I don't see what the problem is with The Division Bell...

I agree completely. I downloaded the entire DB album as a single file, and I love it. I think it's better than sonce of the stuff they did with Rog. 'What Do You Want From Me?' and 'High Hopes' are two of my favorite songs now. Say what you want, this will always be one of my favorite albums.

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My sig is so much sexier than yours.

I have maintained all along (look in many other threads around here) that Daves guitar work on "Coming Back to Life" is, In My Opinion, the best he's ever recorded. It is simply an amazing piece of work. I have struggled for years trying to master even parts of it.. Time, Money, SOYCD, Dogs, Pigs are all fairly easy by comparison.

Now Dave is no lyrical giant compared to Roger, but who the hell IS? Roger has a gift (albeit a single minded one) (Did you know Rog lost his Pappy in the War?). He ranks in the world of lyricist much the same as Hemmingway, Poe or Stevenson in the world of authors. To denegrate Dave for not measuring up to Rog's standards is unfair and uncalled for.

Could any of you write......

Can you see your days blighted by darkness?
Is it true you beat your fists on the floor?
Stuck in a world of isolation
While the ivy grows over the door

How about......

The rain fell slow, down on all the roofs of uncertainty
I thought of you and the years and all the sadness fell away from me
And did you know...

Or maybe.....

I will, I will she sighed to my request
And then she tossed her mane while my resolve was put to the test
Then drowned in desire, our souls on fire
I lead the way to the funeral pyre
And without a thought of the consequence
I gave in to my decadence




Lighten up guys....

Oh yeah.... I like the Division Bell.

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I have always been here.
I have always looked out from behind these eyes.

Jim was the first to do the whole love/funeral pyre thing.

The time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now we can only lose
And our love become a funeral pyre

Or were there others...Hmmmm.

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Negative infinity man.

Speak for yourself, I'm the most optimistic person I know. Cheer up though man, it's not all that bad

Oh pickey, pickey, pickey.........

One could argue that Webster has written everything in the english language, just rearrange the words in his dictionary to suit your needs.

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I have always been here.
I have always looked out from behind these eyes.

That's as may be, but it lacks any kind of emotional intensity and fails to convey anything other than merely proficient playing. Compare this with the soaring JL Seagull of the first solo on Comfortably numb and how it effortlessly runs you through the cornfields of your youth or deflects the rainy days of the remembrances of childhood.

Now come back to life.

Yes, his playing on TDB is acceptable, maybe even a little bit inspired, but it ain't anything more than that.

In My Opinion.

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When Bucks Fizz’s tour bus crashed they all survived. When Metallica's bus crashed Cliff Burton died. Why?

Guess we'll have to agree to disagree on this one. I find his playing on TDB as inspired and emotional as anything he's done. Maybe not the emotions that you may be looking for, but they reach me none the less.

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I have always been here.
I have always looked out from behind these eyes.

That's fair enough matey

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When Bucks Fizz’s tour bus crashed they all survived. When Metallica's bus crashed Cliff Burton died. Why?

TDB is worth the price of admission for Marooned and WtIO, alone. Every time I listen to WtIO, I get chills. From Rick's great vocals to David's tasty guitar fillers - this song is as good as anything any of the Floyd have ever written - solo or together!

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"David Gilmour can do more with one note than most guitarists can do with the whole fretboard."

Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)

Unfeasably, it has turned out to be the fan's sleeper choice on the album. Which is weird.

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When Bucks Fizz’s tour bus crashed they all survived. When Metallica's bus crashed Cliff Burton died. Why?

I only wish they had done it on TDB tour!

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"David Gilmour can do more with one note than most guitarists can do with the whole fretboard."

Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)

I only wish I hadn't been coming down when I should have gone to The Gig.

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When Bucks Fizz’s tour bus crashed they all survived. When Metallica's bus crashed Cliff Burton died. Why?

High Hopes is an exceptional song, I'll give you that. It ranks among some of the best, lyrically and musically. Frankly, it's better than anything off AHM or Umma, but otherwise the album is disappointing to my ears.

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stchrissie is not me.

You don't like the accidentally multi-rhythm splendour that is Atom Heart Mother?

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is snuggly

Do you?

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When Bucks Fizz’s tour bus crashed they all survived. When Metallica's bus crashed Cliff Burton died. Why?