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uncle ray

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92. there's hearing PF, and then actually listening to PF.

Sun Jan 22, 2023, 10:40 AM

Jan 2023

IMO actually listening to Pink Floyd requires a proper HiFi or good headphones to properly experience. it's easy to overlook 50 years later how revolutionary DSOTM and other albums were. lots of novel recording and mixing techniques, use of 'found" sounds, analog synthesizers etc.

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The new Pink Floyd logo for Dark Side of the Moon's 50th anniversary upsets RW fans [View all] highplainsdem Jan 2023 OP

Yeah, I saw that. Aristus Jan 2023 #1

I never saw it as a rainbow (prism) but good for them underpants Jan 2023 #2

I feel like saying to them: Aristus Jan 2023 #3

I made this about the gas stove ban BS underpants Jan 2023 #5

Excellent! Aristus Jan 2023 #6

Copy? yankee87 Jan 2023 #29

Yes of course. And take this too. underpants Jan 2023 #71

Copy? yankee87 Jan 2023 #30

... Jedi Guy Jan 2023 #65

👍 underpants Jan 2023 #70

Actually, it is literally a rainbow by definition of the word JohnnyRingo Jan 2023 #60

I'm much more angry that the box set likely will cost $300. They've milked this album to death kysrsoze Jan 2023 #4

I'll listen to my 50 year old album. It means a lot to me. dem4decades Jan 2023 #7

I'm sure it does - much more satisfying. kysrsoze Jan 2023 #16

+1000s DinahMoeHum Jan 2023 #26

I have no qualms about finding certain things for free online (YouTube Music) happybird Jan 2023 #9

My philosophy on music in a nutshell... Moostache Jan 2023 #63

I consider my SACD to be the ultimate listen. Ferrets are Cool Jan 2023 #24

Love love love SACD. emulatorloo Jan 2023 #69

I bought a lot of SACD's when they came out....bought an Oppo just so I could play them. Ferrets are Cool Jan 2023 #74

Similar here. I had a pretty cheap DVD player that could play SACD's. emulatorloo Jan 2023 #91

Yeah idiots, Pink Floyd was never, ever "right wing". liberalmuse Jan 2023 #8

lol Celerity Jan 2023 #10

omg--"i like your pride shirt" just cracked me up! nt orleans Jan 2023 #39

Some people are having fun on their Facebook page. johnp3907 Jan 2023 #11

Haha this guy definitely trolling the fools! LOL Lucky Luciano Jan 2023 #36

RW nutters were never going to buy Pink Floyd records anyway FakeNoose Jan 2023 #12

Pink Floyd's Leader and Main Lyrist Roger Water's has always ArnoldLayne Jan 2023 #81

They must truly hate color wheels. chowder66 Jan 2023 #13

Wtf? Why has someone declared war on boomers? 48656c6c6f20 Jan 2023 #14

I'm a boomer who's very much pro-boomer, as I made very clear in this thread: highplainsdem Jan 2023 #18

How do you know they are boomers? wryter2000 Jan 2023 #77

How to say "I don't listen to Pink Floyd"... jmowreader Jan 2023 #15

Or at least stopped after 'We don't need no education...' meadowlander Jan 2023 #19

Someone should tell them that white refracts into a rainbow. pandr32 Jan 2023 #17

And that DSOTM came out in 1973; Gilbert Baker's Pride Flag in 1978 NullTuples Jan 2023 #61

These are the same folks who... jcgoldie Jan 2023 #83

Ha-ha! pandr32 Jan 2023 #84

Shhhhhh!!! Nobody tell them what Roger Waters really thinks of Trump! Initech Jan 2023 #20

This? central scrutinizer Jan 2023 #53

Tom Taylor: Pink Floyd fans who really embraced "We don't need no education." highplainsdem Jan 2023 #21

MAGA-- comfortably dumb!! LymphocyteLover Jan 2023 #22

They are too fucking stupid to understand what a prism is. Ferrets are Cool Jan 2023 #23

I'm Fairly Certain They Want All Of Us "Woke LibTards" In Prism GGoss Jan 2023 #27

True, and welcome to DU. Ferrets are Cool Jan 2023 #28

Thank You GGoss Jan 2023 #43

There's A Freakin' Rainbow... ProfessorGAC Jan 2023 #45

Man... They Must REALLY Detest 'Any Colour You Like' GGoss Jan 2023 #25

You must know, ForgedCrank Jan 2023 #31

My First Time Experiencing Pink Floyd Live Was... GGoss Jan 2023 #37

I am just lost or what, I have never seen this and I am a huge fan. Prairie_Seagull Jan 2023 #57

Here, We'll Try To Save Your Pause Button Together GGoss Jan 2023 #72

Right Wing Snowflakes CitizenZero Jan 2023 #32

they took we dont need no education seriously and ran with it moonshinegnomie Jan 2023 #33

None of the whiners are old enough to know the look of the first release and are bitching because Ford_Prefect Jan 2023 #34

Wonder if they Rebl2 Jan 2023 #35

I found the rainbow colors appealing even as a child MarcA Jan 2023 #38

Careful With that Axe Eugene maxrandb Jan 2023 #40

Wow. LOL PatrickforB Jan 2023 #41

just maybe onethatcares Jan 2023 #42

When CD's first became an available thing back around 1985 or '86 Mr. Evil Jan 2023 #44

Well...I'm a woke Boomer n a big Pink Floyd "fan" Deuxcents Jan 2023 #46

i'm not crazy about the new design. i think they should have kept the orleans Jan 2023 #47

Us and Them world wide wally Jan 2023 #48

and after all onethatcares Jan 2023 #51

If there is on thing you can count on, you can count on stupid. TNNurse Jan 2023 #49

We don't need no education. NameAlreadyTaken Jan 2023 #50

Interestingly, I'm listening to The Division Bell as I'm reading this cos dem Jan 2023 #52

Who really cares what the right wingers think of the album cover? hadEnuf Jan 2023 #54

Bingo! OldBaldy1701E Jan 2023 #62

You can't fix stupid vercetti2021 Jan 2023 #55

What in the heck is wrong with "the right???" CaptainTruth Jan 2023 #56

It just occurs to me to wonder if the magats realize that rainbows actually exist niyad Jan 2023 #58

You've never listened to Pink Floyd? highplainsdem Jan 2023 #67

I know...it surprises the hell out of me when I find someone who hasn't heard PF. Ferrets are Cool Jan 2023 #75

there's hearing PF, and then actually listening to PF. uncle ray Jan 2023 #92

That is true. I have a dedicated listening room. Ferrets are Cool Jan 2023 #93

I listened to the beginning of the album wryter2000 Jan 2023 #78

To all the homophobes -- go eat a bug vlyons Jan 2023 #59

My first thought: have they never seen the original cover? Bristlecone Jan 2023 #64

No, and they think every thing is secret woke message Johonny Jan 2023 #73

According to a poster above wryter2000 Jan 2023 #79

How dare they split good ol' white light WestMichRad Jan 2023 #66

Good. Fuck 'em. 11 Bravo Jan 2023 #68

It wouldn't have bothered me them having a rainbow using it in the modern symbol of LGBTQI support.. electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #76

I think if someone had just posted a pic of the original cover JI7 Jan 2023 #80

At first, I thought RW stood for Roger Waters Clash City Rocker Jan 2023 #82

🌈 Iggo Jan 2023 #85

You've got to be crazy. Iggo Jan 2023 #86

These MAGAs are so stupid it makes my teeth hurt. ratchiweenie Jan 2023 #87

It's hard to believe that MAGA's think Pink Floyd's ArnoldLayne Jan 2023 #88

Good lord these people are mentally gone. Oneironaut Jan 2023 #89

Once again nazi party members are beclowning themselves. area51 Jan 2023 #90