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Pink Floyd's "Echoes" is perhaps the most musically gifted composition of all time

Posted on 11/10/24 at 11:54 am
Posted by BurningHeart
Member since Jan 2017
9955 posts
Posted on 11/10/24 at 11:54 am
That's the best way I can describe it. Gradually adding layers of instruments and increasing intensity throughout the song culminating to the ending climax.

Amazing piece and I only wish PF would have had another album or two similar to Meddle and Animals.




Posted by Honest Tune
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2011
19284 posts
Posted on 11/10/24 at 6:17 pm to
Can’t be. Posters on here have gone out of their way lately to trash Pink Floyd. Didn’t you get the memo they are overrated hacks?
Posted by crotiger0307
Utah
Member since Jan 2018
853 posts
Posted on 11/10/24 at 9:09 pm to
Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts 1-5 is objectively a better piece of music and it isn't really close, the mixing on that record is unbelievable.
Posted by BurningHeart
Member since Jan 2017
9955 posts
Posted on 11/10/24 at 10:31 pm to
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Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts 1-5 is objectively a better piece of music and it isn't really close, the mixing on that record is unbelievable.


There isnt an objectively better piece of music in the world. Different tastes.

Shine On You 1-5 is great but I prefer the composition of Wish You Were Here the most.
Posted by threedog79
Member since Sep 2013
3670 posts
Posted on 11/10/24 at 10:58 pm to
PF is in my top 3 bands of all time. But I have a couple of friends that absolutely loath them. I don't understand it at all. How can you not listen to "Comfortably Numb" and just be in awe of that song? How can you not listen to "Wish You Were Here" and immediately fall in love with that song? How can you not listen to the entire Dark Side of the Moon album and not immediately recognize its brilliance?

I guess I'm just blinded by my fandom.
Posted by BurningHeart
Member since Jan 2017
9955 posts
Posted on 11/11/24 at 7:12 am to
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PF is in my top 3 bands of all time. But I have a couple of friends that absolutely loath them. I don't understand it at all. How can you not listen to "Comfortably Numb" and just be in awe of that song? How can you not listen to "Wish You Were Here" and immediately fall in love with that song? How can you not listen to the entire Dark Side of the Moon album and not immediately recognize its brilliance?


Most people have the attention spans of squirrels and cant comprehend a song over 5 minutes that builds on itself
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
86329 posts
Posted on 11/11/24 at 11:46 am to
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Most people have the attention spans of squirrels and cant comprehend a song over 5 minutes that builds on itself
This is probably why I just don't get Animals.
Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
38273 posts
Posted on 11/11/24 at 1:19 pm to
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Pink Floyd's "Echoes" is perhaps the most musically gifted composition of all time
nah
Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
38273 posts
Posted on 11/11/24 at 1:20 pm to
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PF is in my top 3 bands of all time. But I have a couple of friends that absolutely loath them. I don't understand it at all. How can you not listen to "Comfortably Numb" and just be in awe of that song? How can you not listen to "Wish You Were Here" and immediately fall in love with that song? How can you not listen to the entire Dark Side of the Moon album and not immediately recognize its brilliance?
Those are good tunes, but the catalogue isn't of that average quality and you know it.
Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
38273 posts
Posted on 11/11/24 at 1:21 pm to
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Most people have the attention spans of squirrels and cant comprehend a song over 5 minutes that builds on itself
Yall sound like the dems that just lost the election - blame the masses for not truly appreciating the precious elite geniuses at Pink Floyd HQ.
Posted by BurningHeart
Member since Jan 2017
9955 posts
Posted on 11/11/24 at 8:04 pm to
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Yall sound like the dems that just lost the election - blame the masses for not truly appreciating the precious elite geniuses at Pink Floyd HQ.


No, not quite.

What I said was accurate. Doesnt apply to everyone but applies to most I'd venture.
Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
38273 posts
Posted on 11/11/24 at 9:30 pm to
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What I said was accurate. Doesnt apply to everyone but applies to most I'd venture.
It's not like "long songs that build" are by definition high quality. I know plenty of shitty long songs.
Posted by BurningHeart
Member since Jan 2017
9955 posts
Posted on 11/11/24 at 9:48 pm to
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It's not like "long songs that build" are by definition high quality. I know plenty of shitty long songs


Never said this either.
Posted by TripleBarrelBluff1
Sin City
Member since Aug 2024
2430 posts
Posted on 11/12/24 at 8:55 am to
Echoes is a great track. Some people love Pink Floyd, some don't. They're leagues better than their peers of that era IMO, but it's just an opinion.
Posted by Galactic Inquisitor
An Incredibly Distant Star
Member since Dec 2013
18452 posts
Posted on 11/12/24 at 2:16 pm to
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objectively a better piece of music and it isn't really close


Objectively?
Posted by Galactic Inquisitor
An Incredibly Distant Star
Member since Dec 2013
18452 posts
Posted on 11/12/24 at 2:19 pm to
Definitely better than any single Beatles song.
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
77700 posts
Posted on 11/12/24 at 7:22 pm to
I assume you're speaking only of rock and not actually all misic of all time.
Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
38273 posts
Posted on 11/13/24 at 9:29 am to
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Definitely better than any single Beatles song.
Posted by Macintosh
Leveraging Salaries University
Member since Sep 2011
55493 posts
Posted on 11/13/24 at 2:44 pm to
It’s so good Andrew Lloyd Webber stole it for Phantom of the Opera
Posted by A12 Oxcart
On the float out in the Belt
Member since Dec 2022
1003 posts
Posted on 11/14/24 at 9:29 am to
I love Pink Floyd, but there are plenty of prog rock bands (Dream Theater, Tool, Symphony X, etc.) who have much more musically gifted compositions.
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