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Poll Question: Which Pink Floyd epic do you think is their greatest? Comment below.
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    Posted: June 14 2018 at 12:32
Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Echoes - Echoes - Echoes
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Originally posted by JediJoker7169 JediJoker7169 wrote:

Originally posted by Mortte Mortte wrote:

Well, I think in "Ummagumma" there are those four live tracks that are kind of "epics" also of course Sysyphus, the Narrow Way & the Grand Viziers Garden Party.

None of those is a (nearly-)sidespanning epic like the four listed here (and four are live recordings of previously released material). I guess my definition of "epic" may be more narrow than some here would use.
Well, I think they brought those four pieces really much further in those great live versions than they were in original studio versions...a saucerful is really great also in the studio, but that live anyway differs about it and is as great. Maybe those studio parts are more experimental entities than epics, but I find them also really great (well maybe not Masonīs part, but itīs ok).
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I have a softer spot on the less known Atom Heart Mother. Pink Floyd never replayed like that 
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Atom Heart Mother is OK, the others are all poor...
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Originally posted by Mortte Mortte wrote:

Well, I think in "Ummagumma" there are those four live tracks that are kind of "epics" also of course Sysyphus, the Narrow Way & the Grand Viziers Garden Party.

None of those is a (nearly-)sidespanning epic like the four listed here (and four are live recordings of previously released material). I guess my definition of "epic" may be more narrow than some here would use.
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Well, I think in "Ummagumma" there are those four live tracks that are kind of "epics" also of course Sysyphus, the Narrow Way & the Grand Viziers Garden Party.
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Originally posted by Rednight Rednight wrote:

From this list? Shine'.

Are there other epic-length tracks in the Pink Floyd studio canon? Not that I could discover.
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"Dogs" easily
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Atom Heart Mother!
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From this list? Shine'.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote hieronymous Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 08 2018 at 21:49
I voted for Shine On You Crazy Diamond because of the emotional weight behind it, plus the keyboard opus at the end, plus the iconic opening guitar line - I saw Pink Floyd in '88 in Tokyo and I remember them opening with that and it was just so mind-blowing lol Plus the backing vocals. It maybe doesn't get as (musically) heavy as Dogs or Echoes but it's also so epic that it's also the name of the album, in fact it seems to include everything on the album, whereas Dogs & Echoes are merely parts of a larger whole. 
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Echoes!
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Although Animals is my favourite Pink Floyd album, and Dogs is my favourite track on that album, Echoes is my favourite Pink Floyd track.
 
 
 
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Such a toss between "Echoes" and "Shine On" for me, sheesh. Ask me on a different day and I might have voted for "Echoes."
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

"Dogs" followed by "Echoes"...woof


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I like/admire PF but not the biggest fan---so Shine ON you........
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Echoes +1, again and again...
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Shine on
Dogs

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