this was such a great documentary for one of the most influential progressive rock bands.totally worth a watch.

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Okay, don't yell at me, but I always thought Clare Torry was black from the way she sang that piece. I stand corrected.

^Yeah, me too!

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"Think about death, think about horror, whatever... and just go in and sing."

I love it!!!

>> ^griefer_queafer:
"Think about death, think about horror, whatever... and just go in and sing."
I love it!!!


If you know the album, or at least this track, there's a man at the start saying "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".

The story is (as told in this documentary) that the band went through the studio (Abbey Road Studio) and simply asked random people what they think of death, dying and such. They recorded the answers and mixed them into several songs in the album.

So the direction they gave Clare Torry with this song was quite on-track with their general concept

According to Wikipedia she was paid £30 for her work (!), but successfully sued Pink Floyd in 2004 to receive co-authorship credit along with keyboardist Richard Wright. Good for her.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_Torry

That is one of the most amazing pieces of music ever. I'm saddened that she had to sue to get a bigger piece of the revenue. I wish artists could share such things according to merit more easily.

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