MEDDLE

One of these days is a very atomospheric song, and with a double bass, and great guitaring, along with Rick's eerie "slicing", roaring winds, and wierd noises in the mid section, this song is perfect, even better live since the drums come alive. Pillow of winds comes in perfectly after One of these days when the wind is blowing and then all of the sudden Dave's guitar gives you that perfect imagery of floating in the air. The song goes from happy to sad, and back again with great singing. Fearless is a very underated song, its got multiple guitars, 3 I think, nice bass line, great piano, ok drums, and perfect singing by Dave. Very relaxing song, goes perfectly after Pillow of winds and it has alot of hidden things going on in it that take a while to find. Next is San Tropet, and ins't nearly as bad as many claim it to be. It's a jazzy/bluesy song and best of all, it has Roger's lyrics about rich people, and I never get tired of hearing Roger complain about them. Not a very prog song but it is relaxing and easy flowing atleast. Seamus is next and to me is one of the best Pink Floyd blues songs. 2 dogs singing, 2 guitars, nice bluesy bass, and a very good job done by Rick on the piano. This is a prog song and I can kind of see how someone wouldn't like it, but I can't see how so many people can absolutly hate it, there is nothing wrong with it, and to me there is everything right with it. Sometimes I even find this song funny enough to laugh a little. Now it's time for Echoes, we all know preety much everything about this one. This is the song where Floyd perfectly built up the song from the very first note, and anyone who know's Floyd knows that they are the best at building up songs. Just a few piano nots and Dave's bottleneck sliding really can make you see an entire beach or ocean at night. Then the bass comes in and then the drums and this song takes off into a slow blues song that really feels sad like a real blues song should. Dave and Rick get it just right with the singing. Very slow and sad and the lyrics are Rogers best so far and you can tell he is getting better and can only imagine what is to come in the next albums. After the first verse comes a nice instrument part then my favorite lyrics ever, "Strangers passing in the street by chance two seperate glances meet and I am you and what I see is me." Once the second verse ends Dave just goes off on that guitar and he just gets more and more intense but all at the same time is a beatifull bass part thats going nice and slow then begins to play the main theme and it sounds so good. Rick is ok here during the guitar solo but I wish he would have put a piano part in there, one that sounds like great gig in the sky, that would have fit well. Nick is doing fantastic drumming here during the solo, very fast with lots of tom tom work and symbol crashes. When the jam section arrives there is a nice driving bass line and good guitar. I like the organ here alot but Nick's drumming for the first time in this song is a little unimpressive, not boring, just not to evenfull. I love the noise section that follows, winds howling, screeching guitars, deep almost scary bass in the background, organ noises, and seagulls. This is very creative and really expresses sadness to the greatest extent to me. The buildup section that follows is great, with symbols, and a very very good keybord part. Once the greatest guitar solo comes you just can't help but feel like it's the best part of the song. The third verse is next with a big and dramatic ending. There is very good drumming and the main theme returns, the one where the bass and guitar play those 5 notes together, I love it. Great keybord solo here too. Then the song goes blues for the very last section, which is very sad and beatifull. Rick does a nice job on the piano at the end. Then the song takes off and it sounds as if it just fly's away. Thats it, know it's long but I wanted to say all I had to say.