Has there ever been a more powerful opening line to an album? Thought I’d something more to say, but seems not. Perhaps you can add your own reflections on this epochal LP?
Just reading the thread title made me want to go put it on. I think I will.
Home, home again…
What album is this?
I am out of touch with contemporary culture, it seems.
(I thought last week, while grocery shopping: Gee, they’re playing some hip music in here.
No. a) If it’s playing at the grocery store, it likely isn’t hip. b) I am so old I am thinking grocery store music is hip.)
speak to me
I’ve been obsessively watching the Live 8 performance lately. “Breathe” made a terrific opener.
Last week at Whole Foods I heard “Anarchy in the UK.” Swear.
Got to keep the loonies on the path
Savannah, here
…been bustin’ me buns for bands…
Bump Bump
Bump Bump
Bump Bump
Bump Bump. . .
Matter of fact, it’s all dark.
Terribly so. 
The album in question is Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, from 1973.
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(I’m still partial to the previous album.)
Obscured By Clouds? It’s OK. Not even close to Meddle though.[/Wise Ass]
Alright, wise and learned Dopers, riddle me this:
There’s a line on that album that goes something like this: “Well I’m not afraid to die. Anytime you do it I don’t mind. Why should I be afraid to die? There’s no reason for it really.” Or something like that. What are the actual words?
Just listened to this in the car. Here’s the best shot of this quietly hanging on in desperation Englishman (needs to be delivered in a Geordie accent, of course):
“Well, I’m not frightened of dying - any time will do. Why should I be frightened of dying. Got to go some time.”
Deep stuff
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“I never said I was frightened of dying”
:shivers: The way that line is delivered. There’s just something about it…
Yes, definitely right. That geezer was cruisin’ for a bruisin’.
Coincidentally enough, I just scored new pristine copies of Pink Floyd at the Playhouse Theatre London 16.9.70 and the Top Gear Sessions recordings.
And I am very small…only need a little more room…waiting here, seems like years…
Ah! It’s one of the few “classic rock” albums I never bought in my youthdom. FM radio played “Money” so regularly that I was never inclined.
To my mind, that’s the weakest track. Well worth getting hold of the album and turning up the volume to catch all the spoken bits, such as the quote in the thread title. In its seemlessness, Dark Side of the Moon reminds me of Rachmaninov’s 3rd Piano Concerto. Almost like it flows from start to finish with even the breaks contributing to the flow.