Favourite song in Dark Side of the Moon

I think that FRAGILE was, however, "Roundabout" was more of a hit on the FM dial than it was in the AM radio where it never really showed up! But the song from 90125 did show up on both dials, although by that time AM radio in America had lost its ability and was much less important than ever. FM radio had the "new" generation of hit makers, and ELP, YES, and many others were being played regularly.

The big issue, is that YES more than likely never got paid a whole lot for the first 4 albums, and the one album that is still paying them is CTTE, at least according to Bill Bruford's book ... he's not complaining and at the very least he is thankful for it.

Back to the thread title ... MONEY was released as a single for the AM dial in America, and it was cut in half (with the one word not there of course!), and even the FM radio stations lambasted the AM stations for playing the small version ... however, I never thought that the song was as valuable as the whole album was, and I did not like separating one song from the whole idea/concept of the album ... it felt like I had to take your right arm off so I could show it off to all the folks what a magnificent specimen it is of the human culture .... !!!!!!!! 

richardh wrote: ... But that said the likes of ELP , Yes , Genesis were very popular in the UK in the early seventies and the albums also sold very well in Europe despite the lack of airplay. Even the likes of Focus and Camel had a fair few fans!  ...

FOCUS made it in America with the rowdy single that was quite a fun piece of music to play. CAMEL got played, I think a lot after Guy Guden played so much from MIRAGE, and the next month or so, MOONMADNESS flew out and it got played a lot.

Guy Guden should have gotten credit for a lot of these bands ... PF was not a regular play anywhere until after DSOTM and even then, not right away either ... but Guy had been playing PF since the days of Syd Barrett. Guy should have gotten some credit for Gentle Giant, Supertramp, Golden Earring (with the famous moment and one of my favorites of one DJ speaking over "Are You Receiving Me?" ... saying that it was not "rock'n'roll ... and Guy slowing the song to a complete stop and then saying ... "I don't care ... it's GREAT MUSIC!". And the song re-wound up to normal speed again. Average White Band should have gotten him some credit ... he even had a fake commercial created (Guy was also a writer and actor!) where a music industry guy was saying that Ernie and the Crotch-hairs would be the next hit and that this new thing will never, ever hit the air waves ... and he went on to play AWB ... and it took a week, and everyone at the station started playing it and the following week someone in LA "discovered" AWB.

That ought to give you a bit of an idea about the time and place ... I first saw PF in 1972 at the Hollywood Bowl, a famous time for them with the QUADRAPHONIC sound going around the whole place, giving it a "reality" that helped the music feel a lot more personal and real to your experience. Later, they converted this to a concept/story (DSOTM) and of course, later still they even made a movie of it all ... the "experience" was now "real" and complete, instead of just apparent sound effects with a few lines for fun, that came off as stoned ... but probably weren't.