there's some interesting backstory around what was going on in the studio at the time Dark Side was being recorded and these "interviews" were being held... they apparently got Paul and Linda McCartney (among others) to participate (since the Beatles were down the hall at Abbey Road recording an album), but they were unable to use any of their responses because, by then, they were already celebrities and giving guarded answers -- not the kind of raw reactions they ended up using for the final version of "Great Gig in the Sky"

Boise, you would love this hair raising article about Dubai:
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/the-dark-side-of-dubai-1664368.html

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Master Yoga Cat : "HmmMMMmmm. Strong is the Form in this one. Stretch out against the dark side you must. HmmmmMMMmm"

>> ^Fletch:

5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5...

Meh ... 9 is better. if you wait a little.

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That Dark Side kid thumb is EPIC.

I have a difficult time counting this album as within the Pink Floyd discography. Sure, it's the music of Nick, Dave, and Roger, but this sounds more like the aftershocks of The Wall and the fallout within the band that it precipitated.

Just as Rick and David played on Syd Barrett's solo album, "Barrett," I see this as Nick and David playing on Roger's solo album, "The Final Cut."

And while I love Pink Floyd (from Piper, to Saucerful, to Atom Heart Mother -- maybe parts of Umma Gumma -- to Meddle, to Animals, to Dark Side, to the Wall, et. al.), I have little tolerance for any of the band's solo material, including Rogers', in which I count this particular music.

I'd like to say to Roger, someday, "For gosh sakes, man, wasn't the double-album, gigantic stage show, and feature film enough to get the message across? You didn't have to try to make a sequel out of it, did you?"

>> ^wormwood:

Wow! I had no idea this existed. Great find, and super cool. The video really opens up the atmospheric music and personal lyrics of this material, which is otherwise some of Floyd's least accessible. The "Not Now John" segment was actually on rotation as a single video on Mtv at the time--I remember seeing it in high school. I suppose this entire short film was also shown there at least once around that time too.
BTW, Rick Wright doesn't play on this album at all--Waters fired him during the making of The Wall and did not invite him back for The Final Cut (though Wright did play at the Wall concerts). Sadly, his name should probably be removed from the tags, just as the man has now been removed from our lives. RIP. :-(

>> ^Zifnab:

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
I found this great video site because of @ant through Blues News. I never expected that someday this galaxy would not be so far away.
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Dang. I was on VS almost four months longer than you and you're #1. Hmmph! You ARE going down. Maybe in a few years.

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

I found this great video site because of @ant through Blues News. I never expected that someday this galaxy would not be so far away.

So thanks @ant, but the force is strong on the dark side of the sift so good luck taking me down!