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I was really drunk at the time" at the end of Money. However, Wings guitarist Henry McCullogh did end up on Dark Side Of The Moon: he's the voice that says "I don't know. Trying to be funny: Paul and Linda McCartney during the Wings years, May 1973. “He was trying to be funny," the frustrated Pink Floyd man later told biographer John Harris, "which wasn’t what we wanted at all." The celebrity couple were drafted in to answer Waters' questions, but didn't deliver. So, for instance, when it said 'When was the last time you were violent?' the next one said, 'Were you in the right?' The questions that provided us with the best material were the ones about violence."įrequenting Abbey Road at the time were Paul and Linda McCartney, who were working on the second Wings album, Red Rose Speedway. They would read the top card and answer it - with no one else in the room. Whoever was in the building came and did it. "I wrote questions down on a set of cards.

but were left off.ĭark Side Of The Moon was recorded at the famous Abbey Road studios, which proved useful for one of bassist R oger Waters' ideas. Paul and Linda McCartney were due to appear on the album.This meant Pink Floyd could revert to their original idea. that is until Medicine Head's album failed to perform commercially - it didn't even make the UK Top 40 chart and would prove to be their last release for Dandelion. Pink Floyd then suggested the new album could be called Eclipse. “We were annoyed because we had already thought of the title before the Medicine Head album came out," guitarist David Gilmour later said. The other Dark Side Of The Moon: Medicine Head's 1972 album. However, this idea was scuppered when Stafford-based prog rockers Medicine Head released their third album on John Peel's Dandelion label in the Spring of 1972. The phrase "dark side of the moon" was an ideal metaphor for both the unknown and the ancient and outdated concept of the "lunatic" (a term derived from the Latin "luna" and the idea that one's mental state fluctuated around the phases of the moon). Pink Floyd were not the first band to use the title Dark Side Of The Moonįloyd's intention was to make an album about mental health and the fragility of life.Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon tour, complete with the famous circular screen. Weekly paper Melody Maker called the work "lacking framework and conception". Some of the new songs were given their public debut at Brighton Dome on 20th January 1972, while the whole Dark Side Of The Moon suite was unveiled to the press over four nights at The Rainbow theatre in Finsbury Park in February 1972. One of the key ideas behind Dark Side Of The Moon was that Pink Floyd created an album that could be played in its entirety, meaning the material was road-tested well in advance of the band entering the studio. The songs were performed live before they were recorded in the studio.

Join 50 and Charlie for this unforgettable rollercoaster of a story starting Wednesday October 19, on the iHeartRadio App or wherever you get your podcasts. Speaking publicly for the first time ever, Chicago-born identical twins Jay and Peter Flores share the incredible story of how they went from dealing $2 billion worth of drugs across the country as North America’s most successful cocaine traffickers, to government informants who brought down the infamous drug lord, “El Chapo.”įorever taunted by the gnawing question of “Did we do the right thing?” the brothers’ decision has cost them permanent exile from eachother, their father’s life, 14 years in prison, and a life sentence of always looking over their shoulder, waiting for their enemies to take revenge. Brought to you by Lionsgate Sound as a world exclusive with iHeartPodcasts. Hosted and executive produced by award-winning artist and producer Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson and broadcaster and journalist Charlie Webster. Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down a Drug Lord