# Then one day you find 50 years have got behind you **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [March 1, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-one-day-you-find-50-years-have-got-behind-you/980551 "2023-03-01T17:50:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-one-day-you-find-50-years-have-got-behind-you/980551/21 "2023-03-02T17:45:55Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Speaking of college, my first year in the dorm … … I got to the room first and immediately set up my stereo. (I didn’t know my roommate, but we’d spoken and agreed I’d bring the stereo and we’d both bring records.) What record did I put on first, knowing my roommate would be there soon and wanting him to get a quick idea of my musical tastes? Yes, _DSOTM_. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-one-day-you-find-50-years-have-got-behind-you/980551/22 "2023-03-02T18:32:55Z")
Greatest album, and every lyric still holds weight today. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-one-day-you-find-50-years-have-got-behind-you/980551/23 "2023-03-24T15:24:32Z")
PSA bump: the 50th Anniversary remaster, 5.1, ATMOS and spatial audio mixes are now available to stream on Apple Music and other services. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-one-day-you-find-50-years-have-got-behind-you/980551/24 "2023-03-24T15:47:39Z")
Somebody actually _did_ tell me when to run, I just didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-one-day-you-find-50-years-have-got-behind-you/980551/25 "2023-03-28T19:15:24Z")
Nick Mason said it’s brilliant. So brilliant that it’s “annoying”. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-one-day-you-find-50-years-have-got-behind-you/980551/26 "2023-03-28T20:22:02Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > the guy in the room next door had the prism painted on one wall. Our dorm allowed, even encouraged, painting on the hallway walls. So there were a lot of album covers done on different floors. DSotM and Crime of the Century were favorites, I wish I’d taken pictures! I did Led Zeppelin (the Hindenberg); it came out pretty good, but it has since been painted over. Alas, life, and new albums, move on! I have never listened to the album stoned, FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-one-day-you-find-50-years-have-got-behind-you/980551/27 "2023-03-28T20:44:34Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I have never listened to the album stoned, FWIW. There must needs be people like yourself to balance out those who are like me. Ahem. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-one-day-you-find-50-years-have-got-behind-you/980551/28 "2023-03-28T21:47:37Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I have never listened to the album stoned, FWIW. I’ve been told that if you listen to Pink Floyd non-stoned, they sound exactly like **The Archies**. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-one-day-you-find-50-years-have-got-behind-you/980551/29 "2023-03-28T22:15:50Z")
> [@Tibby](#): > > I’ve been told that if you listen to Pink Floyd non-stoned, they sound exactly like **The Archies**. I _have_ watched episodes of The Archies synced up to DSotM. Or did I sync The Archies up to The Wizard of Oz? I don’t know - I wasn’t really drunk at the time… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-one-day-you-find-50-years-have-got-behind-you/980551/30 "2023-03-28T22:19:34Z")
I was a big fan of Pink Floyd and bought a copy two days after it was released. I remember being vaguely disappointed. Oh, it was a fine album but a bit tame compared to _Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother,_ and _Meddle._ I don’t listen to it as much as other Floyd albums. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-one-day-you-find-50-years-have-got-behind-you/980551/31 "2023-03-28T22:22:32Z")
That’s me but with _Animals_ and _The Wall_. I’ve ordered the DSOTM box set. I’ve listened to it for 50 years and I will listen to it the rest of my life. I didn’t miss the starting gun. I just didn’t know where to run. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-one-day-you-find-50-years-have-got-behind-you/980551/32 "2023-03-28T22:44:54Z")
I didn’t miss the starting gun. I ran a good run. Got along pretty far. But some of my fellow runners died along the way. People I used to listen to the album with. That’s kinda sad. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-one-day-you-find-50-years-have-got-behind-you/980551/33 "2023-10-05T17:11:03Z")
Bumping this because tomorrow Roger Waters is releasing his reimagining of this amazing album. > **[Roger Waters on The Dark Side of the Moon Redux reasoning](https://www.metaltalk.net/roger-waters-on-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-redux-reasoning.php)** > > Roger Waters talks Redux Version of Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon - Celebrating 50 Years of Timeless Music with Fresh Perspective and Enhanced Themes. There are already reviews out there, some of them positive, some of them negative, with the negative being mostly the fact that Roger Waters has superimposed dialogue over many of the songs, plus they’re all recorded with new musicians. I haven’t heard any tracks yet, but I’m looking forward to at least giving it a try. ETA well here’s a video, and it’s quite a reimagining indeed [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SUVmeYgo1Iw/maxresdefault.jpg "Roger Waters - Money (Official Lyric Video, DSOTM REDUX)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUVmeYgo1Iw) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-one-day-you-find-50-years-have-got-behind-you/980551/34 "2023-10-05T17:25:04Z")
Wow, that was terrible. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-one-day-you-find-50-years-have-got-behind-you/980551/35 "2023-10-05T17:30:25Z")
Welcome to hell. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-one-day-you-find-50-years-have-got-behind-you/980551/36 "2023-10-05T18:09:25Z")
I like a good cover that re-imagines an original, but… no. Just no, Roger, no. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-one-day-you-find-50-years-have-got-behind-you/980551/37 "2023-10-05T18:40:06Z")
I kinda’ think that – given the right dose (“I can hike, but I can’t drive”) amount of the right hallucinogen – I could probably dig it. Alas … ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-one-day-you-find-50-years-have-got-behind-you/980551/38 "2023-10-05T18:47:55Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Welcome to hell. I’m sorry, I’ll read that again. Welcome to rooftops. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-one-day-you-find-50-years-have-got-behind-you/980551/39 "2023-10-05T19:13:11Z")
The video is just … a puppy? In slo-mo? I mean, hun, we have zillions of cute puppies on the internet. At least it wasn’t cute video of a cat knocking shit off a table. _That_ would have been unoriginal. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-one-day-you-find-50-years-have-got-behind-you/980551/40 "2023-10-05T19:29:45Z")
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