Originally Posted by SATCHMO (Post 861150)

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?

Originally Posted by Violent & Funky (Post 861172)

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"...

Originally Posted by boo boo (Post 861178)

What Crimson have you heard?

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

Originally Posted by boo boo (Post 861174)

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".

Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt (Post 861185)

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.

Originally Posted by trace87 (Post 861188)

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

Originally Posted by duga (Post 861186)

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.

Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt (Post 861160)

The thing is, I've never REALLY been able to put my finger on it, though I do think the length of the songs do play a massive part. Maybe the experimental nature plays a part, but I don't see why.. Experimental is usually good, unless the experiment doesn't work out

Originally Posted by trace87 (Post 861402)

porcupine tree sucks dont do that.

Originally Posted by trace87 (Post 861165)

you dont like Yes, Gentle Giant, or Comus?

Originally Posted by sidewinder (Post 861511)

TheCunningStunt, sometimes I don't understand your forcing yourself to like things. I admire your dedication and open mind, but sometimes you just don't like it or aren't ready. Nothing wrong with moving on to other things and coming back later.

Originally Posted by boo boo (Post 861040)

WTF

I thought you were the big Floyd fan?

I don't see how DSOTM is "the beggining of the end", before this they made awful crap like Ummagumma and just ok albums like AHM and More, after it they made WYWH, Animals and The Wall, seriously WTF. How is that the beginning of the end? Just because they embraced a polished production style?

DSOTM is still their best album IMO, it might lack the organic element of Piper and Meddle or the very underrated Obscured by Clouds, all of those albums have some filler or less than steller parts though, DSOTM doesn't, musically it's their tightest effort.

I still like Money, it's overplayed, but I don't know how you could find it "boring as hell", it's only 6 minutes, has a great bassline, an interesting rhythm and some awesome guitar and sax solos. If you can endure big epics like Echoes, SOYCD and Dogs I don't know how that would bore you.

It's the tightest and most to the point album Floyd ever did (and still my favorite album probably), I don't know how you could find it boring unless you were bored by Floyd in general.

Originally Posted by OctaneHugo (Post 862019)

smh for dsotm ITT

and if i could figure out a way to abbreviate "for" (short of using the number) I would have


not my fav floyd album but damn good

Originally Posted by sidewinder (Post 862027)

Originally Posted by sidewinder (Post 862027)

Originally Posted by Freebase Dali (Post 862153)

That sentence written in English forgot the use of a question mark. :bringit:

Originally Posted by sidewinder (Post 862156)

It did. Plus it used asterisks instead of uck! Shame on that person.

Originally Posted by Engine (Post 862158)

When you're Sam Jackson with a gun you don't need to use punctuation

Originally Posted by +81 (Post 866227)

Doesn't this album pop up every second page or so...Might as well re-discuss Veckatimest while we're at it.

Originally Posted by Violent & Funky (Post 866297)

My bad fellas. I'll look back through the 64 pages...

Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt (Post 866303)

It's an internet pet peeve of mine when that happens "Yeah that topic was discussed way back." "Yeah we're on page 1122 now.."

Originally Posted by sidewinder (Post 866322)

Well, there is a "search this thread" function ;) ...but that doesn't really help when most people don't post text to accompany images.

Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt (Post 866306)

Are there no tracks where you think that's a good song?

Originally Posted by Violent & Funky (Post 866520)

'My Girls' and 'Summertime Clothes' are both k...