tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post1439224388662034072..comments2024-01-05T13:11:48.050+00:00Comments on ...and what will be left of them?: Why I don't hate Pink Floyd.carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17886258675618058752noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post-1992356710003033392011-10-20T20:29:15.068+01:002011-10-20T20:29:15.068+01:00I didn't listen to Pink Floyd until much later...I didn't listen to Pink Floyd until much later - I'm fairly neutral toward them really.<br /><br />I do remember their imagery as having a strong impression on me though. They were a big band at the time, so posters for records like "Animals" and "The Wall" were displayed quite prominently - like giant holes in the fabric of reality revealing an ugly noumena.<br /><br />Mentally I filed them next to other dubious things that I knew existed just over the cusp in adult-land, like porn mags, "The Exorcist", The Yorkshire Ripper etc.<br /><br />The weird things in the adult world that the adults themselves didn't know how to deal with.Phil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214245608032305452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post-90187276356114826992011-10-20T16:26:59.887+01:002011-10-20T16:26:59.887+01:00Well done. I personally can't concur on Pink F...Well done. I personally can't concur on Pink Floyd, but the whole matter of growing up someplace that's culturally remote, being crushingly bored by it and starved for that sort of stimulation and welcoming it however/wherever you could find it...that part I can definitely relate to.<br /><br />Incidently...<br /><br />http://youtu.be/lfuoltJL7EAGreyhooshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14161781141733273715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post-62385959471291929302011-10-20T11:01:38.676+01:002011-10-20T11:01:38.676+01:00I love it when people write so eloquently about mu...I love it when people write so eloquently about music I hate - is that a perversion?David K Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756535951359716522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post-67363130090580914202011-10-20T05:58:08.853+01:002011-10-20T05:58:08.853+01:00I have no idea where Barrow Island is, but you'...I have no idea where Barrow Island is, but you've more or less described my own misspent childhood (and the role in it of voices from the outer world like Pink Floyd) in rural Minnesota around the same time. A lovely post.avvakumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04958267192281933449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post-39940997644424208722011-10-19T23:50:51.578+01:002011-10-19T23:50:51.578+01:00That Anonymous just can't make up his or her m...That Anonymous just can't make up his or her mind!Sam Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256521398930476465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post-83088609116145838592011-10-19T22:24:26.443+01:002011-10-19T22:24:26.443+01:00Thanks for the memory! Brilliant post.Thanks for the memory! Brilliant post.Michael Wallinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05796245815745673857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post-88578731604620851572011-10-19T21:36:41.868+01:002011-10-19T21:36:41.868+01:00Bit of a miserable cunt aren't you?Bit of a miserable cunt aren't you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post-18706885627955992602011-10-19T16:07:51.866+01:002011-10-19T16:07:51.866+01:00Superb. Has left me waiting even more eagerly for ...Superb. Has left me waiting even more eagerly for the <em>From Barrow to Okinawa - My Struggle</em> book.owen hatherleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943115307136493045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post-63227539444287374762011-10-19T15:04:17.133+01:002011-10-19T15:04:17.133+01:00Indeed. There are some mint sentences in this.Indeed. There are some mint sentences in this.Alex Nivenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05525684766446729078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post-7017543678310778222011-10-19T12:03:56.631+01:002011-10-19T12:03:56.631+01:00Absolute blinder of a post!Absolute blinder of a post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com