Which One's Pink?

First, don't get me wrong, dig Rog alot<Dave though is the man>, but if this is what the meaning behind the song was/is all it simply does is show it was the ego of Waters, which is what in fact almost destroyed the greatest band. Everybody, Rick, Nick, Dave, and Syd were also EXTREMELY talented musicians and each, not by his own self, but together, fused these talents they were given to make music that can never be matched. Together THEY were Pink Floyd and if even one of them had not been in that band<Rog included>the music would have never been the same.

I wouldn't doubt Rog was probably feeling that way towards his bandmates by then, but I take it more at face value; a slam against the Big Record Co. Execs, giddy because they are "riding the gravy train," and so happy they can "hardly count." Supposedly one Exec actually did ask them "which one's Pink?"
One can feel Roger's disgust for these pandering phonies.

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Taking away from you for the greater good. (The Audacity of Socialism).

"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings.
The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery." -Winston Churchill

"Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant" - Omar Ahmad (founder, C.A.I.R.)

What he said.

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stchrissie is not me.

interesting.....................

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Stairway scare Dan Dare who's there...

Exactly, it was Roger critisizing the music execs, because even if they didn't know anything about the band, they would say it was great, and they were only in it for the money, and they were rushing them to come out with an album

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I can't think of a damn signature

Hey, at least he isn't the one singing the shit-talking when they brought in Roy Harper when they recorded.

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I'm glad I'm not the only one confused by TekFox's last post, but I would have been happier had it been other than sweet baby Cheesus.

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Count me in on the journey, don't expect me to stay.

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Clever.

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I can see for myself that the sun is sinking
how I wish you were here to see
tell me now, I am wrong in thinking
that you have forgotten me?

Have a cigar is definetely a satirical piece aimed at the commercialization of the band by record companies and executives. I think this lyric most represents
"We're just knocked out, we heard about the sell out.
You gotta get an album out, you owe it to the people."
I don't think it was forshadowing towards roger leaving the band.

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Come on you boy child, you winner and
loser,
come on you miner for truth and
delusion, and shine

Then of course he is the almighty Roger Waters. He could have planned it from the start.

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Juice it

have a cigar is sung from the point of view of a record exec. The "We call it riding the gravy train." comment, I think it is about when you have a money-grubbing guy behind everything all the decisions are going to be based on how can I make more money. And the "By the way, which one's Pink." I think it is saying those guys couldn't care less who they were getting to make money for them.

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And the sea isn't green, and I love the queen, and what exactly is a dream? And what exactly is a joke?

The song (and indeed, the whole album, Wish You Were Here) expounds Rogers basic disillusionment with the whole "Record Making Business." He's expressed as much in an interview in the Wish You Were Here music book.

Basically, before the realisation of Dark Side, the band always wanted and craved huge international superstardom... always wanted to play the big gigs in the soaring stadiums. But... it wasn't until Dark Side and it's Trans-Atlantic success, and with it the trappings of fame, that the band (Waters in particular) began to feel the isolation that would lead through WYWH, onto Animals, and the infamous Montreal incident, to the Wall. Basically, the pressure on the Floyd to follow up the success of Dark Side comes significantly to play on the songs Have A Cigar and Welcome To The Machine.

As for Roy Harper singing it... Roger would have done it himself had he believed he could sing.

I've personally got nothing against Roger's vocal style...

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...then the piano lid comes down
And breaks his ****ing fingers...

It's a miracle.