Eddie Shah environment wrote:The first single was fine.
Well, that explains why it's the 10th best-selling album of all time. Mystery over!
Eddie Shah environment wrote:The first single was fine.
Jonny Spencer wrote:fange wrote:I've got my quad pants on and i'm ready for some Cock.
By CHRIST you're a man after my own sideways sausage, Ange!
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
The Modernist wrote:bobzilla77 wrote:I would say all those albums probably sold enough copies to get on a list of "albums that sold the most copies." Did they deserve it based on art merit? I wouldn't presume to know.
The Wall was a big deal in it's time, the last gasp of 70s rock. A stadium level band releases a conceptual double album that produces a number one single. As a result it sells a lot. What's your problem?
Problem..? Er I don't understand why it's still so popular! But I think on some level its fans see it as quite a profound statement as JC said.
I remember in the UK at the time they were seen as these dinosaurs, it was greeted with some derision by many, it wasn't seen as an event. I think for an entire generation in the UK Pink Floyd were sort of dismissed as these stadium rock leftovers from another decade. But they've certainly had the last laugh as they've lasted and got new generations of fans since.
Jimbo wrote:I guess I am over Graham Nash's politics. Hopelessly naive by the standards I've molded for myself these days.
Bent Fabric wrote:trans-chigley express wrote:
Lyin' Eyes is over 6 mins long too. Seems more like 16 to me.
This is funny, because there is some interview with Henley or Frey (truly it doesn't fucking matter which) in which the narrator/interviewee boastfully claims that "It's a six minute song, but of course it feels much shorter cause that's how we designed it" - basically, exactly the sort of thing Ricky Gervais was always getting people like Ben Stiller to say on Extras when they portrayed some "worst version of themselves".
Jimbo wrote:I guess I am over Graham Nash's politics. Hopelessly naive by the standards I've molded for myself these days.
bobzilla77 wrote:That wasn't directed at you in particular. It seems to really piss people on BCB off that it was so popular. They want to live in a world where Pink Floyd The Wall is unpopular. I find that interesting.
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
Jimbo wrote:I look at the big picture and you know what I see? Disparity. They're all different genres. That's the globalists oldest trick. Divide and conquer. They don't want music fans to agree. We're tearing ourselves apart and that's how they want us, all torn up.
Count Machuki wrote:Jimbo wrote:I look at the big picture and you know what I see? Disparity. They're all different genres. That's the globalists oldest trick. Divide and conquer. They don't want music fans to agree. We're tearing ourselves apart and that's how they want us, all torn up.
That's the craziest thing I've seen on YY in a long time.
Get a grip, Jimbo!
Count Machuki wrote:Jimbo wrote:I look at the big picture and you know what I see? Disparity. They're all different genres. That's the globalists oldest trick. Divide and conquer. They don't want music fans to agree. We're tearing ourselves apart and that's how they want us, all torn up.
That's the craziest thing I've seen on YY in a long time.
Get a grip, Jimbo!
Count Machuki wrote:Right. Parody of a parody.
I guess your shit is just too high concept for me, there, Jimbo.
Eddie Shah environment wrote:bobzilla77 wrote:That wasn't directed at you in particular. It seems to really piss people on BCB off that it was so popular. They want to live in a world where Pink Floyd The Wall is unpopular. I find that interesting.
I'd say it's that we really don't understand why it's popular - when you consider that most very popular albums contain pop or rock that's accessible/tuneful/catchy/uplifting. This is none of those things.
Georgios wrote:Another Brick In The Wall is many things, but catchy it isn't. Apparently it was their take on Disco, and you have to hand it to them not many acts could make 'Disco' sound so plodding and monotonous - but they could. Such innovators, The Floyd.
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
Eddie Shah environment wrote:The album doesn't. It's dreary.