Take It Back (6:11)
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“Take It Back” is a song from Pink Floyd’s 1994 album, The Division Bell. While most apparently a love song, it can also be interpreted to be about Mother Nature, and how man abuses the Earth. This latter interpretation gains some credibility from the video, which seems to have been made with the issue very much in mind. Additionally, the album was named The Division Bell by Douglas Adams in exchange for the band contributing a sizeable donation to Save The Rhino International.
The opening riff bears some similarities to Marillion’s “The Release” (a b-side from the “Seasons End” sessions). The band’s lead singer Steve Hogarth hints on the band’s official website: “I always thought this song bears an uncanny resemblance to a certain Pink Floyd single… See you in court!…”
Around the middle of the song, starting at around 03:04, between the main lyrics, can be heard children chanting lines from a nursery rhyme “Ring-O’-Roses”: “…A pocket full of posies, ashes, ashes, we all fall down”. (A strong allusion to the same nursery rhyme can be heard in Marillion’s song “Forgotten Sons”, from the first album, “Script for a Jester’s Tear” (1983): “Ring-a-ring-o-roses, they all fall down…”.)
The opening riff bears some similarities to Marillion’s “The Release” (a b-side from the “Seasons End” sessions). The band’s lead singer Steve Hogarth hints on the band’s official website: “I always thought this song bears an uncanny resemblance to a certain Pink Floyd single… See you in court!…”
Around the middle of the song, starting at around 03:04, between the main lyrics, can be heard children chanting lines from a nursery rhyme “Ring-O’-Roses”: “…A pocket full of posies, ashes, ashes, we all fall down”. (A strong allusion to the same nursery rhyme can be heard in Marillion’s song “Forgotten Sons”, from the first album, “Script for a Jester’s Tear” (1983): “Ring-a-ring-o-roses, they all fall down…”.)
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szczurek8 wrote:
"but I stiiiill havent found, what im lookin foooor" - exactly
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patjoswe wrote:
but I stiiiill havent found, what im lookin foooor
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cassinha23 wrote:
lida demais
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archange08 wrote:
great man!!!
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Bono_for_keeps wrote:
<3 this song. David's the best.
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EdgeLike wrote:
Another great song from this beautiful album. David Gilmour I love you. And I'm a guy.
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Jaskotel wrote:
I absolutely LOVE the lyrics.
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Sonjaya705 wrote:
i love this song
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lucas7599 wrote:
It sounds better than U2 =)
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nirolffm wrote:
"Floyd is great no matter what song it is !!"I agree with @sionborg.
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madhatt3r111 wrote:
I'm not sure why the greatness of this song would be compromised by its similarity with other music...
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Nightrain-88 wrote:
I used to love this song. Not sure anymore after seeing the numerous U2 references. Hah.
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dirtymagic99 wrote:
yeah sounds extreeeemely u2-esque
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riazor wrote:
Sounds very U2 like. I love it. [2]
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CHICA_COSMICA wrote:
wow fantastic
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Lejsanc wrote:
Magic song!
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sionborg wrote:
Floyd is great no matter what song it is !!
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JamesTampa wrote:
I love Pink Floyd! I never tire of their music. With good speakers, placed throughout the room the immense depth of their music becomes awesome!Each song brings back a flood of memories. I have seen them in concert many times. (man, am I old or what!) I can listen to Pink Floyd all day ... and night ... but the music is so deep and beautiful, I wouldn't get any work down if I did!
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darkone_462 wrote:
This song gives me shivers every time I listen to it.
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Lissof_leuf wrote:
What a time, What Memories...
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