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.

  • RonJonGuaido [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    are the sax passages on Us and Them the "Havelick Stole the Ball!" of floyd's discography? but first, pearl jam.