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PINK FLOYD-CAREFUL WITH THAT AXE ,EUGENE & ANY COLOUR YOU LIKE-LIVE *05-18-1973*
*This is from a film called Superstars In Concert. It was filmed at THE DOME Brighton, England on 6-29-72.(thanks to Rockchick & pinkfloydz.com for the Info)
*CAREFUL WITH THAT AXE ,EUGENE!
---The music consists of a light organ based jam (using the "Egyptian" style organ that is common of Rick Wright in this period), and an accompanying bass guitar playing just one tone (in this case, D) in octaves with a segue into the song's only lyrics: the title of the song whispered menacingly, followed by a Roger Waters scream, as in "Candy and a Currant Bun". This scream would reappear on many subsequent songs such as "Run Like Hell", the very beginning of "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2," and "Two Suns in the Sunset." In the heavier parts and later, quieter parts, David Gilmour can be heard with guitar and scat vocals; in concert, Gilmour would often sing along with his guitar line.
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*A NY COLOUR YOU LIKE
---The piece itself features no lyrics, and consists of a synthesized tune which segues into a guitar solo (some scat vocals are added later on, these were more prominent in live versions but are still audible in the studio cut). It is approximately 3 minutes, 25 seconds in length. The song used advanced effects for the time both in the keyboard and the guitar. The VCS 3 synthesizer was fed through a long tape loop to create the rising and falling keyboard solo. David Gilmour used two guitars with the UniVibe guitar effect to create the harmonizing guitar solo for the rest of the song. "Any Colour You Like" is also known (and is even listed on the "Dark Side" guitar tablature book[2]) as "Breathe (Second Reprise)" because the song shares the same beat (albeit somewhat funkier and uptempo) as the album's song "Breathe." It has also nearly the same chord sequence just transposed a whole step lower from E minor to D minor.
While the song is instrumental, it has been speculated that the song ties to The Dark Side of the Moon concept by concerning the lack of choice one has in the human society, while being alluded to thinking that he does. It is also speculated that the song is about the fear of making choices. The origin of the title is unclear. One possible origin of the title comes from an answer frequently given by a studio technician to questions put to him: "You can have it any colour you like", which was a reference to Henry Ford's apocryphal description of the Model T: "You can have it any color you like, as long as it's black."
PINK FLOYD--CAREFUL WITH THAT AXE EUGENE & ANY COLOUR YOU LIKE-*Dome, Brighton, England on 6-29-72*
READ ME*
PINK FLOYD-CAREFUL WITH THAT AXE ,EUGENE & ANY COLOUR YOU LIKE-LIVE *05-18-1973*
*This is from a film called Superstars In Concert. It was filmed at THE DOME Brighton, England on 6-29-72.(thanks to Rockchick & pinkfloydz.com for the Info)
*CAREFUL WI...
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