 Dark Side Of The Moon (1992) [ larger cover art ] |
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Ticking away, the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way
Tired of lying in the sunshine, staying home to watch the rain
You are young and life is long, and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find, ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking
And racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over, thought I'd something more to say
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Home, home again
I like to be here when I can
When I come home cold and tired[[#Notes|1]]
It's good to warm my bones beside the fire
Far away across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spells
| coloradojohn (A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver) | Posted: Jun 17, 2013 - 19:12 All RIGHT! Every time, it's 1979 again, my buddy Mike and I are slouched in the seat of my cherry old Cutlass, the 8-track is on its 2nd loop around, the beers are almost gone, the bag lies like a dead rag in the Frisbee, nearly emptied by the binge we've been on since we first put the thing in...we are testing Weed as an atmosphere...and by the way, what the hell, should we let it flip again? and we don't move, because there is after all no need to make any kind of conscious decision; there is no pressing need to do anything at all but listen, dig it. |
| ckcotton (Adding snarky comments since 2007) | Posted: Jun 11, 2013 - 14:59 Stingray wrote: Fourty-eight 1's can't lie! And 50 MILLION buyers must be? Your clearly in the tiny minority.... |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Jun 11, 2013 - 14:57 I'm not gonna lie... I ate some serious mushrooms to this LP when I was younger. I've changed my ways.... |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Jun 11, 2013 - 14:54 Bravo!!!!  |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Jun 11, 2013 - 14:52 Special in 1971 Special in 2013 |
| ckcotton (Adding snarky comments since 2007) | Posted: Jun 11, 2013 - 14:51 Clearly not alone in rating this a 10.... NEVER EVER gets old |
| planet_lizard (Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy) | Posted: Jun 11, 2013 - 14:50 Portishead — Glory Box Henry Mancini & His Orchestra — The Pink Panther Theme Pink Floyd — Time
Three 10s in a row. And where else would these tracks be played back to back? Bill, you're a legend. |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Jun 11, 2013 - 14:49 love it... from one of the top ten albums of all time... always will be... |
| Boy_Wonder (Bath, back in the UK) | Posted: Jun 10, 2013 - 15:26 jsclarke wrote: That woman at the end is AMAZING. I'm guessing she's black- with a voice that reaches to the heavens! Still loving this 40 years later. Wrong guess....  |
| Boy_Wonder (Bath, back in the UK) | Posted: Jun 10, 2013 - 15:24  |
| nikki54 | Posted: Jun 06, 2013 - 10:48 wish I had gone to Vancouver B.C. in '94 when they were touring; I told myself I would go next time they toured; they never have since. I sure regret that but, I love the live dvd coverage of that tour from Earls Court; it is even better live When this first came out we would drive around in a graveyard and listen to the 8-track; strange I know |
| scrubbrush (All lost in the supermarket) | Posted: Jun 06, 2013 - 10:44 I turned the bells into the 'alarm' sound on my iphone. it's perfect, like this song. The intro drumming is so incredible it gives me goosebumps every time. |
| fuzzy (GWN) | Posted: May 05, 2013 - 15:07 Gajdzin wrote: You can't be serious... OR you haven't listened to a GOOD pressing of the Dark Side of the Moon on a good and correctly set up record player, in a dark room. Marcin Bruczkowski www.marcin.bruczkowski.com uhm...if it really sounded much better on a good and correctly set up record player, you wouldn't need a dark room. |
| ziakut (Slightly North of Obvlivion) | Posted: May 05, 2013 - 15:05 Here we go again! |
| fuzzy (GWN) | Posted: May 05, 2013 - 15:05 amoreena wrote:  BUMP! Edit: My fave PF song. The older i get, the closer to home it hits.  |
| Gajdzin (Warsaw, Poland) | Posted: Apr 04, 2013 - 12:38 msymmes wrote: Better than vinyl. You can't be serious... OR you haven't listened to a GOOD pressing of the Dark Side of the Moon on a good and correctly set up record player, in a dark room. Marcin Bruczkowski www.marcin.bruczkowski.com |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Apr 04, 2013 - 11:22 big stud Romeo Tuma wrote: Yes, this song is absolutely marvelous... it is from one of the best albums ever... time flies when we're having fun... amor fati... |
| wrangler (swamps of jersey) | Posted: Mar 15, 2013 - 05:15 just what's needed this morning. happy friday, y'all  |
| hallogallo (Raleigh, NC) | Posted: Feb 05, 2013 - 19:13 "Time + The Great Gig In The Sky" = sublime |
| richardgold | Posted: Feb 05, 2013 - 19:09 Correction .. not "saw" them live. "Heard" them live in Hyde Park London at midnight during Live8.. wasn't a fan before. But as said. if you wnat to feel what is like to have heaven looking down at you... try it.. long may they live. R |
| richardgold | Posted: Feb 05, 2013 - 19:04 Saw them live in 2008. have you ever been at the center of the Universe? R |
| davecool | Posted: Jan 31, 2013 - 16:11 85% 9/10, 2% 1. Nuff said. |
| jt1 | Posted: Jan 27, 2013 - 13:08 msymmes wrote: 10+ BTW. Listening using a RaspberryPi Linux system for $35 but plugged into a big HiFi thru a nice DAC. The RP feed is fantastic quality! Better than vinyl. I've got to admit, that is a cool use for for a RasberryPi. You've started me wondering how cheap you could go on the digital part of the h/w to receive RP (or any inferior internet radio stations if that floats your boat) without losing any of the data. You've set an interesting challenge at $35. ..back to the music, and yes, a classic, though for me it sounds best listening to the album as a whole rather than extracting idividual tracks. |
| msymmes (Toronto, CA) | Posted: Jan 11, 2013 - 12:08 10+ BTW. Listening using a RaspberryPi Linux system for $35 but plugged into a big HiFi thru a nice DAC. The RP feed is fantastic quality! Better than vinyl. |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Jan 05, 2013 - 10:40  |
| trailhub (St Louis) | Posted: Dec 31, 2012 - 08:00 Of course we've heard it too many times, but that does not diminish its awesomeness in the least. Cue the munchkins... |
| bluecshells | Posted: Dec 31, 2012 - 07:59 CLARE TORRY |
| palace (Far from heaven) | Posted: Dec 11, 2012 - 03:08 sub-arctic wrote: Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man. The Dude minds, man! |
| sub-arctic (63°50' N) | Posted: Dec 05, 2012 - 01:50 Stingray wrote: What I think - seriously! - is: "how close to being disgusting this shabby Synthie-cream" is. No pepper, no salt - neither fish nor flesh! Instead ummagumma-blubber for codein-freaks, candle- and Patschuli lovers! Music for the latest "Kuschelrock-23" CD - as if the past 40 years had never existed! UNHEARABLE in my opinion! Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man. |
| Jörg_Asmussen | Posted: Nov 09, 2012 - 18:48 Stingray wrote: Fourty-eight 1's can't lie! Goddammit thank you Stingray ... I didn't notice them at all !!! |
| zigzag | Posted: Nov 09, 2012 - 18:45 Stingray wrote: THIS BORING SYNTHIE-SOUP IS UNDIGESTABLE! NIGHTMARISHLY BAD (as already was in the 70's). FLOYD without Barret is a joke! Fourty-eight 1's can't lie! Waiting for a brass-, or skiffle version of the entire album!
DEFINITELY Mom+Pap-Rock! Pap = http://www.ultimatemotorcycling.com/files/2010-pink-floyd-drummer-rides-suzuki-bandit%205.jpg Odd that some people can't distinguish "synthie" music from drums, bass, guitar and electric piano. Ahh music - it's not for everyone. |
| jsclarke (Aliso Viejo, CA) | Posted: Nov 03, 2012 - 17:41 That woman at the end is AMAZING. I'm guessing she's black- with a voice that reaches to the heavens! Still loving this 40 years later. |
| jmsmy (Music Town, Klein, Texas) | Posted: Nov 03, 2012 - 17:38 I love TDSOTM - but I have a very bad COLD. The last thing I want to hear is Alan Parsons clock experiment in Quadraphonic Sound. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Oct 09, 2012 - 10:10 as good as it gets in infinity... just think of it in terms of eternal return... love it... |
| Stingray | Posted: Oct 09, 2012 - 10:09 jbro wrote: This is what I think about when I think "rock music." Undeniably classic. What I think - seriously! - is: "how close to being disgusting this shabby Synthie-cream" is. No pepper, no salt - neither fish nor flesh! Instead ummagumma-blubber for codein-freaks, candle- and Patschuli lovers! Music for the latest "Kuschelrock-23" CD - as if the past 40 years had never existed! UNHEARABLE in my opinion! |
| jbro | Posted: Oct 09, 2012 - 09:56 This is what I think about when I think "rock music." Undeniably classic. |
| DanO-1 (Over a mile high, New Mexico) | Posted: Oct 09, 2012 - 09:54 thais wrote: 46 votes for "1"?!?!?!?!  only can be: - they are just kidding - they are not from this planet - they made a mistake on choosing "10"... - sharing their IQ with RP |
| Stingray | Posted: Oct 09, 2012 - 09:52 THIS BORING SYNTHIE-SOUP IS UNDIGESTABLE! NIGHTMARISHLY BAD (as already was in the 70's). FLOYD without Barret is a joke! Fourty-eight 1's can't lie! Waiting for a brass-, or skiffle version of the entire album!
DEFINITELY Mom+Pap-Rock! Pap = http://www.ultimatemotorcycling.com/files/2010-pink-floyd-drummer-rides-suzuki-bandit%205.jpg |
| rockpommel16 (rockpommel´s land...near the netherlands) | Posted: Oct 09, 2012 - 09:50  |
| rockpommel16 (rockpommel´s land...near the netherlands) | Posted: Oct 09, 2012 - 09:49 Stingray wrote: No comment, but "1" ....you poor soul........praying for you....  ........ |
| blotto (127.0.0.1) | Posted: Oct 09, 2012 - 09:49 Never gets old. |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Oct 09, 2012 - 09:49 amoreena wrote: |
| Paul_Skybreakers (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) | Posted: Oct 03, 2012 - 08:40 Stingray wrote: No comment, but "1" don't comment then! 9 |
| Stingray | Posted: Oct 03, 2012 - 08:38 No comment, but "1" |
| max_p | Posted: Oct 03, 2012 - 08:33 Misterfixit wrote: This one and The Chambers Brothers really make Time Fly! Most of us are staring down 40 years on this one. and the Sun is the same in a relative way |
| Misterfixit (Nashville) | Posted: Oct 03, 2012 - 08:28 This one and The Chambers Brothers really make Time Fly! |
| ziakut (Right Here) | Posted: Sep 07, 2012 - 20:30 Sasha2001 wrote: ziakut, you do some of the best snark here. But honestly, if I'm ever going to be at an orgy, I hope it lasts longer than an hour. Aw shucks! :) Got to say...I agree with you on that one. I like the way you put that...almost as if it's going on a 'to do' list. Makes me laugh. |
| lkovathana (Chicago, Illinois) | Posted: Sep 01, 2012 - 19:28 I think Bill is playing his "what I would put in a time capsule for the aliens" series. First the Pink Panther theme, and now this. Ya, they poisoned their planet, treated their women like dogs, and made war every chance they could get, but they had some good tunes. Now put that capsule back before your hands burn off. |
| Netto (Khimki, Russia) | Posted: Aug 27, 2012 - 14:58 Часики! My favorite track from that album many-many years ago, when i was а child. |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Aug 07, 2012 - 08:48 Bosami wrote: It is truly - arguably one of the greatest guitar solos of all time - (in my book.) Never mind how simple it may or may not be (bending strings to perfect pitch is as much an art as it is a technical excercise) - the key is how there is no clutter or random filler. Each and every note drives the song and accents the material. Sheer brilliance. As much as I am tired of hearing this tune and prone to changing the channel whenever I hear the opening notes, I do agree that the guitar solo is quite tasty and inspired. |