First off, I'm a HUGE Pink Floyd fan. My favs from them are:
Dark Side of the Moon (of course)
The Wall (amazing)
The Final Cut (great)
Is there anybody out there - The Wall live (as amazing as the original)
Now I've recently bought "A Momentary Lapse of Reason", the first post-Roger Waters realese from the band. Before I've herd various comments about it, most of them criticizing the band, mostly David Gilmour the guitar player, for "cashing in on the 'Pink Floyd' name without it's resident genius Roger Waters.
My opinion is that it may not be a Waters-based album as The Wall and The Final Cut but it marks a much welcomed return to the old PF sound prior to Animals and The Wall. And songs like Learning to Fly, Sorrow, and especally On the Turning Away displays Gilmour's great voice and guitar playing. After all, if it wasn't for these to acompany Waters' lyrical vision, songs like Money, Another Brick in the Wall (Pt. 2), and my fav, Comfortably Numb would never gain notice
2007-06-20 15:09:45 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Other - Music
What are your opinons on the album?
2007-06-20 15:23:33 · update #1
As an overall album I think it is decent, but it has some great tracks on it. I do think that The Divisionbell is a much better overall post Waters album.
You seem to be a big fan of Rog, that is cool, my brother just saw him in Tampa and said it was the best show he has seen. I tend to like the stuff where they tended to collaborate more on the albums. From Animals up to The Final Cut Rog seemed to take over the writhing a little more.
My absolute favorite albums are:
Ummagumma Live Album
Atom Heart Mother
Obscured by Clouds
Meddle
Just my 2 Cents:
I think the band had every right to tour as Pink Floyd once Rog left. Just because he decided to stop the band doesn't mean that the rest of the members had to. It was ugly, and Pink Floyd definately seemed to lack something but I think that they still put out a good product, and had every right to do so as The Pink Floyd.
2007-06-21 02:28:12 · answer #1 · answered by Hoochie Coochie Man 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
okay, im not criticizing DavidGilmour, but he SUED for the rights over pink floyd's name. Roger Waters had every right to declare the band defunct, They had reigned supreme for 20 years ever since 1965 when Syd Barrett, Roger Waters and Bob Klose formed the band in London. Nothing good came out of the post Waters era except for one or two singles. The whole Division Bell album gave me violent thoughts just listening to it. What right does Gilmour have for criticizing Waters after 20 years of providing awesome lyrics, political (Sheep, The Final Cut), beautiful (Meddle album, WYWH), and eerie (The Wall). Gilmour had to get outside help for lyrics. True greats don't act like that. He is a great guitar player, but that didn't help Pink FLoyd much after Waters left
2007-06-20 15:21:50 · answer #2 · answered by tribute_13 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I personally love it. Learning to Fly is just amazing, and On the Turning Away gives me goose bumps every time. And no matter how much Roger Waters was the heart of the band, David Gilmour made huge contributions to Floyd and he made that distinct Floyd sound. I personally don't see such a hug gap between this album and older Floyds, such as Fearless.
and if you love Momentary Lapse, you'll love the Division Bell.
2007-06-21 12:57:31 · answer #3 · answered by meep meep 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Personally Pink Floyd rocks. None of their works are bad in any way they never went pop but would always have a song that would go on the air. The album is great.
2007-06-21 13:04:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should also check out "Wish you were here," "Animals," and "Meddle," if you haven't already done so. My own opinion is that "The Wall" is overrated (except for the great "comfortably numb"), and I'm not crazy about any of the post-Wall material. But to each his own!
2007-06-20 15:16:59 · answer #5 · answered by Stephen L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To any too youthful the album "The Wall" develop right into a competent place to start in case you have under no circumstances listened to crimson Floyd.. pay attention to the words of "yet another Brick interior the Wall" the angst of dropping his father who develop into interior the protection tension is his discomfort for all to pay attention.
2016-10-18 05:10:09 · answer #6 · answered by xie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love this album . I have it on vinyl and cd.
2007-06-24 13:45:02 · answer #7 · answered by Wolfman 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hey my friend only the God know!
2007-06-25 00:22:36 · answer #8 · answered by PinkFloyd 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
whats your question?
2007-06-20 15:15:37 · answer #9 · answered by wewerecontenders 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋