[Prime Choice]

I'm just listening to "Dark Side of the Moon" ...what do I know?

And on a related note, Pink Floyd stopped being Pink Floyd when Roger Waters left. After that, it was just Pink Gilmour with a Buttload of Studio Musicians.

[pdunkin]

--And on a related note, Pink Floyd stopped being Pink Floyd when Roger Waters left. After that, it was just Pink Gilmour with a Buttload of Studio Musicians.--

I think they stopped being Pink Floyd when they came out with that dreadful Final Cut. The only good thing to come off of that album was Gilmour singing Not Now John. The new Floyd is what you describe but The Division Bell is awesome IMHO.
Van Halen without Roth just isn't right but methinks Dave has gone a little off the deep end. I would rather have fond memories of the good ole days (as a previous poster said, Fair Warning is as good as it gets) than see geezers trying to recapture their youth and our bucks.

[Skooz]

Pink Floyd stopped being Pink Floyd when Roger Waters left.

I agree completely. It ain't Floyd without Roger.

After that, it was just Pink Gilmour with a Buttload of Studio Musicians.

Actually, it was Gilmour, Wright and Mason with a bunch of studio musicians. Not bad, but not Floyd.

I told a friend who was excited about their late 1980s tour, "Sorry, but it isn't Pink Floyd. It should be called the 'Three Guys Who Used to be in Pink Floyd' Tour, but please don't think this is Pink Floyd." Of course, they were still better than 99.9999% of the acts out there. And Gilmour's playing during that time was incredible.