Song: Lies from album: NUDE (1981) Lyric by Susan Hoover Live performance at the London Hammersmith Odeon, on the 11th May, 1984. Andy Latimer: Lead Guitar and Vocals Colin Bass: Bass Guitar and Vocals Ton Scherpenzeel: Lead Keyboards Chris Rainbow: Vocals and Keyboards Richie Close: Keyboards Paul Burgess: Drums and Percussion www.camelproductions.com DVD: CAMEL - TOTAL PRESSURE Recuperated & Remastered Tell me no lies, has peace arrived... Or, is this some kind of joke? What a surprise, ...
and drugs. Some people (and US politicians like Tipper Gore) misconstrued this verse as "Hey You White House" as in taking a shot at the US political climate and accused Pink Floyd of being anti-American. The third reference is by far the harshest,a stern lambasting of Mary Whitehouse,a staunch English conservative and meddling advocate for censorship who was a predominant figure throughout the United Kingdom in the mid- and late '70s especially. It's here that Waters' fiercest remarks ...
have said it refers to the then prime minister James Callaghan. The second verse indirectly refers to the opposition leader at that time, Margaret Thatcher, although her name or title is never mentioned. The lyrics' offensiveness to Thatcher is subtle, stating that she is "good fun with a hand gun;" better-defined obscenities are prevalent when it refers to her as a "bus-stop rat bag" and "fucked-up old hag". In the second verse, Waters gets a little more personal, but in more of a ...
Roger Waters - Bass guitar, vocals. David Gilmour - Guitar, vocals. Nick Mason - Drums. Andy Bown - Hammond Organ. Ray Cooper - Percussion. It is the only song on the album that features David Gilmour on vocals. The lyrics, written by Roger Waters, deal with many of the themes he explored in other songs from the album, including war (particularly the Falklands War and British involvement therein) and criticism of UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher, as well as general criticisms of the ...
David Gilmour - guitars,Prophet-5 synthesizer. vocals (refrain). Nick Mason - drums. Roger Waters - vocals (verses), bass guitar. Richard Wright - organ. Lee Ritenour - acoustic guitar. It is one of only three songs on the album for which writing credits are shared between Roger Waters and David Gilmour -- melody and most of the music on "Comfortably Numb" was written by Gilmour, while Waters contributed the lyrics and some additional notes. Lyrics:- Hello? Is there anybody in there? Just nod ...