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The fame of Dark Side of the Rainbow has prompted some to search for synchronicities among other albums by other bands and films by other directors. The lengthy Pink Floyd song "Echoes" from the 1971 album Meddle has been paired with "Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite", the fourth act in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Another interpretation of this is that it foreshadows the progression of Pink (the main character on The Wall) towards insanity and the "funny farm". [74] Plasmatics "Coup d'État" "Consensus Programming is dangerous to your health. The brainwashed do not know they are being brainwashed" After the song "The Damned", at the end of the album. [75]
The song centres on the main character, Pink (based on Roger Waters), who having lived a life filled with emotional trauma and substance abuse has reached a critical psychological break. "The Trial" is the fulcrum on which Pink's mental state balances. In the song, Pink is charged with "showing feelings of an almost human nature."
The song is about a man whose strange hobby is stealing women's lingerie from washing lines. [4] According to Roger Waters, "Arnold Layne" was actually based on a real person: "Both my mother and Syd's mother had students as lodgers because there was a girls' college up the road so there were constantly great lines of bras and knickers on our washing lines and 'Arnold' or whoever he was, had ...
The bootleg label The Godfather released in March 2011 an 8-CD box set of Pink Floyd songs called The Complete Rainbow Tapes. The box contains four Pink Floyd shows, recorded at the Rainbow Theatre in London (17–20 February 1972).
Rock legend David Gilmour of Pink Floyd is about to embark on his first solo tour in eight years ― but told Mojo Magazine there are a few iconic songs that fans shouldn’t expect to hear ...
"The Great Gig in the Sky" is the fifth track [nb 1] on The Dark Side of the Moon, a 1973 album by English rock band Pink Floyd. The song features music by keyboard player Richard Wright and improvised, wordless vocals by session singer Clare Torry. It is one of only three Pink Floyd songs to feature lead vocals from an outside artist.
It was reported this week that Pink Floyd have sold their music rights, as well as their name-and-likeness rights for approximately $400m (£304m) to Sony.. Variety reported that the deal consists ...