Seeing how they are both residents of the UK, it wouldn't surprise me one bit to learn that they didn't really know what they were talking about regarding their popularity in the US. They would only be able to base that opinion on record sales and there is so much more to it than that, particularly in the underground scene.
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I just don't understand Pink Floyd
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Seeing how they are both residents of the UK, it wouldn't surprise me one bit to learn that they didn't really know what they were talking about regarding their popularity in the US. They would only be able to base that opinion on record sales and there is so much more to it than that, particularly in the underground scene.
To me Pink Floyd is unlike any other band I've heard in that they just take you somewhere else. Crank up Dark Side, Animals, or Meddle in a quiet room and just go for a trip (drugs aren't necessary). Gilmour's double-tracked harmonies can give you goose bumps.
Every time I watch that video I think, "man, that dude does not know how to use a scythe."
Epic song though...
LOL! My opinion is in alignment with Stormer's opinion. "Dull" is an excellent description, IMO.
Btw, I think it is very cool that we have threads like this that are totally opinion based where TB'ers can post their opinions without getting flamed. I have full respect for those TB'ers who like PF. That's cool. I just happen to have the opinion that PF's music sucks wangus and swallows (same with anything by Foreigner or Clapton). But again, that's just my own personal opinion.
All of the "prog" bands you mention are pretty sober. It's not just drugs, but specifically LSD that Pink Floyd tried to put the experience to music at least originally. An album like the wall actually sounds to me like it has influences of heroin, and the recovery process from addiction and which is probably why I don't relate as much.
I love the Floyd, but my favorite album is Division Bell and my least favorite is Dark Side. Figure that one out.
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I don't like most so-called progressive rock at all. I don't see what is so "progressive" about it. Having said that, I do like Rush, some Genesis (without Peter Gabriel) and some Pink Floyd but I don't find them to be any better or worse than any other bands that I like. I don't like the other bands that the OP mentioned. In all honesty, when I listen to music I do not analyze what is being played. I either like it or I don't.
So you guys wouldn't call a dude shrieking into a microphone like a velociraptor, progressive?
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There was an audible "clink" heard on 1/21/13 at 9:43 PM CST around the world. We now know that the sound was a million stoner dropping their bongs when they read that someone didn't like PF.
Dark Side of the Moon was/is a great album. Alan Parsons was the engineer and used great special effects and recording techniques.
The album captured several themes like aging, greed, and mental illness to name a few.
I am 50 years old and love that album as much now as I did in the 70's. Friends my age or a little older feel the same way and have it on SACD. It sold over 50 million copies and is considered one of the greatest rock albums of all time. If you don't like it, that may just not be your taste in music, or you are from a different generation.
It was recorded at the Abbey Road studios. Parsons had previously been a recording engineer on Beatle's Abbey Road and Let it Be.
There was a tremendous amount of talent both performing and producing this album.
I'm sure most of the country was wowed by Beyonce tonight, but the whole performance did nothing for me. I'm from the wrong generation to appreciate her music and performance.
That being said, I never cared for the band Styx and they were from my generation, but just not my bag.
The album captured several themes like aging, greed, and mental illness to name a few.
I am 50 years old and love that album as much now as I did in the 70's. Friends my age or a little older feel the same way and have it on SACD. It sold over 50 million copies and is considered one of the greatest rock albums of all time. If you don't like it, that may just not be your taste in music, or you are from a different generation.
It was recorded at the Abbey Road studios. Parsons had previously been a recording engineer on Beatle's Abbey Road and Let it Be.
There was a tremendous amount of talent both performing and producing this album.
I'm sure most of the country was wowed by Beyonce tonight, but the whole performance did nothing for me. I'm from the wrong generation to appreciate her music and performance.
That being said, I never cared for the band Styx and they were from my generation, but just not my bag.
Ummagumma[/I] while tripping, no explanation would be necessary. You just intuitively "got it". Or at least I sure did.
With a good Doob or a couple of Michelobs and a bean bag, it was hard NOT to get Dark Side of the Moon. Lights off, only lights were the face of the receiver and the strobe of the Sony turntable while the vinyl was spinning. It wasn't an album to listen to if you were in a hurry.
