40 years later: Pink Floyd's A Saucerful Of Secrets

This Is Not Here · 06.30.2008, 05:42 AM

Yesturday marked the 40th anniversary of Pink Floyd's classic LP A Saucerful Of Secrets. So let us discuss it a bit, do you think it's 'aged well' after all these years? with hindsight, does it stand as a Pink Floyd classic or a directionless change-over album?... etc etc

batreleaser · 06.30.2008, 05:58 AM

i like saucerful of secrets a lot, even more than piper at the gates of dawn. i like piper too, but at times its too, i dunno, child-like maybe? i think the period between piper and dark side is the best pink floyd.

Death & the Maiden · 06.30.2008, 06:00 AM

Saucer... is my second favourite Pink Floyd album (behind Piper...). My favourite tracks are Jugband Blues and Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun.

Florya · 06.30.2008, 07:43 AM

I couldn't decide, so I bought this. I've had it since I was 16, and that was a very long time ago!

This Is Not Here · 06.30.2008, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Florya

I couldn't decide, so I bought this. I've had it since I was 16, and that was a very long time ago!

It's be weird to hear either of them as one half of a double album like this...

Everyneurotic · 06.30.2008, 10:17 AM

"jugband blues" is awful, "set the controls..." is genius.

they were better live than on record.

dazedcola · 06.30.2008, 12:26 PM

This record really is a transitional one. Its the band trying to sound like syd without him being there."Corporal Clegg" is a rip off of the unreleased vegetable man. "Set The Controls" did show roger can write a good song but "Jugband Blues" is still my favorites off this album, what a sad coda to syd's brilliance though.

Anyone else notice there wasn't a huge anniversary for this record? There's a reason for that and it's because nobody cares, not even the members of pink floyd.

terriblecanyons · 06.30.2008, 01:38 PM

My second favorite Floyd album - behind Meddle.
It's pretty good, very transitional and experimental, but obviously not as much as the earlier albums.
Though I've gotta say the Pompeii version of A Saucerful of Secrets beats the hell out of the album version

SuperCreep · 06.30.2008, 01:40 PM

Very good album. My only gripes with it are that the title track is nowhere near as dynamic as the Ummagumma or Pompeii versions and I don't really like See-Saw much.

terriblecanyons · 06.30.2008, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by SuperCreep

Very good album. My only gripes with it are that the title track is nowhere near as dynamic as the Ummagumma or Pompeii versions and I don't really like See-Saw much.

Yeah... I hate See-Saw.

She goes up while he goes doooooooooooooown

Maybe some underlying innuendo there, I dunno.

luckynumber9 · 06.30.2008, 02:15 PM

Yesterday when I realized it was exactly 40 years ago, I popped in my CD and listened to the whole thing again. Let There Be More Light is a great opener. The only thing I don't like about this album is the kazoo solos in Corporal Clegg. It's definitely aged better than Ummagumma, although the live version of Saucerful on that album beats the original. But I think the Pompeii version is the best one.

batreleaser · 06.30.2008, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Everyneurotic

"jugband blues" is awful, "set the controls..." is genius.

they were better live than on record.

unmagumma is the best shit they ever did, the live at pompei dvd rules too, i watched it the first time i shroomed.

Cantankerous · 06.30.2008, 03:18 PM

ummagumma is not their best by a long shot (not to say that it isn't excellent)

but.

i like a saucerful of secrets. it comes off as less of a novelty than piper does.

PAULYBEE2656 · 06.30.2008, 03:51 PM

i love piper and thats where my love of the floyd stops but i have never heard this one.. ill give it a go tho.

batreleaser · 06.30.2008, 05:49 PM

i think that piper will always be the "cool" pink floyd album because barret will always be this acid casualty hipster icon of sorts, making piper the accetable floyd album among the underground folk. but if you actually sat down and listened to all their albums, its not hard to see its much inferior to a lot of thier stuff. once again, not sayin i dont like it.

This Is Not Here · 07.01.2008, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by batreleaser

i think that piper will always be the "cool" pink floyd album because barret will always be this acid casualty hipster icon of sorts, making piper the accetable floyd album among the underground folk. but if you actually sat down and listened to all their albums, its not hard to see its much inferior to a lot of thier stuff. once again, not sayin i dont like it.

I agree with you, I'm just about the biggest Syd Barret fan to walk the face of the earth, and I absolutely adore Piper. However, though it gets me precisely no scenester points, I refuse to accept it is better than Dark Side of The Moon. Syd Barrett's music is wonderful, however he is the only thing thats vaguely rock n' roll or cool about Pink Floyd, and therefore people will always latch onto his work for hipster points...

Cantankerous · 07.01.2008, 05:43 PM

im listening to piper now

IVE GOT A BIKE
YOU CNA RIDE IT IF YOU LIKE ITS GOT A BASKET A BELL THAT RINGS AND THINGS TO MAKE IT LOOK
GOOD

terriblecanyons · 07.01.2008, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Cantankerous

im listening to piper now

IVE GOT A BIKE
YOU CNA RIDE IT IF YOU LIKE ITS GOT A BASKET A BELL THAT RINGS AND THINGS TO MAKE IT LOOK
GOOD

I'D GIVE IT TO YOU IF I COULD
BUT I BORROWED IT!

Crumb's Crunchy Delights · 07.01.2008, 06:04 PM

also the fortieth anniversary of james earl jones being arrested for the murder of martin luther king.

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batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	i like saucerful of secrets a lot, even more than piper at the gates of dawn. i like piper too, but at times its too, i dunno, child-like maybe? i think the period between piper and dark side is the best pink floyd. __________________ listen to pink reason
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Death & the Maiden expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,036	Saucer... is my second favourite Pink Floyd album (behind Piper...). My favourite tracks are Jugband Blues and Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun. __________________ www.myspace.com/ghostofanidealwife
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Florya expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: a little world, all of my own. Posts: 1,668	I couldn't decide, so I bought this. I've had it since I was 16, and that was a very long time ago! __________________ it takes an old guy like bloodbeach'85 to get anything right - atari 2600 listening mirror @ Soundcloud http://soundcloud.com/listening-mirror
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dazedcola the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,075	This record really is a transitional one. Its the band trying to sound like syd without him being there."Corporal Clegg" is a rip off of the unreleased vegetable man. "Set The Controls" did show roger can write a good song but "Jugband Blues" is still my favorites off this album, what a sad coda to syd's brilliance though. Anyone else notice there wasn't a huge anniversary for this record? There's a reason for that and it's because nobody cares, not even the members of pink floyd. __________________ "I said I didnt mean to take up all your sweet time Ill give it right back one of these days If I dont meet you no more in this world then uh Ill meet ya on the next one And dont be late " -Jimi Hendrix ...And me just another dream theory, lost inside your eye "when my mind's uncertain my body decides what it will do to get through the hell of the night as I trip on the ocean that leads through your eyes well my eyes can't wait til they finally see through you"
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terriblecanyons invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: the land where large fuzzy dice still hang proudly like testicles from rear-view mirrors Posts: 5,949	My second favorite Floyd album - behind Meddle. It's pretty good, very transitional and experimental, but obviously not as much as the earlier albums. Though I've gotta say the Pompeii version of A Saucerful of Secrets beats the hell out of the album version
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SuperCreep expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: brooklyn Posts: 2,281	Very good album. My only gripes with it are that the title track is nowhere near as dynamic as the Ummagumma or Pompeii versions and I don't really like See-Saw much. __________________
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luckynumber9 bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: USA Posts: 168	Yesterday when I realized it was exactly 40 years ago, I popped in my CD and listened to the whole thing again. Let There Be More Light is a great opener. The only thing I don't like about this album is the kazoo solos in Corporal Clegg. It's definitely aged better than Ummagumma, although the live version of Saucerful on that album beats the original. But I think the Pompeii version is the best one. __________________ and we looked and we passed through the hallway of shatterproof glass
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Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	ummagumma is not their best by a long shot (not to say that it isn't excellent) but. i like a saucerful of secrets. it comes off as less of a novelty than piper does. __________________ RETIRED
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PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	i love piper and thats where my love of the floyd stops but i have never heard this one.. ill give it a go tho. __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	i think that piper will always be the "cool" pink floyd album because barret will always be this acid casualty hipster icon of sorts, making piper the accetable floyd album among the underground folk. but if you actually sat down and listened to all their albums, its not hard to see its much inferior to a lot of thier stuff. once again, not sayin i dont like it. __________________ listen to pink reason
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Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	im listening to piper now IVE GOT A BIKE YOU CNA RIDE IT IF YOU LIKE ITS GOT A BASKET A BELL THAT RINGS AND THINGS TO MAKE IT LOOK GOOD __________________ RETIRED
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