I used to skip my last two classes, sneak back home, pull my 8-track player out and crank up Time and Money. I had no amplifier, only headphones. There's high piched squeak of feedback during the Money solo that I alway thought was my old man opening up the screen door. Always used to snap me out of my reverie.
Both of the songs are excellent and have excellent solos.
Did you ever notice that Dark Side opens up with an overture of the entire album? It's a very tight work of art.
No, never noticed any "overture" within the opening, at least not musically, other than the cash-register ref to "Money" in the opening heartbeat ... do you mean that "Breathe" has subtle elements foreshadowing the rest of the album?
It's a very tight work of art.
No doubt, its a classic. I'll even go as far as to state that it's a *perfect album*, in every sense. There is not one bummer note or phrase on the entire album, no filler, no BS ... a perfect album.
Even Roger Waters has been quoted as saying "when we made DSOTM, I knew that we were finished as a band, that we would never be able to top Dark Side"
IMHO, I kinda agree with Water's statement ... "Wish You Were Here" and "Animals" were rushed out of the works in order to capitalize on what was then a hot act [cynically told in the lyrics of "Have A Cigar"] ... and also IMHO, both of those albums fell far short of the magnificence of DSOTM.
It was only years later, with "The Wall", that the Floyd outdid themselves ... The Wall being an artistic masterpiece almost on par with DSOTM