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Poll Question: Your favourite track from Dark Side of the Moon
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9 [15.25%]
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17 [28.81%]
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    Posted: April 19 2021 at 23:08
Which track off Pink Floyd's eighth album is your favourite?

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Us and Them, very big, grand chorus and bridge. Inspiring lyrics with clever use of opposites. A song that makes your hairsbon your arm stand on a good day.
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Us and Them, followed by Time.
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Brain Damage/Eclipse which shouldn’t be separated, and rarely (if ever) have been when performed live. Jerry Cantrell often performed Brain Damage/Eclipse live, and I always wished he’d released a studio version. I guess he probably didn’t due to all the red tape and green notes it takes to record a cover version of a Floyd song.
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Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

Brain Damage/Eclipse which shouldn’t be separated



I certainly agree there, and maybe Speak to Me / Breathe can't really be separated either. Anyway Brain damage is in my all time Floydian top 5 favourite songs of all time.  But then again the whole album is pure quality, and I've requested that 'Great Gig' be played for the committal at my funeral.


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Originally posted by Progishness Progishness wrote:

Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

Brain Damage/Eclipse which shouldn’t be separated
 
I certainly agree there, and maybe Speak to Me / Breathe can't really be separated either. Anyway Brain damage is in my all time Floydian top 5 favourite songs of all time.  But then again the whole album is pure quality, and I've requested that 'Great Gig' be played for the committal at my funeral.
Yes, I’d agree about Speak to Me/Breathe. The album is pure quality, but it’s one that (apart from Brain Damage/Eclipse) has never really resonated with me - although I do think it becomes more vibrant and impressive when performed live. The Live at Wembley performance of the album is infinitely more interesting and enjoyable to me than the studio album. But overall, while I can perfectly understand why so many people like it, and thus would never claim it is overrated, DSotM just doesn’t do it for me on a personal level. I don’t think it would make my top five Floyd albums, and possibly not even my top ten. 🤔

But there’s something about Brain Damage/Eclipse that elevates it (for me) above the entire remainder of the album.
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The Brain Damage/Eclipse suite is chillingly grand and beautiful. I voted for Eclipse as this is where I consider the climax of the album to be.
As much as I agree the two tracks shouldn't be separated, I also think a good part of their power resides in their position in the album, which as a whole shouldn't be separated either. Rarely have I seen such a musically consistent piece of work, from beginning to end.

I got the chance to see the Thierry Balasse show twice, where his band and him play the whole album + a couple of other tracks, using the old recording equipment, and recreating live the recording conditions of the early 70's (cutting magnetic tapes, etc.). Very instructive evening, as he took the time to answer audience's questions after the show. TDSOTM really was cutting edge, and brought a lot to the world of music.


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For me the whole album is a two-part song cycle. 

Side one takes us through the life cycle:
Speak to Me - Birth
Breathe - the essential process of life
On the Run - the trials of life
Time - ageing and the passing of the years
Great Gig - death and the afterlife

Whereas side two focuses on stuff that drives us mad.
Money - consumerism
Us and Them - inequalities
Any Colour You Like - choices
Brain Damage - the descent into madness itself
Eclipse - the coda / summary

That is just my view - others may see it as a single song cycle of 10 parts.


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The hits off this album has been played to death - even over Danish radios...but it’s ok. Ever since I first heard this album some 25 years ago my favourite has always been Any Colour You Like. Such a gorgeous piece of music..and I never seem to tire of it. Still sounds fresh.
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Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

The hits off this album has been played to death - even over Danish radios...but it’s ok. Ever since I first heard this album some 25 years ago my favourite has always been Any Colour You Like. Such a gorgeous piece of music..and I never seem to tire of it. Still sounds fresh.


Yes it's one piece that sadly gets overlooked (or even dismissed as 'filler', which it isn't), but as you say a beautiful instrumental.
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Yeah, really can't decide . .. 
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I've always enjoyed this album as a whole, and not for the individual songs, so it's hard for me to pick one over the other.
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Time, Great Gig, then Us and Them.
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A difficult poll, because the songs all blend into each other so well, making the album almost like a single, segmented track... But Us and Them gets my vote today: Floyd at their introspective best.
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Time, with Money a close second.
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