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The thing about Gilmour is, all his lines do not have a specific chronology to them. Mix up the same lines and put them in different orders, they'd still sound good. Every line is an idea. Every idea is a line.

Exactly.

I would take David's random lines and ideas any day over "And that's how the high command took my daddy from me." That is, in my mind, the most heinous lyric Roger ever wrote. All symbolism gone. All analysis gone. Roger was never about being direct with his lyrics, but he hit the nail right on the head with that line. Right on the head and into his coffin as a fantastic lyricist.

A bit harsh, but damn do I hate that line. It literally ruins the whole song for me.

Also true. Roger certainly made some mistakes here and there... And that is one of his biggest. I love that song, but the ending line is genuine, yet pointless and dumb.

(12-26-2010 04:58 PM)hunter21291 Wrote: [ -> ]I would take David's random lines and ideas any day over "And that's how the high command took my daddy from me." That is, in my mind, the most heinous lyric Roger ever wrote. All symbolism gone. All analysis gone. Roger was never about being direct with his lyrics, but he hit the nail right on the head with that line. Right on the head and into his coffin as a fantastic lyricist.

A bit harsh, but damn do I hate that line. It literally ruins the whole song for me.

Ahem.

"We don't need no education"

Now that's heinous.

What's wrong about 'That's how the high command took my daddy from me'?

I don't know, from my own perspective, it doesn't sound like what Roger had been writing or had written up to that point. He always had a way of making a point, that at times could be blunt and very direct, but there was also a kind of indirect obtuseness to it, where it left the interpretation of the lyric up to the listener. There's no real interpretation to be had there -- it's very direct and very "smacks you over the head."

Yeah, I see what you're trying to say. For example, the only reason I might not like Marillion as much as I like Pink Floyd is because they're very blunt. Look up Sympathy (Acoustic) by Marillion. There isn't a better example for your point.

I just hate that line because it sounds awefully silly. A whiny line that could come from a six year old kid, after a great, sardonic description of what happens during these events. It's a real anti-climax.

Maybe it's because he used the word "daddy".