Pink floyd

I’m a huge music guy, I had one of those days. So its the end of the day and I’m sitting in the garage, have Spotify on the radio. Turned on pink floyd and have it on close to loud enough where the neighbors might hear it.
For some reason it calms my blood and makes me feel good. I love a ton of music from metal to anything honestly. But tonight I put on pink floyd the wall.
What a great album. Front to back, no skips no asking what is this, while tearing apart this 87 cr 500 motor i never looked to skip one time. I love it. And I have so many other albums like this.

Am I the only one who cools the nerves with tunes ?

I love Pink, back in college we used to do Dark Side of Moon/Wizard of Oz…always helped!

I like most music [not the rap crap] especially when it fits a mood. The radio is on in the shop as soon as I hit the door and I’ll turn it up some if I’m out in the garage.

The Wall is a fine piece. Like so many of my other favorite albums from the 60’s and 70’s I have it in vinyl, cassette, and cd. I’ve actually got two of The Wall vinyl albums that are in the original wrappers plus the one for the turn table.

Music is a universal language and brings people together. What’s a gathering without music? Or a wedding? Have you ever wondered what movies and TV shows would be like without a soundtrack of music?

I almost always have music playing around me. It helps relax me or energize me, depending on my mood and what I’m playing. And it’s been a small sliver of a silver lining that I can blast any kind of music in the house and no one’s here to ask me to change it. Billy and I didn’t have the same taste in music.

Incidentally, music also connects people. Think of someone who you have no other related interests, but you both mention you like the same band or album. It’s pretty sweet! And there are so many songs now that make me think of a specific person and I either smile or smirk, depending on the relation.

Bearcat89 wrote:

I’m a huge music guy, I had one of those days. So its the end of the day and I’m sitting in the garage, have Spotify on the radio. Turned on pink floyd and have it on close to loud enough where the neighbors might hear it.
For some reason it calms my blood and makes me feel good. I love a ton of music from metal to anything honestly. But tonight I put on pink floyd the wall.
What a great album. Front to back, no skips no asking what is this, while tearing apart this 87 cr 500 motor i never looked to skip one time. I love it. And I have so many other albums like this.

Am I the only one who cools the nerves with tunes ?

fun fact, Pink Floyd got their name from 2 blues players, Floyd Council and Pink Anderson, Pinks son Alvin “Little Pink ” lived not far from me and played the bars on weekends, that dude was an incredible talent, ego ,attitude and being on the wrong side of the law cost him his own fame. He’s that good.

I also did the Wall front-to-back while putting up some more shelves in the garage a couple of weeks ago. Doesn’t immediately strike you as a motivating, pace-setting listen-while-you-work record, but it does put you in the groove, and you’re correct, it IS a Masterpiece. I miss the album format as an art form -it’s all about singles now.

I’m big on listening to the classic Metallica albums front-to-back (Black album and earlier) while I’m in the garage, or classic G&R – really brings me back to pulling “Mainers” on a Friday night in my Chrysler Laser circa 1994, rockin’ the cassettes.

Good thing about albums like that is you know you’re good for 90 minutes without having to find something else to put on. And every tune is quality. Side-note, I’m sort of re-discovering Alice in Chains right now. Damn, what a band. I think the music “of now” now makes you appreciate the music “of then” even more.

ThunderLund78 wrote:

I also did the Wall front-to-back while putting up some more shelves in the garage a couple of weeks ago. Doesn’t immediately strike you as a motivating, pace-setting listen-while-you-work record, but it does put you in the groove, and you’re correct, it IS a Masterpiece. I miss the album format as an art form -it’s all about singles now.

I’m big on listening to the classic Metallica albums front-to-back (Black album and earlier) while I’m in the garage, or classic G&R – really brings me back to pulling “Mainers” on a Friday night in my Chrysler Laser circa 1994, rockin’ the cassettes.

Good thing about albums like that is you know you’re good for 90 minutes without having to find something else to put on. And every tune is quality. Side-note, I’m sort of re-discovering Alice in Chains right now. Damn, what a band. I think the music “of now” now makes you appreciate the music “of then” even more.

Says every person who listened in the 60’s, 70’s & early 80’s.

Pink Floyd and ac-dc. Could listen to it all day every day

Saw them live in Milwaukee at the stadium Animals tour. The crowd went wild when they played Money ! We were on the infield closer to the stage , they had a guy wire rigged that ran from the stage out to the edge field . When they started playing money a giant pink pig came slowly out on the guy wire above us . It ran to the end and back . If i remember right it timed with end of the song , the pink pig disappeared behind the stage and then came an explosion ! Wed June 15th 1977

ThunderLund78 wrote:

I also did the Wall front-to-back while putting up some more shelves in the garage a couple of weeks ago. Doesn’t immediately strike you as a motivating, pace-setting listen-while-you-work record, but it does put you in the groove, and you’re correct, it IS a Masterpiece. I miss the album format as an art form -it’s all about singles now.

I’m big on listening to the classic Metallica albums front-to-back (Black album and earlier) while I’m in the garage, or classic G&R – really brings me back to pulling “Mainers” on a Friday night in my Chrysler Laser circa 1994, rockin’ the cassettes.

Good thing about albums like that is you know you’re good for 90 minutes without having to find something else to put on. And every tune is quality. Side-note, I’m sort of re-discovering Alice in Chains right now. Damn, what a band. I think the music “of now” now makes you appreciate the music “of then” even more.

Alice in chains is awesome, I listen to them all the time. Im also a big Chester Bennington fan, his stuff from grey days before Lincoln Park is great. Especially to think he was still just a teen.
I have a very deep musical library and I listen to a little bit of everything.

Went to HS in the 60s grew up with classic rock. Couldn’t afford a lot while going to college, getting married, and having kids but had a good stereo and could maintain my sanity while zoning out to great rock & roll. Still like to crank it at age 72 and like blues mixed in with classic rock but very few people my age I know can handle the music at the volume it is meant to be played.

carnivore wrote:

Still like to crank it at age 72 and like blues mixed in with classic rock but very few people my age I know can handle the music at the volume it is meant to be played.

I love it cranked, so there is one besides you.

DSOTM created more babies than any other album in history.

Talkin Hawkin from 2014 is interesting.

IMHO, I’m tired of listening to 50 year old recordings that have been played to death. I much prefer constantly changing new college alternative.

Don Meier wrote:

Saw them live in Milwaukee at the stadium Animals tour. The crowd went wild when they played Money ! We were on the infield closer to the stage , they had a guy wire rigged that ran from the stage out to the edge field . When they started playing money a giant pink pig came slowly out on the guy wire above us . It ran to the end and back . If i remember right it timed with end of the song , the pink pig disappeared behind the stage and then came an explosion ! Wed June 15th 1977

Don:

I soooo wanted to go to that concert, but my farm silo construction days were going on then, so no fun during the week. The four ’70’s albums were and still are classics!!! Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals and The Wall, were all wonderful music!!!

ThunderLund78 wrote:

Good thing about albums like that is you know you’re good for 90 minutes without having to find something else to put on. And every tune is quality.

Andy: That would be considered Long Play!!! I still to this day go to youtube to get music and all of my searches are full albums!!!

Dutchboy wrote:

Says every person who listened in the 60’s, 70’s & early 80’s.

Yep!!!

carnivore wrote:

Still like to crank it at age 72 and like blues mixed in with classic rock but very few people my age I know can handle the music at the volume it is meant to be played.

carnivore and Tom I agree, but every now and then its kind of nice to listen to it and pick out the instruments playing in the music and that can be hard to do at full volume. My bro-in-law and I used to talk about that all the time during his Rush manifestos!!!

Mark

P.S. As you can see from my pic attached, full albums or very large mixes of the same band are the the choice of the day when its time to listen… and Marshall Tucker Band was up yesterday!!!

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The times in the garage are great. Just me, the music and the project at hand. Though in my younger days I sure tested the neighbors patients. The Wall was part of that along with the rest. As my taste broaden to different styles and Tom Waites came into the picture with Bone Machine the hammer was put down. I still test that hammer. The truck became my other sanctuary for music. Though, I had a chevy monza that had home speakers with an amp that filled the back seat, a custom 2 seater car. I was not looking for the thumping thing just looking for what the music could do for me.

15 years from the seventies and if I can’t enjoy music as intended I will find a doctor to declare quality of life is not met. Pull the plug.
There is so much good music out there to fit everyone’s mood and heart, we are are blessed.

Thanks Bearcat89 music is a big part of life. It heals us in so many ways.

Don Meier wrote:

Saw them live in Milwaukee at the stadium Animals tour. The crowd went wild when they played Money ! We were on the infield closer to the stage , they had a guy wire rigged that ran from the stage out to the edge field . When they started playing money a giant pink pig came slowly out on the guy wire above us . It ran to the end and back . If i remember right it timed with end of the song , the pink pig disappeared behind the stage and then came an explosion ! Wed June 15th 1977

Was also there just graduated high school sat on 3rd base side.

Agreed Bearcat! A great song or album can totally change what was an otherwise $hit show of a day. Love Pink Floyd, saw Roger Watters and The Wall a few years ago it was a great show. Had the inflatable anti-capitalism pigs flying around over the $75 concert t-shirts…

I also love all music, mainly outlaw country and classic rock, but still mix in some 90’s/00’s rap, love a ton of metal/modern rock even some Florence and the Machine or The Cranberries every once and a while. If you can feel the soul and passion, odds are I will like it.

I love Pink Floyd.

First concert I ever went to was the Division Bell Tour at the Metrodome in 1994 with my dad. The laser show was amazing, and there was a inflatable flying pig blimp buzzing around. I was 12, and I thought the folks next to me were literally smoking dogshit. Little did I know…

That night turned me into a life-long music nerd. Thanks Dad! Still one the coolest and most unique experiences of my life. The Pink Floyd Pulse album is made of songs collected from that tour, and it’s a very good album.

Absolutely nothing better than comfortably numb live at volume 11.
My first floyd show was the division bell tour at the dome also.

buck-slayer wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Don Meier wrote:</div>
Saw them live in Milwaukee at the stadium Animals tour. The crowd went wild when they played Money ! We were on the infield closer to the stage , they had a guy wire rigged that ran from the stage out to the edge field . When they started playing money a giant pink pig came slowly out on the guy wire above us . It ran to the end and back . If i remember right it timed with end of the song , the pink pig disappeared behind the stage and then came an explosion ! Wed June 15th 1977

Was also there just graduated high school sat on 3rd base side.

Good times !

Pink Floyd is some of the most calming music. Back in my smoking days you could definitely get lost listening to it.

Another one is Norah Jones. She has the most soothing voice. I would marry her just so she could sing me to sleep. Well that and she’s not bad to look at either.

Love that! Just got done listening to Long John Baldry “Don’t Lay No Boogie Woogie On the King Of Rock and Roll” and Savoy Brown “Hellbound Train”. Ya just can’t beat some old tunes like you all are talking about!

catnip wrote:

Absolutely nothing better than comfortably numb live at volume 11.
My first floyd show was the division bell tour at the dome also.

Panama Gold

I’ve seen Ummagumma make guys weep.

jwellsy wrote:

I’ve seen Ummagumma make guys weep.

Sid barret was most definitely a one of a kind character and musician.
I wonder what he was like prior to acid tripping

I listen to Floyd nearly every day.

PR Pink Floyd channel on TuneIn web/app. 24/7 floyd. Lots of live tracks and deep cuts.