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Old 10-06-2006, 18:22
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Is this true, or has there been a mistake? According to the story, Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon has won a BBC Radio 2 award for being the public's Most Life-Changing Song, beating the Beach Boys' God Only Knows into 2nd place.

Er... last time I checked, Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon was an ALBUM, not a song.

Are they saying it's all one (very long) track?

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds33985.html
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Old 10-06-2006, 18:36
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i read this and thought it might have been wish you were here.

(the song, not the album )

i've never really heard the appeal of DSOTM - tracks like time and money just annoy the hell out of me - mainly due to all the chiming clocks and cash registers, respectively.

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Old 10-06-2006, 18:46
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You must be right. Wish You Were Here would make much more sense.
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Old 10-06-2006, 19:01
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According to the Radio 2 web site it's definitely Dark Side Of The Moon. Which is odd.
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Old 10-06-2006, 19:51
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'Dark Side of the Moon' or 'Wish You Were Here' - either way, they're both pants.

The only way I can honestly say they changed my life is by making me realise what decent music was and that that was not it.
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Old 10-06-2006, 20:03
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Originally Posted by FrankieB
'Dark Side of the Moon' or 'Wish You Were Here' - either way, they're both pants.

The only way I can honestly say they changed my life is by making me realise what decent music was and that that was not it.
Sorry but I wouldnt usually criticise anyones taste in music but to call those two albums "pants" is nonsense.
They are remembered and loved 30 odd years after they were made, that alone shows they amazing pieces of work.
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Old 10-06-2006, 20:05
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Originally Posted by oblivian
Sorry but I wouldnt usually criticise anyones taste in music but to call those two albums "pants" is nonsense.
They are remembered and loved 30 odd years after they were made, that alone shows they amazing pieces of work.
Personal opinion I'm afraid.

Many bands' work is remembered 30/40 years after its release but I personally think Pink Floyd is one of the most overrated bands of all time. Pretentiousness for the hell of it.
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Old 10-06-2006, 20:08
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Originally Posted by FrankieB
Personal opinion I'm afraid.

Many bands' work is remembered 30/40 years after its release but I personally think Pink Floyd is one of the most overrated bands of all time.
Think I better leave this here and let you get back to your X factor/Pop idol rubbish as I fear we shall never agree on this one.
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Old 10-06-2006, 20:15
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Originally Posted by oblivian
Think I better leave this here and let you get back to your X factor/Pop idol rubbish as I fear we shall never agree on this one.
If you actually took a moment to read most of my posts before posting, as well as perhaps my profile, you will probably realise that the usual product of X Factor / Pop Idol is far from my musical taste and certainly far from my era (however if you choose to term it all under "rubbish" when many of the contestants on these shows could sing so many established artists under the table then that's a different argument - I prefer to keep an open mind and open ears), and that considering I am 11 years older than you, I am likely to remember a lot of Pink Floyd's stuff from the mid point of their career onwards first-hand.

Pink Floyd make the type of music that I would usually like. However, this particular band are not to my taste. Many other bands in their genre are but not them. It doesn't make them any worse or others any better, just my personal taste and I am entitled to it. As far as I am concerned, they are overrated and their status is little to do with anything other than the image that they have created for themselves. I have to say that they and their PR / management have been very clever with their career. Some other bands of their era and style have not been quite so clever and are subsequently considered cheesy or other such choice derivatives of the day but they are infinitely more talented and their output immeasurably superior.
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Old 10-06-2006, 21:10
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Perhaps it's considering DSOTM as one entity?

Still, seems abit bizzare. For the record, i prefer wish you were here.
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Old 11-06-2006, 00:14
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Well that makes a mockery of the whole poll really!

It could potentially be a mixup with the song Brain Damage from the Dark Side album (that contains the line I'll see you on the dark side of the moon), but it isn't even one of Floyd's better known tracks.

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Old 11-06-2006, 02:06
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Apparently 23% of the vote went to Dark Side Of The Moon. I'm sorry, but I can't believe that 23% of the people who voted think that Dark Side Of The Moon is a song, not an album.

I still think iain's right, and it should have said Wish You Were Here. I've seen that song turn up in Best Song Top 20 polls in the past.
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Old 11-06-2006, 02:09
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I liked them best around the "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play" era rather than the overblown performers they later became. OK if you were stoned out of your skull and could just watch the psychedelic light show but tedious in the cold light of day.

Just my opinion, of course.
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Old 11-06-2006, 02:46
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Originally Posted by sionnaigh
I liked them best around the "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play" era rather than the overblown performers they later became. OK if you were stoned out of your skull and could just watch the psychedelic light show but tedious in the cold light of day.

Just my opinion, of course.
A fellow Syd Barrett fan, then. Excellent...

I love all the 1967-68 Floyd stuff too. 'Apples and Oranges' - what a song! I wasn't around at the time, unfortunately, but I love reading books about it. And listening to the music, of course.
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Old 12-06-2006, 00:34
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Originally Posted by sionnaigh
I liked them best around the "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play" era rather than the overblown performers they later became. OK if you were stoned out of your skull and could just watch the psychedelic light show but tedious in the cold light of day.

Just my opinion, of course.
I couldn't agree more.
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Old 12-06-2006, 00:36
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Originally Posted by Hypothetix
A fellow Syd Barrett fan, then. Excellent...

I love all the 1967-68 Floyd stuff too. 'Apples and Oranges' - what a song! I wasn't around at the time, unfortunately, but I love reading books about it. And listening to the music, of course.

Neither was I, not for a long time, but nothing annoys me more than people my age or younger and some even a bit older who think anything more than two years old is boring.

Having said that, I'm not a fan of PF past the early stuff and I think they're more than a little over rated.
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Old 12-06-2006, 00:38
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Originally Posted by FrankieB
As far as I am concerned, they are overrated and their status is little to do with anything other than the image that they have created for themselves. I have to say that they and their PR / management have been very clever with their career. Some other bands of their era and style have not been quite so clever and are subsequently considered cheesy or other such choice derivatives of the day but they are infinitely more talented and their output immeasurably superior.

Such as who?
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Old 12-06-2006, 10:01
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Originally Posted by sionnaigh
I liked them best around the "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play" era rather than the overblown performers they later became. OK if you were stoned out of your skull and could just watch the psychedelic light show but tedious in the cold light of day.

Just my opinion, of course.
and mine too!

Pink Floyd have brought out some excellent material but they also have the ability to bring out some mundane rubbish.
Dark Side of the Moon contains some great tracks but it is let down by some boring ones also.
Each to their own eh?
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Old 12-06-2006, 11:06
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Originally Posted by FrankieB
Some other bands of their era and style have not been quite so clever and are subsequently considered cheesy or other such choice derivatives of the day but they are infinitely more talented and their output immeasurably superior.
Utter gash, my friend, though you are entitled to your views. I'm seriously hoping you don't mean Genesis or Yes here?

There's no doubt that some of the Floyd's catalogue can leave you cold, but then again: Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Arnold Layne, Echoes, Comfortably Numb, Wish You Were Here, Money, Fat Old Sun, See Emily Play, Nobody Home, Coming Back To Life, High Hopes - Some truly great music.
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Old 12-06-2006, 11:19
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Old 12-06-2006, 11:36
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Not forgetting' I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like.'
"I know a mouse and he hasn't got a house. I don't know why, I call him Gerald."
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Old 12-06-2006, 12:00
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Originally Posted by Inkblot
"I know a mouse and he hasn't got a house. I don't know why, I call him Gerald."
Ye-es, I left that one out deliberately. I've heard too many eejits playing it at open mic nights who think its hilarious. There's only so much whimsy I can take and I think "Bike" goes a bit over the top.
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Old 12-06-2006, 18:29
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The competition was to find the most life-changing piece of music and included March of The Hebrew Slaves, along with 9 other of the dullest and blandest songs (which will always be the result from a public vote on R2 because it will be the songs with broadest appeal), yet perhaps the most popular, ever produced. The whole idea was based upon trying to spark the interest of two hacks that professed to not like music at all, needless to say none of list moved them particularly.

Time was the track that was played as an example of DSOTM, and thankfully I got to my destination and was able to escape from my van by the time it got past the yawnsome clocks. It didn't help that I'd been unfortunate enough to catch Gilmour and his massive entourage on Jools Holland a few days previous, milking his usual guitar solo and looking museful while Crosby and Nash pranced about behind him looking like Uncle Albert dancing at a wake.

I appreciate the technicality of their music and general musicianship, but I'm not personally a fan as you may have guessed!
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Old 12-06-2006, 20:46
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yeah - wasn't too impressed with Gilmour on later....

i love wish you were here, the wall and parts of the division bell but that's probably about it.

saw Roger Waters at Glastonbury a couple of years ago, and he did a lot from the wall, plus WYWH and shine on.. which was fantastic. but again, the DSOTM stuff, i've just never really liked.

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Old 12-06-2006, 21:59
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I'm seriously hoping you don't mean Genesis or Yes here?
Me too
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