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Pink Floyd PULSE
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CD Review A two-CD live collection from a band left splintered by the departure of bassist-songwriter Roger Waters, Pulse is perhaps best noted for the blinking red light that was set in its spine upon initial release. It contains the remaining band (with guest musicians) performing the entire Dark Side of the Moon album, the novelty of which wears off soon after the crowd noise interrupts any potential intimacy. The crowd also sings along for several songs, which makes this either a great audio-video document or a misguided attempt at replicating the live experience.
Rob O'Connor
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SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND, part one & two
Pink Floyd 1975
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Pulse
Echoes
Shine On
In The Flesh
Wish You Were Here
Delicate Sound Of Thunder
A Collection Of Great Dance Songs |
Part one
Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun
Shine on you crazy diamond
Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky
Shine on you crazy diamond
You were caught on the cross fire of childhood and stardom
blown on the steel breeze
Come on you target for faraway laughter, come on you stranger
you legend, you martyr, and shine!
You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the
moon
Shine on you crazy diamond
Threatened by shadows at night, and exposed in the light
Shine on you crazy diamond
Well you wore out your welcome with random precision
rode on the steel breeze
Come on you raver, you seer of visions, come on you painter
you piper, you prisoner, and shine!
part two
Nobody knows where you are, how near or how far
Shine on you crazy diamond
Pile on many more layers and I'll be joining you there
Shine on you crazy diamond
And we'll bask in the shadow of yesterday's triumph,
and sail on the steel breeze
Come on you boy child, you winner and looser
Come on you miner for truth and delusion, and shine!
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Astronomy Domine
Pink Floyd 1967
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Pulse
Echoes
A Nice Pair
Take It Back (single, 1994)
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn |
Lime and limpid green
A second scene
A fight between the blue you once knew
Floating down
The sound resounds around the icy waters underground
Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda
and Titana, Neptune, Titan
Stars can frighten
Blinding, signs flap, flicker, flicker, flicker, blam
Pow Pow
Stairway
Scare Dan Dare
Who's there?
Lime and limpid green
The sounds around the icy waters under lime and limpid green
The sounds around the icy waters underground
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WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME
Pink Floyd 1994
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Pulse
The Division Bell
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As you look around this room tonight
Settle in your seat and dim the lights
Do you want my blood, do you want my tears
What do you want
What do you want from me
Should I sing until I can't sing any more
Play these strings until my fingers are raw
You're so hard to please
What do you want from me
Do you think that I know something you don't know
What do you want from me
If I don't promise you the answers would you go
What do you want from me
Should I stand out in the rain
Do you want me to make a daisy chain for you
I'm not the one you need
What do you want from me
You can have anything you want
You can drift, you can dream, even walk on water
Anything you want
You can own everything you see
Sell your soul for complete control
Is that really what you need
You can lose yourself this night
See inside there is nothing to hide
Turn and face the light
What do you want from me
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Learning To Fly
Pink Floyd 1986
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Pulse
Echoes
Shine On
Delicate Sound Of Thunder
Learning to Fly (single, 1987)
Momentary Lapse Of Reason |
Into the distance, a ribbon of black
stretched to the point of no turning back
A flight of fancy on a wind swept field
Standing alone my senses reeled
A fatal attraction is holding me fast
How can I escape this irresistable grasp?
Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I
Ice is forming on the tips of my wings
Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything
No navigator to guide my way home
Unladened, empty and turned to stone
A soul in tension that's learning to fly
Condition grounded but determined to try
Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I
Above the planet on a wing and a prayer
My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air
Across the clouds I see my shadow fly
out of the corner of my watering eye
I dream unthreatened
by the morning light
could blow this soul right through the roof of the night
There's no sensation to compare with this
Suspended animation, a state of bliss
Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I
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KEEP TALKING
Pink Floyd 1994
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Pulse
Echoes
The Division Bell
High Hopes (single, 1994)
Wish You Were Here (Single, 1994)
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For millions of years mankind lived just like animals
Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination
We learned to talk
There's a silence surrounding me
I can't seem to think straight
I'll sit in the corner
No one can bother me
I think I should speak now
Why won't you talk to me
I can't seem to speak now
You never talk to me
My words won't come out right
What are you thinking
I feel like I'm drowning
What are you feeling
I'm feeling weak now
Why won't you talk to me
But I can't show my weakness
You never talk to me
I sometimes wonder
What are you thinking
Where do we go from here
What are you feeling
It doesn't have to be like this
All we need to do is make sure we keep talking
Why won't you talk to me
I feel like I'm drowning
You never talk to me
You know I can't breathe now
What are you thinking
We're going nowhere
What are you feeling
We're going nowhere
Why won't you talk to me
You never talk to me
What are you thinking
Where do we go from here
It doesn't have to be like this
All we need to do is make sure we keep talking
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COMING BACK TO LIFE
Pink Floyd 1994
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Pulse
The Division Bell
Wish You Were Here (Single, 1994)
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Where were you when I was burned and broken
While the days slipped from my window watching
Where were you when I was hurt and I was helpless
Because the things you say and the things you do sorround me
While you were hanging yourself on someones else's words
Dying to believe in what you heard
I was staring straight into the shining sun
Lost in thought and lost in time
While the seeds of life and the seeds of change were planted
Outside the rain fell dark and slow
While I pondered on this dangerous but irresistible pastime
I took a heavenly ride through our silence
I knew the moment had arrived
For killing the past and coming back to life
I took a heavenly ride through our silence
I knew the waiting had begun
And headed straight ... into the shining sun
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A GREAT DAY FOR FREEDOM
Pink Floyd 1994
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The Division Bell
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On the day the wall came down
They threw the locks onto the ground
And with glasses high we raised a cry
for freedom had arrived
On the day the wall came down
The Ship of Fools had finally run aground
Promises lit up the night like paper doves in flight
I dreamed you had left my side
No warmth, not even pride remained
And even though you needed me
It was clear that I could not do a thing for you
Now life devalues day by day
As friends and neighbours turn away
And there's a change that, even with regret,
cannot be undone
Now frontiers shift like desert sands
While nations wash their bloodied hands
Of loyalty, of history, in shades of grey
I woke to the sound of drums
The music played, the morning sun streamed in
I turned and looked at you
And all but the bitter residue slipped away ... slipped away
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SORROW
Pink Floyd 1986
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Echoes
Shine On
A Delicate Sound Of Thunder
A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
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The sweet smell of a great sorrow lies over the land
Plumes of smoke rise and merge into the leaden sky:
A man lies and dreams of green fields and rivers,
But awakes to a morning with no reason for waking
He's haunted by the memory of a lost paradise
In his youth or a dream, he can't be precise
He's chained forever to a world that's departed
It's not enough, it's not enough
His blood has frozen & curdled with fright
His knees have trembled & given way in the night
His hand has weakened at the moment of truth
His step has faltered
One world, one soul
Time pass, the river roll
And he talks to the river of lost love and dedication
and silent replies that swirl invitation
Flow dark and troubled to an oily sea
A grim intimation of what is to be
There's an unceasing wind that blows through this night
And there's dust in my eyes, that blinds my sight
And silence that speaks so much louder than words,
Of promises broken
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HIGH HOPES
Pink Floyd 1994
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Echoes
The Division Bell
High Hopes (single, 1994) |
Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were
young
In a world of magnets and miracles
Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary
The ringing of the division bell had begun
Along the Long Road and on down the Causeway
Do they still meet there by the Cut
There was a ragged band that followed in our footsteps
Running before time took our dreams away
Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground
To a life consumed by slow decay
The grass was greener
The light was brighter
With friends sorrounded
The nights of wonder
Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us
To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side
Steps taken forwards but sleepwalking back again
Dragged by the force of some inner tide
At a higher altitude with flag unfurled
We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world
Encumbered forever by desire and ambition
There's a hunger still unsatisfied
Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon
Though down this road we've been so many times
The grass was greener
The light was brighter
The taste was sweeter
The nights of wonder
With friends sorrounded
The dawn mist glowing
The water flowing
The endless river
Forever and ever
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ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL, part two
Pink Floyd live-album released June 5, 1995
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Pulse
The Wall
Another Brick In The Wall (single, 1979)
A Collection Of Great Dance Songs
A Delicate Sound Of Thunder
The Wall - Live In Berlin
Another Brick In The Wall (single, 1990)
Shine On
In The Flesh
Is There Anybody Out There?
Echoes |
We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave the kids alone
Hey teacher leave us kids alone
All in all it was just another brick in the wall
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
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ONE OF THESE DAYS
(I'm going to cut you into little pieces)
Pink Floyd 1971
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Works
Meddle
Echoes
Shine On
Delicate Sound Of Thunder
High Hopes (single, 1994)
Collection Of Great Dance songs
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SPEAK TO ME
Pink Floyd live-album released June 5, 1995
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Dark Side Of The Moon
Shine On
Pulse
In The Flesh |
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(Instrumental)
BREATHE
Pink Floyd live-album released June 5, 1995
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Dark Side Of The Moon
Shine On
Pulse
In The Flesh |
Breathe, breathe in the air
Don't be afraid to care
Leave but don't leave me
Look around, choose your own ground
For long you live and high you fly
And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry
And all you touch and all you see
Is all your life will ever be
Run Rabbit run
Dig that hole, forget the sun,
And when at last the work is done
Don't sit down it's time to dig another one
For long you live and high you fly
But only if you ride the tide
And balanced on the biggest wave
You race towards an early grave
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ON THE RUN
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Dark Side Of The Moon
Shine On
Pulse |
(Instrumental)
TIME
Pink Floyd live-album released June 5, 1995
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Dark Side Of The Moon
Delicate Sound of Thunder
Shine On
Pulse
In The Flesh
Echoes |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way
Tired of lying in the sunshine, staying home to watch the rain
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find, ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun,
but it's sinking
And racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the
time
Plans that either come to nought,
or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone the song is over,
Thought I'd something more to say
Home, home again
I like to be here when I can
When I come home cold and tired
It's good to warm my bones beside the fire
Far away across the fields
The tolling of an iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spells
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THE GREAT GIG IN THE SKY
Pink Floyd live-album released June 5, 1995
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Dark Side Of The Moon
Shine On
Pulse
Echoes |
(Instrumental)
MONEY
Pink Floyd live-album released June 5, 1995
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Dark Side Of The Moon
Collection Of Great Dance Songs
Money (single, 1981)
Delicate Sound of Thunder
The Tide Is Turning (single, 1987)
Sunset Strip (single 1987)
Shine On
Pulse
In The Flesh
Echoes |
Money, get away
Get a good job with more pay and you're O.K.
Money, it's a gas
Grab that cash with both hands and
make a stash
New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think I´ll buy me a football team
Money, get back
I'm all right Jack, keep your hands off my stack.
Money, it's a hit
Don't give me that do goody good bullshit
I'm in the hi-fidelity first class travelling set
And I think I need a Lear jet
Money, it's a crime
Share it fairly, but don't take a slice of my pie
Money, so they say
Is the root of all evil today
But if you ask for a rise, it's no surprise
that they're giving none away
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US AND THEM
Pink Floyd live-album released June 5, 1995 (1969)
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Dark Side Of The Moon
Delicate Sound Of Thunder
Shine On
Pulse
Echoes |
Us and them
And after all we're only ordinary men
Me and you
God only knows it's not what we would choose to do
Forward he cried from the rear
and the front rank died
The General sat, and the lines on the map
moved from side to side
Black and blue
And who knows which is which and who is who
Up and down
And in the end it's only round and round
And round
Haven't you heard it's a battle of words
the poster bearer cried
Listen son, said the man with the gun
There's room for you inside
Down and out
It can't be helped but there's a lot of it about
With, without
And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about
Out of the way, it's a busy day
I've got things on my mind
For want of the price of tea and a slice
The old man died
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ANY COLOUR YOU LIKE
Pink Floyd live-album released June 5, 1995
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Dark Side Of The Moon
Shine On
Pulse |
(Instrumental)
BRAIN DAMAGE
Pink Floyd live-album released June 5, 1995
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Dark Side Of The Moon
Works
Shine On
Pulse
In The Flesh |
The lunatic is on the grass
The lunatic is on the grass
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs
Got to keep the loonies on the path
The lunatic is in the hall
The lunatics are in my hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paper boy brings more
And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no room upon the hill
And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too
I'll see you on the Dark Side Of The Moon
The lunatic is in my head
The lunatic is in my head
You raise the blade, you make the change
You re-arrange me 'til I'm sane
You lock the door
And throw away the key
There's someone in my head but it's not me.
And if the clouds bursts, thunder in your ear
You shout and no one seems to hear
And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
I'll see you on the Dark Side Of The Moon .
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ECLIPSE
Pink Floyd live-album released June 5, 1995
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Dark Side Of The Moon
Works
Shine On
Pulse
In The Flesh |
All that you touch
And all that you see
All that you taste
All you feel
And all that you love
And all that you hate
All you Distrust
All you save
And all that you give
And all that you deal
And all that you buy
beg, borrow or steal
And all you create
And all you destroy
And all that you do
And all that you say
And all that you eat
And everyone you meet
And all that you slight
And everyone you fight
And all that is now
And all that is gone
And all that's to ce
And everything under the sun is in tune
but the sun is eclipsed by the moon.
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WISH YOU WERE HERE
Pink Floyd 1975
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Pulse
Echoes
Shine On
In The Flesh
Delicate Sound Of Thunder
Wish You Were Here (single, 1994)
Delicate Sound Of Thunder
Collection Of Great Dance Songs |
So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell
Blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war
for a lead role in a cage?
How I wish, how I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl
year after year
Running over the same old ground
What have we found?
The same old fears
Wish you were here
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RUN LIKE HELL
Pink Floyd 1979
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Pulse
Shine On
The Wall
Knebworth
The Wall - Live In Berlin
A Delicate Sound Of Thunder
On The Turning Away (single, 1987)
Is There Anybody Out There?
Another Brick In The Wall (single, 1990)
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You better make your face up in your favourite disguise
With your button down lips and your roller blind eyes
With your empty smile and your hungry heart
Feel the bile rising from your guilty past
With your nerves in tatters
when the cockle shell shatters
and the hammers batter down your door
You better run like hell
You better run all day
and run all night
And keep your dirty feelings deep inside
And if you take your girlfriend out tonight
You better park the car well out of sight
'Cos if they catch you in the backseat
trying to pick her locks
They're gonna send you back to mother
in a cardboard box
You better run
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