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by tkl7
Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:58 pm
Forum: Reviews
Topic: Pink Floyd - Animals
Replies: 32
Views: 47167

I've always really liked Animals. In part, because it's the one album between DSOTM and the Wall that hasn't been beaten to death. I completely agree. I also think that being inspired by Animal Farm to use animals to represent personality types does not make it "regurgitating Orwell." In ...
by tkl7
Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:06 pm
Forum: Reviews
Topic: Pink Floyd - Animals
Replies: 32
Views: 47167

Maybe if he used Kangaroos and Koala Bears it would be different, dammit!
by tkl7
Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:19 am
Forum: Reviews
Topic: Pink Floyd - Animals
Replies: 32
Views: 47167

Roger's cynicism is getting old, and regurgitating Orwell isn't too impressive, even in the times we're living in now. I have never understood why people think that the theme of this record is based on Orwell. Animal Farm was a political satire, whereas Animals is much more of a social statement in...
by tkl7
Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:36 pm
Forum: Reviews
Topic: Bob Dylan "The Times They Are A-Changin'"
Replies: 6
Views: 12223

I think the point Dylan is making in With God on our Side, is that God probably isn't on our side at all, and that God is just invoked by those who would lead us off to war, in order to justify themselves, and make us not question the true motives. The reference to the Germans just shows that whoeve...
by tkl7
Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:01 am
Forum: General Music Discussion
Topic: CBS Stones CDs
Replies: 13
Views: 13085

Hi, this is my first posting on this board, although I have been lurking here for a while. I can really only compare the old CBS and new Virgin remaster of Some Girls, because I just upgraded that one a month or two ago. The CBS was really crappy, with muddy bass and distorted high end. The remaster...