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Poll Question: Which is a better song?
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    Posted: September 29 2006 at 02:45
Both these songs were released by grade-A artists in 1973 (quite a year for prog, eh?). Both deal with greed...or, at least, Money does. Easy Money seems to also deal crimson suspenders (or something a but nastier, if we're to believe the lyrics of the USA live version).
 
As for myself, I won't vote, but I honestly can't make up my mind. Although, if you held a gun to my head, hmm...I might go with the Crims. But, that's just me.
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Plain Money. I think it really fits in with the rest of Dark side of the Moon. The same thing can be said of Easy Money (Larks’), Money, money, money…
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Money for me. Just Money.
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i need more more more so i can own every progfusionavant album ever hehehehe
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I prefer Easy Money, even though Money has a very cool riff.
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I like the hard R'nB touch the Beatles did of their cover of one of the other songs called Money (that's what I want!). And the Cabaret tune...... Joel Gray/Lisa Minelli do it well
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Money (Pink Floyd) for me
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Mentioning King Crimson's "Easy Money" and Pink Floyd in one context is interesting, since (Exclamation pay attention) King Crimson's "Easy Money" musically always reminded me of Pink Floyd's "Childhood's End" (track 7 from Obscured by Clouds), check it out.
 
Now, choosing one from the two (judging only music, not text) -- "Easy Money". With all its (relatively) "poppish" melody it's still more interesting than "Money".
 
Or, maybe, I'm just tired of Pink Floyd?..
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Both great but I plump for KC's "Easy Money". Great, smouldering guitar from Fripp, and Muir bashing all those pots and pans!
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EASY MONEY... EASY MONEY!!!
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I thought we were talking about a DT song. Tongue

Money.
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Note from Mr Pedantic: it's actually the love of money that is proverbially the root of all evil - as it is not a conscious entity, money is in and of itself incapable of good or evil; it's the ways in which it may be used that can be judged morally.
 
Anyway, both great songs, although I have to go with Floyd on this one. Palmer-James' adolescent sexual fantasy of a lyric lets down what is otherwise a pretty good King Crimson song.
'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'

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Originally posted by Fassbinder

Mentioning King Crimson's "Easy Money" and Pink Floyd in one context is interesting, since (Exclamation pay attention) King Crimson's "Easy Money" musically always reminded me of Pink Floyd's "Childhood's End" (track 7 from Obscured by Clouds), check it out.
 
Now, choosing one from the two (judging only music, not text) -- "Easy Money". With all its (relatively) "poppish" melody it's still more interesting than "Money".
 
Or, maybe, I'm just tired of Pink Floyd?..
 
Easy Money poppish!?!? well, only in comparison to other '69-'74 era Crimson tracks!!! after the solo-improvisation parts in the 4th - 5th minutes, the intro to the last verse (about 6:54) is just killing!!
 
if you're just tired of PF, so am IWink... until I got tired of this, too, (apparently not in the near futureLOL) I shall always prefer King Crimson to other popular "brands"...
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Money - is a great symphonic song, with two great solos, whereas Easy Money is one of the weakest songs of the Larks' era IMHO
yet you still have time!
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I'm not a big fan of "Easy Money", so "Money" it is.


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Danger Money by U.K.  Wink
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Originally posted by Vompatti

I prefer Easy Money, even though Money has a very cool riff.
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Easy Money, one of my favorite King Crimson songs.
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Money, for me. Both are great, though.
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