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Perhaps the price is just too steep
Is your conscious at rest
If once put to the test
You awake with a start
To just the beating of your heart
Just one man beneath the sky
Just two ears just two eyes
You set sail across the sea
Of long past thoughts and memories
Childhood's end your fantasies
Merge with harsh realities
And then as the sail is hoist
You find your eyes are growing moist
And all the fears never voiced
Say you have to make the final choice
Who are you and who am I
To say we know the reason why
Some are born some men die
Beneath one infinite sky
There'll be war there'll be peace
But everything one day will cease
All the iron turn to rust
All the proud men turn to dust
So all things time will mend
And so this song will end
I agree about the opening - I was holding my breath in the hope it may have been Expecting To Fly - however not too disappointed
4 months on and still thought the same - may be Expecting To Fly!
love love love the way this begins. This man is god to me!
I agree about the opening - I was holding my breath in the hope it may have been Expecting To Fly - however not too disappointed
Gilmour - great voice, great guitar - but in my opinion, not a great songwriter. That's all RW, rants included....
What's your issue with Roger, pal?
Obscure Pink Floyd. Most excellent
Yep, they squeezed this soundtrack album in between Meddle and Dark Side.
Gilmour - great voice, great guitar - but in my opinion, not a great songwriter. That's all RW, rants included....
If the songwriting was in two parts, the music and the lyrics, I would say he is great at the music and much less so as a lyricist, which he has alluded to himself.
Are the ANY PF songs that deviate from exactly 60 beats per minute? Plodding, gray, soul-crushing music that I always hear as the background track for 1984.
120 bpm duffus
I think I heard they recorded this while on break during the DSOTM sessions. While recording one of the most epic albums of all time, they take a vacation to unwind....by recording a soundtrack album that is quite good.
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You are easily amused.
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C'mon man, you're getting sloppy. In your zeal to "punish haters everywhere" you apparently overlooked the context of that series of comments.
Gilmour - great voice, great guitar - but in my opinion, not a great songwriter. That's all RW, rants included....
How much more empty the spaces would be without the rants of the past and present
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And still lovin' it. Great album. Thanks for reminding me RP
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You will be floored by Roger Waters. The show's amazing. Doesn't leave much room for non-programmed moments, but the band is tight and Roger is in his element. I saw the second show in Louisville and was just amazed.
Would have loved to have seen King Crimson, especially with Gavin pounding the skins. Maybe they'll hit Louisville. In the meantime, got the New Pornographers this weekend as a Forecastle Festival after show.
ALSO, I downloaded and watch "the Valley" just to see it since PF did the soundtrack. Very underwhelming movie, even though it received good reviews. Oh well, I still need to watch MORE, since I just downloaded it as well.
Relayer .... Yes, Waters doesn't have the same voice as Gilmour but... thats a good thing ! Waters voice, however is distinct, uniquely expressive. Waters had and still has one of the most expressive voices in all of Rock. (see his The Wall tour) Lennon's voice and McCartney's were really quite different too. Jagger/Richards... Townsend/Daltrey..... so many more... musical math .. 1+1=3
ALSO, I downloaded and watch "the Valley" just to see it since PF did the soundtrack. Very underwhelming movie, even though it received good reviews. Oh well, I still need to watch MORE, since I just downloaded it as well.
Hey, mine too! What's up with that?
That made me laugh hard for the first time today. Thank you, Sasha. Peace and love.
You are easily amused.
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I think this is where the whole band found it's feet. There's premonitions of things to come on all counts here.
i agree
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Hear hear!
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Have you been on a 40-year acid trip?
Life is an acid trip. Where the hell have you been?
That made me laugh hard for the first time today. Thank you, Sasha. Peace and love.
Have you been on a 40-year acid trip?
Pink Floyd, the 1970s rock band known for its lush musical textures and meditative take on existence, will release its first new album in two decades.
The album, titled The Endless River, will be released in October, Doug Wright, a spokesman for the band, said in a statement today.
It will be "mainly ambient and instrumental music" based on unreleased 1993-1994 sessions that featured guitarist David Gilmour, drummer Nick Mason and keyboardist Richard Wright, according to the statement.
I envy you that.
10
Me too!
more than 10!
10
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One of the best unknown Floyd tunes of all time
Translation: 9
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Nice analysis jagdriver! I concur!!
I've long enjoyed their entire catalog from Saucerful of Secrets through Meddle. Skipping Ummagumma*, that leaves More and Atom Heart Mother in addition to the aforementioned and Obscured By Clouds. in my opinion Piper At the Gates of Dawn is for collectors only, as well as those obsessed with the sound of 1966 "Swinging London" (although I do enjoy Interstellar Overdrive and See Emily Play).
I wish they had produced more music like the two tracks you called out, but then Roger pretty much assumed creative control. While DSoM is touted as billing wholly collaborative, from that point on I feel as though their product was that of Roger Waters and his hired sidemen. David Gilmour was able to periodically shout him down and insist on some melody, but the latter was never a lyricist. I also wish that Rick Wright had been more demonstrative, as his keyboard pieces were frequently very evocative.
*Ummagumma is one-half live album, one-half "each member does whatever". If you love their early space-rock sound (I do), then it's a must. Don't expect any great lyrical content on this release, however
My stereo is booming over here! Love this!
A "Lost" classic.... as good as anything they ever did
My stereo is booming over here! Love this!
Nice to hear some pre-DSotM tune.
This song is good for the ears...
...& the rest of the body too! =)
Great song in any case.
Yup, apparently: https://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=4637
This has been one of my favorite albums since the year it came out. I recently bought the movie these songs were written for (La Vallée) on DVD and saw it for the first time. It was a powerful experience.
(Click on the poster to see the trailer.)
Photo source: https://www.peterasaro.com/STIM/LaVallee0.jpg
LennytheB wrote:
Great song in any case.
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Radio paradise is always good for a surprise.
Dontcha hate that ;)
Bingo!!!
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"Big-time Bill,big time, big time"
Yes
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Great find! I laughed at the earnestness of the reporter. Sad to think that Richard Wright has gone on to the great gig in the sky.
WHOAAAAAAAAAAAA
That's why I recommend RP to everyone!!!!
AMAZING!!!
Thanks RP!
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