One of These Days

I don't know why this is, but 90% of metalheads are heavily into Pink Floyd. We've all watched The Wall at least once. I even did a ten page History report on the rise of Fascism in post-war Europe and used The Wall and My Beautiful Laundrette as the two movie references.

Of all the bands that have ever existed, Pink Floyd's probably the most artistic band ever. Take a song like One of These Days, turn the lights off, and listen to it with some decent speakers. What do you see?

I'll tell you what I see. I see the big bad wolf banging on the last of the little piggies' doors after he's already gobbled up the other ones. Since he can't blow down the brick house, he bangs on the door in frustration. Finally, he says "one of these days I'm going to cut you into little pieces" and takes off.

I feel bad for the wolf. Pork tastes so yummy, especially marinated in fresh lemon juice, salt, pepper, and thyme. There's the good life there. I can see why the big bad wolf is so upset. By the way, Savage, that's what I was marinating my pork steaks with when we had those bar-be-ques. Sometimes I'll substitute coriander for thyme, depending on my mood.

One of These Days is from the album Meddle. It's one of the band's favorite songs to play live. That album also has the twenty-three minute song Echoes, which is one of my favorite songs Floyd's ever written. In my opinion, Meddle is the first outstanding Floyd album. They would later go on to write Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and Animals which are all some of my favorite albums.

I sincerely hope the younger generations are learning about Pink Floyd. They're one of those bands that are way too good to let their music die out.