The Dark Side of the Moon

[Floyd Eye]

Originally Posted by giacomini

Not at all, now that you mentioned, I'm gonna give it a try.

Brother, from start to finish it is an absolute masterpiece.

[gumbynotpokey]

Originally Posted by MysticMichael

Alas, most of the under-40 crowd - and nearly all of the under-30 crowd - know about nothing that came before Dark Side. To them, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall is Pink Floyd...

MM

Perfect. And perfectly sad.

"I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like." Or, "And then one day, hooray; another way for gnomes to say...." Or, a track like Lucifer Sam.

[Floyd Eye]

Originally Posted by gumbynotpokey

Perfect. And perfectly sad.

"I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like." Or, "And then one day, hooray; another way for gnomes to say...." Or, a track like Lucifer Sam.

"I'd give it to you if I could but I borrowed it. You're the kind of girl who fits into my world, I'll give you anything everything if you want thing".

I love that song man.

[Floyd Eye]

Or this.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwITUMl5UKw

[Floyd Eye]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3T3hLiHUrY

[MysticMichael]

Originally Posted by UncleFluffy

Though that's still way better than the Momentary Lapse of Roger stuff ...

Agreed.

MM

[Floyd Eye]

Or this gem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTNif_EIOVQ

[62Jazzbass]

Originally Posted by MysticMichael

Alas, most of the under-40 crowd - and nearly all of the under-30 crowd - know about nothing that came before Dark Side. To them, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall IS Pink Floyd...
MM

Well I am nearly 48, and Floyd is Meddle through The Wall for me, with Meddle, Animals and The Wall being my faves, depending on my mood.

Anything after Roger left I couldn't have cared less, and the pre-Meddle stuff I just couldn't get into, of course it's been 25+ years since I tried, so maybe I could dive in and see what I think. I do like some of the older stuff on the Live at Pompeii DVD, now that I think of it........

[Floyd Eye]

Originally Posted by 62Jazzbass

Well I am nearly 48, and Floyd is Meddle through The Wall for me, with Meddle, Animals and The Wall being my faves, depending on my mood.

Anything after Roger left I couldn't have cared less, and the pre-Meddle stuff I just couldn't get into, of course it's been 25+ years since I tried, so maybe I could dive in and see what I think. I do like some of the older stuff on the Live at Pompeii DVD, now that I think of it........

Not a "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" kinda guy eh?

Well, some people consider this the Best Floyd album. Me, as I said, I see no reason to choose. I love all of it.

[Josh Thatguy]

I'm not going to waste a lot of my time, nor the OP's or other readers', because to me, if Dark Side has to be explained.... well, then ..... I just don't think the OP is wired the same as a lot of us are. I'm not putting him down, it's simply one of those "to each his (or her) own" kind of things.

The album is certainly not a happy-go-goofy, bright-sunny-day, play-it-as-background-filler-at-the-office music like most of the manufactured music of the current 20-something generation often is, and that might be a part of the problem the OP has in understanding it. If one has become accustomed to shallow-end-of-the-gene-pool musical garbage, then I could see where some Floyd would be lost upon a listener.

Dark Side Of The Moon is an introspective sonic journey from start to finish, requiring deep thought, understanding, and, if it's your thing, mind expansion of your choosing ( a drink or three, a joint or three) to appreciate... and to feel.

If you don't "get" it, I don't think you can be taught by others to get it. Sorry.

And the there's The Wall.......................

[HolmeBass]

Dark Side Of The Moon. My initiation into learning to play by ear- ear training, improvisation, and really becoming a musician instead of just a player, a sight reader of music.

[Remus_Redbone]

I observed a similar situation recently when one of my great nieces asked her grandmother, (my mother-in-law) what was so special about "Gone With The Wind"?

The answer would fit this scenario and I was surprised how brilliantly my mother-in-law answered the question.

She said; I would have to explain everything about the whole world at that time before you would understand.

I think DSOTM was a masterpiece at the time of release. Compared to other pop music at the time, it was very, very, unique. The fact it was pop seems strange these days, but I can remember when "Money" was in 20 minute rotation. You could tune to a pop station and hear it three time an hour.

I thought about trying to explain more here, but I think my M-I-L nailed it; you would need to know about everything else at the time to get the perspective of what an impact DSOTM was when released.

[FretlessMainly]

Originally Posted by nutso42

20, so clearly I wasn't there to witness it's revolutionary power. I was just curious if there's something else to it I'm missing, and why it's regarded as better than their other stuff.

It hit the radio like a ton of bricks and took no prisoners. I like Floyd, even really like them a great deal, but I see huge swings of up and down with their catalog. I see you mentioned Animals as a favorite; that is hands down my favorite Floyd album. But, it has no real mass appeal because only the pigs on the wing cuts were of suitable radio-play length.

That said, The latest recordings of DSOTM in the Immersion set are quite good. But I don't think that it's widely regarded as better, if it is indeed so, because the playing is the best, or the mix is the best, or because the thematic content is the best (although it might be). IMO, it's only because when you think of Floyd in common circles, you think DSOTM.

Personally, my #1 record from '73 is Brain Salad Surgery, with DSOTM a fairly close second, followed by Crimso's Lark's Tongues...Damn, those were the days indeed.

[OldDog52]

I had just completed Air Force basic training in San Antonio when DSOTM came out. We were in "casual" waiting for our deployment orders. I remember someone carrying around what passed for a boom box radio at the time, playing DSOTM. Hearing it for the first time was exciting because there had been nothing like it before. Everyone knew it was special and would be big.

[UncleFluffy]

I might have said this before, but:

Barrett era Floyd - Psychosis music
Waters era Floyd - Neurosis music
Gilmour era Floyd - Elevator music

[Lonesomedave]

Originally Posted by FretlessMainly

....Personally, my #1 record from '73 is Brain Salad Surgery, with DSOTM a fairly close second, followed by Crimso's Lark's Tongues...Damn, those were the days indeed.

D**N!....you have good taste!


got a ton of ELP, King Crimson, and Floyd on my ITunes right now, and still listen to all of it....along (of course) with the fusion jazz which was the subject of a very recent thread-see Mahavishnu

those 60's & 70's guys were serious musicians....at least the ones in the conversations we are now having.

[notverygood]

I'm unusual I guess, I like all the Floyd era's. To me, it sounds like the soundtrack to an entire life. Wild youth, bitter 30's and 40's frustration with the world, and finally the mellowing of old age. To me it's a lot better than listening to Steven Tyler pretend he's 25. I also seem to be unusual in the fact that I'm not scared of new music.

[Lonesomedave]

Originally Posted by notverygood

... I also seem to be unusual in the fact that I'm not scared of new music.

me either...

please, turn me on to some that doesn't suck...i haven't found much yet

[MysticMichael]

Originally Posted by UncleFluffy

I might have said this before, but:

Barrett era Floyd - Psychosis music
Waters era Floyd - Neurosis music
Gilmour era Floyd - Elevator music

Ooh, dat's cold!

MM

[MysticMichael]

Originally Posted by FretlessMainly

Personally, my #1 record from '73 is Brain Salad Surgery, with DSOTM a fairly close second, followed by Crimso's Lark's Tongues...Damn, those were the days indeed.

You and I and Lonesome Dave are on exactly the same wavelength...at least with regard to taste in early '70s music. Including Dave's reference to the Mahavishnu Orchestra (was it Birds of Fire? Or Inner Mounting Flame?)

Of course, if we were talking 1972, then I'd have to throw Close To The Edge into the mix - probably still my favorite album of all time...

MM