Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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I heard this little gem on Radio 4 this morning. As a life long fan of Pink Floyd I cant really believe it happened that many years ago. When did I get to be this old..aarrrrgh!!
The album still remains hugely popular. It goes down a treat at concerts and as R4 said..its the greatest and biggest selling British Album of all time. I bow to the in depth knowledge of the BBC making this statement, and of course I would go along with it as avid fan numero uno. I havent actually got the sales figures on front of me but I think I heard mentioned..more than 25 million copies sold. Ive got one....in tape form!
I dont know if there are any other British Albums that could mount a challenge to this classic. Would be interested to hear what people think.
Pink Floyd were at the time...Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Rick Wright, and Nick Mason. Sadly Rick Wright who Ive seen many times twinkling his keyboards died a few months back...so any prospect of a new concert now looks remote.
Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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As you say paul a truely great album.
If you could hand pick a group who would you pick?
Song writers / John Lennon - Elton John
Guitarist / Brian May - Mike Oldfield
Bass Guitar / John Deacon
Drums / Roger Taylor - John coglan
Key Boards / Rick Wakeman - Elton John
Lead singer / Freddie Mercury - justin hayward
Over to you.
Ian...
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I must admit that this was the first album that really caught my attention and as a result ended up with all Pink Floyd's albums. Apart from DSOTM my favourite was Wish You Was Here.
Another Brick in the Wall is one I can never forget as it was released in November 1979 while I was on honeymoon with my now deceased wife.
Guest 656- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Yes, its a shame that we will not be able to have a new concert with the original Floyd line-up, 'There is no dark side of the moon really, as a matter of fact its all dark' ..... Ah! Sweet Memories
I see Colin Blunstone is making a big comeback with the Zombies - all the original band members, with some new material too, 'Say you don't mind, you don't mind, you'll let me off this time ...... that's enough reminiscing for now
Brian Dixon
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ok sweethart take 2 asprin and go and lay down in a darkend room for an hour or two.handells water music in the background will be allright for a while.
Colin Blunstone - lovely! I won't be able to get that song out of my head all day now!
Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Gawd I feel old, I remember listening to Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon in the London Planetarium when it was released, that was something else ......
Guest 656- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Then again Bern, how about 'She's Not There' ..... Well no-one told me about her ...
Guest 679- Registered: 7 Sep 2008
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In that case some may be interested that a cracking Pink Floyd tribute band will be playing down the Louis Armstrong this coming Saturday (28th March).
They come with their own lights and laser show, sound effects and smoke machine. Really do the originals proud.
Here's the link if anyone fancies a pre listen
http://www.relicstheband.com/I know a million ways to always pick the wrong thing to say
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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barry mentions some great albums there, i have most of their stuff on vinyl, stored in the loft.
Guest 683- Registered: 11 Feb 2009
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I still find myself listening to this album on a regular basis. Although through my children I have been introduced to a wide range of music and been to see the likes of Green Day, Muse and Pete Doherty (all of which I enjoy) there was something special about taking my 15 year old son to see Roger Waters perform Dark Side of the Moon at Earls Court and The O2 arena in the last couple of years. He's hooked now!
It still sounds as fresh and inventive now after 36 years.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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Jeanette the Pink Floyd tribute band might be interesting at the Louis.
Mark thats an interesting story about your son at the Roger Waters event. Let me tell you a rambling tale of my own. After Roger split from Pink Floyd he eventually regrouped and did a big tour to promote his new album " The pros and cons of Hitch-hiking".
Obviously he needed a new band and replacing ace guitarist David Gilmour's mournfully screaming solos wasnt easy, but he came up with a cracking replacement in the shape of Eric Clapton no less. So we trundled off to the massive Earls Court to see this fantastic event and wow was it great. If only we could see the likes again.
Roger Waters was/is a bit of a prickly chap and I heard he eventually fell out with Eric Clapton too. Prickleness is probably the price of genius as he wrote most of the Pink Floyd songs including "Another brick in the Wall".
But great days. Having seen both Eric Clapton and David Gilmour in the flesh play their fantastic guitar solos was magical. Ah sigh...there's no guitar heroes anymore.
Dark side of the moon. First album that i bought ! I still have the black plastic cover and the post card that came inside. It should go down in history as a piece of "classic" music
DT1- Location: Dover
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A classic album, amusingly kept in the album charts by successive generations of adolescents, smoking marijuana. Some of these people will then try to tell you that it is perfectly synchronised with the Wizard of Oz...bless!
It is a good one though, great songs (although I think 'Wish You Were Here' is an equally great album) David Gilmour, fantastic solos. I think Alan Parsons' input is always seriously under valued in the albums success (although he did also produce some cheese!)
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Something to listen to as you browse and read matchams mumblings , wattys warblings or paulb's puns.
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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marek,great video there.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Cor Blimey - that took me back. Thanks Marek.
Funny though cos I lent it to my brother and he said it was the most depressing album he'd ever heard.
Different video to the one created when the album was released though wasn't it ?
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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a lot of people tell me that radiohead albums are depressing.
maybe roger's brother was not in the right mood when listening to the floyd album?
Guest 666- Registered: 25 Mar 2008
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Great album, was my choice at Alleyn's to be played one morning in house tutorial (we could bring in our favourite album as background to study!), ah to be 13 again..
Band I sang a couple of numbers with at a birthday bash I was invited to early in the year do a wicked version of 'Comfortably Numb' from The Wall, they are called Headlong.
Hey Barry - you must remeber Fleetwood Mac and the Floyd played to lasers in the Planetarium then?
Happy days.
Oh Boy!, That'll be the day.........
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Fleetwood Mac - now they were another great band.
Roger
