Dark Side Of The Moon, a typical album that represents prog music, has been covered countless times: from hard rock to country versions and beyond. Apparently in 2003 a reggae variation had been released called Dub Side Of The Moon that sold over 200.000 copies, spent seven years on Billboard's Reggae Chart en was voted the number 2 cover album by Mojo. Being a big Pink Floyd-fan I do of course have a lot of cover versions, but all these facts passed me by. Undoubtedly because I don't like reggae and I never will, whilst listening to the remixed version of this album, now called Dubber Side Of The Moon. I never imagined I was going to write this, but man, it seems that these for ever and ever magnificent songs now give the prog rock fan a major headache. Nine tracks and four more bonuses, why o why? Yes, there are nice segments in the songs, but that's always the case when the old Floyd- performances shine through like the singing in The Great Gig In The Sky or the almost laid-back version of Us And Them. I don't dub..., sorry doubt, that if you like this type of music Dubber Side Of The Moon might be quite nice, but we prog fans don't want anything to do with it. 0 André de Waal (edited by Peter Willemsen) Where to buy? |
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