Animals Lyrics Pink Floyd Meaning
And then moving in silently down wind and out of sight.
Animals lyrics pink floyd meaning. They end up destroying themselves and everyone around them by obsessing over their career and ego. Animals is the tenth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd released on 23 January 1977. That song was almost the whole of one side so thats half of Animals.
Animals was a slog. It is a concept album that provides a scathing critique of the social-political conditions of late-70s Britain and presents a marked change in musical style from their earlier work. Thank you kruti for the a2a.
Richard Wright also spoke about Rogers egocentrism and ideas. Pigs on the wing pt. Nick from Smyrna Tn This is the type of song that you listen to when you drive home by yourself late at night and when you get home you always stay parked in you driveway just to finish it.
And whilst I have no doubt Roger Waters would have read 1984 and Animal Farm at some point I think the only effect Orwell had on this album was that Waters may have just thought animals make brilliant metaphors. Only dimly aware of a certain unease in the air. The concept of Animals is loosely based on George Orwells political story Animal Farm in which the albums lyrics label several classes in.
You gotta be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed. I was about to write up my own answer to your question but when I looked at Wikipedia they had a perfectly good answer so here it is. Aye an a bit of mackerel settler rack and down Ran it down by the home and I flew Well I slapped me and I flopped it down in the shade And I cried cried cried.
To pink floyd fans animals felt like a departure from the floyds two most recent albums wish you were here 1975 and the dark side of the moon 1973both those albums were largely reflective and inward looking. What do you get for pretending the dangers not real. Animals is yet another concept album by pink floyd.