Talk:Bring the Boys Back Home

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"Unity"?!?

The following paragraph seems problematic:

According to Roger Waters, the song contains the main, unifying theme of the album- that is, unity. At this point in the album, Pink begins to realise that only unification can save the world, and ultimately himself. Although he realises the solution to his mounting problems, he is unable to set it in motion, and succumbs to his deteriorating mental health, collapsing in the hotel room--which is the cause for the Doctor's presence in "Comfortably Numb".

Where does this "unity" interpretation come from? I've read a lot of interviews and quotes from Roger Waters, and I've never heard him say anything like that. True enough, he does call this song the "central" song, or "unifying theme", that does not mean it's a call for unity. Here's a good quote:

. . . it's partly about not letting people go off and be killed in wars, but it's partly about not allowing rock and roll, or making cars, or selling soap, or getting involved in biological research, or anything that anybody might do . . . not letting that become such an important and 'jolly boy's game' that it becomes more important than friends, wives, children, or other people.

--Roger Waters

Interview by Tommy Vance, "Interview With Roger Waters",

broadcast November 30, 1979, BBC Radio One

Actually, I think the whole article needs to be reworked. As it is, it's mostly a description of the relevant scenes in the film. --63.25.9.29 (talk) 12:49, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I decided to be bold in updating. I think the first paragraph still needs re-drafting. I hope the specific musical descriptions are useful. I also hope nobody minds that I killed the "unity" stuff. Really . . . It's Pink Floyd, not U2. While Roger Waters has indeed written a lot of explicitly political songs, this isn't one of them (except in the sense of being anti-war.) It's mostly about psychology, emotions, and relationships.

--63.25.109.1 (talk) 12:21, 22 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Heh. And with that -- "Really . . . It's Pink Floyd, not U2." -- I realize these are two of my own older, pre-registration comments. I like to take credit when I find them. --Ben Culture (talk) 08:30, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

BRING THE BOYS BACK HOME - HARRY LOCO

Antiwar song based on the Iraq and Afgahanistan wars. Lyrics and Music , Harry Loco ,HARRYLOCOPRODUCTIONS 2006

A soldier cried out; my god we killed them all We‘ve ruined their land I cannot understand my view was so small

We where young we had no jobs, they lured us to join They paid us well, but they gave us hell A total disguard of human live And the president will put a meddle on your breast if he thinks you are the best But there are no stories in the press how it really was; a mess And all the ones who did not return, when will we ever learn That war is no video play, no matter what they say

Bring the boys back home, bring the boys back home. Please bring them back, bring them back, and bring the boys back home.

Now I am back unlucky they caught me in a trap Sittin in a wheel chair oxygen on my lap For me no meddle from the president, he does not respect a soldier who has lost He only cares for his imagine he doesn’t care who bites to dust

And all the voices scream in my mind Will never have peace of mind There is no such thing as a winnable war So where are you fighting for Bring the boys back home, bring the boys back home. Please bring them back, bring them back, and bring the boys back home And mama cried what have you done, they killed my son! Please bring them back, bring them back, and bring the boys back home

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ7SIcQq6aU —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.121.210.15 (talk) 19:25, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Snare Drummer

It's different in The Wall article than it is in the Bring the Boys Back Home article. Which one mentions the right drummer?

This is a good example of why we all should log in and SIGN our comments. Even if you're not registered, you can still sign with --~~~~. It provides the date of your comment. As is, I have no idea how old your comment is. If you made this comment in, say, 2008, then this has probably been attended to already, but if you had made the comment on 16 April, 2013, I would be more concerned about attending to the problem.

The article currently credits both Jeff Porcaro and "35 New York drummers including Bleu Ocean". How's that?

--Ben Culture (talk) 08:26, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Composition

This line: "This is followed by a reversal, from G to D major with F-sharp in the bass, to C major, which features a tritone movement in the bassline, going from F♯ to C, introducing a sense of instability" is nonsense. The contrabasses clearly do no such thing. In fact, they stick quite noticeably to the roots of each chord in the song. I see this is cited from some books. Just because some music writer thinks they hear something and put it into print, that doesn't make it so. In fact, the whole paragraph is a mess of subjective pap like how a progression "brings satisfaction" and problematic stuff like "insane laughter and voices". Non-encyclopaedic. I'd get rid of it. O0drogue0o (talk) 19:23, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]