Released in November 1979, a semi-autobiographical concept album from the mind of Pink Floyd founding member Roger Waters, The Wall remains one of the biggest selling albums of all time, and an important moment in Rock music history.Īs well as performing a host of musical highlights from The Wall, Brit Floyd will perform classic gems from The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals and The Division Bell plus lots more. If that's the case, I say let the moon eclipse the sun and put us all on the dark side.Brit Floyd, the world’s greatest Pink Floyd tribute show, returns to the stage in 2019 with its most ambitious and best production yet, a very special 40th Anniversary retrospective of Pink Floyd’s iconic rock opera, ‘The Wall’. Listen to the words and know each one of those things impacts the universe and all of us, everything under the sun.īut then you'd have to be crazy, on the dark side of the moon, to think that's true. As he lists all of the experiences of life during Eclipse, he's saying there isn't one thing that one of us ever does that doesn't matter. What if you thought there was more?įor me this is probably the most uplifting song I've ever heard. To trick ourselves into thinking anything matters. How crazy would you be to think that just one man's life holds any kind of significance? Even the act of breathing, existence itself. It's about working, running to catch a plane flight, wasting time, money, building status, politics, and war. My InterpretationI'm a little surprised by all the different interpretations of this song, because what it means to me is simple and powerful.Įarly in the album the lyrics go, "all you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be." A pretty grim take on life, that it has so little meaning.Īs the album progresses, the lyrics portray a man grown tired by the drudgery of life. The Dark Side of the Moon is one of those rare works of Art where message, form and performance have come together in a perfect marriage. It helps me to realize what lies ahead for all of us.
I see no messages or judgements, or philosophies about darkness, just a tale about the phases of life. At this point everything melts together and you find/realize/experience that 'everything under the sun is in tune' and that all struggles were constructs of your conscious brain).
Even time itself disappears ('all that is now, all that is gone, all that's to come'). Finally, all actions and apparent contradictions and conflicts in life are resolved and disappear at the point of death (=the sun is eclipsed by the moon: the night falls for your brain). You get locked up in an institution or an elderly home, but more importantly, you get locked up in your head, sometimes even purposely by 'making the cut' (lobotomy). You loose touch with reality, your mind starts doing its own ways, but it feels to you like the rest of the world is doing strange things ('when the band you're in starts playing different tunes'). Brain damage: In the next phase your brain degenerates, you become detached from the outside world and 'real' people do not see anymore what you think. Society as a whole becomes less important, because you realize you will not be part of it for a long time anymore. Like many elderly people do, you retract socially in a more inner circle of close family and friends. You become narrowminded and start talking about 'us' and 'them'. Us and them: The elderly phase of life: you have seen it all, and you feel you have done your part.
Money: The materialistic phase of your life, working and earning money, not thinking much of the greater things in life. Time: You grow up and enter into the ratrace of society, you realize passing of time and experience first disappointments ('no-one told you when to run.') and what it means to get older ('every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time'). You get exposed external sounds and influences (like adult's voices saying things you cannot yet understand) but you get also exposed to your mother's cares and worries ('smiles you'll give, and tears you'll cry') and good advices ('balance on the biggest wave, you race towards an early grave'). Breathe: First your heartbeat begins/grows, you start to breathe and you are born. General CommentTo understand Eclipse you must interprete the album: the album reflects life as it is.
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