Goodbye Blue Sky
| Goodbye Blue Sky | |
|---|---|
| Pink Floyd | |
| publication | November 30, 1979 |
| length | 2:48 |
| Genre (s) | Rock music , progressive rock , art rock |
| text | Roger Waters |
| music | Roger Waters |
| album | The Wall |
Goodbye Blue Sky is a song by British rock band Pink Floyd from the 1979 concept album The Wall .
content
Like all other songs from The Wall , Goodbye Blue Sky tells part of the story of the protagonist Pink , who erects an imaginary wall to protect himself from emotional influences.
In this song, Pink describes the memory of an air raid.
music
Goodbye Blue Sky , one of the quiet songs on the album, is musically dominated by synthesizers, combined with acoustic and electric guitars, played by David Gilmour.
Movie
Goodbye Blue Sky takes place here even before The Happiest Days of Our Lives .
At the beginning you can see a pigeon flying around peacefully, whereupon a German fighter plane appears and drops a bomb. Below are people wearing gas masks.
occupation
- Roger Waters - synthesizer
- David Gilmour - synthesizer , guitar , electric bass , vocals
- Richard Wright - synthesizer
in collaboration with:
- Harry Waters - child's voice
literature
- Andy Mabbett: The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd. Omnibus, London 1995, ISBN 0-7119-4301-X .
- Vernon Fitch: The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia. 3. Edition. Collector's Guide Publications, Burlington, Ont. 2005, ISBN 1-894959-24-8 .
Web links
- German translation of the text to Brother Franziskus .
- Goodbye Blue Sky - The Wall Analysis. In: thewallanalysis.com. Retrieved March 21, 2017 (American English).