Pulse de Pink Floyd
Álbum de Pink Floyd
- Fecha de lanzamiento: 29 de Mayo de 1995
- Sello Discográfico: Columbia
- Compositores: Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright, Nick Mason, Syd Barrett
- Productores: James Guthrie, David Gilmour
Pulse es un álbum de Pink Floyd, publicado en 1995 por Columbia. El disco incluye 26 canciones, entre ellas «Sorrow», «A Great Day For Freedom», «Hey You» y «Coming Back to Life».
Lanzado en 1995, Pulse (estilizado como p·u·l·s·e) es un álbum doble en directo y vídeo que documenta la exitosa gira "The Division Bell Tour" de Pink Floyd en 1994. Es un documento sonoro y visual espectacular que captura a la formación post-Waters en la cima de su poder escénico. Su principal atractivo y un evento histórico para los fans fue la inclusión de la primera interpretación completa en directo del álbum The Dark Side of the Moon desde 1975. Con una calidad de sonido impecable y un repertorio que abarca toda la carrera de la banda, "Pulse" es considerado uno de los mejores álbumes en directo de la historia.
Cómo se grabó
La gira "The Division Bell Tour" fue uno de los espectáculos más grandes y tecnológicamente avanzados de su tiempo, con un escenario masivo, proyecciones circulares y efectos visuales innovadores. El álbum fue grabado en varias fechas de la etapa europea de la gira, incluyendo conciertos en Londres, Roma y Hannover. El productor James Guthrie, colaborador de la banda desde hace mucho tiempo, fue el encargado de mezclar el álbum, logrando un sonido potente y nítido que captura tanto la escala de los estadios como la claridad de los instrumentos.
El regreso de "The Dark Side of the Moon"
La decisión de interpretar "The Dark Side of the Moon" en su totalidad fue un evento muy significativo. Durante años, la banda se había resistido a tocar sus obras conceptuales completas. Su regreso al repertorio fue una sorpresa para los fans y se convirtió en el punto culminante de la gira. El segundo disco de "Pulse" está dedicado a esta interpretación, que fue aclamada por su fidelidad al original y por la potencia de su ejecución en vivo.
Sonido y directo
El álbum es una celebración del legado musical de Pink Floyd. El primer disco se centra en el material más reciente de los álbumes A Momentary Lapse of Reason y The Division Bell, con potentes versiones de "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", "Coming Back to Life" y "High Hopes". También incluye clásicos como "Another Brick in the Wall (Part Two)" y una rara interpretación en directo de "Astronomy Domine", como tributo a Syd Barrett.
El segundo disco es la interpretación de "The Dark Side of the Moon", seguida de los bises, que incluyen "Wish You Were Here", "Comfortably Numb" y "Run Like Hell".
Packaging: el LED parpadeante
El packaging original del CD de "Pulse" fue tan innovador como la música. La caja incluía un pequeño LED rojo parpadeante en el lomo, alimentado por una pila, que simulaba el latido del corazón del inicio de "The Dark Side of the Moon". Fue una proeza de diseño y un objeto de coleccionista instantáneo.
Estreno y listas de éxitos
El álbum fue un éxito masivo en todo el mundo, debutando en el número 1 en el Reino Unido y en Estados Unidos.
- UK Albums Chart: 1
- USA Billboard 200: 1
- Alemania (GfK Entertainment): 1
- Canadá (RPM): 1
Cómo lo recibió la crítica
La crítica aclamó "Pulse" por su impecable calidad de sonido y sus potentes interpretaciones. Fue visto como la declaración definitiva de la era de Pink Floyd liderada por Gilmour. Es un documento esencial que captura la majestuosidad de la banda en su última gran gira y sirve como un cierre espectacular a esa etapa de su carrera.
Listado de Canciones
Disco 1
- Sorrow
Letra
The sweet smell of a great sorrow lies over the land. Plumes of smoke rise and merge into the leaden sky A man lies and dreams of green fields and rivers But awakes to a morning with no reason for waking He's haunted by the memory of a lost paradise In his youth or a dream, he can't be precise He's chained forever to a world that's departed It's not enough, it's not enough His blood has frozen and curdled with fright His knees have trembled and given way in the night His hand has weakened at the moment of truth His step has faltered One world, one soul Time pass, the river rolls He talks to the river of lost love and dedication Silently replies that swirl invitation Flow dark and troubled to an oily sea A grim intimation of what is to be There's an unceasing wind that blows through this night And there's dust in my eyes, that blinds my sight And the silence speaks so much louder that words, Of promises broken - A Great Day For Freedom
Letra
On the day the wall came down They threw the locks onto the ground And with glasses high we raised a cry for freedom had arrived On the day the wall came down The Ship of Fools had finally run aground Promises lit up the night like paper doves in flight I dreamed you had left my side No warmth, not even pride remained And even though you needed me It was clear that I could not do a thing for you Now life devalues day by day As friends and neighbours turn away And there's a change that, even with regret, cannot be undone Now frontiers shift like desert sands While nations wash their bloodied hands Of loyalty, of history, in shades of gray I woke to the sound of drums The music played, the morning sun streamed in I turned and I looked at you And all but the bitted residue slipped away...slipped away - Hey You
Letra
Hey, you Out there in the cold Getting lonely, getting old Can you feel me? Hey, you Standing in the aisle With itchy feet and fading smile Can you feel me? Hey, you Don't help them to bury the light Don't give in, without a fight Hey, you Out there on your own Sitting naked by the phone Would you touch me? Hey, you With your ear against the wall Waiting for someone to call out Would you touch me? Hey, you Would you help me to carry the stone? Open your heart, I'm coming home But it was only fantasy The wall was too high, as you can see No matter how he tried, he could not break free And the worms ate into his brain Hey, you Out there on the road Always doing what you're told Can you help me? Hey, you Out there beyond the wall Breaking bottles in the hall Can you help me? Hey, you Don't tell me there's no hope at all Together we stand, divided we fall - Coming Back to Life
Letra
Where were you when I was burned and broken? While the days slipped by from my window watching Where were you when I was hurt and I was helpless Because the things you say and the things you do surround me While you were hanging yourself on someone else's words Dying to believe in what you heard I was staring straight into the shining sun Lost in thought and lost in time While the seeds of life and the seeds of change were planted Outside the rain fell dark and slow While I pondered on this dangerous but irresistible pastime I took a heavenly ride through our silence I knew the moment had arrived For killing the past and coming back to life I took a heavenly ride through our silence I knew the waiting had begun And headed straight into the shining sun - Keep Talking
Letra
For millions of years mankind lived just like animals Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination We learned to talk There's a silence surroundiing me I can't seem to think straight I'll sit in the corner Where no one can bother me I think I should speak now (why won't you talk to me) But I can't seem to speak now (you never talk to me) My words won't come out right (what are you thinking) I feel like I'm drowning (what are you feeling) I'm feeling weak now (why won't you talk to me) But I can't show my weakness (you never talk to me I sometimes wonder (what are you thinking) Where do we go from here (what are you feeling) It doesn't have to be like this All we need to do is make sure we keep talking Why won't you talk to me (I feel like I'm drowning) You never talk to me (you know I can't breathe now) What are you thinking (we're going nowhere) What are you feeling (we're going nowhere) Why won't you talk to me You never talk to me What are you thinking Where do we go from here It doesn't have to be like this All we need to do is make sure we keep talking - Learning to FlyInto the distance a ribbon of black Stretched to the point of no turning back A flight of fancy on a windswept field Standing alone my senses real A fatal attraction holding me fast how Can I escape this irresistible grasp? Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies Tongue tied and twisted, just an earth bound misfit I Ice is forming on the tips of my wings Unheeded warnings I thought I thought of everything No navigator to find my way home Unladened, empty and turned to stone A soul in tension that's learning to fly Condition grounded but determined to try Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I Friction lock - set Mixture - rich Propellers - fully forward Flaps - set - 10 degrees Engine gauges and suction - check Mixture set to maximum percent - recheck Flight instruments Altimeters - check both [Garbled word] - on Navigation lights - on Strobes - on Confirm 3-8-Echo ready for departure (Hello again, this is now 129. 4) 129. 4. It's to go (You may commence your takeoff, winds over 10 knots) 3-8-Echo Easy on the brakes. Take it easy. Its gonna roll this time Just hand the power gradually, and it Above the planet on a wing and a prayer My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air Across the clouds I see my shadow fly Out of the corner of my watering eye A dream unthreatened by the morning light Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night There's no sensation to compare with this Suspended animation, A state of bliss Can't keep my mind from the circling skies Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I
- What Do You Want from Me
Letra
As you look around this room tonight Settle in your seat and dim the lights Do you want my blood, do you want my tears What do you want What do you want from me Should I sing until I can't sing any more Play these strings until my fingers are raw You're so hard to please What do you want from me Do you think that I know something you don't know What do you want from me If I don't promise you the answers would you go What do you want from me Should I stand out in the rain Do you want me to make a daisy chain for you I'm not the one you need What do you want from me You can have anything you want You can drift, you can dream, even walk on water Anything you want You can own everything you see Sell your soul for complete control Is that really what you need You can lose yourself this night See inside there is nothing to hide Turn and face the light What do you want from me - Astronomy Domine
Letra
Lime and limpid green, a second scene A fight between the blue you once knew Floating down, the sound resounds Around the icy waters underground Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda and Titania Neptune, Titan, stars can frighten Blinding signs flap Flicker, flicker, flicker blam. Pow, bow Stairway scares: Dan, dare, who's there? Lime and limpid green, the sound surrounds The icy waters under Lime and limpid green, the sound surrounds The icy waters underground - Shine on You Crazy DiamondRemember when you were young? You shone like the sun Shine on, you crazy diamond Now there's a look in your eyes Like black holes in the sky Shine on, you crazy diamond You were caught in the crossfire Of childhood and stardom Blown on, the steel breeze Come on, you target for faraway laughter Come on, you stranger, you legend You martyr, and shine! You reached for the secret too soon You cried for the moon Shine on you crazy diamond Threatened by shadows at night And exposed to the light Shine on you crazy diamond Well you wore out your welcome With random precision Rode on the steel breeze Come on, you raver, you seer of visions Come on, you painter, you piper You prisoner, and shine! Nobody knows where you are How near or how far Shine on, you crazy diamond Pile on many more layers And I'll be joining you there Shine on, you crazy diamond And we'll bask in the shadow Of yesterday's triumph And sail on the steel breeze Come on, you boy child, you winner and loser Come on, you miner for truth and delusion And shine
- High HopesBeyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young In a world of magnets and miracles Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary The ringing of the division bell had begun Along the Long Road and on down the Causeway Do they still meet there by the Cut? There was a ragged band that followed in our footsteps Running before time took our dreams away Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground To a life consumed by slow decay The grass was greener The light was brighter With friends surrounded The nights of wonder Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side Steps taken forwards but sleepwalking back again Dragged by the force of some inner tide At a higher altitude with flag unfurled We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world Encumbered forever by desire and ambition There's a hunger still unsatisfied Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon Though down this road we've been so many times The grass was greener The light was brighter The taste was sweeter The nights of wonder With friends surrounded The dawn mist glowing The water flowing The endless river Forever and ever
- One Of These DaysOne of these days I'm going to cut you into little pieces
Disco 2
- Speak to Me
Letra
(I've been mad for fucking years Absolutely years, been over the edge for yonks Been working me buns off for bands) (I've always been mad, I know I've been mad Like the most of us have Very hard to explain why you're mad Even if you're not mad) - Breathe
Letra
Breathe, breathe in the air Don't be afraid to care Leave, but don't leave me Look around, choose your own ground For long you'll live and high you'll fly And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry And all you touch and all you see Is all your life will ever be Run, rabbit run Dig that hole, forget the sun And when at last the work is done Don't sit down it's time to dig another one For long you'll live and high you'll fly But only if you ride the tide And balanced on the biggest wave You race towards an early grave - On the Run
Letra
(Have your baggage and passport ready And then follow the green line to customs and immigration BA flight 215 to Rome, Cairo and Lagos) (Live for today, gone tomorrow, that’s me) - Time
Letra
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town Waiting for someone or something to show you the way Tired of lying in the sunshine Staying home to watch the rain You are young and life is long And there is time to kill today And then one day you find Ten years have got behind you No one told you when to run You missed the starting gun And you run and you run to catch up with the Sun, but it's sinking And racing around to come up behind you again The Sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older Shorter of breath and one day closer to death Every year is getting shorter Never seem to find the time Plans that either come to naught Or half a page of scribbled lines Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way The time has gone, the song is over Thought I'd something more to say Home, home again I like to be here when I can And when I come home cold and tired It's good to warm my bones beside the fire Far away, across the field The tolling of the iron bell Calls the faithful to their knees To hear the softly spoken magic spells - The Great Gig In The Sky
Letra
(And I am not frightened of dying Any time will do, I don't mind Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it, you've gotta go sometime) (I never said I was frightened of dying) - MoneyMoney, get away Get a good job with more pay and you're okay Money, it's a gas Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash New car, caviar, four star daydream Think I'll buy me a football team Money, get back I'm all right, Jack, keep your hands off of my stack Money, it's a hit Don't give me that do goody good bullshit I'm in the high-fidelity, first class travelling set And I think I need a Learjet Money, it's a crime Share it fairly, but don't take a slice of my pie Money, so they say Is the root of all evil today But if you ask for a rise, it's no surprise That they're giving none away (Yeah, I was in the right! Yes, absolutely in the right! I certainly was in the right! Yeah, I was definitely in the right That geezer was cruising for a bruising Yeah! Why does anyone do anything? I don't know, I was really drunk at the time! I was just telling him it was in, he could get it in Number Two He was asking why it wasn't coming up on freight eleven After, I was yelling and screaming and telling him why It wasn't coming up on freight eleven It came to a heavy blow, which sorted the matter out)
- Us and Them
Letra
Us and them And after all we're only ordinary men Me and you God only knows it's not what we would choose to do Forward, he cried from the rear And the front rank died And the general sat and the lines on the map Moved from side to side Black and blue And who knows which is which and who is who? Up and down And in the end it's only round and round and round Haven't you heard it's a battle of words? The poster bearer cried Listen son, said the man with the gun There's room for you inside (I mean, they're not gonna kill ya So if you give 'em a quick short, sharp, shock They won't do it again Dig it? I mean he get off lightly 'Cause I would've given him a thrashing I only hit him once! It was only a difference of opinion, but really I mean, good manners don't cost nothing do they?) Down and out It can't be helped, but there's a lot of it about With, without And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about? Out of the way it's a busy day I've got things on my mind For want of the price of tea and a slice The old man died - Any Colour You Like
Letra
Instrumental - Brain DamageThe lunatic is on the grass The lunatic is on the grass Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs Got to keep the loonies on the path The lunatic is in the hall The lunatics are in my hall The paper holds their folded faces to the floor And every day the paperboy brings more And if the dam breaks open many years too soon And if there is no room upon the hill And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too I'll see you on the dark side of the moon The lunatic is in my head The lunatic is in my head You raise the blade, you make the change You rearrange me 'til I'm sane You lock the door and throw away the key There's someone in my head, but it's not me And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear You shout and no one seems to hear And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes I'll see you on the dark side of the moon (I can't think of anything to say, except I think it's marvellous)
- Eclipse
Letra
All that you touch And all that you see All that you taste All you feel And all that you love And all that you hate All you distrust All you save And all that you give And all that you deal And all that you buy Beg, borrow or steal And all you create And all you destroy And all that you do And all that you say And all that you eat And everyone you meet And all that you slight And everyone you fight And all that is now And all that is gone And all that's to come And everything under the sun is in tune But the sun is eclipsed by the moon (There is no dark side of the moon, really Matter of fact it's all dark) - Another Brick In The Wall Part 2We don't need no education We don't need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers, leave them kids alone Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone! All in all, it's just another brick in the wall All in all, you're just another brick in the wall We don't need no education We don't need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers, leave them kids alone Hey! Teacher! Leave us kids alone! All in all, you're just another brick in the wall All in all, you're just another brick in the wall Wrong, do it again! Wrong, do it again! If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat? You! Yes, you behind the bikesheds, stand still, laddie!
- Wish You Were HereSo, so you think you can tell Heaven from hell? Blue skies from pain? Can you tell a green field From a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell? Did they get you to trade Your heroes for ghosts? Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change? Did you exchange A walk on part in the war For a lead role in a cage? How I wish How I wish you were here We're just two lost souls Swimming in a fish bowl Year after year Running over the same old ground What have we found? The same old fears Wish you were here
- Comfortably NumbHello Is there anybody in there? Just nod if you can hear me Is there anyone at home? Come on now I hear you're feeling down Well, I can ease your pain And get you on your feet again Relax I'll need some information first Just the basic facts Can you show me where it hurts There is no pain, you are receding A distant ship's smoke on the horizon You are only coming through in waves Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying When I was a child I had a fever My hands felt just like two balloons Now I've got that feeling once again I can't explain, you would not understand This is not how I am I have become comfortably numb I have become comfortably numb Ok Just a little pin prick There'll be no more Harm But you may feel a little sick Can you stand up? I do belive it's working, good That'll keep you going, through the show Come on it's time to go There is no pain, you are receding A distant ship's smoke on the horizon You are only coming through in waves Your lips move, but I can't hear what you're saying When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse Out of the corner of my eye I turned to look but it was gone I cannot put my finger on it now The child is grown The dream is gone And I have become Comfortably numbv
- Run Like Hell
Letra
Run, run, run, run You better make your face up in Your favorite disguise With your button down lips and your Roller blind eyes With your empty smile And your hungry heart Feel the bile rising from your guilty past With your nerves in tatters When the cockleshell shatters And the hammers batter Down the door You better run Run, run, run, run You better run all day And run all night And keep your dirty feelings Deep inside. And if you're Takin' your girlfriend Out tonight You better park the car Well out of sight 'Cos if they catch you in the back seat Trying to pick her locks They're gonna send you back to mother In a cardboard box You better run - Soundscape
