Rolling Stone on the Secret Machine....

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"Room-shaking psychedlia ala The Wall...."

Um...what?

I mean, yes: the Secret Machines do at times recall the Floyd and yes, the Floyd have made lots of music that can only be described as psychedelic.....but that does not include The Wall, which was probably the band's most mainstream, middle-of-the-road accessible foray of their entire career.

Compare them to Ummagumma or Live at Pompeii and you're in the clear, but not The Wall. Rolling Stone really should know better S

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 7 May 2004 03:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, when I saw them live there were portions that reminded me a lot of Meddle, and specifically "One of These Days." The Wall comparison is pretty far off.

― Scott CE (Scott CE), Friday, 7 May 2004 04:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Alex how do you find the time to be disgusted and outraged by all this stuff?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 7 May 2004 04:03 (twenty-one years ago)

C'mon, he works nights and news isn't coming down the pike all the time. Great time to vent!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 7 May 2004 04:06 (twenty-one years ago)

I'll tell you what new record DID remind me of psych-era Floyd: that "Portland, Oregon" from the Loretta Lynn album. Those guitar glissandos in the long spacey intro totally sound like "Remember A Day".

― Broheems (diamond), Friday, 7 May 2004 04:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Ned, you're gonna feel bad for encouraging him when he gets an ulcer.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 7 May 2004 04:10 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm hiring Ned as my press secretary when I'm king.

Speaking of the Floyd, I can't help noticing that they've just re-mastered The Final Cut....an album so soul-crushingly disapointing to me upon its release that it almost made me want to throw my stereo out the window and take up Jai Alai

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 7 May 2004 04:15 (twenty-one years ago)

That's crazy .34%

― Alex in deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Friday, 7 May 2004 04:43 (twenty-one years ago)

I really don't hear the Ummagumma-ness. For me, it's poppier psychedelia feels more like SF Sorrow or The Creation, but that might just be a way personal, obscure-corrolary response thing.

― Ian G., Friday, 7 May 2004 17:49 (twenty-one years ago)

That's crazy .34%

Ha ha.

― David Allen (David Allen), Friday, 7 May 2004 17:58 (twenty-one years ago)

I saw the Secret Machines live recently...and they were boring like Pink Floyd so I can see the comparison.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 7 May 2004 20:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Hahaha

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 7 May 2004 20:29 (twenty-one years ago)

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