Speak To Me/ Breathe The Dark Side Of The Moon

Copyright 1973 Capitol
Please note that normally Breathe is track 2 but on CD the first 2 tracks are together
Taken from Wikipedia
"Speak to Me" is the first track from British progressive rock band Pink Floyd's 1973 album, The Dark Side of the Moon, on which it forms an overture. Drummer Nick Mason receives a rare solo writing credit for the track; Roger Waters subsequently claimed this was a "gift" to Mason, one which Waters came to regret after his acrimonious departure from the group.
The song itself features no lyrics (although it contains parts of the conversation tapes that Pink Floyd recorded, as well a short snippet of Clare Torry's vocal performance on "The Great Gig in the Sky"), and consists of a series of sound effects. It leads into the first performance piece on the album, "Breathe". As a result, they are usually played together on the radio.
[edit]Sound Effects

Noticeable sound effects include:
Heartbeat; this can also be heard at the end of "Eclipse"
Clock ticking; reflecting the song "Time"
Manic laughter; reflecting the song "Brain Damage"
Cash register; reflecting the song "Money"
Helicopter noise; reflecting the song "On the Run"
Wailing/screaming; reflecting the song "The Great Gig in the Sky"
Synthesizer note; goes into Breathe


" I've been mad for fucking years, absolutely years. I've been over the edge for yonks. It's working with the band so long, I think... "
" I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us are. It's very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad. "
"Breathe" is the second track from British progressive rock band Pink Floyd's 1973 album, The Dark Side of the Moon.


The writing of this song is credited to David Gilmour, Roger Waters, and Richard Wright. The song is slow-paced and rich in texture, deploying David Gilmour's skilled multitrack performances of slide guitar and lead vocals in gentle, warm timbres. On the original Dark Side of the Moon album, it is a single track that is preceded by "Speak To Me". The song is considered to be a representation of birth, with a relief from labour. Its lyrics, composed by Roger Waters, beseech the listener to pause in their seemingly-endless labours and take notice of more meaningful pursuits in life. Approximately three minutes in length, it is the first song on the album, preceded only by wordless screaming and sound effects found across the album in "Speak to Me." Since this sound collage segues directly into "Breathe" via the use of a sustained backwards piano chord, they are usually played together on the radio and the two are conjoined on most CD versions of the album.
The D 7th augmented 9th was inspired by Miles Davis' Kind of Blue. Keyboardist Richard Wright had worked out the chord and wanted to find a way to get it back to Eminor so he changed it to a D 7th flatted 9th. The colourful, complex chord changes represents the sophisticated approach to melody and harmonies in the music at the era of Meddle and Dark Side Of The Moon.

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[lynndavy1965]

Seriously need to put Floyd in the title, took an age for me to find this track, typed in helicopter lol! cos i couldnt remember the title..........

[jlaw666]

is that a dominant D7?

[boggy32]

this is the best album ever

[sachi106]

which one sounds like wizard of oz?

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

there is an outtake version of "Speak to me" LONG VERSION from a BOOTLEG that has all the voices at the surface. I am planning on putting this up one of these days...

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

i think the "Synthesizer note" was a backwards piano. I swear it was. Took em a long time to get it right...

[lovemachine71]

good oldie i cant believe noone agrees!