The Explain Why You Like This Album ('cause i don't understand) Thread (albums, pink floyd)

[Rainard Jalen]

I thought this'd be a good idea. There are lots of albums out there that are widely acclaimed by critics and adored by fans, or just the former, or just the latter, or whatever. Then there are people who listen to the album a few times and just don't get what the big deal is.

My idea for the thread is that somebody comes and mentions an album that he/she never really quite got what all the hype was about, and then another member will respond at some point, in their own words, with just what it is about the album that makes them love it.

[Comus]

ELP's Tarkus.

I've tried several times to get into it, but it just reallly bores me. I love most prog epics but tarkus just seems to drag on and onnnn.

[The Unfan]

Originally Posted by Comus

ELP's Tarkus.

I've tried several times to get into it, but it just reallly bores me. I love most prog epics but tarkus just seems to drag on and onnnn.

The juxtaposition of the simplicity of the individual elements of the music and the way they fit togther with the complex strong structure is what makes it a very stand out album. Its a prog epic that can be considered accessible by some means, with a sort of laid back radio friendly innocence to it. You could probably cut any 4 minute chunk out of the song and use it as a single and it'd stand on its own fairly well.

[Fallout_at_The_Disco]

Originally Posted by Comus

ELP's Tarkus.

I've tried several times to get into it, but it just reallly bores me. I love most prog epics but tarkus just seems to drag on and onnnn.

That's strange. I really like it.

[Rainard Jalen]

Can - Ege Bamyasi

I'm sure there are a ton of reasons why I should like this album, I just can't figure out what they are! Plus, I find the long tracks Pinch and Soup particularly difficult.

[Urban Hat€monger ?]

Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

Can - Ege Bamyasi

I'm sure there are a ton of reasons why I should like this album, I just can't figure out what they are! Plus, I find the long tracks Pinch and Soup particularly difficult.

Can have been called one of the most difficult bands to get into.
Ege Bamyasi is probably the most accessible Can albums there is.

For me Ege Bamyasi has always been a groove thing , to me the songs don't seem that long because the groove & the rhythms keep things interesting. I've always treated it as a chill out album that you listen to when you want to relax and listen to as a whole rather than want to listen to individual songs.

Thats why I like it anyway.

[5-Track]

Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

Can - Ege Bamyasi

I'm sure there are a ton of reasons why I should like this album, I just can't figure out what they are! Plus, I find the long tracks Pinch and Soup particularly difficult.

I had trouble with this one, too, until I played it for my girlfriend on a road trip. It took me years to get into, tho has been rewarding since and now I play it often as it is less demanding than the superior TAGO MAGO. Background CAN.

Originally Posted by sleepy jack

I didn't mean it in a bad way but when you look at the big albums of the 60s are generally British: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Black Sabbath (70s but whatever), etc the amount of American artists who put out albums put on the same pedestal as them isn't as much.

Back to why I like Pet Sounds. It's pretty simple I just think it's a beautiful pop album hah.

LIVE DEAD, Workingman's Dead, American Beauty

BLUE CHEER - Vincebus Eruptum

"Bless It's Pointed Little Head" by Jefferson Airplane

"Easter Everywhere" by the 13th Floor Elevators

(I'm digging for 'em, I know)

Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

Alright, here's one. Somebody help meh out! Sly & The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On: heralded by many as one of the best albums of the 1970s, I don't see how it's even one of the best FUNK albums of the 70s. I'm not even sure it's the best SLY album of the 70s. I've listened to it at least a dozen times. All I took away from it is that:

- it has about 3 very good songs,
- and another 35 or so minutes of what might as well be background music for a bar or a movie, devoid of any real hooks or anything particularly memorable
- the icing on the cake is that all of those non-singles tracks seem like some sort of great shameless drug-infused mess - which was probably never supposed to happen in the first place

So...am I missing something? Enlighten me.

Amazing record... the tones are unbelievable, analog mess at it's gloriousest... It sounds like it was recorded at home on a 4-track, twenty years before that was in vogue... no compression, all the levels pegged, no gratuitous displays of musicianship... just minimalist groove, raw semi-conscious slurred melody, and attitude so thick you can smell it (real attitude DOESN'T get right in your face... because it doesn't care about your face)

[debaserr]

Originally Posted by 5-Track

I had trouble with this one, too, until I played it for my girlfriend on a road trip. It took me years to get into, tho has been rewarding since and now I play it often as it is less demanding than the superior TAGO MAGO. Background CAN.

it also took me a while to get into can. i had tago mago and ege. the breakthrough happened with tago. maybe give that a shot? my favorites of ege: pinch, i'm so green, soup, and vitamin c. and i agree that it is a more laid back album than tago.

[jackhammer]

Pink Floyd-Dark Side Of The Moon.

Bring it on!

[sweet_nothing]

Originally Posted by jackhammer

Pink Floyd-Dark Side Of The Moon.

Bring it on!

Simply put you have to stoned to apperciate it, most pink floyd albums are like that