“You must be fucking joking,” he answered unequivocally. Meanwhile, Waters was once asked whether he would consider playing any of this album live. Possibly our lowest point artistically,” Gilmour later told Mojo. Both Waters and Gilmour have been less than complimentary in the past when talking about Atom Heart Mother. You listening, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and David Gilmour? These words would probably fall on death ears, however. A deserved party, recognizing achievement. A celebration is something more spectacular. Not an event itself worth popping corks over, yet arguably did a reasonable amount of good long term. Should the anniversary be commemorated, instead of celebrated? Rather like one commemorates an event in history, such as the founding of NATO.
But is Atom Heart Mother’s 50th anniversary worthy of celebration?
A change in the way their music was packaged, both physically and sonically. A change which saw Pink Floyd move in a progressive direction. Pink Floyd, not quite in the doldrums but not exactly flying either, released an album which indicated a change.Ī change severing any remaining ties with their psychedelic, whimsical past.
Four on from the bombastic psychedelia of their debut, one of the greatest albums of the 1960s.
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