who else up thinking about how insane this is (x)
they're like smokin' and lying y'kno'
The track ‘In The Flesh’ invites the audience to “go to the show” - to come along to the rally and show support before forces mobilise and foment a violent uprising across the streets of London. The band onstage, characterised in live performances of the album by a surrogate band comprised of different musicians adorning life masks of Floyd members Waters, Gilmour, Wright and Mason, replace a Pink that remains ‘comfortably numb’ in his hotel room:
“I've got some bad news for you, sunshine
Pink isn't well, he stayed back at the hotel
And they've sent us along as a surrogate band
We're gonna find out where you fans really stand!”
This uncanny representation of band members is understood to represent the musicians’ surrogacy as agents of ideological repression, insofar as they serve to perpetuate the dominant ideology while also acting as a form of entertainment to keep the subjects enthralled and entertained while, ‘behind the scenes,’ they are in fact complacent in their own oppression through ignorance and acceptance. Taking into account Freud's psychoanalytic consideration of the role of the uncanny, it is recognised that an intentional feeling of discomfort and unfamiliarity actively subverts and disrupts the individual’s understanding of the reality around them. The use of these masks can also be understood to comment on the role of the musician in a capitalist society - by portraying the band members as masked and interchangeable, Waters suggests that musicians are often recognised to be commodified tools of an industry which promotes capitalist ideals of excess and grandeur.
Okay, here's some more whether you want it or not. Rog chatted to Syd one sided about some concepts and Syd ran away in a bad mood (which happened in the game, by the way).
roger waters seems like the kind of guy who would have beef with santa claus for some reason
Nicky! What a prettie, of course he does look like real Nicky, love him.
Nick Mason Pink Floyd, Obscured By Clouds recording sessions at Chateau D'Herouville France, 23-29 February 1972. Photo by JD Mahn.
True dat! He's anti-war. I don’t understand at all what you ate and what you read to make such conclusions. Read and listen more carefully to what he said and says before making assumptions, anon. Think first of all.
roger waters is a war-supporting saggy ball sack you guys better go listen to amlor