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 entirelyHow can anyone in good
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I love that album. I haven't voted in your poll because I need to listen to it again and think about it. Doesn't help that my favourite track on it doesn't have lyrics as such (The Great Gig In The Sky - I can loop that forever). Much love to Wish You Were Here too...yeah, I love songs that are ridiculously long and convoluted for no real reason, bite me. >>>
You're not the only person I know who gets spooked by The Wall...can you explain why? I am so not getting it.
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Wish You Were Here IS really long. I remember when I first looked at the tracklist and say it was only 5 songs. I felt really disappointed. Then I realized most of the songs are really damn long, especially the "Shine On, You Crazy Diamond" suite (easily my favorites- instrumentally lovely, and the lyrics are limited but carry some massive punch).
That said, one of my old fellow music nerd buddies spent an hour trying to explain the repeated chords/notes/wotev to me and I still can't hear them. I faaaaail.
The Wall.... is much more raw than the other albums. You have a real story to follow and there are some really terrible, traumatic things that happen. And there is no hope in it to speak of. The fact that the "isn't this/where we came in" thing is there scares the shit outta me. It's a cycle Pink will never break, he'll always be this broken man, and there's nothing good to be had.
ETA: Worth noting that I'm very easily affected by music. Like... I ( ... )
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Yeah, I'm a big fan of Wish You Were Here. Don't get me wrong, DSOTM is great, but I think WYWH is better.
I just can't imagine someone NOT liking Dark Side of the Moon. It's like someone not liking Thriller. Even people that hate Michael Jackson like Thriller.
Oh, and now I have to listen to DSOTM in order to give you a proper answer to your poll.
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DSOTM suffers from a severe lack of "Shine On, You Crazy Diamond". Poor thing.
I'm actually totally ambivalent to "Thriller". I liked "Billy Jean" much better.
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For me, the Wall will always be my favorite. Because I am a hopeless sheep :)
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THE WALL IS SCARY D: D: D:
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And yeeeah, the Wall is super freaking. But so good! Have you ever seen the movie? That is one gigantic mindfuck if I've ever seen one.
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I've seen bits of the movie. Safe to say that if I can't handle the album alone, the movie will kill me.
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But I don't concentrate on the lyrics much. They're actually one of the last things I notice. So your mom might just not have felt the song and gone in later to investigate the lyrics - happens to me, haha.
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