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jboitnottAug 17, 2010
Which one's Pink?
Closed AccountAug 17, 2010
...oh by the way, which one's Pink?
Closed AccountAug 17, 2010
I'm not sure which one is Floyd.
gigglestickAug 18, 2010
No more gravy train.
chrysaliiAug 18, 2010
Bob Geldof.
evilkrustydollAug 18, 2010
Why do I have to be Mr. Pink?!
ancalagon73Aug 18, 2010
Cause Purple is on another job.
mheykAug 18, 2010
shaddap and tip
poogy21Aug 18, 2010
That's a really good cover band!
simonjester666Aug 18, 2010
It depends on which performance of The Wall you are experiencing. His name is Floyd Pinkerton "Pink"
Bob Geldof in the movie.
Roger Waters on the album and in concert
David Gilmour in later concerts
worldnickAug 18, 2010
iTunes sucks. I don't like Steve Jobs
phrawghAug 18, 2010
Have a cigar.
gbudavidAug 17, 2010
All in all It's Just....
One more Brick in the Wall:))
ldkronosAug 18, 2010
"One more"? I think you mean "Another".
liam2012Aug 17, 2010
I hate it when bands want to block the sale of individual songs. That's just a way to force consumers into buying the whole album.
Closed AccountAug 17, 2010
Some bands aren't meant to be listened to on a song-by-song basis. Pink Floyd is one of those bands, if you're picking and choosing songs from their albums you're doing it wrong.
liam2012Aug 17, 2010
Don't get me wrong. I really enjoy a lot of Pink Floyd's music, but I hate this idea that there's a correct way to appreciate music (regardless of who made it). There is no wrong way. If you only like one song off an album, then you should be free to enjoy that one song and that one song alone. Telling someone that they're "doing it wrong" just sounds so pretentious to me.
Closed AccountAug 17, 2010
Sorry to sound pretentious (trust me, I'm not) but, to me, listening to one song off of some albums is like looking at only one part of a painting or one scene from a movie. Would the Mona Lisa still have the impact that it does if the only part of it anyone ever looked at was the left eye? Would "Requiem for a Dream" (one of my fav movies, which is why I'm using it as an example) have the impact it does if the only scene you watched was the one where Harry shows up at his mothers apartment to tell her he found a great new job and is buying her a new TV? No, it wouldn't. Some albums are the same, you have to hear it as a whole in order to fully appreciate the parts. It's almost like classical music. Sure, you can listen to only "Mars" from Gustav Holst's "The Planets" and it will have an impact and some meaning, but taking it out of context like that is doing a disservice to the composer who intended for it to part of a cohesive whole. Same goes for lots of prog-rock bands...
Sorry if that comes off as a bit of a rant, but I really feel that being able to buy songs 1-by-1 is definitely a better option in many cases (I remember the days of dropping $20 for a CD for one song I wanted and feeling totally ripped off) but on the other hand I also hate how the ability to purchase single songs has totally destroyed the concept album.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
catvllvsAug 17, 2010
"Don't get me wrong, but I hate this music."
Why do you hate this music Liam2012?
Oh, that's not what you meant. But I enjoy reading your post this way. It makes you sound all bitter and mean.
When you take things out of context the meaning changes.
Listening to an opera not just the arias makes the experience richer. So too with some albums.
It's not pretentious. It is however shallow to pick and choose what you want to listen to when the artist has written it to be experienced in a certain way. It is also sad,because your experience is lessened. And you will carry that expectation through to other areas of your life.
falconearAug 17, 2010
Agreed. Cutting Dark Side of the Moon into individual tracks is just...heresy. For that matter, the album runs together so much the cuts they DO make seem forced and arbitrary.
ldkronosAug 18, 2010
Listening to individual songs is bad, huh? Funny, because I don't remember hearing about any artists who ever said "sorry, radio stations...if you won't promise to broadcast my album in it's entirety every time, then please don't broadcast any of it".
Closed AccountAug 18, 2010
@ldkronos: Ever hear of a "movie trailer"? They don't let radio stations play songs so you can get them for free, they let them do that to entice you to buy the whole album.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
monodedeAug 18, 2010
ldkronos just won this debate.
Closed AccountAug 18, 2010
rob sounds like one of those pricks that buys monster cables "because they sound better"
Closed AccountAug 18, 2010
@Rivetgeek:
Haha! Yeah, 1/2 of my stuff is from woot and the other 1/2 is from the 99c store. Good try though...
deathsquadxAug 18, 2010
If you're listening to Pink Floyd at all you're doing it wrong.
davidtcAug 18, 2010
rob7935 "@ldkronos: Ever hear of a "movie trailer"? They don't let radio stations play songs so you can get them for free, they let them do that to entice you to buy the whole album."
If I could buy one song and listen to it I will be more enticed to buy the whole album than if I couldn't listen to one song.
arschgaudiAug 18, 2010
You clowns are actually arguing about the correct way to listen to songs from an album?
Closed AccountAug 18, 2010
@arschgaudi: Maybe some of them are, I'm arguing for the artists rights... Remember those commercials from the 90s where Fred Astaire was dancing with a Hoover vacuum cleaner? How do you think he would have felt about that? This is the same topic, some people just don't understand the correlation. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
liam2012Aug 18, 2010
@rob7935:
The Mona Lisa does not have a singular "impact." Some people love the Mona Lisa, Some people hate it. Some people are indifferent. Some people are amused. That's the point and beauty about any work of art -- it's something different to everyone.
The same thing goes for Requiem for a Dream -- no one will have the exact same experience that you did. We should all be free to experience a work of art on our own terms. Period.
@catvllvs:
Haha, how can you seriously say that your position doesn't sound pretentious. You have just passed judgment on my life -- declaring my aesthetic experience to be sad and shallow. Your entire post has such an aristocratic (almost authoritarian) undertone.
So, call me whatever you want, but aesthetic experience should be free and subjective. In the words of Pink Floyd, "We dont need no thought control."
Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Closed AccountAug 18, 2010
@Liam2012: "The Mona Lisa does not have a singular "impact." Some people love the Mona Lisa, Some people hate it. Some people are indifferent. Some people are amused. That's the point and beauty about any work of art -- it's something different to everyone." - Agreed, but could you make that judgment without seeing the whole portrait? You're basically reinforcing my argument at this point, you failed to acknowledge the fact that I was asking if seeing one part of the Mona Lisa (or Requiem) would leave the viewer with the same impression as the whole thing.
"@catvllvs: Haha, how can you seriously say that your position doesn't sound pretentious." - Agreed, that's why I buried his comment, further comments are superfluous.
Now that I know you're just a troll I'm going to say good night fine sir. Without further (relevant) debate you're just wasting my time. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
zoomigoAug 18, 2010
My copy of "wish you were here" only has two tracks, side one and side two. Guess it was intended to be listened to as a single experience.
liam2012Aug 18, 2010
@rob7935
Apologies if you thought my remarks to catvllvs were in some way intended for your response. Their comment didn't show up buried to me so I was merely taking the time to respond to the people who responded directly to my point. I just decided to make one post instead of two.
Secondly, I do not understand how I'm "reinforcing" your argument at all.
You originally took exception to my comment and responded by claiming, "Some bands aren't meant to be listened to on a song-by-song basis. Pink Floyd is one of those bands, if you're picking and choosing songs from their albums you're doing it wrong."
I took exception to the notion of "meant to be" and "you're doing it wrong." At no point have you explained why any work of art "must" be experienced in a certain manner. If anything, you're the one reinforcing my point by highlighting how various forms of experience and consumption can affect the subjective experience of a work of art.
My point remains, i.e. whether an individual chooses to experience a part, many parts, or the whole, they are free to do so and there's nothing inherently wrong with any path they choose. It's simply different.
morpheousmartyAug 18, 2010
@Liam2012
Art is pretentious. It has to be. Some is very pretentious, some is almost totally devoid of it, but if you don't believe your art is worth experiencing, then you are probably right. I do respect an artist's decision where on that scale he wishes to be; I also don't buy music on plastic.
Pink Floyd, your point of view is understood, I will keep my money, and if I decide to enjoy your music anyways, well, then I guess that sucks for you. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
ajajadudeAug 18, 2010
Seriously? Are people here telling other people their way of listening to music is wrong?
And the bit about radio stations is perfect for this argument. I don't see anyone flying into a shpeal full of dumbassery about how radio stations don't play the entire Dark Side of the Moon album.
tommydubyaAug 18, 2010
Pink Floyd didn't care about getting radio plays, or having hit singles. Just look at their album "Animals" - 3 songs over 10 minutes long, 2 under 2 minutes long. Not very radio-friendly, but when you listen to the album as a whole it's brilliant. Although they finally did pander to radio with their first preconceived single, "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)", it took a lot of convincing by their label.
The band certainly didn't write songs like "Money" and "The Great Gig in the Sky" as standalone pieces, because the songs sync up perfectly with The Wizard of Oz.
Listening to just one song from a Pink Floyd album is like only eating a side dish at Thanksgiving; the mashed potatoes are probably delicious on their own, but they weren't intended to be the only thing eaten, and the meal as a whole outshines them. /convolutedmetaphor
rossisdeadAug 18, 2010
If Pink Floyd really hated people listening to only one song, they should never have released "Echoes", the greatest hits collection.
eawgoalieAug 18, 2010
Some info about "Echoes"
"Each of the twenty-six tracks fades from one to the next with no break in the music, courtesy of longtime producer–engineer James Guthrie to help recreate the concept album feel of the band's mid-period work. All twenty-six tracks were newly remastered specifically for this compilation and are not sequenced in chronological order."
"We’ve been arguing about it [track selection] since May. Nick sent us a list right at the beginning, then he seemed to lose interest. Rick never seemed to want to get involved in it. It wandered along rather fitfully until recently, when I thought I'd better work out what we should be trying to do with it, whether we should try and represent every album or not, and on what basis we should be choosing songs. In the end we had to get everyone to vote on a list. (...) I agree [that most of the songs seemed to have picked themselves]. When I look at it, its bloody obvious really. Its amazing how long the process has been getting it sorted out."
— David Gilmour,
They put a lot of work into the track listing of Echoes and it is still meant to be heard as a whole.
Basically, it's Pink Floyd's music. If they want their music to be heard in albums, that's their decision.
mithrasinvictusAug 18, 2010
I think they just got tired of the old albums outselling the post-roger waters ones. So now you have to buy them all at once, including the crappy old-men albums. Or maybe they just want to encourage their fans to use "alternative" downloading methods.
bjornskiAug 18, 2010
"Some bands aren't meant to be listened to on a song-by-song basis."
That's not for you, OR THEM, to decide. That's for the listener to decide, and nobody else.
lastvisibledogAug 18, 2010
...I hate when I painter won't allow pieces of their paintings to be cut off and sold as "singles" - this just forces the consumers into buying the whole work of art...
ajajadudeAug 18, 2010
I hate when comparisons make no sense.
mithrasinvictusAug 18, 2010
FTA: "The set includes both discs of "The Wall," which can be purchased separately from the box set, but "Wish You Were Here" can only be bought as part of the $139.99 total collection."
I hate it when a painter forces you to buy everything he's ever painted or doodled on a napkin when you're just interested in some of his work.
mheykAug 18, 2010
I dont get it will it fit into my ipod? droooooooooooooooool. I wonder what the celebrity new outlet will report on tonight!!
curunirAug 18, 2010
... And it's too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw around.
particleman420Aug 18, 2010
maybe they have a problem with giving apple 70% of the profits.
i hope more bands stand up to apple and their s**tty deal.
bdbrAug 18, 2010
Apple doesn't get 70% of the revenue, the label does. Then the label tosses the band a few pennies. That's the s**tty deal. Of course, Apple's margins are still much higher than a brick&mortar store.
arschgaudiAug 18, 2010
Bleeding and babbling Steve fell on their necks with a scream..........................
lostinthewiredAug 18, 2010
Really, I don't think that is what it's about. Everyone is talking about how it effects us or the money they may/may not get. It isn't really about us. Pink Floyd isn't didn't fight with us. They fought with their label. They fought with their label for being able to control how their creations were sold. It's more about artist's rights then anything.
So what? They want you to have to listen to the whole album, because that's how it was designed and tailored to sound best and holds its meaning. It's the same as designing a gallery. You think when they give their paintings to the curator that they lose their rights of what goes into the gallery, where things are placed? Do you think they lose control of how they see that their art should be viewed? It's the same thing. Yeah, you may only like one or two paintings, and you can even just look at the few paintings you like from the gallery, but you still pay the entrance fee. It's still one cohesive unit. More then anything, it's still how the artist designed the paintings to be seen.
To most artists, that's important to them. They want people to understand their underlying message. Sometimes, you can't do that with just a few pieces of the puzzle. It's the artist's right to control how it's viewed/sold, as long as they still own the artwork itself.
arvvvsAug 18, 2010
Maybe a better idea would be to release it as one giant song but not as much money then
Closed AccountAug 18, 2010
And they are well within their rights, especially bands like The Beatles, Floyd, Led Zep, etc. You think they need your money?
paulcooperAug 17, 2010
If you don't embrace modern distribution methods, I will pirate your music on principal.
Your younger selves would slap the s**t out of you, Pink Floyd. Remember when you just wanted people to hear your music? When you put on shows that lost money, even though they sold out - because you wanted to give people what they wanted? Yeah..
falconearAug 17, 2010
Umm...what band are YOU thinking of? Floyd has always taken the position of "we'll do our thing, and people can come" if they want it. They never made singles, they never catered to anybody. Well, the David Gilmour incarnation was a money machine, but that's a different story. Different Floyd really.
bdbrAug 18, 2010
"They never made singles"? Search the word "single" on Pink Floyd's Wikipedia site. There's a whole history of singles. Most Americans back them (yeah, I'm that old) first heard of them from the single, "Money".
falconearAug 18, 2010
bdbr: The record company choosing a cut off your album and releasing it doesn't mean you made a single. Otherwise, why would money run right into Us and Them?
bonosAug 18, 2010
I love PF, but I'm not paying for songs I don't like. Heresy, I know.
Closed AccountAug 18, 2010
Music lovers listen to albums in their entirety. Feel free to protest Pink Floyd by getting AIDS from TPB; I'm sure they don't care or else they'd still be on iTunes.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
paulcooperAug 18, 2010
Some albums are better appreciated as a whole, but it is wrong to say that music lovers aren't interested in individual songs.
Think Led Zeppelin IV and Stairway to Heaven.
Also, just to clarify my position - I have already paid for my 2 favorite Pink Floyd Albums (The Wall and Dark Side of the Moon) and I do believe The Wall should be listened to in its entirety. However, had those albums not been on iTunes at the time, I would have downloaded the whole album with BT. In other words, its not them wanting to present their music in a certain way that bothers me, but to be so idiotic as to ignore modern methods of distribution.
A person can easily rip their fav. songs off a CD and put them on their iPod - just as easily as they can purchase just the songs they want from iTunes - the difference is when they buy the CD, they are forced to pay an inflated price. So this seems like them being Luddites and money grabbers. Things that the younger versions of themselves would despise.
Closed AccountAug 17, 2010
Used to love Pink Floyd back in my stoner days (I won't lie - I still love Pink Floyd even though my stoner days are basically relegated to once or twice a year when I get together with old friends who were, and still are, shall I say chronic). I love my Shine On box set, got it for x-mas from my parents (of all people! Total squares...) when I was like 19-20. *rushes off to listen to Animals*
shillabusAug 18, 2010
Is it sad that I've never heard Animals?
Closed AccountAug 18, 2010
Not at all! Just make sure you go out and buy it as soon as you can because it's amazing... Ah, screw it, they're already rich, download it from some torrent site if it will be faster because it's just something you need to hear if you're even a little bit of a Pink Floyd fan (IMO).
ryebryeAug 18, 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_(album)
Yes, you are missing out.
5sistersAug 18, 2010
Those were the days.
avasealAug 18, 2010
Big man, PIG MAN.. ha haaaa charade you are.
sjbdallasAug 17, 2010
Did I read that correctly? Aren't they saying that EMI can't even make the CDs anymore?
alcimedesAug 17, 2010
Wow, I wonder who's going to take the bigger hit here. Apple or Pink Flyod.......
gettempapaAug 18, 2010
I honestly don't see how it effects (affects?) either. Who at this point does not have their copy of Dark Side of the Moon etc.
arschgaudiAug 18, 2010
LP
8 track
Quadrophonic L
Cassette
Mobil Fidelity LP
CD - Reason why I bought a CD player
SACD version
A couple of replacements for the CD
I really miss listening to the LP, even though you had to flip it. Something about the sonic quality of that vinyl is missing. Or maybe its just the memories of cuing up the album, slipping on a pair of headphones and slowly drifting off only to be woken up by the opening of Time.
zomgondoAug 17, 2010
Hmm... looks like they've exchanged a walk-on part in the war for a lead role in the cage.
bungdiddyAug 18, 2010
Wish they were here to read that comment.
timbuc1Aug 17, 2010
'Welcome to the dark side of the moon'
absurdistAug 17, 2010
As the last disk that they did that was worth a damn was Atom Heart Mother, I can't see that it's any great loss.
raydeenAug 18, 2010
Mind your throat please.
enantiodromiaAug 18, 2010
lol @ disk
bonosAug 18, 2010
Son, don't confuse opinions with facts.
absurdistAug 18, 2010
Actually, if we're going to refer to media available at the time of release, the last decent album, cassette, or 8-track tape they did that was worth a damn was Atom Heart Mother.
BTW, Rush sucks too. That should get me buried to oblivion.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
zb757Aug 18, 2010
That's some funky dung you've got there
zenerdiodeAug 17, 2010
Big man, pig man, ha ha, charade you are
You well heeled big wheel, ha ha, charade you are
And when your hand is on your heart
You're nearly a good laugh
Almost a joker
With your head down in the pig bin
Saying "keep on digging"
Pig stain on your fat chin
What do you hope to find?
When you're down in the pig mine
You're nearly a laugh
You're nearly a laugh
But you're really a cry.
kennykljAug 18, 2010
This account has been closed by the user
falconearAug 18, 2010
Buy them on vinyl folks...that's how they were meant to be heard. Buy them on vinyl...
bauxzauxAug 18, 2010
I'd rather listen to them in DTS.
bjornskiAug 18, 2010
I've only got Dark Side in DTS, but HOLY s**t is it cool.
Once you go surround-sound, you can't go back to mere stereo.
waisosrsAug 18, 2010
I am actually in the process of hunting down some LP's. Two of each record is my goal, one copy for listening, and a copy to put in a frame like this - http://www.framemyrecord.com/product_info.php?cPath=1&products_id=28 - to mount on my wall if I so wished.
zoomigoAug 18, 2010
Got em.... all of em.... including "saucerful of secrets" and "piper at the gates of dawn"
Well, maybe not all.... I didnt buy anything after "the final cut". Pink just aint pink without roger. (and roger aint much without david)
igorunchainedAug 18, 2010
This information could have been brought to our attention a little sooner.
deathsquadxAug 18, 2010
Was "buy Pink Floyd albums" on your list of things to do for the week?
killdefensesAug 18, 2010
www.google.com
site:mediafire.com "pink floyd"
success!
animan351Aug 18, 2010
I do miss the great flow with the songs of an album that truly great bands could build. An album really was an experience some times, and that will never really happen again.
alias1431Aug 18, 2010
"and that will never really happen again."
Are you kidding me? That's just not true.
factsahoyAug 18, 2010
Nah, I think he's mostly right.
animan351Aug 18, 2010
The industry has changed from making solid albums to making catchy little songs you get sick of after a while with mostly B-side fodder on the rest of the album. most of the time songs don't compliment themselves at all because the ten songs are written by 6 other people not even in the band and now days most people just buy portions of albums or throw it into their mp3 player on shuffle mode.
Radiohead can still put out a real album it seems, but mostly it's a dying breed, just like hidden tracks are.
radiatedantAug 18, 2010
what tunes?
ryanwbAug 18, 2010
Welcome to the machine
themachine1Aug 18, 2010
Howdy!
raydeenAug 18, 2010
I'll see you on the dark side of my Zune.
zijoudAug 18, 2010
Mother, what shall we do now? The show must go on in the flesh! Hey you, is there anybody out there!?
It would be so nice, us and them, learning to fly...
Dogs, Pig, Sheep! Don't leave me now young lust!
High hopes coming back to life, a great day for freedom!
One of these days, money - the happiest days of our lives - set the controls for the heart of the sun.
Run like hell Arnold Layne...
Celestial voices; goodbye blue sky............goodbye cruel world....
...Nobody home...Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
toxicwaffleAug 18, 2010
wat.
bjornskiAug 18, 2010
Swing and a miss.
Trying way, way too hard.
enantiodromiaAug 18, 2010
"Pink Floyd: Discography" has not been removed from my NAS.
teachergAug 18, 2010
...it's a crime
Share it fairly
But don't take a slice of my pie
timedalkatAug 18, 2010
If you don't listen to the album, how can you get the singles?!!
How can you have the singles if you don't listen to the album?!!
jareddennisAug 18, 2010
YOU! YES YOU!! STAND STILL LADDY!!!
mrbabymanAug 18, 2010
How I wish, how I wish you were here...on iTunes.
pika2000Aug 18, 2010
Although I appreciate bands wanting people to enjoy their album as a whole, ignoring iTunes/digital distribution is foolish, and only discriminate your audience and alienating your fans. I don't see why they can't do that in iTunes since I've seen many albums that can only be purchased as a whole. Or put bonus contents ala iTunes LP or liner notes, etc that will only be available if one purchase the whole album to entice people to do so. There are ways to approach this and still getting sales. Ignoring the medium of distribution is just foolish.
Funny thing is, I'm also seeing unlicensed tracks in iTunes, as if a person just uploaded his/her own personal compilation. How is that even possible?Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
cdietschrun1Aug 18, 2010
It's Pink Floyd man...they don't need any new fans or any new audience. The name alone sells them. Roger's tour sold out like hotcakes...and hes like 65. Pink Floyd does not need your money and does not care if you pirate the music. They want you to experience the music. Trust me, David Gilmour, Roger Waters and Nick Mason do not need the money.
drqxxAug 18, 2010
Just download it.
mcoulter876Aug 18, 2010
playlist.com (use Free Music Zilla)
&
mp3lemon.org (my personal favorite)
bjornskiAug 18, 2010
beemp3.com
poogy21Aug 18, 2010
They just want more..... wait for it..
Money!! It's a gas. Grab that cash in both hands and make a stash! Money!!..
mymindgrapesAug 18, 2010
Wut's, uh... the deal?
eugenetabiscoAug 18, 2010
Best Floyd reference on here so far!
absurdistAug 18, 2010
Actually, if we're going to refer to media available at the time of release, the last decent album, cassette, or 8-track tape they did that was worth a damn was Atom Heart Mother.
BTW, Rush sucks too. That should get me buried to oblivion.
khastAug 18, 2010
What's the deal? I rarely, if ever listen to a whole album in full. I usually randomly sync my music player and then randomize playback...so even if I have the full album I wouldn't be listening to it the way you intended...so what's the difference if I wanted to only purchase just one song off any single album?
It's called technological advance...a cassette or record were pretty much sequential...CD and MP3 can easily be played in any order easily... MP3 has the distinct advantage of being able to place into a device only the songs the user likes.
dividebyoAug 18, 2010
I don't want to sound condescending, I know enough to know I don't nearly know enough, so please forgive me if it comes across that way, but here's my 2 cents on the subject...
The deal with certain albums is that they are intended, to be listened to as a whole.
Your take on listening to music works fine, I do the same thing, unless I'm dealing with a concept album. Sure there are a few songs you might be able to pull out and listen to on their own, but you don't really understand what is being sung about by doing that. A few examples just from Floyd; The Wall, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here... even albums that seem to be broken apart pretty well by individual songs like Final Cut, are really a long story that only makes sense if you listen to if from start to finish.
I'd recommend that you at least listen, really listen, to all the tracks in the album/CD/MP3 before then picking and choosing.
I'd also say the same sort of thing for "epic" pieces, individual songs that are either broken up, or just damn long in their entire form. For example, Meddle, Shine On You Crazy Diamond from Floyd, or ones like 2112 from Rush, or Karn Evil 9 from ELP. This one particularly grates on me when you here it on the radio... I've had people ask why the heck they say at the beginning "Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends..." when that's the beginning of the song, when they just don't realize its actually part 2 of 3 (as a side note for our younger viewers, it was broken up on the original album, part 1 on side 1, parts 2 and 3 on side 2).
Then of course there are songs that have a longer version that at first seem way overindulgent, like Thick as a Brick from Jethro Tull - actually a 45 minute work that is worth a listen every once in a while, but is really pretty crazy, and difficult to follow through the whole thing.
Sorry for the long rant...
factsahoyAug 18, 2010
Most of The Wall segues from one song to the next, so randomizing it is dumb. Same with Dark Side of the Moon and probably most of their other albums. Plus, the way bands get dicked over by the labels, I don't blame them for not wanting only the hits parceled out for a penny each. Give 'em 10 cents at least.
khastAug 18, 2010
To be honest, if possible, I'd rather my 99 cents go 100% to the artist. Alas it's not the consumers which are f**king the artists when purchasing music, it's the recording labels.
remmzAug 18, 2010
VERA!!!
5sistersAug 18, 2010
Relics
bokeasmowlAug 18, 2010
All i know is that Mr. Orange is a f**king cop!
aplusjimagesAug 18, 2010
Pink Floyd Sucks. I mean their music and their attitude. There I said it.
madcaps1980Aug 18, 2010
In other Pink Floyd new, Gilmour and Waters recently played a show with each other, I'm glad they're getting along. :)
http://www.rogerwaterstours.com/index.php/video-of-david-gilmour-and-roger-waters-at-hoping-2010/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=NL100816
mredofcourseAug 18, 2010
Blah blah blah...their albums are supposed to be listened to as a whole...blah...blah...blah
You know which of their albums sounds just f**king great listened to as a whole?
Echoes. That and Works.
The tricky part of buying these "greatest hits" CDs is figuring out which special edition, limited edition, import or remaster you're going to get.
I get the whole, "it really is an album" thing. I've never had any interest in buying anything but the whole albums of Pink Floyd. I own them all. However, if I need to replace a song for whatever reason, I don't want to be forced to buy the whole album. Furthermore, while the albums as a whole tell a story, who's to say that someone might not just enjoy one specific song?
Concept albums...great, we get it...and we buy them. Well done, but have them stand as such on their own merit, not as the result of some market driven packaging.
Hopefully, this is all due to a transitioning from EMI and the songs will find their way back.
BTW: Roger Waters is Pink. I have front row - center tickets to see The Wall in December! (thanks to the best girlfriend ever)Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
ryebryeAug 18, 2010
I agree that Pink Floyd is best heard together in entire albums... I'll give you that.
HOWEVER - The band themselves doesn't play their shows like that, they play a collection of songs from different albums. (Well, at least they used to back when they actually DID shows). Plus, over the years, they have released a bunch of compilation albums (The Works, A collection of Dance songs, Relics, Echoes (The best of Pink Floyd) (and possibly others - but those are the only ones that come to mind now)
They have also released a bunch of live albums that have songs that are not in album order - Ummagumma's live album, The Delicate Sounds of Thunder, and Pulse, .
Had they never released their compilation albums I would be more sympathetic to the argument that they should be able to decide how people can listen to their music.
apextekAug 18, 2010
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2246193019071105716#
jareddennisAug 18, 2010
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2157824805736114591#
apextekAug 18, 2010
thats my fav
jareddennisAug 18, 2010
You've found a kindred soul, my friend. Shine on.
srgtickAug 18, 2010
I love the entitled generation.
jareddennisAug 18, 2010
Lousy kids & their fizzy drinks! GET OFF MY LAWN!
masterspeeksAug 18, 2010
Yea, f**k those kids for not falling for marketing scams. They should just listen to what the marketing execs tell them, "Buy it because it's a concept album, it isn't like you have heard these 40 year old songs hundreds of times and would prefer to buy a few tracks..."Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
liabilityAug 18, 2010
Pink Floyd > the entitled generation
japplebaumerAug 18, 2010
Your gonna fly high
factsahoyAug 18, 2010
I'm pretty sure Roger Waters can spell "you're".
japplebaumerAug 19, 2010
I'm pretty sure he didn't make have typos either. Yur a cack mowth.
jareddennisAug 18, 2010
Get them however you must. These albums are absolutely essential if you enjoy psychedelic rock, concept albums, prog rock & art rock. I know I'm probably preaching to the choir, but if you're that one person reading this who has only heard a few of their songs on the radio and is wondering if it's worth your while to listen to their whole body of work... it is.
kbeastAug 18, 2010
don't fret, I'm sure they'll release yet another remastered version of all of their albums so suckers like me can have both versions, box sets and 24k gold versions.
inactiveuserAug 18, 2010
Don't forget the platinum case set and the remastered digital gold plaid platinum palladium set.
zb757Aug 18, 2010
Doesn't EMI know that you can have both iTunes and Amazon mp3 sell albums by the album or work, like for classical tracks? Just have the PF catalog as album-only downloads. Oh well, I've had my collection already for a while
1ofmanyAug 18, 2010
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
liljimmynordinAug 18, 2010
Where's the f**king joke about Money? WHAT IS GOING ON IN HERE TONIGHT?
4ndr01dAug 18, 2010
some old hippie band and label that doesnt understand the internet news at 11
careful with that ax eugene, you might cut the tubes
Closed AccountAug 18, 2010
I'm pretty sure their contract with The Pirate Bay is still in place