Composer/Musician Reacts to Pink Floyd - Dogs (REACTION!!!)
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- Опубликовано: 8 янв 2021
- Bryan reacts to and talks about his thoughts on Dogs
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Hey you don’t need to tell pink floyd fans how to get ready for 17 minutes
It's fun that Animals was, in a sense, was Pink Floyd's reaction to Punk, and it ended up being one of their proggiest albums (the album has two other 10+minutes tracks and is bookended by two short, under a two minutes acoustic tracks) and one of their most socially conscious ones. This track was actually released on 1977. It is a concept album based on Animal Farm by George Orwell. This track explores the Dogs, which are basically the "police" of the Orwell story. This album was the beginning of the end of a Pink Floyd era too, as the band got took over by bassist Roger Waters and deliver two rock operas after this one (The Wall and The Final Cut), losing their keyboardist on the next album and finally exploding after The Final Cut, with Waters leaving the band and guitarist David Gilmour reinventing it as a more ambient-tingled proggy rock band. There's a lot of groove and funkiness to this Pink Floyd era which you could argue starts with Meddle, solidifies on Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here and finds an ultimate conclusion with The Wall. Animals is in a sense their darkest record from this era when it comes to sound (lyrically, anything from Dark Side to Final Cut is definitely heavy and dark conceptually), and the choppiness really fits the concept. Great insight as always Bryan, I'll see if I add anything as I finish watching but so far that's all I have.
As a super Floyd fan, I find the "Animals" album to be them at the top of their game, musically speaking.
Yes Brian, they are a big deal, they're the 2nd most popular British band ever, after the Beatles of course.
It's not a optimistic song. Once you read and understand the lyrics the heaviness will make sense.
YOU LISTENED TO THE REMASTED VERSION FROM 1997..THEY SONG AND ALBUM CANE OUT IN 1977..
Wow...that was painful to watch. As mentioned below, this album came out in 1977 not 1997. My only suggestion is that you sit quietly by yourself and experience the entire Dark Side of The Moon album from start to finish, uninterrupted...and remind yourself from time to time that what you are hearing was recorded, engineered & mixed nearly 20 years before the first version of ProTools was released...after that if you don't see how PF influences music to this day, maybe stop there. If not, there's always the rabbit hole of the PF library...if you are not afraid of what might be revealed about your sense of music on the other side. Peace.
1977 not 1997. I agree it’s avant-garde not Progressive. As the stories have been told, Roger Waters was difficult to work with and I hear it in this record. IMO, Sheep 🐑 is a much better song.
And next up from Pink Floyd "Shine on your crazy diamond" (full length parts I-IX!!!!!)
It's funny how you said "so we got a little bit of brightness to this" literally as Waters sang "who was born in a house full of pain." 🤦🏼♂️
My personal favorite Pink Floyd song. At least this or Shine On You Crazy Diamond. Excited to get back into more classic prog. Appreciate the special selection.
Pink Floyd are known for not being in a rush to do anything musically and providing plenty of space between notes...
I'll also start by saying that this is my favorite Pink Floyd song. The lead guitar tone and attacking style is such fun to hear, and it suits the theme. But, this is definitely a lyric-driven song and album, IMHO. As others have said, at this point in their career, bassist/lyricist Roger Waters was the "leader" of the band. The somewhat angry lyrics that he wrote for this album do seem to be inspired by George Orwell's Animal Farm. But, instead of pointing out the dangers of communism through the actions of different types of animals, Waters points out the dangers of capitalism through the actions of Pigs, Dogs and Sheep. The two short bookend songs on the album are more personal to Waters' position in this allegorical tale.
Pink Floyd is one of those bands some people have an almost religious-like devotion/fanatacism for. I'm not one of them, but they have some stuff I love and some stuff I'm more indifferent to. They also had a fascinating history and evolution. They essentially started out as psychedelic rock in the late 60s and their debut with Syd Barrett, Piper at the Gates of Dawn, is still considered one of that genre's masterpieces. After that Barrett left and they kinda flitted around trying to find their sound throughout the 60s, releasing a lot of albums in different styles including a movie soundtrack. When they finally released Dark Side of the Moon in the early 70s they got into their middle (and most celebrated) period and almost every album from that decade is beloved by fans, with everyone having their favorites. My personal favorite is Wish You Were Here. Animals was probably their proggiest album, but it's never been a personal favorite. Too much of it is meanding and repetitive for my tastes, and I don't think it highlights what Pink Floyd does best.
The lyrics and the concept is the heart and soul of this album for shure! It’s conceptualy inspired by George Orwell’s book animal farm.
By my understanding, the guitar solos were intended to infer the gnashing of teeth by a dog.
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Thanks for this interesting review. I love all songs of Animals. When I started to dream to Shine on and Dark Side I could not find the same on Animals. But when I found the bootlegs of the 1977 tour I was just lost to that time of Pink Floyd history. Especially Oakland. What a concert!
HOWDY FROM NEW ENGLAND...MAN I REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAY I HAD A CASSETTE OF P.F. DOING THE ENTIRE ANIMALS ALBUM THEY DID ON THE TOUR FOR THE ALBUM...I PLAYED THAT NIGHT AFTER NIGHT WITH THE AID OF SOME ADULT SAGE AND GOT LOST..WHAT A BAND...PEACE
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