The Piper At the Gates of Dawn - the songs' poll
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Topic: The Piper At the Gates of Dawn - the songs' poll
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Subject: The Piper At the Gates of Dawn - the songs' poll
Date Posted: February 13 2021 at 05:11
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Here are all the songs from Pink Floyd's psych-pop debut LP (1967), arranged in a poll. Brilliant album, much underrated and sometimes neglected for reasons I do not comprehend. |
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 13 2021 at 06:41
I'm heading into Interstellar Overdrive at Max Factor 7! 
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 13 2021 at 07:26
| the opening song |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: February 13 2021 at 07:33
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Astronomy or Interstellar. Either or. Today, Domine dominates. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Intruder
Date Posted: February 13 2021 at 07:42
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Piper was my intro to the Floyd waaaay back - loved it but always felt that some of the other tracks came off as weirdness for the sake of weirdness, but Chapter 24 - yikes! Chilling stuff for a little kid to take in, eh? Then Scarecrow brings us back to the fun. ------------- I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there..... |
Posted By: Hiram
Date Posted: February 13 2021 at 07:42
| Today it's Matilda Mother ever so slightly over Astronomy Domine for me, but I really like them all. |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: February 13 2021 at 08:26
I guess Astronomy Domine and Interstellar Overdrive are going to take this away so I am going to the other end of the spectrum of their music, privileging the humour (because 97% of prog bands lack that completely - don't hesitate to contradict me  ). I ride a Bike! ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: February 13 2021 at 08:33
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I can't vote. They're uniformly awful. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Braka1
Date Posted: February 13 2021 at 08:57
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Matilda Mother was always my favourite, but Chapter24, Astronomy Domine and Lucifer Sam aren't far behind. ------------- Believe me Pope Paul, my toes are clean |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: February 13 2021 at 09:03
 You're exaggerating... You don't know it yet, but you really like Scarecrow! ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Hercules wrote:Posted By: Tancos
Date Posted: February 13 2021 at 09:44
| "Bike" is the only one I like, but I like it a lot. |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: February 13 2021 at 10:35
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Pow R. Toc H. Second choice would be Lucifer Sam, followed by Bike and Astronomy Domine. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: February 13 2021 at 11:23
Absolutely but the whole album is incredible ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 13 2021 at 13:11
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Interstellar ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: AZF
Date Posted: February 13 2021 at 13:45
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The one I've got the better memories since the early nineties is Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk. Probably as close as what they were doing live at the time. As much as Interstellar Overdrive. The Syd stuff is overshadowed by Astronomy Domine. And yet better Syd songs came solo. "Late Night","WOLFPACK"! |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: February 13 2021 at 13:57
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Interstellar but Astronomy is ok also....neither of Floyds first 2 lp's did a lot for me though they are 'fun'. They came out when I was still in high school and for most of us in Indiana they w ere under the radar. I didn't really get into Floyd until '69 at college and it was Umma and Atom heart then Meddle. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: February 13 2021 at 15:27
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Overdrive just over Mother. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: February 13 2021 at 15:40
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Love Barrett era |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: February 13 2021 at 18:12
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The first one they ever put on an album is one of their best. The album is a bit uneven but I love more than half of it. Pow R Toc H is big fun, and Bike was a surprise winner on Nick Mason's recent tour. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: February 13 2021 at 19:29
| Astronomy Domine, easily, followed by Interstellar Overdrive... though I prefer the live version from the Early Years box set. Barrett era Floyd is hit or miss for me, though I do like Lucifer Sam and Matilda Mother too. |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: February 14 2021 at 03:12
| Always found the entire album brilliant but my favourite track is Interstellar. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: February 14 2021 at 03:34
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IO. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Spacegod87
Date Posted: February 14 2021 at 03:43
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Really? No votes for The Gnome or Flaming? Naww, well I love them both, but I'll choose The Gnome. What an adorable, fun little song  ------------- Levitating downwards, atomic feedback scream. |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: February 14 2021 at 16:57
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Brilliant album of great historical value, plenty of Syd's genius and psychedelia. Astronomy domine +1 ------------- 
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Posted By: Ronstein
Date Posted: February 15 2021 at 01:42
| Probably a different answer every day, but I've got a soft spot for Matilda Mother. Probably Syd's zenith. |
Posted By: Machinemessiah
Date Posted: February 15 2021 at 10:02
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My favorite historically is Flaming. I also got lots of love for Scarecrow. Now arriving from vacations, and a series of listening sessions with my pal, (a potential proghead with very good prospects I must say.. -Can you believe he even made up a little proggy dance for 'Riding the Scree'? disclaimer: we were not sober), we gave a listen to 'Piper' and that strange and broken guitar on Lucifer Sam left me greatly impressed.Going with Scarecrow anyway... inconceivable it has no votes!  |
Posted By: The Anders
Date Posted: February 15 2021 at 11:34
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I love most songs on the album (except "Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk"). My vote went to "Bike". Wonderfully weird lyrics. |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: February 15 2021 at 11:55
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This is a great album. There are many tracks that deserve votes, making it hard to pick just one. The natural favourite is "Interstellar Overdrive", but I've always had a particular fondness for "Lucifer Sam", so it gets my vote. ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: February 15 2021 at 12:01
I know a person called "Gerald", and I always think of the song whenever I hear the name. ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: February 15 2021 at 12:11
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^ BTW, my association of the name "Gerald" with the song "Bike" goes back further than any possible association of the name "Gerald" with the album "Thick As A Brick". ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: February 15 2021 at 13:23
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Voted for gNome -------------  
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 15 2021 at 14:20
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Interstellar Overdrive. ------------- 
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