Lyrics: Big man, pig man Ha, ha, charade you are You well heeled big wheel Ha, ha, charade you are And when your hand is on your heart You're nearly a good laugh Almost a joker With your head down in the pig bin Saying 'Keep on digging' Pig stain on your fat chin What do you hope to find Down in the pig mine? You're nearly a laugh You're nearly a laugh But you're really a cry Bus stop rat bag Ha, ha, charade you are You fucked up old hag Ha, ha, charade you are You radiate cold shafts of broken glass You're nearly a good laugh Almost worth a quick grin You like the feel of steel You're hot stuff with a hatpin And good fun with a hand gun You're nearly a laugh You're nearly a laugh But you're really a cry Hey you, White House Ha, ha, charade you are You house proud town mouse Ha, ha, charade you are You're trying to keep our feelings off the street You're nearly a real treat All tight lips and cold feet And do you feel abused? You got to stem the evil tide And keep it all on the inside Mary you're nearly a treat Mary you're nearly a treat But you're really a cry
Fred Spoliar That was a personal note to Iron Rangers...like myself...via my cousin...the eggman...Dylan...The Beatles...and Pink Floyd... I've always believed...even though it applies to other Drug war victims.
It doesnt. This was the last ejaculation of pure fertile thought tossed off on us mere admirers. Yeah, i remember when music changed and moved you. I have lived long enough.
@@ronr6951 yea....david gilmour plays the bass and the roger waters guitar.....but the point to be noted is solo is played by gilmour obviously... roger plays the rhythm only and not the solo...
this... the musicality, the lyrics, the MEANING of the lyrics, that dynamics, the tones, comprise my favorite Pink Floyd song of all time. For me, one of the best songs ever written.
@@Fatboy-dt8bf I wonder how many Americans think _"Hey, you Whitehouse"_ is a reference to the American Whitehouse. (It's actually referring to Mary Whitehouse, a television clean-up campaigner who wanted to keep sex and bad language off UK television in the 60s and 70s)
This song is addicting. The bass, the guitar, the cowbell, the vocals, they're all relaxing and yet it feels like something you'd listen to before a big game or something to get pumped up.
I used to play college football and I would play this before games alone with other Floyd songs and some of the darker Zeppelin tunes. It would give me a calming sense of power. Every time.
Went to a Dave Gilmour concert in Toronto back in 2016... the laser show was off the hook. Was 2 beers deep but the atmosphere of the concert had me feeling like I was on all kinds of shit
I think the solo in this song is what really sets gillmore apart from other guitarist at the time and all the way through today. He wasnt the fastest guitar player but his creativity and the things he can do with a guitar are unmatched. Name one other guitarist who could not only play pig squeals on a guitar but figure out how to make the guitar produce those sounds. Same as with shine on you crazy diamond. Any good guitarist can play a solo but only he can make one as creative and entertaining as this one
I wish I could watch him playing this live. Goosebumps everytime I listen to it. It's something so beautiful people who have never listened to Pink Floyd will never understand. It's God level playing.
The mood of this song is just so menacing in a good way from Roger’s seething vocals to Rick’s haunting organ playing, and then to David’s absolutely devastating guitar solo, which is one of the best of all time. His solo is such a clear musical encapsulation of feeling righteous anger and a sort of manic, almost desperate rage exploding out. Definitely an underrated PF song
Gives me shivers down my back. Gilmour really was the king of guitar solos. So many great ones. Money, comfortably numb, this, us and them and I'm sure more I've forgotten.
The incredible thing is that these lyrics are for lots of followin generations (hope not too much), I think the album animals, which I love, is about capitalism and people who is power and money addicted
Niccoula Daverio I think it’s more so how we should drive out those who elect themselves to positions of authority(pigs), those who enforce that authority (dogs), and wake those people that follow blindly (sheep). It is inspired by animal farm to a large portion. So if anything it’s about communism. But communism isn’t much different than feudalism.
"Somehow it seemed as though the farm had grown richer without making the animals themselves any richer - except, of course, for the pigs and the dogs"
Right, David Gilmour is life, can't decide if I like his or Robert plants voice more but do I really have to choose. But floyd is my all time fav. Band so if a gun was put to my head I'd say my man David Gilmour.
I was one of the lucky individuals to see pink floyd in ames iowa in 1994 at Jack Trice stadium. The songs they played then still give me goosebumps today. Comfortably numb was the encore that night! Ames Iowa was the only place pink floyd played other then the east coast or west coast in the United states. I've seen a number of other concerts in my lifetime, pink floyd still remains at the top after all these years.
Jacquelyn Davis hi five that! Pink floyd helped me into the last stages of mind development until I was going into other dimensions. It was the beginning of mind expansion and the knocking down of the walls society built into the mind.
Changename canceldone ...how cause they were also great with Ronnie James Dio ...some even say better ...Floyd with or without Sid Barrett still was same band and put out same if not better music always Sabbath were musicians Pink Floyd are musicly artists and perfectionists
been looking for the pink vinyl, found one, shiny until the solo. Found another, same story somehow. Third one is playgraded mint now, even in the delicate moments. Pretty much of a journey that was. So, if buying this on used vinyl, check if that part sounds like a banger ;-) seems difficult to press or listeners tended to play that part over and over again until the groove is dead flat
Gilmour's guitar solo is just absolutely amazing. First time I ever heard this song when the solo came I was immediately absorbed in it. It literally grabbed my brain and all my attention, and by god am I happy I listened. Such a whirlwind of emotion!
Sitting in the middle of a smoke filled Madison Square Garden NYC on one cold night in 1977 one of my all time greatest memory, besides when I saw them do Dark Side of the Moon. I am so great full to have been able to see most of Britain’s best groups. Thank you
@stephensmith1343 wow. The Knebworth Festivall 1975. What a show to see. I saw them do Dark Side at Winterland in San Francisco in 1973. It was a converted ice skating rink that only held 5,500. After that Floyd only played the Oakland Coliseum in the Bay Area. Those shows were giant. A Led Zep show there had a crowd of 76,000. Just wasn't the same...
Surprisingly I had never heard this song till just the other day on my way home from work. It was catchy as hell so cranked it, put my shades on and cruised like it was the 70s. Only thing missing was the shrooms.
And he's got the record to back it up: Money, Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Have a Cigar, Dogs (3rd solo) this one, Sheep, Comfortably Numb, Young Lust... It's a spectacular list by any standard.
@@thethirdman225 Vey true.. and can I point you to Tony TS McPhee's extended solo on The Groundhogs' " Eleventh Hour" track ( well YT searchable ). Tremendous axe skills & emotional content going on there too.
This is the greatest album of all time. No bollocks, genuinely everyone should hear this at some point in their lives as it's just as relevant now as it was when Waters wrote it.
@@Fatboy-dt8bf it's probably about same length as most albums but as there's only a few tracks it may feel shorter but it's definitely my favourite floyd album
Almost has that rawness that Neil Young is so famous for on his Stratocaster. Nobody could deny the second solo in Like a Hurricane is up there with this
I've said this elsewhere but I wonder how many Americans always thought _"Hey you, Whitehouse"_ was referring to the American Whitehouse (it's actually referring to Mary Whitehouse, a TV clean-up campaigner whose organisation tried to keep nudity and swearing out of British media.)
From 4:00 to about 8:15 is one of the best instrumentals that Floyd did. The incredible complexity has made it impossible for me to tire of it. I bought this album when it was released. I had just graduated high school. Amazing time, amazing music.
Yes it was an amazing time for music. I woke up this morning thinking of this song for some reason and had to hear it. The seventies what's the best decade for music
This and Dogs and Echoes are my three favorite Floyd songs. I used to hate how filthy Dogs made me feel to listen to it, but now I revel in the dirt as my experiences changed and showed me how people really are.
@@keon5779 yes. And I’ve also heard of John Bonham, Keith Moon, Gavin Harrison, Vinnie Colaiuta, Dave Weckl and many other drummers I like better than Neil Peart I’m not a big fan of Rush. I like drummers who play with the band and don’t bore me to tears with endless solos to show off their technique. Nick Mason may not be a super virtuoso but I really like his style.
@@superbalduz I see. I meant that Peart makes cow bells sound cool, too. But Rush is a show-off kind of band where it feels like a bunch of solos overlayed. I love their music, but I can get why someone wouldn't like that.
@@keon5779 oh, I haven’t noticed Neil Peart playing cowbells, but I must admit I have very low tolerance with Rush’s songs 😄 I listen to quite a lot of prog which also includes solos, but for some reason Neil Peart doesn’t “talk” to me. I love cowbells, though. There should be more cowbells in this world! 😄
@@superbalduz You like cowbell? Boy do I have the song for you. Blue Oyster Cult - Don't fear the Reaper. The song starts with cowbell and ends with cowbell. There isn't a single bar of music in this song that doesn't have cowbell.
Lyrics Big man, pig man, ha ha, charade you are, oh You well heeled big wheel, ha ha, charade you are And when your hand is on your heart You're nearly a good laugh Almost a joker With your head down in the pig bin Saying "Keep on diggin'" Pig stain on your fat chin What do you hope to find? There in the pig mine You're nearly a laugh You're nearly a laugh But you're really a cry Bus stop rat bag, ha ha, charade you are You fucked up old hag, ha ha, charade you are You radiate cold shafts of broken glass You're nearly a good laugh Almost worth a quick grin You like the feel of steel You're hot stuff with a hat pin And good fun with a hand gun You're nearly a laugh You're nearly a laugh But you're really a cry Hey you Whitehouse, ha ha, charade you are You house proud town mouse, ha ha, charade you are You're trying to keep our feelings off the street You're nearly a real treat All tight lips and cold feet I know you feel abused You gotta stem the evil tide And keep it all on the inside Mary you're nearly a treat Mary you're nearly a treat But you're really a cry
BMan Americae Amazing right? Roger's beautiful twisted angry brain. PF was so shallow before and after Roger was creative Boss in the 70's. Yet the other 3 jealous PF DB's were jealous and angry of being bullied. F them. Learn to write like this or let Roger do it is what I would have said it. Could have had Roger for 10 more yrs. Sucks....
MrAitraining Synergism is a great thing. PF was fine without RW. Most groups get their best stuff out of the way in the beginning anyway. RW is a pain in the ass to work with. PF sailed on without RW just fine. If RW was so great and he was the only great guy in PF, his solo career should have been great. NOPE, he milked The WALL and everything after was nothing. PF pushed on without the pain in the ass. He'd shot whatever he had already. It was over. Without the other 3, RW wasn't the same. And it becomes clear that DG was the music brains behind the band.
BMan Americae PF's greatness was in their "concept" album phase. "....best stuff out of the way in the beginning" ? I hope ur not suggesting the 60's Syd psychodelic babble yrs were of higher quality than Dark Side, Animals, Wall of the 70's when Roger was creative boss. That's just ridiculous. So u play "Arnold Layne" in your car and not "Wish you were here" or Dark Side? Roger "milked" the Wall because it was his in concept, lyrics, presentation and is basically an auto bio of his life. It's a masterpiece that he had to beat the other creative-less guys over the head to even get done. Then the other 3 guys sold out stadiums and just flat out "sold out" for money and the PF name in the late 80's recording new fluff with no soul and doing concert light shows. They still happily collect their residual checks from their biggest albums now though. No complaining from them when those come. Again, the majority $$$$ from Roger concept albums. Even today, Waters accepts his part in the break-up yet Gilmour is the one who comes off like a Brit Snob who couldn't handle not being able to write and conceptualize like Roger.
Why didn't RW just write his own concept album. I mean you suggest the "other three" were just "jealous" of him. Why didn't he just go onto greatness without them? Because the sum of the parts is bigger than the individual pieces. You give too much credit to RW and not enough to the rest of the band. And no, DG never came off as a "Brit snob". That nonsense. RW acts as a petulant spoiled little kid. He's awful to work with. That's why he was gone. The remaining members were happy not to be with him. RW is a bigoted mess these days and injects himself in the lives of other performers for his causes. He's quite the nasty little prick.
+BMan Americae What MrAitraining also fails to realize is that Waters wanted to have the band solely focus on the concepts presented in the Wall which were followed up with The Final Cut. No band wants to just keep going down the same avenues creatively. It would be a nightmare. Waters left because the rest of the band didn't want to be The Wall band. Also, Darkside was a collaborative effort that showcased every members strengths and was perfected by the great engineer Alan Parsons. Its like you said BMan Americae, its the sum of the parts.
Lets see here on the long tracks... Master of Puppets (the song and like 3 tracks on the album, none above 10 minutes but awesome all the way through), anything from Tool (disposition, reflection, triad in that order is a phenomenal 25 minutes) any song off of Quarters by King Gizz, Moons of Neptune by The Machine, or practically any track from Stone Rebel, but those guys get a little samey.
Mike Gollihugh Gilmour also plays a fretless bass guitar, with a pick, doing two short, syncopated bass solos-one before the first verse, another before the third. When the final verse ends and a guitar solo emerges, the bass line moves into a driving eighth note rhythm, sliding up and down the E minor scale in octaves, beneath the chords of E minor and C major seventh.[6] Roger Waters, usually the band's bassist, played a rhythm guitar track on the song instead.
@@shanesmith734 Sometimes when a soul is waking up the sights to see what is really real they will feel fear. I agree though Ive never felt fear, more like a companionship.
It's haunting and chilling. I have seen Floyd more than several times back in the day. Animals tour MSG. Teenager not knowing any better. Lyrics from many real rock groups layout what's happening in society. Floyd, Rush Who just to mention off the top of my head.
Saw Floyd at the old Soldiers Field in Chicago back the 70s! They had a huge pig float they raised up in the sky while playing this song! Absolutely fabulous!
June 1977. I worked with the promoter. That was a long hot rough day/ evening. A lot of medical issues and overdoses and heat related problems. But one hell of a concert. The Quad system finally kicked in near the very end.
@@kianheeps1244 Also great and also great. But that poisonous sounding solo at the end of Pigs is the one that reaches me the deepest. It's a perfect counterpoint to Roger's angry delivery.
I wonder how many non-Brit Floyd fans always thought _"Hey you Whitehouse"_ was referring to the American Whitehouse (it's actually referring to Mary Whitehouse, a former television clean-up campaigner in Britain that spent her life lobbying to keep swearing and nudity out of the media.)
Strange comment. A bass guitar is a guitar and a very simple one at that. Any guitarist can play a bass. I guess you aren't a musician of any kind. Perhaps you should be shocked that Roger played rhythm guitar on this. Yes, most bassists can play guitar because they are all guitars.
Yes, Roger Waters was more into writing songs than acctually playing an instrument. At concerts the difficult parts were sometimes played by other tour musicians. About 50% of the songs on the studio albums includes bass play by David Gilmour.
if i only had one choice of music to listen to . it would have to be entire works of pink floyd ...good solid classic rock that stands the test of time ..
They (I assume) were against the industrial revolution. They preferred banishing technology and going back to eating nut and grapes as agricultarists and nomadic gypsies.
I remember back in the day. Everyone said, you have to see this band Pink Floyd. They weren't anything like anyone else. When they hit the big top of the music charts in our country was when they came out with the Wall album. Such great musicians and we were all fascinated.
1977 Tampa Stadium Animal's Concert, I got there around noon. It was hot humid in that concrete stadium no wind. I had gallon jug of frozen water and was giving everyone sips off water as it melted. I dropped a tab, as I looked up saw this girl watching me, I offered her the other tab she smiled and took it. Blonde, hair green eyes tanned in her halter top and cutoffs. Her name was Toye we shared sips of water. About 45 minutes latter they where testing the surround speakers with sounds of seagulls reverberating thru the stadium, I was triggered by that speaker check started tripping I looked at Toye and yep she triggered too. It was still way before they came on stage.Then they inflated the animals. I was 17 the music was as always mesmerizing kept the ticket stubb's on my door good times! Never saw her again.
I love the interlude section in the song, where it just keeps getting heavier and heavier, like rage and pent up frustration building up, that doesn't get let out until the guitar solo at the end
I swear if they wrote any of their songs today, it would still be considered ahead of it's time! That's the magic of Pink Floyd. Truly timeless
🎉🎉🎉😮
La loro musica è assolutamente oltre!!!
sure, but imagine the flak they'd get for the more "questionable" parts of The Wall.
@@Cheesy_33Like what? They'd only get flak if you're brainless. If you can't see the art.
We can still kinda do that
@@HolyBruh123 yeah exactly
Lyrics:
Big man, pig man
Ha, ha, charade you are
You well heeled big wheel
Ha, ha, charade you are
And when your hand is on your heart
You're nearly a good laugh
Almost a joker
With your head down in the pig bin
Saying 'Keep on digging'
Pig stain on your fat chin
What do you hope to find
Down in the pig mine?
You're nearly a laugh
You're nearly a laugh
But you're really a cry
Bus stop rat bag
Ha, ha, charade you are
You fucked up old hag
Ha, ha, charade you are
You radiate cold shafts of broken glass
You're nearly a good laugh
Almost worth a quick grin
You like the feel of steel
You're hot stuff with a hatpin
And good fun with a hand gun
You're nearly a laugh
You're nearly a laugh
But you're really a cry
Hey you, White House
Ha, ha, charade you are
You house proud town mouse
Ha, ha, charade you are
You're trying to keep our feelings off the street
You're nearly a real treat
All tight lips and cold feet
And do you feel abused?
You got to stem the evil tide
And keep it all on the inside
Mary you're nearly a treat
Mary you're nearly a treat
But you're really a cry
Fred Spoliar That was a personal note to Iron Rangers...like myself...via my cousin...the eggman...Dylan...The Beatles...and Pink Floyd... I've always believed...even though it applies to other Drug war victims.
Fred Spoliar thx
Istatxrs
Fred Spoliar Whitehouse not White House, after Mary Whitehouse
I enjoyed singing along. Thanks
I m young and just discovered pink floyd for the first time. I must say they are genius. Classical level....
Division Bell
Also Dark Side of the Moon
HIGH LEVEL😊
Welcome,people like you (and hopefully your kids someday) are why this music will be around for centuries just like Mozart,Beethoven,Etc.
Hey you, Taylor Swift. Ha ha, charade you are.
One of their greatest albums. This guitar solo gives me goosebumps. Definitely one of the strongest expressions in rock history.
Yes!!
agreed :)
The whole song gives me spasms
Their greatest album in my opinion.
not only rock history but in protest song history too
This song is just unbeatable. How does something this good exist? Still can't believe it.
How could they even conceive of it?
Mastery. I'm obsessed with this track.
It doesnt. This was the last ejaculation of pure fertile thought tossed off on us mere admirers. Yeah, i remember when music changed and moved you. I have lived long enough.
This Is Not A Drill...
copyright surpasses individual countries constitution articles of freedom of speech.....
This song scared me as a child when my Dad used to play it. Now I play it for my children..
and it scare them too?
Good job. Keeping up the family tradition. Lol
Thanks for sharing, gave me a good laugh!
Same here my dad always had it cranked and now I do with my kids
What was so scary about it for you?
Nobody never expressed the inner revolt against evil and injustice like the final guitar here.
I DiD
Epic solo. David SHREDS this one
David is shredding the bass. Thats why the base line is exquisite, especially the end. Roger was on guitar . Cheers Floyd Fans
@@holysmokes6566 no way
@@ronr6951 yea....david gilmour plays the bass and the roger waters guitar.....but the point to be noted is solo is played by gilmour obviously... roger plays the rhythm only and not the solo...
this... the musicality, the lyrics, the MEANING of the lyrics, that dynamics, the tones, comprise my favorite Pink Floyd song of all time. For me, one of the best songs ever written.
Amen sister. Saludos
that organ riff that repeats throughout the song sets the mood of this album SO well, it's incredible - rick wright deserves more credit
This fucking album is Tits!
Yes I totally agree! Rick was amazing!
@@Fatboy-dt8bf I wonder how many Americans think _"Hey, you Whitehouse"_ is a reference to the American Whitehouse. (It's actually referring to Mary Whitehouse, a television clean-up campaigner who wanted to keep sex and bad language off UK television in the 60s and 70s)
Rick’s Fender Rhodes work on “ Sheep” also deserves major kudos
Who did the cowbell, he is my favorite cowbeller now
This song is addicting. The bass, the guitar, the cowbell, the vocals, they're all relaxing and yet it feels like something you'd listen to before a big game or something to get pumped up.
Needs more cowbell
like which game ?
DarthNicky It makes me feel like I'm going to calmly overthrow the government
I used to play college football and I would play this before games alone with other Floyd songs and some of the darker Zeppelin tunes. It would give me a calming sense of power. Every time.
There is no cowbell he's playing plywood
Listening to this album on mushrooms during a camping trip was one of the highlights of my life.
I preferred acid in my heyday 😏
I remember if the Grateful Dead was my n town so were the Woodstock stamps ..lol
when i was young i kept trying mushrooms never did anything for me idk
Were you eating portabello?
lol maybe so i wonder
This song never gets old!!!!
Come tutte le canzoni dei Pink Floyd.
David Gilmour will forever be one of the best guitarists of all time.
Agreed my 3 faves are Gilmour SRV AND SLASH
Not "one of" the best ... The best. (IMHO, of course 😂)
Went to a Dave Gilmour concert in Toronto back in 2016... the laser show was off the hook. Was 2 beers deep but the atmosphere of the concert had me feeling like I was on all kinds of shit
Agree
i totaly agree
all Animals are equal, but some are more equal than the others..
Orwell 👍
@@mescalormavideos7767 the cow bell tho
Animal Farm .. great quote.
Animal balm
@@Gigadweeb communists or natzies, they are the same shit
I think the solo in this song is what really sets gillmore apart from other guitarist at the time and all the way through today. He wasnt the fastest guitar player but his creativity and the things he can do with a guitar are unmatched. Name one other guitarist who could not only play pig squeals on a guitar but figure out how to make the guitar produce those sounds. Same as with shine on you crazy diamond. Any good guitarist can play a solo but only he can make one as creative and entertaining as this one
Cameron Howe Syd Berret
little did you know that david gilmour is actually playing bass on this track
jeff beck, he was the first person to my knowledge that used a talk box
I am listening to all instruments, and the words!
What sets him apart from other guitarists is his phrasing. Simply the way he plays the notes, and the way they fall into the track. Quite amazing.
If a guitar could cry, Gilmour could manage to make it. That end solo, man. Damn.
I wish I could watch him playing this live. Goosebumps everytime I listen to it. It's something so beautiful people who have never listened to Pink Floyd will never understand. It's God level playing.
Listen to high hopes 💯
Guitars DO cry...
Yes 👍
The mood of this song is just so menacing in a good way from Roger’s seething vocals to Rick’s haunting organ playing, and then to David’s absolutely devastating guitar solo, which is one of the best of all time. His solo is such a clear musical encapsulation of feeling righteous anger and a sort of manic, almost desperate rage exploding out. Definitely an underrated PF song
"Rick’s haunting organ playing .... thank you.
Word
underrated tbh 🗿
Tom... is not underrated if we're here appreciating it.... great description btw. Cheers!
Absolutely, that solo is in my opinion the best. The timing, the tone, and the emotion it invokes. Amazing
The guitar solo at the end is simply precious
Riccardo Proni there would be no one like David Guilmour
Riccardo Proni Raw and powerful. An angry Gilmour that we rarely get to hear. His tone is out of this world.
Gives me shivers down my back. Gilmour really was the king of guitar solos. So many great ones. Money, comfortably numb, this, us and them and I'm sure more I've forgotten.
Seeing Roger Waters put all those horrible Trump quotes on display for that final solo, ending with TRUMP IS A PIG, brought a tear to my eye
Riccardo Proni precious would be a bunny rabbit this solo is fucking epic
the great pig in the sky
give this person a trophy.
Yoshi Wall give this person every award ever existent
elere haymoncatt Hahahaha yeeaah!!!!
the great Syd in the sky
me too.
I am literally flabbergasted that there was not just one but multiple ad breaks during this song. Ridiculous.
Pink Floyd Animals is surely the greatest album of all time.
took me years and years of listening to this band to realize that. even for Pink Floyd, this album is really something else.
Darkside of the moon is their best album!
The wall
@@markmoyer31 NOPE !!
Animals is actually one of my least favorite Floyd albums. My roommate in college had it, but I never bought a copy of my own.
Most of society can't handle deep chilling music like this. Pink Floyd did it best
Most of society is clueless to the ongoings of the world. This song simply reflects their ignorance and stupidity.
the entire album is a jab at society
Not for the attention span deficient
Living is easy with eyes closed, that's why many great philosophers are rather short lived.
@@bryandamkaer3646 not to mention it's loosely based on the short story Animal Farm by George Orwell which tackled many political themes.
I can only imagine living in the late 70s in the UK and realising what these lyrics were on about.
The music industry and Thatcher
@@kyleshiflet9952 Lol - what? Thatcher wasn't elected until '79.
The incredible thing is that these lyrics are for lots of followin generations (hope not too much), I think the album animals, which I love, is about capitalism and people who is power and money addicted
Niccoula Daverio I think it’s more so how we should drive out those who elect themselves to positions of authority(pigs), those who enforce that authority (dogs), and wake those people that follow blindly (sheep).
It is inspired by animal farm to a large portion. So if anything it’s about communism. But communism isn’t much different than feudalism.
It's pretty much still the same in Britain in 2020
This is my favorite Pink Floyd song. Along with Money and Have A Cigar. From Uruguay, thanks to England for such beautiful music.
"Somehow it seemed as though the farm had grown richer without making the animals themselves any richer - except, of course, for the pigs and the dogs"
And there endeth the lesson
The slave owners have prospered
Big man.PIG. MAN
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again: but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
What exactly are these quotes from?
Just trying to further educate myself
Love the cow bell and oddness of the music. There will never be another band this great and we are blessed to have their music to sooth our souls.
That may be a woodblock vs cowbell. Not sure 🤔
At 9:38, after that cowbell sound, when the screaming guitar kicks in. Get goosebumbs every time.
I SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON VACATION TO PINK FLOYD MUSIC AND NEVER LEFT HOME!!
that solo at the end... jesus save me.
Ulysses M. Fuck Jesus, Gilmour is the true savior!!
Right, David Gilmour is life, can't decide if I like his or Robert plants voice more but do I really have to choose. But floyd is my all time fav. Band so if a gun was put to my head I'd say my man David Gilmour.
DeToXs1ck My 2 favorite bands :)
Ulysses M. Roger Waters is the man behind Floyd, Gilmore is a TURD that was always crying like a little bitch.
Tim Dabbs where'd that come from? Lol
This album be hitting different with all these events that are happening
More and more relevant as time passes.
I get you, 'Gimme Shelter' made me feel comfortable before I looked up its meaning.
Check out the live performance from Mexico City. AWESOME!!!
Ripped into tRump. LOVE IT!
Especially "Sheep".
@@pinkythechihuahua3156 you think any president will help the Union?
They are ALL ACTORS since 1865!!
Animals is my favorite concept album from Pink Floyd, one of the best concept albums in the history of rock.
OúnicoSarueh Absolutely I agree 100%
What's it about
I thought it was from South Park like man bear pig was really real or something
Stop making shit up. This has nothing to do with animal farm. Maybe a coincidence at best ( in your mind).
@@delisfleur2411 you thought pink Floyd's animals was based on South Park?...
What
I was one of the lucky individuals to see pink floyd in ames iowa in 1994 at Jack Trice stadium. The songs they played then still give me goosebumps today. Comfortably numb was the encore that night!
Ames Iowa was the only place pink floyd played other then the east coast or west coast in the United states.
I've seen a number of other concerts in my lifetime, pink floyd still remains at the top after all these years.
The greatest and perfect band, in my opinion. This is my favorite album. I'm grateful to be born, so I can hear Pink Floyd.
it touches me really deep or send me back in other reencarnations maybe .
Jacquelyn Davis hi five that! Pink floyd helped me into the last stages of mind development until I was going into other dimensions. It was the beginning of mind expansion and the knocking down of the walls society built into the mind.
Jacquelyn Davis Sabbath for me, Floyd is close though.
Changename canceldone ...how cause they were also great with Ronnie James Dio ...some even say better ...Floyd with or without Sid Barrett still was same band and put out same if not better music always Sabbath were musicians Pink Floyd are musicly artists and perfectionists
Heather Elyzabeth Well both are very good bands. Black Sabbath in my opinion, are better.
My favorite Floyd album...dark and haunting enriches the imagination.
Totally agree!!!
One of the best Rock songs ever! A masterpiece
I love how the song Pigs is playing in the background.
The guitar solo is absolutely EPIC !!!
True!!
9:36 make sure your headphones/ear buds are turned up. Those last two minutes show what an amazing guitarist Gilmour is.
True that
Undoubtedly man ! It's pure eargasm. God level playing.
been looking for the pink vinyl, found one, shiny until the solo. Found another, same story somehow. Third one is playgraded mint now, even in the delicate moments. Pretty much of a journey that was. So, if buying this on used vinyl, check if that part sounds like a banger ;-) seems difficult to press or listeners tended to play that part over and over again until the groove is dead flat
Orgasm
Gilmour's guitar solo is just absolutely amazing. First time I ever heard this song when the solo came I was immediately absorbed in it. It literally grabbed my brain and all my attention, and by god am I happy I listened. Such a whirlwind of emotion!
I was blessed with having killer stereo equipment back in the 70s...pink Floyd is awesome at wall shaking volume!!!
The 70,s were the best times. I don't know what happened now, l2000,s 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
Now we listen to computer generated poop
Sitting in the middle of a smoke filled Madison Square Garden NYC on one cold night in 1977 one of my all time greatest memory, besides when I saw them do Dark Side of the Moon. I am so great full to have been able to see most of Britain’s best groups. Thank you
Saw them perform Dark Side at Knebworth UK when the album came out. Seem to remember a Spitfire warbird flew over the stage.
collette rana
*Grateful *
@stephensmith1343 wow. The Knebworth Festivall 1975. What a show to see. I saw them do Dark Side at Winterland in San Francisco in 1973. It was a converted ice skating rink that only held 5,500. After that Floyd only played the Oakland Coliseum in the Bay Area. Those shows were giant. A Led Zep show there had a crowd of 76,000. Just wasn't the same...
Roger's beautiful and twisted mind on full display in this one.
Mr.Airtraining.
Roger Waters one of the last great and living legends.
Pink floyd formed my teen years. Now I'm 56 and still listening. Love them
Is there anything else worth listening to anymore and am half your age man!
I'm a lifelong Pink Floyd fan also I'm 61 years old and all my kids love them
Surprisingly I had never heard this song till just the other day on my way home from work. It was catchy as hell so cranked it, put my shades on and cruised like it was the 70s. Only thing missing was the shrooms.
The guitar work in the last 2 minutes is prob the best solo Ive ever heard in 40 yrs listening to music
Full-on showing what he can do. Superb by any standard,
And he's got the record to back it up: Money, Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Have a Cigar, Dogs (3rd solo) this one, Sheep, Comfortably Numb, Young Lust... It's a spectacular list by any standard.
@@thethirdman225 Vey true.. and can I point you to Tony TS McPhee's extended solo on The Groundhogs' " Eleventh Hour" track ( well YT searchable ). Tremendous axe skills & emotional content going on there too.
TheThirdMan forgot Time
I personally prefer Time’s solo
This is the greatest album of all time. No bollocks, genuinely everyone should hear this at some point in their lives as it's just as relevant now as it was when Waters wrote it.
I'd put Meddle right up there with this one.
This is a great album. Probably my favorite from beginning to end. Too bad its a short album
@@Fatboy-dt8bf it's probably about same length as most albums but as there's only a few tracks it may feel shorter but it's definitely my favourite floyd album
I'd put it at about tie with The Dark Side of the Moon for best Pink Floyd album. After those two, I'd probably say Meddle.
@@spaceclown7650 Dark side of the moon and wish you were here for me
The solo at the end is so visceral .... goosebumps!
Erhebung
Almost has that rawness that Neil Young is so famous for on his Stratocaster. Nobody could deny the second solo in Like a Hurricane is up there with this
fuckin good
Gilmour at his raunchiest! That Strat sounded angry. Goosebump moments!
It is. Perfect balance. The lot.
I came to listen to this song after many years, that solo that starts at 9:39 got me to tears! Such a masterpiece!
Welcome back
@@DjSicEm yesz...❤️, One of a kind my king, there's so much more
@@DjSicEm ,
glad im not the only one !!
I've said this elsewhere but I wonder how many Americans always thought _"Hey you, Whitehouse"_ was referring to the American Whitehouse (it's actually referring to Mary Whitehouse, a TV clean-up campaigner whose organisation tried to keep nudity and swearing out of British media.)
Together we Stand, Divided we Fall
Yep, the whole idea behind multiculturalism.
I am way to obsessed with this song
me too. especially with the bass.
The cure
mesmerizing!!!!
Animals, best Floyd album!
it's been carved into my head for a week
6:40 Guilmour : Here is my best impression of a pig talking in my guitar
hell yeah!!
Who tf is guilmour
@@Therealderry433 He is in the band "Pank Floyf" along with Snyd Barren and Rodjer Wotters.
@@hypnotised-clover Don't forget Wick Rite
@@atomiste4312 AND Nickle Mansion
From 4:00 to about 8:15 is one of the best instrumentals that Floyd did. The incredible complexity has made it impossible for me to tire of it. I bought this album when it was released. I had just graduated high school. Amazing time, amazing music.
Yes it was an amazing time for music. I woke up this morning thinking of this song for some reason and had to hear it. The seventies what's the best decade for music
Its Just perfect... I can picture perfectly in my mind a fat, greasy pig in a suit talkin to a crowd. Those distorted vocals are the lyrics
It was definitely an amazing time with all kinds of great music. Pink Floyd is one of the best. I loved Animals in dark side of the Moon.
Yes but the vocals at the 9:00 mark is so damn cool
Totally agreed
This song is one more masterpiece of the floyd. Totally underrated.
This whole album is s masterpiece. It's so underrated. It's my favorite Floyd album...the whole album just flows nicely.
For me, Pink Floyd are simply the greatest band of all time.
Probably the most underrated
16 years old, I'm glad to know what is music today
This and Dogs and Echoes are my three favorite Floyd songs. I used to hate how filthy Dogs made me feel to listen to it, but now I revel in the dirt as my experiences changed and showed me how people really are.
This brings back some awesome memories
Nick Mason is the only drummer who can make cowbells sound badass, that’s why is one of my favourite drummers
Have you ever heard of Neil Peart?
@@keon5779 yes. And I’ve also heard of John Bonham, Keith Moon, Gavin Harrison, Vinnie Colaiuta, Dave Weckl and many other drummers I like better than Neil Peart I’m not a big fan of Rush. I like drummers who play with the band and don’t bore me to tears with endless solos to show off their technique. Nick Mason may not be a super virtuoso but I really like his style.
@@superbalduz I see. I meant that Peart makes cow bells sound cool, too. But Rush is a show-off kind of band where it feels like a bunch of solos overlayed. I love their music, but I can get why someone wouldn't like that.
@@keon5779 oh, I haven’t noticed Neil Peart playing cowbells, but I must admit I have very low tolerance with Rush’s songs 😄 I listen to quite a lot of prog which also includes solos, but for some reason Neil Peart doesn’t “talk” to me. I love cowbells, though. There should be more cowbells in this world! 😄
@@superbalduz You like cowbell? Boy do I have the song for you.
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't fear the Reaper. The song starts with cowbell and ends with cowbell. There isn't a single bar of music in this song that doesn't have cowbell.
There are no words for this masterpiece real music
I agree!!!!
You just used one: masterpiece. :)
Lyrics
Big man, pig man, ha ha, charade you are, oh
You well heeled big wheel, ha ha, charade you are
And when your hand is on your heart
You're nearly a good laugh
Almost a joker
With your head down in the pig bin
Saying "Keep on diggin'"
Pig stain on your fat chin
What do you hope to find?
There in the pig mine
You're nearly a laugh
You're nearly a laugh
But you're really a cry
Bus stop rat bag, ha ha, charade you are
You fucked up old hag, ha ha, charade you are
You radiate cold shafts of broken glass
You're nearly a good laugh
Almost worth a quick grin
You like the feel of steel
You're hot stuff with a hat pin
And good fun with a hand gun
You're nearly a laugh
You're nearly a laugh
But you're really a cry
Hey you Whitehouse, ha ha, charade you are
You house proud town mouse, ha ha, charade you are
You're trying to keep our feelings off the street
You're nearly a real treat
All tight lips and cold feet
I know you feel abused
You gotta stem the evil tide
And keep it all on the inside
Mary you're nearly a treat
Mary you're nearly a treat
But you're really a cry
BMan Americae Amazing right? Roger's beautiful twisted angry brain. PF was so shallow before and after Roger was creative Boss in the 70's. Yet the other 3 jealous PF DB's were jealous and angry of being bullied. F them. Learn to write like this or let Roger do it is what I would have said it. Could have had Roger for 10 more yrs. Sucks....
MrAitraining Synergism is a great thing. PF was fine without RW. Most groups get their best stuff out of the way in the beginning anyway. RW is a pain in the ass to work with. PF sailed on without RW just fine. If RW was so great and he was the only great guy in PF, his solo career should have been great. NOPE, he milked The WALL and everything after was nothing. PF pushed on without the pain in the ass. He'd shot whatever he had already. It was over. Without the other 3, RW wasn't the same. And it becomes clear that DG was the music brains behind the band.
BMan Americae PF's greatness was in their "concept" album phase. "....best stuff out of the way in the beginning" ? I hope ur not suggesting the 60's Syd psychodelic babble yrs were of higher quality than Dark Side, Animals, Wall of the 70's when Roger was creative boss. That's just ridiculous. So u play "Arnold Layne" in your car and not "Wish you were here" or Dark Side? Roger "milked" the Wall because it was his in concept, lyrics, presentation and is basically an auto bio of his life. It's a masterpiece that he had to beat the other creative-less guys over the head to even get done. Then the other 3 guys sold out stadiums and just flat out "sold out" for money and the PF name in the late 80's recording new fluff with no soul and doing concert light shows. They still happily collect their residual checks from their biggest albums now though. No complaining from them when those come. Again, the majority $$$$ from Roger concept albums. Even today, Waters accepts his part in the break-up yet Gilmour is the one who comes off like a Brit Snob who couldn't handle not being able to write and conceptualize like Roger.
Why didn't RW just write his own concept album. I mean you suggest the "other three" were just "jealous" of him. Why didn't he just go onto greatness without them? Because the sum of the parts is bigger than the individual pieces. You give too much credit to RW and not enough to the rest of the band. And no, DG never came off as a "Brit snob". That nonsense. RW acts as a petulant spoiled little kid. He's awful to work with. That's why he was gone. The remaining members were happy not to be with him. RW is a bigoted mess these days and injects himself in the lives of other performers for his causes. He's quite the nasty little prick.
+BMan Americae What MrAitraining also fails to realize is that Waters wanted to have the band solely focus on the concepts presented in the Wall which were followed up with The Final Cut. No band wants to just keep going down the same avenues creatively. It would be a nightmare. Waters left because the rest of the band didn't want to be The Wall band. Also, Darkside was a collaborative effort that showcased every members strengths and was perfected by the great engineer Alan Parsons. Its like you said BMan Americae, its the sum of the parts.
This song will always be accessible to listen to, into the end of existance. Purely a display of pure genius and beauty. May it live on forever.
the only band that I know that can pull off an 11 minute track and keep you hooked till the end
nahh.. one of the :P
@@sandromartins327 "that I know of"
Lets see here on the long tracks...
Master of Puppets (the song and like 3 tracks on the album, none above 10 minutes but awesome all the way through), anything from Tool (disposition, reflection, triad in that order is a phenomenal 25 minutes) any song off of Quarters by King Gizz, Moons of Neptune by The Machine, or practically any track from Stone Rebel, but those guys get a little samey.
To add to the list: "Echoes"at 23 minutes and "Shine on you Crazy Diamond" at 26 mins if you consider the whole album a continuous track.
Have you ever listened close to the edge or 2112?this is some crazy ass songs as well,you probably heard them already, but if not,l strongly recommend
This song reminds me of my dad listening to his oldies and his truck. Brings me tears.
I’m sorry
The riff that starts at 4:14 is one of my favorite things to ever exist
Ok
@@hedogno Ok
This song empowered me as a teenager! Made me who I am today….unstoppable!
So true for me too. Today I went past Battersea Power station which is on the cover. I hear this song whenever I see that building.
I will pass this book of knowledge onto my infant son, just as my father did for me born 1983 the best most influential band ever
stavros Rabchencko
I was born in 1976 and do the same. 🇧🇷
That solo in the end is what sets apart David from other guitarists. Amazing talent this gentleman has.
Edit: Thanks for 1k likes. ❤
Chetan Singh thank you Cheeto I’ve been practicing
Seriously, he has to be one of the most thoughtful guitarists i've ever heard. He is amazing!
Chetan Singh he plays bass on this one as well.
Roger waters on the bass gutiar ☝
Mike Gollihugh Gilmour also plays a fretless bass guitar, with a pick, doing two short, syncopated bass solos-one before the first verse, another before the third. When the final verse ends and a guitar solo emerges, the bass line moves into a driving eighth note rhythm, sliding up and down the E minor scale in octaves, beneath the chords of E minor and C major seventh.[6] Roger Waters, usually the band's bassist, played a rhythm guitar track on the song instead.
Самая любимая песня у Пинков, услышал в 13, сейчас 60, и досе прусь от неё. С любовью из России!
Io ne ho 58 ed è una delle mie preferite ,
Ma anche Dogs , ciao Joe Sardegna , hasta siempre 🍷🍷🍷
Да, одна из лучших!
This song scared the first times I heard it.
Now I just can't stop listening to it. That guitar, that drum playing...just a masterpiece
I seen someone else saying that but I don't understand what's scary about it
@@shanesmith734 Sometimes when a soul is waking up the sights to see what is really real they will feel fear. I agree though Ive never felt fear, more like a companionship.
It's haunting and chilling. I have seen Floyd more than several times back in the day. Animals tour MSG. Teenager not knowing any better. Lyrics from many real rock groups layout what's happening in society. Floyd, Rush Who just to mention off the top of my head.
1 MILLION VIEWS GUYS!
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL, AND.... LONG LIVE PINK FLOYD!
Thank you and thanks to Pink Floyd ;)
eu curtiria essa musica milhões de vezes, bom trabalho.
thanks for posting and i got to add it is pretty hype that this song has 1 million+ views in this day and age of shit music getting so many views.
thank you.
thanks for sharing
Will always remind me of the summer of 1977. Listening to this and tripping out. Love it!
Yeah, right? Taking liquid acid and tripping to this. I really did have alot of fun as a teen.
Yes and the 4 way window Payne helped us out
I love all their albums but, This is one their most impressive songs.
Oh I was at pulse concert in 94,, I will never 4get. .I'm 53. And it was a beautiful time. U was sat looking at stage left..balcony 1st...
I've been so waisted listening to this song, I couldn't tell you my name.🤐 😵💫
I saw them in Tampa and Miami the Orange bowl i was tripping so hard they were killer in the rain❤😊
Saw Floyd at the old Soldiers Field in Chicago back the 70s! They had a huge pig float they raised up in the sky while playing this song! Absolutely fabulous!
The same was with Waters show in Chicago two years ago. It was the greatest show I've ever seen)
Legendary shit man, never had the pleasure 😔
There too
June 1977. I worked with the promoter. That was a long hot rough day/ evening. A lot of medical issues and overdoses and heat related problems. But one hell of a concert. The Quad system finally kicked in near the very end.
I love how sinister the keyboards and rhythm guitar sound
One the most awesome guitar riffs of all time beginning at 9:38. Along with Comfortably numb of course.
lon holder-are you my twin?...
It's a solo, not a riff.
Guitar solo in Pigs = brilliant
Guitar solo in Comfortably Numb = boring
What about time and money
@@kianheeps1244 Also great and also great. But that poisonous sounding solo at the end of Pigs is the one that reaches me the deepest. It's a perfect counterpoint to Roger's angry delivery.
My dad showed me this song in amsterdam since then im in love with pink floyd
This song is legendary, David Gilmour is awesome.
Masterpiece
The entire band was on point with this album. Waters and Gilmour both at their peak! Masterclass music
I wonder how many non-Brit Floyd fans always thought _"Hey you Whitehouse"_ was referring to the American Whitehouse (it's actually referring to Mary Whitehouse, a former television clean-up campaigner in Britain that spent her life lobbying to keep swearing and nudity out of the media.)
@@TonyEnglandUK as an American listener I did not know that
@@mikebolton2388 There's a video on here where she debates with Michael Winner, it'll give you some idea why she's nearly a treat.
immortal masterpiece , no wonder it would be played over and over as long as the earth and sky holds on
Love the heavy beats with the rhythm block
this guitar solo is one of the best in the pink floyd production. it's so.. fucking.. Gilmour
+mattia giordano the most wrathful solo iv heard, it arouse in me an anger that i've never suspected
But shine on you crazy diamond still the best
This song touches every nerve! They were ahead of time, way ahead! Roger is amazing!
The best bass line, bass solos and bass licks by a non bassist ever
Nothing will ever beat Money bass line it simply fantastic
@@Nandos_stan ''by a non bassist''
Strange comment. A bass guitar is a guitar and a very simple one at that. Any guitarist can play a bass. I guess you aren't a musician of any kind. Perhaps you should be shocked that Roger played rhythm guitar on this. Yes, most bassists can play guitar because they are all guitars.
I was 3yrs old traveling with my dad back to oklahoma i remeber jamming to this album while dad tried to out run a violent storm
The bass line is so great!
Btw the bass was played (as most of the more "difficult" bass lines) by David Gilmour.
Are you sure? ;-)
Yes, Roger Waters was more into writing songs than acctually playing an instrument. At concerts the difficult parts were sometimes played by other tour musicians.
About 50% of the songs on the studio albums includes bass play by David Gilmour.
+Marcel Klein You are right. Gilmour was recording most of instruments, Waters was writing lyrics ;)
bass line is pretty basic
sometimes less is more
if i only had one choice of music to listen to . it would have to be entire works of pink floyd ...good solid classic rock that stands the test of time ..
Pink Floyd doesn't need to run faster than the sun... Hehe you will figure the reference out sometime
+Nicolas D'orasio Leão
Anyone who has even the slightest interest in PF will get the reference
+Nicolas D'orasio Leão
Time is one of their most famous songs
Love that bass line
Damn Straight! Roger at his best here!
David Gilmour plays bass on this song and Sheep.
rlly?
Ever since I first heard it!
Maybe David played it, but Roger wrote it
Was at Oakland for the show promoting Animals in 77 They played 4-5 songs from Animals in the first set including this one Simply Amazing Wow
Animals only has 5 songs.
@@trevertravis8963 So they played the whole album What's your point Some people just want to argue about anything 😀
this is the greatest diss track of all time
This is the greatest political message of all time
They have a live version, singing this song while they're showwig trump on the screen 😂
@@michaela434. They haven’t played since 2005...
@@keithtyler8197 ua-cam.com/video/QWLBtMz5OuY/v-deo.html
Roger Waters
@@michaela434. my bad but technically ik right , that’s not pink floyd
Listen Pink Floyd is an experience.
***** and after all...we're only ordinary men.
My dad sure had turned me on some good music.
Same here
The guitar work at the end of the song... the guy is pretty good.
And here we are in 2021 and still relevant as fuck....
This whole album is the exact world we have been living in for 100 yrs. Every song describes someone in society
Animal Farm
A lot more than 100 years.
I'm living this now #UNRIGHTFULLtermination
By Female Feminist Narcissist Power Hungry Office PIG.
They (I assume) were against the industrial revolution. They preferred banishing technology and going back to eating nut and grapes as agricultarists and nomadic gypsies.
Of the entire album, this song is just the fucking COOLEST. nothing tops that intro man.
For me, dogs IS the best
I remember back in the day. Everyone said, you have to see this band Pink Floyd. They weren't anything like anyone else. When they hit the big top of the music charts in our country was when they came out with the Wall album. Such great musicians and we were all fascinated.
1977 Tampa Stadium Animal's Concert, I got there around noon. It was hot humid in that concrete stadium no wind. I had gallon jug of frozen water and was giving everyone sips off water as it melted. I dropped a tab, as I looked up saw this girl watching me, I offered her the other tab she smiled and took it. Blonde, hair green eyes tanned in her halter top and cutoffs. Her name was Toye we shared sips of water. About 45 minutes latter they where testing the surround speakers with sounds of seagulls reverberating thru the stadium, I was triggered by that speaker check started tripping I looked at Toye and yep she triggered too. It was still way before they came on stage.Then they inflated the animals. I was 17 the music was as always mesmerizing kept the ticket stubb's on my door good times! Never saw her again.
Great story
Roger's vocal that time was really really fine and distinct
Nostalgia de uma época que eu nem vivi. Amo essa música.
Simm, tenho 14 anos e parece que eu já vivi antigamente e me dá mó nostalgia de uma coisa que eu nunca vivi
I love the interlude section in the song, where it just keeps getting heavier and heavier, like rage and pent up frustration building up, that doesn't get let out until the guitar solo at the end