Damn Animals with Pink Floyd is overrated! - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Rihanna wrote:

I see all love Animals, I think its only a good album, not a masterpiece as Dark Side Of The Moon, WYWH and The Wall.

The songs are from awesome to only okay, Sheep is a masterpiece the rest are good to decent. Wow i dont see the greatness all gives it, its not my favorite from Pink Floyd.

I like the album but it is just maybe a strong 7/10.

Totally agree. Doesn't deserve to be in the top 10. "Dogs" is good for a few minutes, but gets boring, and don't like how it ends with slightly worse lyrics than how it began Tongue

Not many of the attractive qualities of Pink Floyd are present here (everything that makes Dark Side great) but otherwise some fantastic moments. Like you it would a 7, erring on 8/10 album.

HolyMoly wrote:

I wish you could see through our eyes and hear through our ears so you could understand why we hold this album in such high regard. As it is, you've got your own eyes and ears, and hear things the way you hear them. Nothing wrong about that. Enjoy what thou may.

Very well said!!

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Rihanna wrote:

I cant just appreciate it as you other, Dogs are nearly boring.

I quite like the idea of a song being nearly boring.

Animals is a dark album, but it's a masterpiece. Not as easy to get into as the Wall or Wish You Were Here, but I think it is better than the former while not quite as good as the latter. Certainly worth the effort it takes to truly understand and enjoy it.

...and when Goldiprog listened to The Wall she sighed, and said "this Floyd is too self-indulgent and depressing." Then, when Goldiprog heard Wish You Were Here she laughed, and exclaimed "this Floyd is too disjointed and commercial." But when Goldiprog played Animals she smiled, and pronounced "this Floyd is just right!"

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^Commercial?? What is NOT commercial for you ? Classical Music ? Tell me another, would you please?

Edited by Rick Robson - April 12 2014 at 16:35

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moshkito wrote:

Dean wrote:

Aminals presaged 80s Stadium Rock, all it lacked was power ballads, sing-a-long choruses and an over-abundance of Spandex™

It did however, have a pig.

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But was it pink?

At least at Anaheim Stadium it was very good. Compared to the bootleg version of "Pigs" at Anaheim stadium it has an extended guitar part that might be considered a power ballad. Sort of! But the background singers did have Spandex, and about that sing-a-long, we might have to define that a bit better!

Fairly sure the pig was Pink at the Wembley show. However, I seriously doubt that the backing singers wore Spandex™ because as far as I am aware they didn't use backing singers on the In The Flesh tour.

What?

Animals is excellent, though not in my Top 5 Floyd albums.

Dean wrote:

moshkito wrote:

Dean wrote:

Aminals presaged 80s Stadium Rock, all it lacked was power ballads, sing-a-long choruses and an over-abundance of Spandex™

It did however, have a pig.

...

But was it pink?

At least at Anaheim Stadium it was very good. Compared to the bootleg version of "Pigs" at Anaheim stadium it has an extended guitar part that might be considered a power ballad. Sort of! But the background singers did have Spandex, and about that sing-a-long, we might have to define that a bit better!

Fairly sure the pig was Pink at the Wembley show. However, I seriously doubt that the backing singers wore Spandex™ because as far as I am aware they didn't use backing singers on the In The Flesh tour.

I saw them during that tour (Cleveland Stadium, World Series of Rock -- had to drive back to Detroit afterward completely stoned). And if I recall correctly, there were no background singers, because Floyd played both the Wish You Were Here and Animals albums in full, with only a few other songs thrown in as encores.

But the pig was definitely pink (and I also vaguely remember big puppets?). And everyone did sing-along to "Wish You Were Here". And I was in a stadium. But I wasn't wearing spandex.

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