The Long, Strange Trip of ‘Dark Side of the Moon,’ 50 Years Later
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A half-century ago, Pink Floyd unleashed a classic that still lingers on the Billboard charts and in college dorms to this day. But what’s the legacy of the blockbuster album? What’s legacy, anyway?

Pink Floyd’s heyday roughly corresponds to the arc of growing up, from childlike wonder (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn) to adolescence (Dark Side) to college (Wish You Were Here) to a reactionary political awakening (Animals) to narcissistic adulthood (The Wall).

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I'm not sure which characterization is my favorite, thinking:

  1. reactionary political awakening (Animals)
  2. narcissistic adulthood (The Wall)
  3. adolescence (Dark Side)
  4. college (Wish You Were Here)

I kind of agree with the childlike wonder phase for Piper though.

    • combat_brandonism [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      It and 'revisionist history' have become ubiquitous in sports discourse, and the ringer is sports-first entertainment journalism so idk that they even know what it really means.

      But yeah "i don't like it" sums up how they understand it