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zphage
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Re: Get hairy at Pompeii
May 13, 2011, 17:29
IanB wrote:
Dog 3000 wrote:
As zphage also said, Floyd did get "hairy" jams going in their pre-concept album days (at least through Meddle/Live at Pompeii.)

The "midtempo/rhythmically intert" thing is a bit unfair -- I think one of their greatest strengths was RESTRAINT. I used to think Mason was a crap drummer -- surely no Bonham or Moon (and don't call me SHirley!) -- but now dig that he is really more of a krautrocker than a "british classic rock" drummer. Immaculate tasteful timekeeping.

When Floyd does "rock out" it's all the more dramatic for the epic build that precedes it.

ANIMALS maaaan . . . . and check out the Pompeii movie if you've never seen it! It's no masterpiece, but the best sequences are as iconic and amazing as any "rock film" I've ever seen.

My favorite bit starts 6:25 into this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=646KtkEcPm8



As for Animals. Possibly their best record. Their last record of real relevance to their English origins. After that it all goes very mid Atlantic.



I assume you don't mean an island between Europe and the US,
or specifically Pennsylvania.

One could argue after averaging 2 US tours a year in '70, '71,and '73

Dark Side was the coalesence of Floyd's attempts crack the US market
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