Obscured by Clouds is the soundtrack to the Barbet Schroeder film La Vallée, and it plays that way. Of course, it's possible to make the argument that Pink Floyd's music of the early '70s usually played as mood music, similar to film music, but it had structure and a progression. Here, the instrumentals float pleasantly, filled with interesting textures, yet they never seem to have much of a purpose. Often, they seem quite tied to their time, either in their spaciness or in the pastoral folkiness, two qualities that are better brought out on the full-fledged songs interspersed throughout the record. Typified by "Burning Bridges" and "Wot's...uh the Deal," these songs explore some of the same musical ground as those on Atom Heart Mother and Meddle, yet they are more concise and have a stronger structure. But the real noteworthy numbers are the surprisingly heavy blues-rocker "The Gold It's in The...," which, as good as it is, is trumped by the stately, ominous "Childhood's End" and the jaunty pop tune "Free Four," two songs whose obsessions with life, death, and the past clearly point toward Dark Side of the Moon. ("Childhood's End" also suggests Dark Side in its tone and arrangement.) As startlingly advanced as these last two songs are, they're not enough to push the rest of Obscured by Clouds past seeming just like a soundtrack, yet these tunes, blended with the sensibility of Meddle, suggest what Pink Floyd was about to develop into.
Rainy mornings + Pink Floyd = Slumberland in the officeLuckily, my groovy new mug is filled with some piping hot java. What a great Christmas gift. Thanks "Will":http://mog.com/Lyrikhan :O)Happy Monday Moggers!
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Where is it? When ddi it happen?'How far did you get?' is the important question.'Can you get back?' is even more important.How do you feel?Now booking passage on the way out of here. Good luck getting off.Enjoy.
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I passed by the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition on Friday.Tommorrow is is Pearl Harbor Day.In a few days is Frank Sinatra's birthday.And tonight I didn't call our buddy Eric aka Doomsayer2001. Sorry, I was pulled into a poker game. BTW I'm not allowed to deal because I know how to force cards.My brake job went tits up went I broke that bolt earlier so tomorrow I got to hit the yar...
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Or is it? Despite the sounds that make you want to sing along, toss your drink around and slam them in a cheers to your drinking buddies…the lyrics are rather depressing.But nevermind the lyrics, enjoy the jam! And let’s cheers anyway, to a *long warm life*!
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Rainy mornings + Pink Floyd = Slumberland in the officeLuckily, my groovy new mug is filled with some piping hot java. What a great Christmas gift. Thanks "Will":http://mog.com/Lyrikhan :O)Happy Monday Moggers!
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Before Pink Floyd released Dark Side of the Moon and became big rock stars, a couple of their albums were actually soundtracks to late 60's early 70's crazy hippie movies. One of my favorite Pink Floyd albums is Obscured By Clouds which is actually the soundtrack to a 1972 french film called La Vallée [...]
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| 1 Obscured by Clouds [Instrumental] |
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| 2 When You're In |
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| 3 Burning Bridges |
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| 4 The Gold It's in The... |
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| 5 Wot's...Uh the Deal |
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| 6 Mudmen [Instrumental] |
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| 7 Childhood's End |
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| 8 Free Four |
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| 9 Stay |
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| 10 Absolutely Curtains [Instrumental] |
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