Pink Floyd recorded one of the most famous "concept" albums of all-time: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON.
On the album, a song called Us And Them examines war and group-think and violence yet stops from actually preaching. Instead, we are gracefully told in music and lyrics about the futility of war.
VIDEOS . For the want of the price of tea and a slice The old man died. ... Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon Us and Them ... "Us and Them", by Pink Floyd written by Rick Wright and Roger Waters.
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Lyrics:
Us, and them
And after all we're only ordinary men.
Me, and you.
God only knows it's not what we would choose to do.
Forward he cried from the rear
and the front rank died.
And the general sat and the lines on the map
moved from side to side.
Black and blue
And who knows which is which and who is who.
Up and down.
But in the end it's only round and round.
Haven't you heard it's a battle of words
The poster bearer cried.
Listen son, said the man with the gun
There's room for you inside.
"I mean, they're not gunna kill ya, so if you give 'em a quick short,
sharp, shock, they won't do it again. Dig it? I mean he get off
lightly, 'cos I would've given him a thrashing - I only hit him once!
It was only a difference of opinion, but really...I mean good manners
don't cost nothing do they, eh?"
Down and out
It can't be helped but there's a lot of it about.
With, without.
And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about?
Out of the way, it's a busy day
I've got things on my mind.
For the want of the price of tea and a slice
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Us and Them" deals with conflict, ethnocentrism, and the belief that a person's self is "always in the right". ... dark, side ... Note: I do not own Pink Floyd or any of its songs.Dark Side of the Moon is one of the most popular albums created by Pink Floyd. The whole album of 9 songs play like one long, progressive song. As such, I have uploaded the whole album for your listening pleasure. If you enjoy, rate it up and share it with your friends.The album itself is supposed to represent the different parts of life, "Us and Them" deals with conflict, ethnocentrism, and the belief that a person's self is "always in the right". (more) (less) Added: 3 months ago
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Pink Floyd later recorded this song live on Delicate Sound Of Thunder, Pulse on CD and Pulse on DVD.
Meanspeed-Carlton Summary1) mean speed/objective tempo=72.8 beats per minute2) mean space/average time per beat=824milliseconds3) mean space/average time per measure as each 4-beat group=3.30 seconds4) mean beat=1.213 beats per second5) mean frequency=1.213 cycles per second6) mean tone=310.613 Hertz, 97 cents above E4=329.628 Hertz and 3 cents below D#4/Eb4= 311.127 Hertz
7) mean emotion according to the meanspeed music conjecture=grace
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Ian Andrew Schneider
July 5, 2008
Labels: concept album, DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, david gilmour, Pink Floyd, roger waters, Us and Them
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