Animals Lyrics Pink Floyd Meaning

An allusion to the porcine characters in George Orwells novel Animal Farm which served as inspiration for Animals.

Animals lyrics pink floyd meaning. The pigs essentially charade as a good shepherd when in reality theyre anything but that. Animals was a slog. This made an immediate impact although not a completely positive one.

You gotta be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed. I totally concur with Ramone and only add that Pink Floyd and Roger Waters seem to have an affinity with animal imagery. Its their most cohesive vision and the two parts of Pigs on the Wing that frame Animals provide a much-needed counterweight to the cruelty of the whole.

Animals is yet another concept album by pink floyd. Loosely based on George Orwells political fable Animal Farm the albums lyrics describe various classes in society as different kinds of animals. Its specificity means that Animals hangs together far better than any other Pink Floyd concept album.

The fear a fallen down had taken never back to raise. I was about to write up my own answer to your question but when I looked at Wikipedia they had a perfectly good answer so here it is. Pink Floyd rules and thats that.

Thank you kruti for the a2a. This song is one huge metaphor about businessmen who fantasize about wealth and power. Lyrics to pigs three different ones by pink floyd.

Ive looked over Jordan and I have seen. Pink floyd seemed determined to do precisely the opposite setting a template for entire genres of metal to follow. A concept album is one where all the songs are about a common theme - in this case the social and political conditions prevailing in Britain in the 70s.