What are you listening to, right now................
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@Nepia just like now, never been a huge listener to the radio, most 'new' stuff I hear now is via an algorithm
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@taniwharugby said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Nepia just like now, never been a huge listener to the radio, most 'new' stuff I hear now is via an algorithm
And that is annoying. The same stuff is regurgitated. Never like a song on Amazon. You'll hear it every day.
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@broughie nah when i hear something 'new' i click into it, especially if it is a new band...sure there is repetition, but overall im happy with it (def not into listening to music as much as some here appear to be though) much prefer to most of the inane chat from so many DJs
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@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MN5 said in What are you listening to, right now................:
I have a bit of a love hate relationship with Pink Floyd.
You know how there’s that band that is famous for one song but you get annoyed cos their lesser known ones are so much better ? Pink Floyd are that multiplied by about 10…..I could pretty much go my entire life and be happy to never hear Money, Another brick in the wall, Wish you were here, Have a Cigar, learning to fly, a momentary lapse of reason…….
But then other well known ones like Us and Them, Comfortably Numb, Brain Damage, Eclipse etc are still great.
…..and then there’s this, such a masterpiece, captures them all at their best and in my opinion proves that Gilmour shits all over Waters as the star and driving force of the band. His guitar work is him at his best.
Very big of Waters to actually play Bass on this though AND do a good job !
I invested a lot of time into The Wall during Covid times. Decision at the end was that if you remove all the songs after Run Like Hell, it really is a masterpiece. It just goes on too long and the end tracks add nothing are than a bit of indulgence.
You have to credit both Gilmour & Waters really, as although I completely agree with you regarding Gilmour as the star, Waters did do most of the writing.
Certainly agee with you re Money. It's not even in the best 5 songs on DSOTM.
Waters loses brownie points for me for being too lazy to play bass ( and some might argue Pink Floyds bass lines are tailor made for lazy bassists ) and being an overly preachy political dickhead rockstar ( Yeah I get you don’t like Trump, just shut up and play you cock ) but he was definitely a massive visionary and hugely important to the band.
My post probably should have recognised his efforts a bit more.
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@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
I invested a lot of time into The Wall during Covid times. Decision at the end was that if you remove all the songs after Run Like Hell, it really is a masterpiece.
The Wall would make a great single CD (double LP) if you removed some of the fat. It's why I would only rank it 4th amongst their classic 1970s period albums.
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https://i.imgur.com/oSLDJ3W.jpg
Ha ha ha ha ... how had I not seen this before.
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@Bovidae said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
I invested a lot of time into The Wall during Covid times. Decision at the end was that if you remove all the songs after Run Like Hell, it really is a masterpiece.
The Wall would make a great single CD (double LP) if you removed some of the fat. It's why I would only rank it 4th amongst their classic 1970s period albums.
Animals is a great album. I hope thats rated highly in there !
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@MN5 The start of Waters thinking it's his band so started the whole bloated look at me shit and politicising of their work.
Peak prog rock at a time when punk was exploding.
I'm probably most partial to Meddle and Wish You Were Here - although I didn't really like the later when it first game out.
UmmaGumma gets a bad rap but it does encapsulate all the craziness of the early Floyd.
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@dogmeat said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MN5 The start of Waters thinking it's his band so started the whole bloated look at me shit and politicising of their work.
Peak prog rock at a time when punk was exploding.
I'm probably most partial to Meddle and Wish You Were Here - although I didn't really like the later when it first game out.
UmmaGumma gets a bad rap but it does encapsulate all the craziness of the early Floyd.
I genuinely hate everything about “Wish you were here” the song. What was Gilmour thinking with his guitar tone on that ?
Floyd never went quite as “prog” as Yes did.
I always wondered why they were never bigger. Sure everyone knows “Owner of a lonely heart” and it’s still a goodie, but how many know of anything else they’ve done ? I always enjoyed listening to the old mans records, those guys could play and Jon Anderson had a magnificent voice.
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@MN5 said in What are you listening to, right now................:
“Owner of a lonely heart”
Everyone knows it because it was a massive hit - after they sold out and teamed up with the Buggles FFS. Shittiest song they ever did. I guess they laughed all the way to the bank but talk about compromising your artistic integrity.
I was a massive Yes fan back in the 70's - had everything they recorded. Really orchestral pieces and enjoyed a great run of album chart success through the 70's and the occasional top 40 single even before Owner of A Lonely Heart.
I put an album of theirs on every few years and thinks fuck these guys are good - but within ten minutes I am bored rigid. In the main prog rock has not aged terribly well - but then neither have I.
I met Chris Squire once at his record label office in London. He was pretty rabid about his vegetarianism. Until I complemented him on hs nice boots
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@dogmeat said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MN5 said in What are you listening to, right now................:
“Owner of a lonely heart”
Everyone knows it because it was a massive hit - after they sold out and teamed up with the Buggles FFS. Shittiest song they ever did. I guess they laughed all the way to the bank but talk about compromising your artistic integrity.
I was a massive Yes fan back in the 70's - had everything they recorded. Really orchestral pieces and enjoyed a great run of album chart success through the 70's and the occasional top 40 single even before Owner of A Lonely Heart.
I put an album of theirs on every few years and thinks fuck these guys are good - but within ten minutes I am bored rigid. In the main prog rock has not aged terribly well - but then neither have I.
I met Chris Squire once at his record label office in London. He was pretty rabid about his vegetarianism. Until I complemented him on hs nice boots
These would be my two favourite “tracks” of theirs ( I don’t think true prog rockers call their music “songs” ) showcases some serious talent amongst them.
I hear ya though, not something you can listen to all afternoon.
Meeting Squire would have been good fun, awesome bass player, I loved the tone he got too. Very grunty. Would not have picked him as a vegetarian though.
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50 years ago today NZs first ever multi day music festival kicked off. Headlined by Black Sabbath and Fairport Convention it also featured the first ever performances by two iconic Kiwi bands Dragon and Split Ends ( later to become Enz)
It made international headlines coz the opening act Corben Simpson got his gear off and performed naked
I was too young to attend but I did convince the local record shop to give me their copy of the iconic promo poster which hung on my wall until I went overseas
The Great Ngāruawāhia Music Festival - Article | AudioCulture
“Woodstock Planned In Waikato” ran the headline in the New Zealand Herald. It had been a long time coming. Three years after the epochal Woodstock festival in upstate New York, New Zealand was still waiting for a Woodstock of its own. The Dick Frizzell
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Up the Irons!
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@Bovidae said in What are you listening to, right now................:
Up the Irons!
Celine Dion is definitely looking rough these days
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@MN5 said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Bovidae said in What are you listening to, right now................:
Up the Irons!
Celine Dion is definitely looking rough these days
That deserves more upvotes than it has received IMO.
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