Day 7: Fri-Yay
Various Artists "Brighter Days Ahead" (2021 Colemine Records)
I'm going with the funk and soul party this Friday and the idea that brighter days really are ahead. They have to arrive eventually, right? Hopefully soon. Things have been brighter here since about a week and a half anyway as all the emergency efforts of the last 5 weeks are finally paying off. Slight move forward with primary schools re-opening to in-person learning next Monday. If all goes well, maybe a return to "red zone" for the following week... Meanwhile, this collection of tracks released by Colemine & Karma Chief during 2020 is hitting the spot.
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Also SpottieOttieDopalicious is one of the best freaking tunes EVER. That's all I got to say.
I love The Final Cut too. The title track especially is so powerful. Great choice!Day 8: VE Day
8th May 1945: Victory in Europe. Play an album that represents a triumph over adversity.
Pink Floyd - The Final Cut (1983, Columbia)
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Well, an album that ends basically depicting a nuclear holocaust can't rightly be considered triumphant, but I'll lean into the VE day in terms of subject matter.
I've had a soft spot for this album since I was a teenager for some reason. I have little knowledge of post WWII England, or the Falklands War, but there's gorgeous melodies and really powerful songwriting throughout. The sound collages and studio flourishes both big (soaring strings!) and small (tiny spooky whispers poking out here and there on tracks) give it the same cinematic quality as The Wall - unsurprisingly since a bunch of the songs were essentially excess material from that album. But Waters drops the metaphors and rock star story line here and goes full in on the anti-war politics, which Gilmour hated I guess, but hey he gets a couple David Gilmour™ guitar solos, which may be my least favorite moments honestly.
Gorgeous, overwrought, depressing, preachy- I'll always love this album.
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Day 8: VE Day
8th May 1945: Victory in Europe. Play an album that represents a triumph over adversity.
Pink Floyd - The Final Cut (1983, Columbia)
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Well, an album that ends basically depicting a nuclear holocaust can't rightly be considered triumphant, but I'll lean into the VE day in terms of subject matter.
I've had a soft spot for this album since I was a teenager for some reason. I have little knowledge of post WWII England, or the Falklands War, but there's gorgeous melodies and really powerful songwriting throughout. The sound collages and studio flourishes both big (soaring strings!) and small (tiny spooky whispers poking out here and there on tracks) give it the same cinematic quality as The Wall - unsurprisingly since a bunch of the songs were essentially excess material from that album. But Waters drops the metaphors and rock star story line here and goes full in on the anti-war politics, which Gilmour hated I guess, but hey he gets a couple David Gilmour™ guitar solos, which may be my least favorite moments honestly.
Gorgeous, overwrought, depressing, preachy- I'll always love this album.
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