In reaction to the album itself, it has always been one of my favorites. The first time I heard it I think I was possibly six years old. At that point in time it didn’t really make much sense to me, but as I got older I started to pay attention and understand the lyrics more. My favorite songs off the album are Time, Us and Them, and Eclipse. I do like Brain Damage a bit, only because of the meaning behind it (I.e. Syd Barrett). A lot of people think that in order to fully experience the album in the way it was intended you have to listen to all the songs in order and all the way through without stops, however, I think you can take meaning out of an individual song without having to listen to the others. One of my favorite things though about listening to it in order is the transitions, it is difficult to tell when one song starts and when one song ends. One thing I did dislike about the video we watched today is the fact that it took away from the actual music, everyone in class was freaking out about how weird the concert was, but if you listen to the album itself there wouldn’t be distractions from the music.
I don’t have much to say about the Dark Side of the Moon album that we experienced in class today. It’s really not my choice of music. I can respect it though because people I know enjoy it, along with Mr. Currin. Also, I give the artists, Pink Floyd, credit for creating such a popular album and producing the music that they do. The concert was a little too crazy for me. I didn’t really understand what was going on or the significance of a lot of things that appeared in the video. I enjoyed one song in particular, “Money”. I liked this song because I was familiar with it from Hillary’s glog earlier in the year. It has a catchy tune to it and I like how the song displays the actual sound of money and a cash register. Not to mention, Jen’s rendition of it was extremely comical. The song with the girl just yelling or whatever you’d call it was very interesting. I wonder where Pink Floyd gets some of their ideas. Overall, the album wasn’t too bad to watch. I had fun watching and reading along with the lyrics and trying to sing the songs with Olivia. If I spent more time trying to understand the lyrics, I’m sure the songs would have a more meaningful message.
I have to say that although I was basically raised listening to Pink Floyd, I am not a big fan of the band. Especially their songs with no lyrics, I just can’t find much meaning behind music without words. Although I can appreciate the band playing music instrumentally, but I can’t connect with the artist that way personally. I do enjoy a select few songs from Pink Floyd, but they definitely are not a favorite of mine. I have to say though that beside Dark Side of The Moon, I very much enjoyed Animals as a child. But that’s probably just because it had animals making animal calls in the background and I was seven. I love the weird thing about the Wizard of Oz too. It makes me wonder about whether or not they planned it, because it’s extremely coincidental. Back to the album though, I don’t like that the music is so strange at points, like the guy in the video going into space on a stretcher... weird. And the song that the woman is just making noise and screaming out notes as a tribute to the earth upon her deathbed. But once again, neither of those songs have lyrics, probably the reason I don’t enjoy them. Overall, the best part of the album is The Wizard of Oz part.
I personally have always been a Led Zeppelin fan more than Pink Floyd, but I can honestly say I never really listened to the whole album. I definitely didn’t give it a fair shot. I can honestly say I enjoyed it, even though the room was chock full of downers. I never realized how deep the lyrics really are. Also, the effort put into the songs (like Roger throwing spare change everywhere to get the exact sound. If you really look at the lyrics it’s amazing the truths they reveal. The only thing I can complain about it is I don’t agree with songs that say life is futile (the song about chasing the sun). I can understand the truth in it, but it paints life in a far too depressing light. That’s not how life really is, it’s how some people choose to live it. “Us and Them” had a really good message. I wish everyone would listen to that song so there would be world peace.
Ok Mr.Currin, this album does apply to everything…almost.
I personally have never been a huge fan of Pink Floyd and I have never really listened to their album, Dark Side of the Moon. I enjoy all types of music, including theirs but I had just never sat down and truly listened to the whole album. I think that they have great songs, except there is a few I really don’t like (the songs without lyrics, I find no point to them). The band has a lot of talent, and I appreciate how well the instruments are played during the songs with no lyrics but overall it just bores me if there are no words to the song. If I would have listened to this album by myself I probably wouldn’t have taken any meaning out of the songs, but I realized that the lyrics have a really deep meaning to them. A lot of truth is revealed in the songs. One of my favorite on this album is “Money”. I find the song really interesting and it is extremely cool that he actually spent time throwing coins into a wheel barrow to make the noise in the beginning of the song. I also think the whole Wizard of Oz thing is pretty cool. Overall it’s a good album to listen to but weird to watch them perform it.
Pink Floyd has always been a favorite of mine. I think there is such a larger concept behind the Dark Side of the Moon than people think. I agree with Sara in the fact that yes the whole album in it's entirety can be mistaken as one giant 43 minute song, but at the same time, each individual song has so much to say. This album is incredibly philosophical in my eyes. Going along with this "part of a whole" theory, I feel as though each song can represent a stage in someones life, but putting all the songs together and making them flow so well represents a life as a whole. Another theory I thought about was each person type (easily related to archetypal theory) as the songs and the entire world or story as the whole album. I really like the entire album, but I have a few especially liked songs as well. Great Gig in the Sky is one of them. I think the concept behind the song is really what got me. If I were ever asked to sing the sounds of leaving earth and going to heaven, I'd scream a little too. But, seeing as that song holds no lyrics aside from ooh and ah, my runner up just might be Time if I had to choose. "No one told you when to run, you had miss the starting gun. So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking." I think I like it so much because it is so true but at the same time it's not a cliche.
Let me first get this out of the way, it wasn't exactly my cup of tea and not the music style I normally gravitate towards but in either case the music wasn’t all that bad. I really had tried to be open minded during this experience yet still I wasn’t able to get into the music and fully enjoy it such as I might have hoped to. I believe the music had quite an in-depth meaning behind each song but not being open has closed my mind to seeing the images that they had attempted to paint. I respect everyone’s opinion on music and understand that each person is entitled to their own but as long as this music isn’t forced down my throat I can listen to it without problems. Quite often in the music though I felt myself wanting to “hit the forward button” as I got bored easily with the music and I wasn’t fond of the 7/8 time in the song Money which made it sound off to me and unappealing to myself (even without the help of our classes singers). What I did find interesting though is the comparison between the album and the Wizard of Oz. The similarities although ‘creepy’ can be easily be put off to purpose but none the less it was interesting to see.
In reaction to the album itself, it has always been one of my favorites. The first time I heard it I think I was possibly six years old. At that point in time it didn’t really make much sense to me, but as I got older I started to pay attention and understand the lyrics more. My favorite songs off the album are Time, Us and Them, and Eclipse. I do like Brain Damage a bit, only because of the meaning behind it (I.e. Syd Barrett). A lot of people think that in order to fully experience the album in the way it was intended you have to listen to all the songs in order and all the way through without stops, however, I think you can take meaning out of an individual song without having to listen to the others. One of my favorite things though about listening to it in order is the transitions, it is difficult to tell when one song starts and when one song ends. One thing I did dislike about the video we watched today is the fact that it took away from the actual music, everyone in class was freaking out about how weird the concert was, but if you listen to the album itself there wouldn’t be distractions from the music.
ReplyDeleteI don’t have much to say about the Dark Side of the Moon album that we experienced in class today. It’s really not my choice of music. I can respect it though because people I know enjoy it, along with Mr. Currin. Also, I give the artists, Pink Floyd, credit for creating such a popular album and producing the music that they do. The concert was a little too crazy for me. I didn’t really understand what was going on or the significance of a lot of things that appeared in the video. I enjoyed one song in particular, “Money”. I liked this song because I was familiar with it from Hillary’s glog earlier in the year. It has a catchy tune to it and I like how the song displays the actual sound of money and a cash register. Not to mention, Jen’s rendition of it was extremely comical. The song with the girl just yelling or whatever you’d call it was very interesting. I wonder where Pink Floyd gets some of their ideas. Overall, the album wasn’t too bad to watch. I had fun watching and reading along with the lyrics and trying to sing the songs with Olivia. If I spent more time trying to understand the lyrics, I’m sure the songs would have a more meaningful message.
ReplyDeleteI have to say that although I was basically raised listening to Pink Floyd, I am not a big fan of the band. Especially their songs with no lyrics, I just can’t find much meaning behind music without words. Although I can appreciate the band playing music instrumentally, but I can’t connect with the artist that way personally. I do enjoy a select few songs from Pink Floyd, but they definitely are not a favorite of mine. I have to say though that beside Dark Side of The Moon, I very much enjoyed Animals as a child. But that’s probably just because it had animals making animal calls in the background and I was seven. I love the weird thing about the Wizard of Oz too. It makes me wonder about whether or not they planned it, because it’s extremely coincidental. Back to the album though, I don’t like that the music is so strange at points, like the guy in the video going into space on a stretcher... weird. And the song that the woman is just making noise and screaming out notes as a tribute to the earth upon her deathbed. But once again, neither of those songs have lyrics, probably the reason I don’t enjoy them. Overall, the best part of the album is The Wizard of Oz part.
ReplyDeleteI personally have always been a Led Zeppelin fan more than Pink Floyd, but I can honestly say I never really listened to the whole album. I definitely didn’t give it a fair shot. I can honestly say I enjoyed it, even though the room was chock full of downers. I never realized how deep the lyrics really are. Also, the effort put into the songs (like Roger throwing spare change everywhere to get the exact sound. If you really look at the lyrics it’s amazing the truths they reveal. The only thing I can complain about it is I don’t agree with songs that say life is futile (the song about chasing the sun). I can understand the truth in it, but it paints life in a far too depressing light. That’s not how life really is, it’s how some people choose to live it. “Us and Them” had a really good message. I wish everyone would listen to that song so there would be world peace.
ReplyDeleteOk Mr.Currin, this album does apply to everything…almost.
I personally have never been a huge fan of Pink Floyd and I have never really listened to their album, Dark Side of the Moon. I enjoy all types of music, including theirs but I had just never sat down and truly listened to the whole album. I think that they have great songs, except there is a few I really don’t like (the songs without lyrics, I find no point to them). The band has a lot of talent, and I appreciate how well the instruments are played during the songs with no lyrics but overall it just bores me if there are no words to the song. If I would have listened to this album by myself I probably wouldn’t have taken any meaning out of the songs, but I realized that the lyrics have a really deep meaning to them. A lot of truth is revealed in the songs. One of my favorite on this album is “Money”. I find the song really interesting and it is extremely cool that he actually spent time throwing coins into a wheel barrow to make the noise in the beginning of the song. I also think the whole Wizard of Oz thing is pretty cool. Overall it’s a good album to listen to but weird to watch them perform it.
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ReplyDeletePink Floyd has always been a favorite of mine. I think there is such a larger concept behind the Dark Side of the Moon than people think. I agree with Sara in the fact that yes the whole album in it's entirety can be mistaken as one giant 43 minute song, but at the same time, each individual song has so much to say. This album is incredibly philosophical in my eyes. Going along with this "part of a whole" theory, I feel as though each song can represent a stage in someones life, but putting all the songs together and making them flow so well represents a life as a whole. Another theory I thought about was each person type (easily related to archetypal theory) as the songs and the entire world or story as the whole album. I really like the entire album, but I have a few especially liked songs as well. Great Gig in the Sky is one of them. I think the concept behind the song is really what got me. If I were ever asked to sing the sounds of leaving earth and going to heaven, I'd scream a little too. But, seeing as that song holds no lyrics aside from ooh and ah, my runner up just might be Time if I had to choose. "No one told you when to run, you had miss the starting gun. So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking." I think I like it so much because it is so true but at the same time it's not a cliche.
ReplyDeleteLet me first get this out of the way, it wasn't exactly my cup of tea and not the music style I normally gravitate towards but in either case the music wasn’t all that bad. I really had tried to be open minded during this experience yet still I wasn’t able to get into the music and fully enjoy it such as I might have hoped to. I believe the music had quite an in-depth meaning behind each song but not being open has closed my mind to seeing the images that they had attempted to paint. I respect everyone’s opinion on music and understand that each person is entitled to their own but as long as this music isn’t forced down my throat I can listen to it without problems. Quite often in the music though I felt myself wanting to “hit the forward button” as I got bored easily with the music and I wasn’t fond of the 7/8 time in the song Money which made it sound off to me and unappealing to myself (even without the help of our classes singers). What I did find interesting though is the comparison between the album and the Wizard of Oz. The similarities although ‘creepy’ can be easily be put off to purpose but none the less it was interesting to see.
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