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The Male
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Unpopular Music Opinions III: Friggin Cobbler Vs. The World
Piper At The Gates of Dawn is a good but by no means great album. I've come a long way from ouright disliking it as I did at the beginning, but it's still vastly overrated in my eyes. The first couple of tracks justify the hype, especially Lucifer Sam, which is one of the highlights of PF's entire discography, and certainly features one of their best riffs. Really, up to and including Flaming, the album is genius, merging the esoteric with the melodic to brilliant results. But the lull after that is unmistakable and, yes, I do dislike Interstellar Overdrive. Functioning jam, but awful song. I actually dread it returning to the main riff. Stethoscope is irritating and Pow R is just dull.
__________________Thankfully, the last four tracks are quality, if a bit slight. The Gnome and Scarecrow both feel like put-ons (I can't help but feel that this album toes the line between cracked-out sincerity and knowing parody), but they're catchy ones. Chapter 24 is badass; I don't know if I can call it much of a song, but the bass line is just sick. And anyone who's heard Bike knows I can't describe Bike, but I love it in spite of itself. In short: Tracks 1-4: awesome Tracks 5-7: boring Tracks 8-11: enjoyable So, about a 7/10, whereas anyone who reads Pitchfork more often than they listen to music would give it an 11. It's good. I would love to make an album like this, although I would try to avoid padding out 1/3 of it. |
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EDIT: Never mind, I was wrong
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Hahahahaha great title! Though Ashley is technically right, this is thread two, my thread was thread one take two, after the whole I fucked Lance's Mum in the brownie thing.
Lucifer Sam is a great song. I haven't heard Piper in full though. In fact I've only heard Meddle, DSOTM, WYWH, Animals and The Wall in full (and yet I ran the survivor!). That may change when these remasters come out. I'm pretty keen on getting More. |
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But there was an original thread that went to 1000 posts. So was it the original part II that got locked? And then it got started again?
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Assuming that you are referring to the soundtrack and not more Floyd albums in general, I would strongly recommend it. It is extremely eclectic, but most of those gambles pay off in terms of individual sound-scapes. And then there is Cirrus Minor, one of my all-time favorite Floyd songs. If I'm honest, though, Relics is probably the best place to start in terms of early Floyd. |
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European Son is one of the worst songs of all time. I've never made it past two minutes. In fact I've deleted both it and Black Angel's Death Song from my itunes. Haha! I didn't even intend that pun. I was indeed referring to the album. I want it because I love Cymbaline. I thought Relics was kind of a "best of" type deal? |
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I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaated VU&N the first time I heard it, which depressed me because I generally love VU so much. But, last month I heard it again, and I don't know what changed, but I got a lot out of it. It's still third for me out of four, and well below those first two at that, but I enjoy most of it a great great deal.
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Sunday Morning doesn't feel lonely at all, to me. Great song though. You can tell it benefited from being the only track that got extra production.
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Hahaha. Didn't even notice. I just walk right into em sometimes.
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As for VU&N, I would agree with LM (twice in one hour!) that it is one of the rare albums that manages to transplant the reader to a different place entirely. I wouldn't personally call it "great," but I can understand its influence. |
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There is nothing original on that Raphael Saadiq album. Yaaaaawwwnnnn
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European Son is pretty much hideous, yeah. I made it to the end of it once in a moment of masochism. |
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