The Dark Side of the Moon has flash – the true flash that comes from the excellence of a superb performance.

Meaning of the quote

The quote is saying that the album "The Dark Side of the Moon" by the British musician Alan Parsons has an amazing, brilliant quality. It's not just a "flash in the pan" or a quick, temporary success, but rather the result of an excellent and skillful performance. The true, lasting impact of the album comes from its exceptional quality and execution.

About Alan Parsons

Alan Parsons is a renowned English audio engineer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He has worked on several iconic albums, including the Beatles’ Abbey Road and Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon. Parsons has also found success with his own group, the Alan Parsons Project, and has been nominated for 13 Grammy Awards, winning one in 2019.

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The Dark Side of the Moon has flash – the true flash that comes from the excellence of a superb performance.

Alan Parsons

British audio engineer, musician, and record producer

I started in a research lab for TV cameras, then I worked at a tape duplication facility. That was the first introduction for me to recorded music and hi-fi.

Alan Parsons

British audio engineer, musician, and record producer

Any effects created before 1975 were done with either tape or echo chambers or some kind of acoustic treatment. No magic black boxes!

Alan Parsons

British audio engineer, musician, and record producer

Folk rock was my real roots. I did a few gigs as a folk artist, in the style of Fairport Convention.

Alan Parsons

British audio engineer, musician, and record producer

I had the honor of speaking with Asimov. The album ended up being something not directly related to Asimov, but related instead to the concept of the power of robotics.

Alan Parsons

British audio engineer, musician, and record producer

I’m delighted about the track’s success in the sports world, but the frustrating thing is, I don’t think I got rich on it. The labels and publishers did very cheap deals on our songs.

Alan Parsons

British audio engineer, musician, and record producer

In France, you can sell a lot, but nobody outside of France ever hears of it.

Alan Parsons

British audio engineer, musician, and record producer

That Beatle euphoria has always been there, and it’s hard to be in a room with a Beatle and try to be totally natural. You never shake that off.

Alan Parsons

British audio engineer, musician, and record producer

In Russia we had to have special visas in our passports, and when we had to show our passports at the Kremlin gates, we realized that, Oh my God, we’re actually playing in THE Kremlin!

Alan Parsons

British audio engineer, musician, and record producer

Immediately after the Floyd experience, I became a pop record producer.

Alan Parsons

British audio engineer, musician, and record producer

The Dark Side of the Moon is a fine album with a textural and conceptual richness that not only invites, but demands involvement. There is a certain grandeur.

Alan Parsons

British audio engineer, musician, and record producer

I was 17 and just learning what high fidelity was, what good sound was, and learning the mechanics of tape machines. It was a real education, going right from the consumer end to the record factory.

Alan Parsons

British audio engineer, musician, and record producer

The Sicilian Defense album was never released and never will be if I have anything to do with it. I have not heard it since it was finished. I hope the tapes no longer exist.

Alan Parsons

British audio engineer, musician, and record producer