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right on alysha, floyd rocks

Post 1

Tuesday, August 9, 2005 - 8:31pm

Shame they felt the need to EDIT my favorite piece of all-time, "Echoes"...it needs to be heard in it's whole 23-minute glory!

And the Final Cut material was seriously underrated.

Post 2

Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 2:11am

Mmm, yup, yup...

Sure... I like Dark Side of the Moon. Aurally, it's very nice. Quite soothing, but, jeez...

http://www.rogerwaters.org/politics.html

...doesn't this taint things somewhat?

Shit, guys, it's like waking up with a beautiful new girl who tells you she's just off to the local Communist Party meeting. I mean, are you gonna stick your dick in that sort of thing again?

Ross

Post 3

Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 3:24am

Sorry to say it but their politics are consistent with their music. Hippy trash.

Post 4

Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 4:25am

Hey you! Get off the grass Sturm, you lunatic! I'm lost for words. Stop! Take it back!

I'm putting your turning away down to one slip, a momentary lapse of reason (if not brain damage). Some of the happiest days of our lives play to this music, so you're on the thin ice. Such echoes as yours speak to me of another brick in the wall which puts into eclipse my high hopes for the sheep comming back to life. Us and them, alas. Wish you were here. Invest some of your money and time on The Floyd for just one afternoon. It will be a great day for freedom.

Post 5

Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 6:13am

Tough, Rick - it was rubbish back then and it's rubbish now. Yes, hippie trash.

Post 6

Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 8:21am

"Hey you! Get off the grass Sturm, you lunatic! I'm lost for words. Stop! Take it back!"

It's too late Rickster! The words are out there for all to see and I'm happy with them and even more chuffed with your response.

Face it, it's PF fans who are on the grass, not me. How else could you enjoy all that dreary drone?

Post 7

Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 8:52am

Gentlemen, if I may be so bold as to interject?
The politics of Roger Waters may not reflect those of the rest of the band.

Hippies are not neccesarily left-wing. Many are (or were) anarchists,libertarians etc.

As the owner of several "warbirds" it is unlikely that David Gilmour, front man and songwriter is a raving lefty. Having your own jet fighter is just not P.C!

Some of the music is tedious but there are some really beautiful moments and to dismiss it all as trash is just lazy.

Post 8

Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 12:37pm

(Edited by Joe Maurone
on 8/10, 1:07pm)

Post 9

Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 12:54pm

Grrr. You Malcolms and you Sturms....you're asking for a wopping. Now would be a good time to zip it before I drip 10,000 lyrics on your heads.

Face it, it's PF fans who are on the grass, not me. How else could you enjoy all that dreary drone?

Two words Mr Kettle Black: "dismal" and "science".

Post 10

Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 1:06pm

Rick, they're like the smartass sports fan who sits on the opposing team's bleachers and boo the team. What usually happens to those people?

"Ya call this a soccer riot?"

Post 11

Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 1:09pm

Rick-
I'm with you on this one. 'Course musically I'm from the island of misfit-objectivists in that my favorite is The Cure.

Post 12

Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 1:27pm

I love Pink Floyd. They have something of the effect of Dostoevsky, Camus and Nietzsche in the sense that they encourage the listener to question their values. Very, very dark stuff balanced with a grand sense of humor. That's not easy to do in art.

The pre-Dark Side stuff is pretty whacked out and hard to listen to. Though Meddle and More have many nice moments. From Dark Side to The Wall they were on fire. David Gilmour defines his instrument at the performance level. Roger Waters is a creative genius. His Amused To Death from 1992 is a seminal work though his voice isn't as, well, strong as it was in the 70s. His lyrical delivery is second to none.

Politically, these guys are way off base. It's yet another example of how artists rarely get "bogged down" by philosophy and the truth. For example, Gilmour took at shot at America saying we should be ashamed of ourselves for not giving more money to Africa. Fuck him. But, even though they shoot off their mouth about politics they haven't studied it in depth. They're like children. Roger Waters' father was shot down and killed (he was a gunner I think) in WW2. No arguments are going to make him support war. He has it in his head that all war is bad.

Post 13

Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 2:15pm

I am not a big fan of Pink Floyd myself, but with regards to the claim that they were just a bunch of hippies...

The song "Money" was always thought of as a "celebration" of capitalism. I see they didn't try to negate that interpretation until recently at Live 8 (at least that's what I heard). So their philosophy and politics may well have changed over the years.

In addition, when you think about their song, "Another brick in the wall", it is all about defending individualism against the mob mentality.

I could imagine that they use to be more liberal anarchists.

(Edited by Marcus Bachler on 8/10, 2:15pm)

Post 14

Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 3:02pm

Joe

The original 23 min. version of Echoes conveys in one moment the ultimate expression of elation. I think it's like 9 or 14 minutes into it, but whenever I hear that 15 second portion of the song I am swept soaring off the edge of the cliff to the dazzling heights of human glory. I firmly hold that to be one of the finest musical expressions and the song Echoes has for years been close to the center of my being.

Dave

Post 15

Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 3:44pm

Marcus - its not the lyrics that particularly bother me, although I could quote you some pretty depressing lyrics from The Wall. It's the actual music itself.

I would actually uphold Money as an example of one their better songs musically speaking, regardless of the lyrics.

Post 16

Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 4:12pm

I think Floyd definitely has their moments... but they're one of those bands I got burned out on in high school. Things that make you question your unchallenged values is very important at certain stages of intellectual development but keeping too much of it around once you've done the figuring is unhealthy. A lot of people stick to floyd because I think it was the last thing that lead them where they are now... and that's why I still have most of my Chuck Palahniuk collection.

And as to Jody,... it's good to know I'm not the only Cure fan around here.

---Landon

Post 17

Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 4:22pm

I am a Cure fan and actually quite like (every single) Chuck Palahniuk book, as well. Very sharp writing. I almost put him on the "Hero Homos" thread, but for the small detail that, well, I almost lose my will to live every time I read one of his books. If it weren't for popsicles I may not have pulled through "Choke". Didn't seem quite right for the SOLO board.

Oh, and Pink Floyd sucks. I didn't even like them in high school.

Post 18

Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 4:26pm

Tim,

I was looking up the lyrics to Money and I had to laugh at verse two.

Money, get away.
Get a good job with good pay and you�re okay.
Money, it�s a gas.
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash.
New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think I�ll buy me a football team.

Money, get back.
I�m all right jack keep your hands off of my stack.
Money, it�s a hit.
Don�t give me that do goody good bullshit.
I�m in the high-fidelity first class traveling set
And I think I need a lear jet.

I was laughing because this song was released in 1973, and now in 2005 a lot older, what are Pink Floyd preaching themselves?

They are giving us "that do goody good bullshit"! ;-)

Post 19

Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 5:13pm