Come in Poll #49, your results are up (Pink Floyd ballot poll results)

sort of surprised to see both "mother" and "obscured by clouds" this low. this is gonna be interesting!

Wtf, I never noticed this before. Listening in Spotify, this isn't even in the same key. Is it just that the speed is messed up?

The version of "Money" on A Collection Of Great Dance Songs is a totally new recording. Capitol wouldn't release the rights to use it on the comp, so Gilmour re-recorded the whole thing himself - drums, keyboards, guitars, bass, etc. Dick Parry was called in again to duplicate the sax solo.

http://www.quartzcity.net/ilx/pf_poll/42-free_four.jpg

#42 - Free Four
162 points, 8 votes

http://youtu.be/zFAsAVj7bKc

So glam! Starts off sounding like "The Slider"-era T-Rex.

look at those happy dudes

Was wondering when one of my votes would show up. I was a big enough Pink Floyd nerd in high school that I used a line from "Free Four" as my senior quote in the yearbook. "The memories of a man in his old age are the deeds of a man in his prime." 23 years later, and I got zilch to recollect.

'any colour you like' ahead of 'money' is curious to me

look at those happy dudes

― mookieproof, Thursday, March 13, 2014 6:26 PM (4 minutes ago)

Yeah... kinda wish Dark Side flopped or had the same amount of success as Meddle et al, it would have been interesting seeing the band still be a cohesive unit for another ten years instead of becoming a Roger Waters backing band.

Didn't participate in the nominating thread or send in a ballot - as much as PINK FLOYD RULES, I haven't listened to them hard in years and years, and there's just too much catalogue (and too much real life also) to deal with. However, am excited and pleased about the results thread. Listening to the BBC bootleg right now. Extended "Fat Old Sun" was amazing.

http://www.quartzcity.net/ilx/pf_poll/41-hey_you.jpg

#41 - Hey You
175 points, 8 votes

http://youtu.be/TFjmvfRvjTc

(more results tomorrow)

worms ~~~> brain

"Free Four" rose high in my estimation upon heavy relistening to the Floyd oeuvre for this poll. better than "Spirit in the Sky"?

I used a Floyd quote from "The Gold It's In The..." for my yearbook. Should have a thread just compiling who used what Floyd line in senior year....

ACE graphic on hey you. The last 4 were on my ballot.

Goose eggs for me thus far. "Apples and Oranges" was a late cut, the only Barrett-era single I didn't vote for. Still rules regardless.

yeah, 'in the flesh?'! works great isolated as a song on it's own - when you're expecting a cymbal crash at the end you instead get a baby crying.

'any colour you like' ahead of 'money' is curious to me

"Any Colour You Like" ties the whole album together. It's the "Heaven Is A Truck" of Dark Side of the Moon. And yeah, as NTI says, it's still fresh and able to stand on two feet 40 years later.

"Money" I like for the solo/break, but the rest of the song was done better by the Easy All Stars..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9wxrhSqIhs

I had 'Any Colour' quite high on my ballot - I'd always liked it as part of the flow of the album but the last time I listened to DSOTM I really appreciated it as a piece in its own right. Naive Teen Idol otm re: the synth and the solo.

Yeah, I always forget about it (including for my ballot - duh), but that song really lets the bong hits flow.

easy allstars dsotm RULES, it has no business being so good but it just is

(I have listened to the Easy All Stars version way way more than I have ever listened to the real thing. Certainly in the past few years. God I love that record. It really does have no business being as good as it is.)

((Sorry, back to lurking))

You talking about Dub Side Of the Moon? I agree, it's a really good album.

Never a big fan of "Mother." I went through a roller coaster with "Hey You," as I loved it when I first heard it in my classic rock phase, got sick of hearing it on the radio every five minutes, and then started to love it again in the context of The Wall.

Still think this thread should have been called "And the POLLS ate into his brain!"

irl lol @ Hey You img

I coulda voted for "Mother": love the sound of the acoustic on those "rips", into e.g. "mother will they break my heart", don't know what to call them. & the solo is ~emotional~

"Mother" was a late cut for me, but definitely one of my favorite Gilmour solos. For that matter, one of Waters' better vocals (not that the competition is particularly stiff).

Just Waters and Gilmour on this; no Wright (Ezrin played keys), no Mason (Jeff Porcaro subbed).

Well, shit, I didn't know this:

For the film, the song was re-recorded completely with the exception of David Gilmour's guitar solo. The lyrics were rewritten by Roger and changed into a more narrative-oriented style to work as film music (example: "Is it just a waste of time?" became "Am I really dying?").

I had 'Any Colour' quite high on my ballot - I'd always liked it as part of the flow of the album but the last time I listened to DSOTM I really appreciated it as a piece in its own right. Naive Teen Idol otm re: the synth and the solo.

― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, March 14, 2014 6:50 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah, I always forget about it (including for my ballot - duh), but that song really lets the bong hits flow.

― how's life, Friday, March 14, 2014 6:56 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Any Colour... rated high on my ballot (though I neglected to really prioritize anything past the top 5 or so) because it was an early moment of the specific way that Floyd RULES for me, precisely from having let the bong rips flow prior to listening...it's such a huge sounding tune with a lot of changes in a very short amount of time...less than 3 min isn't? It's one of the songs I can hear just by imagining it.

http://www.quartzcity.net/ilx/pf_poll/39-cirrus_minor.jpg

TIE #39 - Cirrus Minor
180 points, 10 votes

http://youtu.be/Wwtc5I757Jc

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TIE #39 - A Pillow Of Winds
180 points, 9 votes

http://youtu.be/sctJuNYo59s

Voted for both! They really should be higher, A Pillow of Winds is so lush, I almost crashed my car after I was being lulled while listening to it at 2AM.

http://www.quartzcity.net/ilx/pf_poll/38-summer_68.jpg

#38 - Summer '68
183 points, 9 votes

http://youtu.be/uYLVbigYUfU

voted "cirrus minor" and "summer '68," both amazing, "summer '68" in particular is like a dizzying yet controlled hybrid of barrett and gilmour floyd

Honestly surprised to see "Summer '68" place. Happy as hell, but I didn't know anyone else really loved it.

Quick admin question: do folks want results over the weekend? Otherwise after I post the next few I can wait until Monday.

Trying to gauge how fast the roll-out should be.

I vote YES for weekend results.

also, GREAT photos!

keep 'em coming.

Quick admin question: do folks want results over the weekend? Otherwise after I post the next few I can wait until Monday.

Trying to gauge how fast the roll-out should be.

IMHO a faster pace would also be nice....

Would have had "A Pillow ..." and "Summer '68" on my ballot. Love those songs!

Only song I voted for from More was Nile Song. Hope it places. Oddly enough, I didn't have anything from Atom Heart Mother on my ballot... which was tough to achieve.

I had Summer '68 but no Pillow of Winds--forgot about it! Damn!

"Cirrus Minor" is top 5 for me, and "A Pillow of Winds" top 10. Glad that they have placed, but they deserve better placings. I expect that most of my faves will land outside the top 20 -- if placing at all.

Catching up...

Although I was again somewhat reticent due to its slightness as a composition (for instance, "Pillow..." was so slight that I just couldn't pull the trigger), "Summer '68" ended up being my #2.

Even as I've gone back and forth with Floyd over the years, the juxtaposition of Wright's soft vocals in the verse, the Association-esque "ba-ba-ba's" in the chorus and the brash "Day In the Life"/"Penny Lane" brass in the instrumental section has always resonated for me. And my fond memories of learning to play it on piano and mimicking those brass parts at 14 years old makes it something of a sentimental favorite.

"Cirrus Minor" (and much of More) is an example of the rather lovely bucolic (and melancholic) side of Floyd that was dominant in the immediate post-Syd era but popped up a number of times over the years. Like a lot of posters I imagine, I discovered it on Relics. It's always reminded me of a graveyard outside a small British church in the summertime. It was #6 for me which feels way too high.

Agree that Waters' vocal on "Mother" is great – tho I think Dave's steals the show on the "Hush now baby baby..." section.

If I can follow an Eagles thread through eight weekends, I can certainly turn some brief attention to Floyd on a Saturday.

^^Well, yeah.

what did Don 'n' Glenn think of the Floyd?