A rehearsal of the song Us And Them by Pink Floyd. A truly spectacular rehearsal from the move Live at Pompeii released in 1972. Artist: Pink Floyd Movie: Live at Pompeii Song: Us and Them (Studio Footage) Release Date: September, 1972 Track Number: 06 of 11…

“Speak to Me” is the first track from British progressive rock band Pink Floyd’s 1973 album, The Dark Side of the Moon, on which it forms an overture. Drummer Nick Mason receives a rare solo writing credit for the track; Roger Waters subsequently claimed this was a “gift” to Mason, one which Waters came to regret after his acrimonious departure from the group. The song itself features no lyrics (although it contains parts of the conversation tapes that Pink Floyd recorded, as well a short snippet of Clare Torry’s vocal performance on “The Great Gig in the Sky”), and consists of a series of sound effects. It leads into the first performance piece on the album, “Breathe”. As a result, they are usually played together on the radio, and most later re-releases merge the two songs together Noticeable sound and instrument effects include: Heartbeat; this can also be heard at the end of “Eclipse” Clock ticking, also heard in “Time” Manic laughter, also heard in “Brain Damage” Cash register, also heard in “Money” Helicopter noise, also heard in “On the Run” Wailing/screaming, also heard in “The Great Gig in the Sky” Synthesizer note, also heard in “Breathe…

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“Us and Them” is the sixth (on the 1994 CD version) or seventh track from English progressive rock band Pink Floyd’s 1973 album, The Dark Side of the Moon. It was written by Richard Wright and Roger Waters and sung by David Gilmour, with harmonies by Wright. It is 7 minutes, 51 seconds in length, making it the longest song on the album. When performed live throughout the 70s, it was even slightly longer; although in later tours, as evidenced in bootlegs and the releases P•U•L•S•E and Delicate Sound of Thunder, it was sometimes up to a minute shorter. “Us and Them” is rather quiet in tone and dynamics, although the choruses are louder than the verses. It has two saxophone solos in it, one at the beginning and another towards the end of the song. Richard Wright introduces the song with harmonies on his Hammond organ, and put a piano chordal backing and short piano solo afterwards on the arrangement. The tune was originally written on the piano by Richard Wright for the movie Zabriskie Point in 1969 and was titled “The Violent Sequence.” Director Michelangelo Antonioni rejected it on the grounds that it was too unlike their “Careful with That Axe, Eugene”-esque work, which was the style of music he wanted to use. As Waters recalls it in impersonation, Antonioni’s response was, “It’s beautiful, but is it too sad, you know? It makes me think of church.” . The song was shelved until Dark Side of the Moon where Waters put some vocals in to it. The verses have a unique, jazz ……

Montage de nos deux concerts pour la fête de la musique 2010, de Saint George du Bois et de Brain Sur Longuenée. Merci aux équipes de ces deux villes. rope@hotmail.fr

Rahil Babooram’s cover of “Us and Them” (Pink Floyd – written by Roger Waters and Rick Wright). Rahil Babooram – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, drums rahil.iscool.net…

Breathe, Breathe in the air … ?…

Almost Midnight performing Money by Pink Floyd at the 6/11/10 Rock Show….