Pink Floyd - Favorite Song?

Favourite?

Uffff, I think I cannot get one. Maybe Shine On You Crazy Diamond, but... I dunno

I love Pink Floyd, but despite such a large number of great songs, the choice is easy for me: "Echoes".

One Of These Days is my favorite. Am I the first to choose that?

Difficult to choose a favourite Pink floyd song
For me their material works best when listened to in the context of the whole album. DSOTM, Animals, Wish You Were Here are all brilliant but are overplayed on classic rock radio.

However, I'm going to go with Grantchester Meadows from the Ummagumma lp. Love the peaceful, trippy vibe of the song

recgord27 said:

I'm going to go with Grantchester Meadows from the Ummagumma lp. Love the peaceful, trippy vibe of the song

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That is a great pick! Wonderful chilled out track!

I actually quite enjoy listening to Ummagumma in all its classical-tinged, experimental, avant-garde glory. Sysyphus, Narrow Way, Several Species are all favourites.

As for my own pick for fav song, it has got to be High Hopes with that fantastic guitar solo at the end and the otherworldly lyrics and music.

My pick is Shine On You Crazy Diamond, which happens not just to be my favourite song by Pink Floyd, but also my favourite by any classic rock band. I think it is the combination of knowing that it was written about Syd Barrett, the extremely emotionally powerfully music (e.g. Rick Wright's quietly devastating part IX, which to me symbolises Syd's loss to the band) and that fantastic moment when 'Syd's theme' comes in around 4 minutes on Parts I-V. It is also well paced, although the subject matter is very serious and rather tragic it's not 25 minutes+ of doom and gloom - the use of lap steel in Part VI is probably the most striking example of a sudden change in pace which keeps you listening.

Of the shorter songs, that's to say not including suites or extended pieces, I'd probably pick either Time (to me this brings together virtually everything that is great about DSOTM, with a fantastic Gilmour solo to boot) or Comfortably Numb (great and hugely effective combination of Waters' and Gilmour's vocals, powerful lyrics, especially in the chorus, and that legendary guitar solo).

Re:recgord27 - How I wish Pink Floyd were overplayed here! Be careful what you wish for of course, but sadly their music is probably better appreciated across the pond than it is in their home nation due to the lack of classic rock radio stations in the UK, at least where I come from - this means all of their albums are generally something to be discovered, rather than a band you constantly hear on the radio.

Grantchester Meadows is a decent shout, it has a very nice pastoral feel to it (and is quite pertinent to Roger Waters, for anyone who doesn't know Grantchester is a town in Cambridgeshire which is near where Waters grew up) - in a similar vein I'm rather partial to David Gilmour's underrated Fat Old Sun from AHM, as well as to the often (unfairly) derided Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast.

Nice post, Jonny. Shine On... is indeed masterful.

I think I've posted mine earlier in this thread, some great choices since then all round but still "Us And Them" is at the top of my list, usually I wrestle with making this kind of choice when it comes to a band I really like same as trying to seed albums in order of preference.

JUst as with the Beatles,Stones,Who and certain others,very difficult to narrow things down to just one here.I think if I WERE to narrow it done to a particular favorite,it actually would be one of the earlier "way out" psych tune from the 60's.Not only do I feel some tunes from this period tend to be a bit overlooked,but I've heard tracks from "Dark SIde","Wish You Were Here" and "The Wall" SO much,they actually lose points because of this.Kind of like the many of us who got to the point of hearing "Stairway to Heaven" so much,it probably has gone from some peoples' favorite Zep tue to their fourth or fifth favorite.Over exposure may not necessarily ruin a track,but it can cause a dip in overall popularity.The last FLoyd track I can recall really being into was actually "Cirrus Minor" from the used-to-be obscure until CD's soundtrack to the movie "More".Not necessarily my absolute favorite,but I really love their earlier,more far out things......

Cirrus Minor is quite a trip to listen to! Among the early tracks, these are all favourites:

Arnold Layne
See Emily Play
Paintbox
Remember A Day
Julia Dream
Matilda Mother
See Saw

That whole Relics compilation is first class!