I often think about stellar albums. The ones where they're really isn't a skip-able track. Off the top of my head, these come to mind: The Beach Boys Pet Sounds, Collective Soul Collective Soul (blue album), Bush 16 Stone, and Green Day Dookie. What are some of your perfect albums?

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[–] Mango@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

The more times you listen you'll end up developing your feelings more.

Apparently according to Spotify I was in the top 2% of Pink Floyd listeners in 2022? I only listened for 751 minutes though, which isn't that much. Mostly listening to The Wall on repeat.

There is a movie that goes along with The Wall, of you didn't know. I think that it kind of narrows the ability of people to interpret the songs in their own way but it's still excellent. It's part love action part animated. If you haven't seen the hand drawn animation that goes along with Goodbye Blue Sky and The Trial, you should definitely check it out. It's absolutely insane.

My fav part of The Trial animation is when the mom is introduced with her long "baaaabbbbbyyyyyy" and she is like a fighter jet bearing down, whose wings open up into vulva and from the core an umbilical cord shoots out to grab the rag doll Pink into her arms as she embraces her son... It's just a moment but holy shit. It really adds to the scene. The ex wife is characterized as a praying mantis in two songs...

I saw The Wall Live in like 2011/2012 and it was an incredible show. The 40 foot puppets torturing Pink were awesome. The mom puppet appears in the song Mother and her eyes glow red, the words "big mother is watching you" splays across the wall set as her head swivels back and forth over the crowd...

I'm not sure if there is a Wall Live recording online but I'd really recommend watching the original movie and then watching a concert version. It's probably the most insane set ever built for a musical show (they build up the wall over the course of the first half, the last brick is placed as the character bids the audience goodbye... We return from intermission and Pink is easily corrupted by the worms into a fascist when his mind is blocked off - then they literally explode the 40 foot wall set at the end... So awesome).

Listen to Wish You Were Here! It's generally about the loss of their dear friend and band founder Syd Barrett, a musical visionary lost to the challenges of schizophrenia/the origins of the band. It's very very good. Some of David's best guitar is in the Shine On You Crazy Diamond songs.