The Division Bell deals with themes of communication and the idea that talking can solve many of lifes problems. In the Studio radio host Redbeard suggested that the album offered the very real possibility of transcending it all, through shivering moments of grace. Songs such as Poles Apart, Lost for Words, and particularly the reference to the day the wall came down in A Great Day for Freedom have been interpreted as references to the estrangement between Pink Floyd and former band member Roger Waters, who left in 1985; however, Gilmour denied this, and said: People can invent and relate to a song in their personal ways, but its a little late at this point for us to be conjuring Roger up. The title refers to the division bell rung in British parliament to announce a vote. Drummer Nick Mason said: It does have some meaning. Its about people making choices, yeas or nays. Produced a few years after the collapse of the Eastern Bloc, A Great Day for Freedom juxtaposes the general euphoria of, for instance, the fall of the Berlin Wall, with the subsequent wars and ethnic cleansing, particularly in Yugoslavia. Audio samples of professor Stephen Hawking, originally recorded for a BT television advertisement, were used in Keep Talking; Gilmour was so moved by Hawkings sentiment in the advert that he contacted the advertising company for permission to use the recordings on the album. Mason said it felt politically incorrect to take ideas from advertising, but it seemed a very relevant piece. At the end of the album Gilmours stepson Charlie is heard hanging up the telephone receiver on Pink Floyd manager Steve ORourke, who had pleaded to be allowed to appear on a Pink Floyd album. O:) JES O:)
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