In Reply to: Dark Side SACD will be gone soon posted by Duilawyer on March 15, 2007 at 09:19:24:
To me - and I stress to me - the music and musicianship is average, the lyrics banal, and the recording nothing all that special. It seems to be a standard overdubbed studio recording, with some sound effects (heartbeats, clock chimes, cash registers, etc.) added. Bid deal.I recognize a few of the songs, but I never paid much attention to this music when it came out in the 70s and I'm not a Pink Floyd fan. I have only listened to the recording a couple of times after buying inot the hype surrounding the release of the SACD version. Both times I was stone cold sober. (Perhaps that's the problem?)
I am wondering how much of the appeal of this recording is simply based on nostalgia - people returning to this music and remembering an old girlfriend, good times with friends in the smoking pit, that beloved muscle car, or the senior prom. Is it possible for someone who is unfamiliar with the music to recognize it as this "masterpiece" that people who have extramusical associations with it deam it to be? Or is this just "comfort food" for 70s stoners?
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- Someone help me. I really don't understand the appeal of this recording. - Dalton 11:37:56 03/16/07 (22)
- You may feel the same about Woody Allen movies as well (nt) - ontrack2@gmail.com 14:16:49 03/17/07 (0)
- (Perhaps that's the problem?) - Allen Wright 08:29:00 03/17/07 (0)
- the same complaints have been levelled against many rock recordings - tunenut 23:56:30 03/16/07 (5)
- Lyrics of DSOTM are not banal; it has very deep psychological questioning? - Teresa 17:31:06 03/17/07 (1)
- When it comes to social relevancy... - Mr_bill2 15:50:40 03/19/07 (0)
- My complaint, is the quality of the recording... - rich121 01:21:44 03/17/07 (2)
- Re: My complaint, is the quality of the recording... - Woodstock 10:10:30 03/17/07 (0)
- "hurridly mastered for the SACD format" - Metralla 08:06:10 03/17/07 (0)
- "sometimes you either you 'get it' or you don't" - Metralla 19:39:26 03/16/07 (0)
- Poor Pitiful You. * - Joe M 17:00:44 03/16/07 (0)
- You are mistaken in some of your impressions, but to fully appreciate DSoTM ... - Audiophilander 14:00:16 03/16/07 (9)
- I always thought it was great, from the first note, BUT thought it was eclipsed - Duilawyer 17:23:25 03/16/07 (1)
- Your friends were right :-) (nt) - Christine Tham 23:14:32 03/16/07 (0)
- Likewise - Christine Tham 15:34:37 03/16/07 (6)
- Ah. Nostalgia. - Dalton 18:19:54 03/16/07 (5)
- No, not just nostalgia - Christine Tham 22:00:44 03/16/07 (4)
- "It totally blew me away." - Dalton 11:02:12 03/17/07 (3)
- Well, I think you either "get it" or you don't, as Metralla said - Christine Tham 15:44:39 03/17/07 (2)
- Thanks Christine. - Dalton 16:36:55 03/17/07 (1)
- Actually, it's best to listen to it with a clear head ... - Christine Tham 17:33:44 03/17/07 (0)
- My kind of guy, Dalton - Bruce from DC 12:55:20 03/16/07 (0)
- Re: Someone help me. I really don't understand the appeal of this recording. - Dave Garretson 11:53:25 03/16/07 (0)