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Speak to me : the legacy of Pink Floyd's The dark side of the moon

This collection of essays provides indispensable studies of the monumental 1973 album from a variety of musical, cultural, literary and social perspectives. The development and change of the songs is considered closely, from the earliest recordings through live filmed performance at London's Earls Court in 1994.
Print Book, English, 2004
Ashgate, Aldershot, Hants, England, 2004
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xv, 251 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
9780754640189, 9780754640196, 0754640183, 0754640191
55624807
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Introduction. Life on the dark side of the moon / Russell Reising
Any colour you like : general discussions. On the waxing and waning : a brief history of Dark side of the moon / Russell Reising. Matter of fact it's all dark : audiovisual stadium rock aesthetics in Pink Floyd's The dark side of the moon tour 1973 / Kimi Kärki. Dark side of the men : Pink Floyd, classic rock, and white masculinities / Matthew Bannister. We're not in Kansas any more : music, myth, and narrative structure in Dark side of the moon / Lee Barron and Ian Inglis
Everything under the sun is in tune : musical and structural discussions. Worked out within the grooves : the sound and structure of Dark side of the moon / Kevin Holm-Hudson. On the path : tracing tonal coherence in Dark side of the moon / Shaugn O'Donnell. The keys to quiet desperation : modulating between misery and madness / Ger Tillekens
There's no dark side of the moon : theoretical discussions. Reversing us and them : anti-psychiatry and Dark side of the moon / Nicola Spelman. Prismatic passion : the enigma of Great gig in the sky / Sheila Whiteley. The whole of the moon : Brain damage, Eclipse, and the mythic narrative of the Pink Floyd / Peter Mills. Pink Floyd's Levinasian ethics : reading The dark side of the moon's philosophical architecture / Kenneth Womack
Speak to me : the influence of Dark side of the moon. The moons are eclipsed by the moon : covering the dark side / Russell Reising. Eclipsing : the influence of Dark side of the moon on the next generation's music through Radiohead's OK computer / Benjamin Schleifer. And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes : an interview with Mike Gordon of Phish / Russell Reising. The Jamaican side of the moon : an interview with Michael Goldwasser of Easy Star Records / Russell Reising