A New Machine

I don't mind them either. I think the movement from the end of the first one into Terminal Frost is awesome. That echoey metallic, empty voice beng replaced by the plodding almost calming beat and sounds of Terminal Frost moves me as much as anything else Floyd has done.

There ya go Charade...I've explained myself.

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Only the very safe,
Can talk about wrong and right.
Of those that are forced to choose,
There's some who will choose to fight.

Would you call them songs? Ive got nothing against them but i see it as another way of Dave expressing his feelings to Roger. Terminal forst though aint that bad an instrumental.

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...there's no dark side of the moon really,...matter of fact its all dark....

I think they ruin the dynamism of the album!

I think that the New Machine songs are more an expression of seeing one's self in the mirror and not seeing what you want to see: "I will always look out from these eyes...Don't worry/No one lives forever...It's only a lifetime."

I think they're fine as interstitial pieces. Although my "theory" on AMLoR is different and I think it's the trapped feeling of knowing the outcome of a nuclear war (I go into detail in another AMLoR thread), I wouldn't call them bad songs. They can't stand alone, but they serve their purpose.

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"And with these words I can see
Clear through the clouds that covered me
Just give it time then speak my name
Now we can hear ourselves again..."

WrightSatellite #1

Exactly. Just like Get Your Filthy Hands on TFC, for example. They aren't proper songs.

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"Don't you know there ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk." Tom Waits

Who cares if they don't stand alone, they're not meant to. Everything from Yet Another Movie to the end of the album is great and flows very nicely, it's my favourite 20 minutes of all Dave's solo efforts.

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what do you teach your children about me?
what do you teach your little children about me?
pimp, thug, bling drug lord of the undergrounded kings
how can you be so sure i won't call down the rain?
what do you teach your little children about me?
you point your gun, wait, hide and run. i see it plain

They can't stand alone, but that's not why they suck.

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stchrissie is not me.

Alright, since you've left us all in suspense, I'll bite.

WHY do they suck then?

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what do you teach your children about me?
what do you teach your little children about me?
pimp, thug, bling drug lord of the undergrounded kings
how can you be so sure i won't call down the rain?
what do you teach your little children about me?
you point your gun, wait, hide and run. i see it plain

Got a couple of hours?

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stchrissie is not me.

Time is all I have.

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what do you teach your children about me?
what do you teach your little children about me?
pimp, thug, bling drug lord of the undergrounded kings
how can you be so sure i won't call down the rain?
what do you teach your little children about me?
you point your gun, wait, hide and run. i see it plain