What is surely one of the greatest, and certainly most successful rock albums ever was released 50 years ago today. Ten years ago it had sold 45 million copies. It must have shifted another million or two since then.
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I bought it myself in 1979 at the age of 19 and it was one of the first albums I upgraded to CD after I'd bought my first CD player in the early '90s. I was at Huddersfield Poly when I first bought it, a few of us had record players in the large student house I shared with 20 other students and a few of the rooms had the free poster on the wall. It got played a lot, around the house. It still seemed to be current, six years after its release.
It's also, I think, one of the best-recorded records ever without a doubt. Still sounds fantastic, half a century later.
It is a great album. Legendary. I don't ever feel the need to play it these days though. In saying that I may give it a blast soon after your post Slim ;D
First album I ever got .. Christmas present I reckon in 1977. First album I bought with my own money ie pocket money ..was Wish You Were Here
First bought a vinyl version in 1980 from Hudson's in Chesterfield. Was out with my mate Mace and on the way out we bumped into the future Mrs S and her sister, she did ask what I had bought and was approving of it. She's not that bad a lass. Mace and I then when to the Hare and Greyhound for a couple of pints of Youngers Scotch bitter and a cheese and onion cob - and to be propositioned by the local predatory homosexual. Happy Days.
Still play it now.
It's the 2001: A Space Odyssey of classic albums - technically way ahead of its time and artistically sublime.
Time is lyrical perfection and I enjoy performing it with my covers band.
Top album but I have never liked Money, seems out of place to my ears.
A timeless (including Time 😁) masterpiece 👌🏻
Second album I ever bought, in 1976 (following ELP's Brain Salad Surgery) and I remember recording it on one side of my first cassette, with Sabbath Bloody Sabbath occupying the other side of the C90 (having loaned it from a school mate's elder brother)...still have it somewhere 😆
Probably the album I own the most copies of, but strangely enough never did grab the Immersion boxset (although I do have the WYWH and Wall ones)
This is Roger's reimagining of Money from his soon-come redux version of DSOTM . I love this.
Sorry didn't like that at all..obviously designed to reflect the complete lack of any singing ability that Waters now has..
Hopefully Gilmour is having a good laugh over this..
Quote from: Fishy on July 24, 2023, 10:22:01 AMSorry didn't like that at all..obviously designed to reflect the complete lack of any singing ability that Waters now has..
Hopefully Gilmour is having a good laugh over this..
He'll be having a good laugh over it....if his wife tells him to
Ticket prices for The Palladium certainly cost a lot of errr Money ;D
Quote from: The Letter R on July 28, 2023, 03:34:04 PMTicket prices for The Palladium certainly cost a lot of errr Money ;D
Made a half hearted attempt at tickets...and then saw the cost and thought...nah.
I can't see this redux version having the same appeal after 50 years..it sounds fucking awful imho....
Quote from: captainkurtz on July 28, 2023, 05:32:09 PMQuote from: The Letter R on July 28, 2023, 03:34:04 PMTicket prices for The Palladium certainly cost a lot of errr Money ;D
Made a half hearted attempt at tickets...and then saw the cost and thought...nah.
£400 .....eh fuck right off Rog.. don't think ur brothers and sisters can afford that..
Breathtaking. There's more art and music in this than the entire post-Waters Fake Floyd discography. Masterwork.
Ooh, it"ll upset a lot of people.....especially if it's good
:D
Nope not for me... this spoken word stuff just puts me right off.. shame cos the actual music is ok..
Waters obviously can sing a note any more..
Where's the no buzzer? I'm glad David Gilmour was PF for me.
Definitely a situation where the whole was much greater than the sum of the individuals, for me anyway. If I was in any camp though it would be Roger's. He gave the band its edge
I'm going to hear what Polly Samson has to say before I make up my mind
Quote from: David L on September 22, 2023, 07:39:52 PMI'm going to hear what Polly Samson has to say before I make up my mind
Just phoned her up, she says:
Quote from: Polly SamsonIt's shit LOL
My David would do it better. So there.
She's right.. it is pretty shit..
Quote from: dom on September 22, 2023, 05:16:08 PMDefinitely a situation where the whole was much greater than the sum of the individuals, for me anyway. If I was in any camp though it would be Roger's. He gave the band its edge
He was the Lennon and McCartney of Floyd. Gilmour was their George Harrison at best, which is not to say that he didn't make a very important contribution, of course. But Waters was the essence of the band.
Quote from: Slim on September 23, 2023, 08:40:29 AMQuote from: dom on September 22, 2023, 05:16:08 PMDefinitely a situation where the whole was much greater than the sum of the individuals, for me anyway. If I was in any camp though it would be Roger's. He gave the band its edge
He was the Lennon and McCartney of Floyd. Gilmour was their George Harrison at best, which is not to say that he didn't make a very important contribution, of course. But Waters was the essence of the band.
I would respectfully disagree with that given the extent of his vocal duties, and the way in which that and his guitar work defined their sound. I appreciate that he was not a regular writing contributor in the early days, but his presence carried a lot more weight than George's in the Beatles. I still rate The Division Bell more highly than most other PF work. Maybe I'm more of a DG fan than a PF one.
We'll have to disagree on that one then. I'd go as far as to say that, strictly speaking, Gilmour was disposable. Floyd could have continued without him and retained their essence, their ethos; their meaning.
Whereas without Waters, the band that called itself Pink Floyd was a hollow facsimile, essentially a money-making exercise. No vision, no poetry, no point.
I often think of waters as being the architect and Gilmour one of the contractors employed to execute the architect's vision. If you get a poor contractor, the end result will be terrible...Gilmour was the finest of contractors but, really, Waters was essential for having the necessary vision.
Actually, I don't often think that. I've just made it up. But it's a decent summation, I think.
The 2 post waters PF records - I'm not including the river one - aren't great.
I find the post Roger Floyd stuff very dull. Just no spark there at all. I'd much rather listen to The Final Cut than anything that came after
Quote from: captainkurtz on September 23, 2023, 03:50:26 PMI often think of waters as being the architect and Gilmour one of the contractors employed to execute the architect's vision. If you get a poor contractor, the end result will be terrible...Gilmour was the finest of contractors but, really, Waters was essential for having the necessary vision.
Actually, I don't often think that. I've just made it up. But it's a decent summation, I think.
The 2 post waters PF records - I'm not including the river one - aren't great.
Great analogy. You should copyright that!
And if it hadn't been for SYD then neither Waters or Gilmour would have got anywhere. Mr Barrett's your man, a wizard, a true star.
Just pre-ordered the 50th anniversary blu ray so I can listen to the atmos mix.