Songs on Meddle that aren't Echoes
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Topic: Songs on Meddle that aren't Echoes
Posted By: Elderflower Man
Subject: Songs on Meddle that aren't Echoes
Date Posted: November 17 2010 at 15:39
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Okay, so I just stuck this album on, and I was inspired to make a simple poll asking about all of the songs. But then I realized that Echoes would obviously dominate, and for good reason. So I decided to omit the Floyd's third-longest song. Which is your favourite, PA? For me, it's One Of These Days. It may involve only a single bass note, but it rocks hard. Of course, if you actually prefer your choice to Echoes, do say so. I'm interested to see that as well.
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Posted By: friso
Date Posted: November 17 2010 at 15:47
| A Pillow of Winds |
Posted By: Adams Bolero
Date Posted: November 17 2010 at 15:52
Fearless. I wonder will San Tropez get any votes ------------- ''Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.'' - Albert Camus |
Posted By: The Sleepwalker
Date Posted: November 17 2010 at 15:53
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A Pillow Of Winds, which I consider to be a beautiful and perhaps overlooked song. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mushroom Sword
Date Posted: November 17 2010 at 15:55
What!? From wikipedia: ..."and features http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubletracking - double-tracked http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_guitar - bass guitars played by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gilmour - David Gilmour and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Waters - Roger Waters . Waters' bass is panned hard left with Gilmour's fading into the right channel." Also, I voted for the same song. |
Elderflower Man wrote:Posted By: Bonnek
Date Posted: November 17 2010 at 16:02
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One of these days for sure, but also Pillow of Winds is perfect. Saint Tropez is the one to skip. |
Posted By: Elderflower Man
Date Posted: November 17 2010 at 16:03
Well, it is a thoroughly layered bass note played many times, but it's still one note. ...Wait, they do switch to another note briefly. That's still only two notes! Not that the song isn't still amazing- if anything, the fact that they made something as awesome as One Of These Days using just two notes on the bass makes it even more awesome. ------------- All your hearts now seem so far from me, It hardly seems to matter now. |
Posted By: yanch
Date Posted: November 17 2010 at 16:31
| One of These Days, but Pillow gets a shout out! |
Posted By: Roland113
Date Posted: November 17 2010 at 16:33
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One of These Days. Today, it would have gotten my vote even if Echoes had been an option, though that would be subject to change.
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Posted By: tdfloyd
Date Posted: November 17 2010 at 19:21
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Meddle in order
Echoes
One of these days
seamus
san tropez
fearless
a pillow of winds
Echoes and One of these days are fantastic.
Seamus and San Tropez are fun songs. Good for what they are.
fearless is OK and a pillow of winds is a skip. Don't like DG's guitar on that song. About the only song in their canon that I can say that. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: November 17 2010 at 19:42
| Fearless, though all are close, Meddle is one of my absolute faves. |
Posted By: Neue regel
Date Posted: November 17 2010 at 20:12
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St Tropez and Seamus are nice lil filler tracks.
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Posted By: Lark the Starless
Date Posted: November 17 2010 at 20:14
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I'll go with Fearless ------------- 
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: November 17 2010 at 20:19
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My periodic craving for Pillow of Winds is usually the only reason I play Meddle.
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: November 17 2010 at 21:15
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Definitely One of These Days. The rest is basically filler, as far as I'm concerned.
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Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: November 17 2010 at 21:25
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Seamus the dog with zero votes, ouch.
I absolutely adore the song One Of These Days, the rest to me seem to be kind of average PF. ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: Lozlan
Date Posted: November 17 2010 at 22:00
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Definitely One Of These Days. I've always had a very complicated relationship with Meddle...OoTD and Echoes are pure, unadulterated genius, but everything else feels extraneous. Pillow of Winds is a pretty decent track, but Fearless is - easily - my least favorite Floyd track of all time. It does less than nothing for me. As for Seamus and San Tropez...they don't feel like dedicated songs. A little filler, fleshing out an album that should have been composed of three tracks. C'mon. They could totally have stretched One Of These Days into a side-long track... ------------- Certified Obscure Prog Fart. http://scottjcouturier.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow - The Loose Palace of Exile - My first novel, The Mask of Tamrel, now available on Amazon and Kindle |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: November 17 2010 at 22:06
not anymore! Love it! ------------- |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: November 17 2010 at 22:11
| One of these days was bound to win this poll from the beginning; that's my vote by the way. For me this and Echoes are the only great songs on this album, but A Pillow of Winds and Fearless are somewhat OK for me too. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: November 17 2010 at 23:04
| Without a doubt Pillow of Winds |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: November 18 2010 at 02:52
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One of the first three. I voted for Fearless. ------------- 
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Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: November 18 2010 at 04:58
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A Pillow Of Winds. ------------- 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: November 18 2010 at 05:06
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One Of These Days. For many reasons. One being that really thudding drumming that appears in it. Just before Mason starts regular drumming. Thats also a good bit. A tune full of good bits actually. And nothing else by Floyd quite like it. A moment of genius. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: November 18 2010 at 05:15
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Meddle to me is One of These Days, Echoes and the four middle tracks that are very meh. ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=42652" rel="nofollow - It's on PA! 
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Posted By: Roland113
Date Posted: November 18 2010 at 07:18
Ok, I based on your current avatar Finnforest, I would like to submit to the general population that when you include a picture of someone as your avatar or in your signature, you should also include, somewhere in there who is in the picture. Who is the red headed singer...umm...her music intrigues me. ------------- -------someone please tell him to delete this line, he looks like a noob------- I don't have an unnatural obsession with Disney Princesses, I have a fourteen year old daughter and coping mechanisms. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 18 2010 at 07:30
| Fearless |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: November 18 2010 at 07:31
Simone Simons - Epica ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: thehallway
Date Posted: November 18 2010 at 10:38
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One of These Days has two bass notes - B and A ------------- http://www.thefreshfilmblog.com/" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: Mr. Maestro
Date Posted: November 18 2010 at 12:03
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"A Pillow of Winds" is beautiful, but not entirely to my liking. "Fearless" is equally nice, but drags on a little too long. "San Troupez" I actually find rather pleasant. "Seamus" is the only song on the album that's downright lousy.
But "One of These Days" is a truly great song, and one of the best album-opening tracks in prog history. ------------- "I am the one who crossed through space...or stayed where I was...or didn't exist in the first place...." |
Posted By: Mr. Maestro
Date Posted: November 18 2010 at 12:04
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EDIT: Whoops, double post. My computer's acting funny. ------------- "I am the one who crossed through space...or stayed where I was...or didn't exist in the first place...." |
Posted By: Elderflower Man
Date Posted: November 18 2010 at 12:08
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Yeah, I like me some San Tropez. It's a nice song, with some of that gorgeous jazz in there that I like to indulge in. Seamus is just meh for me, really. I suppose it's nice to wind down with, especially in preparation for Echoes. ------------- All your hearts now seem so far from me, It hardly seems to matter now. |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: November 18 2010 at 12:48
| One of these days. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: November 18 2010 at 13:10
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A Pillow of winds. Beautiful. One of my favorite Floyd songs. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: November 18 2010 at 13:18
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One of these Days - Crank it Up ! ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: The Wrinkler
Date Posted: November 18 2010 at 14:25
| Now, I like Pillow of Winds. But before it would have been Fearless. |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: November 18 2010 at 14:29
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A Pillow of Winds. Everything just blends together perfectly. I'm at peace with mysefl when that song's on. One of These Days is a hot contender though. That was a favorite for many years, but it's worn out its welcome a little. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: November 18 2010 at 14:30
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Awright, who's the wise guy who voted for Seamus? ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: claugroi
Date Posted: November 18 2010 at 20:55
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Echoes is obviously the best song on the album, but apart from it, I like Fearless very much, followed by One of These Days... ------------- Symphonic Prog Master |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: November 18 2010 at 21:03
ME ------------- |
Posted By: zbida
Date Posted: November 19 2010 at 01:41
| One Of These Songs. |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: November 19 2010 at 01:57
They're all great. Especially St. Tropez and Seamus. ------------- |
Posted By: nordwind
Date Posted: November 22 2010 at 19:55
"One of These Days" hands down ! A Floyd classic on any album !  ------------- Jazz isn't dead.......it just smells funny. Frank Zappa / Live in New York |
Posted By: Pang Chi Nam
Date Posted: November 22 2010 at 21:08
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While I wasn't allowed to vote in this poll, I do want to add my input. It is a tie between One of theses days...I & Seamus. I would be very hard pressed to pick one over the other.
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Posted By: Pawn Heart
Date Posted: January 01 2011 at 08:29
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A Pillow Of Winds, great.
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: January 01 2011 at 08:38
Going by the poll the album gets progressively worse until Echoes.  ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: ThinLizzy
Date Posted: January 01 2011 at 17:19
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A Pillow Of Winds. Gilmour's voice is so beautiful. ------------- And then one day you find Ten years have got behind you No one told you when to run You missed the starting gun |
Posted By: Lozlan
Date Posted: January 01 2011 at 20:59
I very vividly remember the first time I listened to this album. Started off perfect, became a little less perfect, then a lot less perfect. Thankfully this was one of the final Floyd albums I picked up, otherwise it might have put me off the band. Now I just assume that Echoes was a monumental undertaking that consumed the band's creativity, leaving some less-than-polished dregs to round out the tracklist. Although all of the tracks have grown on me considerably over the years, except for Fearless. My least favorite Floyd track, even taking into account the stuff on The Final Cut. EDIT: Just realized I included the anti-Fearless ramble in my first post. Siento. ------------- Certified Obscure Prog Fart. http://scottjcouturier.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow - The Loose Palace of Exile - My first novel, The Mask of Tamrel, now available on Amazon and Kindle |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 01 2011 at 21:18
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Do you really find "Fearless" to be a worse song than "Several Species of small furry animals gathered together in a Cave and grooving with a Pict"? |
Posted By: Mastosis
Date Posted: January 01 2011 at 23:21
| Fearless, followed very closely by One of These Days. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: January 01 2011 at 23:30
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One Of These Days ------------- 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: Lozlan
Date Posted: January 01 2011 at 23:38
At least the latter amuses me. In all seriousness, I don't think Fearless is a terrible song. I just think that, for one reason or another, it completely fails to engage me in any way. These things happen from time to time. ------------- Certified Obscure Prog Fart. http://scottjcouturier.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow - The Loose Palace of Exile - My first novel, The Mask of Tamrel, now available on Amazon and Kindle |
Posted By: Lozlan
Date Posted: January 01 2011 at 23:42
Besides, SSoSFAGTiaCaGwaP isn't Pink Floyd. It's just Roger Waters being a dink. ------------- Certified Obscure Prog Fart. http://scottjcouturier.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow - The Loose Palace of Exile - My first novel, The Mask of Tamrel, now available on Amazon and Kindle |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 02 2011 at 22:53
| ^ Well... that may be true. |
Posted By: Harold-The-Barrel
Date Posted: January 06 2011 at 12:16
Fearless...although I do hate the "Youll never walk alone" outro, just reminds me of Liverpool FC
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