In the Flesh (Pink Floyd song)

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In the Flesh
Pink Floyd
publication November 30, 1979
length 4:15
Genre (s) Rock music , progressive rock , hard rock
text Roger Waters
music Roger Waters , David Gilmour
album The Wall

In the Flesh (initial title: The Show ) is a song by the British rock band Pink Floyd . It appeared on their concept album The Wall in 1979 . It is the 21st track on the album and not to be confused with In the Flesh? which is the first track on the album.

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

Pink was given medication by the doctor in the song Comfortably Numb . Due to the effect, Pink suddenly seems to feel different. Already in the previous track The Show Must Go On , Pink suddenly started communicating with his late father in his mind and wondering if there was still a chance.

Now he has no choice but to appear, since a cancellation would cost his manager dearly.

The first few lines are the same as in In The Flesh? ( So ya though ya might like to go to the show / To feel that warm thrill of confusion, that space cadet glow ). Now, however, he makes it clear that Pink is not there and is playing a substitute band instead, Pink himself is a kind of dictator and begins to attack minorities, with which Pink wants to test the loyalty of his fans. Indeed, they continue to cheer him.

Thus, the concert becomes a kind of dictatorial hate speech, which is further developed in the next two songs Run Like Hell and Waiting for the Worms .

It is also possible that the concert is only in Pink's head and that the actual concert is in In the Flesh? is performed because the last song Outside the Wall goes from the melody straight back to the first, which means that the first song takes place at the end of the story, when the wall is destroyed and Pink has finally learned from his mistakes.

music

Overall, In The Flesh's melody is rough and aggressive. The riffs are mostly the same as In the Flesh? .

The audience's screams at the end of the song immediately merge into Run Like Hell .

Movie

The film shows Pink at a concert that he is turning into a kind of fascist dictatorship because of his drug addiction. He is shown wearing a uniform, and young people can be seen obeying Pinks' orders, they also reappear in Waiting for the Worms .

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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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Andy Mabbett: The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd . Omnibus Press, London 1995, ISBN 0-7119-4301-X .
  2. ^ Martin C. Strong: The Great Rock Discography . 7th edition. Canongate Books, Edinburgh 2004, ISBN 1-84195-551-5 .