Waldo Jeffers Wrote:I think Pigs (TDO) has the best lyrics, the most bitter with the best imagery. Sheep is my second favourite, though is the most straightforward lyrically, and Dogs is of course great also

Waldo Jeffers Wrote:yeah, Dogs has really good lyrics, no doubt, but I'm a sucker for the imagery and the overall bitter sarcasm in Pigs (TDO), and prolly cause it's my favourite Floyd song (with Sheep as my second, Dogs as my third), though Dogs is absolutely fantastic

Waldo Jeffers Wrote:Yeah, That's why Animals is definitely a close second or tied for first. Though I like the idea of being able to write an entire coherent rock opera, and it working well. I really think that as a whole, the entire thing is a masterpiece, it's like writing a story with pieces..especially when they weren't necessarily written in order, and the way they're all placed together to make it work.

pinkfloydmadchris Wrote:

Waldo Jeffers Wrote:Yeah, That's why Animals is definitely a close second or tied for first. Though I like the idea of being able to write an entire coherent rock opera, and it working well. I really think that as a whole, the entire thing is a masterpiece, it's like writing a story with pieces..especially when they weren't necessarily written in order, and the way they're all placed together to make it work.

It's funny. For ages when I first got into Floyd I thought that DSOTM was head and shoulders above everything else, but lately Animals and The Wall have probably been my favourites, and it's probably because I am more gripped to the pieces that have a definitive concept that runs through every song, and you can relate to it a lot better.

Clint Wrote:My vote goes to The Final Cut.

pinkfloydmadchris Wrote:

Clint Wrote:My vote goes to The Final Cut.

Welcome back Clint. Good to see you.

pinkfloydmadchris Wrote:

Waldo Jeffers Wrote:I think Pigs (TDO) has the best lyrics, the most bitter with the best imagery. Sheep is my second favourite, though is the most straightforward lyrically, and Dogs is of course great also

I love the lyric in Dogs; you've got to be trusted by the people that you lie to.

Very true with politics these days.

pinkfloydmadchris Wrote:Animals definitely. Most of the lyrics in Dogs alone are worthy of that title.

pinkfloydfan1 Wrote:Im shocked Animals has won i thought Darkside Of The Moon would have been the favourite to win.

Dyolf Wrote: It has to be Dark Side of The Moon. Sit and listen to the album in peace and quiet with the lights dimmed. Especially Berathe and Money.


Which Floyd album has the best lyrics in your opinion?

This thread is twinned with this one: http://www.pinkfloydonline.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=12977 so we can see how the two categories compare.

Panzer at the Gates of Dawn Wrote:BTW, Amused to Death has better lyrics than any Floyd album IMO.

(07-30-2010 07:13 PM)Floydy Wrote:  I read Animal Farm 176 years ago when I was in school. Great book, I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't read it.

(07-30-2010 08:35 PM)Electrophile Wrote:  

(07-30-2010 07:13 PM)Floydy Wrote:  I read Animal Farm 176 years ago when I was in school. Great book, I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't read it.

Remember, all animals are equal.


Except the pigs.

(07-30-2010 07:30 AM)Electrophile Wrote:  Animals is great lyrically, however I've found that if you don't at least have a basic idea of what Animal Farm is about or what Roger was trying to parallel with that album, you'll miss a lot of its deeper meanings.

(08-14-2010 06:15 PM)Floydium Wrote:  All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. Now if only they did an album based on 1984 .

Best lyrically? tis a hard one, most of the albums they did were good at creating images on the lyrical content. I'm gonna go with Dark Side, not only did I love the sound but how the lyrics really mean something. I will always appreciate how Time makes you sit back and think that it's best to do it now or else rot in old age wishing you had have done something. But the most fantastic piece of Dark Side has to be the combo of Brain Damage and Eclipse. No other Floyd song makes me sit down and think about what the lyrics are talking about. Is the Dark Side all in the head of the insane? or a part of all of us, that safe haven we go to?. Well whatever it is the song will continue to make me think and argue out what is the dark side of the moon... Animals is pretty good aswell .

(08-19-2010 12:52 PM)Arno Sluismans Wrote:  

(08-14-2010 06:15 PM)Floydium Wrote:  All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. Now if only they did an album based on 1984 .

Best lyrically? tis a hard one, most of the albums they did were good at creating images on the lyrical content. I'm gonna go with Dark Side, not only did I love the sound but how the lyrics really mean something. I will always appreciate how Time makes you sit back and think that it's best to do it now or else rot in old age wishing you had have done something. But the most fantastic piece of Dark Side has to be the combo of Brain Damage and Eclipse. No other Floyd song makes me sit down and think about what the lyrics are talking about. Is the Dark Side all in the head of the insane? or a part of all of us, that safe haven we go to?. Well whatever it is the song will continue to make me think and argue out what is the dark side of the moon... Animals is pretty good aswell .

I think Dark Side of the Moon is so great because it spoke about the things people hate, without pointing fingers to anybody. Brain Damage describes insanity, SOYCD described Syd. Us and Them describes war, The Wall describes World War II. Lyrics are generally better when the listener can relate it to their own life. That's why Brain Damage says so much more than SOYCD, despite the fact that SOYCD is so much more specific.