Jeez, you guys. Couldn't you tell fixxlevy was just trying to get your goats?
I'll hand it to him though: he knows how to stimulate lively debate.
However, what utter tosh he sometimes talks.
And those who agree with him that "Money" doesn't somehow "fit in", accepting, of course, that you and fixxlevy are perfectly entitled to your opinions: what the hell's wrong with you Floyd "fans"?
From the very beginning PF had an irreverent, mischievous streak in their music, often referring to the song or subject thereof while actually singing it. I always found this a rather endearing quality in them: they never took themselves TOO seriously…except maybe for Roger. And we are all aware of Roger's soapbox tendencies, so what better way to expose the darker sides of greed and avarice than by producing a brilliantly funky song about rock stars (celebrities) and money?
Is it the band's fault that “Money” was probably their greatest single (perhaps the single "Another Brick In The Wall, part 2" may have been a bigger financial success, but really, do any of you think it ranks up there with "Money"?) and audiences go into apoplectic fits whenever it’s played? Or that the band could have predicted that some fans in the future would think it doesn’t quite fit in with the general, subjective “feel” of the rest of the album? Or, as I suspect, was it merely considered by them to be another very good track they had which should be included on what would become, to date, their most famous album?
And, fixxlevy, were the band middle-aged chancers when they wrote it?
I don’t understand it. DSOTM without “Money” would be like oceans without water, or a motorcar without a steering wheel: it just wouldn’t work. The fact “Money” IS on the album means it SHOULD be there. What, would you re-issue DSOTM without it?
Why not remove Roger Waters from the band and continue calling it Pink Floyd? Oh dear, it’s already happened.
Rant ends. Floyd hard!
Byron
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