Or “Nice song…IF YOU’RE DEAD AND/OR DYING.”
The algorithm burbled up Queensrÿche’s “Silent Lucidity” on YouTube, and it’s been awhile since I listened to the song, so I watched the video.
It’s still a very nice song, and yes, it still sounds a lot like Pink Floyd. I submit that if Dave Gilmour recorded vocals for it and had included it on The Division Bell, no one would have suspected a thing. In fact, it might have been picked as the best song on the album. Zing!
Anyway, I started reading the comments because I wanted to see if people were still making the comparison to Pink Floyd (the song was released as a single way back in 1991), but instead I found what almost feels like a parody of YouTube comments, where everyone is proclaiming how old they are for reasons (??) or how the song means something to them because someone they know died or nearly died or maybe they themselves died, which I guess are things that can happen, but most especially happen in YouTube comments. Am I a bad person to find these comments weird? Probably. Here are some samples:
I played this song after I was dealing with health issues 4 years ago. And 3 years later today, I’m now cancer free! 85 years old and music is my life. Just played at my Mother’s funeral. Boyfriend of 6 years only ever played this song for me after he was diagnosed with cancer. PLEASE SHOW YOUR CHILDREN THIS MUSIC I’m a 97 years old man and i love this song so much!!!. OMG Im 55 years old and heard this song yesterday It’s my late husband’s birthday today Reminds me when I was in rehab for a year My mom would play this song for my brother and I when we were younger. She passed away 5 years ago today. This was the first song I heard in ICU after coming off sedation . My late husband practiced and practiced until he got this just right on his guitar. My son is special needs, almost died at 20 days old My dad passed away one month ago because of covid-19, he dedicated me this song when I was just a kid
And an actual Pink Floyd reference!
Una obra maestra a nivel Pink floyd. En mi top 10 de temas preferidos del rock! Translation: A Pink Floyd level masterpiece. In my top 10 favorite rock songs!
Oh, and here’s the actual video, for reference:
