# I've been mad for fucking years **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 27, 2005, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-mad-for-fucking-years/323611 "2005-09-27T02:20:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-mad-for-fucking-years/323611/1 "2005-09-27T02:20:11Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Marathon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Marathon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marathon)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-mad-for-fucking-years/323611/2 "2005-09-27T02:27:18Z")
Just reading the thread title made me want to go put it on. I think I will. Home, home again… ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-mad-for-fucking-years/323611/3 "2005-09-27T02:29:55Z")
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.) ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-mad-for-fucking-years/323611/4 "2005-09-27T02:33:20Z")
speak to me ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-mad-for-fucking-years/323611/5 "2005-09-27T03:08:48Z")
I’ve been obsessively watching the Live 8 performance lately. “Breathe” made a terrific opener. > [@Savannah](#): > > 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.) Last week at Whole Foods I heard “Anarchy in the UK.” Swear. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-mad-for-fucking-years/323611/6 "2005-09-27T03:09:18Z")
Got to keep the loonies on the path Savannah, [here](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002U82/002-0681872-0840847?v=glance) ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-mad-for-fucking-years/323611/7 "2005-09-27T05:17:49Z")
…been bustin’ me buns for bands… ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-mad-for-fucking-years/323611/8 "2005-09-27T10:20:58Z")
Bump Bump Bump Bump Bump Bump Bump Bump. . . Matter of fact, it’s all dark. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-mad-for-fucking-years/323611/9 "2005-09-27T19:17:49Z")
> [@Savannah](#): > > What album is this? > > I am out of touch with contemporary culture, it seems. Terribly so. 😃 The album in question is Pink Floyd’s _Dark Side of the Moon_, from 1973. ---
**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-mad-for-fucking-years/323611/10 "2005-09-27T19:38:30Z")
_ping_ _ping_ _ping_ _ping_ (I’m still partial to the previous album.) ---
**Author:** ![Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ass_For_A_Hat)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-mad-for-fucking-years/323611/11 "2005-09-27T20:16:58Z")
> [@KeithT](#): > > _ping **ping** ping\*\*ping_ > (I’m still partial to the previous album.) Obscured By Clouds? It’s OK. Not even close to Meddle though.[/Wise Ass] ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-mad-for-fucking-years/323611/12 "2005-09-27T20:27:05Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-mad-for-fucking-years/323611/13 "2005-09-28T01:06:04Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-mad-for-fucking-years/323611/14 "2005-09-28T01:18:00Z")
wooah woooah ohh oooooh! WAAA! WAAAAAA! waaaahey ooooh ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-mad-for-fucking-years/323611/15 "2005-09-28T01:19:36Z")
Hey, this is the first time I’ve seen Google Ads come up with something relavent! _“I never said I was frightened of dying”_ ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-mad-for-fucking-years/323611/16 "2005-09-28T01:46:06Z")
> [@1920s Style "Death Ray"](#): > > _“I never said I was frightened of dying”_ :shivers: The way that line is delivered. There’s just something about it… ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-mad-for-fucking-years/323611/17 "2005-09-28T01:46:55Z")
Yes, definitely right. That geezer was cruisin’ for a bruisin’. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-mad-for-fucking-years/323611/18 "2005-09-28T03:06:45Z")
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… ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-mad-for-fucking-years/323611/19 "2005-09-28T03:11:18Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-mad-for-fucking-years/323611/20 "2005-09-28T03:20:34Z")
> [@Savannah](#): > > 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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-mad-for-fucking-years/323611.md?page=2)