More Billboard News
With more Billboard news we have Pink Floyd whose classic “Dark Side of the Moon” spent its 1,500th week on the charts. Roger Waters had this to say about the achievement "When the record was finished, I took a reel-to-reel copy home with me, and I remember playing it for my wife and her bursting into tears when it was finished. I thought, 'This has obviously struck a chord.' I was kinda pleased by that. I thought to myself, 'Wow, this is a pretty complete piece of work,' and I had every confidence that people would respond to it." Considering this album was released in 1973, it is so astonishing how it still manages to be on the charts, it proves that great music never dies and this is a great sign for the future of music. “Dark Side of the Moon” initially stayed on the charts for a record breaking 736 consecutive weeks, so that is from 1973 all the way to 1988. On top of that record, 1,500 weeks is also a record for an album. I’m not sure which number is more incredible the consecutive weeks or the non consecutive weeks but regardless this album has put more than just a dent on the music industry, it just very well may be the album that defines classic and everlasting music.
posted by Jeff at 5:46 PM
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Wow, I would have burst out in tears too...I can't imagine being married to someone with so much talent and creativity and uniqueness. Hey, is David Gilmore single?
Gilmour is married with kids unfortunately.
Another way to look at this-- Think back in the 18th and 19th centuries when guys like Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Strauss, etc. etc. were in their respective primes... You have to figure for every one of those guys who HAVE stood the test of time, there had to have been "one-hit wonders" of that era as well-- composers who composed pieces of music which became popular with the listening public briefly, but didn't stand the test of time the way Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, and etc. have.
Now fast forward to the 20th/21st century-- Dark Side of the Moon's sustained presence on the Billboard charts is a sign that maybe in the 22nd or 23rd century, Pink Floyd's music will be the "classical" music of that era-- the way people of our generation look at Mozart or Beethoven, may end up being the same way people of our great great grandchildren's generations look at Pink Floyd.
That's a very interesting way to look at things Perplexio. It is certainly deserving of that title.
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