Hey you

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Hey you
Pink Floyd
publication November 30, 1979
length 4:40
Genre (s) Rock music , progressive rock
text Roger Waters
music Roger Waters , David Gilmour
album The Wall

Hey You is a song by British rock band Pink Floyd from the 1979 concept album The Wall . Besides The Show Must Go On , Hey You is the only track on the album that does not appear in the movie Pink Floyd - The Wall .

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Like all other songs from The Wall , Hey You tells part of the story of the protagonist Pink , who erects an imaginary wall to protect himself from emotional influences.

Hey You marks a key point on the album : In the previous track Goodbye Cruel World , Pink has completed its wall and completely shielded itself from the outside world. Now, however, he begins to wonder whether the wall was really a good idea, because he realizes that he cannot see or hear anything through the wall. He tries to tear it down, but the attempt fails. Pink has to realize that he no longer has any contact with other people and begins to despair.

music

Hey You's music is very calm at first. For the first minute, the only instrument is an acoustic guitar. Half a minute into the song, Gilmour starts singing. After a minute, Mason's drums join in. In the middle of the song an electric guitar can be heard playing the theme of the album.

Then, after the solo, Waters sings the bridge - and the rest of the song too. In the bridge he sings from an outside perspective and reports how Pink tries in vain to overlook the wall ( No matter how he tried, he could not break free / And the worms ate into his brain ).

He then sings the last verse again from Pink's point of view, and to express his despair, he sings an octave higher than Gilmour.

Movie

Although Hey You was cut out of the film because the film could otherwise be too long, there is still a film scene, but only in black and white. This shows u. A. How Pink looks for a way out on the wall, later you see him sitting on a chair in an abandoned room. Later, fans of Pink are also shown destroying a car.

Some of the scenes can also be seen (in color) at the end of The Trial .

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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 .

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