My Sweet Lord - George Harrison

One, I'm not a dude. Two, it's arrogant to claim that certain artists are allowed to cover certain songs and other artists aren't. Pink Floyd is to me what Led Zeppelin is to most of you. Did I like the Scissor Sister's cover of Comfortably Numb? God no, it was horrible. Does that mean I think they shouldn't have been able to do it in the first place? No. They can embarrass themselves if they want, because I'm positive more people will choose to listen to the original. Who cares if Mary J. Blige covered these songs? I sure as hell don't. And neither should you. You don't own them, you don't get dictate who does what with their catalog.

No. Led Zeppelin is over. Listen to and enjoy the albums.

Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again - The Fortunes

I for sure thought it would, what with the wailing and the gnashing of teeth going on in this thread.

This is the kind of arrogance that all musical fan bases can do without.

More Today Than Yesterday - The Spiral Starecase

That's not really mesh. It looks more crocheted.

Brain Damage - Pink Floyd

I use Trader's Little Helper to convert .shn/.flac files to mp3 or wav if I have to. It's free, no malware/spyware/viruses and works great. I had it recommended to me from someone at a blog I frequent where I get my Floyd bootlegs.

I use the VLC media player. Works like a charm.

Tea For One is arguably, one of the greatest songs they ever did. It's a shame that as a band, they never did it live. On that note, here is another video for a song that never got a live treatment (or many) that should have: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVEttZQWOvE

See Emily Play - Pink Floyd

The November 1974 dates you listed are from their performance at the Wembley Pool that was broadcast on the BBC. The reason I didn't include it is because none of the boots that are available have the full concert, just the performance of DSOTM. I wanted to only include complete concerts, although the recording from the BBC that I've heard from that date is fantastic.

You should never have to buy a bootleg. Bootlegs should be free and available to anyone who wants them. There are a couple great blogs out there that specialize in boots, that have quite a few great Floyd ones. Now, if you want to know what boots you should look for, these are my top 10: 1. Animal Instincts (May 9th, 1977) 2. Boston Music Hall (March 14th, 1973) 3. Cruel But Fair (April 26th, 1975) 4. Wallpower (February 28th, 1980) The last show they ever played in the US as a foursome. 5. Run Like Fuck (February 13th, 1980) 6. Keep Talking Foxboro (May 19th, 1994) 7. Interstellar Fillmore (April 29th, 1970) 8. New Mown Grass (October 17th, 1971) 9. Melbourne Soundboard (February 19th, 1988) 10. The Last Bell (October 29th, 1994) The last full concert Pink Floyd has done to date.

Oooh, Levee is winning.

There's no reason to be sad. It's just a game.

Learning To Fly - Pink Floyd

Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

I don't know how many of you watch/have heard of the show Cold Case on CBS Sunday nights, but next week's episode is featuring all Pink Floyd music! They used Comfortably Numb in the promo......I almost wet my pants in joy.

Exactly what about my opinion, which was phrased completely non-offensively, inspired you to be degrading and disgusting in your response? Oh right, nothing.

Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-IV) - Pink Floyd

I love Saturday Night Fever. I have the 25th anniversary DVD re-issue AND I have the soundtrack on vinyl! I think rock fans who shit on disco because it's light and not full of substance are missing the point of the music. Not all music needs to be deep and profound. Sometimes it just needs to sound good and get your ass off the chair and disco is good for that. Besides, I think the Bee Gees got unfairly dumped on by people - those muthas could sing.

No, what it does is show that the artist controls how their music is disseminated, not the record label. Take the Beatles, for example. Their music still isn't available online because Paul and Ringo (the two surviving members) can't decide on how to go about making their vast catalog available that way. You can only buy Beatles music in a physical store. Or illegally download it. Pink Floyd didn't want their albums chopped up into individual tracks when on iTunes or other online music retail sites, because they feel the music is best listened to and experienced through the album as a whole. Their original contract actually stipulated how they wanted their music distributed, but as it was made pre-internet, this kind of avenue wasn't mapped out. Other avenues of sale were, though. EMI tried to say that because nothing about internet sales were discussed, they should have the option of distributing it the way they want, but the courts said "I don't think so". It's a great precedent, but it has nothing to do with "concept albums".

Well, since I didn't actually list any the first time I posted in this thread, I'll go ahead and enumerate some of them for you: Older bands: Pink Floyd (obviously, LOL) The Rolling Stones The Doors Chicago Eagles Led Zeppelin Genesis Newer bands: Goldfrapp (they are my #1 for recent groups) Muse Sigur Ros Fleet Foxes Daughtry