Pink Floyd Survivor: Meddle - Round 1

[DaveC]

The winner of Atom Heart Mother is SUMMER '68!

Time for Meddle...

Votes:
Fat Old Sun - 10
Summer '68 - 3
Total votes: 13

Songs eliminated so far:
36. Fat Old Sun
35. If
34. Atom Heart Mother Suite
33. Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast
32. The Narrow Way
31. Grantchester Meadows
30. Sysyphus
29. The Grand Vizier's Garden Party
28. Green is the Colour
27. The Nile Song
26. Ibiza Bar
25. Cirrus Minor
24. Crying Song
=22. Main Theme
=22. Dramatic Theme
21. Up the Khyber
=18. More Blues
=18. A Spanish Piece
=18. Quicksilver
17. Party Sequence
16. Let There Be More Light
15. Jugband Blues
14. Remember a Day
13. A Saucerful of Secrets
12. Corporal Clegg
11. See-Saw
10. Astronomy Domine
9. Interstellar Overdrive
8. Flaming
7. Matilda Mother
=2. Take up Thy Stethoscope and Walk
=2. The Gnome
=2. Chapter 24
=2. The Scarecrow
=2. Bike
1. Pow R. Toc H.

Finalists:
Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Lucifer Sam
A Saucerful of Secrets - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
More - Cymbaline
Ummagumma - Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving With a Pict
Atom Heart Mother - Summer '68

 

[DaveC]

Seamus. The only bad song on this album.

 

[phanan]

A no brainer. Seamus.

 

[LemonMelon]

Meddle




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Oh, right...I voted for Seamus.

 

[cdisantis83]

Definitely Seamus. This one just might be unanimous.

 

[djerdap]

Meddle, definitely my favorite Pink Floyd album. I vote for San Tropez.

 

[GibsonGirl]

Seamus is terrible.

 

[Axver]

I really don't listen to this album enough. Seamus is easy here, but I'll have to give the album a play before the next round.

 

[cdisantis83]

The next series of rounds will be difficult. Here's how I would rank them, for anyone interested.

6. Seamus
5. San Tropez
4. Fearless
3. Pillow of Winds
2. Echoes
1. One of These Days

 

[Lancemc]

We're finally getting in to Floyd albums I have an interest in. Horray!

This one is one of my very favorites too. I really like Seamus, but it is the weakest here.

 

[Zoots]

The next series of rounds will be difficult. Here's how I would rank them, for anyone interested.

6. Seamus
5. San Tropez
4. Fearless
3. Pillow of Winds
2. Echoes
1. One of These Days

6. Seamus
5. San Tropez
4. Fearless
3. A Pillow Of Winds
2. One Of These Days
1. Echoes

 

[LemonMelon]

6. Seamus
5. Echoes
4. San Tropez
3. One Of These Days
2. A Pillow Of Winds
1. Fearless

Yes, I really don't find Echoes all that interesting. Every song is good though, Echoes and Seamus included.

 

[cdisantis83]

It may sound bizarre, but, in my opinion, One of These Days is probably Floyd's third best song. It has a maniacal energy about it that I have never heard in any other piece from Floyd, or, for that matter, any other band.

 

[lazarus]

We're finally getting in to Floyd albums I have an interest in. Horray!

This one is one of my very favorites too. I really like Seamus, but it is the weakest here.

Kind of feel the same way. I like AHM and Ummagumma but this is one that I actually listen to.

Probably their best album.

Seamus.

And I hope to god Fearless wins this. God, what an amazing song.

 

[Lancemc]

I sort of feel like this is Floyd's most sincere and enjoyable album by quite a wide margin actually. They haven't quite yet succumbed to the (IMO) more uninteresting art-rock self-importance of their later albums, but have just passed the equally uninteresting wacky or meandering exploits of previous albums.

Meddle FTMFW.

 

[LMP]

L-Mel, watch these videos:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mfgoVZswC4k
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TlR-9Cn14fs
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tlZp0KXSMF0

Echoes + 2001's Jupiter... section ftw.

 

[phanan]

I have no idea what I'll vote for after San Tropez. No idea at all.

 

[LemonMelon]

L-Mel, watch these videos:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mfgoVZswC4k
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TlR-9Cn14fs
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tlZp0KXSMF0

Echoes + 2001's Jupiter... section ftw.

That was an excellent fit. My favorite 2001 Space Odyssey vid will always be 2001 + Disorder.

 

[LMP]

That was an excellent fit. My favorite 2001 Space Odyssey vid will always be 2001 + Disorder.

Nice.

Pink Floyd syncs are the best. I loved the Sheep + Saving Private Ryan and The Wall + Alice in Wonderland syncs so much.

The Dark Side of the Moon + Wizard of Oz is still the golden standard though.

 

[Lancemc]

If you play any piece of music to any movie, there's bound to be some synchronization. It's simply following the laws of probability.

I rarely get too thrilled about it.

 

[LMP]

True, but some work alright, some don't, and then there's The Wizard of Oz.

 

[DaveC]

If you play any piece of music to any movie, there's bound to be some synchronization. It's simply following the laws of probability.

I rarely get too thrilled about it.

Agreed, in the case of Dark Side and Wizard of Oz.

The fact that Kubrick asked PF to do the soundtrack to 2001 (they contractually couldn't) might mean something here, though.

 

[Axver]

Yes, I really don't find Echoes all that interesting.

Yeah. Echoes is a good song, and I'd probably rank it second on this album (One Of These Days for the huge fucking win), but I've heard hundreds of better, more interesting epics.

 

[Aardvark747]

So much hate for Seamus!

Pillow of Winds!

 

[liamcool]

A Pillow Of Winds is an amazingly beautiful song.

Seamus gets my vote here, though.

 

[Screwtape2]

Seamus.

 

[Axver]

I just gave Seamus a listen as I haven't played it in a very long time. It was even worse than I remembered.

 

[Aardvark747]

I just gave Seamus a listen as I haven't played it in a very long time. It was even worse than I remembered.

That was my avatar's mother you know...