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Roger Waters : The Dark Side of The Moon Redux : A Calm Album Review and Reaction - Phil Aston
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- Опубликовано: 3 авг 2024
- Roger Waters : The Dark Side of The Moon Redux : Album Review
This could be the ultimate Marmite album. But then again ....
Leave all your preconceptions of the other DSOTM at the door!
I cover the CD and Vinyl versions.
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Wow Phil, I love the outro. That is some wicked guitar playing. Love the sound. I wish there was some more of that.
Thank you 😊
Phil this was a wonderful review. Very well done! Roger is now 80 years. I like it and accept the changes that are made in life and how this album is an addition for DSOTM.
Thank you - Phil
A great, open, honest, and balanced review/comparison. 👍🏽 Cheers!
Thank you 🙏
Well, after many other reviews finally one as i see it my self. If you give this album an open minded listen it is a real great and touching album. Roger created something new, something slightly different. There are so many covers of DSOTM around and mostly all of hem (exapt the strange, but still great Flaming Lips Version) that are still just are reproducing the same thing ole thing less proffesional and emotional and so I feel that it is the right of the main producer of the original to do this fully new interpration. I also never will stop listening the original - but also will have a listen to this one time to time. Thanks for this great review, If I would have done one it would be very similar.
Thank you 🙏
It really worked well live too. Especially with the subtle cello arrangements, Hammond and synth arrangements with Rogers ideas flowing over the top.
A great review from Phil. I've heard 3 tracks (so far) from Rogers' website and was gobsmacked. It's poignant. 50 years on from hearing the mind blowing original, 50 years of experience of life later , it hits home.
If I had a RUclips channel about music, this would have been MY review on TDSOTM redux. You are a gem Phil, thank you for your thoughts, you opinions and your calm manners. This is the review I was expecting on this album, not a fragging rant about how much they hate Roger Waters, but about the music and the art. Thank you again.
Thank you very much for your kind words ! Phil :)
What a refreshing approach to the Redux version. It's an accurate and fair review and entirely reflects Roger's intensions. Well done indeed. 👍
I have now listened to the entire DSOM Redux version myself and as a whole it works perfectly. Like many others, I was disappointed when I'd first heard the new Money but after hearing the Time version I begun to look forward to listening to the whole album.
Having now listened to the Redux in its entirety, I must say I really like it. It really does work and I can clearly see why Roger wanted to do it.
Well done Roger! 👏
Thank you - Phil
Melancholy is a great word to describe it. I felt mostly depression and sadness listening through this album which is great because at least I felt something, and I think that’s the point.
Yes sadness for sure
I call it boring, and a failed attempt to kill "the Dark side of the moon", which is the greatest concept album of all time.
What's going on Roger's mind?
Last night I streamed this album, four times in a row. I just could not get over the genius of it. I had previously listened to the first offering made available pre-release, but decided to wait until I could experience it in its entirety and now purchase is imminent. This album is no replacement, compliment to or alternative to the original album. Love him or hate him, Roger Waters wrote all the lyrics and this really was conceptually his baby. To his credit on this album Waters gives more than just a passing nod to his fellow musicians by staying close to the original music, and yet managing to reinterpret it magnificently. I always thought with the original Waters was looking to the future and so it seems now he has completed the circle as he replies to his 29-year-old self half a century earlier. I totally hear the Leonard Cohen aspect to this and I am by no means a Leonard Cohen, but what Roger Waters has done is absolute genius. Known to be a man with a hugely inflated ego I’m not getting that here, this was not made out of spite but is a personal conversation between him and his younger self. For me this recording carries an air of inevitability, perhaps something he always knew he was going to do. I have to say it is the most revealing and brave work that I have ever heard since “Plastic Ono Band” by John Lennon. The string arrangements are absolutely gorgeous and Waters delivers a work of absolutely astounding quality in its emotional depth. This is not the Cashcow I was expecting, this is not “Tubular Bells II” or “Bat Out Of Hell II”. This is a truly worthwhile, brave and intimate statement from one of rock musics most imaginative, flawed and masterful individuals and I can only thank him for sharing this. For me a man of dubious character and ugly ego I found myself listening without prejudice and connecting with a work of supreme human touch.
Fantastic review Paul - thank you for sharing ! Phil :)
Thank you for your insightful overview of this record Phil. I have also posted the above on the Facebook group in reply to your marvellous video there.
Klasse neu Auflage einer tollen vinil. Rogers Waters..Endlich mal einer der nicht einfach kopiert und mix. Sonder totall neu aufgenommen hat. Bin ein grosser pink floyd fan..diese neue Version ist klasse ( bei mony dachte ich leonard cohen sind ) aber sonst eine schöne endspannte CD..gefällt mir sehr ..achja man muss sie öfter hören mit ruhe dann kommt die ganze CD (oder vinil)erst richtig zu Geltung..👍
Smart! A calm review about Waters work sans the band and world politics. Frankly, I have heard DSOTM so many times, it was refreshing to hear another version of it by the same lyricist. I like the new lyrics. I think they work. I am not slamming Gilmour, Mason, Wright, Parsons, Torrie or anyone else involved in the perfect storm that DSOTM was created under. It is a different version, that's all. I mean come on, you don't even have to buy it to hear it. I heard the entire thing on the internet. As long as I have Spotify, I can listen to it any time I want. I have not bought it yet, but I think I am going to buy it. This is not the best solo project Waters has put out, Amused to Death was and is. I am so happy I saw the Amused to Death concert, it was magical. I don't care why Roger Waters put this out, I am happy he did it.
Thank you - great comment and insight!
@@NowSpinningMagazine You are most welcome.. You did a great job too.
Thanks, great review. It will still take me some time to get ready for this, your instructions I will keep in mind.👍
Thank you for a proper review to Roger Waters new album D.S.O.T.Moon Redux i enjoy what all members of Floyd have done and was concerned what sort of remake Roger
would do
On hearing the tracks that were released before the album was put out i did enjoy it very much now on bought the album and listened to it on headphones i thought wow this is superb not taking anything away from the original but bringing it up to date thank you Roger
It is brilliant
One of the best reviews I've seen so far!
I was late in discovering Pink Floyd. It was '79, I was about 15, and The Wall had just been released. I bought the single Another Brick in the Wall. I wouldn't buy a copy of the album for over a year but my uncle owned a copy and I gave it a rather half hearted listen. I was more interested in the sound effects and didn't really understand the story. I eventually started buying their older albums and was initially drawn to that period from Dark Side of the Moon to The Wall, but as I grew older I started to appreciate that brief period of time from the late 60's to about '71, from Saucerful of Secrets to Obscured By Clouds. I think they recorded some of their most beautiful music. Roger Waters had not yet succumbed to his neurotic hang ups and turned the band into a vehicle to air them out. This earlier period was not straight jacketed by the "concept album" and were just a collection of unrelated songs. They would never be so loose and experimental than this time. After losing Syd Barrett they struggled to reinvent themselves and thankfully they were allowed to entry out many different styles. Some were more successful than others but you could hear them evolving and becoming more like the Pink Floyd we're familiar with, for good and ill. I've given this Redux version a listen and found it laughably pretentious. When he starts those spoken word segments all I could think of was William Shatner doing his recitation of Rocket Man. The original album is already rather grim and pessimistic, but this new version really leans into this and milks it for all its worth. It's obvious that Roger Waters is creatively bankrupt and his solo career will never surpass his achievements of the past. This might have been an interesting experiment if Dave and Nick were involved but Roger's bitterness towards them is what probably motivated this project and was created to show everyone that he is the sole creator of this iconic album. The absence of his band mates leaves a great void at the centre of this album. Hopefully they got a good laugh from it.
It wasn't till I listened to the album in its entirety that I "got it" and found it brilliant. I remembered when DSOM was first released and how amazing I thought it was (of course, I wasn't alone). When I listened to the full Redux version it struck me as poignant, somber, and interesting. I tried to not make comparisons to the original. I agree it invites repeated listening. Nice review, thank you.
Bought it today, and listened to it tonight. Hmmm.... i really liked it. A companion piece to... the final cut vocally rather than dark side i thought. Definitely enjoyed it and will listen again.
Nice review Phil, I’ve looked at the new album and will probably give it a go.
Time as you mentioned waits for no one - when you have built up an amazing legacy of work it must be fantastic to look back and come full circle.
Sadly we never seem to learn.
Thanks for the heads up
Thank you
Very good review. Very good album. There are people who will damn RW whatever the music is like, it's not just a marmite album, he's a marmite artist. Personally I love it and I think it had to be very different from the original otherwise what's the point? ... it's a brilliant late night atmospheric slice of melancholy
Excellent viewpoint - Phil :)
Hey Phil. Thanks for another great review mate. Keep up the good work. Peace from New Zealand.
Thank you 🙏
Thanks Phil, you made me want to hear the whole of it now and give it a fair shake. I will go in with an open mind and think of it maybe as an impressionist work of art.
Cheers,
JonO
That would be a good approach! Phil :)
I very much urge you to give it a listen Jon
Great review and I have listened to your viewpoint. A week or so ago I listened to it on streaming and honestly it literally took me three listening sessions to get through it. I was put off by what I heard and thought, as you pointed out, why did he just buy these ideas to different music and release it as something else? This could have easily been a follow up to Is This The World We Want, which I thought was as very good. So until now, I had my opinions. But after hearing you comments and explanation I’m willing to give this another listen…in the future.
💯 thank's for the review. I loved ❤ it and the way you was as objective as you could, thinking og how long time you have known the original psychedelic rock& harmoni masterpiece. Very well done review 🌌
I do love the original but wasn't born until the 90s, so it maybe doesn't have the same connection to me as someone who grew up at the time it was originally released. I honestly think this is one of the best "new" releases that I have heard in a long time. I wonder if he called it "The Dark Side of the Sun" or someting and pitched it as a sequel album if it would have been so divisive.
As ever Phil great review 😀
very nice review. sensible & thoughtful. I loved the album & got a real buzz from the songs which are true genius.
A valuable review Phil as I wasn't going anywhere near this due to my back story with DSOTM being virtually identical to yours. I might now need to have a listen...
Update...just streamed the album on a long car journey. I'm glad I've heard it and enjoyed parts of it but when it finished I didn't get the feeling I needed to buy it or hear it again
🎉I was very lucky to attend Roger's DSOFM Redux Palladium shows. I thought it really worked well as a live performance. It did have me in tears! Upon reflection I would prefer if he had recorded this rendition live as a special event at the London Palladium rather than just as a studio album.
An astute review there Phil, where my views seem to mirror your own regarding how good a revisitation Side 2 in particular is. I'm refraining from judging as a whole just yet, because there's much richness to be discovered and mulled over in Side 1, from small details to the overarching sensibility of the section as a whole. I will say that as apiece it's way above (to my delight) the somewhat fearful expectations I'd gleaned from the rather unkind and unobservant first reviews I'd come across. As a body of work, his solo career is quite the most fascinating and rewarding effort I have come across, I believe, and I thank my lucky stars that I became a Pink Floyd fan all those years ago. He's an absolute gem, our Roger, so thanks once again for a worthwhile spend of some of my time listening to and watching one of your reviews.
Thank you for your insightful comment and kind words. Phil
Yes, this is a good one, and of course Cohen here.....
The hard part for me is that DSOTM is an almost perfect album and I think it ends with perhaps the greatest verse of lyrics ever written for popular modern music. It takes the whole album to build up to it and then the last bit carries it over the finish line by putting everything in all of existence past, present and future , spinning in perfect harmony and balance , then paints that little streak of flaw across the masterpiece of creation with the thought of something so small like the moon being able to block the masterpiece of existence. The perfect most meaningful lyric I have ever heard. So the idea of re-doing the album is hard for me to get into. What more could he say on the subject than perfection?
Thanks great job Phil... Without a record player I ordered the CD. I heard it online and wasn't thrilled but after a second listen I noticed that the work is growing on me.I think the redux is a brilliant idea...as it allows for Roger to share sentiments without getting political.
Thank you
I feel that Roger had maybe listened more deeply to his "Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking" album (with it's own dark, husky, whispering qualities), and simply married that approach to "The Dark Side Of The Moon."
Marc
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I was 12 highway when the album came out, and unprepared for it’s brilliance, I appreciate the effort put in, and I like this a lot
But it seems a tad self-indulgent
Thanks for the review Phil. I have lived with it for over 40 odd years and I reluctantly gave it a go. I am glad I did! Whatever his political views or his lyrics he gets people talking. I think this was brave and possibly stupid move, but I am a proud owner and always a listener of Roger in Floyd or solo. Long may he continue making great music and getting peoples backs up. And as a piece if art... well it is Roger Waters and I will continue to fill my suitcase with musical memories.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts - Phil
Well said
Thank you for a great review. I done the same thing. I didnt expect it to be darkside. Enter with a fresh mind. We will never see he and David together again. This was great. A good bye form Roger.
Surprised you were calm and not all guns blazing.
I’ll check it at some point
Two words come to mind about this musical endeavour. They are 'Bother' and 'Why', although in a different order
As I said it is a marmite album some people won’t like it and others will. Thank you 🙏
@@NowSpinningMagazine Enjoyed your review Phil but I just couldn't get past the idea or the reason. Those immaculate moments, the running man across the headphones, the gut punch of Clare Torry's improv vocal for example. Oh well..my loss
Just got this today and I quite like it. Possibly his last album so a nice footnote. Atmospheric album, not quite ambient but a nice late night listen. So now we have two sides of the moon for different moods. I liked his idea behind this and for me it works. Love the acoustic guitar and organ work and the strings are beautiful.
Amused to Death will probably always be his best album, as good as any Floyd record but I'd rate this excellent as well.
Gilmour fans will hate it but why? We have the original if you want that.
Yes, I really like it. 👍
lovin' it tbf..😍
Aside from Cohen, in Time (and not just there) I find some similarities with Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds.
There was a perioid in my life, when my playlists were mostly filled by Pink Floyd and Leonard Cohen. Sounds like album of choice for those who has similar gap in their soul as I had.
In a world where almost every artists has sold their soul, I find it refreshing that an artist can take their past work and do with it what they would like, reinterpret it etc. I honestly don’t see the massive problem with this. His son’s description is perfect..how we interpret and reinterpret ourselves and the world we inhabited in the past is something we can all relate to. In many ways it’s absolute genius the idea, and guess what, it is Roger Waters after all. Like him or loathe him we can’t deny his genius. I’ve personally found it a really interesting listen, great, balanced discussion of it here btw.
Thank you for such an insightful comment - I agree totally - Phil
After 50 years Roger is winking behind this work as if saying: "See, I told you!"
Even the future is not what it used to be.
I got mine copy when I was at school . The stickers posters
you should do a review of "the pros and cons of hitchhiking" - i see this as a continuation of that in terms of scope
Nice to see someone come to this with an open mind. Some reviewers and commentators have brought their baggage, excess baggage and the kitchen sink to it. You see quite a lot of criticism of older musicians who attempt, but can no longer quite accomplish what came easily to them when they were younger. It seems people have every little tolerance or understanding of the realities of getting older. So Roger produces a performance and an album that reflects where he is now with additional material reflecting the perspective of someone who has lived a further fifty years on this planet. If all someone wants is to huddle in the comfort blanket of their long ago youth, the original album remains just as it ever was. I still have my original vinyl copy, not played for many years. For someone for whom questions of mortality loom large, the state of the world we live in, the state of the world we leave behind, this new version replaces the energy of youth with the gravitas of a life lived, and gives a different slant to the concept.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts - I am liking it more with each listen.
@@NowSpinningMagazine One further thought on this, understanding the difference between the two versions of Money. The original is the brazen defiance of the nouveau riche, with their hands on the cash and the levers of power, daring anyone to take it from them: the new version is about the grasping claws of the old money that knows all the tricks, the real puppet masters working behind the scenes to ensure they never lose control. It's the second version saying to the first: "You thought you had it made, you thought you were winning the game, how little you know, we've been here all the time and you're just a kid, not really a contender at all."
Hi Phil - thanks so much for the review, only personally I am really struggling with it. I wont be going back for a second listen - there's to much great music out there that will take priority at the moment. I must say however that I am a huge Pink Floyd fan, but strangely have never taken to Roger Waters. I found this release so depressing to listen to, and that is not what I need in life right now. I want to listen to the Stones latest, full of life and great new music and something that puts a smile on my face. Appreciate your balanced review though - keep up the good work, and I'll see you on the next one. Cheers Doug
Thank you for your measured response. I do know exactly what you mean. The Stones album is very positive and life affirming. Phil
Ahhh, Roger's just peeved off at the world...AGAIN.
Very enjoyable review of a strange and unexpected release. Will I be buying it? No, but that doesn´t make the review any less iinteresting, especially as it´s done by someone, who has had pretty much half a century to prepare for making this video.
Thanks for the review, the first balanced one I've seen/heard. I went to the Palladium with my brother to see it live on 8th October and found it had a depth that surprised me. Hadn't listened to the original for quite a few years so it helped that it seemed, ironically, fresh. Still yet to listen to my cd, still letting the live experience sink in. It's going to be It's own thing on the one hand, yet like an older brother on the other. Thanks again for a balanced review.
Thank you 🙏
Dark Side Of The Moon is such a monolith !of a record !!! I was only six and the other one Sgt Pepper i was newborn!! But those 2 records have change the face of music!! I must put in Pet Sounds!!!🥰🖤😋🤟❤️♠️
Roger Waters was the mastermind of Pink Floyd and i like his solo work so much and of course all their other albums. Roger is an outstanding artist there is no doubt about it. I listened to the new redux album and i must say i failed ,it doesn't work. I always compare it to the classic album and that is the great mistake. 50 years of listening to the original album have become too strongly burned into my synapses. I just can't ignore it. I would much rather celebrate that he had released a new great solo record. I love his solo stuff to death. For me the original
DSOTM is a sanctuary that should not be touched. A new awesome masterpiece by Roger. Oh yeah what a great Christmas present for his fans. The redux album ist surely great but the original DSOTM album is in my heart forever.
Hi Phil, i listened to it with an open mind knowing i'ld have to. For me it is what it is ,and didn't do much for me at all but i accept it for what it is. will i listen to it again? maybe a few more times over the next several months just to see if anything strikes me different or i have a different experience from hearing it from start to finish as i have. Personally, i would have rather had a new album with new material from Waters. Two of my favorite albums in my music collection are Dark Side and Miles' Kind Of Blue, for me both are perfect albums, and they both have a perfect flow and are also masterfully sequenced in that both are over before they seemed to even start. and while i listened with a totally opened mind ,just leave perfection alone and let it be Roger.. i understand, i get it, and i respect your new take on it, but leave well enough alone... i would also rather had listened to a re-imagining of perhaps Meddle, or anything pre Dark Side Of The Moon where i think it would have been much more of an interesting experience and i think a lot more room a different vision, maybe even some improvements dare i say. But like i mentioned, i accept it for what it is and respect Rogers vision for this project, but it is what it is and that's really about it for me. Hope your doing well Phil and thanks so much for all the time and passion you put into the content, Jerry in Indiana
Hi Jerry, thank you for such a well balanced comment. I really appreciate it. Phil
Sounds interesting will give it a shot.
I assume from the review you have to put the original to the back of your mind.
Cheers Jonathan
Yes - leave all memories at the door!
Nice review Phil. I don't have the history with DSOTM. However, even with all the insightful comments, some things, I believe, just need to be left alone. I would rather Roger did a completely new record to reflect current events, his thoughts at this point in his life, etc. Keep up the great reviews.
Thank you 🙏
I received the new Roger Waters' The Dark Side of The Moon Redux (CD and Transparent Orange Double Vinyl) yesterday. It is brilliant. Don't believe the negative comments or negative reviews out there.
Roger Waters has said that 'The Dark Side Of The Moon Redux' is a re-working, partly as a tribute to the original work, but also to re-address the political and emotional message of the whole album. Yes, of course you hear the original album, but this Redux is nothing like the Pink Floyd album, and it's not supposed to be. It's more like a new Roger Waters solo album.
Here's what Waters had to say in the liner notes. "Fifty years after the release of the original recording of DSOTM, I realized that the f***ing warmongers hadn't got the message the first time around and I thought, maybe I should re-record it? Partly as an homage to the great recording Nick and Rick and David and I made back in 1973 and partly as a reminder that we're still killing children and it's still wrong.
I listened to the CD three consecutive times. I need to listen to the vinyl and Side 4 which has music not included on the CD as Phil explained in his great review.
People need to separate Pink Floyd's albums from that of Roger Waters solo albums. People need to look at this new album as a Roger Waters album and completely forget about 'The Dark Side of The Moon', think that it never existed. Jonathan Wilson who was a member of the touring band on the last two tours plays guitar on the new album. Only Roger Waters could have pulled this off with what he did with this new release. This thing is so good that it will make my year-end Top 10 list.
Thank you for sharing, great insights and review. - Phil
Well Phil I thought I would dislike this reworking of Dark Side. I have never got on with Roger's solo works, ans consider The Final cut the worst of the Floyd albums. However, I though this album was stunning, imaginative with a wonderful sense of calm, yet with some interesting observations on the modern world. Thanks for your open and honest review. I parked the originaal and listened., it worked!
Thank you 🙏
Agree album cover back is horrendous lol😂
Before I'd finished watching you review I spotified it, determined I would hate it, it started I was still convinced I would hate it, I got to the end I thought what was that all about then, I then listened to the original and then finished your review, I'm still not sure but I actually don't hate it, but I sort of feel a bit sorry for him. I guess he's not after people's pity though...
Great review though!!!!
(in other news I'm still listening to the new mix of Space Ritual, let's hope you review some more Hawkwind soon 😀 )
Thank you 🙏
Finally a well balanced review of said Album. I think this Album has received hysterical reviews based on his politics instead of his music. Look round the world and see where bloody politics get you. I will give it ago. I have everything else he has ever done after all. Cheers Mate and Stay well.
Thank you 🙏
@@30yearsoldiam1 Easier said than done.
Thanks for your take on this "new" Waters album. Although I will agree with most of what you said about it, I think the album's release almost totally missed the mark. I will end up listening to it a few times in the future, but I'm in no rush.
Here's my issue with it: Being 80 often means you can't deliver the range of energy or power that some songs require. The overall tone of the album is monochromatic. The lyrics are delivered in a dull, flat manner, almost as if he was reciting the words on his death bed. Roger was never quite the happy-go-lucky kind of guy, and I know I was in a huge funk when I bought and listened to "The Wall" oh so many years ago. Roger said he regretted having created that album with such a heavy, depressed motif and wish he had lightened up a bit more. Sure Rog... shoulda, woulda, coulda.
Instrumentally, the musicianship is superb although they are clearly constrained to barely 20db of dynamic range. The organ and drum sound permeated the entire album, never changing volume or timbre. It gets very repetitive and boring after ten minutes.
The Leonard Cohen comparison is something that struck me right off the bat (being Canadian myself). But more like Cohen, without the playfulness or subtleties, I guess.
I would also like to state that I owned the original vinyl album when it first was released. I eventually bought the CD with the SuperAudio CD layer (but didn't have a player that could play the surround version at the time). I eventually found the 4-channel Alan Parsons surround version and then a 5.1 surround version on DVD. What made DSOTM so unique and enthralling was the dynamic range, going from a low heartbeat to screaming guitar solos and impressive drum patterns that slapped you in the face. The redux version avoids all of that and would never be used to demo a great audio system.
I also dread many albums released by "old people" who didn't age well. Exceptions would be a band like Deep Purple, still kickin' ass after all these years and are as old as Roger himself. To me, the Redux album should have never seen the light of day and I predict will be forgotten within the year. This was simply the last gasp of a genius that was barely able to muster enough energy to get out of a wheelchair and remove his oxygen mask for five minutes.
Will I warm up to it in time? I highly doubt it. I've listened to jazz interpretation to Pink Floyd music and found the experience enlightening and thrilling to behold. Redux is none of those things. I could wipe my memory clean of the original DSOTM with powerful drugs and still walk away thinking "why did this old man record an album like this?". Seriously, I hope Mr. Waters stops releasing more material like this one. He's giving vibrant and relevant old guys a bad name. Yeah, I know the world we live in sucks. Sure, we humans are pretty dense and can't stop idolizing money, power, fame, all things that people like Waters has plenty of, not me.
My advice to any true Pink Floyd fan is to *not* put their hard-earned money down on this turkey. It will only encourage Roger to think about other "re-interpretations". Ugh, what now? A redux of The Wall, or Wish You Were Here? Please don't bother. The original DSOTM said exactly what it had to say. Nothing more and nothing less. It was a sonic treat from start to finish and a powerhouse of thought, expression and meaning. Superb musicianship and a work of art that will last almost forever. Redux just seems like either a cash grab or the ramblings of a man who's ideals could never measure up to the failings of the less-than-conscientious human beings we share this blue ball of confusion with.
I'm also confident Paul McCartney won't re-release Sgt. Pepper or Revolver made from scratch and The Stones have a truly new album coming out that apparently doesn't spend ten seconds looking back to their glory days. This is what Roger should have thought about doing. Get something fresh to sing/talk/mumble about and bring in some fresh blood because the blood on this album is barely flowing. (FYI: I'm 66 years old and spinning records since I was two... 78 rpm's in fact. I bought into just about every music format except 8-tracks and DAT. I adore the surround sound digital format and anything high-def.)
Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts - Phil
Very good review. I still have mixed feelings so will need to listen more. I have the immediate feeling that Roger really misses his father and now that his life is closing, a whole group of conflicting feelings arise with the prospect of death not far off.I am not interested in his politics however, I would love to be a fly on the wall when he re-unites with his dad which he most undoubtedly will. I know this for a fact as I've done this with mine!
Thank you 🙏
Thanks for this. First off, I think Roger is a first class doos (a South African word that gets lost in the transition 😊), especially regarding his treatment of Rick, and his naive libtard idealism. That aside, I love his work with Floyd, and I even play Radio KAOS more than I should.
I was going to write this DSOTM redux off as an irrelevant cash in, but thanks to you, I'm going to give it a go.
I love the audacity of re-imagined versions of classics (Dub Side of the Moon is splendid IMHO) and the 2006 all-star tribute Return to the DSOTM is great fun.
Thank you 😊
🔌📐🌈 Good Review Phil...@ 1st I didn't think I was gonna like it...but.....it's alright...I only listened 1 x though.......but...does it Sync up with THE WIZARD OF OZ ? joking..
Haha 😂 Phil :)
Great compliment to original
Bonjour monsieur, désolé mais je ne parle pas très bien la langue de Shakespeare donc je vais m'expliquer avec la langue de Molière. J'adore regarder vos vidéos car votre passion pour la musique est très communicative. Avec les sous-titres en anglais, j'arrive à peu près à comprendre vos commentaires 😂. Il y a 2 catégories de personnes ceux qui aiment cet album et l'autre qui détestent 😂. On dit souvent que la frontière entre le ridicule et le génie est parfois très mince quoiqu'il en soit chacun a son idée et on doit la respecter 😊. Ce serait drôle que David Gilmour fasse à son tour sa propre version de dark side of the moon😂😂😂.
Connaissez-vous des groupes, chanteurs ou chanteuses français ? John lennon a dit un jour que le rock français, c'est comme le vin anglais c'est-à-dire pas bon😂😂😂. Mais depuis le vin anglais a fait d'énormes progrès comme le rock français également 😊😊😊.
Au revoir monsieur et vivement votre prochaine vidéo 😊😊😊.
Tres bien.
Excelent review. Was this album really necessary for all of us? I don't think so. Otherwise, it seemed necessary for Roger. And I liked it. I think the point, as you said, is to not compare it to the original. The new album is very good, all by itself.
Thank you
Good calm review. I didnt get Money - i just couldn’t take it. He’d have been better off creating a new album of poetry IMHO
Thank you 🙏
Hallo again
Fantastic songs but Im sorry your video was better than the album, it was too sleepy....
I've already got DSOTM so I'd rather spend my money on getting something completely new.
Cant believe you keep your records in the sand paper sleeves! As for this record- if you listen to it and appreciate the musicality and production over comparing the original it's brilliant!
I have put the albums in polylined sleeves now - Phil
Roger does not deserve all the hate he's getting for this. Everyone needs to read what he wrote in the liners before listening. Personally I think it's a great album. And it's VERY RELEVANT to what's going on in the world, and everyone needs to pray this train does not spiral out of control! There's so much negativity and arguing about EVERYTHING in the world, and it's infected this release as well. So you can choose to be an arrogant grouchy rock critic and complain about Redux or open your mind and enjoy for what it is. And enjoy Roger while we have him because we don't live forever. Great review!
Thank you 🙏
What if Peter Gabriel does Selling England by the pound Redux;?or Jon Anderson Relayer redux? … 🖤😋🤘🏿…
Sorry Phil but all this did for me is remind me of the original . Had we not heard the original then I very much doubt we would not be here talking about it . Waters boasts about this being his project but without the other members contributions it is nothing like a classic album
I hate re-recordings 99.9% of the time. I find them pretty creatively bankrupt in most instances. Especially when trying to redo something as iconic as "DSOTM" again...I respect Waters for trying it and respect that it is very different, but would much rather hear all new tunes.
All of Roger Waters recent stuff has an artistic aspect I can appreciate, but it is also hard to listen to because it is extremely depressing. It's more poetic than music and not always for someone trying to enjoy the moment.
Loved the original from first hearing it at the time, wanted to give this at least a try, couldn't bear it. Just not for me.
What does the artwork mean? A dog's sight of the moon?
It doesn't take much imagination. PF did an album called Animals. Pigs, Sheep, Dogs. He's referring to the lyrics of Dogs. Can't believe you can't see it.
Actually I did not see that either, but thank you for the info - Phil
I'm an old man, I'm sad this album is weaker and less "efficient" than the original. The original has kept 100% it's relevance and it's power. Of course it is only my opinion I understand some like it.
Thank you Phil. It seems as though you “took one for the team”. This doesn’t really interest me, I like the idea of listening to Obscured By Clouds instead.
I was a challenging listen but once I let go of my attachment to the Pink Floyd version and read the liner notes and new lyrics I understood what Roger was trying to achieve. I feel it is an important part of Roger and Floyd’s legacy. Not for everyone but I am happy to have this in my collection. Phil
Roger is not political he’s about human solidarity.
Very well said.
Well I’ll fly in the face of popular opinion here and say his reworking of DSOTM is like ripping the Mona Lisa off the wall and trampling on it.
What we’re getting is the same old formula of Roger talking and mumbling to himself like he’s been doing since Floyd first split.
Pink Floyd were not Roger Waters, they were a collective.
😮 I love Pink Floyd & all of Roger Waters solo material , superb , but sorry 🙈 i have give it a go & well ….. totally shocking terrible! I really can’t believe he has released this , very sad ! 😞
I ONLY look at albums one way. Is it good enough to listen to ? Is it good enough to re-listen to over the years? My resounding conclusion is HELL NO!
I know it’s not for everyone, thank you for giving it a listen. Phil
Melancholy? Maybe. Misanthropic? To the max. I got as far as The Great Gig In The Sky, Richard Wright's masterpiece, and was horrified by the dreadful sepulchral glee with which Waters told the story of an old man's death, all with that awful microphone proximity effect he seems to absolutely have to use all the time. I heard the Money thing separately, but the rest of it will remain a precious mystery. If I had a time machine I'd go back and warn myself NOT to listen to the Redux version. It was awful.
Tried to listen to this today and just got bored after the first couple of tracks. Didn’t appeal to me in any way and I’m a huge Floyd and prog fan. The depressed ramblings of a bitter old man spring to mind (RW, not me, I hasten to add!)
Hi Phil, well you tried! It’s not for everyone although I did struggle a lot for the first half myself! Thank you 😊
Thanks for great review, but I didn’t like this version.
Sadly I prefer the original, I’m not sure what Waters was trying to achieve with this redux
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not a fan of waters, loved pink Floyd but imo he's a bitter jealous lndividual.
A very rich bitter jealous individual. With his wealth where does the bitter and jealous come from ?. He says what he thinks , cannot say I agree with a lot of it but he is entitled to his opinion surely ? . At the end of the day he has contributed to a lot of great music over the years .
@@PSN489 anger and hatred. how dare david gilmour carry on with MY band!
Not interested in remakes of valid classic albums.
I Shan't Be Buying This Lot Of Rubbish...Tbr Original Has ALREADY Been Done...And Is Far Better...Id Rather More Purchase Reissues The Original...And The 50Th Anniversary BoxSet...But To Each Their Own~I Always Say...
Everything about this album is just dreadful. From the cover, to the artist, and all the music. No one will be playing this in 5 years let alone 50
Thank you for sharing your personal views on this album. I will still be playing it and I think it will pick up fans over time.
@@NowSpinningMagazine I admire your resilience Phil. I love the original and guess I just see it as sacred. Cheers, Chris
Ughhh. A few decent spots, but why mess with a classic???
In my view, a monumental failure.
Politics aside, Waters is such a miserable, bitter, spiteful and envious person, as has been evidenced by the past few decades. He has totally downplayed the vital contributions from the other band members on the original album in a recent interview, no let’s say it as it is, dismissed the vital contributions, which is shameful. I appreciate you keeping the politics out of it, but Waters is so steeped in controversial political views it’s very hard to dismiss that. Also, if it was a musician with controvertial right wing views, would there be many people reviewing this? I think not. Thanks though Phil.
Thank you for sharing - Phil