Pink Floyd – Money

“Money” – Single by Pink Floyd from the album The Dark Side of the Moon. B-side “Any Colour You Like”. Released 7 May 1973. Recorded 6 June 1972 – 9 January 1973.
Charted No.13 in US.

This song is about the bad things money can bring. Ironically, it made Pink Floyd lots of cash, as the Dark Side Of The Moon album sold over 34 million copies.

This is often misinterpreted as a tribute to money. Many people thought the line “Money, it’s a gas,” meant they considered money a very good thing.

The song begins in an unusual 7/8 time signature, then during the guitar solo the song changes to 4/4, then returns to 7/8 and ends in 4/4 again. When Guitar World February 1993 asked Dave Gilmour where the famous time signature for “Money” came from, the Pink Floyd guitarist replied: “It’s Roger’s riff. Roger came in with the verses and lyrics for ‘Money’ more or less completed. And we just made up middle sections, guitar solos and all that stuff. We also invented some new riffs – we created a 4/4 progression for the guitar solo and made the poor saxophone player play in 7/4. It was my idea to break down and become dry and empty for the second chorus of the solo.”

Roger Waters is the only songwriter credited on “Money,” but the lead vocal is by David Gilmour. Waters provided the basic music and lyrics, while the whole band (Waters, Gilmour, keyboard player Richard Wright and drummer Nick Mason) created the instrumental jam of the song. Gilmour was the one overseeing time changes and responsible for the acclaimed guitar solo.

The lyrics contain a naughty word:

Don’t give me that do goody good bulls–t

“Bulls–t” was left in the original release, but their record company quickly put out a version with the word removed, which became known as the “Bull Blank” version.
Along with “Us And Them,” this is one of two songs on the album to use a saxophone, which was played by Dick Parry. The band wanted to experiment with new sounds on these sessions.

Due to a record company dispute, the band had to re-record “Money” for their 1981 greatest hits album, A Collection Of Great Dance Songs (the title is a joke. You can’t dance to Floyd). There are very subtle differences between this version and the original.

The song was regularly performed by Pink Floyd and played on most tours since 1972, and has since been performed by David Gilmour and Waters on their respective solo tours. Gilmour re-recorded the song in 1981, while Waters released a re-recording of the song in 2023.

“Money” single de pe albumul Dark Side Of The Moon din 1973.

“Money”, o compoziție a lui Roger Waters, a fost lansart la 7 Mai 1973, cu fața B “Any Colour You Like”. Versiunea de pe single are 3:59 minute, iar cea de pe album are 6:22 minute

Pink Floyd nu au mai avut un single de succes din 1967, de la compoziția lui Syd Barrett, “See Emily Play”, dar la numai două săptămâni după lansarea albumului “Dark Side”, au lansat o versiune editată a melodiei “Money” în US și Europa, care de atunci este rulată mereu de către radiourile de rock.

Roger Waters a avut ideea de a introduce sunetul monezilor în melodie – efectiv sunet de monezi, case de marcaj, etc, efecte pe care le-a înregistrat într-un studio improvizat în baraca de scule din curtea sa. O mâna de ajutor i-a dat și Nick Mason, să introducă sunetul în demo, de asemenea realizat acasă.

Succesul neașteptat al albumului Dark Side of the Moon, le-a adus celor patru membri beneficii financiare imense; Richard Wright și Roger Waters au cumpărat case mari, la țară, și Nick Mason a devenit colecționar de mașini scumpe.

Dark Side Of The Moon, este unul din albumele cele mai bine vândute din toate timpurile. Deși a stat doar o singură săptămână pe primul loc în  USA, a rămas în topul de albume de la Billboard  741 de săptămâni, din 1973 până în 1988.

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