On The Run Pink Floyd

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Contents.Concept The song is written from the narrative point of view of Pink, an alienated and bitter rock star, during a hallucination in which he becomes a fascist dictator and turns a concert audience into an angry mob. The lyrics are explicitly threatening, directed at the listener, one with an 'empty smile' and 'hungry heart', 'dirty feelings' and a 'guilty past', 'nerves in tatters' as 'hammers batter down your door.'

Even the act of sexual intercourse is doomed, for 'if they catch you in the back seat trying to pick her locks', the results will be fatal. Although the lyric 'You better run like hell' appears twice in the liner notes, the title is never actually sung; each verse simply concludes with 'You better run'.Film adaptation In the, Pink directs his to attack the 'riff-raff' mentioned in the previous song, in which he ordered them to raid and destroy the homes of, and, among others. One scene depicts an interracial couple cuddling in the back seat of a car when a group of accost them, beating the boy and the girl.The Wall director hired the Skins, a gang from, for a scene in which Pink's 'hammer guard' (in black, militaristic uniforms designed by the film's animator, ) smashes up a Pakistani diner; Parker recalled how the action 'always seemed to continue long after I had yelled out 'Cut!' History The music was solely written by (one of three songs on The Wall for which Gilmour is credited as a co-writer), and the lyrics were written. Waters provides the vocals (except for Gilmour's multitracked harmonies singing 'Run, run, run, run,'). The first version of the song had music written by (which appears on the Immersion box set of The Wall) with the lyrics as on the album (in the key of G) but then Roger's music was scrapped in favor of Gilmour's music during the recording of the band demos (which too appears on the Immersion box set).

The song features the only keyboard solo on The Wall by (although on live performances, ' and ' would also feature keyboard solos); after the last line of lyrics, a synthesizer solo is played over the verse sequence, in place of vocals. Following the solo, the arrangement 'empties out' and becomes sparse, with the guitar only playing an with rhythmic echoes, and brief variations every other bar. Sound effects are used to create a sense of paranoia, with the sound of cruel laughter, running footsteps, car tyres skidding, and a loud scream.

The original 7' single version and Pink Floyd The Wall - Special Radio Construction promotional both contain a clean guitar intro, without the live crowd effects. The EP version also contains an extended, 32-beat intro and an extended 64-beat outro where David Gilmour's main guitar phrase repeats before the track ends.As with ', also from The Wall, the music to 'Run Like Hell' has its roots in 'Short and Sweet' can be seen as this song's precursor. 'Yes,' Gilmour told magazine, 'it's a guitar with the bottom string, and thrashing around on the chord shapes.

Which is the same in both songs. Smiling It's part of my musical repertoire, yes.' Composition After the previous song, ', the crowd continues to chant, 'Pink! The guitar begins with the scratching of strings with, before settling on an open D string dampened.

As heard earlier on the album in ', the muted D is treated with a specific setting, providing three to four loud but gradually decaying repeats, one apart, with the result that simply playing (at 116 ) will produce a strict of one followed by two, with rhythmic echoes overlapping. Over this of D, Gilmour plays descending in (mostly D, A, and G), down to the position (a quieter, second guitar plays open chords only). Some of the guitar tracks are also treated with a heavy effect.The verses are in, with pedal tones of the guitar's open E, B, and G strings (a full E minor triad) ringing out over a sequence of, resulting in the chords E minor, Fmaj7, C, and Bsus4. Providing contrast, another guitar, equally treated with delay, plays a low-pitched riff on the roots and of each chord, although the E♭ (minor seventh of F) and B♭ (minor seventh of C) do not match the sustaining open E and B strings an octave above.Aside from the in each chord, the basic verse sequence of E minor, F major, E minor, C major, and B major is reprised later in ', the conceptual climax of The Wall. However, David Gilmour is not credited as a co-writer of 'The Trial', which is credited to Waters and producer Bob Ezrin.Before the final riff ends the song, a piercing shriek by Roger Waters can be heard, not unlike one heard between ' and '. At the conclusion of the song, the crowd begins chanting, 'Hammer!

As the sound of soldiers marching is heard before segueing into the next song, '.Film version The movie version of the song is considerably shorter than the album version, though this is likely done for the sake of pacing. The second guitar refrain between the first and second verses was taken out, with the verse's last line, 'You better run', leading directly to Gilmour's harmonized chant ( 'Run, run, run, run'), which now echoed back and forth between the left and right channels. Also, Richard Wright's synth solo was superimposed over the second verse, and the long instrumental break between the end of the synth solo and Waters' scream was removed.Live performances Pink Floyd The Wall Tour During the previous song, ', a was released, which Waters refers to in a speech between both songs. The speech given varied slightly on each concert and therefore can be used to identify which show a recording came from. On, the speech is a mix of the 15 June 1981 and 17 June 1981 speeches.

It was sometimes introduced by Waters as 'Run Like Fuck' and Waters and Gilmour sang alternating lines in the verses, while the vocal quartet of Stan Farber, Joe Chemay, and John Joyce sang the choruses.During the song, the 'surrogate band' (also referred to, in 's book, as the 'shadow band') are onstage with the Pink Floyd members and their quartet of singers. Both Andy Bown and Roger Waters play bass on this song. Bown plays the bass exactly as it was recorded—four quarter notes per bar, playing only, using the lowest possible root in. Waters, meanwhile, plays variations at key moments, plays while singing, and, during the 'emptied out' section on D following the synth solo, Waters sometimes improvised high-pitched riffs above Bown's low D. Later tours Following Waters' departure from Pink Floyd, the song became a regular number in the band's concerts, usually ending the show and going over nine minutes long. One live version was used as the B-side to '. The song also was the closing track on the live album.

Gilmour generally played an extended guitar introduction, sharing vocals with touring bassist, with Pratt singing Waters' lines. In the 1994 tour, Pratt sometimes sang the name of the city where they were playing instead of the word mother in the line '.they're going to send you back to mother in a cardboard box.'

– in the video (live at, 1994), he clearly sings London. According to Phil Taylor, David Gilmour played Run Like Hell on a guitar tuned to a drop-D on the 1994 tour. Roger Waters In Roger Waters' concert in in 1990, he made no speech and sang all the lines alone. He didn't play the bass guitar for this live version.For Waters', the song was one down, from D to C. This is commonly done in live performances when a singer has difficulty reaching the highest notes in the song's original key.

During the intro of the song, Waters clapped to the beat and in some cases shouted, exhorting the audience to clap along and 'have a good time, enjoy yourselves', which might be considered ironic, given the paranoid tone of the actual lyrics. Again, he did not play bass guitar, instead gesturing with a prop at various points throughout the song.David Gilmour In addition to performing the song with Pink Floyd, Gilmour has also performed it himself on his 1984 solo tour in support of his album. In Waters' absence, Gilmour would trade lines with bass guitarist Mickey Feat. He also performed the song solo at the Colombian Volcano benefit concert in 1986, trading lines with house-band keyboardist (who would later play on Waters' solo album, ) and again during his 2015-2016, trading lines with. Gilmour also performed the song in 2016 in. Personnel.

– bass, vocals, screaming, panting. Sam and max save the world download free. – electric guitar, bass guitar, backwards cymbals, vocals (chorus). – drums.

– synthesizer, organwith:. – backwards cymbals; running; panting. –;Personnel per Fitch and Mahon. Charts Chart (1980)PeakpositionCanada Top Singles ( )15West Germany 46New Zealand 30Sweden 18US53Cover versions.

In 2001, the Canadian all-female band, recorded a cover and was released on their full-length album. In this version, lead vocalist and lead guitarist actually does incorporate the title of the song within the lyrics. The have covered 'Run Like Hell' live since 1997. In 2011, the Italian band recorded a cover that was released on their album. On 6 March 2019, American heavy metal band bassist and guitarist jammed on the song during a concert in,.

The moment was recorded and uploaded to the band's channel the next day.In popular culture The opening to 'Run Like Hell' is used by the as the opening song when introducing the Pierogies for the in between the 5th and 6th innings.Further reading. Fitch, Vernon.

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Sidgwick & Jackson. Yawnick, Marty (2016-04-10). The Wall Complete. Retrieved 2017-06-24.

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'Run Like Hell' is a song on the Pink Floyd album The Wall. It is preceded by 'In the Flesh' and is followed by 'Waiting for the Worms'. The song is from the point of view of anti-hero Pink during a hallucination, in which he becomes a fascist dictator and turns a concert audience into an angry mob.

He sends the mob out to raid nearby neighborhoods that are full of minorities. The music was written by David Gilmour (one of the three songs on The Wall for which Gilmour wrote music), while the lyrics were by Roger Waters alone. On the record, Waters provi.