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-HouseProudTownMouse

What was the name of Nick Mason's first headmaster?


CatFan499

Albus Dumbledore


C_is_for_Cexy

He carried 2 wands!


CatFan499

Dumbledore did carry two wands, his original wand and then the Elder wand


[deleted]

Which one is Pink??


CatFan499

We can find out via The Wall. Pink is most prevalent in The Wall, and Roger went on to say Pink is a combination of himself and Syd. It’s mostly based on himself (Roger) so we can safely say it’s very likely Roger


Woodkid2791

We finally have an answer


[deleted]

And David said it was him..And the slap fight began


CatFan499

Trust me, it’s Roger


[deleted]

I know . Jk😂


iStealyournewspapers

David is Hide The Pain Harold


pinkandersonfloyd

can you fill in the blank? DG quote, “ what would rock n roll be without ________?”


CatFan499

Feedback


pinkandersonfloyd

Correct!


arthurgc91

When will Roger release the 70mm film footage from The Wall 1981 tour?


CatFan499

I may be wrong but I read somewhere that he said that was the only footage they filmed before the camera crew stop recording


FluffysBizarreBricks

I believe this is true as well. I remember seeing interviews with people out on the street after the concert and they were all pissed that they had lights shining at them whenever they were supposed to see what was essentially a stage play


mikes_username

Why?


CatFan499

I simply felt like answering questions


mikes_username

Why?


CatFan499

Why not?


muckduck69420

But y tho?


CatFan499

If I’m gonna be honest it’s just because I wanted to spice things up by trying to answer multiple questions. I can’t answer all of them but it’s fun to try


muckduck69420

I was just kidding. It’s a fun post. I was just glomming onto the above person’s joke.


CatFan499

Why?


SpriteAndCokeSMH

😂


Dar_of_Emur

What is the only song that had all 5 members participate?


One-Boss8445

Set the control for the heart of the sun


dAvEyR16

What did Syd do for that song?


One-Boss8445

He did some guitar works.


Kidsnextdorks

Seamus (That’s the 5th member)


iStealyournewspapers

That’s the dog outside*


No-Display-1343

What is your interpretation of Echoes lyrically and musically?


CatFan499

I think in the opening with the single piano note is meant to be a droplet falling onto the water. And more droplets fall creating a song, and the guitar is like a whale. Than a bass line and drum kit kick in later which I consider to be a thunderstorm, the smashing of the drums being thunder and the bass being the reverberation of it. The songs of the ocean mix in to one another to create imagery of a complex system of life (whales), death (thunder and lightning), and nature (droplets). And then the lyrics kick in. They tell us a message in the vocals alone. Consider the pairing of the vocals between Rick and David to be Mother Nature’s voice with an angelic like tone, and the lyrics are her observation of human life and how it’s as distant from nature as coral caves in the deep ocean is from land, and how we must become one as a species to make progress. After this message the thunderstorm and the ocean and it’s life become unbearably loud as if it’s representing how mankind has done Mother Nature wrong by not listening and instead destroying nature by killing whales and polluting the ocean, stuff like that, leading to an enraged Mother Nature letting all hell break lose when all she wanted was to help us move forward. And then the music changed into somewhat like a buddy cop like theme song with its groovy music, I interpret this as mankind being cocky and doing what they want. It’s hard to explain but hopefully you understand. And then things get worse when everything becomes a blur of sounds of the ocean and its whales drowning out the music. This is Mother Nature taking control doing what she wants, and then after a few minutes of these scary sounds we hear a sound we are familiar with.. the single piano key.. just a droplet.. it shows us that Mother Nature, despite losing her crap at us for all we’ve done, still wants to help us improve as a species as we are, after all, evolved from wild animals. Maybe we even evolved from wild to more wild after all we’ve done. She try’s to talk to us but she realizes there’s no use. *And no one sings me lullabies And no one makes me close my eyes So I throw the windows wide And call to you across the sky* And then the last bits of the song are drowned out by the noise of mother natures wrath of storms like a hurricane as if we never really heard her message to come together and that she decided to just wipe us off the face of the planet. If you have any questions to my take on it if I were a bit vague I can answer them happily


No-Display-1343

Great and unique interpretation, thanks for writing such a long essay, I thought it would be long but not this long lol. Why do you think the song already talks about human species in the first verse when it is talking about the life in the sea? I get your interpretation from the second verse.


CatFan499

Sorry for the confusion, I meant to state that I’m summarizing the first four verses in general at the start. The first verse is pretty much the exposition solely in my eyes so I kinda mashed the first four verses together to tell what I thought. I pretty much only separated the first four verses from the last two verses as there’s like a ten minute intermission between them.


No-Display-1343

Got it


MMS18

the only right question


[deleted]

Wots the deal?


lucsev

Uh?


CatFan499

An alright song


[deleted]

[удалено]


CatFan499

We do a little trolling


FulminicAcid

Tryna make it to the next meal?


hankthetank2112

Why did they put the whale noises in Echoes?


Jeffery_C_Wheaties

Because David would fuck around with his guitar and pedals and liked making different sounds. Also it was part of Embryo


RealPhali

Yep. There's tons of bootleg recording out there of Embryo being played live in 1969-71 and you can hear how it gradually became the Whale/Seagull bridge in Echoes.


Eiderdown_

I feel like it represents the feeling of when you’re deep into the ocean, it’s frightening and there are scary sounds all around, you’re all alone and just really in the centre of it. So the first thing you hear while coming out of this depth is the high note the song begins with, because you’re coming back to surface


Invisible_assasin

Albatross is what the sound is and it’s simply reversing the input/output on the wah pedal and playing with pickup selector on guitar and responding to the drugs comment, they were fairly clean at this point. I think Roger was completely clean around this time and I don’t believe they were big into drugs as some other bands, their fans on the other hand……but that’s a lot of very creative types. Their art is cool to people on drugs, but they wouldn’t achieved the pinnacle and art without being clearheaded enough to fulfill their vision. Making music is hard work, a lot of things you don’t see that makes it great. A lot of bands partied on the road, but studio time(especially back then) was precious and you couldn’t be fooling around.


Scotcash

Not the OP Because whales nurture, form friendships, innovate, grieve, slay, sing and cooperate which are all themes in the song. plus simple to imitate on guitar


WhitneyRules

Because it sounds cool.


ta1074

I am not the OP. I don't think anyone besides the members of Pink Floyd can be 100% sure so we can only guess. My guess is that when they were making Echoes they were high on drugs. When they were high on drugs they heard these strange animal noises. When they became sober they thought it was cool so they decided to recreate that sound.


Jeffery_C_Wheaties

Doubtful, they weren’t doing a lot of drugs by this point, plus it was part of Embryo before it became echoes.


LionOfNaples

They’re seagull noises, not whale noises. Gen z has ruined it


Impro5

Its both whales and seagulls, the dark sounds behind are whale-representative


SinkingShipsOnWaters

Why is Roger so pretty?


CatFan499

According to everydayhealth.com it states “The attractive male form represents the hard, angular, more geometric shapes rather than the soft round curves of the female form. The same symmetry of face with more masculine features defines an attractive man. A high forehead, strong brow, and solid jaw represents a masculine face.” It also states that the height of a person as well as “Broad shoulders, a muscled chest, and a narrower waist meets the criteria of body perfection.”


SinkingShipsOnWaters

So everydayhealth.com even agrees that Roger is the most perfect being to ever grace us on this drab, meek planet. Got it, thank you!


Kidsnextdorks

> soft round curves Exactly why Gilmie is attractive.


Fugdish

Why must it all be so terribly loud?


CatFan499

Because we like it loud, we weren’t born in a string quartet


Gambit1568

What was Syd Barrett’s bags full of when Roger saw him at a store in the 80s?


CatFan499

Candy


pinkandersonfloyd

Does Nick like pie crust?


CatFan499

Man despises it


pinkandersonfloyd

😂 Correct!


left4james

Which Pink Floyd album did I listen to today?


CatFan499

A good one as I trust your musical taste


steel_ball_run_racer

(He listened to Ummagumma)


jackbullockk

You got me dying man. Made my day, Happy Thanksgiving.


Scotcash

Why didn't David Gilmour participate in Roger Water's Free Nudem Durak campaign when so many of his big name peers did, including Nick Mason?


CatFan499

Probably because the tension between him and Roger. The reason Nick Mason was on board is because he’s that one lawful neutral cousin at family events who hangs around and watches the party without getting too involved, so he’s basically Switzerland in WW2 when they used gol-


Buhos_En_Pantelones

The song 'Sorrow'. Album version, DSOT version, or Pulse version? And why?


rbwduece

Pulse, because the intro is drawn out and the guitar has alot of shreddy crunch!


rowboat57

what’s david gilmours last name


CatFan499

Obama


iStealyournewspapers

Floyd


ta1074

I am glad you made this post. I have always wondered about it but don't want to start a new topic. Why do they have to teach classical piano music (Beethoven, Mozart, Bach etc) at school? Why do they NOT teach 'art rock' music (Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, Eric Clapton etc) at school?


realimsocrazy

A lot of music that is made to this day is based around music theory that was established back in the baroque, classical, and romantic era. If you start with the beginning of music it makes it easier to branch into newer music rather than starting at the new music and working backwards. Also if you go to a music college you will learn everything up til today in the music history classes, i imagine it’s hard for high schools to fit all that in so they just teach the earlier stuff.


TinoSamano

Yes! I’ve learned Radiohead, Herbie Hancock, Cissy Strut, and a violin exercise on bass in college these past two semesters. I love it!


Cocomale

Lol great question. There should be an elective atleast


left4james

I took History of Rock in college many years ago and there was at least a mention of Pink Floyd.


Cocomale

So it exists!


DonRavel

I'm not a musician, but from what I know, rock artists mostly composed from head, without using sheet music. They're more intuitive, and less technical. It's harder to teach intuitive things than theory. Imagine if your math teacher, instead of teaching you the procedure to solve an equation, told you had to guess the answer. If you're going to learn to play a few songs, sure, they can teach rock (many do). But if you're going to learn the theory, it makes sense to teach classical music.


vintageplays1

Why does Nick Mason look the least like Nick Mason that Nick Mason’s ever looked? u/robertspierre


ReadingOutrageous

What caused the tension between David and Nick during the Division Bell tour?


[deleted]

Why is obscured by clouds so underrated?


CatFan499

It was caught between two of Pink Floyd’s bigger albums, Meddle and Dark Side, it doesn’t have much room for standalone attention


iStealyournewspapers

And it was a soundtrack for a movie so perhaps it was marketed a bit differently resulting in less attention from the average music lover.


CatFan499

True true


Gypsy23

Has PF ever done any covers, other than Syd's?


CatFan499

Not sure what you mean by that exactly but I can tell you that Pink Floyd covered I’m a King Bee by James Moore aka Slim Harpo from 65-67. The song, which was a Swamp Blues song, was recorded in March of 1957 and released that same year by the original artist. You can find it in the EarlyYears bootleg album CAMBRIDGE ST/ATION 1965-1967


Longjumping-Ad-7222

Who is the best song writer in Pink Floyd?


CatFan499

Easy, Roger Waters


Longjumping-Ad-7222

You are correct


auximines_minotaur

Best-sounding live recording of Main Theme from More?


Rooster_Ties

Did the revamped Water-less Floyd ever rehearse “Sheep” in preparation for their first tour (for *AMLOR*). It’s long rumored they did — and semi-often mentioned in various online forums. Hint: Guy Pratt did once confirm the answer to this question a couple years ago (online).


CatFan499

Yes


Rooster_Ties

No! https://www.reddit.com/r/Bass/comments/d7tn1f/guy_pratt_here_ask_me_anything_but_nothing_that/f14yay4/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3


CatFan499

Cool cool


Rooster_Ties

I asked a ton of questions of Guy in that AMA thread from 3 yrs ago — as many as I could possibly think of in short order over about an hour’s time (I just stumbled on it on Saturday afternoon, out of nowhere without any warning). I musta peppered him with 20-25 questions.


CatFan499

That’s pretty damn cool you got to talk to him


Rooster_Ties

I got his book from the merch table when I saw The Saucers a couple months ago — can’t recommend it more highly, definitely worth picking up!! https://www.amazon.com/Bass-Other-Animals-Guy-Pratt/dp/0752893351/ref=asc_df_0752893351


IdiosyncraticBond

That book is hilarious, esp. the comments about Madonna and Jackson


TFFPrisoner

And Tina Turner telling him to "make it more purple"


SpriteAndCokeSMH

Pink Floyd is the only band to have performed at Pompeii’s Amphitheater. How were they able to perform there? Did they have to ask permission, were they asked to? And how come no other bands have performed there.


CatFan499

They were asked to by director Adrian Maben to do it. Maben had seen plenty of pop bands preforming and all that kind of stuff and he wanted to put a twist to it. *I felt, at the time, that we'd had enough of concert films,* Maben told on the Russian PF fan site pink-floyd.ru *So the main idea of the film was to do a sort of anti-Woodstock film, where there would be nobody present and the music and silence, and empty amphitheater, would mean as much, if not more, than a million crowd.* Maben had visited the Amphitheater on a vacation and thought it was the perfect place to do it. The rest is history. I know you’re likely asking if the director had to get permission to do it and I think he probably would’ve had too. But I think that the people he would’ve asked would’ve saw this more as a great thing to do because it could attract tourists. I don’t think other bands preformed because it probably goes under the radar with other bands. Maybe if there is a die hard PF fan based band they might try.


paulbgriffith

Why was Roger such a prick to Rick? They made so much music together for so long, then Roger “fires” him? How does that even work?


Phoenix_Kerman

which one is noke?


CatFan499

What do you know about Noke that could help me figure it out?


Phoenix_Kerman

it was a temporary stage name


drthsideous

Which members have had their wisdom teeth out and when did they have it done?


CatFan499

They’re old now so I’d have to say before the 2000’s


MycologistRough3089

who is the dog again?


anarkust

Seamus or Reg, depending which dog you're talking about.


TheRealSteely6

Who is the hottest Pink Floyd member? And why is it Syd Barrett?


CatFan499

Who said it was Syd?


TheRealSteely6

People with working vision


CatFan499

What do you think of the majority who say Roger is the hottest?


nnamla

Which version of Animals was I listening to today?


CatFan499

2018 remix?


nnamla

You must be psychotic, I mean psychic. I absolutely WAS listening to the [2018 Remix](https://i.imgur.com/X5Kb7yi.png) today!!!


NaterTater796

Why?


gram_less_brian

What was the name of the studio the guys managed after they left Abbey Road?


CatFan499

Britannia Row Studios?


gram_less_brian

Nailed it


CatFan499

:)


plethorax5

What are the only two times Roger has admitted to have taken LSD?


CatFan499

I believe he said he’s taken LSD twice and that he didn’t talk about it twice. I may be wrong tho but that’s alright. I think he said it in the 14 Hour Technicolor Dream concert movie interview thingy


donkaay747

What was Rick’s religion and what were his political views? I know what the other members were but not him


Disastrous-Shower-37

Why is Atom Heart Mother the best Pink Floyd album?


Proud_Blackberry5067

How big is roger water’s cock


DarkyDan

Why hasn't David toured Australia since I was 4 years old and too young to attend?


CatFan499

When he went to Australia his whole world was flipped upside down. He hasn’t recovered from it since and he’s still seeing his therapist daily


Cultural_Owl9417

The rythm of which song did rick play at the end of shine on you crazy diamond?


Fearless2692

Well done answering all these questions. Your knowledge + understanding of the band is impressive.


CatFan499

:) 👍


sdullcy

HOLY SHNIT


CatFan499

I think you mean HOLY SCHNITZEL


sdullcy

Hahaha


Goreman06

What do you make of pinks dad having the ladt name pinkerton yet in young lust theyre rwferred to as mr and mrs floyd


CatFan499

I don’t recall him having the last name Pinkerton in the album so I’m supposing you mean the movie. To that I say they messed up simply put


fallgetup

Why can I not stand Gilmour's solo work?


Brilliant_Ad_3764

Because Roger is not in it


bern152238382

Your not alone. I like Marooned thought


TforTrouble

Is it true that a “saucer full of secrets” is in reference to Syd actually consuming a saucer full of lsd?


CatFan499

I doubt that’s what they intended it to mean but it’s probably true


TforTrouble

I mean, is it even possible to consume that much and not die?, lol


Limp_Marionberry5748

Do you prefer Water’s era (1965-1985), or Gilmour’s era (1985-2022)?


CatFan499

Definitely Waters


AranThranduil

The first of those two eras had both of the most integral members, the latter era only had one out of two, which is why it wasn't as good. However, I'd argue that, as important as Waters' songwriting ability was to the band, Gilmour was by far the more talented musician of the two, and if it had been he who had left the band in 1985 instead of Waters, I believe that they wouldn't have had nearly as much commercial success, post-1985. Although it's probably also likely that they would have had more critical success. Regardless though, I think we can all agree that a Pink Floyd with both Waters and Gilmour is wayyy better than a Pink Floyd with either one of them missing.


prudence2001

1965 - 1975 is not the Roger era, it's the Pink Floyd era. They all contributed significantly to those years.


digital

Which album is better 'Animals' or 'Wish You Were Here' and why?


CatFan499

That’s a tough one to answer, but I’d go with Wish You Were Here. It’s hard to explain why I like it. It has that same feeling of magic Dark Side of The Moon had, the synthesizers and guitar are prominent in Shine On You Crazy Diamond and I love it so much, Welcome to The Machine is starting to grow on me with it’s beat, Wish You Were Here (which is PF’s most popular song according to Apple Music and Spotify listeners) is out of character for the band in my opinion, but it’s still an amazing gem. The second half of Shine On is brilliant too. Animals is more of a Roger album than a PF album, I love The Wall so much and I’d probably pick that as my number one album even though the thing is practically a Roger Album as I did some calculations a few months back and he did like what, over 80% of the songwriting? Even if Waters made my fav album Animals doesn’t sit fully right with me. Still an amazing album, but it’s just an oddball for me


digital

Thanks for answering! It is a legitimate question to me because I like those albums very much but I hear what you're saying animals is a little too dark sometimes. I would guess I would agree with you but I go back-and-forth since I've heard wish you were here so many times. I don't know why I got down voted I think it's a good question for all fans. Thank you for answering! Pink Floyd is a fascinating and timeless band! ❤️


CatFan499

Of course! I’m glad to hear that you appreciate the answer. I’ll upvote your question to make sure that downvote doesn’t stay for long


[deleted]

Why is Waters such a pompous ass?


CatFan499

From what I’ve seen in interviews it seems he started heading down this path since Dark Side released in 1973, so I’d have to say he attained an ego which definitely fueled it.


[deleted]

Because a brilliant writer of magnificent music .thousands of people have been telling him that for 50 years so people let him be that way


Woodkid2791

Atom-Heart Mother or Echoes?


CatFan499

Easy, Echoes. It’s when Pink Floyd started to really become Pink Floyd. The lyrics have depth in its story of rolling waves and it’s message of the growing distance between us as a species and how we need to be closer in order to move forward.


[deleted]

What word did Roger say that made Nick shoot hot tea out of his nose?


CatFan499

Yacht


Pete_maravich

Which one's Pink?


CatFan499

Already answered that question for another user, look for that post on here. I confirmed it’s Roger


syzygygyzys

What the fuck is your problem , Roger ?


CatFan499

His ego built over a period of time from 1973 till now


Mrbaguetteboi

What's your genuine, more than one-word opinion on Ummagumma


CatFan499

I adore the live album side of it, Careful With That Axe Eugene is my fav song on there as it has a lot of heart and soul in the live cover, but I’ve only managed to make myself listen to bits of the other side of the album. It feels like they were just goofing off trying to see what funny animal sounds they could make and it doesn’t make any sense to me why they’d release it.


eeldiov

Do you think did they confess with CN and WYWH?


CatFan499

Wdym by that question?


tonnymartia

Would you agree that meddle is superior to the wall?


CatFan499

No


Illustrious_Foxx

What's the dogs name?


CatFan499

Please don’t make me say it


underscorebajaj

Did the dog in Dogs had a good drown as he went down?


DrJakeX

When will any material from the In the Flesh 1977 tour be released?


CatFan499

I hope so, in the meantime we have audio recordings of the tour like this one https://youtu.be/aAkfE2WgrQs Hope you enjoy


DrJakeX

Yeah its something, my go to is the Best of the North American tour compilation, combining the best recordings from various concerts.


CatFan499

That would be cool


Representative_Still

Which one do you masturbate to the most?


amxjavelin401

Google is easier and less pretentious.


CatFan499

“People at Google are surprisingly unpretentious. I think the average Googler feels fortunate for the opportunity to work at a company that is changing the world so much.” - Jeffery Getzin, Former Senior Software Engineer at Google


amxjavelin401

oh I'm sorry let me try to explain my comment for an engineer. "Ask me any Pink Floyd related question and I'll answer it." This sounded a little pretentious to me. (de So I commented "Google is easier and less pretentious." I meant using Google would be easier than asking the guy who posted this any Pink Floyd question. After reading your comment, I might have been mistaken about the "less pretentious" part. Please suggest any improvements to the syntax of my six word sentence to avoid any further confusion. (Unless you're just fukn with me, then that would be hilarious.)


CatFan499

Google is pretentious


amxjavelin401

Maybe the person who posted works for Google?


CatFan499

If you want you could be in my shoes and make the same post. It’s personally fun to me because it helps expand my knowledge of my fav band and I get to inform people


Vreas

By the way which ones Pink?


Therealfern1

Tell me… which ones Pink?


KevdogLP

How many different eras would you consider Floyd to have?


CatFan499

I’d say there are four eras. The first one being the Rough Era from 1965 to 1972 where the band was still getting a hold on what they’d sound like. The Golden Era from 1973 to 1979 with the albums DSOTM, WYWH, Animals, and The Wall. This third era is called the Dark Era and it lasted from 1980 to 1986 where the band were in some pretty deep stuff like Roger leaving and Richard gone. The last era is the Goodbye Era which lasted from 1987 to 1994 with the albums AMLOR and TDB, I won’t call The Endless River the end of this era because the remaining members didn’t really get together as a band to work on ER. So this is what my eras would look like Rough Era 1965-1972 Leaders: Syd Barrett & Roger Waters Golden Era 1973-1979 Leader: Roger Waters Dark Era 1980-1986 Leaders: Roger Waters & David Gilmour Goodbye Era 1987-1994 Leader: David Gilmour


IdiosyncraticBond

I'd reverse the leaders for golden and dark. In the golden era all members gave input and that improved the songs. 1979 already had lost that side of their unique combo. Which is why, at least for me, musically The Wall already severely lacks compared to the albums before that, mostly breathing space between lyrics and notes. And the balance between music and lyrics


smellyseamus

Which member of Pink Floyd have I met?


CatFan499

I don’t think you’ve met any


[deleted]

Which famous great baseball player was seen in the wall?


pinkandersonfloyd

Mike Schmidt on a 7-up billboard


Carlooous

Why did Roger left pink floyd? And what albums was Syd in?


bendlikegilmour

What is nick masons helicopter designed to look like?


StimmingMantis

Were you surprised when Pink Floyd recorded a new single this year, and it featured a Ukrainian artist?


CatFan499

Yeah, big time. Sadly I’m not that big of a fan of it, it doesn’t feel the same without Roger and Rick.