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Any Pink Floyd Fans out there ???

Now that was a dumb question, wasn't it ? : )

Anybody familiar with any of the various "Pink Floyd Tribute Albums" that are out there ? While many of these types of projects fall flat on their face, I've got one titled "A Saucerful of Pink: A Tribute To Pink Floyd" on Cleopatra ( CLEO 9551-2 ). This one is pretty well done and comes from a primarily "dark yet artsy electronica" perspective. Two discs full of "Floydian interpretations" from such bands as Psychic TV, Alien Sex Fiend, Nik Turner of Hawkwind fame, my old friend Thomas' band The Electric Hellfire Club, etc... Most of the songs are still highly recognizable and true to form yet different enough to add a bit of spice to the originals. Kind of like eating a familiar recipe but made by someone else in a different kitchen. It's still good but just not exactly what you were expecting : )

Anybody else have any other "Floydian Tributes" or similar types of music / bands to recommend ? Sean
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rwwear
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Porcupine Tree is one of the best new bands you will ever hear if you like this type of music.
rwwear
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I have the one you are talking about. Mine is the original two CD version, the newer is only one CD. I also have The Moon Revisited by various artists on Magna Carta. I like it a lot but it is very close to the original. It has a very dynamic sound with deep bass, sounds quite good. And I just got a copy of Les Claypool's(Primus)Frog Brigade doing a live version of Animals. It's really good. It's called Live Frogs Set 2. Set 1 is good also but they mostly their own songs except for Thela Hun Ginjeet(K. Crimson)and a version of Shine on You Crazy Diamond. One that I have that I don't recommend is The Rock Anthem Orchestra Performs Pink Floyd. I bought it site unseen online for only a couple of bucks. It says that it is in Dolby Surround and uses the Cedar system. It's not very good in my opinion. A band that I recommend if you like Floyd is a band called Think Floyd. Their CDs are hard to find in the US(Synth Music Direct has them)They write their own stuff in the spirit of Pink Floyd and are very good at it.
rwwear
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Oh yeah, I forgot to mention Roger Waters' live CD and DVD In The Flesh which has many Floyd songs and two of the best guitarists around in Snowy White(Thin Lizzy,White Flames, Pink Floyd,Peter Green) and Doyle Bramhall II. One of the best shows I've seen.
rwwear
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Have you listened to any Porcupine Tree yet? It's great stuff.
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