Perfect Sense (song)
"Perfect Sense" | |
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Song by Roger Waters | |
from the album Amused to Death | |
Released | 7 September 1992 |
Recorded | 1987–1992 |
Genre | Progressive rock |
Length | Part I: 4:16 Part II: 2:51 Both: 7:07 |
Label | Columbia |
Songwriter(s) | Roger Waters |
Producer(s) | Roger Waters, Nick Griffiths, Patrick Leonard |
"Perfect Sense, Part I" and "Perfect Sense, Part II" are the third and fourth tracks from the concept album
Overview
Part I of the song begins with a loud and unintelligible rant cutting out the noise of the previous track, "What God Wants, Part I". Following this is a backwards spoken message:
Julia, however, in the light and visions of the issues of Stanley, we changed our minds. We have decided to include a backward message. Stanley, for you, and for all the other book burners...
The message climaxes with Waters yelling in the aggressive Scottish voice he used to depict the character of the teacher in
The opening lines of the song begin with a reference from the film
In Part II, famed sportscaster Marv Albert commentates a war as if it were a basketball game.
Both parts of the song were performed as part of Waters' In the Flesh tour. In 2000, a recording of this was released as the fifth track of the second disk of the live album, In the Flesh – Live. Both parts were released as one track, titled "Perfect Sense, Pt. 1 & 2", with a length of 7:26.
In the 2015 re-released and remastered edition of the album, the samples of HAL 9000 were finally included, and the backwards message omitted.
Personnel
Amused to Death version[2]
- Roger Waters - co-lead vocals, synthesizers (only part II)
- P.P. Arnold– co lead vocals
- Marv Albert – commentary (only part II)
- Patrick Leonard - keyboards, speech (only part II)
- John Dupree – arrangements
- B.J. Cole– pedal steel guitar
- Steve Lukather – guitar
- Rick DiFonso – guitar
- Bruce Gaitsch – acoustic guitar
- Jimmy Johnson – bass
- hi-hat
- Graham Broad – drums
- Luis Conte – percussion
In the Flesh tour version[3]
- Roger Waters – co-lead vocals
- P. P. Arnold – co-lead vocals
- Doyle Bramhall II – electric guitar, backing vocals (1999-2000 dates)
- Chester Kamen - electric guitar, backing vocals (2002 dates)
- Snowy White – electric guitar
- Andy Fairweather Low – bass guitar
- Jon Carin – piano, backing vocals (1999-2000 dates)
- Harry Waters - Piano (2002 dates)
- Andy Wallace – keyboards
- Katie Kissoon– backing vocals
- Susannah Melvoin – backing vocals (1999-2000 dates)
- Linda Lewis – backing vocals (first leg 2002 dates)
- Carol Kenyon – backing vocals (second leg 2002 dates)
- Graham Broad – drums, percussion
The Dark Side of the Moon Live version
- Roger Waters – co-lead vocals,
- P.P. Arnold– co-lead vocals
- Dave Kilminster – electric guitar, backing vocals
- Snowy White – electric guitar
- Andy Fairweather-Low– bass guitar (2006-07 dates)
- Chester Kamen – bass guitar (2008 dates)
- Jon Carin – piano, backing vocals
- Harry Waters – keyboards
- Carol Kenyon – backing vocals
- Katie Kissoon– backing vocals (2006-07 dates)
- Sylvia Mason-James - backing vocals (2008 dates)
- Graham Broad – drums, percussion
References
- ^ "ROCKLINE. MONDAY FEB.8,1993". Pinkfloydonline.com. 28 February 1993. Archived from the original on 30 March 2003. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ^ Perfect Sense, Pt. II, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2021-08-09
- ^ Perfect Sense, Pt. 1 & 2 (Live), archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2021-08-09