Posted: 07/21 @ 05:07 pmPink floyd – us and them(studio version)
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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 …… |













