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Can someone summarize Pink Floyd for me?
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Date: April 30th, 2026 12:12 AM Author: hideous weed whacker candlestick maker Do all their albums have an overarching story or theme or just certain ones or what? What's their deal? I like their songs but I've never really done a deep dive on them (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49853198) |
Date: April 30th, 2026 12:29 AM Author: milky rough-skinned principal's office hissy fit good musicians who became less and less interesting the more they thought they had something profound to say, made 1000x worse by "fans" who obsess over "lore" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49853218) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 12:40 AM Author: hideous weed whacker candlestick maker Thanks but is there like a story about a character named Pink or what? I don't need all the details and shit just a couple sentences. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49853241) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 12:41 AM Author: supple brass old irish cottage prole They made The Wall into a movie. It's terrible imo. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49853243) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 12:41 AM Author: hideous weed whacker candlestick maker I turned it on once on TV and saw some dude shaving his chest and quickly changed the channel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49853246) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 12:41 AM Author: supple brass old irish cottage prole That was the whole movie (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49853248) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 4:04 AM Author: Histrionic Becky Knife (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49853404) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 1:02 AM Author: Henna passionate hell *reluctantly accepts cigar* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49853270) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 12:40 AM Author: supple brass old irish cottage prole Yeah their fans and the lore is extremely fucking stupid. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49853242) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 12:40 AM Author: supple brass old irish cottage prole They put out 10 albums before they had a hit. Their founder went insane and when he stepped away due to mental illness there was an unresolved power struggle. Basically David was a musical genius and Roger was some sort of poet who felt like he was telling a novel through his music. To be fair he's widely considered one of the greatest rock lyricists of all time. Their peak period was in the 70s. Dark Side is a masterpiece and likely the biggest selling rock record of all time. Wish You Were Here was also incredibly good although not quite as good as TDSOTM. Animals sucked and they were mostly cooked at this point but Roger was all butthurt that the band wasn't enough about him so he wrote The Wall which was a rock opera about his life and how he hated school and was mad at his dad or something. Roger wrote The Wall almost entirely by himself but at the end he realized that it didn't have any good songs on it so he brought in David to write Comfortably Numb and the only other songs on it that don't suck. Everything after The Wall is trash. Most of the early stuff is trash too. They hit it incredibly big in the 70s though. They were the highest selling act of the decade afaik. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49853239) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 12:41 AM Author: hideous weed whacker candlestick maker Isn't Another Brick in the Wall one of their top songs? I used to like that one when I was a kid, found it relatable (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49853244) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 12:42 AM Author: supple brass old irish cottage prole Yep. All of their biggest songs are oft Dark Side, Wish U Were Here, and The Wall. They only have 3 records normal people can recognize. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49853249) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 1:27 AM Author: olive university I'm a normie and I like those plus The Division Bell (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49853293) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 1:31 AM Author: supple brass old irish cottage prole I've never liked it. But it's kool to have different opinions. What would you say is the #1 can't miss song on TDB? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49853300) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 2:28 AM Author: aqua goal in life I like Animals (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49853325) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 2:32 AM Author: supple brass old irish cottage prole That explains a lot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49853333) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 8:20 AM Author: flushed gas station mood Animals is 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49853622) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 11:48 AM Author: Gold galvanic bawdyhouse roast beef (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49854307) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 2:23 AM Author: Histrionic Becky Knife underselling Roger Waters slightly. he wrote and arranged most of their material in full before the rest of the band played a note.
here is the demo for Money.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN2h_mxojVk |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 2:32 AM Author: supple brass old irish cottage prole Money is by far Roger's greatest musical achievement. He didn't have that many hits in him though. I appreciate his lyrics. If it weren't for that one absolute banger what's his next best song? Hey You? I'm not saying he was trash but David's contributions have always dwarfed Roger's. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49853332) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 2:44 AM Author: Histrionic Becky Knife I mean, they were an album band, not a singles band. And he wrote most of the recognizable bits on their 50M-selling albums.
What other radio hits did they even have? Have a Cigar (Waters), Wish You Were Here (>50% Waters)? Another Brick in the Wall (Waters)?
It's all Waters. Gilmour was a glorified session musician. He lets his turdskin wife write all his songs post-Pink Floyd, lol. |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 2:54 AM Author: supple brass old irish cottage prole How can you be so sure Waters wrote everything like that? He just got a lot of credits because he wrote the lyrics and from a legal perspective that's iron clad with regards to songwriting royalties. Gilmour got nothing for Money despite obviously making the song way better. But I agree on that one he was a session musician. I just don't think Waters wrote as much of the tunes as you think. He didn't write the guitar part on Wish You Were Here but you say he was above 50%? How? It was basically Gilmour's band and he picked all the songs they worked on. Waters didn't write the guitar part on SOYCD. You seem to think he did more than he did. Most of The Wall is unlistenable. Completely bloated nonsense. Gilmour stepped in and saved it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49853358) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 3:23 AM Author: Histrionic Becky Knife because, like Waters, I am a COMPOSER who can barely play any instrument in time.. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49853386) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 3:27 AM Author: supple brass old irish cottage prole Link me to your best work (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49853389) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 12:00 PM Author: supple brass old irish cottage prole Where are we on this Mr Composer (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49854349) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 12:10 PM Author: Gay new version partner First two LPs (Piper and Saucer) are both 178 for their place in rock history and how influential they became, if not a bit 60s kitsch, still very fun records (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49854365) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 12:17 PM Author: supple brass old irish cottage prole I will give you Saucer. Piper is trash. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49854392) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 12:31 PM Author: Gay new version partner To my 20 y/o stoned ass Piper was 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49854442) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 12:47 AM Author: peach swashbuckling center fat ankles boomers. but they were one of very few musical acts to have hits after 30. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49853254) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 8:13 AM Author: Bipolar kitchen They were the first band to turn rock and roll into conceptual art-- a very high achievement, indeed. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49853616) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 8:24 AM Author: talented milk house Dark side and wish you were here are cohesive and tell a story. Both incredible albums. I don’t listen to the rest of their material that often. I think they’re kinda overrated bc they wind up on lots of top 10 lists. IMO they’re not quite there - their catalogue is definitely good but not comparable to the Beatles or stones (best 4 album run ever) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49853628) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 8:27 AM Author: Drunken philosopher-king business firm I like The Division Bell. High Hopes is a great song. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49853631) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 12:27 PM Author: Translucent thriller property Johnny Rotten, during the height of the Pistols, wore a shirt that said "I Hate Pink Floyd" https://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/t-shirt-ihatepinkffloyd.jpg I used to have a similar, snobby attitude towards them. Kind of the antithesis to the energy of rock and roll. But now I like them and listen to their songs more than most punk stuff. Listen to See Emily Play and then Dark Side of the Moon -- hard to find a band that changed so much in a matter of years. |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 6:37 PM Author: talented milk house the damned just put out a cover of see emily play. it was 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49855226) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 12:31 PM Author: Gay new version partner Money slowed down is 180 bros https://youtu.be/TodnvFuxS6A?si=Ejo8NvWgv3Q7-6F6 |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 12:36 PM Author: Cruel-hearted Wine Theatre Music for people with zero inner monologue (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49854450) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 8:39 PM Author: Gay new version partner Hey man, I smoke weed from a tie dye bong and get Comfortably Numb (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49855585) |
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Date: April 30th, 2026 8:53 PM Author: Bateful cobalt personal credit line Money is an absolutely insane time signature to write to. I’ve done one just for kicks and it sucked. Imagine writing an iconic classic like that. Plus the rest of the album. And I think they helped finance monty python when that dude had delirium tremens (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861824&forum_id=2)#49855639) |