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<br>Oh, come on. AMLOR is an excellent album. What don't you like?<br>
<br><br>I'll go through the songs you mentioned. Learning to Fly is a good top-40 pop song but by no means measures up to the Floydian standards I grew to love. On the Turning Away never grew on me despite repetitve listenings. I have to agree that Sorrow was excellent. I heard it live in person in '94 and have live versions from Delicate Sound of Thunder & Pulse. Terminal Frost is OK but can it seriously be compared to Great Gig in the Sky, Any Color You Like or the instrumental segments of Echoes & Shine On? Those 4 classic songs were Gilmour/Wright collaborations on the instrumental side. In fact I'd take Mudmen from Obscured by Clouds over Terminal Frost. Lastly, I like the blues solos on What Do You Want From Me (Div. Bell) better than Dogs of War.<br><br>As for the other stuff, A New Machine (I & II) are filler and I never really got much out of One Slip. Yet Another Movie is weak.<br><br>In my previous post I mentioned Obscurred by Clouds which was their most underrated/overlooked album (coming between Meddle & DSOTM and composed as the soundtrack for the film La Vallee). In my opinion its a much stronger effort than Momentary Lapse of Reason. I hightly recommend a comparative listening.<br><br>
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...although Division Bell was a much stronger effort musically (though not lyrically coming near classic Floyd) in that Gilmour brought Wright back as a full-time contributor to the songs. <br> <br>Yep! And Rick's collaboration on Wearing The Inside Out is one of Floyd's best ever written songs! <br>
<br><br>I'll assume your response is sarcastic, but I was referring to Gilmour/Wright collaborations. I never said that Wright SOLO compositions (like Wearing the Inside Out) were anything special...with the exception of Great Gig in the Sky of course. ;) But the Gilmour/Wright instrumental Marooned is one of the best Floyd instrumentals ever and hands down the best track (in my opinion) on Division Bell. The guitar solo is probably the best since Comfortably Numb and the background keyboards are nearly as good as Great Gig. Gilmour/Wright compositions represent other strong songs on the album: Cluster One (instrumental), What Do You Want from Me & Keep Talking. Gilmour himself has himself said that Momentary Lapse of Reason was "rushed" because of the legal disputes with Waters and the pressure to release a new album when they were allowed to procede without Roger. He thought of Division Bell as much superior and credits Wright's artistic contribution (as a full member rather than contract player) for a large part of this.<br><br>
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ATD is the only album Roger ever released that I love as well. But you think it's better than The Wall? WTF! I guess so...
<br><br>Yes I do. The Wall is stronger in several areas but has several weaknesses. The music is compromised by Waters use of this "concept" album as a forum for autobiographical catharsis. The best songs: Comfortably Numb (no brainer), Hey You, Young Lust, One of My Turns, The Thin Ice, The Happiest Days of Our Lives, Mother & Run Like Hell. I have mixed/ambivalent feelings about: Waiting for the Worms, The Trial & Nobody Home - all great lyrical efforts but weak musically. Why are their 2 versions of In the Flesh? I'll have to go against the grain and say that I don't like Another Brick in the Wall (any version although the guitar solo at the end of part 2 is good). Is there Anybody Out There & Goodbye Blue Sky are OK but don't measure up to my expectations of great Floyd songs. Bring the Boys Back Home is horrible with the only saving grace occurring AT THE END in the sense that it has the same kind of *theme* build-up (before Comfortably Numb) that Speak to Me does (before Breathe on DSOTM). Empty Spaces, Goodbye Cruel World, Vera, Stop & Outside the Wall are just filler material (similar to The Final Cut). The Show Must Go On is good as a Beach Boys parody but grows tiresome. <br><br>On the other hand, Amused to Death is with a few exceptions strong from start to finish. It didn't hurt to have Jeff Beck on guitar either....and unlike The Wall Water's vocals (which dominated The Wall....another change from classic Floyd which began with his band take-over during the Animals period) were easier to listen to & didn't hurt the effort. And his lyrics didn't contain self-pitying autobiographical emotional baggage (The Wall, The Final Cut) but rather general social/political commentary (like DSOTM)....which I much prefer.<br><br>
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<br>I saw Waters on his solo tour 3 years ago and liked it better than the concert I saw with the Floyd in '94. <br> <br>You have to be joking? <br>
<br><br>Its all a matter of taste. The best part of the '94 tour was going through the DSOTM tracks...but they weren't nearly as strong live as in the studio...and I felt that Roger actually did a better job with them. He played a large amoung of PF stuff along with his Amused to Death material and I just found his renditions better. You might want to compare Delicate Sound of Thunder & Pulse against his 2000 tour release In the Flesh. At any rate, its all a matter of personal preference...much like comparing versions of FZ's touring bands. :)<br><br>