Pigs (Three Different Ones)

Pigs (Three Different Ones)

Song_infobox
Name = Pigs (Three Different Ones)


Artist = Pink Floyd
Album = Animals
Released = January 23 1977 (UK)
February 2 1977 (US)
track_no = 3
Recorded = April-May 1976
Genre = Progressive rock
Length = 11:28
Writer = Roger Waters
Label = Harvest / Capitol
Producer = Pink Floyd
Tracks =
#"Pigs on the Wing 1"
#"Dogs"
#"Pigs (Three Different Ones)"
#"Sheep"
#"Pigs on the Wing 2"

"Pigs (Three Different Ones)" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1977 album "Animals". In the album's three parts, "Dogs," "Pigs," and "Sheep," pigs represent the people whom Roger Waters considers to be at the top of the social ladder, the ones with wealth and power; they also manipulate the rest of society and encourage them to be viciously competitive and cutthroat, so the pigs can remain powerful. Waters suggests that the pigs manipulate the dogs in the lines "Gotta admit, that I'm a little bit confused/Sometimes it seems to me, as if I'm just being used" in the song "Dogs."

ummary

The first verse refers to no one in particular, but rather businessmen in general. [http://wc05.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:kzfpxzldldhe Song review at Allmusic] ] Although some 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".

The third mentions Mary Whitehouse by name, painting her as a prudish, sexually repressed "house-proud town mouse." This contributed to Whitehouse's negative image of Pink Floyd, who she thought were immorally promoting sex and drugs. Some people unfamiliar with British politics (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.

Halfway through the song, Gilmour uses a Heil talk box on the guitar solo to mimic the sound of pigs. This is the first use of a talk box by Pink Floyd. [ [http://www.pinkfloyd-co.com/disco/animals/animals_trivia.html "Animals" album trivia] ]

In some cassette tape versions of the album in the US, this song was divided into two parts after the first verse, in order to minimize the total length of tape.

Live versions

The normal length of the song performed live is roughly 17 minutes (some would top out at 20 minutes), compared with the album length of 11 minutes and 28 seconds. The live versions feature two guitar solos, a synthesizer solo (which replaced the voice box solo) and a final keyboard solo.

When played on the 1977 tour, Roger Waters shouted a different number for each concert. This purportedly has the purpose of identifying bootleg recordings. [ [http://digilander.libero.it/pinkside/inglese_roger_game.htm The Roger Numbers Game] ]

In 1987, Waters performed a shortened version of the song, featuring only the first two verses and shorter guitar solos between them as part of an extended Pink Floyd medley.

Musicians

*David Gilmour - guitars, bass guitar, talk box
*Nick Mason - drums, percussion (Cowbell)
*Roger Waters - lead vocals, rhythm guitar, tape effects
*Richard Wright - Hammond organ, ARP String Synthesizer, grand piano (glissando)

Recording Date(s) - April, and May 1976 at the band's own Britannia Row Studios, Islington, London. [Fitch, Vernon. The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia (3rd edition), 2005. ISBN 1-894959-24-8 ]

Popular culture references

*The phrase "Ha ha, charade you are" was used in the animated TV show South Park by the character Eric Cartman, in the episodes "Cat Orgy", " 4th Grade", and "Scott Tenorman Must Die".

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