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Grateful Dead - Touch of Grey
Obligatory Achewood link
Thanks for the new comic!
Oof that hits me right in the middle age
The Dead never set out to record bangers; they were all about the vibe. Touch of Grey came out in the late 1980s, way past the band's prime. A lot of old bands were putting out bangers around that time. But Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, and the Moody Blues had a ton of bangers before, too.
So I love Pink Floyd, but (at least to me) the sound is very different from Touch of Grey.
Good call on Fleetwood Mac and Moody Blues though - also some greats!
Not sure what you're saying here — that you think no Pink Floyd song sounds like the Grateful Dead song Touch of Grey? Or... are you saying the difference between Pink Floyd in the 1960s/1970s is not so different to Pink Floyd in the 1980s as Grateful Dead, Fleetwood Mac, and Moody Blues were from their latter work?
Because I can see it either way, but I don't like Pink Floyd that much. I like some of their songs. I like the stuff on A Momentary Lapse of Reason — I feel like it's a more mature sound. I also like that song off Ummagumma (I think) with the really long title. Something like "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict." Pretty sure that's mostly it, without Googling it. Dark Side of the Moon is okay, but I feel it's a bit overrated. Some clever word play. Annoying alarm clocks in Time. Maybe it's better if you're high? I don't get high. And The Wall, also overrated, but I did like some of those songs as well. So, I like some of their songs, and I like some quite a bit. I listened to a more recent album from them, which was all/mostly instrumental, and that was cool, but I didn't listen to it again. I guess I like them more than a lot of people but wouldn't call myself a fan.
So the tone/mood/beat of most Pink Floyd songs is more chill, but Touch of Grey just sounds “peppier” (if that makes sense). I like both but for different reasons, and in different moods. Totally get why others don’t though - I’m far from a deadhead but I can see the appeal to folks. Contrary to a lot of my post history I am (or at least used to be) a live and let live guy - do what you like, I’ll do what I like, and where those intersect well have some fun!