Which one is Pink? (Before they even cared about Pink)

Meddle is one of the more over-looked Pink Floyd albums. It came out right before Dark Side of the Moon in 1971 and none of its songs have gotten much radio play at all (which could be said of most early Floyd).

Meddle (along with Animals), came to attention a bit more it seems in the metal community ever since Blake from Nachtmystium mentioned it as one of his favorite albums. This can be best seen (heard) in Nachtmystium's song One of These Nights, which thematically and musically plays upon the Floyd's One of these Days.

With that in mind I thought I would link a few vids for those not familiar with this side of Floyd.

Here is One of These Days (subtitled: I'm Going to Cut You into Little Pieces)





Next is the song Echoes, which is possibly one of Floyd's best songs ever. It comes in at more than 23 minutes. There have been two video presentations of this song that have in particular touched me. One is the Live in Pompeii version which has a unique sound to it since it's live and they're playing behind a literal wall of amps (out in the ruins of Pompeii, quite cool, huh?). The second is the pairing of the song with the last scene from Stanley Kubrick's film "2001: A Space Odyssey". There are a lot of rumors as to why it fits so perfectly, but I won't touch upon that besides the fact that they work together SO GOD DAMN PERFECTLY.

Anyway here, in all 23+ minute form:



(note: It is best to watch this in a very dark room, with the screen blown all the way out and the volume very, very high.... which you might want to get as well)

I don't want to post the Pompeii version because you should all go out and buy it, but if you want to see it now just go on youtube you'll find it easily enough.

Opening up Shop

So this will be my first step into the world of actually blogging. Like many of the blogs I enjoy reading, I'll be using this place to link to articles/videos/audio of interest (from culture to politics) and giving my own two cents on them. With nothing else to say, lets begin:

Links: 

• David Gilmour says Never say Never about possible Pink Floyd Reunion
  
• New Album Title and Cover for Metallica Revealed

I'm not so sure about this. Another minimalist album cover does seem to harken back to the "Black Album", but this time with perhaps some sort of Beatles "White Album" reference. Much of the buzz from the select journalists who have gotten a listen of the album are all drooling over it with claims of it being as glorious as band's legendary 80's material. Most fans though will look at these reviews with a bit of skepticism, which is something Metallica have well instilled in their fans over the years due to such odd ventures as Re-Load and St. Anger. It doesn't help though when Metallica pulls reviews from the internet and then gives them back, as the good guys at Metal Sucks reported. Of the then deleted and now resurrected reviews, one came from a writer with The Quietus who gave a fair and critical review that one can likely believe in. We'll all know when it finally comes out.

• Great video interviews with Ihsahn from Emperor and many more Black Metal musicians from Norway, courtesy of MetalKult.
• Trent Reznor possibly making Year Zero into a T.V. Series

Very cool news and hopefully it takes off. The article also mentions the prospects for this Summer's NIN tour and it sounds freakily fantastic.

Videodrome: 

Green Jello- Three Little Pigs






Meshuggah- In Death - Is Life/In Death - Is Death