I say that whomever is speaking about PINK FLOYD is probably thinking of the super-POPpy chick with the pink hair.
On a different note: I would argue that Pink Floyd has affected a world of change in the music industry. Think of where music was moving in the 70s when they put out Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall. We were headed through the "pain" of the disco-era and this band - out of nowhere - comes up with the beauty and simplicity of Dark Side and then follows it up (albeit 5-or-6 years later) with one of the first "major" conceptual albums. I'm not forgetting "Tommy" by The Who so don't jump on that band-wagon.
I don't mind telling you that I will be 40 later this year and maybe the difference between the ideas here simply boils down to age. I was an 80's kid who really thought that all of the good music had been made until I turned about 25 and was turned on to some of the older stuff by Judas Priest, Richie Blackmore/Rainbow, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Rush, Kiss and others. Let me tell you that I was completely blown away with how the influence of all of those rockers seemed to meld into other bands like Bon Jovi, Warrant, Poison, Scorpions, Ratt, etc.
It's my feeling that the Pink Floyd era spawned more of the ethereal and mind-expanding rock like Queensryche (who we all know I adore), REM, U2, etc. In interviews that I've seen with members of Queensryce, they specifically named Pink Floyd as one of their major influences.
It's interesting insn't it, that we all seem to look differently at the same things and even look differently - after time has passed - at the things that we fought so passionately for in our younger years.
All-in-all, Rock is rock and I think that the influences of one band may not be seen immediately in another; but over time, when music is written and re-written by another band, you begin to see progressionary changes that often include influences from previous bands that may-or-may-not be within their genre. Pink Floyd's influence is very apparent...
Originally posted by ILUVQueensryche
I don't mind telling you that I will be 40 later this year and maybe the difference between the ideas here simply boils down to age. I was an 80's kid who really thought that all of the good music had been made until I turned about 25 and was turned on to some of the older stuff by Judas Priest, Richie Blackmore/Rainbow, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Rush, Kiss and others. Let me tell you that I was completely blown away with how the influence of all of those rockers seemed to meld into other bands like Bon Jovi, Warrant, Poison, Scorpions, Ratt, etc.It's my feeling that the Pink Floyd era spawned more of the ethereal and mind-expanding rock like Queensryche (who we all know I adore), REM, U2, etc. In interviews that I've seen with members of Queensryce, they specifically named Pink Floyd as one of their major influences.
It's interesting insn't it, that we all seem to look differently at the same things and even look differently - after time has passed - at the things that we fought so passionately for in our younger years.
All-in-all, Rock is rock and I think that the influences of one band may not be seen immediately in another; but over time, when music is written and re-written by another band, you begin to see progressionary changes that often include influences from previous bands that may-or-may-not be within their genre. Pink Floyd's influence is very apparent...
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I will turn 37 in a few months. I understood everything you said.
...very well written.
Originally posted by ILUVQueensrycheI did not say I didn't understand it.
I think you'll remember the person that referred to Pink Floyd as a "her"...Well, the first line of my posted was making reference to that post where I think the user was referring to PINK not PINK FLOYD.
You didn't get that? <grin> It made perfect sense to me!
I said it made no sense.
Quite a difference.
I may be young, but I am...usually...not a complete idiot.
Though AC might disagree. But then again he hates The Beatles.
I hate it when 309ers try to say music is timeless, while at the same time saying "You had to be there to appreciate it.". It makes me go a big, rubbery one, to quote Edward Norton's character in Fight Club.
If Pink Floyd simple didn't have the reputation they do, but had all the same music, how revered would they be today? Not very. If another band made U2's music, but they weren't U2, they'd not get a second look.
The benefit of not being from the eras of such overrated bands as The Beatles (Who I do like) and Pink Floyd is that you weren't caught up in the hype, you have a more objective view of their music.
I don't think Pink Floyd are bad, by any means.
Originally posted by ILUVQueensryche
Pink Floyd's influence is very apparent...
To you.
-AC
Woah man, you're so tough. How is it to be all hard-body all the fuking time? I wish I was like you, ready to fight as soon as somebody so much as looks at you the wrong way. What a way to live! "I kill a mutha fuka fo' givin me da peace sign!" Go sniff your pain killers then beat off to football highlights, you fuking meathead.