The Explain Why You Like This Album ('cause i don't understand) Thread

[boo boo]

Originally Posted by SATCHMO

Wish You were Here is disrupted by the title track which sticks out like a sore thumb on the otherwise glorious album. It's like a less annoying song than Money, albeit as grossly overplayed, on an otherwise better album than DSOTM. Meddle is kinda' a weird album in that it's almost structurally the inversion of DSOTM. Meddle is a collection of disparate tunes, including Seamus, with Echoes being the one marathon song that gives the album it's central theme. DSOTM is a wannabe concept album ruined by Money (imo, of course). Pigs on the wing I & II...really? C'mon, into & outro, prologue & epilogue, foreword & afterword, matching ****ing bookends. How much more symmetrical, cohesive, and undisruptive does it get?

Eh, I thought you meant cohesive in terms of consistency in quality.

There's nothing wrong with Pigs on a Wing really, it's just not on par with the 3 main songs of the album. That's more along the lines of what I meant.

I don't think Money is either a drop in quality from the rest of the album or out of place regarding the theme of the album.

Where I live Money doesn't get any more overexposure Time or Brain Damage/Eclipse, but DSOTM is the album that really got me into music for serious and for that I'll always have a ridiculous amount of affection for it despite how popular it is.

I don't see anything wrong with Wish You Were Here either, it's just popular.

I just think people hate on specific songs like Money because of their popularity, when people say "Money" or "ABITWP2" is their worst song I can't take them seriously. Nobody would think it if they weren't hella popular. I mean seriously, if those songs weren't popular I don't think anyone could honestly think "yep, this is totally worse than Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast and Dogs of War".

[TheCunningStunt]

Thanks for the advice regarding my devil genre. I'll be sure to give Rush a listen because they have been the most appealing prog rock band I've heard. I'll give Krautrock a listen as well.

If it doesn't happen then meh, at least I can say I've tried.

[TheCunningStunt]

Originally Posted by Violent & Funky

The closest thing to prog I can dig is stuff like Primus and Tool, but even with those bands I prefer the shorter songs and don't like it as much when they "jam it out"...

Tool don't do it for me either.

[boo boo]

What Crimson have you heard?

Anything from the John Wetton era? Cobain had nothing but positive things to say about Red.

[duga]

Originally Posted by boo boo

What Crimson have you heard?

Anything from the John Wetton era? Cobain had nothing but positive things to say about Red.

Yeah, I agree...if you haven't listened to Red then you definitely should. One of the most accessible yet still truly prog albums around, in my opinion. Everything clicks perfectly on that album...

[SATCHMO]

Originally Posted by boo boo

I just think people hate on specific songs like Money because of their popularity, when people say "Money" or "ABITWP2" is their worst song I can't take them seriously. Nobody would think it if they weren't hella popular. I mean seriously, if those songs weren't popular I don't think anyone could honestly think "yep, this is totally worse than Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast and Dogs of War".

Man, everybody wants to hate on Atom Heart Mother. Maybe someone can Explain Why You Don't Like this album ('cause I don't understand).

[TheCunningStunt]

I think I heard Starless and Bible Black and another album, don't think I've heard Red. I'll be sure to give it a try, I think accessibility is the key if you're gonna appreciate prog rock.

[duga]

Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt

I think I heard Starless and Bible Black and another album, don't think I've heard Red. I'll be sure to give it a try, I think accessibility is the key if you're gonna appreciate prog rock.

Oh man, Starless and Bible Black is what you started with? It took me a really long time to get into that album, and I really love King Crimson. Here is how exposure to the King should go:

Red
In the Court of the Crimson King

In that order. Then after that you will have a good idea if you will like them enough to further explore them.

[debaserr]

the key is opening your mind and trying something that may not be accessible.

[TheCunningStunt]

Originally Posted by trace87

the key is opening your mind and trying something that may not be accessible.

Even though I've already done that and it hasn't worked? Good game plan.