all. People for 3 generations have been enjoying their music.

 

[Dublo7]

Calling Pink Floyd overrated seems incredibly naive to me. That's like calling Mozart or Beethoven a hack. It just doesn't compute.

 

[Redcarmoose]

In the 70s we had the people who were straight and the freaks. Timothy gave those people a drug, a voice and an understanding. Some people got it, some it was never ment for. Which one are you?

 

[Busta9iron]

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Originally Posted by IPodPJ /img/forum/go_quote.gif In your opinion. That's why DSOTM was the longest running on the Billboard Top 200 charts for 741 weeks. You may not like them or understand them but that doesn't mean they are overrated at all. People for 3 generations have been enjoying their music.

X2

Just to exacerbate your point, 741 weeks is, over 14 YEARS. That's a far cry from overrated in anyone's eyes, even trolls.

 

[TheMaestro335]

Also,
Lets not forget the great engineers they had working the board, Alan Parsons, Andrew Jackson,James Guthrey etc...

 

[Patu]

Why are you whining about drugs. There's so much awesome music made under influence of drugs that one can't really complain.

 

[logwed]

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Originally Posted by IPodPJ /img/forum/go_quote.gif At CanJam, I won the entire box set of "Oh By The Way / Pink Floyd". I haven't even listened to it yet because I have most of the albums anyway. This box set is so cool though. Every CD is made to look identical to the original vinyl record including the jacket, plastic wrap around the LP, the label printed on the LP, etc. It includes every studio album they ever made and sells for about $240.

I got it for my birthday, and I've loved it. The packaging is awesome by itself, and I just love Pink Floyd.

 

[logwed]

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Originally Posted by OGTL /img/forum/go_quote.gif Pink Floyd is one of the most overrated bands in history..

Troll much?

 

[Skorpitarius]

P.F. is nothing without Roger Waters and Syd Barrett ... despite flashy staging/lighting and glossy post - production/mixing/mastering for albums/dvds and whatever....

 

[IPodPJ]

I saw Roger Waters (with Richard Wright) at the Hollywood Bowl. It was an awesome show. All Pink Floyd material, none of the Roger Waters Orchestra stuff. There was even a giant pig floating around above the audience when he did some Animals stuff.

 

[Skorpitarius]

Syd was schizophrenic long before he ever ate any acid - Roger Waters was explaining this in a dvd interview that I have - he said "don't blame the acid" .
A lot of people take trippy hallucinogens and don't go all Syd-like ....




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Originally Posted by IPodPJ /img/forum/go_quote.gif Uh, righhhhhhhhhtt.. Tell that to Syd Barrett. He used major amounts of hallucinogens and ended up in a loony bin. The other members experimented with them but none were drug "users". And as far as I know none have used any drugs in a long time.