| "The Show Must Go On" | |||||
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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 | Art rock/Progressive rock | ||||
| Length | 1:36 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
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"The Show Must Go On" (work titles Who's Sorry Now, (It's) Never Too Late), a song by popular English rock band Pink Floyd, that appeared on their 1979 rock epic The Wall. It was written by Roger Waters.
It is probably the fictional character Pink's comment on the control the managers and record companies now have over his already ruined life.
Alternatively, "the show" could be a metaphor for, essentially, life. Pink is debating what to do after building his wall: he realises that an isolated life is dull. He decides that "the show must go on," but the stress of continuing creates the hallucination beginning in In the Flesh.
Roger Waters wanted to create a "Beach Boys" type sound for the backing, and actually got Bruce Johnston to come and help create it. The song also closely resembles chord patterns found in Mother, In the Flesh, and Waiting for the Worms. The song strongly resembles Queen's music not only through the harmonizing voices but through its lyrics and title as well. (Queen would record a song of the same name in 1991, which starts with the line "Empty Spaces", a song from "The Wall").
This track does not appear in the 1982 film version of The Wall nor in Roger Waters's post-Pink Floyd 1990 concert The Wall Live in Berlin.
It also has an extra verse that was cut from the studio album, but nevertheless appears on its sleeve.
- "Do I have to stand up
- Wild eyed in the spotlight
- What a nightmare Why!
- Don't I turn and run"
After this, the line "There must be some mistake..." starts.
The full song was performed live in concert, and as such appears on Is There Anybody out There? The Wall Live 1980-81.
Personnel
- David Gilmour - vocals[1], guitars[2] bass guitar[2]
- Nick Mason - drums[2], roto toms[2]
- Richard Wright - synthesizer[2]
- Bob Ezrin - synthesizer[2]. piano[2]
- Joe Chemay - backing vocals[2]
- Stan Farber - backing vocals[2]
- Jim Haas - backing vocals[2]
- Bruce Johnston - backing vocals[2]
- John Joyce - backing vocals[2]
- Toni Tennille - backing vocals[2]
References
- Fitch, Vernon. The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia (3rd edition), 2005. ISBN 1-894959-24-8
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