Echoes of some kind of stranger

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Recently listened to Floyd's 'Echoes' off the 1971 Meddle album for the first time.

The vocal melody don't half sound like Some Kind of Stranger -- try singing along with it.

and I thought it was just Comfortably Numb.
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On a related subject, check out Killdozer's "Knuckles The Dog (Who Helps People)" on their great "Uncompromising War On Art Under The Dictatorship Of The Proletariat" album. Nice SKOS-ripoff.
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Lowrider wrote:Recently listened to Floyd's 'Echoes' off the 1971 Meddle album for the first time.

The vocal melody don't half sound like Some Kind of Stranger -- try singing along with it.

and I thought it was just Comfortably Numb.
And Echoes precedes Loyd Webber's Phantom of The Opera score, can anyone say nicked ?

I'd love to hear Spiggy sing Brain Damage / Eclipse

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http://www.spookhouse.net/tsom/impossible.html

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Smith: Shades of Pink Floyd?

Eldritch: Absolutely not. They were just poncing about with pseudo-artistic artschool theories; they hadn't got a bloody clue, and they still haven't.

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Floyd were booted out by the punks and remained taboo for a long time. I wonder if they would have got away with doing Comfortably Numb in the early 80s. Somehow, I don't think so.
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Thrash Harry wrote:http://www.spookhouse.net/tsom/impossible.html

Quote:

Smith: Shades of Pink Floyd?

Eldritch: Absolutely not. They were just poncing about with pseudo-artistic artschool theories; they hadn't got a bloody clue, and they still haven't.

End Quote.
Yet there amazing similarites relating to subject matter and "artschool theories" between Vision Thing and Roger Waters "Amused to Death" album first recorded in 1989.

Listen to "The Bravery of Being Out of Range" and compare it's lyrical content to Vision Thing and Doctor Jeep.

Floyd can still fill an arena and get a album deal.
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Thrash Harry wrote:
Floyd were booted out by the punks and remained taboo for a long time.
It's not as if anyone bought "The Wall" is it? That album sold more copies in six months than "Never Mind The Bollocks" ever has since it was released.

Punk never had the veto on popular musical taste - and before you ask, yes I was there.
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slicepack wrote:
Thrash Harry wrote:
Floyd were booted out by the punks and remained taboo for a long time.
It's not as if anyone bought "The Wall" is it? That album sold more copies in six months than "Never Mind The Bollocks" ever has since it was released.

Punk never had the veto on popular musical taste - and before you ask, yes I was there.
Me too, and I bought it as well, though I always thought it was 3 sides too long. But none of the John Peel listeners I came to know would have admitted to buying it. And Eldritch and Marx were clearly John Peel listeners.
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