My first serious attempt at making a TH-cam video, where I shed some light on what I believe is the most underrated Pink Floyd album, A Saucerful of Secrets.
Damn, I really spent all that time color-correcting the video only for YT to say "it's perfectly fine to use this footage you won't get a copyright strike" lol.
I can hear inspirations for the Wall's 'In The Flesh' and 'Waiting For The Worms' in parts of the 'Atom Heart Mother Suite' and echoes of 'Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast' in the intro of 'Wish You Were Here'.
@@emilyfabriny1585 I don't dislike the walk, there's some really good stuff, but it's really only one album of good ideas. It's as bloated as the white album but not in a good way. Thanks for your reply and have a great day!
@@mikeythehat6693 There seems to be a fair amount of people who get it. There's nothing on the wall that matches up to Echoes. Thanks for your reply and have a great day!!
Nice. A simple, sincere, and minimalistic video made by a guy, driven by his enthusiasm for the subject matter, and narrated by himself. Despite not being the usual flavor of heavy/slick editing and overflowing with effects and visual condiments (and of course, sponsors), it is honest. And possibly/sadly....an endangered species of content. If things continue to progress the way they have been, that is. AI and CG narration, along with content created for a single purpose, profit, might make these types of videos rare in the future. At least in the sense that, though they still might exist in the future, they certainly won't be recommended, and therefore go mostly unseen. Some think that is what's headed our way. Let's hope they are wrong. Support the underdogs! This lad deserves far more than 52 subscribers!
It’s well put together and well reasoned. And I’ve loved this album for as long as I’ve loved Floyd. This and Ummagumma were the first Floyd I heard beyond DSOTM and The Wall. Subscribed 😊
I was exposed to Piper and Saucerful at the same time, when I found them re-issued together as A Nice Pair in a used record bin in the late 70's. I have always loved it. I agree with others who are saying that Obscured is their most underrated. Thanks for posting though, I enjoyed it!
It's nice to see Saucerful getting some love. My only critique would be the lyrics you didn't point out from Jugband Blues that so encapsulated Syd's departure. "It's awfully considerate of you to think of me here. And I'm most obliged to you for making it clear that I'm not here." And... "I'm grateful that you threw away my old shoes and brought me here instead dressed in red. And I'm wondering who could be writing this song."
@@samson5erb312 Time shares the same style of groove as Childhood's end Gilmour and Mason locking into that classic 70s groove... and they would revisit that rhythm again on the Animals album
I was fortunate enough to live through the sixties in London where you could frequently see PF live along with a plethora of other bands. My favorite concert was at the Crystal Palace garden party I think in 1971. Its on youtube and it was the first time they played Echoes. Some wonderful memories and good to see youngsters discovering their music.
Interstellar Overdrive and Set the Controls... have been my first contacts with Pink Floyd, resulting in a life-long relationship and love. A Saucerful of Secrets was my first PF album and I love it.
Thank you for reviewin' what was my introduction to Pink Floyd 'n remains my favorite o' their albums. I bought this 'n Piper At The Gates O' Dawn shortly afterward 'n love 'em both so much. When Dark Side O' The Moon came out I was a bit disappointed that several friends who's musical tastes were suspect to say the least had heard 'n were toutin' this remarkable new album by a band they had just discovered. Mainstream acceptance.
Well done commentary on an underrated album. I found your video informative and listenable…… I don’t know how that will work in the world today, but I enjoyed it. Just be yourself and you’ll be OK. I’ll be back for the next one.
Great video there was a time when I would have put this album on my top 5 favorite Pink Floyd albums list, while that’s not the case anymore I still think it’s an excellent album that doesn’t get enough praise. Saucerful of Secrets, the title track really is a stepping stone that was the perfect term to use for it. There’s a psychadelic and emotional experience in the studio track, and the live versions like Pompeii and from Nick Mason’s band of the same name, are a different experience that resonate with the Pink Floyd sound more people are familiar with.
If this is your 1st vid then it's excellent I can't believe how much footage you were allowed/got away with using. You are right about not getting any love of the early albums I'm guilty of it myself. I'm a huge P/F fan and I can only go back as far as Meddle. I will definitely give the earlier albums a listen. Than,s for the vid I'm looking forward to the next one. I've liked, commented and subbed take care now😊 !!!
I agree about Corporal Clegg to an extent - it consistently lands near the bottom of my comprehensive song ranking, but as I have become a bit of a scholar on the band's history and discography, I've come to appreciate that the lads always had a wicked, deadpan and sardonic sense of humor, and that comes through in some of their joke tracks, of which CC is one. It counterbalances their more heavy statements on the human condition, and also further proves my claim that "Pink Floyd tried nearly every musical genre, and every instrument at least ONCE in their career". That versatility and adventurousness is a big reason why they are my fav band of all time. Good review, glad to have stumbled across your young channel!
Corporal Clegg is so atrocious that even David Gilmour admits he had no idea what they were doing. He also, for some inexplicable reason, does not like Atom Heart Mother, I love it!
@@philipditchfield439 I also adore AHM, the suite and the whole album! I can kinda see it from Rog and Dave's perspective, especially Dave considering the main melodic motif was his idea. The end product just didn't achieve the heights they - in their perfectionism - were reaching for. With them being a little distracted by constant touring at the time, the backing track they handed Geesin was quite shoddy w/ off timing and rough tape splices, so Ron had to do quite a bit to make it presentable. On the other hand, having heard several live versions where the band is more in the moment, it sounds amazing...so Rog and Dave are just wrong. lol j/k
This album was probably my third Floyd album (on cassette!). It felt very grown-up and psychedelic to my young ears - but blew me away starting with that bass line. I also love “Point Me at the Sky” from this era. Subscribed.
I had a British import vinyl copy of "Saucerful Of Secrets" back in the late 1970s, I liked it as much as "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn", which is quite a lot. "Ummagumma" & "Meddle" are also big favorites, I think they hit their peak with "Meddle" & maintained it up through "The Wall". They never really put out a bad album, but "The Final Cut" lost something with the absence of Rick Wright, but I did like the post Waters releases as well, it helped that Rick was back in the band. I thought your video here was pretty nicely produced, I liked the old video footage of the band.
Nice work on the video, it's refreshing to see someone else's take on classic Pink Floyd. As for earlier albums to listen to, I can generally go as far back as Meddle, but if I listen to earlier Pink Floyd, it's usually individual pieces I like, as the earlier albums just don't do it for me. Examples of great tunes for me are (of course) Echoes, Atom Heart Mother and the opening riff to Interstellar Domine. I'd have a very hard time picking between Echoes or Wish You Were Here as my favourite tune of theirs. Weirdly, though people prefer the Pompeii concert for Echoes, I have a very fond spot for the album version on Meddle instead.
Great video but the thumbnail game needs some work Also maybe you could add small snippets of the songs to further demonstrate your points The best part of the video by far is the clear passion you have for Pink Floyd. So I think as long as you make videos about the stuff you enjoy your audience will engage 👍
You have to take into account that tracks like "Saucerful" and "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun" were _very_ familiar to a post-Syd Pink Floyd audience. I would say that Pink Floyd's most historically _overlooked_ album would be _Obscured by Clouds._
I have all the pink floyd music and been listening since and enjoy each individually and see this different sounds as a progression to future composition . and have always admired the group for honoring Sid as a friend
Good video! Really well edited. Honest take on music you clearly enjoy, so a good watch. Agree with your thoughts on Corporal Clegg and Richard Wright, in particular. All the best with the channel - an excellent start.
You most definitely should make more. I very much enjoyed it even though I have a different opinion. It is always nice to hear another opinion, and yours was well said.
I don't monetize my videos and get away with a lot with Pink Floyd too. They're really cool like that. They don't mind the public remixing their stuff. We disagree about the significance of The Wall album, but I appreciated the kind things you said about Rick. (Maybe you could do a full video focused on him next?) I thought you did an excellent job on this. I'm yet to make my first video where I talk. My channels are all reedits and reformatting and such, along with a few original songs of my own that I made music videos for. I've been vassilating between being a singer-songwriter and a filmmaker for a long time now. Congrats on building up your channel from 12 subscribers to 70.
I agree with you about the album. Yes, it is very much underrated. I don't agree about the favourite albums of the fans. I think a true fan will absolutley love the first albums where the influence of Syd Barret is undisputed and, like you very well referred to, Rick Wright flourishes, and Nick Mason has his creative liberty on the drums without restrictions. Regarding your video, I think you are undoubtedly going in the right direction. I liked it and I'm sure you will improve significantly in the near future. Please continue. Thank you and Bravo.👍👍👍👍
Floyd fans who were around when Floyd released this album, Umma Gumma and Atom Heart Mother tend to rate them far higher than those that weren't. There are exceptions on both sides, but thats what I've generally noticed. There was something very, very different about Pink Floyd compared to all the other bands during their experimental days that people either loved or absolutely hated. I was around then and I loved them but I had plenty of mates who didn't. I would say that Pink Floyd, particularly during their experimental period are one of the most devisive bands ever.
An interesting record, for sure. "Jugband Blues", "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" and "Remember a Day" (all songs that Syd Barrett contributed to) are among my favourites on this album. But in my humble opinion, the title track is a mess. I read on Wikipedia that Nick Mason has said this is his favourite Pink Floyd album, since it has both Gilmour and Barrett on it. For what it's worth, my favourite Pink Floyd albums are: 1: The Dark Side of the Moon 2: Wish You Were Here 3: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
am over "The Wall"- needs editing... I love Meddle, Piper and Saucerful... also fond of Final Cut, and was loving Division Bell- I agree your assessment with Set the Controls...
Well I really like your video and really like this Pink Floyd album too. For some reason I play this album together with The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn in the winter time.
"fa- fa- faaar far away way people heard him say say i will find a way way there will come a day day something will be do-o-o-o-o-o-o-one..." can't help to start sing it in my mind as soon as you started to talk about the album. anyway, my favourite PF albums are animals, whole, atom heart mother, mostly because of the suite, meddle, mostly because of echoes... and one of these days, in my country one of there days has been the opening of a sunday sport tv program for a couple of decades, it is surely not anymore like this (that tv program is long gone), but a while ago that song was in my country the most known PF song second only to another brick in the wall p.2 (even if they didn't know it :D)
I was late in discovering Pink Floyd and got swept away by the phenomenon that was The Wall, but I initially only found the use of sound effects more interesting than the nusic itself. But today it's the album I listen to the least and cannot recall the last time I listened to it from beginning to end without skipping some tracks. When I Roger Waters live about 25 years ago he must have played at least three quarters of the album. It was tedious and not a particularly memorable concert. After The Wall I started buying their older albums and was attracted to the darker themes that defined them from Dark Side to The Wall. I still don't consider The Final Cut as a full-fledged Floyd album. When I got older and started to outgrown these pessimistic feelings I started to look to that period from Saucerful of Secrets to Obscured By Clouds. There are so many beautiful gems to be found that will never get there proper respect and remain close to the heart of many hardcore Floyd fans. Even Roger Waters contributions to the soundtrack to the film The Body are hauntingly beautiful. Sadly the pessimism has eclipsed his mind and the band became his mouthpiece for his own hang ups and neurosis. It's only gotten worse with the years and now he sounds like a nut. But songs like Green Is the Colour, Cirrus Minor, If, Cymbaline, and even the bizarre Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast will always be among my favourites.
Cool topic. I agree that “ Piper “ is definitely the best of the more underrated albums. But “ Saucerful “ is special as well. “ Set the Controls “ is deep, strange and was absolute vintage Floyd. It’s another one of their earlier tunes that sounds even more ancient than it actually is. They were masters at doing that. And just like Obscured By Clouds, this album has always been overlooked.
The era before their "Golden Era" is one of their most interesting moments. I totally agree that A Saucerful of Secrets is an underrated one but I'm not entirely sure if it's the most underrated one. From this era, everyone points to Piper (i'm not talking about what's the most underrated one rn, if it sounded confusing). More is an interesting project featuring some really unique songs that nothing in their discography sound quite like them, but I do think that overall it was their weakest work. I feel like people completely misunderstand Ummagumma (in a similar way to how most people misunderstand The Final Cut and The Endless River) and completely forget about its importance, how all this experimentation helped to push the band into their new identity after the departure of Syd, an identity that they'd forge with the sounds of Atom Heart Mother (which is a top 3 PF album imo) and Meddle. I think AHM also deserves a spot for one of their most underrated works, but I think their true hidden gem is Obscured by Clouds, it's honestly incredible, they didn't need to go this hard for a soundtrack album to a film that hardly anyone knows about, let alone if they've even watched it, but it's completely obscured -pun intended- by the two albums before and after it which are obviously some absolute beasts. Also, while yeah, probably Corporal Clegg is the weakest of the LP, I wouldn't say it's bad, it's a pretty fun one... for a song about war... Something random, about Rick, while it's true that he slowly gets overshadowed for most people by David's guitar play and Roger's visions for the band, he was always my favorite from the band, he is their soul, he is Pink Floyd, he is the one who elevated their sound, what made them sound so unique and special and how there are basically no other bands like them, the closest I can think of would be Alan Parsons Project. Btw, his solo works are phenomenal and both of his albums are on the same level as PF's very best.
In the US it was re-released along with PIPER as a double album called A Nice Pair. (with some minor discrepancies like Astronomy domine). I loved both albums although only later realized they'd originally been separate albums.
The Wall takes so much $#!t. It's a very solid album for where they were at the time. It was ambitious and exhibited extraordinary songwriting. That three note guitar motif that shows up all through the album that's just rocking in Another Brick part 2 but it's downright malevolent in Hey You. Then in The Trial it somehow gets even more malevolent when the judge starts singing. It's really brilliant. That's the type of thing you hear in Wagner and people like that. Re emerging motifs. It's f***ing brilliant. Some of Dave's best guitar solos are on The Wall. It's a damn good album. But I'm curious. How could they have improved it?
Meddle and a magic mushrooms are made for each other. Combined, they take you to a place that is not of this planet. Meddle is simply masterpiece of all masterpieces.
Saucerful of secrets is really up there. I really think the Piper at the gates of dawn set them off, and was the most creative and groundbreaking of all of their work. Saucerful still had some of the influence of Syd, but in a lot of ways is more listenable than Piper, which is a difficult listen, despite being utterly brilliant.
As an album title `Saucer Full of Secrets’ ,I think, is unbeatable. How big is a secret & how many can you get in a saucer. Let your imagination run wild.
i am 14 and i recently bought my first vynils: the saucerful of secrets, relics and tales of mystery and imagination by the alan parsons project. i suggest every one of them
They were a cult band before Dark Side of the Moon, probably why the younger generation don't listen to the early albums, to me they're the best, I don't play the later ones 😊
Personally, I think Atom Heart Mother is way more underrated, especially considering how completely the band has criticized it since it came out, the suite in particular. Perhaps if the suite had been mixed better and the strings weren't so overpowering, and didn't essentially cover the actual performance of the guys, the whole album would be better appreciated. As far as Saucer goes, any album that features both Remember a Day and Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun is a winner...And Jugband Blues is heartbreaking, especially since Syd outright admits "I'm not here..."
You could argue that any one of the pre-Dark Side albums are the most underrated just as you could argue the same for the post Roger Waters albums, but they all come up fresher for me than the ones I became over-familiar with. By a small margin, I think Saucerful of Secrets was the better of the 2 Syd Barrett albums.
While I appreciate A Saucerful of Secrets a lot, I do not think it is their most underrated album. After all, Nick Mason has literally named his new band after it, and they only play songs from before Dark Side.
Meddle is one of the best albums. But trying to compare Floyd albums to Floyd albums, is like trying to hold a candle to the Sun to see it better. All that needs to be said….Fact, Pink Floyd. Fact, the Universe
It’s great but could have been so much better if they didn’t keep a bunch of Syd tracks off it because they didn’t want him to get more credit just as they kicked him out
I THINK SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS IS BY FAR THE BEST. THIS WAS MY FIRST HEARING OF PINK FLOYD IN 1968 A YEAR AFTER THE FIRST LP PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN WAS RELEASED. MUCH BETTER. FOR SOME REASON ALL THE FOCUS IS ON THAT FIRST LP AND THE ONES THAT FOLLOWED SAUCERFUL IN PARTICULAR MEDDLE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON WISH YOU WERE HERE AND THE WALL. SAUCERFUL WAS THE LAST LP WITH SYD BARRET OUTGOING AND DAVE GILMOUR. A TRANSITIONAL WORK BUT DEFINITELY ONE OF THE BEST AND MOST OVERLOOKED.
Underrated is the most overrated word on TH-cam. Can’t you people think of something else to say? Anybody who follows Pink Floyd knows that nothing they ever did is underrated. People like myself who was around when these albums were contemporary knows that they were absolutely stunning and breaking new ground. The mystique that Pink Floyd had during this period was anything but underrated. They were a phenomenon. Just because they weren’t The Beatles doesn’t mean they were some blip on the radar. Even the Beatles thought they were fantastic.
Damn, I really spent all that time color-correcting the video only for YT to say "it's perfectly fine to use this footage you won't get a copyright strike" lol.
Obscured by clouds is the most underrated.
Pink Floyd’s discography is mostly underrated.
@@BadringerGronger Not by music fans who know better
I agree
Agreed 💯
Came in to say this.
id argue Obscured by Clouds and Atom Heart Mother are their most underrated works
I can hear inspirations for the Wall's 'In The Flesh' and 'Waiting For The Worms' in parts of the 'Atom Heart Mother Suite' and echoes of 'Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast' in the intro of 'Wish You Were Here'.
I think for PF fans, this opinion wouldn't be argued.
As soon as you see a song credited to Wright , you know a treat is to follow .
Unless it’s Sysyphus
@@Daryl_Phillips_ haha only ever listen to live album which is timeless .
Substitute Meddle for the wall anyday, everyday.
Agreed.
Meddle, Obscured by clouds, DSOTM = perfection
The Wall has some fine moments but it's drawn out and a bit of a downer.
Meddle rocks.
absolutely! I was thinking the same thing.
@@emilyfabriny1585 I don't dislike the walk, there's some really good stuff, but it's really only one album of good ideas. It's as bloated as the white album but not in a good way. Thanks for your reply and have a great day!
I've been preaching this exact point online for years........nobody seems to care. Meddle is easily a high water mark. It's on my playlist still.
@@mikeythehat6693 There seems to be a fair amount of people who get it. There's nothing on the wall that matches up to Echoes. Thanks for your reply and have a great day!!
Nice.
A simple, sincere, and minimalistic video made by a guy, driven by his enthusiasm for the subject matter, and narrated by himself. Despite not being the usual flavor of heavy/slick editing and overflowing with effects and visual condiments (and of course, sponsors), it is honest. And possibly/sadly....an endangered species of content. If things continue to progress the way they have been, that is. AI and CG narration, along with content created for a single purpose, profit, might make these types of videos rare in the future. At least in the sense that, though they still might exist in the future, they certainly won't be recommended, and therefore go mostly unseen. Some think that is what's headed our way. Let's hope they are wrong.
Support the underdogs!
This lad deserves far more than 52 subscribers!
It’s well put together and well reasoned. And I’ve loved this album for as long as I’ve loved Floyd. This and Ummagumma were the first Floyd I heard beyond DSOTM and The Wall. Subscribed 😊
The live version of "A Saucerful of Secrets" from Ummagumma is one of my top five favorite Floyd songs. ... Highly underrated.
The whole live side is brilliant.
So much fun to see Nick tour now playing these songs!
I was exposed to Piper and Saucerful at the same time, when I found them re-issued together as A Nice Pair in a used record bin in the late 70's. I have always loved it. I agree with others who are saying that Obscured is their most underrated. Thanks for posting though, I enjoyed it!
I have all Pink Floyd albums and I do love Piper at the Gates of Dawn and Saucerfull of Secrets. Thank you for educating Pink Floyd fans.
It's nice to see Saucerful getting some love. My only critique would be the lyrics you didn't point out from Jugband Blues that so encapsulated Syd's departure. "It's awfully considerate of you to think of me here. And I'm most obliged to you for making it clear that I'm not here." And... "I'm grateful that you threw away my old shoes and brought me here instead dressed in red. And I'm wondering who could be writing this song."
Obscured by Clouds is DSOM part 1.
Funny enough, it was actually written after dark side of the Moon, while they were still polishing DSOTM in concert
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Time shares the same style of groove as Childhood's end
Gilmour and Mason locking into that classic 70s groove... and they would revisit that rhythm again on the Animals album
I was fortunate enough to live through the sixties in London where you could frequently see PF live along with a plethora of other bands. My favorite concert was at the Crystal Palace garden party I think in 1971. Its on youtube and it was the first time they played Echoes. Some wonderful memories and good to see youngsters discovering their music.
Interstellar Overdrive and Set the Controls... have been my first contacts with Pink Floyd, resulting in a life-long relationship and love.
A Saucerful of Secrets was my first PF album and I love it.
Thank you for reviewin' what was my introduction to Pink Floyd 'n remains my favorite o' their albums. I bought this 'n Piper At The Gates O' Dawn shortly afterward 'n love 'em both so much. When Dark Side O' The Moon came out I was a bit disappointed that several friends who's musical tastes were suspect to say the least had heard 'n were toutin' this remarkable new album by a band they had just discovered. Mainstream acceptance.
My all-time favorite is Quicksilver from the More soundtrack. Love that whole album. Rick Wright really shaped their sound.
Well done commentary on an underrated album. I found your video informative and listenable…… I don’t know how that will work in the world today, but I enjoyed it. Just be yourself and you’ll be OK. I’ll be back for the next one.
Great video there was a time when I would have put this album on my top 5 favorite Pink Floyd albums list, while that’s not the case anymore I still think it’s an excellent album that doesn’t get enough praise.
Saucerful of Secrets, the title track really is a stepping stone that was the perfect term to use for it. There’s a psychadelic and emotional experience in the studio track, and the live versions like Pompeii and from Nick Mason’s band of the same name, are a different experience that resonate with the Pink Floyd sound more people are familiar with.
If this is your 1st vid then it's excellent I can't believe how much footage you were allowed/got away with using. You are right about not getting any love of the early albums I'm guilty of it myself. I'm a huge P/F fan and I can only go back as far as Meddle. I will definitely give the earlier albums a listen. Than,s for the vid I'm looking forward to the next one. I've liked, commented and subbed take care now😊 !!!
I agree about Corporal Clegg to an extent - it consistently lands near the bottom of my comprehensive song ranking, but as I have become a bit of a scholar on the band's history and discography, I've come to appreciate that the lads always had a wicked, deadpan and sardonic sense of humor, and that comes through in some of their joke tracks, of which CC is one. It counterbalances their more heavy statements on the human condition, and also further proves my claim that "Pink Floyd tried nearly every musical genre, and every instrument at least ONCE in their career". That versatility and adventurousness is a big reason why they are my fav band of all time. Good review, glad to have stumbled across your young channel!
Glad to hear you liked my video!
Corporal Clegg is so atrocious that even David Gilmour admits he had no idea what they were doing. He also, for some inexplicable reason, does not like Atom Heart Mother, I love it!
@@philipditchfield439 I also adore AHM, the suite and the whole album! I can kinda see it from Rog and Dave's perspective, especially Dave considering the main melodic motif was his idea. The end product just didn't achieve the heights they - in their perfectionism - were reaching for. With them being a little distracted by constant touring at the time, the backing track they handed Geesin was quite shoddy w/ off timing and rough tape splices, so Ron had to do quite a bit to make it presentable. On the other hand, having heard several live versions where the band is more in the moment, it sounds amazing...so Rog and Dave are just wrong. lol j/k
@@philipditchfield439 Nah, its great. Best use of a kazoo.... and its fun
This album was probably my third Floyd album (on cassette!). It felt very grown-up and psychedelic to my young ears - but blew me away starting with that bass line. I also love “Point Me at the Sky” from this era. Subscribed.
I had a British import vinyl copy of "Saucerful Of Secrets" back in the late 1970s, I liked it as much as "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn", which is quite a lot. "Ummagumma" & "Meddle" are also big favorites, I think they hit their peak with "Meddle" & maintained it up through "The Wall". They never really put out a bad album, but "The Final Cut" lost something with the absence of Rick Wright, but I did like the post Waters releases as well, it helped that Rick was back in the band. I thought your video here was pretty nicely produced, I liked the old video footage of the band.
Nice work on the video, it's refreshing to see someone else's take on classic Pink Floyd. As for earlier albums to listen to, I can generally go as far back as Meddle, but if I listen to earlier Pink Floyd, it's usually individual pieces I like, as the earlier albums just don't do it for me. Examples of great tunes for me are (of course) Echoes, Atom Heart Mother and the opening riff to Interstellar Domine. I'd have a very hard time picking between Echoes or Wish You Were Here as my favourite tune of theirs. Weirdly, though people prefer the Pompeii concert for Echoes, I have a very fond spot for the album version on Meddle instead.
Great video but the thumbnail game needs some work
Also maybe you could add small snippets of the songs to further demonstrate your points
The best part of the video by far is the clear passion you have for Pink Floyd. So I think as long as you make videos about the stuff you enjoy your audience will engage 👍
You have to take into account that tracks like "Saucerful" and "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun" were _very_ familiar to a post-Syd Pink Floyd audience. I would say that Pink Floyd's most historically _overlooked_ album would be _Obscured by Clouds._
Thank-you for the video. I will absolutely now listen to A Saucers Full of Secrets with a new angle.
Syd Barrett was in the band when set the controls was written. Syd played the original guitar riff to this song.
I have all the pink floyd music and been listening since and enjoy each individually and see this different sounds as a progression to future composition . and have always admired the group for honoring Sid as a friend
Good video! Really well edited. Honest take on music you clearly enjoy, so a good watch. Agree with your thoughts on Corporal Clegg and Richard Wright, in particular. All the best with the channel - an excellent start.
Your video and narration is good. Dont change anything. Stay true to you, your efforts deserve respect. And i was thoroughly entertained
You most definitely should make more.
I very much enjoyed it even though I have a different opinion.
It is always nice to hear another opinion, and yours was well said.
I don't monetize my videos and get away with a lot with Pink Floyd too. They're really cool like that. They don't mind the public remixing their stuff. We disagree about the significance of The Wall album, but I appreciated the kind things you said about Rick. (Maybe you could do a full video focused on him next?)
I thought you did an excellent job on this. I'm yet to make my first video where I talk. My channels are all reedits and reformatting and such, along with a few original songs of my own that I made music videos for. I've been vassilating between being a singer-songwriter and a filmmaker for a long time now.
Congrats on building up your channel from 12 subscribers to 70.
I saw them headline the first free concert in Hyde Park, London just prior to the release of this album. A magical afternoon.
I agree with you about the album. Yes, it is very much underrated. I don't agree about the favourite albums of the fans. I think a true fan will absolutley love the first albums where the influence of Syd Barret is undisputed and, like you very well referred to, Rick Wright flourishes, and Nick Mason has his creative liberty on the drums without restrictions.
Regarding your video, I think you are undoubtedly going in the right direction. I liked it and I'm sure you will improve significantly in the near future. Please continue. Thank you and Bravo.👍👍👍👍
Floyd fans who were around when Floyd released this album, Umma Gumma and Atom Heart Mother tend to rate them far higher than those that weren't. There are exceptions on both sides, but thats what I've generally noticed. There was something very, very different about Pink Floyd compared to all the other bands during their experimental days that people either loved or absolutely hated. I was around then and I loved them but I had plenty of mates who didn't. I would say that Pink Floyd, particularly during their experimental period are one of the most devisive bands ever.
A saucerful of secrets was the first rock album that I bought Wren I was kid
Was Wren a sibling?
Classmate?
Vocational guidance counselor?
An interesting record, for sure. "Jugband Blues", "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" and "Remember a Day" (all songs that Syd Barrett contributed to) are among my favourites on this album. But in my humble opinion, the title track is a mess.
I read on Wikipedia that Nick Mason has said this is his favourite Pink Floyd album, since it has both Gilmour and Barrett on it.
For what it's worth, my favourite Pink Floyd albums are:
1: The Dark Side of the Moon
2: Wish You Were Here
3: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
am over "The Wall"- needs editing... I love Meddle, Piper and Saucerful... also fond of Final Cut, and was loving Division Bell- I agree your assessment with Set the Controls...
Well I really like your video and really like this Pink Floyd album too. For some reason I play this album together with The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn in the winter time.
Very good video essay, Well thought out and researched.
"fa- fa- faaar far away way people heard him say say i will find a way way there will come a day day something will be do-o-o-o-o-o-o-one..."
can't help to start sing it in my mind as soon as you started to talk about the album.
anyway, my favourite PF albums are animals, whole, atom heart mother, mostly because of the suite, meddle, mostly because of echoes...
and one of these days, in my country one of there days has been the opening of a sunday sport tv program for a couple of decades, it is surely not anymore like this (that tv program is long gone), but a while ago that song was in my country the most known PF song second only to another brick in the wall p.2 (even if they didn't know it :D)
I so much agree that this is so under-rated. Excellent opinions.
I agree. Saucerful was my favourite album for years.
I was late in discovering Pink Floyd and got swept away by the phenomenon that was The Wall, but I initially only found the use of sound effects more interesting than the nusic itself. But today it's the album I listen to the least and cannot recall the last time I listened to it from beginning to end without skipping some tracks. When I Roger Waters live about 25 years ago he must have played at least three quarters of the album. It was tedious and not a particularly memorable concert. After The Wall I started buying their older albums and was attracted to the darker themes that defined them from Dark Side to The Wall. I still don't consider The Final Cut as a full-fledged Floyd album. When I got older and started to outgrown these pessimistic feelings I started to look to that period from Saucerful of Secrets to Obscured By Clouds. There are so many beautiful gems to be found that will never get there proper respect and remain close to the heart of many hardcore Floyd fans. Even Roger Waters contributions to the soundtrack to the film The Body are hauntingly beautiful. Sadly the pessimism has eclipsed his mind and the band became his mouthpiece for his own hang ups and neurosis. It's only gotten worse with the years and now he sounds like a nut. But songs like Green Is the Colour, Cirrus Minor, If, Cymbaline, and even the bizarre Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast will always be among my favourites.
Cool topic. I agree that “ Piper “ is definitely the best of the more underrated albums. But “ Saucerful “ is special as well. “ Set the Controls “ is deep, strange and was absolute vintage Floyd. It’s another one of their earlier tunes that sounds even more ancient than it actually is. They were masters at doing that. And just like Obscured By Clouds, this album has always been overlooked.
Literally one of my favorite albums.
I love Saucerful of Secrets. One of the great psychedelic albums of all time!
The era before their "Golden Era" is one of their most interesting moments. I totally agree that A Saucerful of Secrets is an underrated one but I'm not entirely sure if it's the most underrated one. From this era, everyone points to Piper (i'm not talking about what's the most underrated one rn, if it sounded confusing). More is an interesting project featuring some really unique songs that nothing in their discography sound quite like them, but I do think that overall it was their weakest work. I feel like people completely misunderstand Ummagumma (in a similar way to how most people misunderstand The Final Cut and The Endless River) and completely forget about its importance, how all this experimentation helped to push the band into their new identity after the departure of Syd, an identity that they'd forge with the sounds of Atom Heart Mother (which is a top 3 PF album imo) and Meddle. I think AHM also deserves a spot for one of their most underrated works, but I think their true hidden gem is Obscured by Clouds, it's honestly incredible, they didn't need to go this hard for a soundtrack album to a film that hardly anyone knows about, let alone if they've even watched it, but it's completely obscured -pun intended- by the two albums before and after it which are obviously some absolute beasts.
Also, while yeah, probably Corporal Clegg is the weakest of the LP, I wouldn't say it's bad, it's a pretty fun one... for a song about war...
Something random, about Rick, while it's true that he slowly gets overshadowed for most people by David's guitar play and Roger's visions for the band, he was always my favorite from the band, he is their soul, he is Pink Floyd, he is the one who elevated their sound, what made them sound so unique and special and how there are basically no other bands like them, the closest I can think of would be Alan Parsons Project. Btw, his solo works are phenomenal and both of his albums are on the same level as PF's very best.
In the US it was re-released along with PIPER as a double album called A Nice Pair. (with some minor discrepancies like Astronomy domine). I loved both albums although only later realized they'd originally been separate albums.
❤'ed you covering their early works ‼
Right on. Thanks for sharing.
A Saucerful Of Secrets is my favorite Pink Floyd album
I bought a used copy of Ummagumma album in the mid seventies. Epic.❤️😎
The Wall takes so much $#!t. It's a very solid album for where they were at the time. It was ambitious and exhibited extraordinary songwriting. That three note guitar motif that shows up all through the album that's just rocking in Another Brick part 2 but it's downright malevolent in Hey You. Then in The Trial it somehow gets even more malevolent when the judge starts singing. It's really brilliant. That's the type of thing you hear in Wagner and people like that. Re emerging motifs. It's f***ing brilliant. Some of Dave's best guitar solos are on The Wall. It's a damn good album. But I'm curious. How could they have improved it?
Meddle and a magic mushrooms are made for each other. Combined, they take you to a place that is not of this planet. Meddle is simply masterpiece of all masterpieces.
Animals, Meddle, Atom Heart Mother. These are my three most favorite Pink Floyd albums.
I'm more a 1.Animals 2.Dsotm 3.Ummagumma fan.
What a band eh!
Saucerful of secrets is really up there. I really think the Piper at the gates of dawn set them off, and was the most creative and groundbreaking of all of their work. Saucerful still had some of the influence of Syd, but in a lot of ways is more listenable than Piper, which is a difficult listen, despite being utterly brilliant.
You really get Pink Floyd in all their glory. That is rare.
As an album title `Saucer Full of Secrets’ ,I think, is unbeatable. How big is a secret & how many can you get in a saucer. Let your imagination run wild.
i am 14 and i recently bought my first vynils: the saucerful of secrets, relics and tales of mystery and imagination by the alan parsons project. i suggest every one of them
I like this album a lot
Saucerful of Secrets is my favourite album of Pink Floyd's
My favorite album of Pink Floyd is probably Ummagumma (I'm serious).
They were a cult band before Dark Side of the Moon, probably why the younger generation don't listen to the early albums, to me they're the best, I don't play the later ones 😊
See Emily play has always been a favorite of mine
Listen Folks! The must ignored
Album is the Spacement Monitor Lifealbum from ,71.
The logical follow up to PATGOD
I like A Nice Pair... and the album too!
Personally, I think Atom Heart Mother is way more underrated, especially considering how completely the band has criticized it since it came out, the suite in particular. Perhaps if the suite had been mixed better and the strings weren't so overpowering, and didn't essentially cover the actual performance of the guys, the whole album would be better appreciated. As far as Saucer goes, any album that features both Remember a Day and Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun is a winner...And Jugband Blues is heartbreaking, especially since Syd outright admits "I'm not here..."
A Kazoo solo is something to be revered. But then I am of the Humphrey Lyttleton generation....
Interesting thing about Another Brick In The Wall is the way it became Pink Floyd's first and only children's song.😄
I think "More" from just after "Saucer" is the most underrated, obscure album.
The 'kazoo' is a swanee whisttle! at 71 I relate more to Free Four, off Obscured by clouds!
Atom Heart Mother, hands down
Saucerful, Atom , Meddle .
You have to listen in Quadraphonic, will Blow your Mind!
Thanks. Nicely done. tavi.
Saucerful is like the older brother to the big 4
Merci beaucoup pour le partage de votre vidéo ⭐🥰👍🇲🇶⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Finally someone who says it!!
Yes it is. A great album.
You could argue that any one of the pre-Dark Side albums are the most underrated just as you could argue the same for the post Roger Waters albums, but they all come up fresher for me than the ones I became over-familiar with. By a small margin, I think Saucerful of Secrets was the better of the 2 Syd Barrett albums.
I think you have to be British to get Corporal Clegg...
Well done!
Atom Heart and Meddle, the 2 best.
While I appreciate A Saucerful of Secrets a lot, I do not think it is their most underrated album. After all, Nick Mason has literally named his new band after it, and they only play songs from before Dark Side.
well done thanks
I love Relics.
1st 💊 🌌 Umma-Gumma 🪓
Atom Heart Mother is the first epic.
Piper and Meddle ❤
I think the *_most underrated Pink Floyd album_* is *_MEDDLE._*
this a favorite of mine
Meddle is one of the best albums. But trying to compare Floyd albums to Floyd albums, is like trying to hold a candle to the Sun to see it better. All that needs to be said….Fact, Pink Floyd. Fact, the Universe
It’s great but could have been so much better if they didn’t keep a bunch of Syd tracks off it because they didn’t want him to get more credit just as they kicked him out
I THINK SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS IS BY FAR THE BEST. THIS WAS MY FIRST HEARING OF PINK FLOYD IN 1968 A YEAR AFTER THE FIRST LP PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN WAS RELEASED. MUCH BETTER. FOR SOME REASON ALL THE FOCUS IS ON THAT FIRST LP AND THE ONES THAT FOLLOWED SAUCERFUL IN PARTICULAR MEDDLE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON WISH YOU WERE HERE AND THE WALL. SAUCERFUL WAS THE LAST LP WITH SYD BARRET OUTGOING AND DAVE GILMOUR. A TRANSITIONAL WORK BUT DEFINITELY ONE OF THE BEST AND MOST OVERLOOKED.
Underrated is the most overrated word on TH-cam. Can’t you people think of something else to say? Anybody who follows Pink Floyd knows that nothing they ever did is underrated. People like myself who was around when these albums were contemporary knows that they were absolutely stunning and breaking new ground. The mystique that Pink Floyd had during this period was anything but underrated. They were a phenomenon. Just because they weren’t The Beatles doesn’t mean they were some blip on the radar. Even the Beatles thought they were fantastic.
"Piper at the Gates of Dawn" was not released by Syd Barrett!
Set the controls for the heart of the sun is my favorite song from this album, though I think the UMMAGUMMA live version is better.
AHM is great, but I thinks Obscured holds the title of most underrated, or perhaps the most neglected.