Yes. (not the band)
No, Yes is amazing too.
I recently delved into this album, after basically abandoning this group in like '93 or so. I didn’t really dig their Swamp Ophelia release, and I just gave up on 'em. I was pretty let down after the amazing Rites Of Passage; somehow that album serves them up just right to me.
Anyway, this Become You album took several spins to grow on me, but I find the songwriting very strong. Especially from Amy Ray, who is traditionally my lesser favorite Indigo Girl. The title track is really great.
Gotta say though, they come across as slightly pretentious, just because of the Very Serious tone in lots of their tunes. So I gotta really be in the mood for their music.
Hell yeah. Right with you on all point. WYWH IS phenomenal…I basically never listen to the studio album since that came out. I’m also high on Pulse which is just some excellent stuff. Echoes is okay but the rest of Meddle is pretty weak. I also feel Atom Heart Mother doesn’t get the credit it deserves…very different from other Floyd albums but still good. And of course there’s Saucerful.
And dammit…I forget Animals too.
Right when it seems we agree … I like side one of Meddle far more than side two.
There’s a lot of things I just don’t dig on that plenty of folks love, and Echoes is one of them. I like the ping, and the crazy bird noises. Outside of that I don’t really like the singing, the lyrics, the mood, the chord progression, … just a looooong track that doesn’t quite interest me as much as I’m told it should. Side one, on the other hand, I find to be entirely entertaining from start to finish.
Pulse I really like … 'course it’s full of Roger’s tunes. 
AHM boggles my mind altogether. That album, and Piper at the Gates of Dawn, and maybe The Final Cut, I have to lump in with things I also don’t relate to, which everyone else does. Guns N’ Roses comes to mind. The NFL does too. And raspberry, the flavor.
“Strangers passing in the street by chance two seperate glances meet
and I am you and what I see is me.”
I LUV dat shit. What about that funky jam section towards the middle? Have you seen the Live at Pompeii version? Definitely better than the studio one. Speaking of Live at Pompeii, to anyone who hasn’t seen it, I highly advise you to. One of the finest rock videos I have seen.
Eh…we kind of agree. I said it was “okay” above but it does feel a bit overrated to me. It does go a little too long and it’s really only super cool during the beginning and end with that sweet guitar riff. This is probably with a favor Atom Heart Mother since it’s creative throughout.
Anyway…let’s go through Meddle.
One of These Days - I’ll give you this one. Great tune, especially live,
Pillow of Winds - Eh. Pretty weak. Kind of soothing but, again, too long.
Fearless - Sweet guitar riff for sure so I can dig this one but other parts of the song don’t do much for me.
San Tropez - Not a bad tune at all but not really mind-blowing either.
Seamus - Basically a throw-away song.
Echoes - Pretty nice way to end the the album but, again, can lag.
So I’ll give ya One of These Days, Fearless, San Tropez and we’re both not hot on Echoes. So, maybe three songs? Not so hot.
I love it plus I even like a lot of the Division Bell songs they play on the first Disc but that’s because I’m a Division Bell slappy.
Totally unique title track and number of good solid songs on the rest of the album.
Fearless is my favorite song on Meddle.
Yeah, that’s a good point … that funk breakdown is badass, and the Pompeii film is indeed awesome.
Side one of Meddle doesn’t get boring to me at all. Pillow of Winds is kind of mesmerizing after One of these Days … Seamus is one of a kind. The dog does the vocal. I like that, … since it’s short!
We’re being picky though. I actually like the whole catalog mostly. There are very few cringe worthy or embarrassing moments in all of Pink Floyd.
I won’t tell you what else I’m listening to, but I will tell you I’m not listening to Pink Floyd 
Phish(?)
Actually listening to my last ‘solo effort’ … like, as IF I coulda got Han Solo to collaborate w/me on that project! Yeah right. Keep dreamin bro.
::dreams about STAR WARS::
I was kinda down w/ how the first track sounded, and this track three shit is sitting pretty good … but that second track was only good if I call it ‘trippy’. Cuz if that trippy element isn’t really carrying it, it’s an otherwise sucky rendition of that there track, that is.
Just kinda sizing up some original material over here … looking at the meager few tracks I got laying around to maybe make a new disc, I dunno. Started listenin to ol’ visit there, cuz I gave it to my friend Ian Fitzgerald, who is a freaggin genius songwriter.
I’ve been listening to the Shuffle feature on my iPod more frequently than anything else. I haven’t used this feature frequently in years. It’s great hearing stuff that you normally wouldn’t be listening to, which is pretty easy when you’ve got 11,000+ songs on your iPod and essentially all 80 gigs are filled. ^ Kevin, when and how did you record this and where would one be able to listen to your music?
I recorded it on my PC. Try www.kevinsilvia.com - I haven’t really updated it much, but I know there’s some free mp3s there. I’m just afraid they’re older ones! I’ve definitely gotten better at home recording recently.
I could always mail you a copy of that one there too, see this is where I’m lacking as a salesman, ha! I don’t have an official price for it, I’m currently toying w/changing the price from $10 to ‘suggested donation $10’ … But yeah, that’s the only one of my discs in print at the moment. There’s a paypal link on the site. Also, I intend (sooner than later) to have a free live downloads area … gotta meet with my web guy.
On topic:
Listening to Kings of Leon b sides collection. Man I really hope these guys redeem themselves after cancelling that tour.
I just heard of these guys
They were on the cover of Rolling Stone recently.
They sound like classic rock, which is what I like anyway, so it works for me.
They open for Robert Randolph this month in Dallas. I hope I am able to go see them. The show is at this cool little theater (Granada Theater) that has lots of smaller shows. I saw Keller WIlliams there last year.
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Excellent stuff. Are the Cars underrated? Their songs are heard a lot but it seems like the band doesn’t get the hype it should considering the sheer number of hits (and great non-hits) they have. They’re not even in the HoF.
I have the regular Cars Greatest Hits, but with my newfound awareness of the one you have, I might have to start calling mine the Cars Incomplete Greatest Hits. I guess they’re … underrated? Except, everyone likes 'em.
I don’t know what that means. I know what YOU mean though, I don’t really take them that seriously myself.
I’m listening to this album that I wore out when I was a kid. It was my mom’s record, and I recently found a clean used copy:
In a way I hate Elvis. But this is a two record set of classic early Elvis (despite the early 70s photo on the cover) … it’s like listening to Thriller … the stuff that predates the madness.
Every two months or so I get into this crazy Tortoise kick and listen to nothing but Tortoise for like a week. These guys are fucking awesome.
Yes, I used to have that smaller GH album too until I discovered this one. Great stuff. And yeah I guess they’re hard to underrated but they just have so many hits. It’s one of those bands where you listen to them and you’re thinking “Wait…they did THIS song too?” The Guess Who comes off like this too…they have a lot more hits than folks realize.
I don’t get how anyone can hate The King. I think he’s fantastic. No one has a voice like that, he really dipped into the “big band” style later in his career which makes his songs sound fantastic and for a group that appreciates live music, I think he’s very underrated in terms of his live shows. He’s charismatic, funny, is really into the music and his band, and he just makes his shows fun to watch…and this was likely with him on ten drugs at once during those things. I think he’s incredible. Even funnier, I love his old Elvis stuff a lot more than young Elvis…it’s one of those cases of a guy just making better music as he matured. But to each their own…growing up with The King may make you more annoyed with him than those of us who came later.