Animals Lyrics Pink Floyd Meaning

That song was almost the whole of one side so thats half of Animals.

Animals lyrics pink floyd meaning. Loosely based on George Orwells political fable Animal Farm the albums lyrics describe various classes in society as different kinds of animals. Thank you kruti for the a2a. Pink Floyd rules and thats that.

You gotta be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed. The album is loosely based on George Orwells Animal. The concept of Animals is loosely based on George Orwells political story Animal Farm in which the albums lyrics label several classes in.

And whilst I have no doubt Roger Waters would have read 1984 and Animal Farm at some point I think the only effect Orwell had on this album was that Waters may have just thought animals make brilliant metaphors. The pigs essentially charade as a good shepherd when in reality theyre anything but that. A simple romance on acoustic guitar cuts through the bitterness and unexpectedly.

Pink Floyds Animals is one of the darkest musical illustrations of a persons way of viewing the world around them. Pink floyd several species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave and grooving with a pict. The three sections are sandwiched between the first and second verses of an acoustic song Pigs on the Wing sung by Waters in a neo-Sixties singer-songwriter style that is so alien to everything one associates with the Floyd in that it comes like a.

Its specificity means that Animals hangs together far better than any other Pink Floyd concept album. It is a concept album that provides a scathing critique of the social-political conditions of late-70s Britain and presents a marked change in musical style from their earlier work. You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking.

Of what would become Pink Floyds Animals. A concept album is one where all the songs are about a common theme - in this case the social and political conditions prevailing in Britain in the 70s. Song MeaningThe song is about sheep going with the flow until they finally realize the rut that theyre in being led to the slaughter and decide to do something about it they learn karate.