Free Four - Pink Floyd - Remaster 2011 (08)

[johnjorsta]

This is what i love about Pink Floyd. They will hold onto your hands and carry you throughout a musical trip, that you will cherish enjoy feeling safe and respected and all times also treated with a high level of intelligence. Welcome to the club, there are no divisions.

[realtimecartravel]

"The memories of a man in his old age
Are the deeds of a man in his prime"-
- true that, Roger

[garethjones]

the memories of a man in his old age are the deeds of a man in his prime

[rbkn]

The beginnings of Dave's phenomenal guitar solos can be fully heard in this song and many others from this album!

[dennispetersen]

Life is a short warm moment...And death is a long cold rest...

[floydfan]

The skip beat of NM is simply sublime! 🤗😘🙏🙌

[oiuhwoechwe]

This song gave me the courage to live in america - "80 years with luck.." - fuck it lets do it. There I discovered the spiritual path which saved my life, and answered all the questions about existence. so precious. open your heart.

[jonathansmith]

At 61 I am still trying to do some deeds in my prime so I have good memories in my old age.

[GLr]

One, two, free, four
The memories of a man in his old age
Are the deeds of a man in his prime.
You shuffle in gloom of the sick room
And talk to yourself as you die.
Life is a short, warm moment
Death is a long cold rest.
You get your chance to try
In the twinkling of an eye
For eighty years with luck or even less.
So all aboard for the american tour
Maybe you'll make it to the top.
Mind how you go
I can tell you 'cuz I know,
You may find it hard to get off.
You are the angel of death,
And I am the dead man's son.
He was burried like a mole in a fox hole.
And everyone's still on the run.
And who is the master of fox-hounds?
And who says the hunt has begun?
And who calls the tune in the courtroom?
And who beats the funeral drum?
The memories of a man in his old age
Are the deeds of a man in his prime.
You shuffle in gloom of the sick room
And talk to yourself as you die.
End.

[TheMrBennito]

I recall this song best of all, it's such a long time ago I listened to this record...maybe because it resembles Norman Greenbaum's 'Spirit in the Sky' so much....

[erwinwoodedge]

This is where the inspiration for Monty Python's ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE came from (or at least, that's what it sounds like!)

[ignaciomartinez]

You are the Angel of Death
And I am the dead man's son

[scherbertdan]

The memories of a man in his old age
Are the deeds of a man in his prime
You shuffle in the gloom of the sick room
And talk to yourself as you die
Life is a short warm moment
And death is a long cold rest
You get your chance to try
In the twinkling of an eye
Eighty years with luck or even less
So all aboard for the American tour
And maybe you'll make it to the top
But mind how you go
And I can tell you 'cos I know
You may find it hard to get off
But you are the angel of death
And I am the dead man's son
He was buried like a mole in a fox-hole
And everyone's still on the run
And who is the master of foxhounds?
And who says the hunt has begun?
And who calls the tune in the courtroom?
And who beats the funeral drum?
The memories of a man in his old age
Are the deeds of a man in his prime
You shuffle in the gloom of the sick room
And talk to yourself as you die

[philipshirk]

I love the early Floyd before Waters became a megalomaniac & the rest of the band got lost in stardom

[ziggyzagzi]

Roger started writing some serous Shi!

[ertu]

Funeral song #3... After a bunch of metal. Got to cleanse that palate.

[ohnoschwo]

Did you guys add effects or something? There's like other layers here lol.

[michaelburkey]

Was this or "The Spirit in the Sky" done first?

[LuciferSam]

All I can hear is David J of Love and Rockets being heavily influenced here.

[only_]

... *YES, is Roger singing* and it's actually another brilliance of his. That´s why the man is just a little bit more interesting than the other geniuses. Of course, the four as a unit stand... divided (oh well, we already know the rest).