I'm a Pink Floyd geek. Ask me anything!

[catbert836]

Plus I want to get to 3,000 posts soon.

[MoseyWalker]

1. Well, the first obvious one is

where did the name come from?

I know the answer, do you?

[catbert836]

2. Two bluesmen

named Pink Andersen (sp?) and Floyd Council. Syd Barrett was a fan of both.

[MoseyWalker]

3. you are now on my hero list!

damn!

[catbert836]

4. Woot!

Btw, their original name was "The Pink Floyd Sound", after they tried out "The Tea Set" and the "Architectural Abdabs".

[MoseyWalker]

5. the architechural abdabs

is a new one on me!

I can't remember where I downloaded the PF set from live 8, but I'm listening right now, and is it great!

[catbert836]

7. That's the closest I've ever come

to a religious experience. I could have died happy right as Gilmour launched into the riff for "Comfortably Numb".

[MoseyWalker]

8. just remembered something

http://www.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/

glad I found it. It's great.

[catbert836]

11. It's because

Roger Waters, Rick Wright and Nick Mason were all at architecture school together when they first got together as a group.

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. I thought it was just the Abdabs

That's good stuff. :thumbsup:

Okay... was "Careful With That Ax, Eugene" written with someone in mind?

[catbert836]

17. All I know

Eugene was a reference to the first line of "Point Me At the Sky", which "Careful With That Axe" was the B-side for. You may have stumped me!

[Oeditpus Rex]

23. W00t!

I rock. :woohoo:

[catbert836]

6. Come on people....

It doesn't even has to be about Floyd.

[Floogeldy]

9. What kind of guitar and amp did David use to record The Wall?

:smoke:

[MoseyWalker]

10. was the amp a classic 30?

and the guitar,didn't he always use a fender strat?

aahhaahhaahaaa.

[driver8]

19. The guitar tones on "The Wall" are amazing. I especially love the opening

guitar of "Run Like Hell."

[catbert836]

13. What Mosey said.

If not, then you've gotta be f@%king kidding me.

[Floogeldy]

20. If Mosey is answering for you, then . . .

. . . you may be a geek. ;)

[MoseyWalker]

26. that was either rude

or the result of too many mushrooms.

:spank:

[Floogeldy]

27. I don't get the "rude" part.

Catbert said he was a geek in the original post.

:smoke:

[MoseyWalker]

12. what was syd's family name? n/t

[catbert836]

14. Barrett?

Or do you mean his Christian name, Roger Keith?

[driver8]

16. Some friends of mine from high school named their band "The Gigolo Aunts"

after a Syd Barrett song.

They finally hung it up after many years of playing music and touring. There was a great picture of them in Rolling Stone a few years ago meeting David Gilmour.

[catbert836]

18. Kick ass!

Gigolo Aunt is a rather odd song, much like most of Syd's compositions. It's an awesome name for a band.

[baldguy]

21. .

[Generic Brad]

22. I have a pre-Floyd question

My wife tells me David Gilmour was a fashion model before he joined Pink Floyd. Is there any truth to that?

[MoseyWalker]

24. if he was

he was probably the worst fashion model in history.

He was always a little on the chunky side, and though his long hair helped,

I don't think so.

He was and is one of the great guitarists of all time.

Fashion model?

Maybe, but I sincerely doubt it.

[ChoralScholar]

25. Hello, hello, hello... .Is there anybody IN there?

:) I love that song.

[Indy_Dem_Defender]

28. Are you a undercover cop?

I ask because there was this guy in my High School who listened pink floyd and wore pink floyd t-shirts; I swear he was an undercover cop because he wore late 70's concert t-shirts all the time and this during the mid 90's before kids thought this was the trendy thing, so he stuck out like a shore thumb. Also he looked in his middle 30's, and this guy only attended the HS for like 3 months so that supports this theory. So are you him or a another undercover cop and pink floyd t-shirts are like standard uniform to appear to be a High School student?