David Gilmour - Speak To Me & Breathe (Live at Royal Albert Hall, London May 29, 2006 4K)

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Band members at this concert:

David Gilmour - Lead and backing vocals, Guitars, Console steel guitar, Acoustic lap steel guitar, Cümbüs, Alto saxophone on "Red Sky at Night"
Richard Wright - Lead and backing vocals, Hammond organ, Farfisa organ, Piano
Dick Parry - Baritone & alto saxophones, Electronic organ
Phil Manzanera - Guitars, Backing vocals
Guy Pratt - Bass guitar, Double bass, Backing vocals, Guitar on "Then I Close My Eyes"
Jon Carin - Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, Programming, Lap steel guitar, Backing vocals, Co-lead vocals on "Breathe", "The Blue", "Take A Breath" and "Echoes"
Steve DiStanislao - Drums, Percussion, Backing vocals

Speak to Me:

In the pre-Dark Side live performances, this song was usually just low drumming and a heartbeat. On the album, it contains the heartbeat, followed by sounds representing things that can drive you to madness: spoken bits, a clock ticking, a cash register, coins clinking, synthesizer, then at the end, a mad shriek. It was Clare Torry that Pink Floyd used for the closing screams as the song fades to "Breathe." She is later heard on "Great Gig In The Sky."

This is Pink Floyd's only song that gives all composing credits to drummer Nick Mason, who generally didn't write the songs - he called the composition a "color sound montage." At one point Roger Waters claimed this credit was a "gift" to Mason, which didn't help band relations.

Pink Floyd's road manager Peter Watts contributed the crazed laughter on this song. The father of the actress Naomi Watts, Peter died of a heroin overdose in 1976 at age 30.

The title doesn't appear in the lyric - "speak to me" is what the album's engineer Alan Parsons would say when testing a microphone.

There are lots of little aural details on the Dark Side of the Moon album that lend it to repeated headphone listening. An example on this track: the heartbeat comes slightly from the right, which simulates the sound of a person's heart if he were standing directly in front of you.

Breathe:

This song is about an older man speaking to a baby, telling it to breathe. The old man then describes the unfortunate working life the baby will have to face: "Run, rabbit, run. Dig that hole, forget the sun." The song implies that we need to overcome these messages and do what inspires us.

Many people believe Dark Side of the Moon acts as a soundtrack to The Wizard of Oz. When they are synched up, the line, "Balanced on the biggest wave" plays when Dorothy nearly loses her balance while walking along a fence.

The whispers that can be heard throughout the album are references to Syd Barrett's madness - Dave Gilmour said this himself when interviewed about Dark Side of the Moon.

Speak to Me:

[Intro]
[heartbeat]

[Spoken: Chris Adamson, Gerry O'Driscoll, Peter Watts & Clare Torry]
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
Hahahahahahaha! Hehehehehehehe!
Ah-ah-ah...

Breathe:

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
Breathe, breathe in the air
Don't be afraid to care
Leave, but don't leave me
Look around and choose your own ground

[Chorus 1]
For long you live and high you 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

[Verse 2]
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

[Chorus 2]
For long, you live and high you fly
But only if you ride the tide
And balanced on the biggest wave
You race towards an early grave

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[jameshaberkorn]

Another nice one to relax to as I pretend to sleep. Always have been fascinated by the steel guitar, at least I hope it was. Don’t tell me if it wasn’t 😂. Was this video cut off at the end or just a brief ending. Thanks for another one. Will be continuing more of my journey here tonight through your list. Take care.