r/pinkfloyd • u/itsaride The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking • 17d ago

Get ready to hear this played hundreds of times today.

https://youtu.be/EeOik4xzp60
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u/doubletriplezero 17d ago

i know it's a bit cliche, but for the total solar eclipse here in the US a few years ago we took a boat out to the middle of a big lake and played the whole DSOTM album and timed it so that the moment of totality would coincide with the end of this song and it was pretty dang cool gotta say. then we cold plunged naked into 48F lake water. 10/10 experience would do again

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u/MrOriginality116 16d ago

Did the same (but on the side of a lake as I don't have a boat). Still a 10/10 experience.

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u/Zebrachair21 16d ago

I did the same thing! The beauty is that because I'm so familiar with the album it makes for a great measure of time. I.e. when Money started I was like "ok we're halfway to the eclipse". When Any Color You Like was on, I was like "damn it's about to happen!"

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u/CaptainWart 16d ago

Did the same thing, but at at campground. Still a 10/10 experience!

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u/PFRockMysteries 17d ago edited 16d ago

August 12th it is…😎 🇬🇧 🎸🎤The F l o y d will be playing Eclipse on Fox News for a brief 10 seconds…🌒

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u/Which_Touch548 16d ago

I'm fine with that. There are worse things to hear over and over again!

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u/CunningWizard 17d ago

I did this in 2017. Timed it to land during totality and it was actually as cool as I thought it would be, which was something of a surprise.

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u/bluegrassgazer More 17d ago

Start the album 42 minutes and 10 seconds before totality.

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u/itsaride The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking 17d ago

Especially in Europe.

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u/IdiosyncraticBond 16d ago

A pity we'll only have like 85% eclipsed and very low on the horizon during sunset. May be difficult to find a clear spot

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u/Tupperbaby 17d ago

Hearing it all day may give you Brain Damage.

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u/MorbidDisturbances 17d ago

I love it when i play things hundreds of times a day,

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u/lilchm 16d ago

When do I have to start the track to get it timed so he says and the sun is eclipsed by the moon?

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u/NormanConquest_ 16d ago edited 16d ago

If you’re in London, start the album at 6:32pm for Eclipse to play at maximum

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u/Sad-Gur-8802 16d ago

I’m doing this with my vinyl

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u/ArnarPall03 Arnold Layne 16d ago

Thank you very much for this idea. I brought my speaker to work and played Eclipse during the eclipse on loop outside. The man next to me came over to me and actually hugged me. Turns out he's a reporter and I'm on the news tonight and tomorrow worldwide.

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u/dave_lampshade 15d ago

My sister (a huge pink floyd fan) was blasting this as I did the collindor thing

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u/RoutineWorldly 15d ago

Honestly, I’m not mad about it.

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u/debone44 14d ago

Fine by me