Pink Floyd — Empty Spaces - Young Lust
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I am just a new boy,
Stranger in this town.
Where are all the good times?
Who's gonna show this stranger around?
Ooooh, I need a dirty woman.
Ooooh, I need a dirty girl.
Will some woman in this desert land
Make me feel like a real man?
Take this rock and roll refugee
Oooh, baby set me free.
Ooooh, I need a dirty woman.
Ooooh, I need a dirty girl.
Ooooh, I need a dirty woman.
Ooooh, I need a dirty girl.
"Hello..?"
"Yes, a collect call for Mrs. Floyd from Mr. Floyd.
Will you accept the charges from United States?"
"Oh, He hung up! That's your residence, right? I wonder why he hung up?
Is there supposed to be someone else there besides your wife there to answer?"
"Hello?"
"This is United States calling, are we reaching...
"See he keeps hanging up, and it's a man answering."
Stranger in this town.
Where are all the good times?
Who's gonna show this stranger around?
Ooooh, I need a dirty woman.
Ooooh, I need a dirty girl.
Will some woman in this desert land
Make me feel like a real man?
Take this rock and roll refugee
Oooh, baby set me free.
Ooooh, I need a dirty woman.
Ooooh, I need a dirty girl.
Ooooh, I need a dirty woman.
Ooooh, I need a dirty girl.
"Hello..?"
"Yes, a collect call for Mrs. Floyd from Mr. Floyd.
Will you accept the charges from United States?"
"Oh, He hung up! That's your residence, right? I wonder why he hung up?
Is there supposed to be someone else there besides your wife there to answer?"
"Hello?"
"This is United States calling, are we reaching...
"See he keeps hanging up, and it's a man answering."
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There is always the debate about the "best" Gilmour solo, and I have to say that the evil sounding guitar work he does in the first 60 seconds of Empty Spaces might be my favorite guitar piece by him. Can you imagine how bland Floyd would be without Gilmour's guitar?
Aud wrote:
What?!?
45 years old! god damn!
know exactly what I was doing when this first came out!
What?!?
I love knowing there are still folks out there that will feel the thrill of that transition for the first time
Goodbye Blue Sky
followed by
Empty Spaces
Yeeaahhhh!!
followed by
Empty Spaces
Yeeaahhhh!!
45 years old! god damn!
know exactly what I was doing when this first came out!
know exactly what I was doing when this first came out!
Thanks, RP, for playing this great stretch from one of the most incredible concept albums ever! I really loved how they used a similar eerie atmosphere here and in a couple other spots on The Wall as in "Welcome to the Machine," but this time, it's as if "the machine" has become infinitely more sinister and menacing. And, as with other Orwellian aspects of this epic work, quite apropos for the times we live in... And while watching the movie, with parts like this, I always had to be careful not to eat too many shrooms, because it can turn absolutely, almost overwhelmingly DARK FLOYD...
thewiseking wrote:
Probably because Pink Floyd were, and are, the best.
So much great original pioneering music in 1979.
and Classic Rock Radio just kept playing Pink Floyd
Probably because Pink Floyd were, and are, the best.
At some point, there needs to be an 11
So much great original pioneering music in 1979.
and Classic Rock Radio just kept playing Pink Floyd
and Classic Rock Radio just kept playing Pink Floyd
Whoah... This STILL brings the chills...
BRAVO, Pink Floyd and Radio Paradise!
BRAVO, Pink Floyd and Radio Paradise!
what happened to RP? It’s been happening for years mate - you missed something
Two Pink Floyd songs back to back from the same album. What happened to RP?
h8rhater wrote:
It was not scripted. Real operators were real people back "in the day" and conversation was involved in connecting a call like this one. That said, it did take more than one try to get the result that the producer was going for.
From Pink Floyd: Through The Eyes Of . . . The Band, Its Fans, Friends, and Foes, edited by Bruno MacDonald. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1996. ISBN 0-306-80780-7:
The dialogue with the operator was the result of an arrangement co-producer James Guthrie made with a neighbour in London, while the album was being recorded in Los Angeles. He wanted realism, for the operator to actually believe they had caught his wife having an affair, and so didn't inform her she was being recorded. The operator heard in the recording is the second operator they tried the routine with, after the first operator's reaction was deemed unsatisfactory.
Also from Comfortably Numb-A History of "The Wall": Pink Floyd 1978-1981 by Vernon Fitch and Richard Mahon:
Chief Engineer, James Guthrie, placed the phone call to his London apt where Chris Fitzmorris, his next-door neighbor, was asked to answer the phone, listen to the operator and simply hang up the phone.
ummh, you can just record someone without informing them, and use their voice on a commercial album without a release etc.? the operator would seem to have a good case for royalties. 'someone else there besides your wife', that's a little sus. even if it's a person-to-person call, they would just say 'person--to-person for xyz', they don't get into your personal business. I don't totally buy it, people will make up anything for a good story or just for the hell of it. maybe they did that and then the record company said, where's the release and then they got an actor.
It was not scripted. Real operators were real people back "in the day" and conversation was involved in connecting a call like this one. That said, it did take more than one try to get the result that the producer was going for.
From Pink Floyd: Through The Eyes Of . . . The Band, Its Fans, Friends, and Foes, edited by Bruno MacDonald. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1996. ISBN 0-306-80780-7:
The dialogue with the operator was the result of an arrangement co-producer James Guthrie made with a neighbour in London, while the album was being recorded in Los Angeles. He wanted realism, for the operator to actually believe they had caught his wife having an affair, and so didn't inform her she was being recorded. The operator heard in the recording is the second operator they tried the routine with, after the first operator's reaction was deemed unsatisfactory.
Also from Comfortably Numb-A History of "The Wall": Pink Floyd 1978-1981 by Vernon Fitch and Richard Mahon:
Chief Engineer, James Guthrie, placed the phone call to his London apt where Chris Fitzmorris, his next-door neighbor, was asked to answer the phone, listen to the operator and simply hang up the phone.
ummh, you can just record someone without informing them, and use their voice on a commercial album without a release etc.? the operator would seem to have a good case for royalties. 'someone else there besides your wife', that's a little sus. even if it's a person-to-person call, they would just say 'person--to-person for xyz', they don't get into your personal business. I don't totally buy it, people will make up anything for a good story or just for the hell of it. maybe they did that and then the record company said, where's the release and then they got an actor.
timmus wrote:
https://telephoneworld.org/landline-telephone-history/pink-floyds-young-lust-explained-and-demystified/
That article is really, really interesting. Steve Davis would approve...
Interesting analysis of the touch tones at the end of the song.
Pretty awesome that someone recorded this audio back in the 1970s. This is a piece of history.
In short, the touch tones are: ‘KP1’ 0 4 4 1 8 3 1 ‘ST’
44 of course was the UK international country code back in the day.
timmus wrote:
https://telephoneworld.org/landline-telephone-history/pink-floyds-young-lust-explained-and-demystified/
Still is.
Interesting analysis of the touch tones at the end of the song.
Pretty awesome that someone recorded this audio back in the 1970s. This is a piece of history.
In short, the touch tones are: ‘KP1’ 0 4 4 1 8 3 1 ‘ST’
44 of course was the UK international country code back in the day.
Interesting analysis of the touch tones at the end of the song.
Pretty awesome that someone recorded this audio back in the 1970s. This is a piece of history.
In short, the touch tones are: ‘KP1’ 0 4 4 1 8 3 1 ‘ST’
44 of course was the UK international country code back in the day.
Iskaral_Pust wrote:
Look at it this way: In the extra 40 years they're going to have after we're dead, there's a pretty good chance they'll live through an amazing musical period we can't even dream of.
And besides that will be able to enjoy Pink Floyd (like I still do and some of my younger friends)
Look at it this way: In the extra 40 years they're going to have after we're dead, there's a pretty good chance they'll live through an amazing musical period we can't even dream of.
And besides that will be able to enjoy Pink Floyd (like I still do and some of my younger friends)
I think this song would be a perfect fit to follow up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQn0I5eXQRY
Not sure if BillG is aware of that :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQn0I5eXQRY
Not sure if BillG is aware of that :)
Edweirdo wrote:
I downvoted it because I can't abide moving images on this site - animated gifs, whatever. I downvote 'em all.
Fair enough. Most of them bother me as well.
I downvoted it because I can't abide moving images on this site - animated gifs, whatever. I downvote 'em all.
Fair enough. Most of them bother me as well.
Kösten wrote:
I am pretty sure that if you keep on listening to RP and learning how to love music you will look back as this comment and feel sorry for yourself
Ohmei, it´s so boring
I am pretty sure that if you keep on listening to RP and learning how to love music you will look back as this comment and feel sorry for yourself
Ohmei, it´s so boring
prs wrote:
:-(
Whenever this track comes onto RP I wait to hear the whole telephone conversation - especially the line - 'hello Charlie, is that you?' I 'had' a friend who, like me, loved PF, we went to a number of their concerts in London together - when his son was born we used to joke that he was named 'Charlie' so my friend could phone him and say - 'Hello, Charlie, is that you'!! My friend passed away before Charlie could answer the phone!
:-(
Whenever this track comes onto RP I wait to hear the whole telephone conversation - especially the line - 'hello Charlie, is that you?' I 'had' a friend who, like me, loved PF, we went to a number of their concerts in London together - when his son was born we used to joke that he was named 'Charlie' so my friend could phone him and say - 'Hello, Charlie, is that you'!! My friend passed away before Charlie could answer the phone!
ericlemarie wrote:
LOL! You been on the site less than 2 months!!
Maybe it's not the only song of Pink Floyd, Radio pardise plays always the same song, change the robot
LOL! You been on the site less than 2 months!!
ericlemarie wrote:
You think this is the only Pink Floyd song played on RP?
Maybe it's not the only song of Pink Floyd, Radio pardise plays always the same song, change the robot
You think this is the only Pink Floyd song played on RP?
Jelani wrote:
Can't understand why three people downvoted the post of this animation, as well as one downvoting my experience of having seen this at the concert. I guess you've got to be an artist or have some artistic inclination to appreciate it.
I downvoted it because I can't abide moving images on this site - animated gifs, whatever. I downvote 'em all.
Can't understand why three people downvoted the post of this animation, as well as one downvoting my experience of having seen this at the concert. I guess you've got to be an artist or have some artistic inclination to appreciate it.
I downvoted it because I can't abide moving images on this site - animated gifs, whatever. I downvote 'em all.
another example of why Roger needed Gilmour.
Jelani wrote:
Can't understand why three people downvoted the post of this animation, as well as one downvoting my experience of having seen this at the concert. I guess you've got to be an artist or have some artistic inclination to appreciate it.
I will admit it's a bit disturbing to look at. I remember seeing the movie at the theater and I'll never forget this scene. The sid made the whole thing very intense. Anyway, some people will downvote anything.
Can't understand why three people downvoted the post of this animation, as well as one downvoting my experience of having seen this at the concert. I guess you've got to be an artist or have some artistic inclination to appreciate it.
I will admit it's a bit disturbing to look at. I remember seeing the movie at the theater and I'll never forget this scene. The sid made the whole thing very intense. Anyway, some people will downvote anything.
Was "Empty Spaces" the password for the DarkSide hackers - Good Job FBI - not Hoover's FBI anymore.
oppositelock wrote:
Just sold mine last week. A first press. Time for someone else to treasure it, enjoy it and keep the flame lit.
vinylbob wrote:
Same here.
Purchased this LP the day of release. Seems like yesterday. I still have the record.
Same here.
Just sold mine last week. A first press. Time for someone else to treasure it, enjoy it and keep the flame lit.
drewd wrote:
Can't understand why three people downvoted the post of this animation, as well as one downvoting my experience of having seen this at the concert. I guess you've got to be an artist or have some artistic inclination to appreciate it.
Can't understand why three people downvoted the post of this animation, as well as one downvoting my experience of having seen this at the concert. I guess you've got to be an artist or have some artistic inclination to appreciate it.
BCarn wrote:
I don't necessarily feel sorry for them but they certainly did miss the biggest and most important, influential, creative period in modern music history.
The beautiful thing about music is that you can listen to it for the first time the year it's released, or 40 years later, or 80 years later, and if it grabs you, it grabs you. It's a little like magic that way. I know I first heard this in about 1999 when I was in my early 20s, and it's as powerful now as it was then.
I don't necessarily feel sorry for them but they certainly did miss the biggest and most important, influential, creative period in modern music history.
The beautiful thing about music is that you can listen to it for the first time the year it's released, or 40 years later, or 80 years later, and if it grabs you, it grabs you. It's a little like magic that way. I know I first heard this in about 1999 when I was in my early 20s, and it's as powerful now as it was then.
Gilmour should have practiced more. 
drewd wrote:
One of the best animations ,ever. I actually got to see that at the original concert. When it started I got goose bumps and just froze,mesmerized, and stayed that way for the duration.
One of the best animations ,ever. I actually got to see that at the original concert. When it started I got goose bumps and just froze,mesmerized, and stayed that way for the duration.
Trite and overplayed.
Never again !
rspronsen179 wrote:
The Wall is about the dust settling after the world experienced a threat to freedom similar to today in the US. Stunning music exploring the bad parts.
Timeless music from one of the greatest bands of all times
The Wall is about the dust settling after the world experienced a threat to freedom similar to today in the US. Stunning music exploring the bad parts.
h8rhater wrote:
It was not scripted. Real operators were real people back "in the day" and conversation was involved in connecting a call like this one. That said, it did take more than one try to get the result that the producer was going for.
From Pink Floyd: Through The Eyes Of . . . The Band, Its Fans, Friends, and Foes, edited by Bruno MacDonald. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1996. ISBN 0-306-80780-7:
The dialogue with the operator was the result of an arrangement co-producer James Guthrie made with a neighbour in London, while the album was being recorded in Los Angeles. He wanted realism, for the operator to actually believe they had caught his wife having an affair, and so didn't inform her she was being recorded. The operator heard in the recording is the second operator they tried the routine with, after the first operator's reaction was deemed unsatisfactory.
Also from Comfortably Numb-A History of "The Wall": Pink Floyd 1978-1981 by Vernon Fitch and Richard Mahon:
Chief Engineer, James Guthrie, placed the phone call to his London apt where Chris Fitzmorris, his next-door neighbor, was asked to answer the phone, listen to the operator and simply hang up the phone.
Another interesting tidbit, which ultimately answers the OP's question:
In the Comfortably Numb-A History of "The Wall" book, James Guthrie wonders if the operator ever recognized herself. She's never come forward. Chris Fitzmorris did not ask for a royalty, but Jim Nabors approached the band, asked for a royalty and received it!
It was not scripted. Real operators were real people back "in the day" and conversation was involved in connecting a call like this one. That said, it did take more than one try to get the result that the producer was going for.
From Pink Floyd: Through The Eyes Of . . . The Band, Its Fans, Friends, and Foes, edited by Bruno MacDonald. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1996. ISBN 0-306-80780-7:
The dialogue with the operator was the result of an arrangement co-producer James Guthrie made with a neighbour in London, while the album was being recorded in Los Angeles. He wanted realism, for the operator to actually believe they had caught his wife having an affair, and so didn't inform her she was being recorded. The operator heard in the recording is the second operator they tried the routine with, after the first operator's reaction was deemed unsatisfactory.
Also from Comfortably Numb-A History of "The Wall": Pink Floyd 1978-1981 by Vernon Fitch and Richard Mahon:
Chief Engineer, James Guthrie, placed the phone call to his London apt where Chris Fitzmorris, his next-door neighbor, was asked to answer the phone, listen to the operator and simply hang up the phone.
Another interesting tidbit, which ultimately answers the OP's question:
In the Comfortably Numb-A History of "The Wall" book, James Guthrie wonders if the operator ever recognized herself. She's never come forward. Chris Fitzmorris did not ask for a royalty, but Jim Nabors approached the band, asked for a royalty and received it!
Troutnskibum wrote:
Or not seen the live concert when it was just new. What a spectacle!
I feel sorry for people who didn't grow up with this stuff.
Or not seen the live concert when it was just new. What a spectacle!
F an A! Damn... reality... turned 59 late may... and still LUST!
Plenty of empty spaces these days. Question is, how, and when, are we going to fill them!?
Played out! So tired of this album! There, I said it. As you were...
volume up!
There is no guitar playing like this guitar playing.
Troutnskibum wrote:
Look at it this way: In the extra 40 years they're going to have after we're dead, there's a pretty good chance they'll live through an amazing musical period we can't even dream of.
I feel sorry for people who didn't grow up with this stuff.
Look at it this way: In the extra 40 years they're going to have after we're dead, there's a pretty good chance they'll live through an amazing musical period we can't even dream of.
like it or not, The Wall is a creative masterpiece and IMHO the best album by Pink Floyd.
play it all - the whole thing in one shot - with no interruptions.
like old school college radio - I double dare you Bill!
maybe in 2029, for its 50th!
play it all - the whole thing in one shot - with no interruptions.
like old school college radio - I double dare you Bill!
maybe in 2029, for its 50th!
BCarn wrote:
I don't necessarily feel sorry for them but they certainly did miss the biggest and most important, influential, creative period in modern music history.
1979, really? The late '70s and early '80s did have a lot of good, innovative stuff so I guess it's as good a period as any to be named. Still, "modern music" has an awful lot of influential and creative periods; I'm not sure how one could declare just one of them to have all of those superlatives attached to it.
I don't necessarily feel sorry for them but they certainly did miss the biggest and most important, influential, creative period in modern music history.
1979, really? The late '70s and early '80s did have a lot of good, innovative stuff so I guess it's as good a period as any to be named. Still, "modern music" has an awful lot of influential and creative periods; I'm not sure how one could declare just one of them to have all of those superlatives attached to it.
Disco Pink, but good disco like Some Girls, eh?
I did grow up with this. It was
Way
Over
Played
Much as I loved Pink Floyd, I really didn't like The Wall.
Way
Over
Played
Much as I loved Pink Floyd, I really didn't like The Wall.
Relayer wrote:
Oh yea, just because I haven't said it in a while; Gilmour is God.
yes- definately - there is no better....
A song about raw sex/libido is very out of place for PF, but then once you put it in the context of the album/movie, you understand it is really about his reaction to his wife's affair and Pink being isolated/alone. Very sad to see in the movie how it affects him.
Oh yea, just because I haven't said it in a while; Gilmour is God.
Oh yea, just because I haven't said it in a while; Gilmour is God.
Oh yea, just because I haven't said it in a while; Gilmour is God.
yes- definately - there is no better....
A song about raw sex/libido is very out of place for PF, but then once you put it in the context of the album/movie, you understand it is really about his reaction to his wife's affair and Pink being isolated/alone. Very sad to see in the movie how it affects him.
Oh yea, just because I haven't said it in a while; Gilmour is God.
Oh yea, just because I haven't said it in a while; Gilmour is God.
jmsmy wrote:
First and only time I've ever seen the words "Van Halen" on RP. Thumbs up for that, regardless of the context!
Pink's most commercial song - lyrically and musically - Rock & Roll , partying and getting laid.
Van Halen ain't got nothin on these hippies.
Van Halen ain't got nothin on these hippies.
First and only time I've ever seen the words "Van Halen" on RP. Thumbs up for that, regardless of the context!
obankenobi wrote:
I feel sorry for people who think Division Bell is the best Floyd
There couldn't possibly be people out there that think that, could there? 
I feel sorry for people who think Division Bell is the best Floyd
BCarn wrote:
Weird....how the hell can any single 'track' be removed from this album? They all fit together exactly correctly....and I think this was my favorite part of the movie The Wall, when "Pink" is in the hotel room and about to lose it.....LLRP!!
I bought the album when it came out. Still have it to this day and in great playing condition. Years later, I bought the CD of this in China years ago whilst in the Navy. Thought it was cool to see all the Chinese lettering/symbology. Was disappointed , while listening to it, that they had removed or rather censored this song. Deleted!
Glad it only cost me about $2.00!
Glad it only cost me about $2.00!
Weird....how the hell can any single 'track' be removed from this album? They all fit together exactly correctly....and I think this was my favorite part of the movie The Wall, when "Pink" is in the hotel room and about to lose it.....LLRP!!
Ah, one of my favorite one-two punch segues.
I bought the album when it came out. Still have it to this day and in great playing condition. Years later, I bought the CD of this in China years ago whilst in the Navy. Thought it was cool to see all the Chinese lettering/symbology. Was disappointed , while listening to it, that they had removed or rather censored this song. Deleted!
Glad it only cost me about $2.00!
Glad it only cost me about $2.00!
It is not Meddle or DSOTM but damn close!
Troutnskibum wrote:
I feel sorry for people who think Division Bell is the best Floyd
I feel sorry for people who didn't grow up with this stuff.
I feel sorry for people who think Division Bell is the best Floyd
An ironic look at rock 'n roll star infidelity?
red3 wrote:
Happy 50th, red3! I'll celebrate w/ you and the great playlist you suggested - Long Live RP!!
Bill and Rebecca - Thanks for playing the last two Pink Floyd tunes. This being my 50th birthday today, I love hearing them. Keep the birthday party rolling with Peter Gabriel, Elbow, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Phil Collins, Fleetwood Mac and Genesis. Love the station!
Happy 50th, red3! I'll celebrate w/ you and the great playlist you suggested - Long Live RP!!
Bill and Rebecca - Thanks for playing the last two Pink Floyd tunes. This being my 50th birthday today, I love hearing them. Keep the birthday party rolling with Peter Gabriel, Elbow, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Phil Collins, Fleetwood Mac and Genesis. Love the station!
eterno!!!
Troutnskibum wrote:
Gray, depressing, kill-yourself music. I hear the inventiveness and talent, but I can't bear to listen to it.
I feel sorry for people who didn't grow up with this stuff.
Gray, depressing, kill-yourself music. I hear the inventiveness and talent, but I can't bear to listen to it.
Timeless music from one of the greatest bands of all times
Troutnskibum wrote:
I don't necessarily feel sorry for them but they certainly did miss the biggest and most important, influential, creative period in modern music history.
I feel sorry for people who didn't grow up with this stuff.
I don't necessarily feel sorry for them but they certainly did miss the biggest and most important, influential, creative period in modern music history.
Troutnskibum wrote:
Don't feel too bad for us. It's not too hard to love good music :-)
I feel sorry for people who didn't grow up with this stuff.
Don't feel too bad for us. It's not too hard to love good music :-)
mirage wrote:
dont forget to bring a cd player!
If I ever was stranded on a desert island, and I had the opportunity to bring two cd's, "The Wall" would be one of 'em
(the second one would be the Requiem from Mozart
)
(the second one would be the Requiem from Mozart
)dont forget to bring a cd player!
One of the finest, among countless fine, PF songs. Unmatched guitar work!
Haters gonna hate 
It was one of the greatest Band of the World
Troutnskibum wrote:
i feel sorry for the dopey stoners, closed off to all that was happening then, listening to this Pink Floyd crap. A Wall, indeed.
I feel sorry for people who didn't grow up with this stuff.
i feel sorry for the dopey stoners, closed off to all that was happening then, listening to this Pink Floyd crap. A Wall, indeed.
I feel sorry for people who didn't grow up with this stuff.
GeorgeMWoods wrote:
Fixed that for you! The rating is just fine :)
The most overplayed album ever.
Fixed that for you! The rating is just fine :)
Most excellent! Thank you RP!
The most overrated album ever.
Pink Floyd's only Sex, Drugs and Rock N Roll song
vinylbob wrote:
Same here.
Purchased this LP the day of release. Seems like yesterday. I still have the record.
Same here.
Purchased this LP the day of release. Seems like yesterday. I still have the record.
I dirty woman for Christmas
h8rhater wrote:
It was not scripted. Real operators were real people back "in the day" and conversation was involved in connecting a call like this one. That said, it did take more than one try to get the result that the producer was going for.
From Pink Floyd: Through The Eyes Of . . . The Band, Its Fans, Friends, and Foes, edited by Bruno MacDonald. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1996. ISBN 0-306-80780-7:
The dialogue with the operator was the result of an arrangement co-producer James Guthrie made with a neighbour in London, while the album was being recorded in Los Angeles. He wanted realism, for the operator to actually believe they had caught his wife having an affair, and so didn't inform her she was being recorded. The operator heard in the recording is the second operator they tried the routine with, after the first operator's reaction was deemed unsatisfactory.
Also from Comfortably Numb-A History of "The Wall": Pink Floyd 1978-1981 by Vernon Fitch and Richard Mahon:
Chief Engineer, James Guthrie, placed the phone call to his London apt where Chris Fitzmorris, his next-door neighbor, was asked to answer the phone, listen to the operator and simply hang up the phone.
That is such a neat bit of trivia!
It was not scripted. Real operators were real people back "in the day" and conversation was involved in connecting a call like this one. That said, it did take more than one try to get the result that the producer was going for.
From Pink Floyd: Through The Eyes Of . . . The Band, Its Fans, Friends, and Foes, edited by Bruno MacDonald. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1996. ISBN 0-306-80780-7:
The dialogue with the operator was the result of an arrangement co-producer James Guthrie made with a neighbour in London, while the album was being recorded in Los Angeles. He wanted realism, for the operator to actually believe they had caught his wife having an affair, and so didn't inform her she was being recorded. The operator heard in the recording is the second operator they tried the routine with, after the first operator's reaction was deemed unsatisfactory.
Also from Comfortably Numb-A History of "The Wall": Pink Floyd 1978-1981 by Vernon Fitch and Richard Mahon:
Chief Engineer, James Guthrie, placed the phone call to his London apt where Chris Fitzmorris, his next-door neighbor, was asked to answer the phone, listen to the operator and simply hang up the phone.
That is such a neat bit of trivia!
Is it even possible to make a collect phone call now?
LaurieinTucson wrote:
It was not scripted. Real operators were real people back "in the day" and conversation was involved in connecting a call like this one. That said, it did take more than one try to get the result that the producer was going for.
From Pink Floyd: Through The Eyes Of . . . The Band, Its Fans, Friends, and Foes, edited by Bruno MacDonald. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1996. ISBN 0-306-80780-7:
The dialogue with the operator was the result of an arrangement co-producer James Guthrie made with a neighbour in London, while the album was being recorded in Los Angeles. He wanted realism, for the operator to actually believe they had caught his wife having an affair, and so didn't inform her she was being recorded. The operator heard in the recording is the second operator they tried the routine with, after the first operator's reaction was deemed unsatisfactory.
Also from Comfortably Numb-A History of "The Wall": Pink Floyd 1978-1981 by Vernon Fitch and Richard Mahon:
Chief Engineer, James Guthrie, placed the phone call to his London apt where Chris Fitzmorris, his next-door neighbor, was asked to answer the phone, listen to the operator and simply hang up the phone.
It is a scripted piece of audio for the album/movie. Real operators didn't comment on calls back then.
Dave_Mack wrote:
I wonder if that telephone operator ever found out she was an unknowing participant in that little bit of theater.
It was not scripted. Real operators were real people back "in the day" and conversation was involved in connecting a call like this one. That said, it did take more than one try to get the result that the producer was going for.
From Pink Floyd: Through The Eyes Of . . . The Band, Its Fans, Friends, and Foes, edited by Bruno MacDonald. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1996. ISBN 0-306-80780-7:
The dialogue with the operator was the result of an arrangement co-producer James Guthrie made with a neighbour in London, while the album was being recorded in Los Angeles. He wanted realism, for the operator to actually believe they had caught his wife having an affair, and so didn't inform her she was being recorded. The operator heard in the recording is the second operator they tried the routine with, after the first operator's reaction was deemed unsatisfactory.
Also from Comfortably Numb-A History of "The Wall": Pink Floyd 1978-1981 by Vernon Fitch and Richard Mahon:
Chief Engineer, James Guthrie, placed the phone call to his London apt where Chris Fitzmorris, his next-door neighbor, was asked to answer the phone, listen to the operator and simply hang up the phone.
Found this snippet from a Roger Waters interview:
RW: I think it's great; I love that operator on it, I think she's wonderful. She didn't know what was happening at all, the way she picks up on..I mean it's been edited a bit, but the way she picks up, all that stuff about "is there supposed to be someone else there beside your wife" you know I think is amazing, she really clicked into it straight away. She's terrific!
Vicey wrote:
I thought I had heard that it was an actual phone operator and that Bob Ezrin had to make the call several times before he got an operator who would actually comment about the implied scenario. I could easily be wrong, though: I don't like to think about how long it has been since this album came out.
LaurieinTucson wrote:
LaurieinTucson wrote:
It is a scripted piece of audio for the album/movie. Real operators didn't comment on calls back then.
Dave_Mack wrote:
I wonder if that telephone operator ever found out she was an unknowing participant in that little bit of theater.
I guess none of you are old enough to remember person to person collect phone calls. Minutes were measured in multiple dollars back then.
It's like some sort of parody of Rock and Roll. Welcome to STONEHENGE! Bring forth the dancing dwarves!
10
I don't know how many are aware of the "backward recorded" audio between Empty Spaces and Young Lust. It went something like,
"congratulations, you have just discovered the secret message, please send your answer to ....."
"congratulations, you have just discovered the secret message, please send your answer to ....."
I was going to say unusually bad but with Floyd it is the usual
Found this snippet from a Roger Waters interview:
RW: I think it's great; I love that operator on it, I think she's wonderful. She didn't know what was happening at all, the way she picks up on..I mean it's been edited a bit, but the way she picks up, all that stuff about "is there supposed to be someone else there beside your wife" you know I think is amazing, she really clicked into it straight away. She's terrific!
Vicey wrote:
I thought I had heard that it was an actual phone operator and that Bob Ezrin had to make the call several times before he got an operator who would actually comment about the implied scenario. I could easily be wrong, though: I don't like to think about how long it has been since this album came out.
LaurieinTucson wrote:
LaurieinTucson wrote:
It is a scripted piece of audio for the album/movie. Real operators didn't comment on calls back then.
Dave_Mack wrote:
I wonder if that telephone operator ever found out she was an unknowing participant in that little bit of theater.
Water's singing in this song at the beginning always sounds a bit like Elmer Fudd to me.
One of only a few straight-up Pink Floyd Rock Songs.
oh yes! great song! 10!
I thought I had heard that it was an actual phone operator and that Bob Ezrin had to make the call several times before he got an operator who would actually comment about the implied scenario. I could easily be wrong, though: I don't like to think about how long it has been since this album came out.
LaurieinTucson wrote:
LaurieinTucson wrote:
It is a scripted piece of audio for the album/movie. Real operators didn't comment on calls back then.
Dave_Mack wrote:
I wonder if that telephone operator ever found out she was an unknowing participant in that little bit of theater.
this song wasn't written, it was constructed
jmsmy wrote:
Run Like Hell?
Pink Floyd's Only RnR Song
Run Like Hell?
lkovathana wrote:
Maybe it's very a prog rock thing with a suitable touch of pretence. I think the modern day progrockers such as Steven Wilson still have some theme or story telling to their albums.
I dont think "The Trial" is as easy to listen to as this but with such complicated and "simply" beautiful arrangements and production, the "not so obvious" Floyd tracks are a welcome distraction. Even if some of them are very short, Bill is happy to link a few together.
Come to think of it, no one writes rock operas anymore.
Maybe it's very a prog rock thing with a suitable touch of pretence. I think the modern day progrockers such as Steven Wilson still have some theme or story telling to their albums.
I dont think "The Trial" is as easy to listen to as this but with such complicated and "simply" beautiful arrangements and production, the "not so obvious" Floyd tracks are a welcome distraction. Even if some of them are very short, Bill is happy to link a few together.
Haha — this is a crazy good song. A necessary keystone in the epic rock opera about a performer who is slowly coming to terms with losing his mind while touring with his band. Ah, they don't write rock operas like this anymore. Come to think of it, no one writes rock operas anymore.
Pink Floyd's Only RnR Song
That's a great idea but I've never been able to find an "official release" of that version.
I was, however, able to digitally record it off the DVD using 'free' (shareware) recording software... I did this about 9 years ago, back when i was OK with 128kbps recordings (i now seek only 320). I'll try to re-record and upload, but i can't be sure that this recording technique will produce a file that RP can actually use.
Zeito wrote:
I was, however, able to digitally record it off the DVD using 'free' (shareware) recording software... I did this about 9 years ago, back when i was OK with 128kbps recordings (i now seek only 320). I'll try to re-record and upload, but i can't be sure that this recording technique will produce a file that RP can actually use.
Zeito wrote:
What Shall We Do Now - would be awesome to hear it here.
Relayer wrote:
Relayer wrote:
Wish we could hear the longer version from the movie:
What shall we use to fill the empty spaces
Where waves of hunger roar?
Shall we set out across the sea of faces
In search of more and more applause?
Shall we buy a new guitar?
Shall we drive a more powerful car?
Shall we work straight through the night?
Shall we get into fights?
Leave the lights on? Drop bombs?
Do tours of the east? Contract diseases?
Bury bones? Break up homes?
Send flowers by phone?
Take to drink? Go to shrinks?
Give up meat? Rarely sleep?
Keep people as pets?
Train dogs? Race rats?
Fill the attic with cash?
Bury treasure? Store up leisure?
But never relax at all
With our backs to the wall.
What shall we use to fill the empty spaces
Where waves of hunger roar?
Shall we set out across the sea of faces
In search of more and more applause?
Shall we buy a new guitar?
Shall we drive a more powerful car?
Shall we work straight through the night?
Shall we get into fights?
Leave the lights on? Drop bombs?
Do tours of the east? Contract diseases?
Bury bones? Break up homes?
Send flowers by phone?
Take to drink? Go to shrinks?
Give up meat? Rarely sleep?
Keep people as pets?
Train dogs? Race rats?
Fill the attic with cash?
Bury treasure? Store up leisure?
But never relax at all
With our backs to the wall.
What Shall We Do Now - would be awesome to hear it here.
Relayer wrote:
Relayer wrote:
Wish we could hear the longer version from the movie:
What shall we use to fill the empty spaces
Where waves of hunger roar?
Shall we set out across the sea of faces
In search of more and more applause?
Shall we buy a new guitar?
Shall we drive a more powerful car?
Shall we work straight through the night?
Shall we get into fights?
Leave the lights on? Drop bombs?
Do tours of the east? Contract diseases?
Bury bones? Break up homes?
Send flowers by phone?
Take to drink? Go to shrinks?
Give up meat? Rarely sleep?
Keep people as pets?
Train dogs? Race rats?
Fill the attic with cash?
Bury treasure? Store up leisure?
But never relax at all
With our backs to the wall.
What shall we use to fill the empty spaces
Where waves of hunger roar?
Shall we set out across the sea of faces
In search of more and more applause?
Shall we buy a new guitar?
Shall we drive a more powerful car?
Shall we work straight through the night?
Shall we get into fights?
Leave the lights on? Drop bombs?
Do tours of the east? Contract diseases?
Bury bones? Break up homes?
Send flowers by phone?
Take to drink? Go to shrinks?
Give up meat? Rarely sleep?
Keep people as pets?
Train dogs? Race rats?
Fill the attic with cash?
Bury treasure? Store up leisure?
But never relax at all
With our backs to the wall.
Still brings the chills, even after all this Time... So bitingly, brutally, scathingly apropos, especially today — witless in The Twitter Age!
Relayer wrote:
The live version from Berlin (1990?) with Bryan Adams doing this part is pretty sweet; it's just right in his vocal wheelhouse.
Wish we could hear the longer version from the movie:
What shall we use to fill the empty spaces
Where waves of hunger roar?
Shall we set out across the sea of faces
In search of more and more applause?
Shall we buy a new guitar?
Shall we drive a more powerful car?
Shall we work straight through the night?
Shall we get into fights?
Leave the lights on? Drop bombs?
Do tours of the east? Contract diseases?
Bury bones? Break up homes?
Send flowers by phone?
Take to drink? Go to shrinks?
Give up meat? Rarely sleep?
Keep people as pets?
Train dogs? Race rats?
Fill the attic with cash?
Bury treasure? Store up leisure?
But never relax at all
With our backs to the wall.
What shall we use to fill the empty spaces
Where waves of hunger roar?
Shall we set out across the sea of faces
In search of more and more applause?
Shall we buy a new guitar?
Shall we drive a more powerful car?
Shall we work straight through the night?
Shall we get into fights?
Leave the lights on? Drop bombs?
Do tours of the east? Contract diseases?
Bury bones? Break up homes?
Send flowers by phone?
Take to drink? Go to shrinks?
Give up meat? Rarely sleep?
Keep people as pets?
Train dogs? Race rats?
Fill the attic with cash?
Bury treasure? Store up leisure?
But never relax at all
With our backs to the wall.
The live version from Berlin (1990?) with Bryan Adams doing this part is pretty sweet; it's just right in his vocal wheelhouse.
I love this song.
Is there supposed to be someone there besides your wife?
Wish we could hear the longer version from the movie:
What shall we use to fill the empty spaces
Where waves of hunger roar?
Shall we set out across the sea of faces
In search of more and more applause?
Shall we buy a new guitar?
Shall we drive a more powerful car?
Shall we work straight through the night?
Shall we get into fights?
Leave the lights on? Drop bombs?
Do tours of the east? Contract diseases?
Bury bones? Break up homes?
Send flowers by phone?
Take to drink? Go to shrinks?
Give up meat? Rarely sleep?
Keep people as pets?
Train dogs? Race rats?
Fill the attic with cash?
Bury treasure? Store up leisure?
But never relax at all
With our backs to the wall.
What shall we use to fill the empty spaces
Where waves of hunger roar?
Shall we set out across the sea of faces
In search of more and more applause?
Shall we buy a new guitar?
Shall we drive a more powerful car?
Shall we work straight through the night?
Shall we get into fights?
Leave the lights on? Drop bombs?
Do tours of the east? Contract diseases?
Bury bones? Break up homes?
Send flowers by phone?
Take to drink? Go to shrinks?
Give up meat? Rarely sleep?
Keep people as pets?
Train dogs? Race rats?
Fill the attic with cash?
Bury treasure? Store up leisure?
But never relax at all
With our backs to the wall.
dum, dum, dum, dum, another lame Stoner Anthem from the Void
CLASSIC ROCK RULES. barf.
10+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
It is a scripted piece of audio for the album/movie. Real operators didn't comment on calls back then.
Dave_Mack wrote:
I wonder if that telephone operator ever found out she was an unknowing participant in that little bit of theater.
As with Run Like Hell it seems like PF mocking Rock and Roll but rockin' pretty good while they're at it.
Pink's most commercial song - lyrically and musically - Rock & Roll , partying and getting laid.
Van Halen ain't got nothin on these hippies.
Van Halen ain't got nothin on these hippies.
I'm sharing Relayer's sentiment here. "What shall we do now?", the version that appears in the movie and on "Is there anybody out there?" (the live performence at the Berlin Wall) is so much better. Any chance for getting it on RP, Bill?
I wonder if that telephone operator ever found out she was an unknowing participant in that little bit of theater.
excellent song from one of the best albums of all time...