which Pink Floyd Album represents the problems of today best?

[coloradodem2005]

Poll question: which Pink Floyd Album represents the problems of today best?

As you know, the US and the world are fucked up. Which Floyd album best represents the problems of the world and specifically, the US today?


edit: added The Final Cut

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. It's gotta be The Wall

Think about it: the U.S. is teeming with internal dysfunction to the point where it begins to erect barriers that only serve to harm anyone outside them.

[tigerbeat]

2. none of the above.....

....the answer is The Final Cut. "the gunner's dream" "not now john" "the fletcher memorial home", etc.

but of the choices given i'd say Animals.

[Borgnine]

3. The Wall

So ya
Thought ya
Might like to
Go to the show.
To feel that warm thrill of confusion,
That space cadet glow.
I've got some bad news for you sunshine,
Pink isn't well, he stayed back at the hotel
And they sent us along as a surrogate band
We're gonna find out where you folks really stand.

Are there any queers in the theater tonight?
Get them up against the wall!
There's one in the spotlight, he don't look right to me,
Get him up against the wall!
That one looks Jewish!
And that one's a coon!
Who let all of this riff-raff into the room?
There's one smoking a joint,
And another with spots!
If I had my way,
I'd have all of you shot!

[jonnyblitz]

4. that's the one I voted for. nt

[Wat_Tyler]

5. Piper, definitely.

[jpgray]

6. Fucking gnome lobby (nt)

[StopTheMorans]

7. piper at the gates of dawn; incredible album and so representative

of the difficult, and often trying, times in which we live.

[eyesroll]

8. I have a bike.

You can ride it if you like.

[Wat_Tyler]

9. I myself have a cloak.

But, it's a bit of a joke, sadly.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

12. I know a room of musical tunes.

We should go into the other room and make em work.

[Wat_Tyler]

15. I know a mouse.

[jandrok]

10. Animals....or to be more specific to one particular song.."Dogs"

"Dogs"

You gotta be crazy, you gotta have a real need
You gotta sleep on your toes, and when you're on the street
You gotta be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed
And then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight
You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking.
And after a while, you can work on points for style
Like the club tie, and the firm handshake
A certain look in the eye, and an easy smile
You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to
So that when they turn their backs on you
You'll get the chance to put the knife in.
You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder
You know it's going to get harder, and harder, and harder as you get older
And in the end you'll pack up, fly down south
Hide your head in the sand
Just another sad old man
All alone and dying of cancer.
And when you loose control, you'll reap the harvest you have sown
And as the fear grows, the bad blood slows and turns to stone
And it's too late to loose the weight you used to need to throw around
So have a good drown, as you go down, all alone
Dragged down by the stone.
I gotta admit that I'm a little bit confused
Sometimes it seems to me as if I'm just being used
Gotta stay awake, gotta try and shake off this creeping malaise
If I don't stand my own ground, how can I find my way out of this maze?
Deaf, dumb, and blind, you just keep on pretending
That everyone's expendable and no-one has a real friend
And it seems to you the thing to do would be to isolate the winner
And everythings done under the sun
And you believe at heart, everyone's a killer.
Who was born in a house full of pain
Who was trained not to spit in the fan
Who was told what to do by the man
Who was broken by trained personnel
Who was fitted with collar and chain
Who was given a pat on the back
Who was breaking away from the pack
Who was only a stranger at home
Who was ground down in the end
Who was found dead on the phone
Who was dragged down by the stone.

[Beware the Beast Man]

11. Meddle. We're all doomed to become dogs named Seamus.

[coloradodem2005]

13. Animals. The entire album.

Not just Dogs, but Pigs and Sheep too.

[jswordy]

14. Dark Side of the Moon...

...because they have overplayed that thing on radio soooo much, I am about to toss my Special Edition CD of it into a pond!

[4_Legs_Good]

16. What Shall We Do Now? (The Wall of course)

What shall we do to fill the empty spaces
Where waves of hunger roar?
Shall we set out across the sea of faces
In search of more and more applause?

Shall we buy a new guitar?
Shall we drive a more powerful car?
Shall we work straight through the night?
Shall we get into fights?
Leave the lights on?
Drop bombs?
Do tours of the east?
contract diseases?
Bury bones?
Break up homes?
Send flowers by phone?
Take to drink?
Go to shrinks?
Give up meat?
Rarely sleep?
Keep people as pets?
Train dogs?
Race rats?
Fill the attic with cash?
Bury treasure?
Store up leisure?
But never relax at all
With our backs to the wall.


No contest

david

[IntravenousDemilo]

17. That's not to mention...

We don't need no education (sez chimpie).
We don't need no thought control (sez we).

[coloradodem2005]

18. If you don't eat your meat you can't have any pudding.

How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat.

[4_Legs_Good]

21. That, my friend, is a question for the ages

[DrGonzoLives]

19. Pink Floyd sucks

POOP

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

20. That is a falsehood