The lunatic is on the grass...

Pink Floyd is a psychedelic band from U.K. and active since 1968. They are known for their philosophical lyrics and for their art/progressive rock. Today I would like to talk about the album called The Dark Side of the Moon. This album is considered legend in the history of rock and their biggest hit in their career. It was released in 1973 and it is amazing concept album that dealing with modern life of humans in the civilized society, isolation, greedy, and ego. Interesting fact is that this album is mostly done by Roger Waters and David Gilmour which is first time for them to create music by themselves without help of their ex-leader, Syd Barrett who had the biggest influence in the group was kicked out due to his psychosis and drug abuses. Although the album stayed at top for brief moment, it still stayed in top 200 for 724 weeks! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon) The song called “Time” starts with actual ticking sound of clock. It is brilliant idea because this song deals with how time seems to pass by fast as one age. The song goes on with ticking sounds with drum beats then breakthrough change of drum beats and guitar riffs. I really like the guitar solo part and organ sound is important key to create this unique sound of psychedelic also it harmonizes with the chorus. The song I would like to talk about is “Brain Damage,” it starts very calmly with guitar riffs that give you feeling of dreamy state then drums and chorus join in to build dynamic sound then goes back to guitar riffs and organ with interesting sampling of laughter that gives you the idea of maniac. Interesting topic, insanity that everyone has in their head but yet to admit they are one of them. It smoothly followed by “Eclipse” with simple lyrics and I like the heartbeat sounds to end the song just the way they start the first song on the album with the heartbeats. The song ends with interesting message; “There is no dark side of the moon, really. As a matter of fact, it's all dark. The only thing that makes it look light is the sun.”


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntm1YfehK7U “Time”- Pink Floyd- Live concert clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0VqTYrYncs&feature=related “Brain Damage/ Eclipse”- Pink Floyd- Music Video