Post by sc on Jan 27, 2019 7:17:32 GMT
I was chatting via "text" with some friends on Friday night and I mentioned I was listening to Eric Clapton's 461 Ocean Boulevard, one of friends (who loves Classic Rock Albums) stated the best track (next to Let it Grow) was Motherless Children. However, I felt that although Motherless Children is a good track, it's out of character with the album, much like "Money" doesn't fit on Dark Side of the Moon (and what's with those bloody alarm clocks). Both tracks were like someone had insisted that a "hit single" must be included on every album. Personally I think Money would have better fitted on The Wall, which is packed with hit singles.
I felt the reaction to my statement was "How dare anyone criticise Dark Side of the Moon, no-one can do that".
So yesterday morning we both listened to Dark Side of the Moon separately in our own homes and I wrote the following,
"Speak to Me, Breathe and On the Run - Brilliant and musically forward looking, building on ideas and concepts around at the time but refining and polishing them to be the best.
Time - why? Beautiful words, but musically just a 1970's Rock Band, and why the Alarm clocks? Jarring and obvious, No.
The Great Gig in the Sky - everyone loves a bit of blues
Money - Alarm clocks? Cash Registers? Come on guys, we're not idiots, very patronising and obvious (maybe they were thinking a dumbed down Revolution No.9 style of Story Board Sounds would work, or perhaps they were fans of 'Are you being served?') then we hit the song, why here though? No, no, no the album started so well taking us to a dream world and now we're bopping around the kitchen playing "Air Bass guitar"
Us and Them - Thank God, we are returned to the beautiful dream world, floating and safe, returning to your Mothers Womb, a beautiful masterpiece of a track,
Any Colour you like - nice, bluesy, flows wonderfully from Us and Them and leads lovingly to ..........
Brain Damage and Eclipse - gorgeous, timeless, every listener believes it was written for them by someone who truly understands their fears - Beautiful
and then the heartbeat returning us to the beginning - A classic album
"
He's not texted me since I wrote that .......... Is it wrong to question any part of a truly Classic album?
I felt the reaction to my statement was "How dare anyone criticise Dark Side of the Moon, no-one can do that".
So yesterday morning we both listened to Dark Side of the Moon separately in our own homes and I wrote the following,
"Speak to Me, Breathe and On the Run - Brilliant and musically forward looking, building on ideas and concepts around at the time but refining and polishing them to be the best.
Time - why? Beautiful words, but musically just a 1970's Rock Band, and why the Alarm clocks? Jarring and obvious, No.
The Great Gig in the Sky - everyone loves a bit of blues
Money - Alarm clocks? Cash Registers? Come on guys, we're not idiots, very patronising and obvious (maybe they were thinking a dumbed down Revolution No.9 style of Story Board Sounds would work, or perhaps they were fans of 'Are you being served?') then we hit the song, why here though? No, no, no the album started so well taking us to a dream world and now we're bopping around the kitchen playing "Air Bass guitar"
Us and Them - Thank God, we are returned to the beautiful dream world, floating and safe, returning to your Mothers Womb, a beautiful masterpiece of a track,
Any Colour you like - nice, bluesy, flows wonderfully from Us and Them and leads lovingly to ..........
Brain Damage and Eclipse - gorgeous, timeless, every listener believes it was written for them by someone who truly understands their fears - Beautiful
and then the heartbeat returning us to the beginning - A classic album
"He's not texted me since I wrote that .......... Is it wrong to question any part of a truly Classic album?
