User:Ummagumma23

Hi im Ummagumma23 and im a floyd fan I have created the following low quality articles;
 * Games For May
 * Plethodon vandykei
 * Mallorcan midwife toad
 * 1967 Singles Sampler
 * The 1994 West Coast Trip
 * Radio K.A.O.S (tour)

Ive currently made about 1500 edits on wikipedia. I have adopted The Piper At The Gates of Dawn album article.

Although Pink Floyds music is often associated with psychedelia, space and progressive rock, the bands roots musically are with the blues and jazz. Originally Pink Floyd performed cover versions of blues staples by lead belly and blind lemon jefferson, with an early 1965 demo containing the Slim Harpo cover "Im a King Bee". Since the band were increasingly under pressure to play longer sets, these blues numbers were expanded with often long improvisational moments filling in the gaps between verses. This experimental and highly improvisational approach likely influenced one of the bands earliest live staples "Interstellar Overdrive" and was certainly what attracted Peter Jenner to the band in 1966. The early 1965 demo also contained a number written by the bands frontman Syd Barrett. "Lucy Leave" a Rollingstones-type song, immediatly presents us with Syds English approach to song writing, but lacks Barretts later psychedelic style. Syd began writing songs at a fast pace throughout 1966 as the band began to emerge as one of the leading forces withing the underground scene. Soon enough the blues covers began to disappear as Syds increasingly original style of songwriting began to dominate the bands repatoire.

In January 1967, the band recorded "Interstellar Overdrive" for Peter Whiteheads documentary film. At 16 minutes long, the track was clearly quite radical and showed the band were capable of experimenting with sounds. However, their first single "Arnold Layne" released in March, showcased a more conventional approach to songcraft, a fact which was not lost on the bands audience at UFO. The pop stylistics continued on the bands second more commercially successful single "See Emily Play", a perfect psychedelic pop tune for the summer of love. The bands first album however was entirely more radical, and contained a mixture of space rock interspersed with a darker psychedelia. The bands blues and jazz influences can only midly be felt, with Rick Wrights rather incongruent piano solo during "Pow. R. Toc. H." the only link to the bands roots. The record is dominated by Syds slide guitar work and the organ of Rick Wright, placing it firmly within the sixties. To this effect "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" could be viewed as dated work, but in fact offers in retrospect an insight into an era most of us only dream about. The album although released during the fabled summer of love, is more dark than light. The opening track "Astronomy Domine" the strongest on the album, immediatly propels you into space where you remain for the next 40 or so minutes.

80 best Pink Floyd songs

 * 1) Lucy Leave (From Unreleased Acetate 1966).
 * 2) Interstellar Overdrive (From Tonite Let's All Make Love in London 1967).
 * 3) Arnold Layne (From Single A-side 1967).
 * 4) See Emily Play (From Single A-side 1967).
 * 5) Astronomy Domine (From The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 1967).
 * 6) Lucifer Sam (From The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 1967).
 * 7) Bike (From The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 1967).
 * 8) Scream Thy Last Scream (From Unreleased Single A-side 1968).
 * 9) Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (From A Saucerful of Secrets 1968).
 * 10) Jugband Blues (From A Saucerful of Secrets 1968).
 * 11) Golden Hair (From Opel (1988) 1968).
 * 12) Point Me at the Sky (From Single A-side 1968).
 * 13) The Nile Song (From Music from the Film More 1969).
 * 14) Green is the Colour (From Music from the Film More 1969).
 * 15) Dark Globe (From Opel (1988) 1969).
 * 16) Careful with that Axe, Eugene (Live) (From Ummagumma 1969).
 * 17) The Narrow Way Parts 1-3 (From Ummagumma 1969).
 * 18) Terrapin (From The Madcap Laughs 1970).
 * 19) The Violent Sequence (Unreleased outtake from the Zabriskie Point (album) Sessions 1970).
 * 20) Cymbaline (Live) (From Live in Santa Monica 1970).
 * 21) Grantchester Meadows (Live) (From Live at the KQED Studios 1970).
 * 22) A Saucerful of Secrets (Live) (From Live in San Francisco 1970).
 * 23) Fat Old Sun (From Atom Heart Mother 1970).
 * 24) Dominoes (From Barrett 1970).
 * 25) Effervescing Elephant (From Barrett 1970).
 * 26) Give Birth to a Smile (From Music from "The Body" 1970).
 * 27) Embryo (From Live at the BBC 1971).
 * 28) One of These Days (From Meddle 1971).
 * 29) Fearless (From Meddle 1971).
 * 30) Echoes (From Meddle 1971).
 * 31) Childhood's End (From Obscured by Clouds 1972).
 * 32) Wot's... Uh the Deal (From Obscured by Clouds 1972).
 * 33) The Travel Sequence (Live) (From Live at the Hollywood Bowl 1972).
 * 34) Time (From The Dark Side of the Moon 1973).
 * 35) The Great Gig in the Sky (From The Dark Side of the Moon 1973).
 * 36) Us and Them (From The Dark Side of the Moon 1973).
 * 37) Any Colour You Like (Live) (From Live at Wembley 1974).
 * 38) Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)" (From Wish You Were Here 1975).
 * 39) Wish You Were Here ((From Wish You Were Here 1975).
 * 40) Raving and Drooling (Live) (From Live at Boston Gardens 1975).
 * 41) Sheep (From Animals 1977).
 * 42) Pigs (Three Different Ones) (Live) (From Live in Oakland 1977).
 * 43) Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX) (Live) (From Live in Oakland 1977).
 * 44) Short and Sweet (From David Gilmour 1978).
 * 45) Pink's Song (From Wet Dream 1978).
 * 46) Another Brick in the Wall (Part Two) (From The Wall 1979).
 * 47) Comfortably Numb (From The Wall 1979).
 * 48) Another Brick in the Wall (Part One) (From Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81 1981).
 * 49) Run Like Hell (From Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81 1981).
 * 50) Mother (Film Version) (From Pink Floyd The Wall (film) 1982).
 * 51) When the Tigers Broke Free (From Single A-Side 1982).
 * 52) Paranoid Eyes (From The Final Cut 1983).
 * 53) Two Suns in the Sunset (From The Final Cut 1983).
 * 54) Murder (From About Face 1984).
 * 55) 5:01AM (The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, Part 10) (From The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking 1984).
 * 5:06AM (Every Strangers Eyes) (From The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking 1984).
 * 1) Money (Live) (From David Gilmour Live 1984).
 * 2) The Gunner's Dream (Live) (From Roger Waters Live in Stockholm 1984).
 * 3) Towers of Faith (From When the Wind Blows (soundtrack) 1985).
 * 4) Welcome to the Machine (Live) (From Roger Waters Live in Quebec).
 * 5) Brain Damage/Eclipse (Live) (From Roger Waters Live in Quebec).
 * 6) Learning to Fly (From A Momentary Lapse of Reason 1987).
 * 7) Sorrow (From A Momentary Lapse of Reason 1987).
 * 8) On the Turning Away (Live) (From a Delicate Sound of Thunder 1988).
 * 9) Goodbye Blue Sky (Live with Joni Mitchell) (From The Wall Live in Berlin 1990).
 * 10) Perfect Sense Part 1 & 2 (From Amused to Death 1992).
 * 11) Three Wishes (From Amused to Death 1992).
 * 12) Wearing the Inside Out (From The Division Bell 1994).
 * 13) High Hopes (From The Division Bell 1994).
 * 14) What Do You Want from Me (From P*U*L*S*E 1995).
 * 15) Hey You (From P*U*L*S*E 1995).
 * 16) Night of a Thousand Furry Toys (From Broken China 1996).
 * 17) In the Flesh (Live) (From In the Flesh Live 2000).
 * 18) Dogs (Live) (From In the Flesh Live 2000).
 * 19) Coming Back to Life (Live) (From David Gilmour in Concert 2002).
 * 20) Breakthrough (Live) (From David Gilmour in Concert 2002).
 * 21) Take a Breath (From On an Island 2006).
 * 22) A Great Day for Freedom (Live) (From David Gilmour in Gdansk 2006).
 * 23) Have a Cigar (Live) (From Roger Waters Live in Barcelona 2007).
 * 24) Leaving Beirut (Live) (From Roger Waters Live in Barcelona 2007).

Perfect Pink Floyd concert
Set One -
 * 1) Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V) (with Dick Parry on Saxaphone).
 * 2) Welcome to the Machine
 * 3) Pigs on the Wing Pt 1
 * 4) Pigs (Three Different Ones) (with Snowy White on Bass and Roger Waters on Rhytm Guitar).
 * 5) Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun with Snowy White on Bass and Roger Waters on Rhytm Guitar).
 * 6) Fat Old Sun
 * 7) One of These Days
 * 8) Have a Cigar (with Snowy White on Lead Guitar).
 * 9) Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX)

Set Two
 * 1) In the Flesh
 * 2) The Thin Ice
 * 3) Another Brick in the Wall (Pt.1)
 * 4) The Happiest Days of Our Lives
 * 5) Another Brick in the Wall (Pt.2)
 * 6) Southampton Dock
 * 7) Time
 * 8) The Great Gig in the Sky
 * 9) Us and Them (with Dick Parry on Saxaphone).
 * 10) Echoes

Encore
 * 1) Speak to Me
 * 2) Breathe
 * 3) Wish You Were Here
 * 4) Comfortably Numb