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RPWL — Masters Of War
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Krispian
(Sydney, Australia)
Posted: Dec 20, 2010 - 16:54
 
I admire Dylan and think Pink Floyd were genius. I also admire literary classics and think zombies are kinda cool. This does NOT mean  "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" was a good idea.


roulleau
Posted: Dec 20, 2010 - 16:44
 
This only gets a 2 because it's a godawful cover of a great song, so I didn't feel like a 1 would tell the whole story.

Then again, covering a great song badly might be even more reason to lose points.

bluedot
(Long Beach, CA)
Posted: Nov 18, 2010 - 22:48
 
Dang...did I just hear Auto-tune on "Masters of War?" Not sure...just walked into the room at the end of it...if so, OUCH!

kcar
Posted: Nov 18, 2010 - 22:44
 
 crisssi wrote:
Great song. Lousy cover {#Stupid}

They should stick to PF.
 

Yeah. I've never heard of this band but apparently they do Pink Floyd covers. That shtick doesn't work for this song—it feels pompous and overblown. 

It's pretty hard to top the early Dylan when it comes to a song like this.  


Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Oct 18, 2010 - 06:42
 
 fossphur wrote:
I had the exact same thing just now. I wasn't really listening then that guitar stood out! Just goes to show Gilmour has some very recognisable (and copyable) playing habits.
 lsfeder wrote:
I totally thought this was david gilmore and had to check... guess I was wrong.  (is that good or bad, not sure)
 
 

Well, RPWL are essentially a Pink Floyd cover band.


mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Oct 18, 2010 - 06:42
 
...i could listen to these guys do dylan by way of floyd all day long...

{#Meditate}

fossphur
Posted: Sep 16, 2010 - 12:24
 
I had the exact same thing just now. I wasn't really listening then that guitar stood out! Just goes to show Gilmour has some very recognisable (and copyable) playing habits.
 lsfeder wrote:
I totally thought this was david gilmore and had to check... guess I was wrong.  (is that good or bad, not sure)
 



lsfeder
(At the wheel of a Benzo)
Posted: Sep 16, 2010 - 12:21
 
I totally thought this was david gilmore and had to check... guess I was wrong.  (is that good or bad, not sure)

crisssi
(North by Northwest)
Posted: Aug 15, 2010 - 12:39
 
Great song. Lousy cover {#Stupid}

They should stick to PF.


Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California)
Posted: Aug 15, 2010 - 11:37
 
Neat to think that this is Nottamun Town—-an olde English tune. (I think on Fairport "What We Did on Our Holidays."

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Aug 01, 2010 - 11:44
 

Bob Dylan's angst about war meets Pink Floyd's unique prog-rock sound meets some very talented, tight musicians meets some decent writing meets some great production values.

 

I hear much to like.

 

If I was on the receiving end of PF royalties, I would feel flattered.



scrubbrush
Posted: Jul 14, 2010 - 14:04
 

RPWL is to Pink Floyd as Kingdom Come was to Led Zeppelin; they both have enough talent to do first rate imitations with (often) orignal songs that will ocassionally pass as songs by the original artists in their declining years




More_Cowbell
(Northern IL)
Posted: Jul 14, 2010 - 14:03
 
Gilmour sounds good here

lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny)
Posted: Jul 14, 2010 - 14:01
 
 Susan_Ssun wrote:
I have to say I really dislike this version of a well written Dylan song.  It's kinda like taking a perfect grape off the vine and smothering it in gobs and gobs of peanut butter.
 
I'm not usually one to say that covers are pointless. But this one is really weird, up there with the Reggae version of "Country Road" Bill plays.


chadlymn
(Apple Valley, MN)
Posted: Jul 14, 2010 - 14:01
 
 Tippster wrote:
Division Bell - era Floyd knockoff?  Meh.
 

Thought the same thing.  Not bad though!!

Tippster
(Washington, DC)
Posted: Jun 30, 2010 - 14:41
 
Division Bell - era Floyd knockoff?  Meh.

GT66
Posted: Jun 30, 2010 - 14:40
 
 Ebon_Lupus wrote:
Ho Hum... about how I felt about Pink Floyd post Waters. I stopped listening to it.
 
Agreed, post Waters Floyd just couldn't hold a candle.


V12Silly
(It's not about the bike, it's about the basket that carries the beer.)
Posted: Jun 30, 2010 - 14:37
 
Sounds like the last Genesis album to me.   ( i know...)


mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Jun 30, 2010 - 14:37
 
 januismer wrote:
RPWL owes PF some $$$.
 

...and they've paid it - RPWL started as a pink floyd cover band, but have since moved on to original material, this particular dylan cover notwithstanding...

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Jun 12, 2010 - 17:29
 
 januismer wrote:
RPWL owes PF some $$$.
 
No they don't.


Umberdog
(Southern Oregon)
Posted: May 11, 2010 - 23:30
 
Ho Hum... about how I felt about Pink Floyd post Waters. I stopped listening to it.

Sjaaks
(Horst, Netherlands)
Posted: Apr 28, 2010 - 02:08
 
The song in itself i'd say an easy 8.

The fact that it sounds exactly like Gilmour's Pink Floyd period, an easy 4.

That would make a 6 then.... Oh well...

januismer
(SW Michigan)
Posted: Apr 10, 2010 - 05:37
 
RPWL owes PF some $$$.

Susan_Ssun
Posted: Mar 27, 2010 - 10:56
 
I have to say I really dislike this version of a well written Dylan song.  It's kinda like taking a perfect grape off the vine and smothering it in gobs and gobs of peanut butter.

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Mar 27, 2010 - 10:55
 
 nigelr wrote:
Interesting rendition from this German prog band.
 
Agreed.  Nicely done.  Moody, ambient, there's much to like.


Jungle_Jim
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Mar 09, 2010 - 15:14
 
Are you trying to tell me that Dave Gilmour is not involved in this track? Wow what an impersonation.

sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia)
Posted: Mar 09, 2010 - 15:05
 
 Akaiila wrote:
Wow - this one seems to generate very strong opinions, which on the strength of the track surprises me - I was going to go for a "kind of liking this" but evidently that's not strong enough for this company... Oh well, if you ask me taking Dylan's songwriting and getting someone else to sing it is nearly always a huge improvement, and I like Floyd...

If it walks like a Floyd, talks like a Floyd, even quacks like a Floyd... can it aspire to Pinkness? 
 

Yea, but as stated below in this thread there is a HUUUUUUUUUUUUGE difference between classic early Floyd and the stuff they did after Waters departure. I think this songs sounds like the latter Floyd which is not really a compliment.{#No}

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Mar 09, 2010 - 15:03
 
Floydish, bombastic on occasion.  I like.  Keep playing it.  

mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Mar 09, 2010 - 15:00
 
...i was disappointed to learn that this is a dylan cover, not because i have any less respect for dylan, but because i was expecting more from the rest of this RPWL album than it delivered...


ncollingridge
(Knebworth, UK)
Posted: Feb 06, 2010 - 02:51
 
 keller1 wrote:


To paraphrase Otto in A Fish Called Wanda:  "Jesus, you Brits have a way with words."
 
Why thank you, kind sir!

Akaiila
(London, UK)
Posted: Jan 23, 2010 - 10:56
 
Wow - this one seems to generate very strong opinions, which on the strength of the track surprises me - I was going to go for a "kind of liking this" but evidently that's not strong enough for this company... Oh well, if you ask me taking Dylan's songwriting and getting someone else to sing it is nearly always a huge improvement, and I like Floyd...

If it walks like a Floyd, talks like a Floyd, even quacks like a Floyd... can it aspire to Pinkness? 

adroc
(T dot O dot)
Posted: Jan 19, 2010 - 10:36
 
An awful version of a great song.

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Jan 19, 2010 - 10:34
 
Is that "Eminence Front" that I hear in the background? 

Stefen
(West Hollywood, CA)
Posted: Jan 19, 2010 - 10:33
 
The band's name comes from the first letters of the original four members; Phil Paul Rissettio, Chris Postl, Karlheinz Wallner, and Yogi Lang.

ambrebalte
(Beijing)
Posted: Jan 19, 2010 - 10:32
 
The band was formed in 1997 in Freising, Germany<1> as a Pink Floyd cover band. ...
After three years they started to make their own music based on their influences from their cover band era.
source wikipedia

I like your comment keller1 {#Roflol}

jagdriver
(Just a tad south of Paradise)
Posted: Jan 19, 2010 - 10:29
 
 ncollingridge wrote:
Sorry, but this is just turgid dross.
 
Blimey!    {#Arrowu}

{#Music}  (What nice turgid dross it is!)



keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby)
Posted: Jan 05, 2010 - 16:35
 
 ncollingridge wrote:
Sorry, but this is just turgid dross.
 

To paraphrase Otto in A Fish Called Wanda:  "Jesus, you Brits have a way with words."


sandymac2010
(Am I there yet?)
Posted: Jan 05, 2010 - 16:14
 
How did this band get away with it?  Somebody sat on the copier.

faust13
(SoCal, USA)
Posted: Jan 05, 2010 - 16:12
 
I guess I'm not the only who think this sounds like Pink Floyd... I'm thinking Momentarily Lapse of Reason, Final Cut... On the other hand, anything that sounds like Floyd sounds good to me.

seejay54
Posted: Jan 05, 2010 - 16:12
 
It really is Floyd circa 1987 — totally dull. 

Jamunca
(Asheville, NC)
Posted: Jan 05, 2010 - 16:09
 
...on the turning away... oh wait, wrong song.

bkrontz
(Times Square)
Posted: Nov 21, 2009 - 14:22
 

This is terrible... They take bits and pieces of Floyd tunes and call this their own... lacks any kind of creativity... so many shades of wrong.



sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia)
Posted: Nov 18, 2009 - 15:44
 
 ncollingridge wrote:
And to people comparing it to Pink Floyd I just want to make it very clear that late period PF (by which I mean post Wish You Were Here, which itself was only just the right side of the line) should never be confused with the earlier stuff. They are almost two bands, at least in musical style, with the later stuff having none of the delicacy of touch of the earlier period.
 

Boy, talk about stating the obvious!!{#Lol} I don't think there are many who do not make that vast distinction!{#No}

ncollingridge
(Knebworth, UK)
Posted: Nov 17, 2009 - 14:53
 
And to people comparing it to Pink Floyd I just want to make it very clear that late period PF (by which I mean post Wish You Were Here, which itself was only just the right side of the line) should never be confused with the earlier stuff. They are almost two bands, at least in musical style, with the later stuff having none of the delicacy of touch of the earlier period.

ncollingridge
(Knebworth, UK)
Posted: Nov 17, 2009 - 14:49
 
Sorry, but this is just turgid dross.

lysisphere
Posted: Nov 17, 2009 - 14:44
 
3 parts Pink Floyd + 1 part Shiny Toy Guns


4Finger
Posted: Nov 17, 2009 - 14:42
 

Jesus, be MORE floydish hahahaha



sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia)
Posted: Nov 17, 2009 - 14:42
 
This sounds like recent Floyd and that is not a compliment!{#Puke}Somewhere Dylan is spinning in his grave!{#Wink}

EssexTex
(Gitche Gumee)
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 04:18
 
Trickyricky wrote:
Hey, some body is trying. I would like to hear the lyrics in German. German is the best hard rock language

Yeah Rammstein rock


ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Sep 15, 2009 - 14:11
 
Derivative can be good...

But even if I'd never heard of Dylan or Floyd, I'm not sure I'd dig this one.  I think maybe it's the vocals - way too much signal effect on them?