![]() To name a few of the more obvious ones, Dark Side of the Moon begins and ends with the same slow heartbeat Wish You Were Here begins and ends with two different versions the song “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” similarly, Animals begins and ends with “Pigs On the Wing” parts 1 and 2 subsequently, The Final Cut‘s “Two Suns in the Sunset” fades out on the same road noise and radio chatter that introduced “The Post-War Dream”. The music is from the ending of “Outside the Wall,” the last song on the album, and the spoken message is “…we came in?” Put on some headphones, crank up the volume and you’ll find the message’s first half at the very end of “Outside the Wall”: “Isn’t this where…” Isn’t this where we came in? Ardent fans of Pink Floyd will have no doubt already noticed cycles appearing through all of the band’s Waters-driven albums. Actually, those with attentive ears will notice a little 15 second prelude to “In the Flesh?” in the form of background music and a quick, nearly imperceptible voice. The pounding guitars, monstrous organ, and heavy bass and drums flood the listener in aural spectacle, propelling the audience into the story without a preparatory breath…or so one might think. Nlike the movie’s rather calm introduction into Pink’s life, the album begins with as much thunder and lightning as the “Let there be light” of Genesis. ![]() ![]() Song In A Sentence: Paralleling his own conception and birth into life as well as the narrative, Pink invites the audience at one of his rock concerts (and by extension, us the listener) to delve into his story.
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