Pink Floyd one of the Best Band in 1970s
The one of the best bands of 1970s is Pink Floyd which is formed in England and became famous because of their experimental and highly philosophical psychedelic rock tunes. They were one of the greatest rock tunes in the world having the leaders of progressive rock movement. So in this article, We'll listing down the 20 best songs of Pink Floyd which we can listen.
Comfortably Numb
Comfortably Numb is one of the best song of Pink Floyd's because i think with the help of this song the Pink Floyd's recognized and start their career. It’s featuring one of the best guitar solos constantly.
Before the concert Roger Walter, the singer of this song feeling extremely painful stomach cramps backstage. Roger Walter have two choices either take medicine or cancel the show, so he took the medicine and played the whole concert. In fact, he is not feeling his hands while singing at the stage but with feeling Numb he sang the song in front of the audience.
Wish You Were Here
This track is from 1975, which is comes from the Wish You Were Here title track album. In the beginning of Wish You Were Here feels like it would scan from the old radio stations which is featuring a main overdub on David Gilmour’s guitar riffs for a lo-fi effect. The best thanks to the emotions conveyed by the band is the tune. The marks line of the song is We're only two lost souls swimming in the fish bowl., years is a direct gesture to Syd Barrett.
Time
This is the last song of the band with receiving all the four members a creative credit. The intro of the song starts with a long part of ticking clocks to breaking into a alarm ringing, Obviously, David Gilmour gives the guitar solo. In fact, the fans think that this is one of their song as a perfect regardless underlying gathering being fairly"meh".
Echoes
With the help of Echoes Pink Floyd tracked down their identity again after the flight of Syd Barrett who came just after the band created some distance from Abbey Road after signing the deal with EMI. This is credited to all the four members who show their creative and technical abilities with the best collaborative works. The whole song takes 23 minutes altogether, however, every bit of the song gives solid and pure Pink Floyd which gives the whole backside of the Meddle album.
Money
In the United States, the Pink Floyd Song Money was become the first big hit. It was peaking on 13 number on the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time 10 number in Cash Box Magazine. The striking feature of the song has to be loop of the cash- related sound that shows up all though the song. includes cash registers and coins. The solo of Gilmour’s guitar on the song made him Guitar World’s list of The Greatest Guitar Solos by survey. it differs the Pink Floyd’s normal material which primarily focused on insanity, paranoia, and the meaning of life, which contributed their success at the side of the pond.
Mother
Pink's problems came back as a Mother which tells the story of a single mother who was overprotective and made him cut off from everywhere. In the song, Pink and his mother talk to each other because she helps him to build his wall. Additionally, it gives him many time signatures that tell about the song's emotions whereas also features another outstanding guitar solo by Gilmour.
High Hopes
The Division Bell is one of the last tracks of Pink Floyd’s 1994 album. Before their break that ended in 2022, had high expectations with Pink Floyd’s final original recordings, mainly dealing with the past occasions that influence the future with an understanding of those things that come from age. However, it tells about the intelligent nature of the Pink Floyd group at that point which returns back to the roots of the band's pre-1970s music.
Run Like Hell
In 1980 Run Like Hell was released as a single but in the beginning it was released as part of The Wall. It is the last song written by both David Gilmour and Roger Waters and also the last song recorded by the four members of Pink Floyd that gives the vibes of the 1970s. Run Like Hell is also telling the tale of Pink.
Welcome To The Machine
Welcome to the Machine was written by Roger Waters in order to express the feelings of his ad his bands towards the music industry. It is the real sound that describes the music industry condition that always demands from their employees more and more. For the Machine financial success always trumps creativity.
Pigs (Three Different Ones)
Pigs and Animals was an album that gives no different than be furious against everyone and everything. The three pigs which were discussed in the song is actually the three peoples in which Roger Waters always remembered to be the people at the highest point of the social ladder. Each three verses describe the three different "pigs “like the first pig being a general businessman, the other referring to Margaret Thatcher and the third one directed at Mary Whitehouse. The song ran less than 12 minutes on the album. But in live concert it goes through for more than 20 minutes. It is giving the great energy and forceful song that has more worth than a listen.
Shine On You Crazy Diamond
If David Gilmour describe one of their Pink Floyd’s song as the purest form of their music that's mean the song is actually good. One of the band's song Shine On You Crazy Diamond is nine parts long that runs nearly 26 minutes in total. Basically, it is the tribute to the Syd Barrett a founding member and also recorded as Syd because he is dealing with the some very challenging mental health problems. That's Funny enough, On the day when the band was mixing the song which is written for him the Barrett went to Abbey Road.
Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)
Actually, the song Another Brick in The Wall is a three-part verses song by Pink Floyd called The Wall Part 2. Because it is part that finds radio play on standard rock stations today. It was one of the song's parts that was delivered mainly to protest that stood against corporal punishment and oppressive school systems. The children's ensemble in the song adds an additional layer to the song which makes the song more genuine. This song definitely deserves some pudding because it was nominated for the Grammy Award, is of the list of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and also sold more than four million copies all over the world.
Dogs
Due to the massive success of Wish You Were Here (which came before Dogs) and The Wall (released right after Dogs). One of the great songs of Pink Floyd Dogs that got buried on their Animals album. This was basically a social commentary that is for Animals' theme of describing the various gatherings in the public eye. On the album, the Dogs was one of the most breathtaking albums. The album opens with acoustic love with baleful guitar and organ tunes that serve as the background for the vocal rants for the single's rich and gloomy imagery.
Us And Them
The Dark Side of the Moon album is one of the longest as well as one of its best. whereas the second release from the album is Us and Them, which is peaking at 72 number in the US on the Cash Box Top 100 Singles chart. The Us and Them became one of the band's bigger business successes because of its hauntingly beautiful nature. however, the band's message was lost in it, actually it is a straight forward song against the war.
Hey You
The song Hey You is also the part of Pink Floyd: The Wall film which is animated for the band's drama film about the Rock star left the pink. The pink star questions by society that he made a mistake by making himself isolated he tries to reconnect, but he finds out that the main barrier is The Wall. He grows more desperate when he realizes he can't escape. He wrote about what the Roger Waters was dealing at that time, a theme that runs through the song and reflect the real life pain of him.
Brain Damage
Brain Damage is another one of the tribute to the life of Syd Barrett, with its smart talk on the psychological health deterioration. At the live show the titled of the song initially was “Lunatic”. The song shifts from mono to stereo sound as it advances, It is the band who sang most philosophical songs, featuring a variety of musical experimentation, and the band made several versions of multiple on separate albums.
Astronomy Domine
Astronomy Domine which could also read as “Astral Chant" was one of the earliest work of Pink Floyd and showed up on them on debut album. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, in 1967. And this become the Pink Floyd's most memorable time experimenting with space rock and highlight the dramatic chorus that drive on semitone every three seconds. and it was one of the band's early live show that was most popular at the same time of Pink Floyd’s progressive style for this time of music era.
Have A Cigar
For Have a Cigar, Roy Harper English folk-rock singer was hired by Pink Floyd. When he first appeared on their 1975 Wish You Were Here album and also the strong criticism of the rock scene at the time. But the song was inspired by Floyd's perception that most of the bands were full of greed and cynicism. Rather than other album this song is much more straightforward rock song and also the most amazing of the music industry strain to find similar success to their album The Dark Side of the Moon.
The Great Gig In The Sky
The Great Gig In The Sky, is one of the last songs recorded for The Dark Side of the Moon, describe the struggle against one's own mortality and the inevitability of death. The main verses of the song in the Lord’s Prayer and the statements from Gerry O’Driscoll and Patricia Watts. These three songs of Pink Floyd songs is sang by the three people who wasn't the member of band. with Clare Torry giving the illogical howls that saw her sing as though she was an instrument as opposed to performing any words.
Learning To Fly
Learning To Fly is one of those songs that comes from Pink Floyd’s thirteenth studio album, A Momentary Lapse of Reason in 1987. that do better in the US than in the United Kingdom. But its failed to accomplish top 40 status there. It arrived at number one on Spain’s Los 40 Principals, graph,25 number on Billboard Top Rock Album chart, and 70 number on the Billboard Hot 100 of the United States. When the Gilmour was learning to fly airplanes he wrote the theme and lyrics of the song at that time.