The Dark Side of the Moon - Page 4

hachi kid · #61 12-22-2012, 12:53 AM

I feel weird, but my favorite PF album is "A Momentary Lapse of Reason".....yay Tony Levin!

smeet · #62 12-22-2012, 12:54 AM

Oh man, Lark's Tongues In Aspic, wow... I remember how revelatory that was.
So many crushingly great albums came out in those years, it's amazing to think of it compared to now. And I LIKE new music.

I like Momentary Lapse, too. The only Floyd I don't like is the Syd Barrett stuff.
And I like anything Tony Levin plays on.

Jazz Ad · #63 12-22-2012, 12:58 AM

Turn off your phone and the light, unplug the computer, put the CD in a proper player, if you don't have a decent stereo use good phones, sit and embark for a 43 minute trip.
Then come back and tell us it wasn't one of the most wonderful experiences of your life.
For real.

drews.anderson · #64 12-22-2012, 01:33 AM

http://soundcloud.com/drewsanderson/brain-damage
Pure blasphemy!

drews.anderson · #65 12-22-2012, 01:37 AM

Stereo is not enogh for this album. You have to have 4 channels.

intheory · #66 12-22-2012, 01:39 AM

Huge Floyd fan here! My favorite Floyd album for the past year or so has actually been The Final Cut. I can't explain it...it just speaks to me. I also generally listen to The Wall every couple of weeks, and Wish You Were Here is right up there too.

-Dan

Jazz Ad · #67 12-22-2012, 02:02 AM

I think the Final Cut is also my favorite. Pure and desperate.

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Originally Posted by drews.anderson

http://soundcloud.com/drewsanderson/brain-damage
Pure blasphemy!

I like it.

nutso42 · #68 12-22-2012, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by 5StringFool

Making Pink Floyd's Dark side of the Moon

Start there and watch all five parts, maybe it'll give you a bit more appreciation for the piece.

p.s. it's also on Netflix streaming if you have the service

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Originally Posted by smeet

It's a beautiful-sounding recording. Stereo stores have long used the clock alarm sequence to demo their high-end speakers.
It manages to succeed on so many levels at the same time: pop, folk, art rock, abstract sound collage, classic rock, etc. It is one of the first and most successful albums that bridged separate songs into one long album track (or two sides). It also has some of the widest dynamic and emotional range of any album ever recorded. The highs and lows of energy on this album are incredible. The lyrics speak to so many people about the alienation and isolation they experience in their own lives. You don't have to like Pink Floyd to love this album.

And not least, the whole album is SO much more than the sum of the individual songs. The album itself is a work of art, apart from the songs that make it up.

The atmosphere on DSOTM reminds me of another classic: Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue", which not coincidentally is another album that transcends genre in its popularity.

Finally, two of you have managed to answer my question. Thank you.

nutso42 · #69 12-22-2012, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Jazz Ad

Turn off your phone and the light, unplug the computer, put the CD in a proper player, if you don't have a decent stereo use good phones, sit and embark for a 43 minute trip.
Then come back and tell us it wasn't one of the most wonderful experiences of your life.
For real.

Though this is good advice too. Thanks!

drews.anderson · #70 12-22-2012, 02:37 PM

I was born the same day "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" was released. When I was six, my father (who was a quadraphonic recordings fanatic), gave me "The Dark Side of the Moon". The first album I could call mine, not really what you expect a six y.o. to listen to... but, the effects and the movielike pace got me. I have to say I only understood it many years after. I still have the quadraphonic LP. almost 40 y.o., and still perfect. Never became a huge Pink Floyd fan, but TDSOTM is one of my favorite albums...

drews.anderson · #71 12-22-2012, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Jazz Ad

I think the Final Cut is also my favorite. Pure and desperate.
Originally Posted by drews.anderson View Post
http://soundcloud.com/drewsanderson/brain-damage
Pure blasphemy!
I like it.

My wife just can't stand Pink Floyd, but she loves ska. made this skaish version to her.

smeet · #72 12-22-2012, 05:59 PM

Dark Side of The Moon and Sargent Pepper's were my first two vinyl records. I remember being in middle school, listening to DSOTM in the dark while setting up my first fishtank, with day-glo glow-in-the-dark gravel... Amazing...

5StringFool · #73 12-27-2012, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by nutso42

Finally, two of you have managed to answer my question. Thank you.

You're welcome.

So did you watch the doc, and did it have any effect on your thoughts?

Richland123 · #74 12-27-2012, 10:03 AM

Plus, Alan Parsons had a lot to do with the sound of that album and those songs.

dmusic148 · #75 12-27-2012, 10:21 AM

'Best' is subjective, yes? It was probably the most technologically advanced album of its time, in how sounds were produced and recorded. And it was their most commercially successful album.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon

Alvaro Martín Gómez A. · #76 12-27-2012, 10:34 AM

In my opinion, the sound and atmosphere created by the intro section of "Time" as recorded on TDSOTM is something that not even Pink Floyd can replicate the way it was captured on the album. Such a sublime-sounding introduction to a magnificent song, which is one of the lots of examples that can be used to showcase the ultra-high production values of this excellent album.

5StringFool · #77 12-27-2012, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Alvaro Martín Gómez A.

Such a sublime-sounding introduction to a magnificent song, which is one of the lots of examples that can be used to showcase the ultra-high production values of this excellent album.

Which was recorded on a 16 track... still blows my mind.

nutso42 · #78 12-27-2012, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by 5StringFool

So did you watch the doc, and did it have any effect on your thoughts?

Indeed it did. Thank you again.

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Originally Posted by Jazz Ad

Turn off your phone and the light, unplug the computer, put the CD in a proper player, if you don't have a decent stereo use good phones, sit and embark for a 43 minute trip.
Then come back and tell us it wasn't one of the most wonderful experiences of your life.
For real.

Also tried this last night. Amazing, as you said.

Kink Rimson · #79 12-29-2012, 12:37 PM

Don't sweat it. I LOVE Pink Floyd, but personally I find Wish You Were Here painfully dull.

Matt R. · #80 12-29-2012, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by smeet

And not least, the whole album is SO much more than the sum of the individual songs. The album itself is a work of art, apart from the songs that make it up.

The atmosphere on DSOTM reminds me of another classic: Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue", which not coincidentally is another album that transcends genre in its popularity.

Yes!!^^ I agree with every word here.