Pink Floyd Survivor: A Momentary Lapse in Reason - Round 1

[cobl04]

The Gunner's Dream was not enough to make The Final Cut, also becoming our 100th eliminant.

Votes
The Gunner's Dream - 12
The Final Cut - 2
Total votes - 14

Songs eliminated so far:
100. The Gunner's Dream
99. The Fletcher Memorial Home
98. Two Suns in the Sunset
97. The Hero's Return
=95. Your Possible Pasts
=95. Southampton Dock
94. The Post-War Dream
93. One of the Few
92. Not Now John
91. Paranoid eyes
90. Get Your Filthy Hands off My Desert
89. Hey You
88. Run Like Hell
87. Another Brick in the Wall, pt. 2
86. Mother
85. In the Flesh
84. Goodbye Blue Sky
83. In the Flesh?
82. Nobody Home
81. Another Brick in the Wall, pt. 1
=77. Is There Anybody Out There
=77. The Happiest Days of Our Lives
=77. One of My Turns
=77. Waiting for the Worms
=75. Young Lust
=75. Another Brick in the Wall, pt. 3
=75. The Thin Ice
=73. Don't Leave Me Now
=73. Empty Spaces
72. The Show Must Go On
71. Vera
=69. Bring the Boys Back Home
=69. Goodbye Cruel World
68. Outside the Wall
67. The Trial
66. Stop
65. Sheep
64. Pigs (Three Different Ones)
63. Pigs on the Wing 1
62. Pigs on the Wing 2
61. Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Parts I - V)
60. Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI - IX)
59. Have a Cigar
58. Welcome to the Machine
57. Us and Them
56. Brain Damage
=54. Eclipse
=54. Speak to Me/Breathe
=52. Money
=52. Great Gig in the Sky
51. Any Colour You Like
50. On the Run
49. Wots... uh the Deal
48. Burning Bridges
=46. Childhood's End
=46. Obscured by Clouds
45. Stay
=43. The Gold it's in the...
=43. Mudmen
42. When You're In
41. Absolutely Curtains
40. Fearless
41. One of These Days
39. A Pillow of Winds
38. San Tropez
37. Seamus
36. Fat Old Sun
35. If
34. Atom Heart Mother Suite
33. Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast
32. The Narrow Way
31. Grantchester Meadows
30. Sysyphus
29. The Grand Vizier's Garden Party
28. Green is the Colour
27. The Nile Song
26. Ibiza Bar
25. Cirrus Minor
24. Crying Song
=22. Main Theme
=22. Dramatic Theme
21. Up the Khyber
=18. More Blues
=18. A Spanish Piece
=18. Quicksilver
17. Party Sequence
16. Let There Be More Light
15. Jugband Blues
14. Remember a Day
13. A Saucerful of Secrets
12. Corporal Clegg
11. See-Saw
10. Astronomy Domine
9. Interstellar Overdrive
8. Flaming
7. Matilda Mother
=2. Take up Thy Stethoscope and Walk
=2. The Gnome
=2. Chapter 24
=2. The Scarecrow
=2. Bike
1. Pow R. Toc H.


Finalists
Piper at the Gates of Dawn: Lucifer Sam
A Saucerful of Secrets: Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
More: Cymbaline
Ummagumma: Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving With a Pict
Atom Heart Mother: Summer '68
Meddle: Echoes
Obscured by Clouds: Free Four
Dark Side of the Moon: Time
Wish You Were Here: Wish You Were Here
Animals: Dogs
The Wall: Comfortably Numb
The Final Cut: The Final Cut

 

[cobl04]

Who came up with the titles for this album?!?!


Also, is Several Species really the best song on Ummagumma? Really? It's woeful.

 

[Aardvark747]

Think you mean Dogs Of War!

I'm goin for that as it is quite possibly the worst Floyd track ever recorded.

 

[liamcool]

Guys, idea: Since this is easily the worst PF album, let's not vote for anything and eliminate it all in one go.

 

[cobl04]

Guys, idea: Since this is easily the worst PF album, let's not vote for anything and eliminate it all in one go.

You know, if everyone does hate it.... if there was one vote for every song but one, then it'd be over!

 

[Aardvark747]

Guys, idea: Since this is easily the worst PF album, let's not vote for anything and eliminate it all in one go.

No can do. Terminal Frost must win!

 

[Axver]

Guys, idea: Since this is easily the worst PF album, let's not vote for anything and eliminate it all in one go.

Wrong. The Wall and The Final Cut are easily far worse than this.

Learning To Fly and On The Turning Away are both good, and Sorrow is one of the two best songs Pink Floyd ever released.

 

[liamcool]

Summer 68 says no.

 

[Axver]

Summer '68 may be the best, but it has to deal with the fact Sorrow is a close second.

 

[phanan]

The Dogs Of War. It's so bad that it should be gone before the silly New Machine tracks.

 

[GibsonGirl]

The Dogs Of War. It's so bad that it should be gone before the silly New Machine tracks.

Dogs Of War is a pretty pathetic and embarrassing attempt at being "political," I must say. Not to mention this:

Dah dah dah dah dah dah dah dah dah dah dah DAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.

Worst. Synth. Ever.

The sad thing is, I think Dogs Of War is one of the better tracks on the album. And by "better" I mean "not a complete load of rubbish." So I voted for An Absurd Vocal Track (Part Two).

 

[Axver]

Dogs Of War is a pretty pathetic and embarrassing attempt at being "political," I must say.

Yeah. I generally think Gilmour-dominated PF was far superior to Waters-dominated PF, but Waters has always been far superior at the political lyrics.

It's just a shame The Final Cut lacks a song like Sorrow to redeem it.

 

[Aardvark747]

"Well winners can lose and things can get strained
But whatever you change, you know the dogs remain.

One world, it's a battleground
One world, and we will smash it down" Love it!

 

[phanan]

Yeah, I don't mind One Slip.

I enjoy about half of this album. The other half sucks.

I remember a few years after it came out when I was in college. I used to love to put it on late at night and lay there while Signs Of Life was playing.

 

[Aardvark747]

Signs Of Life is a great opener. Prefer it to Cluster One...but neither is as good as Marooned!

 

[LemonMelon]

Two things.

1. Dogs of WAR

2. Yet Another Movie/ROUND AND ROUND

 

[GibsonGirl]

You know, I can't even remember what Yet Another Movie sounds like.

 

[Screwtape2]

Sorrow. Nothing from this album should stand any chance of winning the competition. I think of this as a mercy killing of a sort.

 

[phanan]

Two things.

1. Dogs of WAR

2. Yet Another Movie/ROUND AND ROUND

I like A Momentary Lapse IN Reason myself.

On The Turning WAY was a good one, too.

 

[LemonMelon]

I like A Momentary Lapse IN Reason myself.

On The Turning WAY was a good one, too.

No wonder he thought the titles were lousy.

 

[cdisantis83]

In retrospect, I think that "Signs of Life" may be my favorite song from this album. And "Dogs of War," I think, is not as abysmal as people present it. Floyd has done worse - the whole of Ummagumma, for instance.

 

[LemonMelon]

Floyd has done worse - the whole of Ummagumma, for instance.

 

[MrPryck2U]

I like Learning To Fly, Sorrow and One Slip.

 

[Zoots]

Dogs of Life

Yet Another Movie is cool!

A New Machine (Part 2) on the other hand is even more pointless than A New Machine (Part 1). So I'm voting for Part 2 first, then Part 1, then Dogs of Life.

 

[LMP]

A Momentary Lapse of Talent? Cool.

Wake me when Sorrow or On the Turning Away win.

 

[Zoots]

I find at least half the songs on this album more interesting than Reckoner.

 

[DaveC]

It's only a lifetime

It's only a lifetime

It's only a lifetime

It's only a lifetime

And that's what listening to this song feels like.

[/stupidelectronicvoice]

 

[Zoots]

It's only a lifetime

It's only a lifetime

It's only a lifetime

It's only a lifetime

And that's what listening to this song feels like.

[/stupidelectronicvoice]

Haha most pointless Floyd song ever! I don't know what Gilmour was going for.

 

[GibsonGirl]

Haha most pointless Floyd song ever! I don't know what Gilmour was going for.

filler · [noun] something used to fill a gap or cavity, or to increase bulk.

 

[LemonMelon]

No wonder Dogs Of War isn't losing right now...people probably think it's a completely different song.