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Why does everyone like Dark Side of the Moon so much?

post #1 of 115
10/12/07 at 2:18am
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I bought the 30th anniversary CD edition....

Why does everyone like it so much? It's not really THAT good in my opinion... Ok, but not spectacular. The sound quality is good, but not really good like everyone seems to say.

Why is it so popular?
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post #2 of 115
10/12/07 at 2:36am
It's a classic stoner album, and somewhat overrated.

Still, it was extremely inventive musically, and still does sound like hip music 34 years later. The engineering work Alan Parsons did on DSOTM was also quite innovative, I would use the word "ground breaking" but to be honest I can't think of many later releases that even attempted to clone what was done on Dark Side.

YMMV
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post #3 of 115
10/12/07 at 2:46am
I'm not sure how one could not be riveted by the sequence of tracks following "Money." It's just beautiful music. DSOTM is an album you go into with high expectations. For me, it was one of the few like that which did not dissappoint. I'd say don't worry about what you're missing, just listen again. If you don't like it, that's OK too. It's not hard to find a buyer in the FS/T forum.
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post #4 of 115
10/12/07 at 3:20am
none of the tracks are bad, and they work together to form a seamless musical experience. that alone puts it in the...probably top 10% of albums. that a number of the songs are actually excellent helps it along, too.

it's also a little overrated, but still among the best albums of the 70s imo.
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post #5 of 115
10/12/07 at 4:08am
At the time, UK rock was doing well - Beatles, Stones and over in America - the emergence of 'La Crudite' - shock music - Zappa. (Well ... Mothers of Invention)

Pink Floyd produced an album that was heartfelt, sensitive and very well put together, concerning problems associated with madness and lunacy.

It is a great album if you are in the mood to sit and concentrate on what is being sung, but if you aren't in the mood or you just want background sound, then it doesn't work.

The simple line that always gets to me when I hear it is ...

'For want of the price of tea and a slice, the old man died.' Gets to me every time I hear it.

Ian
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post #6 of 115
10/12/07 at 5:05am
The album is for 15 year olds to obsess over, and then look back at in their later years to remember the good times. At least, that's what I do.
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post #7 of 115
10/12/07 at 5:08am
just to be popular!
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post #8 of 115
10/12/07 at 5:20am
Don't judge the sound quality by what's on the CD layer of the 30th anniversary remaster. It's one of those remasters that suffer from unnecessary compression/limiting (i.e. it's too loud).

Some people have theorized that Sony planned it that way in order to make the mastering on the SACD layer sound that much better.

For me, Pink Floyd is all about awesome chord changes, swirling chorus effects, and searing/soaring guitar solos. I love the ability to hear the distinct tonal qualities of all of the different amplifiers David Gilmour played the same guitar solo through to create a huge sound (see: "Money"). I know there's a Marshall Plexi in there somewhere.
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post #9 of 115
10/12/07 at 5:23am
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Originally Posted by infinitesymphony View Post
Don't judge the sound quality by what's on the CD layer of the 30th anniversary remaster. It's one of those remasters that suffer from unnecessary compression/limiting (i.e. it's too loud).

Some people have theorized that Sony planned it that way in order to make the mastering on the SACD layer sound that much better.
My gosh, until I got the MFSL version of The Dark Side of the Moon, those friggin' chimes in Time blew my head off with all those overblown clangs and screeching!
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post #10 of 115
10/12/07 at 9:37am
This is one of those generational things. At the time of the albums release there is no doubt that Pink Floyd was breaking new ground. I'd imagine that you wouldn't be that impressed by the Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" either. I was around for both releases, and still find them to be incredible albums.
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post #11 of 115
10/12/07 at 10:03am
I agree with swt61.

Also, I have a number of albums (yeah, I still call them albums) in my collection, that I was unimpressed by the first time I listened to them. Eventually, though, many have become favourites.

Our experience really shapes our perception of what we hear. As you experience more in music, life, whatever, you will definitely notice your tastes changing.

Keep listening, you never know what you'll hear the next time.
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post #12 of 115
10/12/07 at 10:42am
I've owned it twice, but I've never been able to listen all the way through. Of course, I've never inhaled.
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post #13 of 115
10/12/07 at 11:14am
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Originally Posted by swt61 View Post
This is one of those generational things.
Not so sure. I thought it was overrated then—as a so-called impressionable teenager—and I absolutely hate it now. And my guess is that if the OP were to get Wish You Were Here—the great album that followed it—the level of hyperbole surrounding Dark Side… would be even more obvious.
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post #14 of 115
10/12/07 at 11:58am
Because it's a masterpiece of the "prog rock" genre.

- augustwest
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post #15 of 115
10/12/07 at 12:16pm
Okay, time for my obligatory Wish-You-Were-Here-Totally-Obliterates-DSOTM post:

Wish You Were Here totally obliterates the much over-rated Dark Side of the Moon. DSOTM is very good, sure. But WYWH, Meddle, and Animals all totally pwn DSOTM in my mind.

BTW: The 30th anniversary CD layer is one of the worst when it comes to sound quality. The 30th anniversary vinyl, MFSL, and even 20th anniversary CD sound better. Haven't heard the stereo SACD layer yet though.
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