The Dark Side of the Moon Vs Foxtrot
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Topic: The Dark Side of the Moon Vs Foxtrot
Posted By: Svetonio
Subject: The Dark Side of the Moon Vs Foxtrot
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 00:37
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Two albums that for both so many people say, "the greatest album(s) of the progressive rock", but somehow I never fall in love with these albums (I bought the vinyl copies of both albums in seventies, but latter than their releasing dates) though I do really like some of other albums from both bands' catalogues. Well, after remastering, Foxtrot sounds much much better for these ears and I initialy voted Foxtrot. Please vote.
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 00:54
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Foxtrot ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 01:21
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Dark Side. However, Foxtrot would be the closest to the top in terms of Genesis albums, while DSOTM is only my fifth favourite Floyd album. ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 02:36
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Foxtrot is my joint equal favourite Genesis album with Trick. Obviously Suppers Ready is a high point but then you have Watcher Of The Skies and Can Utilty and The Coastliners to add to it making 3 great tracks. Remarkably Can Utilty is only 5.46 minutes long according my CD cover yet it seems such a massive track in terms of scope. The rest? Time Table is a poignant song. I remember listening to that after the terrorist attack in London and it felt almost like a sad comment on that horrible event. Get Em Out By Friday is maybe the contentious track. For 8 minutes long it doesn't carry the weight that the shorter Can Utilty has but I still enjoy it and its 10 times better than the slightly similar but horribly dull The Battle Of Epping Forest. Finally a nice bit of Hackett on Horizons. So all good for me Dark Side Of The Moon never quite resonated with me as it seems to do with others. Life's a bitch then you die ( or go insane first).Yep thanks for that Rog.
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 03:11
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Wow. 1:7 ? Voted for Dark Side ... . Groundbreaking, more accessible, with better writing.
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richardh wrote:
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 03:13
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I think both albums have incredible music, and I strongly dislike voting against a Genesis album with so much brilliance and spine chilling moments, but Dark Side Of The Moon not only has spine chilling moments, but offers maturity in a way I have seldom seen and heard. Compositions, sound, artwork, the whole idea behind it (the 'concept' in a very loose way), the 'soulfulness' of it... Dark Side Of The Moon gets my vote.
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 03:52
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Foxtrot is my favourite Genesis album and my overall #2. Dark Side of the Moon is my 4th favourite PF album. ------------- 
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 04:20
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Chalk and cheese... Foxtrot I guess, but it's really close these days. I've warmed to DSOTM in the last ten years or so, a great deal, but I've always loved Foxtrot. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Libor10
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 04:22
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Foxtrot by a long mile. ------------- 
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Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 04:31
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Dark Side ------------- "Hey there, Dog Man, now I drink from your bowl." |
Posted By: Terakonin
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 04:54
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Such a hard choice. I prefer Dark Side over most of Foxtrot, but Supper's Ready is such a classic. ------------- You left a note in your perfect script Stay as long as you like I haven't left your bed since |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 05:43
Dark Side of the Moon |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 07:17
FOX |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 07:44
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Foxtrot +1 ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 08:56
| Prefer Foxtrot---like Dark side but it's commercial appeal and easy listening vibe are not in the same prog league....but no denying it's a landmark album in many ways. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 09:01
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I'd rather listen to Dark Side, I suppose. |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 09:32
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Dark Side for me ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: tboyd1802
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 09:39
| Tough choice, both are top efforts for me. Like many, Dark Side was my first foray into progressive rock. Foxtrot was my first foray into Genesis and is for me, their best effort. In the end, I went with Dark Side as it is "the" landmark progressive album. |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 09:55
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Two great albums, but Foxtrot just wins. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: addictedtoprog
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 10:28
| I love Pink Floyd...but i prefer Foxtrot over every Floyd album. |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 11:18
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Dark Side. It is one of those albums where the unwashed masses got it right. Foxtrot, as great as it is, is my least favorite album from the PG era. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 11:37
| The various vinyl releases of Foxtrot after its initial one were sloppy sounding. As for Foxtrot sounding good now after its last CD release, granted. I will say though that I only have the first CD release of Dark Side of the Moon, and for being early on, it sounds great! I'd like to get the latest remaster, but what I have will suffice. When I saw a second-hand copy of the remastered Foxtrot at my favorite used record/CD store, there was no thinking it over. I gladly paid 15 Oompa Loompas for it with no looking back. It's the band at their most gloriously English! |
Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 11:48
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Dark Side by a mile. Foxtrot is one of Genesis' better releases, but still doesn't really do much for me. ------------- https://dreamwindow.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My Music 
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 11:57
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Foxtrot for me. :-] ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: danyboy
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 12:12
| Foxtrot |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 13:08
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DSOTM for me; Get 'Em Friday ruins what would have been a perfect Genesis album. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 13:09
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Get 'Em Out by Friday I mean lol. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 13:13
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 13:33
Not to sound mean, but you know there is an edit function? ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 14:22
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THE DARK SIDE ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 15:16
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foxtrot for me... ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 15:34
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Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 15:46
| Dark Side |
Posted By: LakeGlade12
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 15:54
| Dark side is the better album overall, but Supper's Ready is my favorite song of all time...so its got to be Foxtrot. |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 15:56
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Posted By: AZF
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 16:52
I really love Dark Side of the Moon, but the chance to tie the vote? Took!  It's now anybodies!
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 22:23
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DSotM ------------- |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 23:13
I've just tipped the favour towards Foxtrot. Both albums are superb, but dang, that Foxtrot album...... 
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Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: March 28 2015 at 00:02
| Foxtrot, to me, is the weakest album PG era album. Nevertheless, a lot of weak points in both. Some of DSOTM just drags for me (e.g. Us and Them). I have to go with Foxtrot. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: March 28 2015 at 04:01
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I'm no longer susrprised by the Genesis fanbase, but I still don't understand it. I wouldn't even compare DSOTM with anything Genesis have done. Of course it's a personal opinion, I don't own the Truth. ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: apps79
Date Posted: March 28 2015 at 04:06
Change all the PF-related words with the Genesis-related ones in this phrase and you have my opinion on this...People tastes are so varied. ------------- When the power of love overcomes the love of power,the world will know peace... listen to www.justincaseradio.com , the first ever Greek Progressive Rock radio |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: March 28 2015 at 04:50
You are perfectly right my friend  ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: March 28 2015 at 05:16
| I know lots of folks don't dig Us And Them, but, yes it is a bit lengthy (7:30 - longest track on the album), but it's just so mellllllllow, how could one not enjoy it ??? The only reason I WOULDN'T grant it 5 stars, is because it's just such a 'mainstream' success (and I don't think I've spun/heard any album as often as this one - I used to hear it over the PA system when I frequented the car races whilst camping at Warrnambool as a youngster, and later at the Calder raceway back in the day......... Amazing album, whatever anyone thinks, but there's better......... |
Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: March 28 2015 at 07:22
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Dark Side... I spent a lot of time with this album in the early seventies and still never got tired of any part of it. Many other albums were put back on the shelf after a few spins. That means a lot to me when it comes to judging individual albums. |
Posted By: thwok
Date Posted: March 28 2015 at 07:38
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Like Svetonio (I suspect), my enjoyment of these two bands definitely does not extend to all of their records. It might not extend to even the majority of their work. I am picking Dark Side as one of their best releases IMHO. ------------- I am the funkiest man on the planet! |
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: March 28 2015 at 14:33
------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: March 28 2015 at 14:53
^ After listening to so many groundbreaking Electronic music, 'On The Run' doesn't seem so special now  I really dig the funky 'Travel Sequence' though  |
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: March 28 2015 at 15:10
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^ It's not anything very special but it's the combination of... well, it's the addition of... umm... I don't even know why. Something just seems so perfect about it. ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: March 28 2015 at 15:23
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^ It's the brilliant production of that track (and the whole album), am I right? |
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: March 28 2015 at 15:51
^ probably  ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: March 29 2015 at 00:48
I am not a fan of Pop Genesis as same as I am not a fan of some of PF albums.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 29 2015 at 02:52
In my mind no. I do like Alan Parsons as an artist and recently bought Pyramid which I like a lot. However DSOTM could have done with a more 'lively' punchier production for me. I've seen tracks ( and once the whole thing) performed live over the last 5 or 6 years several times. Most have been by The Australian Pink Floyd and once by Roger Waters and another by Britfloyd. What comes across is how good it works in an arena. You can't beat it really. On The Run at the Birmingham NEC by Roger Waters was absolutely spectacular. I loved it while on the album it's just so so. I blame the production.
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Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: March 29 2015 at 08:25
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Neither's my favourite from the respective bands, and neither's a masterpiece either, IMO. Foxtrot gets the vote, 'cause of Supper's Ready. -------------  
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Posted By: Volcanic-lighnings
Date Posted: April 05 2015 at 16:07
| Foxtrot by Genesis |
Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: April 16 2015 at 03:35
Genesis, Foxtrot.------------- When he rides, my fears subside. For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night. |
Posted By: MonsterMagnet
Date Posted: April 16 2015 at 11:07
| Foxtrot, much more interesting |
Posted By: bloodnarfer
Date Posted: April 16 2015 at 11:31
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Foxtrot, and Get Em' Out By Friday is magnificent ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ramza1316" rel="nofollow - www.last.fm/user/ramza1316 https://open.spotify.com/user/1211221845" rel="nofollow - https://open.spotify.com/user/1211221845 |