Also,
in the flesh. In one's physical presence, as in He applied for the job in person, or I couldn't believe it, but there she was, in the flesh. The first expression dates from the mid-1500s. The variant, from the
1300s, was long used to allude to the bodily resurrection of Jesus, but later acquired its looser meaning. Charles Dickens has it in
Our Mutual Friend
(1865): "The minutes passing on, and no Mrs. W. in the flesh appearing."
In the Flesh
| Idioms: in person |
| WordNet: in-person |
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The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
an appearance carried out personally in someone else's physical presence
Synonyms: in person, in the flesh
| Wikipedia: In the Flesh |
This article is about the twenty-first song on The Wall by Pink Floyd. For the first song on the album, see In the Flesh?. For other uses, see In the Flesh (disambiguation).
| "In the Flesh" | |||||
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| Song by Pink Floyd
from the album The Wall |
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| Released | 30 November 1979 (UK), 8 December 1979 (US) | ||||
| Recorded | April-November, 1979 | ||||
| Genre | Progressive rock, hard rock | ||||
| Length | 4:19 | ||||
| Label | Harvest Records (UK) Columbia Records (US)/Capitol Records (US) |
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| Writer | Roger Waters | ||||
| Producer | Bob Ezrin, David Gilmour and Roger Waters | ||||
| The Wall track listing | |||||
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"In the Flesh" (work title The Show) is a song by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It was released on The Wall album in 1979.
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Composition
The song is rather loud in dynamics. It is approximately 4 minutes, 19 seconds in length. The introduction segment of the song features the same explosive organ sequence heard in the introduction to "In the Flesh?". Following this, the song then moves into a slightly quieter choir chorus, before the lyrical section. The end of the song features another organ sequence, and the song fades out to the chanting of "Hammer! Hammer!"(which is the symbol of Pink's hate group supporters) or "Get them! Get them! Get them!" Like the angelic choir.
Plot
As with the other songs on The Wall, "In the Flesh" tells a portion of the story of Pink, the main protagonist. This song marks the first of a series of songs in which Pink, in a drug-induced hallucination, believes himself to be a fascist dictator, crowing over his faithful audience; this particular song is his hallucination that his concerts can be likened to a political rally. He begins exhorting his fans to show their devotion to him by throwing "undesirables" such as homosexuals, Jews, and blacks, "up against the wall". He punctuates the end of the song with "If I had my way I'd have all of you shot!" The incited crowd then chant Pink's name, as the song then segues into "Run Like Hell".
Personnel
- David Gilmour - ARP quadra sequencer, guitars[1]
- Nick Mason - drums[2]
- Roger Waters - lead vocals, bass, VCS3[1]
- James Guthrie - ARP quadra sequencer[1]
- Freddie Mandell - organ[1]
- Bob Ezrin - Prophet-5 synthesizer[1]
- Joe Chemay - backing vocals[1]
- Stan Farber - backing vocals[1]
- Jim Haas - backing vocals[1]
- Bruce Johnston - backing vocals[1]
- John Joyce - backing vocals[1]
- Toni Tennille - backing vocals[1]
Cover version
- Country Teasers covered the song on their 2006 album The Empire Strikes Back.
References
- Fitch, Vernon. The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia (3rd edition), 2005. ISBN 1-894959-24-8
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