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thenewgreen  ·  4633 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: My favorite Pink Floyd song
I remember being a kid and seeing the learning to fly video on MTV and thinking "sweet" Pink Floyd made a video.

What Gilmore was able to do after Waters left is pretty remarkable. There are a lot of people (Waters included) that didn't think Floyd would be around much longer or be relevant. I think Gilmore is one of the best lead guitarists ever. Floyd has such a long and rich history as a band, it's amazing stuff.

When we were kids we would take my neighbors video camera and record ourselves lip syncing our favorite songs. I remember my pal jettig singing along to this piece of perfection comfortably numb which is another of my favorites. It has what I think may be the best guitar solo ever. Because we were kids and probably had little understanding of the lyrics Jim sang it while wearing a scarf and mittens. Why? Because to us the numb part meant "cold". -Ha.

But I agree that Learning to Fly is a fantastic song. Thanks for taking me down Pink Floyd memory lane.





alpha0  ·  4633 days ago  ·  link  ·  
craig  ·  4633 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Pre 'Dark Side of the Moon', post 'Ummagumma' is by far the most interesting phase of the band, and also the most ignored. I'll go... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9ZXFsAmGY0
thenewgreen  ·  4633 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I'll see you're San Tropez and raise you an Ibiza Bar

Floyd rocking about as hard as they ever did.

[edit] -Almost sounds like old Sabbath.

alpha0  ·  4633 days ago  ·  link  ·  
[Was away tripping on Shine :) -- sorry for dup subj post thenewgreen, but that song deserves its own top level post on hubski.]

Ok, so you are now officially the first person who has uttered the names [Pink] Floyd and [Black] Sabbath in the same breath.

thenewgreen  ·  4633 days ago  ·  link  ·  
-What does tripping on Shine mean? Does it mean you're watching the movie Shine? -Great film.

[edit] dude... I've had a couple glasses of wine. I'm a little slow. Enjoy that crazy diamond!

alpha0  ·  4633 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I hope it was Red .. /Chin Chin
thenewgreen  ·  4633 days ago  ·  link  ·  
As sounds_sound was always fond of saying, "I never knew a white that didn't want to be a red". -I assume he was referring to wine...
alpha0  ·  4633 days ago  ·  link  ·  
    "I never knew a white that didn't want to be a red"

I rarely touch the whites, but das ist nicht richtig!: http://www.snooth.com/wine/weingut-knoll-riesling-federspiel...

thenewgreen  ·  4633 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I used to be that way but I'm no longer biased. There are some phenomenal whites out there, many of which are riesling's ;)
alpha0  ·  4633 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I thread carefully around whites, besides the fact that I far prefer the reds: every single one of my 'oh no, did I do/say that?' events has been the morning after white :)
thenewgreen  ·  4633 days ago  ·  link  ·  
My objective while in NYC is to make sure you have an "oh no, did I say that" moment ;-)
alpha0  ·  4633 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I shall resist.
thenewgreen  ·  4633 days ago  ·  link  ·  
You kid, but listen to that intro... am I crazy or until the vocals come in could that be an early Sabbath tune? No need to apologize for doubling up on the best Floyd tune posts, hopefully it will spark others. It's a worthy pursuit.
alpha0  ·  4633 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Not up on my Sabbath. Just hazy memories of Iron Man from freshman year. I'll take your word for it. :)