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Song «Us And Them» von Pink Floyd.
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Veröffentlichungsdaten: 1973 03 24 (Album)
Label: Harvest SHVL 804
Songwriter Roger Waters & Richard Wright
Produktion: Pink Floyd
Genre: Rock - Progrock
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Dieser Track war ein Überbleibsel von Zabriskie Point. Antonioni fan den track zu traurig und er erinnerte ihn an Kirchenmusik.
Der Titel «Us and Them» handelt von der sozialen Abgrenzung, was eines dieser Mittelstands-Themen ist, die das Album durchzieht. Gegensätze eröffnen die Verses: «Us – Them», «Me – You», «Black – Blue», «Up – Down», «Down – Out» und «With – Withou». Einzelne von ihnen sind Redewendungen: «Black and Blue» (windelweich), «Down and Out» (heruntergekommen). Den Gegensätzen werden universelle Ideen der EInheit entgegngehalten (wie das Yin und Yang des Taoismus): «Wir sind alle Menschen, auch wenn wir streiten und Krieg führen», «Alles ist ein Kreislauf, was wir als auf und ab erleben».
Personen und Querverweise
Pink Floyd
Roger Waters
Richard Wright
Pink Floyd
Lyrics
[Verse 1: David Gilmour & Richard Wright] Us (Us, us, us, us, us) and them (Them, them, them, them) And after all, we're only ordinary men Me (Me, me, me, me, me) and you (You, you, you, you, you) God only knows it's not what we would choose to do “Forward” he cried from the rear And the front rank died The general sat and the lines on the map Moved from side to side [Verse 2: David Gilmour & Richard Wright] Black (Black, black, black, black) and blue (Blue, blue, blue, blue) And who knows which is which and who is who Up (Up, up, up, up, up) and down (Down, down, down, down) And in the end it's only round and round, and round “Haven't you heard it's a battle of words?” The poster bearer cried “Listen, son,” said the man with the gun “There's room for you inside” [Interlude] I mean, they're not gonna kill ya So like, if you give 'em a quick short, sharp, shock They won't do it again Dig it? I mean, he got off lightly 'Cause I would've given him a thrashing I only hit him once! It was only a difference of right and wrong, innit? But really, I mean good manners don't cost, nothing do they, eh? [Saxophone Solo] [Verse 3: David Gilmour & Richard Wright] Down (Down, down, down, down) and out (Out, out, out, out) It can't be helped, but there's a lot of it about With (With, with, with, with), without And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about? Out of the way, it's a busy day I've got things on my mind For want of the price of tea and a slice The old man died