ITP: Lucy is a fukken teal deer about music.
So Mum doesn't like Dark Side of the Moon.
... What?
This is the woman who I got my taste in music from, who painstakingly drilled some decent taste into me ever since I was a kid. I may have strayed a bit, but she's the architect behind my ears even though she doesn't listen to lyrics and I focus on them almost entirely.
How can anyone in good taste dislike DSotM? I mean, she doesn't even acknowledge how timeless and deep the album is. Me, I love Pink Floyd, but I cannot listen to The Wall, mostly because it scares the shit out of me. But I know it's one of the greatest concept albums of all time. SHE DOESN'T APPRECIATE OR LIKE DSOTM, GUYS.
I mean, has she just... not heard "Eclipse"? Or maybe she did and didn't get it? Because DSotM is about insanity. Each track represents a different thing that can drive you crazy (time, money, life, fame, fear of death, etc). The sun is an overreaching symbol of sanity (see, in "Time", about the fear of aging, "you run to catch up to the sun but it's sinking"- people battle with senility and similar ailments with age). The moon is madness (especially in "Brain Damage"- the word 'lunatic' is very deliberately chosen).
So "Eclipse" is about how insanity is inevitable, no matter how hard you fight it. It's bombastic and joyous and beautiful, and you're in the clear and open, 'cause everything under the sun is in tune, but in the end it won't matter. The rug is pulled out from under you, because the sun is eclipsed by the moon.
It's brilliant. How do you not love that?!
That said.
Now, I'm conflicted on the final message of Dark Side of the Moon. At the very end, there's the immortal line. I want to ask ya'll about it.
Poll "There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact it's all dark."
I'm done babbling about Pink Floyd now. Oh, and I'm probably going to change my layout tonight. I'm done with the rolling header. I just want something new.
-Lucy
PS: You know the funny part? Dark Side isn't even my favorite. I greatly prefer Wish You Were Here.
PPS: The Snake mix probably won't happen. Why? Because I can't fit music to him. What the hell, man. D: ETA: This sucks. Yanno why? I was gonna name the mix "human trajectory". HOW AWESOME A TITLE IS THAT?
... What?
This is the woman who I got my taste in music from, who painstakingly drilled some decent taste into me ever since I was a kid. I may have strayed a bit, but she's the architect behind my ears even though she doesn't listen to lyrics and I focus on them almost entirely.
How can anyone in good taste dislike DSotM? I mean, she doesn't even acknowledge how timeless and deep the album is. Me, I love Pink Floyd, but I cannot listen to The Wall, mostly because it scares the shit out of me. But I know it's one of the greatest concept albums of all time. SHE DOESN'T APPRECIATE OR LIKE DSOTM, GUYS.
I mean, has she just... not heard "Eclipse"? Or maybe she did and didn't get it? Because DSotM is about insanity. Each track represents a different thing that can drive you crazy (time, money, life, fame, fear of death, etc). The sun is an overreaching symbol of sanity (see, in "Time", about the fear of aging, "you run to catch up to the sun but it's sinking"- people battle with senility and similar ailments with age). The moon is madness (especially in "Brain Damage"- the word 'lunatic' is very deliberately chosen).
So "Eclipse" is about how insanity is inevitable, no matter how hard you fight it. It's bombastic and joyous and beautiful, and you're in the clear and open, 'cause everything under the sun is in tune, but in the end it won't matter. The rug is pulled out from under you, because the sun is eclipsed by the moon.
It's brilliant. How do you not love that?!
That said.
Now, I'm conflicted on the final message of Dark Side of the Moon. At the very end, there's the immortal line. I want to ask ya'll about it.
Poll "There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact it's all dark."
I'm done babbling about Pink Floyd now. Oh, and I'm probably going to change my layout tonight. I'm done with the rolling header. I just want something new.
-Lucy
PS: You know the funny part? Dark Side isn't even my favorite. I greatly prefer Wish You Were Here.
PPS: The Snake mix probably won't happen. Why? Because I can't fit music to him. What the hell, man. D: ETA: This sucks. Yanno why? I was gonna name the mix "human trajectory". HOW AWESOME A TITLE IS THAT?