Us and Them (6:56)
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Us and Them is a song from English progressive rock band Pink Floyd’s 1973 album, Dark Side of the Moon. It was written by Richard Wright and Roger Waters and sung by David Gilmour (harmonies by Wright). It is 7 minutes, 51 seconds in length, making it the longest song on the album.
It deals with ethnocentrism, conflict and the belief that a person’s self is “always in the right”
It is rather quiet in tone and dynamics and it has two saxophone solos in it, played by Dick Parry, one at the beginning and another towards the end of the song.
The tune began life in 1969 when Rick Wright, who along with the rest of the band, were frustrated by Michelangelo Antonioni’s directions to the band while scoring his 1970 film Zabriskie Point, came up with the basic chord sequence on the piano.
Nearly 30 years later, on the DVD commentary track for American Beauty, Director Sam Mendes revealed that the final scene in the film was originally going to be set to “Us And Them”, lip-synched by the main characters. It references an earlier scene in the movie where Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) says he had Dark Side on 8-track.
It deals with ethnocentrism, conflict and the belief that a person’s self is “always in the right”
It is rather quiet in tone and dynamics and it has two saxophone solos in it, played by Dick Parry, one at the beginning and another towards the end of the song.
The tune began life in 1969 when Rick Wright, who along with the rest of the band, were frustrated by Michelangelo Antonioni’s directions to the band while scoring his 1970 film Zabriskie Point, came up with the basic chord sequence on the piano.
Nearly 30 years later, on the DVD commentary track for American Beauty, Director Sam Mendes revealed that the final scene in the film was originally going to be set to “Us And Them”, lip-synched by the main characters. It references an earlier scene in the movie where Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) says he had Dark Side on 8-track.
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Irontallica_ wrote:
A masterpiece in its true form.
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followingsun wrote:
increíble... a pesar de que la primera vez no me entusiasmaba
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ClassicManiac wrote:
You cannot love Us and Them enough ♥♥♥
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freckkles wrote:
Another awesome work from Rick.
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Dora117 wrote:
Just awsome
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L-Zep wrote:
Pink Floyd has so many masterpieces, and this song is definetly one of them [3]
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Mycobill wrote:
bong song (soz)
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kemming wrote:
beautiful song
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Bldrk wrote:
Magical Song.
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ismaelraspita wrote:
sublime, los más grandes
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Writtenjustice wrote:
Absolutely sublime.
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Shafter92 wrote:
Pink Floyd has so many masterpieces, and this song is definetly one of them [2]
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PaulsintoPink wrote:
Pink Floyd has so many masterpieces, and this song is definetly one of them
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renatamenezes wrote:
PERFECT. A melhor de todas as músicas do Pink! <3
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budak6 wrote:
Biz ve diğerleri.. çok güzel..
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robertsona_last wrote:
easily the best song they made
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lihei wrote:
Bloody beautiful
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JefersomBH wrote:
beautiful song
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Empty_Skies wrote:
Great sax in the background too, links 'Money' and this one together.
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fireflies_ wrote:
beautiful song always on my mp3
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