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"Young Lust" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released in 1979. [4] [5] It is the ninth track on the band's eleventh studio album The Wall (1979).[4] [5] The lyrics to the song are about the band throwing themselves into the headlong of hedonism, sex, drugs, and rock and roll.
Pink Floyd are an English rock band who recorded material for fifteen studio albums, three soundtrack albums, three live albums, eight compilation albums, four box sets, as well as material that, to this day, remains unreleased during their five decade career. There are currently 222 songs on this list.
"Run Like Hell" is a song by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, written by David Gilmour and Roger Waters. It appears on their eleventh studio album The Wall (1979) and was released as a single in 1980, [1] [2] reaching #15 in the Canadian singles chart and #18 in Sweden but it only reached #53 in the U.S.
Surprise, Surprise!" from Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. [5] The lyrics "I got nicotine stains on my fingers, I got a silver spoon on a chain. Got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains" are said to have been written specifically about Floyd's pianist Richard Wright, who was allegedly struggling with cocaine addiction at the time. [6]
"Flapdoodle Dealing" is an instrumental song performed by the Barrett-era Pink Floyd in 1966. [5] [6] Roger Waters is thought to have come up with its title. Pink Floyd never recorded a studio version of the song, [6] however, a version was recorded live at a concert at The All Saints Church Hall in London, England, on 14 October 1966. [5]
The Wall tells the story of Pink, an alienated and embittered rock star. [1] At this point in the narrative, Pink is now grown up and married, but he and his wife are having relationship problems because of his physical distance and nearly complete emotional "wall". Pink asks himself how he should complete its construction.
Young Lust may refer to: Young Lust, an underground comics anthology series that debuted in 1970 "Young Lust" (song), a 1979 song by Pink Floyd "Young Lust", a song performed by Ellen Foley on the 1979 album Night Out; Young Lust (1984), starring Fran Drescher; Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology, a 2001 compilation album
"The Happiest Days of Our Lives" concerns Pink's youth, attending a school run by strict and often violent teachers who treat the pupils with contempt. According to Waters, the lyrics were a reflection of his own negative experience in school. He described this in an interview with Tommy Vance of BBC Radio One. [4]