Pink Floyd Survivor: A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Round 6

[cobl04]

Signs of Life showed no Signs of Life.

Votes
Signs of Life - 7
On the Turning Away, Terminal Frost - 2
Total votes - 11

Songs eliminated so far:
106. Signs of Life
105. One Slip
104. Yet Another Movie
=102. The Dogs of War
=102. A New Machine (Part One)
101. A New Machine (Part Two)
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

 

[DaveC]

It was a toss-up between On the Turning Away and Learning to Fly.

I picked the boring one.

 

[Axver]

With apologies to Aardvark, it's got to be Terminal Frost this time around.

 

[Aardvark747]

With apologies to Aardvark, it's got to be Terminal Frost this time around.

I can't ever forgive you.

On The Turning Away.

 

[LemonMelon]

All of these tracks are the same; 80's pop mush with some prog inflections. None of them really go anywhere, and when they do, they still sound awfully cheesy. Learning To Fly and Terminal Frost are probably the best.

I think I'm going to hold off on voting this round. Sorrow is too long and On The Turning Away takes a decade to get going.

 

[phanan]

I always hear you complain about songs that are too long.

You gotta appreciate the ones that have the balls to stretch out musically.

As for this, I love these remaining songs. They are all very good, but I'll have to go with Terminal Frost here.

 

[GibsonGirl]

It was a toss-up between On the Turning Away and Learning to Fly.

I picked the boring one.

You picked both of them?

 

[cdisantis83]

On the Turning Away, again.

 

[Zoots]

On the Turning Away

 

[DaveC]

Someone else PLEASE vote for Terminal Frost.

The sooner AMLOR ends, the better.

 

[phanan]

I can't believe On The Turning Away is in danger of going before Terminal Frost and Learning To Fly.

You people need to listen to that guitar solo again.

 

[Axver]

I'm trying to figure out what problem people have with On The Turning Away and I can't.

This is truly the only messageboard I know where this song is not considered a great one.

 

[Zoots]

This is truly the only messageboard I know where this song is not considered a great one.

It's not about how bad Turning Away is. It's about how impressive Terminal Frost is.

 

[DaveC]

It's about how impressive Terminal Frost is.

Relatively speaking.

 

[Aardvark747]

It's not about how bad Turning Away is. It's about how impressive Terminal Frost is.

 

[cdisantis83]

I'm trying to figure out what problem people have with On The Turning Away and I can't.

This is truly the only messageboard I know where this song is not considered a great one.

It is the lyrics - maudlin and, generally speaking, inane. This song is the strongest case that can possibly be made for the impact of Roger's absence, in my opinion at least. It might have been great.