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This song -in fact the whole album Dark Side of the Moon- will always make me think of my dad. I can remember being 12 years old & listening to the radio & the song Money came on. I made the simple statement that I liked the song; I thought it was cool how they used the cash register sounds. & my dad, a man of few words usually, started telling me about the song Time & how they used clocks in the song. We talked for such a long time about music & I remember thinking even then that it was probably the longest conversation I'd ever had with my dad.
I went out the next day & bought the CD Dark Side of the Moon & took it out on the screened-in porch late that evening. My dad & I sat & listened to the entire album; the whole time talking about the lyrics, sounds, & "myths" (like starting the Pink Floyd album after the second lion's roar at the beginning of The Wizard of Oz & the music follows along perfectly).

The song Money started countless conversations with my dad. I became the Queen of Useless Music Facts because of those conversations. & eventually, my dad & I could talk about pretty much anything. Music just happened to be our common bond that started it.

I found the 25th anniversary edition of Dark Side of the Moon on vinyl still sealed & gave it to my dad for Christmas when I was 18. I still remember the grin on his face when he unwrapped the gift. & I grin thinking about how he, to this day, has never unsealed the record.

He's my favorite person in the world to talk music with.