Pink Floyd lyrics appreciation
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Topic: Pink Floyd lyrics appreciation
Posted By: condor
Subject: Pink Floyd lyrics appreciation
Date Posted: September 05 2015 at 10:41
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You shout in your sleep [abstract poser makes it work like a short story] You set sail across the sea Who are you and who am I |
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Posted By: Otto9999
Date Posted: September 05 2015 at 10:47
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Removed due to PA's deliberated act of deleting threads as alleged featuring negative behaviour posts towards others.
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Posted By: infandous
Date Posted: September 08 2015 at 13:09
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One of very few Gilmour penned lyrics that aren't somewhat ridiculous. And I love Gilmour's contributions to Floyd. However, I can't deny that his lyrics are pretty trite and meaningless, for the most part. Even with your annotations though, what is this song really about? The ending certainly doesn't give any hint. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: September 08 2015 at 13:23
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Hmm.....was never all that impressed with Floyd lyrics though there were some decent ones on DSOTM and WYWH. Didn't care much for those on Animals....or the Wall. and the early ones were all a bit silly...weren't they?  ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: September 08 2015 at 14:11
Perhaps you should make an initial poll to see if members even like Gilmour's lyrics. You seem to always put the cart before the horse. 
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Posted By: DDPascalDD
Date Posted: September 08 2015 at 14:52
Though Echoes was quite nice, now wasn't it? It's very criptical and it seems to have some kind of meaning or theme. Only it's actually pretty hard to make real sense of yeah... ------------- |
dr wu23 wrote:Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: September 08 2015 at 15:01
Yes..those are cryptic and btw Meddle is prolly my favorite Floyd thing. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: September 09 2015 at 07:14
| I like the lyrics in that one where Waters just screams into the mic. That one rocks! |
Posted By: AZF
Date Posted: September 09 2015 at 07:58
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It's a shame Gilmour got the jitters and lost confidence in his writing if he had to have the hired help for "A Momentary Lapse of Reason". I don't think Barrett should have been written off as "Childish", despite that being a lot of his stock. The lyrics for "Astronomy Domine" are better than a lot of Waters efforts. "Animals" has great lyrics but I can't get as excited for the music that accompanies them. I suppose "Obscured By Clouds" is the farewell to the Fantasy lyrics as from "Dark Side of the Moon" onwards, there is a bigger thrust for reality. As opposed to the imagination of the lyrics to "Echoes", leading all the way back to "Let There Be More Light" for Waters. I really appreciate Pink Floyd's lyrics.
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: September 09 2015 at 09:22
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I appreciate the lyrics from Dark Side of the Moon to The Final Cut. Before and after, they mean little to me. ------------- 
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: September 09 2015 at 10:07
Amused to Death's lyrics are awesome And when seeing the on-stage anime of the tour, Pros & Cons madea lot of sense... unfortunately, the stand-alone CD is less interesting... should transform the album into a DVD
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Posted By: O666
Date Posted: September 09 2015 at 10:28
I agree and I like Corporal Clegg and Free Four too.
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Posted By: Follix
Date Posted: September 09 2015 at 14:47
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I think Breathe(reprise) got the best lyrics, it's a very subtle social critique. Otherwise, yes Waters was a better lyricist than Gilmour but music is far more important as I am concerned and solo Waters stuff puts me to sleep. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: September 09 2015 at 15:37
Agreed. I limited my viewport to the Pink Floyd lyrics, but those of Amused to Death are great.
Corporal Clegg was a glimpse of what was yet to come, so it is worth mentioning indeed. -------------
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Posted By: The Sloth
Date Posted: September 09 2015 at 17:35
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Roger Waters - king of the list song: http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNsu6yiR0I8&t=2m15s" rel="nofollow - http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNsu6yiR0I8&t=2m15s
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Posted By: aglasshouse
Date Posted: September 09 2015 at 18:48
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Gotta admit, I'm a little bit confused... ------------- http://fryingpanmedia.com |
Posted By: Rando
Date Posted: September 09 2015 at 19:18
"Careful With That Axe, Eugene"
------------- - Music is Life, that's why our hearts have beats - |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: September 10 2015 at 11:22
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Hi, ... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ... There will be literature and then rock song lyrics ... sorry!!! As much as I would like to give it more credit, as poetry, sometimes, many of these are just plain ... ridiculously boring. Time to go read some Shelley and get inspired! Or some Elliot!
------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: September 10 2015 at 12:27
Echoes is better than most of what Shelley wrote. Eliot is transcendental. |
Posted By: O666
Date Posted: September 12 2015 at 09:26
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