Up till Live 8, many Pink Floyd followers felt that Pink Floyd, especially David and Roger never said good bye properly, but it was about time to do it.  As David Guilmor said ‘it was also very good to get back on to speaking terms after all the bickering with roger over the years, and us to maybe grow up a little bit, and become adult human beings, with a reasonable relationship”.  So finally, as seen in this video one can see that they loved it, and finally everyone can say that Pink Floyd properly said bye and did a good job at playing a farewell 20 minutes concert.  This video is about what Pink Floyd thought of the reuniting, the live act, and the magic they left behind them!

“There was nothing more symbolic or that potent on that night that these 4 old geezers playing so beautifully lay their own ghosts to rest, and the thing is it worked!” – Sir Bob Geldof

The album is about a Pink Floyd, a boy who spent his childhood in post war England, and growing up to be a world-renowned rock star, which leads to a cathartic and destructive climax, where Pink couldn’t understand how a simple rock star are granted God like status from their fans.  Pink lives in isolation, whose father ‘Duty’, was killed during the war, and had no other option but to live with his over protective mother.  Thanks to a virtual wall Pink managed to built in his mind, he managed to distance himself from the rest of the world, a life filled with emotional and physical problems.  Every single incident in Pink’s life, meant another brick in the wall, which helped him distance more himself from the real world.

The album was mainly written by Roger Waters, Pink Floyd’s bassist, with valuable contribution from the other Pink Floyd members.  Roger Waters got his aspiration from his own childhood, whose indeed lost his father during the second world war, and stormed to success later on in his life.

You can read a much more detailed analysis of the whole album from the website The Wall Analyses, which is a must read complete documentation of the whole album.

4th Place: Limp Bizkit – Behind Blue Eyes

Behind Blue Eyes was released by The Who, in their 1971 album ‘Who’s Next’. First of all, Fred Durst’s voice in this song is really out of place and blowed up. Secondly, Limp Bizkit removed the best part from the original song and replaced it with a stupid robotic sound and voice. Come on guys, screwing a 70′s song is already bad enough, removing the best parts from it is totally unacceptable!

3rd Place: Eminem – Sing for the Moment

Sing for the moment is a cover version of the song Dream On, which Aerosmith released in 1973, as a single and as a track in their first album ‘Aerosmith’. Apart from changing the musical style (a drastic switch to rap) and feel of this song, Eminem even changed the lyrics and used only the chorus. With all the respect towards rap and its followers, we’re fed up of listening to anger and society problems which gangs bring around. Please move on and grow up!

And the top 2…

I was very confused which should be the first placed song, i.e. worse cover version ever. I am sure there are many other out there, but these particular two, deserve both 1st place, therefore there is no second place!

1st Place: The Braids – Bohemian Rhapsody

Bohemian Rhapsody was released by Queen, in their 1975 album A Night at the Opera. It is considered to be one of the greatest songs ever, because of its unique and diverse style. I don’t want to comment much about the cover version, since there isn’t much to say. But how can you change a rock anthem, one of the greatest songs of the last decade into a hip-hop song? It’s unbelievable how the copyright owners even gave the go ahead for this massacre!

1st Place: Scissor Sisters – Comfortably Numb

Comfortably Numb was released by Pink Floyd, in their 1979 album The Wall. Like Bohemian Rhapsody, Comfortably Numb and the whole The Wall album, are considered master pieces, rock anthems and greatest songs of all times! One can never dream, or even try to imagine how such a song could have been better, since there is no place for improvement. But thanks to the Scissor Sisters, it seems that the world was longing for a electronic Bee Gees version of this song. What a shame!!!

If you are reading this post, surely you know about Pink Floyd’s 1973 concept album The Dark Side of the Moon.  The album’s lyrics talk about conflict, greed, aging, and mental illness, which is partly inspired by the unfortunate Syd Barrett‘s deteriorating mental state.

Well, ever wondered from where Pink Floyd got inspirations for their music?  Or how the whole album was recorded?  Although I am an fan of Pink Floyd, I just got to know about ‘The Making of ‘The Dark Side of the Moon” DVD, which was released in 2003.  Just seen some short clips on YouTube, and it’s already part of my wish list.  For those who are into music and how it all works with these bands, behind the scenes and all, this is a must see DVD.  The clip below, which is taken from this DVD, Pink Floyd members discuss the recording of the song ‘Money’, from the same album.

Once, I asked a die hard Pink Floyd fan, “What is so exciting about this band?”  His answer was simply “When you’re angry or nervous, just listen to them.” And when the opportunity was around, so I did.

Wonder of wonders, it worked!  With their music, they will take you to another calmer world.  Their early albums take you to some imaginary world which one cannot describe, full of bright phsycadelic colours, while more recent work takes you through a journey of relaxing good music.

What I really like in Pink Floyd, is their music.  It sounds young, and will always be! I am sure it will also be around for much longer than we can imagine.  Sometimes you listen to some Summer one time hit single, a year after it was released, and you’ll think “hell, that’s old! Time changes and so should music!”  But with Pink Floyd music, there is something different.  Their music fits every decade!

Looking back at the 70′s, compare Pink Floyd to other bands of the same time and you’ll notice that Pink Floyd were light years ahead, in their style, in ther live shows and everything around music. For anyone who thinks that Pink Floyd are the typical loud rock commercial band, I suggest that the next time you’re shopping around for cd’s at Amazon.com, add 2 or 3 Pink Floyd albums to your shopping cart.  You won’t regret it!