Pink Floyd ....

[tufty]

It's a "reimagining", isn't it.

Spoiler: show

"Imagine if Dark Side of the Moon was really, really shit".

[tufty]

Meanwhile, Pink Floyd used to be good.

[KlaxonCow]

Indeed. That is the great shame here.

Roger used to be the creative force behind some of the best-selling albums of all-time. Particularly "the Wall", as there's very much an autobiographical element to "Pink"'s story. And I was quite serious when I rated him amongst the best lyricists out there.

Although, yes, the ironic thing is what I praised him for - for having a "conversational" tone and not being a pretentious "flowery poet", yet nailing the emotions and imagery - is exactly what we're NOT seeing in that fucking "look at me, I'm so clever" spoken word breakdown above.

To be clear, this is a lament. The once-genius has turned to shit and that's perfectly tragic.

At least we still have the glory days on the original records.

[KlaxonCow]

Time, this time.



I don't know what the fuck's going on anymore, frankly.

[Rhythm]

Out today, listening now. "On the Run" now contains a reference to Pilotwings 8O

Tentative first impression: Dare I say that I don't hate this?

[Rhythm]

Out today, listening now. "On the Run" now contains a reference to Pilotwings 8O

Tentative first impression: Dare I say that I don't hate this?

Finished first listen. Kept me surprisingly engaged throughout. Would actually listen again.

Disable Atmos though, FFS. It makes movies sound awful and good grief it wrecks music beyond belief

[WiteWulf]

Just had a listen through and while I, also, didn't hate it I doubt it'll get played again. The drumming *really* annoyed me in places, though.

The whole thing felt rather mediocre. It's basically Rog reciting poetry/spoken word over a load of covers of DSotM tracks. None of it feels like he really means it. It's lacking a lot of the bite and angst he's known for, and that was particularly apparent in his (excellent, imho) last studio album.

Dave Gilmour once said in an interview "Roger's a great bloke, he's just not a very good musician" (or words to that effect), and that feels really apparent in this record. I don't know who he had working with him to write and record this, but it needed more. If you were hoping for renditions of the DSotM material similar to how he's been playing it live the last few years I'm afraid you'll be disappointed.

The whole thing feels like one big resigned sigh and muttering "fuck it, I'm done"

[Rhythm]

The drumming *really* annoyed me in places, though.

Never even registered the drumming. Got distracted by the bass tone he'd used (which was genuinely really cool).

It's basically Rog reciting poetry/spoken word over a load of covers of DSotM tracks. None of it feels like he really means it.

I'll give you that - a chunk of it really does feel like he's just doing a blank read, no emotion present

I'm regarding it as DSOTM: Ambient Version - it's definitely going on again, but it'll just be background to chat/gaming, that kind of thing

[Oaf]

Hmm. Yeah. I think Roger did the drum parts himself on a Casio or something - they’re terrible - terrible rhythms and/or too high in the mix. I’ve heard him do much more incisive, eloquent and emotional poetry than the sixth-form offerings on here. Glad I didn’t book concert tickets, put it that way.

Sounded like one of his demo tapes tbh.

[WiteWulf]

The drumming *really* annoyed me in places, though.

Never even registered the drumming. Got distracted by the bass tone he'd used (which was genuinely really cool).

According to Wikipedia, Rog only actually plays bass on one track, Any Colour You Like. "Gus Seyffert" is responsible for the rest of the recording. The core band is the same as worked with him on Is This The Life We Really Wanted?, by the looks of it, and also his live band of recent years.

This surprises me, given how dynamic the live shows have been over recent years. He must have been giving them very specific direction to tone the performances down.

[Oaf]

Rog only actually plays bass on one track, Any Colour You Like.

That doesn’t surprise me, as that’s the only place I noticed bass being played.

[Rhythm]

Rog only actually plays bass on one track, Any Colour You Like.

That doesn’t surprise me, as that’s the only place I noticed bass being played.

There's a couple of tracks in a row where there's a really tasty upright being played. Not suggesting for a second that it's actually Waters playing it, but it's a genuinely nice tone that I've already copied with my Ubass :-D