The Explain Why You Like This Album ('cause i don't understand) Thread (blues, dance)

jackhammer · 02-24-2008, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Seltzer

Hmmm, odd. For some reason I thought that was your favourite album and I did find that unusual because that isn't normally the case with big Floyd fans. My favourite would probably be Meddle, but Wish You Were Here is rather godly too.

DSOTM is too perfect. I know that is a weak sypnosis but the album feels less organic than a lot of their othere releases. Don't get me wrong, The Great Gig In The Sky and Us And Them are amazing tracks but it feels more like a product than an album. A lot of hardcore Floyd fans are not that big on DSOTM to be honest.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 02-24-2008, 08:33 PM

While on the subject of Pink Floyd i'd like to put forward The Wall.

Personally I think it's Pink Floyd making their safest most boring trad rock album and not a patch on their earlier stuff. Listening to it just bores me to tears.
I hate Atom Heart Mother and think thats a boring album , but at least thats boring out of experimentation that misses the mark , so I can forgive them for that for at least trying.
The Wall is boring because to me it offers nothing original that Pink Floyd have not done before. It just sounds like some bloated rock dinosaurs going through the motions.

cardboard adolescent · 02-24-2008, 09:52 PM

?

i mean, i guess i could see why someone would like it,
but can you really sit down and listen to this album from start to end
and not get violently frustrated?

Rainard Jalen · 02-26-2008, 03:37 PM

Come on guys! The SLY album came at number 32 on our top 1970-1974 100 list, way above such legends as Joni Mitchell's Blue, T.Rex's Electric Warrior and popular albums like Meddle. There must be some lovers here. Gimme your feedback!

Comus · 02-26-2008, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

Come on guys! The SLY album came at number 32 on our top 1970-1974 100 list, way above such legends as Joni Mitchell's Blue, T.Rex's Electric Warrior and popular albums like Meddle. There must be some lovers here. Gimme your feedback!

We might have to change that if no one explains why they like it.

Rainard Jalen · 02-26-2008, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Wayfarer

I like it because it's funkin' awesome.

OH SEE WHAT I DID THERE?!

But seriously, it is awesome. And the fact that the title is a reply to the title of a Marvin Gaye album just makes it that much better.

EDIT: I realize that's not much of an explanation at all, but I'm shite at explaining why I like certain bands/artists/albums/whatever. I either 'feel' it or I don't. But that Sly album was very influential and definitive and definitely deserves to be on the list.

It'd be cool if you could go through the tracks briefly or something. Also, when you say "influential", how do you mean? What do you see it as having influenced in particular? I always felt it was more of a one off record than one that spawned many others in the same vein.

Rainard Jalen · 02-26-2008, 05:27 PM

Eh, actually I think that has helped me think of it in a new light. I'll bear that all in mind the next time I listen to it.

Seltzer · 02-26-2008, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

Come on guys! The SLY album came at number 32 on our top 1970-1974 100 list, way above such legends as Joni Mitchell's Blue, T.Rex's Electric Warrior and popular albums like Meddle. There must be some lovers here. Gimme your feedback!

I love Meddle, but our reasoning behind Meddle not being that high is that DSOTM is already quite high, and that Floyd fans are quite divided when it comes to their best work. There are fans of early psychedelic Floyd, fans of prog Floyd and nowadays, fans of DSOTM and the Wall.

Comus · 02-27-2008, 03:03 AM

I've never managed to get into the wall as a whole..

WaspStar · 11-03-2008, 04:59 PM

I've never liked Van Morrison's Moondance. I love Astral Weeks, and Into The Music has its moments, but Moondance seems to be the "big" album among fans and critics, but it's always left me flat. Apart from Into The Mystic, I don't really get the fuss.

Any takers?

02-24-2008, 08:33 PM	#22 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	While on the subject of Pink Floyd i'd like to put forward The Wall. Personally I think it's Pink Floyd making their safest most boring trad rock album and not a patch on their earlier stuff. Listening to it just bores me to tears. I hate Atom Heart Mother and think thats a boring album , but at least thats boring out of experimentation that misses the mark , so I can forgive them for that for at least trying. The Wall is boring because to me it offers nothing original that Pink Floyd have not done before. It just sounds like some bloated rock dinosaurs going through the motions. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

11-03-2008, 04:59 PM	#30 (permalink)
WaspStar Back to mono Join Date: May 2008 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 509	I've never liked Van Morrison's Moondance. I love Astral Weeks, and Into The Music has its moments, but Moondance seems to be the "big" album among fans and critics, but it's always left me flat. Apart from Into The Mystic, I don't really get the fuss. Any takers? __________________ "This sure doesn't look like 'Crazy Ernie's Amazing Emporium of Total Bargain Madness!'"

02-24-2008, 09:52 PM	#23 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	? i mean, i guess i could see why someone would like it, but can you really sit down and listen to this album from start to end and not get violently frustrated?

02-26-2008, 03:37 PM	#24 (permalink)
Rainard Jalen Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,221	Come on guys! The SLY album came at number 32 on our top 1970-1974 100 list, way above such legends as Joni Mitchell's Blue, T.Rex's Electric Warrior and popular albums like Meddle. There must be some lovers here. Gimme your feedback!

02-26-2008, 05:27 PM	#27 (permalink)
Rainard Jalen Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,221	Eh, actually I think that has helped me think of it in a new light. I'll bear that all in mind the next time I listen to it.