Poll--The Weakest Link: Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' Round 1

Loujoe

Money

Saw les claypool frog brigade.play all animals start to finish. Good times.

dankind

Money

HesCalledDyer said:

Horos said:

Has anyone heard The Travel Sequence? I have it on some bootlegs it was replaced by On the Run.
I'll try to post it here but I'm not to good at it.
https://youtu.be/wL240dhTaIc

That’s pretty kickass!

Absolutely. But “On the Run” fits the tone of the album a lot better. 

hauntingfamiliar

Speak To Me

I love how this poll makes me to listen to the full album before formulating an opinion. Haven't heard this entire album in 20 plus years so I'll check back later...

HesCalledDyer

Speak To Me

Horos said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Fun fact: I knew half the songs but never heard the full album until I bought the Pulse CD where it’s presented live in its entirety. To this day, the only Pink Floyd albums I have are Pulse, The Wall, Division Bell, & Momentary Lapse. Should probably at least pick up Dark Side & WYWH.

Get Animals(my fave) and Meddle too.

Just listened to previews and I could get into them.  Really dig the sound of Fearless.  I'll have to do some crate digging in the near future.

brianlux

Money

All these years I still wonder how on earth "Money" got so much air play.  If I never hear that song again... 

...but right now I have to go put on something to chase that ear worn back down into it's hole.

dankind

Money

HesCalledDyer said:

Horos said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Fun fact: I knew half the songs but never heard the full album until I bought the Pulse CD where it’s presented live in its entirety. To this day, the only Pink Floyd albums I have are Pulse, The Wall, Division Bell, & Momentary Lapse. Should probably at least pick up Dark Side & WYWH.

Get Animals(my fave) and Meddle too.

Just listened to previews and I could get into them.  Really dig the sound of Fearless.  I'll have to do some crate digging in the near future.

“Fearless” is probably my favorite non-Syd Floyd song.

PJ totally ripped it off for “Who You Are.”

BIGDaddyWil

Speak To Me

Loujoe said:

Saw les claypool frog brigade.play all animals start to finish. Good times.

Lucky bastard!  I have the audio of this, good stuff!

goldrush

Easiest decision yet... time to sit one out.

DewieCox

On The Run

brianlux said:

All these years I still wonder how on earth "Money" got so much air play.  If I never hear that song again... 

...but right now I have to go put on something to chase that ear worn back down into it's hole.

One of the greatest bass lines ever, kickass sax solo, relateable lyrics. 


As far as Floyd recommendations go, Saucerful of Secrets through to The Wall are all pretty essential if you dig the classic lineup.

Glorified KC

Any Colour You Like

It's so hard to rate a concept album by track.  I'm very curious to see what ends up coming out on top in the end.

HesCalledDyer

Speak To Me

dankind said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Horos said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Fun fact: I knew half the songs but never heard the full album until I bought the Pulse CD where it’s presented live in its entirety. To this day, the only Pink Floyd albums I have are Pulse, The Wall, Division Bell, & Momentary Lapse. Should probably at least pick up Dark Side & WYWH.

Get Animals(my fave) and Meddle too.

Just listened to previews and I could get into them.  Really dig the sound of Fearless.  I'll have to do some crate digging in the near future.

“Fearless” is probably my favorite non-Syd Floyd song.

PJ totally ripped it off for “Who You Are.”

Hmm, care to expand on that thought as I don't hear any similarity between the two at all?

I ended up going thru the entire catalog.  I doubt I could really get into anything before Meddle except Piper.  There's a song here or there, but for the most part albums 2-5 are a bit too mindless for me.  Post-Meddle, the only thing I'm on the fence about is The Final Cut, I could probably get into it but it really seems too much like an abridged version of The Wall.  And I like The Wall, but it's a big enough adventure on its own that I don't know if I need more of it.

I read that Syd was only on the first two albums, with only "Jugband Blues" on the 2nd one?  If that's the case, I do actually dig his stuff. It was definitely a completely different band with him.

dankind

Money

HesCalledDyer said:

dankind said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Horos said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Fun fact: I knew half the songs but never heard the full album until I bought the Pulse CD where it’s presented live in its entirety. To this day, the only Pink Floyd albums I have are Pulse, The Wall, Division Bell, & Momentary Lapse. Should probably at least pick up Dark Side & WYWH.

Get Animals(my fave) and Meddle too.

Just listened to previews and I could get into them.  Really dig the sound of Fearless.  I'll have to do some crate digging in the near future.

“Fearless” is probably my favorite non-Syd Floyd song.

PJ totally ripped it off for “Who You Are.”

Hmm, care to expand on that thought as I don't hear any similarity between the two at all?

I ended up going thru the entire catalog.  I doubt I could really get into anything before Meddle except Piper.  There's a song here or there, but for the most part albums 2-5 are a bit too mindless for me.  Post-Meddle, the only thing I'm on the fence about is The Final Cut, I could probably get into it but it really seems too much like an abridged version of The Wall.  And I like The Wall, but it's a big enough adventure on its own that I don't know if I need more of it.

I read that Syd was only on the first two albums, with only "Jugband Blues" on the 2nd one?  If that's the case, I do actually dig his stuff. It was definitely a completely different band with him.

That scale outro in “Who You Are,” with the slow tom roll into the crash, is a motif that runs throughout “Fearless.”

For another (perhaps more clear) homage, listen to this. 

https://youtu.be/KiXwUS9FFgc

MedozK

hauntingfamiliar said:

I love how this poll makes me to listen to the full album before formulating an opinion. Haven't heard this entire album in 20 plus years so I'll check back later...

That's why I am here. 

deadendp

Us And Them

derbydave said:

I gotta vote Money too...
but only because it's been overplayed!!!

And that is why I can't!

Hobbes

Speak To Me

Spinning now.

hauntingfamiliar

Speak To Me

MedozK said:

hauntingfamiliar said:

I love how this poll makes me to listen to the full album before formulating an opinion. Haven't heard this entire album in 20 plus years so I'll check back later...

That's why I am here. 

And I appreciate it although you made me struggle with this one   It's just really way too hard to break down an album like Dark Side into individual songs. It doesn't work that way. They all have a purpose and create the flow into the next song and so on. It's a toss up for me between two builder/bridge songs On the Run and Speak To Me. I guess I will go with Speak To Me because it has the same annoying as fahkk cash register sound effect as Money.

HesCalledDyer

Speak To Me

dankind said:

HesCalledDyer said:

dankind said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Horos said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Fun fact: I knew half the songs but never heard the full album until I bought the Pulse CD where it’s presented live in its entirety. To this day, the only Pink Floyd albums I have are Pulse, The Wall, Division Bell, & Momentary Lapse. Should probably at least pick up Dark Side & WYWH.

Get Animals(my fave) and Meddle too.

Just listened to previews and I could get into them.  Really dig the sound of Fearless.  I'll have to do some crate digging in the near future.

“Fearless” is probably my favorite non-Syd Floyd song.

PJ totally ripped it off for “Who You Are.”

Hmm, care to expand on that thought as I don't hear any similarity between the two at all?

I ended up going thru the entire catalog.  I doubt I could really get into anything before Meddle except Piper.  There's a song here or there, but for the most part albums 2-5 are a bit too mindless for me.  Post-Meddle, the only thing I'm on the fence about is The Final Cut, I could probably get into it but it really seems too much like an abridged version of The Wall.  And I like The Wall, but it's a big enough adventure on its own that I don't know if I need more of it.

I read that Syd was only on the first two albums, with only "Jugband Blues" on the 2nd one?  If that's the case, I do actually dig his stuff. It was definitely a completely different band with him.

That scale outro in “Who You Are,” with the slow tom roll into the crash, is a motif that runs throughout “Fearless.”

For another (perhaps more clear) homage, listen to this. 

https://youtu.be/KiXwUS9FFgc

Eh, I think I get what you mean.  Maybe.  I'd probably have to hear the parts isolated to even notice.  I don't know a damn thing about playing, though,  and I couldn't read music if my life depended on it so... there's that.

brianlux

Money

DewieCox said:

brianlux said:

All these years I still wonder how on earth "Money" got so much air play.  If I never hear that song again... 

...but right now I have to go put on something to chase that ear worn back down into it's hole.

One of the greatest bass lines ever, kickass sax solo, relateable lyrics. 


As far as Floyd recommendations go, Saucerful of Secrets through to The Wall are all pretty essential if you dig the classic lineup.

Pink Floyd is a weird band for me.  I like the parts but not the whole.  Other than on a kind of academic level, I've never liked any of their albums enough to keep them.  They're interesting albums, the band put a lot of work into them.  It doesn't mean I think there's anything wrong with them- they just don't resonate with me. 

brianlux

Money

One thing for sure, some weird and crazy shit happened back when that album came out.  Oh the stories!

23scidoo

Speak To Me

That sould be easy..
i don't like Money either but definitely is not the worst sonf of the album..