Hmmm...perhaps "Welcome to the Machine" was a take on Roger's (PF's) justifiably negative attitude toward the music industry, but fixxlevy was absolutely correct (as was I in a related post on the Animals forum) about Mrs. Mary Whitehouse, doyen of all things clean, pure, proper and, above all, Christian.

I don't know how you figured PF were "sheep" at the beginning of their careers, "dogs" when PF became a "monster" group with DSOTM and "pigs" after having wrested power away from those who had hitherto possessed same.

Whew! Just a tad too much armchair psychology/philosophy for so early in the morning. (And if your profession is either of those disciplines, my apologies).

Considering the lyrics at face value, it would appear that Animals is more about [British] society he recognised arranged into three distinct groups.

Our task is to decide to which group we belong or into which we are willing to be placed or place ourselves.

I know I'm a bit of a sheep-dog. (Which bit>? is an altogether different matter.) :smile:

Cheers,
Byron

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