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octopus-4 
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Posted: November 05 2010 at 11:38 |
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Though I went with Division Bell, I don't really get the deal with High Hopes. It's a good solo but not imo a career highlight for Gilmour. |
My personal story with High Hopes: When I listened to it for the first time the echoed voice fading out on "Forever and ever...." touched me deeply, then the guitar coda completed the work. I don't know why but immediately after I started re-reading all the books of Clifford Simak.
The sense of loss and regret for the time gone is the same as in novels like "City" and "Here Gather the Stars". When a song is able to touch me in this way, I consider it a masterpiece. It's a subjective fact, so it's not strange if it doesn't do the same to anybody else.
Another song which did me a similar thing is The Post-War Dream, but the whole Final Cut worked on me in this way.
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octopus-4
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Posted: November 05 2010 at 11:31 |
The-time-is-now wrote:
The Division Bell. Absolute classic.
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On this, I agree 
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I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution
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rogerthat
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Posted: November 05 2010 at 11:24 |
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Though I went with Division Bell, I don't really get the deal with High Hopes. It's a good solo but not imo a career highlight for Gilmour.
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The-time-is-now
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Posted: November 05 2010 at 11:21 |
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The Division Bell. Absolute classic.
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 23:15 |
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They both are 2 star ratings...but Momentary Lapse of Reason is slightly better.
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 21:45 |
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Huh. I thought it would be closer for some reason, although the Division Bell is the better album, I agree.
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Heaven's made a cesspool of us all.
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 17:42 |
Weirdamigo wrote:
I love, yes indeed love, the Division Bell.IMHO it's better than animals making it my 4th favorite Floyd album. |
What he says, only for me it's my 3rd favourite Floyd album after WYWH and DSOTM. High hopes is the best Floyd song since Shine on...
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Future prosperity lies in the way you heal the world with love
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 14:55 |
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The Division Bell
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digdug
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 14:30 |
MLoR is pretty good....
but Division Bell is better
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 10:42 |
division bell, i actually enjoy it.
amlor feels too incoherent besides the nice few tracks and then sorrow, there is amoment in which i think "why am i listening to this"
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 09:47 |
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I actually enjoyed The Division Bell...I didn't really like A Momentary Lapse of Reason that much.
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 09:43 |
I love, yes indeed love, the Division Bell. IMHO it's better than animals making it my 4th favorite Floyd album.
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A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 09:35 |
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I don't rate High Hopes but it seems to be popular.
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 09:33 |
The Division Bell. It contains one of my favourites from Floyd, High Hopes.
Edit: Looking at the posts so far. I didn't know High Hopes got this much respect.
Edited by DisgruntledPorcupine - November 01 2010 at 09:34
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octopus-4
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 08:44 |
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High Hopes alone is enough
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I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 07:24 |
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A momentary lapse
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 06:27 |
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Division Bell. High Hopes raises it over AMLOR.
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 04:06 |
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The one with many beds on landscape. The second one is too long, thus expatiative and sometimes boring.
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A Elbereth Gilthoniel
silivren penna míriel
o menel aglar elenath!
Na-chaered palan-díriel
o galadhremmin ennorath,
Fanuilos, le linnathon
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 03:54 |
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The Division Bell. It has one of my all-time favourite songs - High Hopes.
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 03:31 |
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The Division Bell. I give 'em a tie.
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Pink Floyd Album Tournament, Round 7
