Division Bell question.

The whole album is about communication, and the two heads are speaking: the lights (or the flags) symbolize talking. Basically that's what the cover is about, there is also a visual trick: you can see one head or two heads actually... and there is a little more symbology here and there. If you are into Floyd covers and artwork you should really buy Storm Thorgerson's book Mind Over Matter... now!

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"Don't you know there ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk." Tom Waits

what a stupid question

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it's so very lonely

you're a hundred light years from home

There are no stupid questions only stupid answers.

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You know it makes sense, don't even think about it.
Life and death are things you just do when you're bored.

Thanks! I should pick up that book. I'm very much into the Floyd covers and seeing what they're about.

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"Shut your festering gob, you tit!
Your type really makes me puke you vacuous,
toffy-nosed, malodorous pervert!"

Is there such a word as 'symbology'?

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And you my love, won't you take my hand
We'll go back in time,
To that mystic land
Where the dew drops cry, and the cats meow
I will take you there
I will show you how....

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what do you teach your children about me?
what do you teach your little children about me?
pimp, thug, bling drug lord of the undergrounded kings
how can you be so sure i won't call down the rain?
what do you teach your little children about me?
you point your gun, wait, hide and run. i see it plain

No. It was a perfectly valid question which he genuinely wanted to be answered.

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I'd always thought Clive was a bit odd, but when I found him hanging from a noose from the ceiling, I stopped talking to him....

I'm Satan, and you're a fool because you're buggering up your turntable.

Yeah if you don't know something you ask we all gotta start somewhere especially when the only real scource for an answer would be Mr Thorgerson's fantastic Mind Over Matter.

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The Pink Zeppelin Carries Aloft The Court Of The Crimson King Over Deep Purple In Rock

theres no stupid questions or answers, only stupid people

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"I like to think that oysters transcend national barriers"
"Ashes and diamonds, foe and friend, we were all equal in the end"
"...So much behind us...still far to go...still far to go..."
April 5, 2006 was amazing

I don't have the CD art in front of me but seems I recall one picture shows a church way in the background between the two (or one divided) face. Since the title is "Division Bell" maybe they are implying that religion causes division? Surely not.... (sarcasm)

its not about religion, but maybe one of the floyd experts here can tell you what that place is and what it means to the whole concept...i forgot it myself...

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"I like to think that oysters transcend national barriers"
"Ashes and diamonds, foe and friend, we were all equal in the end"
"...So much behind us...still far to go...still far to go..."
April 5, 2006 was amazing

You know, I spent about a year listening to that album, puzzling over the artwork, analyzing the lyrics, etc.

And you know what? There's no real concept there. It's just a daft collection of songs put together in such a way as to suggest some semblance of creativity and/or intrigue. Compare it with Dark Side, on which I'm sure I could write a 900-page thesis dissertation, and what do you have? Some half-baked messages about not talking and a dumb video with oversized ping-pong balls.

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what do you teach your children about me?
what do you teach your little children about me?
pimp, thug, bling drug lord of the undergrounded kings
how can you be so sure i won't call down the rain?
what do you teach your little children about me?
you point your gun, wait, hide and run. i see it plain

Seriously man, what you need to do is write a book and start selling it on Amazon -- make a little cash.

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Someone desrves a pat on the back.

The Division Bell is genius!