I can remember in high school that one of things I most looked forward to doing was coming home from school and putting on one of my favorite LP’s. At that time, the cutting edge sound systems sported 8 Track players - truly amazing. One album that I put on religiously every day without fail and listened to side-to-side was Pink Floyd’s Masterpiece “Dark Side of the Moon”.

I think every note played on this album is still embedded in my brain somewhere and although I don’t pull out the album that much anymore, I still have a great love for it just as I did. To me there are 2 types of music - Pure and Completely Commercial. Although there are some that blur those lines and I do have some exceptions to this rule, I strictly like and listen to what I consider Pure Music.

Almost all of Pink Floyd’s original albums were very pure to me, but “Dark Side” was the first Floyd album I owned and it will always be just a bit more special than any of the others for that reason. Right from the beginning this album weaved fantasy with reality and conjured up an incredible spectrum of imagery while I would listen. From picturing Rabbits digging holes in “Breathe” to the Brawny Towering Guitar Bends of David Gilmour in “Time” this album just seemed surreal.

“Money” brought the dirty, gritty, greedy aspects of humanity back into your mind and re-planted you on the ground with incredible sax and guitar playing throughout. Then you were made to almost float away with the ethereal “Us and Them”, but there was just something about “Brain Damage” with it’s sixties keyboards and fantastic lyrics that really sent me off into space. Then finally brought back down to Earth and ending with the steady and insistent heartbeat.

All in all this album really is a work of art. From the constantly used pyrimadal album artwork to the amazing production values of the music within, this album is truly timeless in every sense of the word. If you’ve never heard this album or just want to revisit it here is a link to get it:

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