| Originally Posted by bigshot Pink Floyd are a bunch of talentless hacks that piece together notes in the studio. They couldn't play a song all the way through without overdubbing if their lives depended on it. |
| Originally Posted by elrod-tom The final cut may be a brilliant album, but it's also dark, depressing, and bottom line is that I don't like it. So it gets my vote. |
| Tell me true, tell me why, was Jesus crucified Is it for this that Daddy died? Was it for you? Was it me? Did I watch too much T.V.? |
| Originally Posted by Aman Albatross05 (Neat name, by the way, influenced by "Echoes"?): I think that you make a good point about a few things. The issue is that, to many, The Final Cut doesn't portray the feelings you're describing. Roger Waters was never a good singer, and he never could dispense emotion like Gilmore could - when he started singing the overwhelming majority of songs by Floyd, the music started becoming almost a self-parody. There is a certain lack of authenticity in The Wall and The Final Cut - he may be putting his "angst" into the music, but to me, and many others, it just sounds stupid! There are plenty of musicians who COULD put angst, anger, and passion into their music - Bob Dylan, for example. But Roger Waters seems to ruin any slow-tempo'd music he comes into contact with, for me. It is most prevalent on this album. I voted it as the worst album of Pink Floyd, because it wasn't really Pink Floyd, it was a collection of songs that were CUT from The Wall, but, most importantly, it is WAY too "accessible" (if you can call it that). I get true emotions from listening to Floyd's earlier works - where the MUSIC was the one doing the talking, and not Roger Waters' pathetic, whiny voice. Works like "Echoes" simply are more beautiful, and more artistic. The lyrics are more conveying of the emotion, while Roger Waters makes continuous pathetic attempts to rhyme words that don't deserve any such structure. Come ON! The opening LINES just made me LAUGH! We wouldn't have seen these kinds of pathetic lines if Gilmore and Wright had as much control over the lyrics as Roger Waters did. This album in particular symbolized the downfall of Pink Floyd. Look at how terrible the actual contents of the lyrics are compared to other Pink Floyd albums! If you're going to sing, you should use your voice as an instrument, and have half-decent lyrics. This album had neither. |
| And most of his lyrics are crap too as far as I'm concerned. |
| Originally Posted by kwitel Okay, subjective or not, anyone who thinks Dark Side is there worst album needs there head examined and should not be contributing to this thread. Second, I think TFC is genius. Third, i may get some backlash form this one, but Division Bell has been growing on me recently-give it another try theres some solid music on that album. Lastly, I love PF, and appreciate all there music. Picking there worst for me, is like being asked to pick this years ugliest Penthouse playmate. In other words, not an easy task. |
| Originally Posted by Aman I'm sorry, but this is just an 'opinion' that, I have to say, is "dead wrong". There are some questions as far as good lyrical qualities. Some people love the lyrics of Roger Waters - I can take that. But somebody who says that Bob Dylan's lyrics were "crap" truly has no idea what he is talking about. He would have never became popular unless people were listening to the words. I think you may just need time to have your tastes mature a bit, because it is quite obvious that, if you can find Roger Waters poetic, and not Bob Dylan, then you are a tad inexperienced. Have you ever even heard a good Dylan song? Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands? Idiot Wind? Like a Rolling Stone isn't his best representation... |
