Pink Floyd: Time

"Time" is the fourth track from English progressive rock band Pink Floyd's 1973 album, The Dark Side of the Moon, and the only song on the album credited to all four members of the band. It is noted for its long introductory passage of clocks chiming and alarms ringing, recorded as a quadrophonic test by Alan Parsons, not specifically for the album.

The song is a memento mori describing the phenomenon in which time seems to pass more quickly as one ages, often leading to despair in old age over missed opportunities of the past.

Each clock at the beginning of the song was recorded separately in an antiques store. This is followed by an eerie two-minute passage dominated by Nick Mason's rototoms and backgrounded by a tocking sound created by Roger Waters picking two muted strings on his bass. With David Gilmour singing lead on the verses and with Richard Wright singing lead vocals on the bridges and with female singers and David Gilmour providing backup vocals, the lyrics of the song deal with Roger Waters's realization that life was not about preparing yourself for what happens next, but about grabbing control of your own destiny.

In January 2007, readers of the Guitar World magazine voted Gilmour's guitar solo on the song the 21st greatest guitar solo of all time.

* David Gilmour - Guitars, vocals
* Roger Waters - Bass and lyrics
* Richard Wright - Farfisa Organ, Wurlitzer electric piano,VCS3 synthesizer and vocals
* Nick Mason - Rototoms and drums
* Doris Troy - Backing vocals
* Lesley Duncan - Backing vocals
* Liza Strike - Backing vocals
* Barry St. John - Backing vocals

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[joshscreans]

pink floyd and the doors, best bands of all time.

[JugbandBlues1968]

Best song off the best album ever made.

PINK FLOYD RULE!!!

[Utubian6]

@Palmbergz You see that circle? Thats the sun. Try and get out more.

[crocodiliusz]

wtf mate, the doors blow.

[lagomorph32]

@Palmbergz Nope, that's a glass prism. Ray of white light comes in, a rainbow comes out. It's called optics, not your stupid Illuminati theories.

[chayennify]

Das erinnert mich immer an meinem Trip.. von Amsteram nach den Haag,,, Wo ich 2 LSD-Trips zu mir nahm.. naja das war eine Gute Lebenserfahrung für mich.. es wahr schön sehr schön !! dankeschön für das Video *****

[1942matheus]

very good!

[TheYoungACDC]

it's beautiful.

[YasnaConstanza]

:)



[Palmbergz]

You see that triangle? That's the pyramid, with the all-seeing-eye seperated from the rest, with represent the devils eye watching over us. It's Illuminati.

[dilymagalhaes]

the besttttttttt