I get what they were going for but it's not something that I would ever want to listen to. I don't enjoy The Great Gig in the Sky, which is probably the most polarizing part of the album. Time is also an incredible song, paced well, with a unique intro. I understand and appreciate the "feel" of the album which is very strong, and the final Brain Damage/Eclipse pairing is one of the few tracks that can give me goosebumps. The Dark Side of the Moon ranks 48th in my top albums of all time list (this list is almost only rock since that's all I enjoy, so if it included all genres it would rank a fair amount lower). The Dark Side of the Moon wasn't just an album you popped in and listened to, it was an experience. Let me tell you, even after all these years I could still remember the strong emotions I got while lying in bed, I can't tell you how many times I've cried over The Great Gig in the Sky, it was like listening to someone in pain dying and saying 1 last goodbye without words, that woman's voice made me cry. I wasn't thinking about the homework assignments I had to turn in tomorrow morning, I was just listening. Then I did something I probably hadn't done with any other album before, I lied in bed, turned off the lights, put on my headphones, closed my eyes, pressed play, and just listened. By the time I listened to Great Gig in the Sky, I was sold.Īfter it was all over I re-listened to it again a few hours later around night time. When I heard On The Run I was confused, I thought this was a rock album, but I just went with it. All the instruments were spaced out and felt loose. They were all amazing, but the one that stuck out to me the most was Dark Side of the Moon, it didn't sound like any other albums I have ever heard at the time. I was listening to all the famous classic rock albums for the first time during my Freshman year of high school and I remembered feeling ecstatic, it felt like I was discovering a new world, it really did. I loved Dark Side of the Moon when I first got into rock music. Just like most things that have such a huge legacy it's overrated, especially compared to the rest of Floyds discography, but I still think its a great gateway album into more expirimental music. I used to love this album, but i feel like it naturally loses it's a good amount of its wow factor after you start exploring some of the big prog and psych releases from around that time. It's very similar to Radioheads OK Computer in this regard, an album that can appeal to both the casual and hardcore music listener. I know a suprising amount of people who LOVE Dark Side of the Moon, but have never explored the rest of their discography because the tracks are too long or trippy. The album has no big features that might scare off the average listener unlike the much proggier Animals or psychadelic Meddle, leading it to be a lot of peoples first introduction into more "artistic" music. Not only does it have big surface appeal with hits like "Money" and "Time", but It also has quite a bit of depth, with dense psychadelic production, a great track flow, and the general concept of everday life and the insanity of it. This is important because I think a big reason it gets as much credit as it does because they perfectly nail that line right between "art rock" and "pop rock". Both elements are there, but they take niether concept very far. It marks the band finally finding their sound in the post-barret phase, with their transition from 60s psychadelia to a more concept based prog approach to album making. It's interesting you noted it as more "experimental" relative to the rest of their discography when its probably one of their more straightfoward releases, especially compared to the albums that came before it like Piper, Saucerful of Secrets, and Atom Heart Mother. They also don't fall victim to the whole immersion-in-sound thing. This album gets away from a lot of the histrionics common to the prog / art rock albums of the time period. The cash register, the heartbeat, the sound of running, the spoken parts: these all had a profound impact on the listener.ĭSotM came along at the perfect time in the 70s, painting a bleak picture of modern life, especially touching on the madness that can come from the stress of living in the modern world. Again, they didn't do it first-there were plenty of more avant bands out there experimenting with this kind of thing-but DSotM popularized it. This integration of real-world and synthesized sounds was integral to the album's longevity and success. Also the way Pink Floyd mixed "found sounds" into their music helped get that kind of sound making into mainstream consciousness. I upvoted you because I think you're asking a legitimate question and not trolling.ĭSotM's production is top notch for its time and still sounds great today.
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