Edit: Sorry, should've posted in General Music Discussion, but I had that category collapsed and forgot about it for a moment.
Full Version: Pink Floyd - High Hopes
I know some of you are Pink Floyd fans and I was wondering if you could tell me what you think the message behind "High Hopes" is, especially regarding the video and its symbols (balloons, the statue, the huge people with suitecases, the big wheel, the guitars on the river, big sails/flags etc.). Is it related to Gilmour's childhood and the big objects suggest the point of view of a child? Also, anyone dares to say something about the lyrics?
Edit: Sorry, should've posted in General Music Discussion, but I had that category collapsed and forgot about it for a moment.
Edit: Sorry, should've posted in General Music Discussion, but I had that category collapsed and forgot about it for a moment.
From "The complete guide to the music of Pink Floyd", by Andy Mabbett:
High Hopes:
Gilmour has admitted that this, the first thing he wrote for the album,
is more personal than his usual style, and that it set the tone for rest
of the album. Its middle-eight Spanish guitar and marching drums, with
orchestral backing, sound like leftovers from 'The Wall'.
The bell which bookends the track is not the parliamentary Division Bell,
but may be intended to represent one at the Cambridge College, or those
of Ely Cathedral, both of which feature in Storm Thorgerson's promo video
for the song, as does the Gilmour family's former home in Cambridge.
...
The last thing heard on the album - it's very quiet - is a recording of
Samson's son Charlie hanging up the telephone on Floyd manager Steve O'Rourke,
emphasing the albums theme of poor communications. This is the band's witty
response to O'Rourke's constant requests to be allowed to play a few notes
on a Floyd album.
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High Hopes:
Gilmour has admitted that this, the first thing he wrote for the album,
is more personal than his usual style, and that it set the tone for rest
of the album. Its middle-eight Spanish guitar and marching drums, with
orchestral backing, sound like leftovers from 'The Wall'.
The bell which bookends the track is not the parliamentary Division Bell,
but may be intended to represent one at the Cambridge College, or those
of Ely Cathedral, both of which feature in Storm Thorgerson's promo video
for the song, as does the Gilmour family's former home in Cambridge.
...
The last thing heard on the album - it's very quiet - is a recording of
Samson's son Charlie hanging up the telephone on Floyd manager Steve O'Rourke,
emphasing the albums theme of poor communications. This is the band's witty
response to O'Rourke's constant requests to be allowed to play a few notes
on a Floyd album.
Thanks for that. In the meanwhile, I found out that the statue represents Syd Barrett.
From "Mind over Matter", Storm Thorgerson:
The three scarves, not jolly long narrow flags, but fantastical 60 ft long representations of typical collage scarves, were made for the video of 'High Hopes', another track from the album, and were intended as fragments of a childhood memory, which is why they are very big or long. Memories of life in a university town, ie Cambridge. One of the three participants is not altogether present, though his scarf is clearly in view. The symbolism escapes me.
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The three scarves, not jolly long narrow flags, but fantastical 60 ft long representations of typical collage scarves, were made for the video of 'High Hopes', another track from the album, and were intended as fragments of a childhood memory, which is why they are very big or long. Memories of life in a university town, ie Cambridge. One of the three participants is not altogether present, though his scarf is clearly in view. The symbolism escapes me.
Thanks Robert!
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