It was a few years ago... a dad asked (not my dad).
 
Dad... Where have you been?
Son...  Rocking out to Pink Floyd
Dad... Pink Floyd don't ROCK!
 
I remember thinking that way when I was 18-21 years old or so. I was into bands that were Guitar, Bass, and Drums. I accepted akeys in some bands but would tell you that there are no Horns in RnR... of course I was really wrong but I was a young "know it all".
 
Anyway...
 
My grand daughter asked about this. She is 10 and heard a story about the Q&A above. My wife told me about it and asked if I had any Floyd to put on... I was grilling and got distracted and forgot at the time but I keep thinking about it.  I only have Dark Side Of The Moon (my fav) on CD... the lyrics to Time bring tears to my eyes because of their depth into the human experience.
I've always LOVED the Relics album and am thinking about buying a Floyd box set... but I digress. I have Atom Heart Mother and Ummagumma... and another one on LP but I hardly ever play my LPs anymore.
 
So...
 
Does Pink Floyd ROCK?
 
(and... more importantly, how are you?)   I am FINE (old and in the way).
 
Julien
 
 
 

Just listen to "The Nile Song" 

The did rock at times - The Nile Song, One of these Days, the solo section in Money, and many others - but I don't think it's the main thing we remember them for. 

I love Atom Heart Mother, Meddle, TDSOTM. In fact, pretty much everything prior to The Wall - which I love, but not as a Pink Floyd album (even if it's the first PF album I've heard). 

And then the post-Waters era stuff as well - There's some very nice songwriting and some great songs on Momentary Lapse of Reason and Division Bell.

I'm also a huge Syd Barret fan, so the first singles and that first album are some of my favorites.

So I guess you could say I love them all, for one reason or another, from Arnold Layne to Division Bell. The only album I don't own is The Final Cut. I don't think I've ever listened to it, though I've heard a few songs.

They sure rocked my world...but I grew up with them.

I can't imagine a guitarist not banging his head on the wall trying to
learn "Comfortably Numb". If that doesn't register then maybe the
guitarist should take up flute of sumpin.

Nope.  PF doesn't rock and David Gilmour isn't that great of a guitarist because he can't play really fast.  Right.

*Pfft...*  Kids.

Hmm...  I think I know what I'm going to listen to tonight.

The live versions of Run Like Hell from the last two tours are pretty well up there, though once you've heard them the album version is a bit tame.  I was in the audience at Wembley and at Earl's Court for both.

"Dogs" and "Sheep" are a few others that rock.  

Hi,

"... don't rock...?"

That person needs a new set of ears and you might as well tell he/she to go listen to Incense and Peppermint and Paul Revere and the Raiders!

Who needs to hear to people that don't even know the meaning of the word?

I don't. Parents included ... AND, btw ... I never got their respect until the day I nailed them for their supposed intellectual smugness! I nailed him with Tomita and her with her opinions on the wives and husbands of her children!

It was more BS, than it was an intelligent discussion or view, in the first place!

My mom is, still, a very disrespectful person, though she does it behind everyone's back now ... and still calls it intelectual! But it's not as bad as one of my sisters making a comment about me posting in a board like this where people are not educated and intelligent enough to discuss things. It's downright insulting and irresponsible ... and even I would be embarassed to think that of anyone on the face of this earth except ... well ... the guy from IK, and another liar or two!

I'm doing fine, thanks for asking.
Glad to hear you're fine too.

In my book, yeah Pink Floyd rocks.
Maybe not in the 'heavy' sense of the word but definitely in the 'kick-ass' sense.

Mike 

Well, thanks!

I am a LONG time Floyd fan and have always thought they rocked. Gilmour is just incredible to me though I am a bit more of a Townshend or Kossoff sort of guitarist... I think Gilmour is plays the best, most feeling solo guitar ever.

It reminds me of back in the day when Mark Farner got little respect as a guitarist (at least in some circles) but he played for the song and like it or not Grand Funk was bigtime for a while.

I guess there are always music snobs and snobs of all sorts... I have really tried to grow out of it once I saw I was doing it. Now, if I listen to FM, I listen to Album88 in Atlanta, the GA State University station. They except for programs with a specific format, play "new music".

Now I am going outside to plant some okra, squash, and spices. I hope to finish today. I grow mostly in Earthboxes.

Thanks again!

(PS: Moshakie... I too have a family. My family put the funk in disfunctional.. no doubt.  )

J