[binary visions]

...but I had no idea as to the extent of Dark Side of the Moon's popularity!

Jenn sent me this link:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/09/music.waters.reut/index.html

One thousand five hundred weeks on the Billboard Top 200. Unbelievable. I know a lot of the 'core Pink Floyd fans don't consider DSOTM to be Floyd's best work, but I love the album and it is clearly had the most public appeal.

 

[Echo]

That album kicks ass. I had the vinyl, lost it at some point, wore out the cassette tape a couple times, ruined the CD, and now it sits safely in my ipod.

 

[GumbaFish]

Darkside rocks. I would say I have listened to the wall and darkside probably more than any other album I own. Well I might have listened to workingmans dead more, but that is besides the point.

 

[BurlyShirley]

Darkside is a great album, but Ill never get why its Pink Floyd's most popular...

 

[Westy]

In my opinion Darkside is the best studio album ever, although I do skip over Money whenever I listen to the album. That damn song just doesn't fit in, not to mention it got so overplayed.

 

[antimony]

In my opinion Darkside is the best studio album ever, although I do skip over Money whenever I listen to the album. That damn song just doesn't fit in, not to mention it got so overplayed.

Couldn't agree more!

 

[BurlyShirley]

In my opinion Darkside is the best studio album ever, although I do skip over Money whenever I listen to the album. That damn song just doesn't fit in, not to mention it got so overplayed.

"Money" fits in with the "concept" of the album, but you're right, musically it doesnt belong at all.

Animals is the best album ever, studio or otherwise...

 

[Westy]

"Money" fits in with the "concept" of the album, but you're right, musically it doesnt belong at all.

Animals is the best album ever, studio or otherwise...

I think Meddle ranks pretty high up there.

 

[BurlyShirley]

I think Meddle ranks pretty high up there.

Oh yeah, that is a great one too. I think anyone who doesnt stick floyd right up in there with The Beatles or Rolling Stones doesnt know music too well.

 

[Westy]

Oh yeah, that is a great one too. I think anyone who doesnt stick floyd right up in there with The Beatles or Rolling Stones doesnt know music too well.

I'd say that anyone who ranks the Beatles and the Stones up there with PF doesn't know music too well.


Edit: I don't know why anyone is suprised that DarkSide is so popular. I see so may Foresters out ther with the little triangle/rainbow stickers on them.

 

[Zark]

DSOTM: best and worst album to listen to on L.S.D.
Wish you were here: Best album ever

Yes, yes. I do listen to more than just metal

 

[BurlyShirley]

I'd say that anyone who ranks the Beatles and the Stones up there with PF doesn't know music too well.

Well, thats what I think, but for some reason, given the world's consensus, those two bands are apparently on some level above everyone else.

Musically, I dont think they are close, as in complexity, originality, but they both did put out a massive amount of work and some very good songs..

 

[binary visions]

Edit: I don't know why anyone is suprised that DarkSide is so popular. I see so may Foresters out ther with the little triangle/rainbow stickers on them.

 

[Westy]

Well, thats what I think, but for some reason, given the world's consensus, those two bands are apparently on some level above everyone else.

Musically, I dont think they are close, as in complexity, originality, but they both did put out a massive amount of work and some very good songs..

The "worlds" consensus has also given the thumbs up to the Spice Girls, New Kids on the Block, Hasselhoff......

 

[Konabumm]

never been a big PF fan, I find the music a little strange

 

[SkaredShtles]

Excellent thread! I like all of PF's stuff. DSOTM, Animals, Wish you Were Here, Meddle, The Wall.......... Hell - even Momentary Lapse of Reason.

Great stuff.

 

[SkaredShtles]

never been a big PF fan, I find the music a little strange

That might be the understatement of the week. Alot of it is really weird.

 

[Westy]

That might be the understatement of the week. Alot of it is really weird.

I honestly don't find it weird. Ween is weird.

 

[Polandspring88]

never been a big PF fan, I find the music a little strange

Agreed. It was far too weird for me to get into it. Can't say that I hate them as I can appreciate all they achieved, but if one of their songs was on the radio I would switch the station.

 

[GumbaFish]

I dig pink floyd because they make good albums, not good singles. I can't listen to a pink floyd song, I either put on the whole album or don't listen at all. I first had darkside on an umarked tape. I thought there were like 3 songs on there untill I bought the album and saw the song names.

 

[Westy]

Agreed. It was far too weird for me to get into it. Can't say that I hate them as I can appreciate all they achieved, but if one of their songs was on the radio I would switch the station.

Your not going to hear much of their good stuff on the radio.

 

[SkaredShtles]

I honestly don't find it weird. Ween is weird.

I find some of it weird musically, and some of their lyrics are positively bizarro, IMO.

 

[BurlyShirley]

Your not going to hear much of their good stuff on the radio.

Right, you might hear some dark side, the wall or gay 80's post-waters stuff, but the better experience is in the album.

 

[BurlyShirley]

I find some of it weird musically, and some of their lyrics are positively bizarro, IMO.

Really? I think most of their lyrics are pretty straight forward and meaningful. You wont get any lovesongs...mostly philosophy and political stuff, but its easy to pick up on.

 

[Konabumm]

Agreed. It was far too weird for me to get into it. Can't say that I hate them as I can appreciate all they achieved, but if one of their songs was on the radio I would switch the station.

yeah they seem to have one hell of a following. But like I said just a little to strange for me....

 

[narlus]

I honestly don't find it weird. Ween is weird.

this thread fits perfectly...i've got tomorrow's SotD selection picked out.

 

[splat]

This thread and the CD's you need to buy thread go hand in hand for me. I have DSOTM on Cd , but I Keep saying I need to get "the Wall" on Cd , I have it on vinyl and Casstte , both which are extreamly worn.

 

[antimony]

One of my coworkers is going to see Roger Waters in September. He just came and gave me a cd to listen to; it's Luther Wright or someone, a bluegrass rendition of The Wall. He knows the Wall verbatim, and said this is pretty interesting to listen to, so I figured bv and I can give it a shot while we clean tonight.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Really? I think most of their lyrics are pretty straight forward and meaningful. You wont get any lovesongs...mostly philosophy and political stuff, but its easy to pick up on.

<shrug> I find some of it weird.

 

[narlus]

like 'careful w/ that axe, eugene'?

 

[BurlyShirley]

like 'careful w/ that axe, eugene'?

dude, is that song and "The End" by the doors, NOT the same song? I swear they are very similar..which was first?

 

[Echo]

dude, is that song and "The End" by the doors, NOT the same song? I swear they are very similar..which was first?

On a somewhat unrelated note, has anyone ever noticed that "What I Got" by Sublime is basically the EXACT same song as "Lady Madonna" by the Beatles? How do they get away with that?

 

[narlus]

dude, is that song and "The End" by the doors, NOT the same song? I swear they are very similar..which was first?

good question, i'm not sure. probably the doors' song, it was on the 1st record, right? when was that, in '66 or so?

maybe i'll play 'em back to back to see.

three songs of the same era which sound identical:

twist and shout
la bamba
good lovin'

 

[peter6061]

My wife just found that Roger Waters was coming in September to NoVA and was about to buy me tickets. The prices were scalp prices, so she hesitated and talked to me first. She said he is playing DSOTM straight through during the show. I'm there.

Fav PF albums: Meddle, Animals, The Wall, Wish You Were Here,... sh!t, I like most of them. I think I have Relics in the car right now.

 

[H8R]

Everyone go watch Live in Pompei.

 

[narlus]

i'd rather have waters play _Obscured By Clouds_ all the way through, but he wouldn't have gilmour or wright to sing a few of the songs.

BS, 'careful' and 'the end' aren't all that similar, imo. listening again to 'careful' right now. great song.

if anyone is a big PF fan, i've got some interesting boots

 

[BurlyShirley]

i'd rather have waters play _Obscured By Clouds_ all the way through, but he wouldn't have gilmour or wright to sing a few of the songs.

BS, 'careful' and 'the end' aren't all that similar, imo. listening again to 'careful' right now. great song.

if anyone is a big PF fan, i've got some interesting boots

Id like to hear them...

Obscured by clouds is great too...

I think I have every CD you can readily get your hands on

 

[narlus]

now playing: PF - "Bike"

 

[rigidhack]

I've got a bike
you can ride it if you like
it's got a bakset, a bell and strings and things to make it look good
I'd give it to you if I could
but I borrowed it


Live at Pompeii is pretty mazing stuff. Wierd, yes. But amazing.
I like Saucer Full of Secrets and Piper at the Gates of Dawn, but of course nobody can overlook The Wall - which really needs to be listened to in its entirety in a single sitting.

I think I have an original copy of DSOTM on Harvest records (not Capitol/EMI) from 1973 somewhere.

 

[OGRipper]

Wish You Were Here and The Final Cut are two of the most underrated albums ever.

And it's not Floyd without Waters. Gilmore can carry a band himself but it's still not Floyd.