mabewa Wrote:I like DB somewhat better than The Wall. The Wall definitely has more moments of true greatness, but DB is far more consistent, and I can actually relate to its lyrics a lot better, even if of course the lyrics on The Wall are better-written.....while the playing on The Wall, while consistently excellent, is also rather generic, except for the guitar playing of course.

The music on The Wall is a little "generic", yes. Perhaps that`s the price paid for being such a complete conceptual piece....ie the music having to "bend" so much in order to not skew the narrative pacing, & lyrical format.
For me, the lyrics on The Wall touch me far more than those on TDB. If The Wall`s music is a little "generic", I`d argue that the lyrics on TDB may be accused of the same (something that the idiosyncratic Waters - however people feel about him - could hardly be accused of...ironically, it`s the very ungeneric nature of his lyrics which get on some people`s nerves).
Gilmour/Samson - "On the Day The Wall came down/The Ship of Fools had finally run aground""...mmhh, well it`s not as generic as "war is bad..love is good"...but I`d argue that they lack a certain personal vision.