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"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 the band 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 cut-throat, so the pigs can remain powerful.
The Mary Whitehouse Story, shown in March and April 2022, ... "Pigs (Three Different Ones)", a song in Pink Floyd's 1977 album Animals, which mentions Whitehouse.
Pink Floyd: Margaret Thatcher and Mary Whitehouse: The song's writer, Roger Waters has stated that the second and third verses of the song are directed at the two political figures respectively. The first verse of the song is more general and is widely agreed upon by fans to be directed at businessmen in general. [25] [26] "Idiot Box" the Damned
Outside of conflict in the Middle East, there are few wars that have carried on for longer than that between the various members of Pink Floyd. While Oasis fans complain about the length of time ...
Pink Floyd: Pink Floyd chronology; Wish You Were Here (1975) Animals (1977) ... the only one directly identified is the morality campaigner Mary Whitehouse, ...
Whitehouse is clearly named in the third verse of the Pink Floyd song "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" on the 1977 album "Animals". Flanker235 ( talk ) 07:49, 31 December 2017 (UTC) [ reply ] It was removed in this edit last month, so it is not universally desired.
British morality campaigner Mary Whitehouse tried unsuccessfully to get the song banned. [4] Whitehouse wrote to the BBC 's Director General claiming that "one teacher told us of how she found a class of small boys with their trousers undone, singing the song and giving it the indecent interpretation which—in spite of all the hullabaloo—is ...
This article lists songs and whole discographies which have been banned by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) over the years. During its history, the corporation has banned songs from a number of high-profile artists, including Cliff Richard, Frank Sinatra, Noël Coward, the Beatles, Ken Dodd, Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, the BBC Dance Orchestra, Tom Lehrer, Glenn Miller, and George Formby.