Pink Floyd — Atom Heart Mother Suite
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My old school father who valued jazz and classical music as being superior to rock and roll of the 60s, admitted to mye that this is great musical composition and will be remembered in centuries hence like Brahms and Beethoven are today.
spumonti wrote:
Just to be clear, are you saying you don't like it?
I can't believe this overwrought, pretentious, frankenstein-put-together piece of junk. I only found the "Play Something Different" feature of the app AFTER this horrible, never-ending "music" played. I was stuck listening to this and somewhere near the middle was begging for it to end. Unfortunately it never did.
Somewhere, this piece is still going on and on ....
I love Radio Paradise but please oh please don't ever, EVER play another 20+ minute piece of music again.
Just to be clear, are you saying you don't like it?
Just listened to this with a pair of Sennheiser headphones. Wow it sounds amazing! There is so much detail that I never picked up on before. I love this song even more than I already did!
spumonti wrote:
Go away...
I can't believe this overwrought, pretentious, frankenstein-put-together piece of junk. I only found the "Play Something Different" feature of the app AFTER this horrible, never-ending "music" played. I was stuck listening to this and somewhere near the middle was begging for it to end. Unfortunately it never did.
Somewhere, this piece is still going on and on ....
I love Radio Paradise but please oh please don't ever, EVER play another 20+ minute piece of music again.
Go away...
Chongo1959 wrote:
OMG - I loved WSAY. Rosary hour on Sunday; DJs able to play whatever music they happened to remember to bring to the studio the rest of the time. This was in the 70s while I attended RIT. Taught me to love and appreciate independent radio. Direct line from WSAY through WHFS to RP
I first heard this and Tales of Topographic Oceans in their entirety on a small radio station out of Rochester, New York, WSAY. They had no commercials, but 10 minutes of Hail Mary's every hour! A great introduction to off market music!
OMG - I loved WSAY. Rosary hour on Sunday; DJs able to play whatever music they happened to remember to bring to the studio the rest of the time. This was in the 70s while I attended RIT. Taught me to love and appreciate independent radio. Direct line from WSAY through WHFS to RP
Bringing me back to the early early days, when absolutely anything and everything was possible. Yes, I know that it still is, but just not all at the same time. (Unless your consciousness is soaring or you're watching the latest Best Picture Oscar-winner.) Has been a 10 in my books for over 50 years. I imagine that it will stay that way.
It was really good until it wasn't. I wrote that in the middle of the song. Its gotten better toward the end. How'd I live all these years not ever hearing this one.
This is my favourite piece of music of all time. Yes my favourite. It cures any bad or sad mood every time if you let it.
Good Tune! But, I have to be in the right mood, to listen to it, in it's entirety!
I first heard this and Tales of Topographic Oceans in their entirety on a small radio station out of Rochester, New York, WSAY. They had no commercials, but 10 minutes of Hail Mary's every hour! A great introduction to off market music!
spumonti wrote:
I can't believe this overwrought, pretentious, frankenstein-put-together piece of junk. I only found the "Play Something Different" feature of the app AFTER this horrible, never-ending "music" played. I was stuck listening to this and somewhere near the middle was begging for it to end. Unfortunately it never did.
Somewhere, this piece is still going on and on ....
I love Radio Paradise but please oh please don't ever, EVER play another 20+ minute piece of music again.
* * *
Each time I listen to pieces like this and read comments like that ^ from listeners like Spumoni, all I can think is "I look forward to you posting the link to your Bandcamp page, so we can all hear the brilliance YOU were writing and performing when you were 24 years old.".
I can't believe this overwrought, pretentious, frankenstein-put-together piece of junk. I only found the "Play Something Different" feature of the app AFTER this horrible, never-ending "music" played. I was stuck listening to this and somewhere near the middle was begging for it to end. Unfortunately it never did.
Somewhere, this piece is still going on and on ....
I love Radio Paradise but please oh please don't ever, EVER play another 20+ minute piece of music again.
* * *
Each time I listen to pieces like this and read comments like that ^ from listeners like Spumoni, all I can think is "I look forward to you posting the link to your Bandcamp page, so we can all hear the brilliance YOU were writing and performing when you were 24 years old.".
kaw2271 wrote:
There must be a few PF fans here then. Currently rated at 7.2 with 8% 1s and 20% 10s.
You have to be a pretty big PF fan to get into this one.
There must be a few PF fans here then. Currently rated at 7.2 with 8% 1s and 20% 10s.
memoryboxer wrote:
My college room mate DJ'd for the local uni radio station late night slot, and would often do the same - all the better, as Paul Simon noted that year, "to step outside and smoke myself a jay". One night he threw on the full 17 minutes of In A Gadda Da Vida, went out, lit up, and after about 12 minutes wandered back into the studio to discover the needle had stuck about a minute after he'd left the room -
"the record's stuck *the record's stuck *the record's stuck *"
He waited for the irate or at least puzzled phone calls, but they never happened...
I DJ'd in the mid-1970s for WARP-FM, 91.7, the VOICE of Erskine College students -- in Due West, SC, now permanently off the air.
When I became the Program Manager, the required newbie orientation included: "The studio door will automatically lock if you go outside -- like, to the bathroom." Despite that, I would get three or four calls a semester from folks accidently locked out. The studio was usually quite smoky upon re-entry.
My college room mate DJ'd for the local uni radio station late night slot, and would often do the same - all the better, as Paul Simon noted that year, "to step outside and smoke myself a jay". One night he threw on the full 17 minutes of In A Gadda Da Vida, went out, lit up, and after about 12 minutes wandered back into the studio to discover the needle had stuck about a minute after he'd left the room -
"the record's stuck *the record's stuck *the record's stuck *"
He waited for the irate or at least puzzled phone calls, but they never happened...
I DJ'd in the mid-1970s for WARP-FM, 91.7, the VOICE of Erskine College students -- in Due West, SC, now permanently off the air.
When I became the Program Manager, the required newbie orientation included: "The studio door will automatically lock if you go outside -- like, to the bathroom." Despite that, I would get three or four calls a semester from folks accidently locked out. The studio was usually quite smoky upon re-entry.
zenhead wrote:
My college room mate DJ'd for the local uni radio station late night slot, and would often do the same - all the better, as Paul Simon noted that year, "to step outside and smoke myself a jay". One night he threw on the full 17 minutes of In A Gadda Da Vida, went out, lit up, and after about 12 minutes wandered back into the studio to discover the needle had stuck about a minute after he'd left the room -
"the record's stuck *the record's stuck *the record's stuck *"
He waited for the irate or at least puzzled phone calls, but they never happened...
I dj'ed for my college station in a previous lifetime (WPUR SUNY/Purchase) and played very extended sets, whole albums, uninterrupted set lists, Jefferson Airplane and Firesign Theater and Steve Reiche and obsure weirdness I found under dust in the stacks of wax. Probably dreadful to listen to, but I had big fun. "We're like the American flag here at PUR, always flyin'."
My college room mate DJ'd for the local uni radio station late night slot, and would often do the same - all the better, as Paul Simon noted that year, "to step outside and smoke myself a jay". One night he threw on the full 17 minutes of In A Gadda Da Vida, went out, lit up, and after about 12 minutes wandered back into the studio to discover the needle had stuck about a minute after he'd left the room -
"the record's stuck *the record's stuck *the record's stuck *"
He waited for the irate or at least puzzled phone calls, but they never happened...
spumonti wrote:
Do you think that pasting this stupid and rediculous rant on as many comments as possible is going to change the general opinion of most of the people who are open minded enough to see the beauty and creativity of this piece?
I can't believe this overwrought, pretentious, frankenstein-put-together piece of junk. I only found the "Play Something Different" feature of the app AFTER this horrible, never-ending "music" played. I was stuck listening to this and somewhere near the middle was begging for it to end. Unfortunately it never did.
Somewhere, this piece is still going on and on ....
I love Radio Paradise but please oh please don't ever, EVER play another 20+ minute piece of music again.
Somewhere, this piece is still going on and on ....
I love Radio Paradise but please oh please don't ever, EVER play another 20+ minute piece of music again.
Do you think that pasting this stupid and rediculous rant on as many comments as possible is going to change the general opinion of most of the people who are open minded enough to see the beauty and creativity of this piece?
I quite liked this when it was played yesterday. Strangely, the counter says it has been played Zero times in the last 30 days. I must have fallen through a wormhole to yesterday. 
Such a delicious break from ordinary stuff.
Have you ever been on a long highway, where you were able to get lost in the forward movement, the straight line, allowing your mind to wander in every direction? This is the soundtrack for that.
Pabras wrote:
From they days that music was made to be listened to, not bought.
Not commercial motivated. Just plain art.
Not commercial motivated. Just plain art.
spumonti wrote:
More 20+ minutes music, like Kate Bush, Mike Oldfield etc....
This song goes on and on and my mind floats with it......
I can't believe this overwrought, pretentious, frankenstein-put-together piece of junk. I only found the "Play Something Different" feature of the app AFTER this horrible, never-ending "music" played. I was stuck listening to this and somewhere near the middle was begging for it to end. Unfortunately it never did.
Somewhere, this piece is still going on and on ....
I love Radio Paradise but please oh please don't ever, EVER play another 20+ minute piece of music again.
Somewhere, this piece is still going on and on ....
I love Radio Paradise but please oh please don't ever, EVER play another 20+ minute piece of music again.
More 20+ minutes music, like Kate Bush, Mike Oldfield etc....
This song goes on and on and my mind floats with it......
Shutup spumonti. Bloody whinner!
I dj'ed for my college station in a previous lifetime (WPUR SUNY/Purchase) and played very extended sets, whole albums, uninterrupted set lists, Jefferson Airplane and Firesign Theater and Steve Reiche and obsure weirdness I found under dust in the stacks of wax. Probably dreadful to listen to, but I had big fun. "We're like the American flag here at PUR, always flyin'."
I saw Floyd perform this live at a free concert in Hyde Park, London, before the Atom Heart Mother album was released. First they played all their old stuff (all very intense and mind blowing), and then an orchestra joined them on stage for this song. It was magic - of course the "sunshine" helped, but I still enjoy listening to it, despite Roger Waters having stated that it is the worse thing they ever did.
I've been listening to RP for sometime. I created an account so I could give this a "10"
While its not an uplifting tune....music is meant to "move" people. I'm 75 yrs. old.
While its not an uplifting tune....music is meant to "move" people. I'm 75 yrs. old.
From they days that music was made to be listened to, not bought.
Not commercial motivated. Just plain art.
Not commercial motivated. Just plain art.
Don't care what anyone else thinks. This is one my 10's on RP.
Melancholic, moody, mindbending, meaningful.
I'll be over there in the comfy chair with my headphones on just soaking it up for the next 20 minutes or so.
Melancholic, moody, mindbending, meaningful.
I'll be over there in the comfy chair with my headphones on just soaking it up for the next 20 minutes or so.
spumonti wrote:
Aaaah! To be 5 and on a wicked cereal sugar rush again.....
"Son, one day, you may perhaps understand...."
;o)
I can't believe this overwrought, pretentious, frankenstein-put-together piece of junk. I only found the "Play Something Different" blah blah blah snif...
Aaaah! To be 5 and on a wicked cereal sugar rush again.....
"Son, one day, you may perhaps understand...."
;o)
Interesting factoid. Bill just mentioned that on 9/11 after the 2nd Tower fell, he didn't know what to play, so he looped this song 12 times in a row. How cathartic.
Okay, so I love Pink Floyd, and this came out when there was enough maturation in rock and roll that the likes of Floyd and The Beach Boys could really go gonzo in their experimentation, but I must say that this is not a pleasant listen for me. In an odd way, that is good because it reminds me that even though it's easy to believe Pink Floyd could do no wrong, this cut makes it clear that there is mortality out there for all of us. LOL.
As always, RP gets kudos for also taking the risk of playing not only something that is risky, but is a very long risky -- please keep that up!
Thanks many lot for this beautiful song.. Love it..
Well, this awesome
Perfect soundtrack while waiting for the roux to bubble. Thanks!
Besides Echoes my favourite Track of Floyd ... can’t get enough.
I find it very mooooving.
Quite some work there back when such pieces were new to one's rock n' roll ears 48 years ago. Then came Tommy and Quadrophenia. Prior to this about the longest playing thing we had was In A Gada Da Vida. Jeeze I date myself. Thanks for the entire track Bill!
Ugh. This "gem" was clearly unearthed from the RP depths recently for some reason. Please rebury it for another 16 years...not even possible to NOT turn it off...wish there was a negative rating button...
This is my first ever comment on RP. And this only because RP dares to play the complete Atom Heart Mother Suite!
Congratulations guys! Keep on playing controversial stuff!
When this piece came out or I became aware of it, nobody of my friends could understand what I liked so much about it. So I listened to it only when being alone, which over the years made the piece unique and created a very special and strong relationship.
And I still love it!
KalleB wrote:
Agreed... Glorious memories! Great to revisit this on a grey Saturday afternoon.
Wahrscheinlich muss man starke, schöne Erinnerungen an die Zeit haben, als diese Musik auf uns kam, um sie gut zu finden. Für mich eine starke 9, mindestens.
Probably you must have special memories to the time this music came to us to find it great. Fortunately so it was. A strong 9, at least.
Probably you must have special memories to the time this music came to us to find it great. Fortunately so it was. A strong 9, at least.
Agreed... Glorious memories! Great to revisit this on a grey Saturday afternoon.
spumonti wrote:
This is a very fine musical experiment. It's humorous. Perhaps in its way it's commenting on the very pretentiousness you claim to loathe.
You can always leave the room. Have a shot of something alcoholically nutritious. Smoke some devil's lettuce. (I'm sure the music's authors were doing same or similar.) And lighten up.
I don't know quite what spumonti, but wasn't it half of the brand name of some pretentious, cheap-ass sparkling wine that was once or still is sold in U.S.?
I can't believe this overwrought, pretentious, frankenstein-put-together piece of junk. I only found the "Play Something Different" feature of the app AFTER this horrible, never-ending "music" played. I was stuck listening to this and somewhere near the middle was begging for it to end. Unfortunately it never did.
Somewhere, this piece is still going on and on ....
I love Radio Paradise but please oh please don't ever, EVER play another 20+ minute piece of music again.
Somewhere, this piece is still going on and on ....
I love Radio Paradise but please oh please don't ever, EVER play another 20+ minute piece of music again.
This is a very fine musical experiment. It's humorous. Perhaps in its way it's commenting on the very pretentiousness you claim to loathe.
You can always leave the room. Have a shot of something alcoholically nutritious. Smoke some devil's lettuce. (I'm sure the music's authors were doing same or similar.) And lighten up.
I don't know quite what spumonti, but wasn't it half of the brand name of some pretentious, cheap-ass sparkling wine that was once or still is sold in U.S.?
In my eighth decade and have never heard this before but thoroughly enjoying it. As I listen, I hear it as I should have as a youth - totally transfixed!
Michael_Dean wrote:
So true! I remember that WVUD also include 1 beep at the beginning for a 2-second lead-in, and then 2 beeps at the end so the listeners would know when to start and stop their recorders. LOL.
Oh for the days when FM radio stations played entire albums all night.
So true! I remember that WVUD also include 1 beep at the beginning for a 2-second lead-in, and then 2 beeps at the end so the listeners would know when to start and stop their recorders. LOL.
Oh for the days when FM radio stations played entire albums all night.
spumonti wrote:
Mike wrote: So, in nineteen hundred and seventy, what was it that you think Pink Floyd was pretending. Music 10 years early had the likes of Frankie Valli and Dion And The Belmonts, not that there's anything wrong with those. Try putting on your adventure hat and listen again.
I can't believe this overwrought, pretentious, frankenstein-put-together piece of junk. I only found the "Play Something Different" feature of the app AFTER this horrible, never-ending "music" played. I was stuck listening to this and somewhere near the middle was begging for it to end. Unfortunately it never did.
Somewhere, this piece is still going on and on ....
I love Radio Paradise but please oh please don't ever, EVER play another 20+ minute piece of music again.
Somewhere, this piece is still going on and on ....
I love Radio Paradise but please oh please don't ever, EVER play another 20+ minute piece of music again.
Mike wrote: So, in nineteen hundred and seventy, what was it that you think Pink Floyd was pretending. Music 10 years early had the likes of Frankie Valli and Dion And The Belmonts, not that there's anything wrong with those. Try putting on your adventure hat and listen again.
spumonti wrote:
Hey kids...if you get something you don't like from PSD, you can hit 'Stop' and then PSD again for another spin at the wheel, or keep going until it hits on something you like.
I can't believe this overwrought, pretentious, frankenstein-put-together piece of junk. I only found the "Play Something Different" feature of the app AFTER this horrible, never-ending "music" played. I was stuck listening to this and somewhere near the middle was begging for it to end. Unfortunately it never did.
Somewhere, this piece is still going on and on ....
I love Radio Paradise but please oh please don't ever, EVER play another 20+ minute piece of music again.
Somewhere, this piece is still going on and on ....
I love Radio Paradise but please oh please don't ever, EVER play another 20+ minute piece of music again.
Hey kids...if you get something you don't like from PSD, you can hit 'Stop' and then PSD again for another spin at the wheel, or keep going until it hits on something you like.
ummm, stuck here with PSD 
I can't believe this overwrought, pretentious, frankenstein-put-together piece of junk. I only found the "Play Something Different" feature of the app AFTER this horrible, never-ending "music" played. I was stuck listening to this and somewhere near the middle was begging for it to end. Unfortunately it never did.
Somewhere, this piece is still going on and on ....
I love Radio Paradise but please oh please don't ever, EVER play another 20+ minute piece of music again.
Somewhere, this piece is still going on and on ....
I love Radio Paradise but please oh please don't ever, EVER play another 20+ minute piece of music again.
I cant believe I missed RP playing this
This great song hasn't been played in 12 years? One of my all time favorite 'royd LP's!
7.1? How does anyone inflict this song on a friend and sleep at night?
Originally Posted by kaw2271:
You have to be a pretty big PF fan to get into this one.
Guilty as charged. This was great, but it gets an 8 on my scale. Like another listener said, Floyd's best stuff was from Meddle on.
I rememember this when it was NEW ! 
This is good music for serious grieving. Bombastic? Certain moments call for that. YMMV...
Pink Floyd didn\'t really get their shit together until Meddle. This is garbage.
one trip to the symphony will expose this ruse. Fake.
dot
my friend thats a pile of sh*te. Unless your wife is a stiff.
Awesome! Love it!
i like it...just not here at work...If i were ion the other side of the planet right now (in every sense) definitely!
Originally Posted by KevDog:
This was the first dance at my wedding reception.
You are kidding me!! For some, it might have been the first and the last!! :D
I believe that Webman found the bong that Kirkarachi was looking for earlier. Pass it my way if you would. Floyd always seems better that way for some reason to me. :p
Originally Posted by webman:
I heard this once during a near-death experience. I saw a bright light at the end of a tunnel. I saw Jesus reaching out his arms to welcome me. Then Mohammed pushed him out of the way and said, "Don't mind him -- I'm boss here." Then Krishna shoved his way in and prevailed. Soon all three were tussling, rolling around the ground and yelling. Joseph Smith jumped in, and some others I didn't recognize. A few angels tried to break it up. I came on back.
Did L. Ron Hubbard show up too?
I Like PF, but in this case, as I say to our dog who barks too much, \"ENOUGH, PLEASE\"
Originally Posted by TreborG2:
I disagree ..... while many people here express one or the other of the likes or dislikes.. this music encompasses many phases.. some rock, some rock opera, some moog sounds that you don't hear much today...
Its truely classic.. something to be appreciated for how different it is and was in its day. Better than Iron Butterfly's Inna Godda davida (sp?)!
Well i have to disagree with that. Pink Floyd had some great music, but this sounds like a funeral dirge.
Where\'s the part where the choir starts singing \"fa fa fa funky ... dung!\"? I know its here somewhere...
Originally Posted by kaw2271:
You have to be a pretty big PF fan to get into this one.
I disagree ..... while many people here express one or the other of the likes or dislikes.. this music encompasses many phases.. some rock, some rock opera, some moog sounds that you don't hear much today...
Its truely classic.. something to be appreciated for how different it is and was in its day. Better than Iron Butterfly's Inna Godda davida (sp?)!
You have to be a pretty big PF fan to get into this one.
At the time this might as well be classified under modern classical music, though it drew a much larger audience!
Nice to hear that one again. Certainly, never to be heard on Top-40. Thanks!!!
Dude, where\'s my bong?
Originally Posted by MylenerHead:
What is this? It just goes on and on and on .... infinity and beyond.
It's Pink Floyd: If I have to explain it, you wouldn't understand. ;) :p :D
Gotta go -- this song is scaring my cat.
Wow. It only takes them 24 minutes to disappear up their own arseholes.
What is this? It just goes on and on and on .... infinity and beyond.
Yeah ! Love that !
Again and Again...
Thank you Bill