I’m in! Incidentally, regarding “One of These Days” …
The vocals were recorded through a ring modulator, with [Nick] Mason singing in a falsetto voice and then slowed down to create an eerie effect (some compare it to the Daleks from Doctor Who, which makes the song’s usage of the show’s theme adequate). It was aimed at Sir Jimmy Young, the then BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2 DJ whom the band supposedly disliked because of his tendency to babble. During early 1970s concerts, they sometimes played a sound collage of clips from Young’s radio show that was edited to sound completely nonsensical, thus figuratively “cutting him into little pieces.”
Apologies for my recent blargh absence. Work is kicking my ass on the daily.
I remember seeing a Pink Floyd movie in a theater in the 70’s that had either part or all of their Pompeii “show.” Cool idea to play there. Didn’t the Beatles consider doing something like that for the performance that eventually got whittled down to “fuck it, we’ll just go up and play on the roof?”
I’ve been the occasional lurker here recently as well. Work and home life has caught me flat-footed lately.
Nice.
I will occasionally get in a Pink Floyd mood.
I like Mettle and Animals thanks to a roommate who got me into them.
It’s usually Dark Side of the Moon or The Wall for me, both for their commentary on the human condition.