Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
Jun 19, 2018 at 9:08 PM Post #33,811 of 145,673
The Wall is a brilliant masterpiece, including the film as well. Dark as hell? Definitely. But still a modern masterpiece. Palpable, powerful emotion in every single track. I love it. Blue Sky gives me chills every time I hear it, as do most of the songs on that album.
 
Jun 19, 2018 at 9:08 PM Post #33,812 of 145,673
Metaphor is not for everyone.
As far as good sound, I do not have a Schiit stack per se but I am using a Lyr 2 as a pre-amp into an amp designed by Wayne Colburn of Pass Labs, a bit of fine tube sound going into some genius solid state. I am also testing an R2 R Dac a buddy of mine had, incredible but so was the price tag.
 
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Jun 19, 2018 at 9:19 PM Post #33,814 of 145,673
Nor me, turning on the news is far worse right now. Time to call it a night for me.
 
Jun 19, 2018 at 10:14 PM Post #33,815 of 145,673
And now, a variation on that theme ...

 
Jun 20, 2018 at 9:08 AM Post #33,817 of 145,673
Formed in 1965, the band went through several name changes before combining the first names of a pair of Carolina bluesmen, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.

source: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pink-Floyd
That is interesting - there actually was a "Pink." Thanks.

Here is another interesting tidbit from the story...
"Their sense of alienation (from both one another and contemporary society) was profoundly illustrated by the tour for 1979’s best-selling album The Wall, for which a real brick wall was built between the group and the audience during performance."

Whoa! Bring on the moonshine :)
 
Jun 20, 2018 at 9:16 AM Post #33,818 of 145,673
Well, the "bricks" were made of Styrofoam and were symbolic but yes, they built a wall on-stage during the performance. There was a movie made of this performance. I have it on DVD somewhere.

JC
 
Jun 20, 2018 at 9:33 AM Post #33,820 of 145,673
I stopped listening to the Wall after a short while for that very reason. These days I am most interested in pre-Dark Side Pink Floyd.
Piper, Saucerful of Secrets and More are fantastic stuff!

But the most underrated of all is The Final Cut IMHO. Even more depressing than The Wall but so well focused. I try to play it every November 11 and every time I do it feels uncannily relevant to the current world events. It's also Pink Floyd's best audiophile album.
 
Jun 20, 2018 at 9:37 AM Post #33,821 of 145,673
Well, the "bricks" were made of Styrofoam and were symbolic but yes, they built a wall on-stage during the performance. There was a movie made of this performance. I have it on DVD somewhere.

JC

And then there was The Wall at the wall.. a live performance in Berlin just months after the Berlin Wall came down. There was a video release of that as well. It's been decades since I've seen it, but I recall liking it when I wore a younger man's clothes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_–_Live_in_Berlin
 
Jun 20, 2018 at 10:09 AM Post #33,823 of 145,673
I know, but no one can call this song 'depressing'. Happy, Annoying, or irritating - but never depessing. :wink:
 
Jun 20, 2018 at 10:26 AM Post #33,824 of 145,673
The true value of music to me is it's ability to encompass the entire range of the human emotions.
I like it all, especially composers who are able to effectively plumb the depths from melancholia to depression and sanity, and the infinite variety of steps in between.
The only music that would make me want to "check out" would be a steady diet of "up with people" stuff.
 
Jun 20, 2018 at 10:45 AM Post #33,825 of 145,673
The only music that would make me want to "check out" would be a steady diet of "up with people" stuff.

Yeah. All that positivity can be a real downer!! :D
 

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