Don't get me wrong. I love hearing one of their songs on a classic rock station as much as any fan. But that's IT. One song, please. I can't get over the way some fans seem to think they are some great, conceptual art band. They're not. They're just a rock band. Nothing more. Nothing less.
Don't even try to tell me about their concepts and ideas. That kind of thing was impressive when I was in 4th or 5th grade. But once I became a preteen (and ever since) I've been more like, yeah, so what? A guy builds a wall, BUT... it's not a literal wall. It's a psychological wall of his own making. Oooooh, how deep. Give me a break, I'm not in grade school anymore.
You can't even dance to their music. Have you ever heard the saying, it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing. Well, that's a principal of popular music that more of these so-called "art" bands should take more seriously. No dancing. The typical image I think of someone listening to this music would be a teenager on the couch with a pair of headphones, grooving out to the band's spaced out music. Have you ever heard of getting up off of the couch and doing something useful. For once?
They wrote at least two albums devoted to their original lead singer. Who cares? It wasn't as if he was some kind of genius, but you would think he was by the way they go on and on. I think he was more like one of those people who lays on the couch all day listening to music.
Oh, and let's not forget the amazing, phenomenal way that you can't synch up their Dark Side of the Moon album with the Wizard of Oz. And there are like two places where there is a vague similarity. Ooh, how impressive.
"But you have no idea what their music means!" I can hear some fans saying to me. Yes, I do know. It means you need to get up off of the couch and do something a little more productive with your time.
Don't even try to tell me about their concepts and ideas. That kind of thing was impressive when I was in 4th or 5th grade. But once I became a preteen (and ever since) I've been more like, yeah, so what? A guy builds a wall, BUT... it's not a literal wall. It's a psychological wall of his own making. Oooooh, how deep. Give me a break, I'm not in grade school anymore.
You can't even dance to their music. Have you ever heard the saying, it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing. Well, that's a principal of popular music that more of these so-called "art" bands should take more seriously. No dancing. The typical image I think of someone listening to this music would be a teenager on the couch with a pair of headphones, grooving out to the band's spaced out music. Have you ever heard of getting up off of the couch and doing something useful. For once?
They wrote at least two albums devoted to their original lead singer. Who cares? It wasn't as if he was some kind of genius, but you would think he was by the way they go on and on. I think he was more like one of those people who lays on the couch all day listening to music.
Oh, and let's not forget the amazing, phenomenal way that you can't synch up their Dark Side of the Moon album with the Wizard of Oz. And there are like two places where there is a vague similarity. Ooh, how impressive.
"But you have no idea what their music means!" I can hear some fans saying to me. Yes, I do know. It means you need to get up off of the couch and do something a little more productive with your time.