LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
I like Lucifer Sam. That cat's got something I can't explaaaaaaaaaaiiiinnnn
That riff sounds like it belongs in the soundtrack of a Bond film
I like Lucifer Sam. That cat's got something I can't explaaaaaaaaaaiiiinnnn
In regards to vapid lyrics and Roger Waters, I present an example.
I thought Gilmour had a hand in that song. edit, according to wikipedia, he did. Whatever the case, one of the band's worst, if the not the very worst, songs.
I knew this much discussion in the Pink Floyd thread could only mean bad times for me.
It's cock rock. They were above that. (And if it's "part of the story" that proves my point about the story taking precedence over the music)
I'm sorry, I know opinions are opinions and all, but I can't imagine any scenario or interpretation where Momentary Lapse or Division Bell are superior to The Wall or The Final Cut. I know it's fashionable around here to shit on any Waters-centric albums, but Jesus Christ, MLoR and Division Bell are so vapid lyrically and unfocused musically to place them beneath any Floyd album but Ummagumma. Both of those would have been better served as instrumental albums a la The Endless River than anything else. I challenge anyone to sit down and simply read the lyrics to Division Bell in particular without wincing innumerable times.
And Atom Heart Mother better than The Wall? 2/3 of AHM's runtime is pure wankery. A guy actually reads the ingredients of his breakfast. It's amusing and shit but it's little more than a curio in the scope of their wider catalogue. That period between Saucerful and AHM had some serious growing pains for the band.
And using Young Lust's lyrics (easily the worst on The Wall) to counter this is pretty weak. It may be my least favorite song (or second worst after Vera) on the album too, but I really enjoy almost everything on there a lot.
I cannot believe I'm reading honest claims that Young Lust is a worse song than Several Species..., Seamus/Mademoiselle Nobs or The Grand Vizier's Garden Party. How high are you people?
And Atom Heart Mother better than The Wall? 2/3 of AHM's runtime is pure wankery. A guy actually reads the ingredients of his breakfast. It's amusing and shit but it's little more than a curio in the scope of their wider catalogue. That period between Saucerful and AHM had some serious growing pains for the band.
75% of Ummagumma is worse
I'll take Several Species over Young Lust eight days a week. It's stupid as hell, obviously, but I really enjoy the way it's constructed, like a dance track. The "haaweeeehuppattaacomeeback" part is great.
I'll take Seamus over it too. Even though it's stupid little throwaway that follows that age-old blues chord progression that I don't really like. It's fun.
Although at this point I'll take the time to say that my version of Meddle goes thusly:
One of These Days
A Pillow of Winds
Fearless
Echoes
San Tropez and Seamus totally destroy the flow. I can't imagine anyone thinking that either track is better than any of the other four. Neither are outright bad, I'd say, but they're completely superfluous on the album. Most importantly - try Fearless>Echoes on for size if you haven't before and tell me it's not astonishing. The haunting Liverpool cheer into the organ pings of Echoes is just perfect.
Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast is Pink Floyd at their most pastoral and folky - unlike the dark psychedelia of songs like Julia Dream or Cirrus Minor or the paranoia of If and Fearless, it's major key and hopeful. It exposes a lot of the folkier influences of their music, like Pete Seeger and The Kinks, in a manner that none of the rest of their music does, and for that reason it's worthwhile.
I just can't even... I already knew about Cobl's weird ass love of Vera, but seeing it beside his calling Young Lust their worst song and I'm just dumbfounded.
Also it's easier to shit on The Wall when you haven't heard all their albums. Maybe Ummagumma is a steaming pile of shit, I don't know, I haven't heard it. Mostly because everyone says it sucks dogs balls.