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

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On to the FINAL round to determine the GREATEST song on the album 'Dark Side of the Moon' by Pink Floyd
Eliminated Round 1 -  Speak To Me, Any Colour You Like, and Money
Eliminated Round 2 - On The Run, The Great Gig In The Sky, and Us And Them
Eliminated Round 3 - Eclipse and Breathe

For anyone new to the game:
You are going to pick the song that you think is the "Weakest Link" after 3 days the song with the FEWEST votes will be crowned CHAMPION.
 - Remember you are voting to eliminate songs from contention.

Lets have fun with this. Remember debating and discussing why your right and others are wrong is always fun.   

Ledbetterman10

Brain Damage

Time's a masterpiece. It kinda does the seemingly impossible and sums up Pink Floyd in a single song. It's as Pink Floyd as a Pink Floyd song can be. It has sound effects with the clocks, a drawn-out, ominous instrumental introduction, depressing "this is life?" sort of lyrics, co-lead vocalists, a big sonic guitar solo, female backing vocalists going "Ooooooo" and "Ahhhhhh," and it segues perfectly into the next song (or reprise in this instance). It's the whole repertoire at work. 

I have to admit I sometimes fast-forward the first two minutes to the part where it kicks in. Some might find it sacrilegious, but I used to edit Pink Floyd tracks down for burned CDs. Like, from the 8-minute mark of "Dogs" to about the 12-minute mark, NOTHING HAPPENS. Love that song though (the part where stuff happens), so I'd use MP3 cutting tools to be able to fit more tracks on a CD. Cutting the intro of Time, starting Shine On at Gilmore's first note (like 5 minutes or so in, shortening parts of Echoes, cutting the intro of Childhood's End (a favorite track of mine), things like that. That Floyd mixed CD was in the 6-CD changer of my old car for like 10 years straight, never took it out.  Left it in there for the guy I sold the car to. 

rummy

Brain Damage

I've had a shit day and have also realized that I've missed the proverbial boat on a few things. 
"Time" for the win, indeed.

rummy

Brain Damage

I'm a huge Radiohead fan and feel that I should listen to more Pink Fioyd.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

Brain Damage

‘Ticking away... the moments that make up the dull day.’

The older you get the more you realize not to waste time. 

F Me In The Brain

Time

BD/eclipse is my favorite song on this album.  Pretending the whole thing is here, I cannot vote against BD, although I love Time and expect it will win handily 

hauntingfamiliar

Brain Damage

Brain Damage is a masterpiece when paired with Eclipse, however Time stands alone. 

Time is the clear winner.

HesCalledDyer

Time

This is probably one of the hardest finals to pick in all of these polls, all the way back to Ten. If I ran 1000 iterations of my own vote, it would come back 500/500 with a margin of error +/- 1.

23scidoo

Brain Damage

That's life..
Time is a masterpiece..end..

SmallestOceans

Brain Damage

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SmallestOceans

Brain Damage

Ledbetterman10 said:

Time's a masterpiece. It kinda does the seemingly impossible and sums up Pink Floyd in a single song. It's as Pink Floyd as a Pink Floyd song can be. It has sound effects with the clocks, a drawn-out, ominous instrumental introduction, depressing "this is life?" sort of lyrics, co-lead vocalists, a big sonic guitar solo, female backing vocalists going "Ooooooo" and "Ahhhhhh," and it segues perfectly into the next song (or reprise in this instance). It's the whole repertoire at work. 

I have to admit I sometimes fast-forward the first two minutes to the part where it kicks in. Some might find it sacrilegious, but I used to edit Pink Floyd tracks down for burned CDs. Like, from the 8-minute mark of "Dogs" to about the 12-minute mark, NOTHING HAPPENS. Love that song though (the part where stuff happens), so I'd use MP3 cutting tools to be able to fit more tracks on a CD. Cutting the intro of Time, starting Shine On at Gilmore's first note (like 5 minutes or so in, shortening parts of Echoes, cutting the intro of Childhood's End (a favorite track of mine), things like that. That Floyd mixed CD was in the 6-CD changer of my old car for like 10 years straight, never took it out.  Left it in there for the guy I sold the car to. 

Nothing happens in Dogs between the 8:00-12:00 mark lol? That’s only the liminal state where babies are made.

I’d be worried you cut the serpentine belt or put sawdust in the transmission or something.

josevolution

Brain Damage

BD is great but Time is time !

mcgruff10

Time

Time is boring as hell, it takes forever to get going.  Brain damage for the win!!!

Glorified KC

Brain Damage

Not only is Time the best track on this record, but it's perfect to set as your alarm to wake up in the morning.  Such a versatile song!

cutz

Time

You would think this is my FIRST time voting on these, but yet, i still screwed it up.

Meant to vote Brain Damage.

Doesn't look like it will matter as Time for the win anyway.

PJ_Soul

Brain Damage

The choice between these two is fairly easy, but I wouldn't have chosen Time as the winner if I had a choice.

njnancy

Time

I don't think Time is the best song on this album - Brain Damage is damn near close. 

23scidoo

Brain Damage

cutz said:

You would think this is my FIRST time voting on these, but yet, i still screwed it up.

Meant to vote Brain Damage.

Doesn't look like it will matter as Time for the win anyway.

HAHAHA..

pjhawks

Brain Damage

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

‘Ticking away... the moments that make up the dull day.’

The older you get the more you realize not to waste time. 

"and one day you find, 10 years have got behind you, no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun"

Just incredible music and lyrics.  only PJs Alive matches this song for me. my top 2 of all time.  just love every second of it.

derbydave

Time

Just couldn't bring myself to vote for Brain Damage,
the lyrics in the last verse relating to the mental issues of Syd are just heartbreaking:

And if the cloud bursts thunder in your ear
You shout and no one seems to hear
And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon.

The only Pink Floyd song that hits me harder is Wish You Were Here.
 

Thirty Bills Unpaid

Brain Damage

pjhawks said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

‘Ticking away... the moments that make up the dull day.’

The older you get the more you realize not to waste time. 

"and one day you find, 10 years have got behind you, no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun"

Just incredible music and lyrics.  only PJs Alive matches this song for me. my top 2 of all time.  just love every second of it.

Big time!

This song is one of the best songs of all time.

The video accompaniment for it during the Waters Dark Side tour was absolutely awesome!

I'm going to put it on right now. No shit.