coolpeople_rule
(Winter wonder land) | | Posted: Sep 01, 2010 - 08:34 | |
Anax wrote:Anax wrote:I listened to the LP. I saw the movie. I thought, wrenching though it was, that there was probably some truth to it, like Roger Waters knew what he was talking about, like he'd lived some of it. Then I heard an interview on the radio with him. In response to a question about his own childhood, he said that it was really rather happy.
That cut it. What a crock. I'm listening to this, having my emotions jerked this way and that way, and he had a HAPPY childhood? Screw him. What the f*ck does he know? This is totally contrived.
QueenLucia wrote:So you're condeming him for having a great imagination and expressing too well? I suppose you also think all the great fiction authors in literature are also crocks. On the contrary, his imagination is one dimensional, and he expresses himself like a mallet to the head. This is bad fiction. Isn't it better to just enjoy a song for what it is, a song? |
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romeotuma
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Aug 16, 2010 - 09:49 | |
Awesome... from one of the greatest albums of all time...
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kurtster
(Area code 216) | | Posted: Jul 31, 2010 - 08:39 | |
Anax wrote:Anax wrote:I listened to the LP. I saw the movie. I thought, wrenching though it was, that there was probably some truth to it, like Roger Waters knew what he was talking about, like he'd lived some of it. Then I heard an interview on the radio with him. In response to a question about his own childhood, he said that it was really rather happy.
That cut it. What a crock. I'm listening to this, having my emotions jerked this way and that way, and he had a HAPPY childhood? Screw him. What the f*ck does he know? This is totally contrived.
QueenLucia wrote:So you're condeming him for having a great imagination and expressing too well? I suppose you also think all the great fiction authors in literature are also crocks. On the contrary, his imagination is one dimensional, and he expresses himself like a mallet to the head. This is bad fiction. I was going to say something like perhaps this was another case of you had to be there to get it. Then I checked and saw that you are old enough to have been there. So perhaps you are just thinking too hard. I listen to the music first, then the words. If the music doesn't get me, then the words don't matter, at all. |
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Anax
(Seattle, WA) | | Posted: Jul 27, 2010 - 00:17 | |
Anax wrote:I listened to the LP. I saw the movie. I thought, wrenching though it was, that there was probably some truth to it, like Roger Waters knew what he was talking about, like he'd lived some of it. Then I heard an interview on the radio with him. In response to a question about his own childhood, he said that it was really rather happy.
That cut it. What a crock. I'm listening to this, having my emotions jerked this way and that way, and he had a HAPPY childhood? Screw him. What the f*ck does he know? This is totally contrived.
QueenLucia wrote:So you're condeming him for having a great imagination and expressing too well? I suppose you also think all the great fiction authors in literature are also crocks. On the contrary, his imagination is one dimensional, and he expresses himself like a mallet to the head. This is bad fiction. |
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bachbeet
| | Posted: Jul 15, 2010 - 12:16 | |
Terrific song from a terrific album. I agree that DSOTM was better but that doesn't mean this album was a slouch.
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lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny) | | Posted: Jul 15, 2010 - 12:14 | |
For me, this album didn't stack up after DSOTM, in the day. I see now that it's got some real gems, though. This one in particular. 9
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shawshank
(Maryland) | | Posted: Jun 29, 2010 - 11:06 | |
I picture Tony Hayward of BP singing this song while looking at the Gulf of Mexico.
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rdo
(DC) | | Posted: Jun 13, 2010 - 15:12 | |
snitramc wrote:This album rates up there with some of the greatest - say anything by Britney Spears or that first classic by the Spice Girls. Boring, repetitive, cloying and saccharine. It takes maybe two whole ideas and repeats them endlessly for four whole sides. Yawn. Gotta turn off RP when this dreck comes on. Oh well. There's always CSPAN.
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calypsus_1
| | Posted: May 28, 2010 - 16:45 | |
Roger Waters - Mother, Live:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWoyZixx1l4
"Damn I can't wait to see him in a few months on "Roger Waters The Wall Live Tour"!!! "
"I love Roger Waters facial expressions when he asked the ? "should I trust the Government?", 1:50, The answer is: Hell noo, not ever no matter who is president!!! lol! "
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calypsus_1
| | Posted: May 28, 2010 - 16:28 | |
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snitramc
(earth) | | Posted: May 28, 2010 - 15:23 | |
This album rates up there with some of the greatest - say anything by Britney Spears or that first classic by the Spice Girls. Boring, repetitive, cloying and saccharine. It takes maybe two whole ideas and repeats them endlessly for four whole sides. Yawn. Gotta turn off RP when this dreck comes on. Oh well. There's always CSPAN.
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linzie
| | Posted: May 12, 2010 - 21:02 | |
kinda tough to dislike anything PF does....I'm jaded...
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Ebon_Lupus
(Southern Oregon) | | Posted: May 12, 2010 - 21:01 | |
This whole album is great and so is the movie. I wore out the VHS and got it again on DVD. DVD's are a little harder to ware out, but I'm working on it, anyway.
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romeotuma
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: May 12, 2010 - 20:56 | |
What a great song... incredible...
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On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud) | | Posted: Apr 11, 2010 - 02:46 | |
rp1125 wrote:Having a happy childhood does not preclude you from noticing that most people don't, or that things suck in general. FYI, Pete Townshend was never blind.
 . . . and to the best of my knowledge, Paul Simon was never a boxer, and John Fogerty never "hitched a ride on a riverboat queen". |
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romeotuma
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Mar 26, 2010 - 07:40 | |
TimeWaster wrote:(Not making fun of Romeotuma here) when I say this recorded musical composition is extremely beneficial to the tympanic membranes.
I concur!  This song is brilliant... |
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jersey_birdman
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TimeWaster
(The lower of the two Dakotas) | | Posted: Mar 26, 2010 - 07:36 | |
(Not making fun of Romeotuma here) when I say this recorded musical composition is extremely beneficial to the tympanic membranes.
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Propayne
(Richmond VA) | | Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 12:15 | |
man, tough set of songs; "Mad World" and this...
Love them both tho.
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rp1125
| | Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 12:14 | |
Anax wrote:I listened to the LP. I saw the movie. I thought, wrenching though it was, that there was probably some truth to it, like Roger Waters knew what he was talking about, like he'd lived some of it. Then I heard an interview on the radio with him. In response to a question about his own childhood, he said that it was really rather happy.
That cut it. What a crock. I'm listening to this, having my emotions jerked this way and that way, and he had a HAPPY childhood? Screw him. What the f*ck does he know? This is totally contrived.
Having a happy childhood does not preclude you from noticing that most people don't, or that things suck in general. FYI, Pete Townshend was never blind. |
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QueenLucia
(On the edge and ready to jump) | | Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 12:13 | |
Anax wrote:I listened to the LP. I saw the movie. I thought, wrenching though it was, that there was probably some truth to it, like Roger Waters knew what he was talking about, like he'd lived some of it. Then I heard an interview on the radio with him. In response to a question about his own childhood, he said that it was really rather happy.
That cut it. What a crock. I'm listening to this, having my emotions jerked this way and that way, and he had a HAPPY childhood? Screw him. What the f*ck does he know? This is totally contrived.
So you're condeming him for having a great imagination and expressing too well? I suppose you also think all the great fiction authors in literature are also crocks. |
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samiyam
(Ecotopia West) | | Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 12:13 | |
ubuntourist wrote:Roger Waters: Proof that insanity and genius are siblings. Scary good.
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ubuntourist
(Washington, DC) | | Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 12:11 | |
Roger Waters: Proof that insanity and genius are siblings. Scary good.
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crockydile
(Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way) | | Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 12:11 | |
Worst song on the album. We used to make fun of it in Junior High, the year it came out. Amazing album, with lots of great songs, this isn't one of them, though.
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wildrudi
(NW Germany, Oldenburg) | | Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 12:10 | |
10+12= 28++  |
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romeotuma
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Feb 22, 2010 - 17:50 | |
soooo profound... as good as it was the day it came out...
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Anax
(Seattle, WA) | | Posted: Feb 07, 2010 - 00:23 | |
I listened to the LP. I saw the movie. I thought, wrenching though it was, that there was probably some truth to it, like Roger Waters knew what he was talking about, like he'd lived some of it. Then I heard an interview on the radio with him. In response to a question about his own childhood, he said that it was really rather happy.
That cut it. What a crock. I'm listening to this, having my emotions jerked this way and that way, and he had a HAPPY childhood? Screw him. What the f*ck does he know? This is totally contrived.
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h8rhater
| | Posted: Jan 22, 2010 - 07:46 | |
peter_james_bond wrote:
I guess the people who cry all day, the people who are huddled in fear in their homes, the people who take their own lives, or the people who kill themselves and their families; they just should simply pull themselves up by their bootstraps, put on a happy face and get on with their lives, right Fred? Come on mate, it's that dismissive attitude that you need to get over. Mental illness is a crippling disease that often has disastrous consequences.
Trust me... Fred knows about mental illness. |
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shawshank
(Maryland) | | Posted: Jan 22, 2010 - 07:43 | |
reindeer wrote:I hate this song. Depressing and horrible. Ugh.
Then you need to build the wall, man! |
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Felix_The_Cat
(Buenos Aires, Argentina) | | Posted: Jan 22, 2010 - 07:42 | |
shawshank wrote:mother should I trust the government?  LOL, that's a good one, uh? |
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