The Show Must Go On (Pink Floyd song)
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| “The Show Must Go On” | |||||
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| Song by Pink Floyd | |||||
| Album | The Wall | ||||
| Released | 30 November 1979 (US), 8 December 1979 (UK) | ||||
| Recorded | April-November, 1979 | ||||
| Genre | Art rock/Progressive rock | ||||
| Length | 1:36 | ||||
| Label | Harvest Records (UK) Columbia Records (US)/Capitol Records (US) |
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| Writer | Roger Waters | ||||
| Producer | Bob Ezrin, David Gilmour and Roger Waters | ||||
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"The Show Must Go On", a song by popular British rock band Pink Floyd, that appeared on their 1979 rock epic The Wall. It was written by Roger Waters.
It is probably the fictional character Pink's comment on the control the managers and record companies now have over his already ruined life.
Alternatively, "the show" could be a metaphor for, essentially, life. Pink is debating what to do after building his wall: he realizes that an isolated life is dull. He decides that "the show must go on," but the stress of continuing creates the hallucination beginning in In the Flesh.
Roger Waters wanted to create a "Beach Boys" type sound for the backing, and actually got Bruce Johnston to come and help create it. The song also closely resembles Waiting for the Worms and In the Flesh. The song strongly resembles Queen's music not only through the harmonizing voices but through its lyrics and title as well. (Queen would record a song of the same name in 1991, which starts with the line "Empty Spaces").
This track does not appear in the 1982 film version of The Wall nor in Roger Waters's post-Pink Floyd 1990 concert The Wall Live in Berlin.
It also has an extra verse that was cut from the studio album, but nevertheless appears on its sleeve.
- "Do I have to stand up
- Wild eyed in the spotlight
- What a nightmare Why!
- Don't I turn and run"
After this, the line "It must be some mistake..." starts.
The full song was performed live in concert, and as such appears on Is There Anybody out There? The Wall Live 1980-81.
[edit] Personnel
- David Gilmour - vocals[1], guitars[2] bass guitar[3]
- Nick Mason - drums[4], roto toms[5]
- Richard Wright - synthesizer[6]
- Bob Ezrin - synthesizer[7]. piano[8]
- Joe Chemay - backing vocals[9]
- Stan Farber - backing vocals[10]
- Jim Haas - backing vocals[11]
- Bruce Johnston - backing vocals[12]
- John Joyce - backing vocals[13]
- Toni Tennille - backing vocals[14]
[edit] References
- ^ Fitch, Vernon and Mahon, Richard, Comfortably Numb - A History of The Wall 1978-1981, 2006, p. 103
- ^ Fitch, Vernon and Mahon, Richard, p. 103
- ^ Fitch, Vernon and Mahon, Richard, p. 103
- ^ Fitch, Vernon and Mahon, Richard, p. 103
- ^ Fitch, Vernon and Mahon, Richard, p. 103
- ^ Fitch, Vernon and Mahon, Richard, p. 103
- ^ Fitch, Vernon and Mahon, Richard, p. 103
- ^ Fitch, Vernon and Mahon, Richard, p. 103
- ^ Fitch, Vernon and Mahon, Richard, p. 103
- ^ Fitch, Vernon and Mahon, Richard, p. 103
- ^ Fitch, Vernon and Mahon, Richard, p. 103
- ^ Fitch, Vernon and Mahon, Richard, p. 103
- ^ Fitch, Vernon and Mahon, Richard, p. 103
- ^ Fitch, Vernon and Mahon, Richard, p. 103
- Fitch, Vernon. The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia (3rd edition), 2005. ISBN 1-894959-24-8
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