Pink Floyd 20+ Minute Epics

A very close call for me but Echoes just edges it over SOYCD.

Whereas AHM is pretty much garbage IMO.

1. Shine on
1.5 Echoes
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3. AHM

moshkito wrote: Hi, ATM deserves more love. It is magnificent, and if you don't believe me, go listen to the classical version done by Ron Geesin on the net. It is unreally good, and makes great sense of classical music, instead of some quasi-hip stuff done by some folks that ended up trashing the whole piece, unfairly so ... they got too rich to admit they were kids at one time, and did some far out things.

''ATM'' could be an alternative title for Money I guess

^A bit harsh yes:). But I can easily understand how it's not for everyone. I wouldn't play it for most of the people I know (and love) in real life, because I know I would only make them uncomfortable. At best.

There are slices of conscientiously put together works of music I might feel like stating something similar about, but I try not to. Most of the time. I also think everyone should write exactly they feel like saying. Because why should I care if someone thinks AHM is trash? It doesn't change anything. The music is the same. But I obviously do care. Otherwise I wouln't have bothered writing this. That's my problem really, not yours:)

All of them. Echoes is the best thing on meddle. Shine on shouldn't have been broken up over two sides (too confusing) and they probably only did it that way because nothing like that had been done before. Atom Heart might be their first full blown prog epic unless you count ASFOS title track.

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - June 19 2025 at 14:36

^ I've definitely gotten crankier as I get older. I sometimes act more positive than I am because of it, and expect the same of others sometimes. I realise that I need to be more genuine (otherwise that leads to internal conflict and confusion). My crankiness led me to shouting obscenities at a bicyclist the other day (mind you, he was rude first, and I stand by calling him an a-hole). I was a babe when you got into Floyd (some would say that I still am, or maybe only I would), but I have been listening to Floyd since the late 70s. It was my fave band for years. I like all of its albums up to and including The Wall, but after that I lack much interest. I expect that your lack of appreciation for that which has a lot of Geesin involvement probably says a lot about your general tastes, but also maybe you evaluated it as a long time Floyd fan and had the wrong kind of expectations. I tend to think of it as a Geesin work with PF's involvement.   I don't consider myself to be a generalist prog or rock fan either, and lots of music that Is really lauded at PA does little for me. For instance, to me Close to the Edge is a three star album. I'd generally rather listen to Magma than Yes, to Art Zoyd than Genesis, to Radiohead than to ELP and to Swans and Godspeed You! Black Emperor than to Marillion and IQ... And there's so much I like outside of progressive rock and any kind of rock.

Edited by Logan - June 19 2025 at 15:12

Yeah and prog-wise I'm pretty well stuck in that 1969-79 era - I turned 13 in '69 so prog was the soundtrack to my high school / uni years.

richardh wrote: moshkito wrote: Hi, ATM deserves more love. It is magnificent, and if you don't believe me, go listen to the classical version done by Ron Geesin on the net. It is unreally good, and makes great sense of classical music, instead of some quasi-hip stuff done by some folks that ended up trashing the whole piece, unfairly so ... they got too rich to admit they were kids at one time, and did some far out things. ''ATM'' could be an alternative title for Money I guess

Okay, that made me laugh.

AHM is at best experimental, tho without making that first we may not have had Echoes.