On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:12:17 GMT, "Steve Worek"
verizon.net>
wrote:
>LOL, funny you should mention that, I'm listening to Rocky Horror at the
>moment. :-)
Heh!
>But yes, Meddle is the better of the two - I can stomach "Echoes" infinitely
>better than a half hour of "SHIIIIINE OOOON YOU CRAAAAAAZY DIAMOND!"
To me, "Echoes" is a great composition with some free form stuff which
actually is not filler. The amount of work they probably put into
"Atom Heart Mother" as a composition seemed to shine in "Echoes". It
isn't even considered such a composition.
A while back, I even started a midi file on an old Korg SQD-1 with
mini-disks of the song. hehehehehehe... Step entry, from the sheet
music.
WYWH was much more polished, but was a different time period. I
believe about the time Meddle came out, a different recipe was in the
works and it was DSOTM. Kind of ran out of psych steam, so to speak.
Anyway, there's a place for Floyd in my listening. I'll listen to
just about any period, but am not enamored with Piper, except for
another top 3 Floyd song - "Astronomy Domine". Makes Interstellar
pale in comparison - to me. Just something about that song that hits
us about where Floyd was at the time. Same thing with "Set the
Controls..."
Oh well... nostalgia.
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frontiernet.net> wrote in message
>news:9rbpm391q6fq19f1ib9c76qthp118giose@4ax.com...>> On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 05:10:57 +0000, Slubberdegullion
>>
doughnutzbanana.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:26:51 -0800 (PST), "yes pink van led black
>>>> rock!"
gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Which album do you prefer?
>>>>>
>>>>> Believe it or not, I prefer Meddle
>>>>
>>>> For once, I agree. Took 10 months, but I'm patient.
>>>
>>>Frankly...I prefer TDB to meddle. I suppose that Echoes is.....I
>>>dunno....*ok*
>>
>> I think that "Echoes" is one of their masterpieces and is probably one
>> of my top 10 songs (top 15?). Instead of getting into Raja Lists
>> (tm), I like "One Of These Days" as well. The rest of the album is
>> not too much my cuppa tea.
>>
>> For a more even approach, I like Ummagumma - the live part. That was
>> some spacey, intense stuff back then and has left some memories of
>> yore... They actually took you on a trip.
>>
>> I think that after DTSOTM, which was a bit heavy handed with the
>> special effects - heavily polished, but still like it - spawned Alan
>> Parsons as well - the psych / trip era was pretty much over with for
>> Floyd. Then came AOR, arenas and The Wall.
>>
>> I wonder what would have happened if they would have stopped at that
>> point - not from a commercial point of view, because an artist earns
>> what an artist earns - but rather a creative point.
>>
>> They have pretty much become a parody of themselves and although I saw
>> them for the MLOR tour, they been pretty much a rehash. Since DSOTM,
>> Gilmour's blues influence has infected the band, although I like his
>> style and his playing is HIS OWN, not a copycat of someone else.
>>
>> Although Floyd may not be Floyd without Waters, Mason is a bit
>> overblown and Waters has turned into vaporware, it may just be time to
>> hang up the Floyd "Relics" [ pun intended ] and call it a day.
>>
>> Sometimes, it reminds me of repeats of the Rocky Horror Picture show.
>> There's just soo much toilet paper one sees and I'm tired of hearing
>> "Where's His Neck?" ...
>>
>> I wonder if "The Wall" was done around Atom Heart Mother or Meddle,
>> what kind of impact it may have had.
>>
>> Just some ramblings... your serve.
>>
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