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Old 10-22-2005, 03:30 PM
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Does anybody else really love this song? I think it's got one of the coolest openings of a Pink Floyd tune, it's got a real funky grove to it. The vocals are pretty low in the mix, but the guitar solo in the end is pretty cool although somewhat burried as well. This song lays the framework for what Pink Floyd will soon become later on. The songs and ideas coming from the mind of Roger Waters, dressed up with the vocal interchange between Rick Wright and David Gilmour, along with Nick Mason's fabulous percussion style drumming, Rick Wright's sonic keyboard experiementation (Noticable in the beginning of the track) and David Gilmour's incendiary guitar playing. Best song on A SAURCERFUL OF SECRETS if you ask me.
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Old 10-23-2005, 08:32 AM
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*thinks no one would ever ask* that song truly is the best one of saucerful. even thinking about the "opening sequence" makes me feel frilly in the head..
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Old 10-23-2005, 08:36 AM
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Listen to Placebo's "Taste in Men". Does the introductory bass riff remind you of something...?
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Old 10-23-2005, 09:19 AM
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i'm there!!
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Old 10-23-2005, 12:58 PM
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It is a terrific bass riff. Shame the lyrics are so bad! A step above "Stethoscope" to be sure, but peeee-yew!
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Old 10-25-2005, 11:50 AM
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Saucerful is one of my favorite PF albums, and Let There be More Light is one of the best tracks on it, the intro is great, and dave's guitar stylings are a shock compared to how syd played on Piper. plus, the shout out to Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is saweet!
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Old 10-25-2005, 12:00 PM
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ASOS was the the first floyd album I bought in CD format & the opening track is worth the price of admission alone
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Old 10-25-2005, 12:07 PM
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ASOS was the the first floyd album I bought in CD format & the opening track is worth the price of admission alone
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Old 11-25-2005, 10:04 AM
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I'd love to hear a decent live recording of Let there be more light - I've got two versions recorded at the Amsterdam Paradiso in 1968 but the quality's appalling. Fantastic performances, though!
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Old 11-25-2005, 06:39 PM
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There's a very amusing video of them performing it on a French TV show.
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Old 11-25-2005, 08:29 PM
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There's a very amusing video of them performing it on a French TV show.
the one where Dave messes up the lyrics and he's wearing that tight yellow shirt with fringes? hilarious.
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Old 01-20-2006, 03:54 PM
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I Love this song. I can hardly EVER listen to a saucerful of secrets without listining to that song.
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Old 01-20-2006, 06:12 PM
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I dont see how you can miss it, being the first song and all.
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