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SPEAK TO ME (Nick Mason) • « The Dark Side of the Moon » (1973) | Produced by Pink Floyd.

Rick Wright: piano, VCS3; Roger Waters: sound effects; Nick Mason: bass drum, sound effects; Chris Adamson, Gerry O’Driscoll, Peter Watts, Clare Torry: voices.

David Gilmour:

« We talked about what should be in it, and I think then Roger put most of it together with Nick and gave him the credit. I’m sure Nick played his part »

« Lost in space », Uncut Magazine, June 2006

Roger Waters:

«It’s a kind of classical overture, a standard device used for hundred of years - put some elements of the work together at the beginning, as a taster»

«Lost in space», Uncut Magazine, June 2006

« I’ve been mad for fucking years, absolutely years. I've been over the edge for yonks. Working me buns off for bands so long. I think, crikey ».

« I’ve always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us are. It's very hard to explain why you're a madman, even if you're not a madman »

BREATHE (Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright) • « The Dark Side of the Moon » (1973) | Produced by Pink Floyd

David Gilmour: vocals, vocal harmonies, electric rhythm guitar, pedal steel guitar; Rick Wright: keyboards; Roger Waters: bass; Nick Mason: drums.

This track was considered for the 2000 compilation «Echoes - The best of Pink Floyd» but was eventually rejected.

Rick Wright:

« There’s a slightly complicated sequence of chords which were influenced by Miles Davis’ kind of Blue, which I loved »

« Lost in space », Uncut Magazine, June 2006

Roger Waters:

« Rick had a hugely significant musical impact on the later work, such as Dark Side. and Wish You Were Here. His chord structures became big important bits on the big, big pieces of work »

« Blow up », Mojo 60’s, July 2017

Roger Waters:

« Dave sang Breathe much better than I could have. His voice suited the song. I don't remember any ego problems about who sang what at that point. There was a balance. You'd just say, How does that sound in your range ? »

« Roger Waters », Guitar World, May 2006.

Nick Mason:

« It’s rather a Floyd thing, that slow, languorous »

« Lost in space », Uncut Magazine, June 2006.

Breathe, breathe in the air

Don't be afraid to care

Leave but don't leave me

Look around and choose your own ground

For long you live and high you fly

And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry

And all you touch and all you see

Is all your life will ever be

Run, rabbit, run

Dig that hole, forget the sun

And when at last the work is done

Don't sit down, it's time to dig another one

For long you live and high you fly

But only if you ride the tide

And balanced on the biggest wave

You race towards an early grave

ON THE RUN (David Gilmour, Roger Waters) • « The Dark Side of the Moon » (1973) | Produced by Pink Floyd

David Gilmour: Guitars, slide guitar, EMS Synthi AKS; Rick Wright: Farfisa organ, keyboards; Roger Waters: EMS Synthi AKS, VCS3, effects; Nick Mason: Drums, effects; Roger Manifold: voice

David Gilmour:

« I put an eight-note sequence into the Synthi and sped it up. Roger thought it wasn’t quite right. He put in another, quite like mine, and I hate to say, it was marginally better. We added the footsteps, the slide guitar zooming around wildly, and the voices »

« Lost in space », Uncut Magazine, June 2006

Alan Parsons (Sound engineer):

«That was pretty much Dave's studio creation. He programmed a random sequence into an early VCS3 synthesizer and experimented until he found something he liked. All the basic sounds- including the bass and percussion sounds- came as a mono feed from that one synth. It's funny, because most people assume that "On the Run" is composed of several overdubs, it's actually a one-off performance»

«Alan Parsons & Bob Ezrin: Pink Floyd, Wall of Sound», Guitar World , February 1993

Nick Mason:

« Musically, the main element is Rick on the Farfisa, the rhythm thing is the VCS3, and there are backwards cymbals »

« Lost in space », Uncut Magazine, June 2006

«… have your hand baggage and passports ready and then follow the green line to customs and then to immigration. BA 255 to Rome, Cairo, Lagos. May I have your attention please. This announcement (…) passengers on BA 255 to Rome, Cairo, Lagos. Will you please (…) at this time … »

« Live for today, gone tomorrow. That's me. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha … »

TIME (Words by Roger Waters/Music by Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, David Gilmour) in « The Dark Side of the Moon » (1973)

David Gilmour: vocals, vocal harmonies, electric rhythm and lead guitar, EMS Hi-Fli; Rick Wright: vocals, keyboards; Roger Waters: bass guitar; Mason: drums, Rototoms;

Doris Troy, Lesley Duncan, Liza Strike, Barry St. John: backing vocals.

Rick Wright:

«Those big, grand keyboard chords are mine. Dave used to complain I’d write in these hard keys and weird major and minor sevenths, which is difficult to play on a guitar. The ro-to-toms are great»

« Lost in space », Uncut Magazine, June 2006.

Nick Mason:

«I think we did some experiments with some other drums called boo-bans, which are very small, tuned drums, but the ro-to-toms actually gave the best effect».

«Shades of Pink - The Definitive Pink Floyd Profile», The Source, 1984

Roger Waters:

«I know a guy who works in a clinic for drug addicts, alcoholics and child molesters. I met him in my local pub and he’d heard the song ‘Time’ where there’s the phrase ‘hanging on in quiet desperation’. That moved him a lot because it had a bearing on what he himself felt. That made me realise if I were to express my feelings, vague and disturbed as they are, as honesty as I could, then that’s the most I can do»

«Really Wish you were here - The politics of absence», Street Life, 24 January 1976

Ticking away

The moments that make up the dull day

Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way

Kicking around

On a piece of ground in your hometown

Waiting for someone or something to show you the way

Tired of lying in the sunshine

Staying home to watch the rain

You are young and life is long

And there is time to kill today

And then, one day, you find

Ten years have got behind you

No one told you when to run

You missed the starting gun

And you run, and you run

To catch up with the sun, but it's sinking

Racing around to come up behind you again

The sun is the same

In a relative way, but you're older

Shorter of breath, and one day closer to death

Every year is getting shorter

Never seem to find the time

Plans that either come to naught

Or half a page of scribbled lines

Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way

The time is gone, the song is over

Thought I'd something more to say

BREATHE (REPRISE) (Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright) in « The Dark Side of the Moon » (1973) | Produced by Pink Floyd

David Gilmour: vocals, vocal harmonies, electric rhythm guitar, pedal steel guitar; Rick Wright: keyboards; Roger Waters: bass; Nick Mason: drums.

Rick Wright:

« It was a good idea to split the song up »

« Lost in space », Uncut Magazine, June 2006

Nick Mason:

« It was a bit avant-garde. And it was a bloody good device not to have to write anything else »

« Lost in space », Uncut Magazine, June 2006

Home, home again

I like to be here when I can

And when I come home cold and tired

It's good to warm my bones beside the fire

Far away across the field

The tolling of the iron bell

Calls the faithful to their knees

To hear the softly spoken magic spells

THE GREAT GIG IN THE SKY (Richard Wright) • « The Dark Side of the Moon » (1973) | Produced by Pink Floyd.

David Gilmour: Fender twin neck pedal steel guitar; Rick Wright: Steinway piano, Hammond organ; Roger Waters: bass guitar; Nick Mason: drums; Clare Torry: lead vocals; Gerry O’Driscoll, Patricia Watts: voices.

Clare Torry:

« When I arrived they explained the concept of the album to me and played me Rick Wright's chord sequence. They said 'We want some singing on it.' But they didn't know what they wanted, so I suggested going into the studio and trying a few things. I started off using words but they said, "Oh no, we don't want any words." So the only thing I could think of was to make myself sound like an instrument, a guitar or whatever, and not to think like a vocalist. I did that and they loved it»

«The Dark Side of the Moon», Mojo Magazine, March 1998

Guy Pratt:

«The greatest piece of music Erik Satie never wrote»

«My bass and other animals», Guy Pratt, 2007

« I’ve been mad for fucking years, absolutely years. I've been over the edge for yonks. Working me buns off for bands so long. I think, crikey ».

« I’ve always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us are. It's very hard to explain why you're a madman, even if you're not a madman »

MONEY (Roger Waters) in « The Dark Side of the Moon » (1973) | Produced by Pink Floyd

David Gilmour: lead vocals, electric rhythm and lead guitar; Rick Wright: keyboards; Roger Waters: bass, sound effects; Nick Mason: drums, sound effects; Dick Parry: tenor saxophone; Chris Adamson, Henry McCullough, Gerry O’Driscoll, Patricia Watts, Peter Watts: voices.

David Gilmour:

« Roger presented it as a complete demo. I added a guitar to the riff to make it more punchy. Then I had fun adding all sorts of other parts »

« Lost in space », Uncut Magazine, June 2006

Roger Waters:

«Although it’s based around a bass line, I wrote it on an acoustic guitar. Occasionally, I would do things and Dave would say, ‘No, that’s wrong. There should be another beat. That’s only seven.’ I’d say, ‘Well, that’s how it is.’ A number of my songs have bars of odd length. That’s how the demo was. There’s a very bluesy feel to it»

«Interview with Roger Waters», Rolling Stone, March 2003

Rick Wright:

« It sounds like a straight four/four beat. When we came to play it, we couldn’t work out why the drum beat was in the wrong place. Possibly at the time I felt it didn’t fit with the rest of the album. It does stand out »

« Lost in space », Uncut Magazine, June 2006

Money, get away

Get a good job with more pay and you're okay

Money, it's a gas

Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash

New car, caviar, four-star daydream

Think I'll buy me a football team

Money, get back

I'm alright, Jack, keep your hands off of my stack

Money, it's a hit

Don't give me that do-goody-good bullshit

I'm in the high-fidelity first class travelling set

And I think I need a Lear jet

Money, it's a crime

Share it fairly, but don't take a slice of my pie

Money, so they say

Is the root of all evil today

But if you ask for a rise

It's no surprise that they're giving none away

Away, away, away

Away, away, away

« Huh, huh, I was in the right »

« Yes, absolutely in the right! »

« I certainly was in the right »

« I was definitely in the right. That geezer was cruising for a bruising »

« Why does anyone do anything ?» / «Yeah! Why does anyone do anything ? »

« I don't know, I was really drunk at the time ! »

« After he just told me he was in plugged in to number 2, he was asking why it wasn't coming up on fader eleven. So after yelling and screaming and telling him why it wasn't coming up on fader eleven, it came to a heavy blow, which sorted the matter out»

« Why does anyone do anything ? »

« I don't know, I was really drunk at the time ! »

US AND THEM (Roger Waters, Richard Wright) in « The Dark Side of the Moon » (1973) | Produced by Pink Floyd.

David Gilmour: Lead vocals, harmonies vocals, backing vocals, electric rhythm guitar; Rick Wright: keyboards, vocal harmonies; Roger Waters: bass guitar; Nick Mason: drums;

Dick Parry: tenor saxophone; Lesley Duncan, Doris Troy, Barry St. John, Liza Strike: backing vocals; Roger “The Hat” Manifold: voice.

Nick Mason:

« Us And Them which in fact was written for « Zabriskie Point » years before « Dark Side of the Moon » and it was known as Violent Sequence for a long time. It was a terrific film, a lot of news stuff of cops and students fighting it out, all with no soundtrack apart from music, and just this very lyrical ballad thing, which Rick played as his solo. And "Zabriskie Point" never used it. Antonioni cut it out and consequently when «Dark Side of the Moon» came up there was this section to be filled up and that was used as the basis for that song. Certainly it existed long before we ever talked about it»

«Your mother didn’t like this», Capital Radio, 7 January 1977

David Gilmour:

«I asked to Dick Parry to play beautiful, quiet, breathy sax. It’s lovely. I worked really hard on all vocal harmonies and backing vocals»

« Lost in space », Uncut Magazine, June 2006.

Roger Waters:

«The sax on Us and Them (…) is just Dick improvising with a little guidance from us--'Breathier Dick, less breathy; more notes, less notes'--normally less notes is the deal with saxophone players»

«Dark Side of the Moon», Mojo Magazine, March 1998

Richard Wright:

«Occasionally, people would come in with a complete song. For example, 'Us and Them' was a little piano piece I had worked out. I played it for them; they like it. Roger went into another room and started working on the lyrics»

«Pink Floyd The inside Story», Rolling Stone, 19 November 1987

Richard Wright:

«Of the songs that Roger and I have written together I would say that Us and Them is my favourite»

«The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon», Eagle DVD, 2003

Us and them

And after all we're only ordinary men

Me and you

God only knows it's not what we would choose to do

"Forward" he cried from the rear and the front rank died

And the general sat

And the lines on the map moved from side to side

Black and blue

And who knows which is which and who is who

Up and down

And in the end it's only round and round

"Haven't you heard it's a battle of words?"

The poster bearer cried

"Listen son", said the man with the gun

"There's room for you inside"

« I mean, they're gonna kill ya, so if you give 'em a quick short, sharp, shock, they won't do it again. Dig it? I mean he got off lightly, 'cause I would've given him a thrashing, I only hit him once. It was only a difference of opinion, but really, I mean good manners don't cost nothing do they, eh ? »

Down and out

It can't be helped but there's a lot of it about

With, without

And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about?

Out of the way, it's a busy day

I've got things on my mind

For the want of the price of tea and a slice

The old man died

ANY COLOUR YOU LIKE (David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Richard Wright) in « The Dark Side of the Moon » (1973) | Produced by Pink Floyd.

David Gilmour: electric rhythm and lead guitar, scat vocals; Rick Wright: Minimoog, VCS3, organ; Roger Waters: bass guitar; Nick Mason: drums.

Roger Waters:

«In Cambridge where I lived, people would come from London in a van - a truck - open the back and stand on the tailboard of the truck, and the truck's full of stuff that they're trying to sell. And they have a very quick and slick patter, and they're selling things like crockery, china, sets of knives and forks. All kinds of different things, and they sell it very cheap with a patter. They tell you what it is, and they say 'It's ten plates, lady, and it's this, that, and the other, and eight cups and saucers, and for the lot I'm asking NOT ten pounds, NOT five pounds, NOT three pounds... fifty bob to you!', and they get rid of this stuff like this. If they had sets of china, and they were all the same colour, they would say, 'You can 'ave 'em, ten bob to you, love. Any colour you like, they're all blue.' And that was just part of that patter. So, metaphorically, 'Any Colour You Like' is interesting, in that sense, because it denotes offering a choice where there is none. And it's also interesting that in the phrase, 'Any colour you like, they're all blue', I don't know why, but in my mind it's always 'they're all blue', which, if you think about it, relates very much to the light and dark, sun and moon, good and evil. You make your choice but it's always blue»

«Which one’s Pink ?», Phil Rose, ???

Rick Wright:

«We’ve got nothing for this space … what can we do ? We’ll have a jam». And that’s what it was - it’s just two chords. It starts off with the synth, which sets the mood. And you have this extraordinary guitar solo from Dave»

« Lost in space », Uncut Magazine, June 2006.

David Gimour:

«It’s not a vital part of the narrative, but there are moments when it’s nice to get off the leash and just play. Having two of those moments was too much for the album, so we changed On the Run »

« Lost in space », Uncut Magazine, June 2006.

BRAIN DAMAGE (Roger Waters) • « The Dark Side of the Moon » (1973) | Produced by Pink Floyd

David Gilmour: electric rhythm and lead guitar; Rick Wright: keyboards, mini-moog; Roger Waters: vocals, vocal harmonies, bass; Nick Mason: drums; Doris Troy, Lesley Duncan, Liza Strike, Barry St. John: backing vocals.

The original ending of the song was pretty different as the band played it on early 1972. With the writing of an actual ending Eclipse, the song changed deeply. The final sentences of the song are directly referred to Syd. Firstly, a remembrance of the vacation on the Ibiza islands, in August 1967, when Syd tried to climb the walls in terror during a thunderstorm, and the final two lines of when he showcased his new song Have You Got It Yet? To the band on January 1968.

This track was considered for the 2000 compilation « Echoes - The best of Pink Floyd » but was eventually rejected.

Rick Wright:

« Lyrically, it was the one I could least relate to. Possibly for me, then, it was the weakest link. Now I feel differently. I think it’s great. It’s very simple, and also it has the mini-Moog. It’s got a hotel orchestra kind of sound. I love the chorus, and the girls blended in so beautifully »

« Lost in space », Uncut Magazine, June 2006.

Nick Mason:

« I think the lyrics were fantastic »

« Lost in space », Uncut Magazine, June 2006.

The lunatic is on the grass

The lunatic is on the grass

Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs

Got to keep the loonies on the path

The lunatic is in the hall

The lunatics are in my hall

The paper holds their folded faces to the floor

And every day the paperboy brings more

And if the dam breaks open many years too soon

And if there is no room upon the hill

And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too

I'll see you on the dark side of the moon

The lunatic is in my head

The lunatic is in my head

You raise the blade, you make the change

You rearrange me 'til I'm sane

You lock the door

And throw away the key

There's someone in my head but it's not me

And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear

You shout and no one seems to hear

And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes

I'll see you on the dark side of the moon

«I can't think of anything to say except ... (laughter)»

«I think it's marvelous (laughter)»

ECLIPSE (Roger Waters) • « The Dark Side of the Moon » (1973) | Produced by Pink Floyd

David Gilmour: electric rhythm and lead guitar; Rick Wright: keyboards; Roger Waters: vocals, vocal harmonies, bass; Nick Mason: drums, effects; Doris Troy, Lesley Duncan, Liza Strike, Barry St. John: backing vocals; Gerry O’Driscoll: voice.

This track was considered for the 2000 compilation «Echoes - The best of Pink Floyd» but was eventually rejected.

Roger Waters:

«It's just a run-down with a little bit of philosophising, though there's something about its naive quality that I still find appealing. In a strange way it re-attaches me to my adolescence, the dreams of youth»

«Dark Side of the Moon», Mojo Magazine, March 1998

Rick Wright:

« It’s a great ending. The music grows, it gets bigger, it goes up in decibels. We would lift it up and up (…) »

« Lost in space », Uncut Magazine, June 2006.

Nick Mason:

« I remember Roger coming in with it. The initial version was less desperate. We wanted something climactic, the real ending »

« Lost in space », Uncut Magazine, June 2006.

All that you touch

And all that you see

All that you taste

All you feel

And all that you love

And all that you hate

All you distrust

All you save

And all that you give

And all that you deal

And all that you buy

Beg, borrow, or steal

And all you create

And all you destroy

And all that you do

And all that you say

And all that you eat

And everyone you meet

And all that you slight

And everyone you fight

And all that is now

And all that is gone

And all that's to come

And everything under

The sun is in tune

But the sun is eclipsed

By the moon

« There is no dark side in the moon, really. Matter-of-fact it's all dark »