Early on, this was just a piano sequence composed by Wright which the band didnt know what to do with. As the album came together, they resurrected it and turned it into a song. David Gilmour joined in later with his slide guitar and Torrys vocals were added as well. Wright explained to Uncut June, 2003: I went away and came up with this piece, and everyone liked the chord sequence. It was a question of What do we do with it? and we decided to get someone to sing. Clare Torry came in and she thought we were going to give her the top line and lyrics. We said, Just busk it. She was terrified – I dont know what to do. Just go in and improvise. Which she did, and out came this extraordinary, wonderful vocal. I didnt, when I wrote it, think, This is all about death, cos I dont think I would have written that chord structure. I get so excited when I hear Clare singing. For me, its not necessarily death. I hear terror and fear and huge emotion, in the middle bit especially, and the way the voice blends with the band. The way it was mixed helps. xxx PPF
Posted on: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 18:12:44 +0000
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