Hmmm...as a no longer VERY young man of 40 and having been a fan of the Floyd for just over two decades - fixxlevy has me on tenure of fandom - I don't know what it is about the, seemingly, talentless bunch of singing groups - I cannot call them bands since none seem to be able to play ANY musical instruments - enthralling the youth of today.

Perhaps it IS the short attention span of today's youth but I seem to remember that same fault plagued me and my contemporaries in our respective youths, so that can't be the whole reason. In most cases the music is just a re-hash of what has gone before; sometimes the cover versions differ not a bit from the original in structure, so my question is why not just listen to the original.

Maybe it's just that mediocrity has taken hold of the populace at large - rife in continental Europe - and only the more individual among us can break away from the SHEEP-like behaviour. Perhaps the current offerings are just plain crap. Then again, perhaps I'm just coming into my time as an "old fogey".

And like fixxlevy, I may be a PF purist who, when in a Las Vegas casino, almost ripped off his own ears at the sound of a very poor lounge act murdering "Money". I just cannot handle cheap imitations. Thank goodness this thread isn't concerned with whether the latest PF incarnation is truly, or not, PINK FLOYD!.

BTW, I spent almost the entire day yesterday singing Syd's "Long Gone" to myself much to the annoyance of my colleagues in the bank. Bleedin' music haters. No accounting for taste...or the lack thereof. :smile:

Floyd on!
Byron

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