Dark Side Of The Moon (MP3 Download)
I was listening to this Flaming Lips, Stardeath, White Dwarves, Henry Rollins, Peaches cover album of Darkside of the Moon this morning; and I realized why I hated it. Well maybe HATE is a strong word. I guess I have to listen to it again — maybe at least 10-20 times to understand it fully. The thing is Pink Floyd’s Darkside is as close to a perfect album as one can ever get. I didn’t always think this way you see.
I went to grade school and high school with a bunch of burn-outs. My definition of a burn-out back then was a kid wearing a tie-dye shirt, Grateful Dead, etc. whilst Pete Rock and CL Smooth’s “It Takes Two…” was playing on FM radio. Clearly their parents passed this music onto them. My parents, on the other hand, were into Johnny Mathis and Paul Anka. F-that! So I’d see these kids with drawings of the Darkside prism on their school folders. I immediately hated them. Pink Floyd, whomever they were.
It wasn’t until college that I really decided to give them a listen. Now I consider Pink Floyd to be one of the greatest bands from the golden age of late-60′s-70′s British rock. Wait, Golden age of late-60′s-70′s? More like Golden age from the 60′s to now. Let’s face it, the Anglos know how to rawk. They’re good at being influenced by Americans and making it better (music-wise).
So Darkside. What can I say. It is a perfect album. No matter how cliche or overplayed. It is truly incredible.
