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Undertoad · 06-30-2017, 12:16 PM

Thanks y'all, I have thought long and hard about the group and how to describe them. It's really difficult. Half indie-pop half psychedelic? Is this My Bloody Valentine plus 60's AM radio?

Floyd doesn't cover it, except that Floyd were all sonically-oriented, and didn't really care about showing off chops and talent. Gilmour is talented but never became a chops-oriented guitar-hero speed demon; Wright was extremely talented at developing chords, but never played anything showy, like Keith Emerson. Waters was and is a below-average bass player. But if they played these songs that are not so hard to play, why were they so effective?

06-30-2017, 12:16 PM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Thanks y'all, I have thought long and hard about the group and how to describe them. It's really difficult. Half indie-pop half psychedelic? Is this My Bloody Valentine plus 60's AM radio? Floyd doesn't cover it, except that Floyd were all sonically-oriented, and didn't really care about showing off chops and talent. Gilmour is talented but never became a chops-oriented guitar-hero speed demon; Wright was extremely talented at developing chords, but never played anything showy, like Keith Emerson. Waters was and is a below-average bass player. But if they played these songs that are not so hard to play, why were they so effective?