(07-27-2010 04:53 AM)Lady Floydian Wrote:  I can somewhat understand not getting into post-Waters Floyd as for some reason there are people who think it's not Pink Floyd (they'd be wrong).....but not liking Obscured By Clouds? I'd say it's better than nearly everything they did after WYWH. Burning Bridges is one of the top 5 songs they've ever done.

"They'd be wrong"?

The Division Bell is somewhat Pink Floyd-ish, because it at least sounds like Pink Floyd. A Momentary Lapse of Reason is a Gilmour album, just as much as The Final Cut is a Waters album.

Obscured By Clouds is awesome, but different. Not really typical for Pink Floyd, actually, and that's probably why not many people like it. Pink Floyd fans aren't necessarily blues fans, y'know. They want the thick plots, awesome lyrics, vicious guitar solos, dreamy sounds, and all that. There are only a few songs from Obscured By Clouds that fit that description. People who dislike Obscured By Clouds most often dislike it simply because it's not their cup of tea - not because they consider it to be bad.
(Its ending song is quite an awful choice, though. People who are used to Angel-Saxon music (which is pretty much everybody who listens to the Floyd) usually can't stand its ending.)