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Entire Nation Goes Off 'Dark Side Of The Moon' After PM Says He Loves It

The Huffington Post UK  |  By Posted: Updated: 18/05/2012 10:18

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Middle-aged music lovers across Britain have immediately gone off Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon after Prime Minister David Cameron named it as his favourite album of all time.

"It's not fair - it was my favourite album of all time," complained Derek Chivers, 54, of Bromley, Kent. "Now I hate it."

"This is worse than when Tony Blair chose Bruce Springsteen for Desert Island Discs," added Jennifer Beaumont, 43, from Rotherham. "It's like I don't know anything any more. I am honestly questioning my taste in music... life... everything."

Hundreds of Pink Floyd fans have since been seen wandering the streets, clutching the album in their hands. It is believed that many may be heading to charity shops.
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Middle-aged music lovers across Britain have immediately gone off Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon after Prime Minister David Cameron named it as his favourite album of all time. "It's not fair ...
Middle-aged music lovers across Britain have immediately gone off Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon after Prime Minister David Cameron named it as his favourite album of all time. "It's not fair ...
 
 
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Mr Shine
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07:21 AM on 10/06/2012
As if Pink Floyd weren't depressing enough . . . . . I'm off, to cut myself and cry.
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Litho-stone
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09:52 PM on 05/16/2012
Hahahaha!
Looks like a headline from 'The Onion'
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ThinkCreeps
Seriously, it's time.
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10:31 AM on 05/16/2012
Maybe Mr Gilmour could take him for a fly and drop him out?
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1MonthProject
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02:13 AM on 05/16/2012
This is pathetic that so many of you are influenced by this, if you like something for real it is because you like it, right? So why do you care if David Cameron likes it or not? Terrified you might have something in common?
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Weejoethebakerboy
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11:05 PM on 05/15/2012
He is still on the dark side!
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FanaticRealist
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10:05 PM on 05/15/2012
Which bit do we think he likes?

How about from 'Us and Them'.

"Down and Out
It can't be helped, but there's a lot of it about
With, Without
And who'll deny that's what the fightings all about"

Or maybe…

"Money, get back
I'm all right Jack
Keep your hands off my stack"

Or maybe the start of "Speak to Me"

"I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the
most of us...very hard to explain why you're mad, even
if you're not mad..."

I could go on, but I won't.
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jack2649
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09:24 PM on 05/15/2012
Oh no, my heart sank when I read this, I got a bit down, made a cup of tea, sat down, thought about it for a while, then cheered up a little bit when I realised, why sould should I bin, IMHO, one of the best albums ever made, and by one of the best bands in the world, just because David Cameron likes it.
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dirtyoldtown
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08:47 PM on 05/15/2012
Several species of small fury Tories, gathered together in the commons, and not grooving with a Lib-dem.
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dirtyoldtown
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08:44 PM on 05/15/2012
Pretentious rubbish to me anyway, and I always thought the same about the LP in question.
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Richie2012
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06:41 PM on 05/15/2012
Well this isn't odd if you consider that Waters was married to Lady Carolyne Christie, the niece of the Marquess of Zetland, for 16 years and that David Gilmore was an ex private schoolboy having attended The Perse School when he lived in Cambridge and met Waters. Sounds like the right sort of stock! [Yes I know "But Waters' Dad was a Communist"]
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britalia56
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06:27 PM on 05/15/2012
pinky and perky i would say
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gubfunckel21
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06:01 PM on 05/15/2012
I would believe it but he does not have the educational qualifications to understand the meaning of the songs on the album; he would have to be a Floyd fan and he would not be because their music is not of the kind that a pillock like Cameron would choose because he is a child of Maggie in political terms, all that has happened is that he has allowed some random aide to offer a choice and he picked one because he liked the picture...I, a long term fan of floyd would have to contact dignitas if it were actually true, it would mean the end of a life of thinking I understood music and had some kind of affinity with Floyd and their music. He would have been better off choosing Adele, or Rumour, but that would have also offended them and their followers as the man is loathed by most people particularly if they have a love of music.
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02:47 PM on 05/15/2012
"David Cameron Ruins 'Dark Side Of The Moon' For Entire Nation"
It wasn’t his fault. An aide mistakenly put a map of that heavenly body on his desk, and he drew a line where he wanted HS2 to go.

"It's not fair - it was my favourite album of all time,"
That and this one full of Michael Jackson’s holiday snaps. Its more a matter of guessing who they are than where they are.

"when Tony Blair chose Bruce Springsteen for Desert Island Discs"
he was curtly informed that type of old rocker, was not a luxury item.

"It's like I don't know anything any more. I am honestly questioning my taste in music... life... everything."
Why I’m even beginning to doubt Dave’s claim that this is a democracy.

"It is believed that many may be heading to charity shops"
to seek sanctuary from the Rupture.
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vividrick
I came, I saw...I had a cup of tea!
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02:36 PM on 05/15/2012
So he's moved on from The Smiths to Pink Floyd? I think he'll get similar wrath from Roger Waters as he did from Johnny Marr. When Tony Blair admitted to listening to The Clash, I also felt angry!
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02:30 PM on 05/15/2012
I'm honestly surprised - I felt sure he (his aides) would randomly pick some recent popularist release, Adele or Jessie J or something...
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