lyric question

alright all of you pink floyd fanatics, i have a challenge for you. a friend and i were arguing about the lyrics in The Great Gig in the Sky. At around 3:30, you can hear a ladies voice. I think that she says "i never said i was afraid of dying." he thinks that she says "if you can hear this whispering, your dying." im open to all responses.

"Didn't we just leave this party?"

I hear what you hear, Anonymous, but I want to toss in another interpretation that someone on this board gave once: "I never said I was frightened of dying."

Your post went quite well with your signature fixxlevy.

I'm sure the actual lyrics on this website.

The lyrics and such are still subjective, though. For instance, the site reports the following verse in Wearing the Inside Out...

I'm creeping back to life
My nervous system all away
I'm wearing the inside out

When I absolutely won't believe otherwise that the line isn't actually "My nervous system all awry."

No offence to Mr. Dallagnol, but I've noticed quite a number of typos in his lyrics.

Please feel welcome, all, to look at my version of the lyrics to some albums. If you spot an obvious typo, LET ME KNOW!

Click on the WWW button to go there.

And ahh..."Wearing the Inside Out."

What a song. It calls up a very difficult time in my life--though what it was, I don't care to say, I shall say that it makes me wonder what exactly Mr. Wright went through to bring that song to life. All I know is that I recall a hard, lonely time.

FW : I supose he was revisiting the humilliation of The Wall tour and his 'pink slip' experience..... (There I said it.Somehow such ghosts never are burried are they ?!)

That could very well be. I've also heard that it could have been the perceived loss of his creative voice. And yet, there are some things that even make me think it could've been a difficult physical illness as well! It's very hard to tell.

Though I like Mr. Waters' work, what he did to Mr. Wright has always been one instance that I believe he was absolutely, completely in the wrong--no excuses.

Yeah... but Rick did admit that he hadn't contributed any writing since WYWH. I know Roger was pretty dictatorial at that point, but there's no denying that Pink Floyd was very important to him, and I can't totally criticise him for ditching the dead wood.

Since WYWH? I, for one, am convinced that Rog didn't write the keyboard stuff for Animals. Sheep, and the intro in particular, is way too "Rick" for Rog to have written it. Even the Dogs keyboard solos are beyond Rog, if you ask me.

About "Sheep"--yeah, Mr. Wright definitely had a lot to do with tha intro, even if he didn't receive credit for it. As I've been getting more and more comfortable with the keyboard (though I've still got quite a way to go), I've noticed that there is almost a certain "feel" to those pieces that he wrote, a certain way my fingers move across the keys. It's rather difficult to explain--sometimes it isn't heard so much as felt.

"Cutting out the deadwood..." That's a pretty harsh way to put it. I find it ironic that Mr. Waters used the latter half of The Wall to poke fun of people who had that sort of mentality, and then he turns around and does the very same thing he hates to one of his bandmates. That man was just...well, out of hand at the time, and I don't look kindly at his behaviour then.
Even if Mr. Wright had NOTHING to do with ANYTHING after WYWH (which I think far too extreme a statement to be true), Mr. Waters could have found many, many better ways to go about it. If someone is genuinely having problems, then there is no reason to keep pushing them and making it worse. I guess I see it more as lashing out at someone and then, once they're hurting from what you did, laughing at them and heaping on further abuse just to see them bleed. Which is, of course, a mean-spirited thing to do.

Sorry...I've been on the receiving end of that kind of treatment too many times to count, so I am very sensitive to what it's like.

Rant overwith.

I know what your saying, but the crack about not contributing comes straight from Mr. Wright. And although we only see it as two albums, in reality, it's 4 years. And that's a long time to be doing nothing within a unit. I mean, although it's ancient history, everyone agreed with the replacement of Syd Barrett when the music became somewhat secondary to him. I still contest that Roger was right in his action, and that although he wasn't "Mr.People-Skills" at the time, that shouldn't come into it.

My opinion is that Dave probably had a large hand in the keyboard parts on Animals. After all, although it's quite inferior to the original, the version of "Money" on ...Dance songs is pretty much a solo effort, so it's not like he's Nigel Tufnell or anything...

WasserStrasse,

Mark

I read where Mr. Wright said that. That is why I put the "If someone is genuinely having problems" part in there.

I think Mr. Wright was definitely not having an easy time of it. Wasn't he also trying to save his marriage at time? There was also the issue of his solo album. But I'm not denying what you--and Mr. Wright--say. My problem comes from the way Mr. Waters handled it.

There was a time when I was in a rather bad way, and some people decided that rather than being kind and helping, they would make my life a living hell. This only made it worse, of course, and I really had no way to fight back that they would understand. Part of this does tie to what I think of when I hear WtIO, but it was really a very different situation entirely, and I don't wish to speak of it any further--it is still very painful.

That is why I find no excuse whatsoever for Mr. Waters' behaviour...because in my own (differing) way, I've been in Mr. Wright's shoes.

Man FW : I feel it dude. You been places. I agree with this having problems business. You see, in the 1980's Klaus Meine of The Scorpions lost his voice completely. This was terrible, for the Band were famous and he was the vocalist. Rudolf Schenker (the guitarist and co-founder) had planned a huge European Tour and now the band stood to lose millions. They could've just picked another vocalist and continued but Rudolf said nothin' doin'. He stayed with Klaus all the way thru his vocal reconstruction surgery and therapy. And in 1989 Klaus came up with 'Wind Of Change' the record busting anthem that rocketed them over the reach of superstardom. They WERE the ONLY band (non-communist rock band)ever to play in the USSR. That's called supposrt dude. This is why, if you notice, that band never had any acrimonious dealings. The press always reports sugar and honey around those chaps.

Now, who knows what might have come of it if Mr. Waters had taken this approach instead of choosing to lash out? Of course, we can never know that. I am just glad that Mr. Wright has taken steps to get back to the band. Not only that, but if you go to my website, you can find out about something else Mr. Wright did that I think is incredibly brave (and I'm not talking about Broken China...though that was also very courageous). The original MOJO article, if you wish to see it, can be found at the website Pink Floyd & Co. But you'll also find out on my website about where I think that there is a major lie in the MOJO article...

To add to the parallel you have established, if I recall, Pink Floyd was in some financial trouble around the time of The Wall.

What the members of Scorpion did was truly to take the high road. That IS real support. I have been lucky in recent years to have that kind of support, so that the dark time did not last forever. I believe, if his last interviews are any indication, that Mr. Wright has found who his real friends and his real love are.

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"But now the day has broken, can see in better ways,
A path leading to the light, a hope that never fades.
All power to the brave."

--"Along the Shoreline" by Richard Wright