Pink Floyd songs that stick with you?

Dellinger wrote: I don't really identify the "freak out" portion, but I guess it's mostly the war band part itself. The instrument used in the BBC version to replace it is less annoying. I wonder if this song was ever played with Gilmour already on the band... I have liked the way Gilmour has interpreted Syd's songs the few times he has played them... though this one may be too personal for Syd to be sung correctly by anyone else.

The freak out portion is the instrumental part right after the "la la la la" section.

In any event, I like the album version better, but I think that both versions have their merits.

KingCrInuYasha wrote: Dellinger wrote: I don't really identify the "freak out" portion, but I guess it's mostly the war band part itself. The instrument used in the BBC version to replace it is less annoying. I wonder if this song was ever played with Gilmour already on the band... I have liked the way Gilmour has interpreted Syd's songs the few times he has played them... though this one may be too personal for Syd to be sung correctly by anyone else. The freak out portion is the instrumental part right after the "la la la la" section. In any event, I like the album version better, but I think that both versions have their merits.

"La la la" 's? I just have it another listen and didn't hear any
Perhaps they are on the original version and were dropped out for the BBC one, which is the one I have at hand and so it's the one I checked out. However, besides the lyrics of the first part, my favourite musical part of the song is the "I don't care if the Sun don't shine / I don't care... / I'll do my loving in the winter" part... I don't remember if it's any longer or shorter on one version or the other.

Wow, an unexpected number from Piper at the Gates of Dawn and More.  I heartily agree that More is underrated.  If there were a category for Progressive World Music, I think the Ibiza vibe of the soundtrack would make it a founding recording.

Here are mine:

Green is the Colour and Cymbeline: Floyd at their prettiest (which is not a bad thing in my mind)

Fearless--Simple chord changes that resonate in my soul--kind of like Coletrane's A Love Supreme.

Us and Them--One of my all time favorite choruses, and a lovely sax solo.

Comfortably Numb--Ok, the song has become a bit of a cliche.  Nonetheless, it plays a prominent role in the soundtrack of my teenage years.  Also, if you've ever been on antidepressants, you know the feeling relayed in the song.

A Saucerful Of Secrets from Ummagumma. The studio version and others from around that experimental time were good ideas but this one is definitive.

Childhood's End, The Gold It's In The... Wot's The Deal -actually everything on my go to PF album when introducing someone to PF or something different. Fine songs made for a soundtrack without pressure or hassle.

Fat Old Sun: heaven to me.

Remember A Day: a great example of a superb and unique type of melody that is rapidly disappearing in time.

Time: The whole intro is mindblowing and the work that went into it was intense. The drama of this whole piece is all encompassing.

Comfortably Numb: Roger's vocal masterpiece. The guy who can't sing but can bend his voice came up with his most sinister moment which many have tried and some destroyed (Van) but only Rog can do his verses justice. Just as DG has two shining moments. His magnificent melodious choruses. And something else, wossit? Guitar solo or something.... :)

Echoes: Expansive and yet, intimate. Serene to it's dramatic climax; a great example of how to make spaces in music do the talking. Superb composition and matching performance.

Run Like Hell: DG's guitar and Roger's lyrics and that dramatic and superb "Catch you in the back seat bit" did what Young Lust failed to do; have a decent ending.

Shine On You Crazy Diamond- the whole thing... it might be about Syd but I actually did not know that when I first heard it and applied it in my own way. And why not. Superb end with the PF rhythm section in superb syncopation.

Set The controls -- possibly the first PF number I heard (either that or Fat Old Sun) but being 9 is a log time ago. What a trip... Er, not that I was tripping when 9 but I loved what I heard.

But wait. There's more... ;)

Julia Dream,Cumbaline,Echoes,Brain Damage,Shine on you(part1-5),Dogs,Hey you,Confortably Numb.

Set the controls for the heart of the sun

Several breeds of tiny puffy mammalians gathered together under a large, conventionally sized heater oven, innofesive to the conservative white british and jiving with an axe

I have a few late 60's / very early 70's live/ BBC sessions bootlegs which have great versions of 'Embryo', Green is the colour, Cymaline, Grantchester meadows, Fat old sun, Careful with that axe and the Narrow way. This is how i tend to think of Floyd and the songs which stay in my mind Echoes is just incredible and, for me, the peak of Pink floyd. I still like and enjoy PF lps after this time but (for me) there is Just something about the post Syd/pre Darkside which does it for me. 'Piper'/ Syd era Floyd has a magic of its own which went with Syd into his solo output (which i really love)

Kepler62 wrote: One Of These Days

All of them.