Dark Side Of The Moon

[Slim]

Breathtaking. There's more art and music in this than the entire post-Waters Fake Floyd discography. Masterwork.

[David L]

Ooh, it"ll upset a lot of people.....especially if it's good 

[Fishy]

Nope not for me... this spoken word stuff just puts me right off.. shame cos the actual music is ok..
Waters obviously can sing  a note any more..

[The Picnic Wasp]

Where's the no buzzer? I'm glad David Gilmour was PF for me.

[dom]

Definitely a situation where the whole was much greater than the sum of the individuals, for me anyway.  If I was in any camp though it would be Roger's.  He gave the band its edge

[David L]

I'm going to hear what Polly Samson has to say before I make up my mind

[Nickslikk2112]

I'm going to hear what Polly Samson has to say before I make up my mind

Just phoned her up, she says:

It's shit LOL
My David would do it better. So there.

[Fishy]

She's right.. it is pretty shit..

[Slim]

Definitely a situation where the whole was much greater than the sum of the individuals, for me anyway.  If I was in any camp though it would be Roger's.  He gave the band its edge

He was the Lennon and McCartney of Floyd. Gilmour was their George Harrison at best, which is not to say that he didn't make a very important contribution, of course. But Waters was the essence of the band.

[The Picnic Wasp]

Definitely a situation where the whole was much greater than the sum of the individuals, for me anyway.  If I was in any camp though it would be Roger's.  He gave the band its edge

He was the Lennon and McCartney of Floyd. Gilmour was their George Harrison at best, which is not to say that he didn't make a very important contribution, of course. But Waters was the essence of the band.

I would respectfully disagree with that given the extent of his vocal duties, and the way in which that and his guitar work defined their sound. I appreciate that he was not a regular writing contributor in the early days, but his presence carried a lot more weight than George's in the Beatles. I still rate The Division Bell more highly than most other PF work. Maybe I'm more of a DG fan than a PF one.

[Slim]

We'll have to disagree on that one then. I'd go as far as to say that, strictly speaking, Gilmour was disposable. Floyd could have continued without him and retained their essence, their ethos; their meaning.

Whereas without Waters, the band that called itself Pink Floyd was a hollow facsimile, essentially a money-making exercise. No vision, no poetry, no point.

[captainkurtz]

I often think of waters as being the architect and Gilmour one of the contractors employed to execute the architect's vision.  If you get a poor contractor, the end result will be terrible...Gilmour was the finest of contractors but, really, Waters was essential for having the necessary vision.

Actually, I don't often think that.  I've just made it up.  But it's a decent summation, I think.

The 2 post waters PF records - I'm not including the river one - aren't great. 

[dom]

I find the post Roger Floyd stuff very dull. Just no spark there at all. I'd much rather listen to The Final Cut than anything that came after

[dom]

I often think of waters as being the architect and Gilmour one of the contractors employed to execute the architect's vision.  If you get a poor contractor, the end result will be terrible...Gilmour was the finest of contractors but, really, Waters was essential for having the necessary vision.

Actually, I don't often think that.  I've just made it up.  But it's a decent summation, I think.

The 2 post waters PF records - I'm not including the river one - aren't great. 

Great analogy. You should copyright that!

[Nickslikk2112]

And if it hadn't been for SYD then neither Waters or Gilmour would have got anywhere. Mr Barrett's your man, a wizard, a true star.