lollll i love that graph.
― tylerw, Friday, 17 February 2012 23:28 (twelve years ago) link
http://meanspeedmusic.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/pink-floyd-meanspeed-chart-speed-psychology-us-and-them-2.jpg
wtf
― Euler, Friday, 17 February 2012 23:28 (twelve years ago) link
by which I mean, it rules
― Euler, Friday, 17 February 2012 23:29 (twelve years ago) link
no idea what i was on about 6 years ago re Gilmour's vocals. i love those vocals!
― piscesx, Saturday, 18 February 2012 04:34 (twelve years ago) link
So I guess I'm the only one whose ever turned up the volume really loud after the "Eclipse" fadeout. I was like 13 when this happened, so forgive me.
― billstevejim, Saturday, 18 February 2012 04:36 (twelve years ago) link
this is one of those "first five CDs i bought" albums where, having listened to it probably 500 times in 1996, i can basically play it note for note in my head. but i grabbed a fixer-upper vinyl copy this week, it cleaned up beautifully, and man, despite some very corny moments it still works for me as just this lush 70s studio-band rock experience. upthread, noiseyrock complains about the sound being too "wet," but the wetness and the studio "space" are what make it magic.
my favorite is still "any colour you like," but "on the run" really jumped up in my estimation this time. were they early Kraftwerk adopters, or what?
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 17 December 2022 14:39 (one year ago) link
"breathe" also always a favorite - really like that kind of gentle overdubbed vocal vibe with Floyd. see also "fearless" and "goodbye blue sky."
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 17 December 2022 14:43 (one year ago) link
"on the run" really jumped up in my estimation this time. were they early Kraftwerk adopters, or what?
Floyd's use of a sequencer predates that of Kraftwerk by three or four years!
― Vast Halo, Saturday, 17 December 2022 14:58 (one year ago) link
oh wow, i had that chronology way off... it just reminded me so much of Autobahn, especially the integration of these more 60s type psychedelic "special effects" with weird slowed down sounds panning darkly through the mix...
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 17 December 2022 15:26 (one year ago) link
It's more Tangerine Dream than Kraftwerk but then there's a bit in "Autobahn" which does resembles this - and that sounds more like Tangerine Dream than Kraftwerk too.
― Gulf VAR Syndrome (Tom D.), Saturday, 17 December 2022 16:44 (one year ago) link
gorgeous album
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Saturday, 17 December 2022 16:48 (one year ago) link
“On The Run” was used as the background music on WLS-AM in Chicago in the mid ‘70s-early ‘80s when the DJ spoke to the winning caller. So they’d announce, “The 15th caller wins tickets to see the Eagles at the Chicago Amphitheater!” or whatever the fuck it was. Then, on the air, the DJ would talk to the winner, and under their conversation would be “On The Run.” It wasn’t until years later, when I finally heard DSOTM, that I found out it was a Pink Floyd song.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 19 December 2022 00:09 (one year ago) link