bogusman

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DeAge™ : 7726 days • Here since 15 april 2005

Pink Floyd The Wall

12 may 05

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Dear stable, is it possible that you find the arguments of kosmogabri, hal, and zigghio more convincing just because you share the belief that this is a great album and that's it? It has always been clear to me that I wouldn't be able to sway any die-hard fans of this work, regardless of the rationality of my arguments. Whether or not one considers an album a masterpiece depends on one's sensitivity, tastes, and background; when dogmatic judgments come into play (like the previous review), then reviews like this one are also necessary.

Pink Floyd The Wall

12 may 05

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"If an album has maintained its sales for nearly thirty years, it means it's precious. Or half of humanity has gone brain-dead," more or less like saying that billions of flies can't be wrong.

The 13th Floor Elevators The Psychedelic Sounds of

12 may 05

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Yes, the VU felt hatred towards the flower children, it's true, but it's also true that the "pollen" floating in the musical scene was that, and the result of an experimentation still nourished by psychotropic substances (speed instead of joints) couldn't lead far from a certain "acidness"...

Pink Floyd The Wall

11 may 05

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errata corrige: pawn hearts, berlin, and also tommy perfectly express the discomforts they intend to convey from the 60s and 70s.

Pink Floyd The Wall

11 may 05

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pawn hearts, berlin, and even tommy express very well the discomforts they intend to convey. So if you agree with me that the new wave expresses psychotic moods better, it's obvious that a classicist concept in 1979 is already at a disadvantage! (see reference in the rec to the spirit of the time)

Pink Floyd The Wall

11 may 05

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Right! You said it, another thing that The Wall lacks is just a bit more nihilism and avant-gardism.

Pink Floyd The Wall

11 may 05

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Look, the cover of The Wall is the only reason why I might have given it one extra star.

But Roger Waters isn’t even Gerard Scarfe, right?...

Pink Floyd The Wall

11 may 05

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Ok. You've brought up another thing I can't stand about The Wall, which is its didactic intentions. Maybe it's because, for me in '79, the most effective and contemporary medium to express anguish, etc., was precisely NW, and not rock works. Post-punk or not, for me the comparison doesn't even stand; those are simply beautiful works.

Pink Floyd The Wall

11 may 05

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don't you respond about the blatant use of metaphors???
look, I'll settle for the milligram of reason you give me... :-)

Pink Floyd The Wall

11 may 05

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I could respond by mentioning other albums that have tackled certain themes with more interesting results. I'm thinking (randomly) of The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu, the self-titled album by Suicide, Alien Soundtrack by Chrome, (not to mention Berlin by Lou Reed) albums that are full of angst from the big metropolis, but expressed in a slightly sharper and harsher way.