Question on the lyrics to Pink Floyd's The Great Gig in the Sky?!
Question: Question on the lyrics to Pink Floyd's The Great Gig in the Sky!?
I looked up the lyrics to this song recently, and there is some disagreement on what is being said!. Some sites have "If you can hear this whispering you are dying!." in between the only other two phrases in the song!. Is this phrase in there!? I can't seem to hear it!.
Does anyone have a definitive answer!? Thanks!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Does anyone have a definitive answer!? Thanks!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
A few weeks ago I heard a friend talking about how one of his friends turned the stereo up to it's limit and he heard that exact phrase!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Composition
Most of the song is a slightly altered arrangement of the beat and bassline from the song "Breathe"!. The beat and bassline were very much part of Pink Floyd's playing style as far back as Atom Heart Mother!. However, due to the altered beat and bassline, it is not directly related to "Breathe", unlike the last part of "Time" (sometimes listed in songbooks as "Breathe (Reprise)"), and "Any Colour You Like" (sometimes nicknamed "Breathe (2nd Reprise)")!.
When the Dark Side of the Moon suite was performed in 1972 (before the album was released), the song was completely different and went under the title "The Mortality Sequence"!. Then, it was simply an organ and samples of people speaking about death being played during the performance!.
[edit] Spoken parts
(At 0:38)
And I am not frightened of dying!. Any time will do; I don't mind!. Why should I be frightened of dying!? There's no reason for it—you've gotta go sometime!.
– Gerry Driscoll
(At 3:33, faintly)
I never said I was frightened of dying!.
– Myfanwy 'Miv' Watts, wife of roadie Peter 'Puddie' WattsWww@Enter-QA@Com
Most of the song is a slightly altered arrangement of the beat and bassline from the song "Breathe"!. The beat and bassline were very much part of Pink Floyd's playing style as far back as Atom Heart Mother!. However, due to the altered beat and bassline, it is not directly related to "Breathe", unlike the last part of "Time" (sometimes listed in songbooks as "Breathe (Reprise)"), and "Any Colour You Like" (sometimes nicknamed "Breathe (2nd Reprise)")!.
When the Dark Side of the Moon suite was performed in 1972 (before the album was released), the song was completely different and went under the title "The Mortality Sequence"!. Then, it was simply an organ and samples of people speaking about death being played during the performance!.
[edit] Spoken parts
(At 0:38)
And I am not frightened of dying!. Any time will do; I don't mind!. Why should I be frightened of dying!? There's no reason for it—you've gotta go sometime!.
– Gerry Driscoll
(At 3:33, faintly)
I never said I was frightened of dying!.
– Myfanwy 'Miv' Watts, wife of roadie Peter 'Puddie' WattsWww@Enter-QA@Com