Someone in the Floyd organization (or in their record company’s organization) recognized the marketing potential of message boards and played it to the hilt – a couple of years before anybody else caught on. Personally, I have more respect for the early recognition of the marketing capabilities of 'net. The secrets, as revealed at the site Hawkmoth provided, turns out to be something on the order of, “You can’t change the world until you change yourself.” True enough, but earth-shattering? Breath-takingly original? I think not.
Isn’t it obvious that the whole thing was a reasonably well-planned marketing gimmick? Sheesh! A couple of vague usenet messages spouting new age jargon encouraging people to listen closely to the album (and buy it…) so that they may decode it’s deep dark secrets. Nope, I daresay Pink Floyd was for many, many years my favorite band. No – I list my Pink credentials to forestall any dismissal of my cynicism regarding the “Publius Enigma” as the sniping of a Floyd-hater (uh…well…uh…Andy, he hates me…ooooh, looks like Opie needs a trim… ). I do not list these fascinating facts to prove that I am the most loyal and true Floyd fan that ever packed a bowl. I own (and actually listen to) both of Syd Barrett’s solo albums, two solo David Gilmour albums and Rick Wright’s solo album. M’ favorites are probably “Meddle” and “Ummagumma” for what it’s worth. Have every album through “The Final Cut”. I am a Pink Floyd fan – have been for aboot 25 years now. Thanks again!!! Oh yeah, and a publius’ witness is just someone who was in the newsgroup when the Publius postings happened. Perhaps I’ll try again in a few weeks with better phrasing.
Also, sorry that this is still so confusing. Sorry, my first topic here was so poorly done. If you don’t wanna waste your time on that site (if it even works) just go to the messages section it should alleviate any questions. Anyway, thanks for responding even if it was just to flame. We just recieved messages on the Newsgroup every few weeks for a couple months. Anyway the publius enigma is something near and dear to Floydians but none of us are sure just what the hell it is. I would just say to go to but it’s gone. I’m sorry that I was so vague with my topic (it was my first here.) Maybe this’ll clear it up Hmmm… No real Pink Floyd fans huh? Well, that’s cool. Has anyone figured out the Enigma, and been proven right? As a Publius’ Witness (something I’m very proud of) I must know. I personally witnessed two of these, the first was during the World-wide 1994 telecast and the second was during the Re-Release of singles from the “A Momentary Lapse of Reason.” album.īeing dedicated fans, we made several assumptions on the Enigma, but most of these had been shot down, or they led to even more encrypted clues. Of course he backed up his claims with a supernatural hold over the events during certain Pink Floyd concerts and album art. A man by the name of Publius posted several messages concerning the then new album “The Division Bell.” He said that there was a mystery wrapped up within the Lyrics, Music, and the Pictures associated with the album. Well, if your a fan of Pink Floyd you probably already know that we encountered an oddity in June of 1994. A few (about five) years ago I was a part of the newsgroup.