Thursday, November 20, 2008

Money, it's a hit!

Money - Pink Floyd

Money, get away
Get a good job with good pay and youre okay
Money, its a gas
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash
New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think Ill buy me a football team

Money, get back
Im all right jack keep your hands off of my stack
Money, its a hit
Dont give me that do goody good bullshit
Im in the high-fidelity first class traveling set
And I think I need a lear jet

Money, its a crime
Share it fairly but dont take a slice of my pie
Money, so they say
Is the root of all evil today
But if you ask for a raise its no surprise that theyre
Giving none away

Huhuh! I was in the right!
Yes, absolutely in the right!
I certainly was in the right!
You was definitely in the right. That geezer was cruising for a
Bruising!
Yeah!
Why does anyone do anything?
I dont know, I was really drunk at the time!
I was just telling him, he couldnt get into number 2. He was asking
Why he wasnt coming up on freely, after I was yelling and
Screaming and telling him why he wasnt coming up on freely
It came as a heavy blow, but we sorted the matter out




Waters once said in an interview that "Money" was developed after he thought, "Let's make a record about the pressures that impinge upon young people in pop groups, one of which is money." I love Waters's bass work on this track. He commented that "it's quite magical in that you don't really notice it." The bass is like the backbone of the record. The song is also known for all of its larger-than-life sound effects, including the cash registers and the coins clanking. You can also hear the jazz/blues influence, especially when the sax kicks in. Gilmour takes on a sarcastic tone when he says, "Money, it's a hit," making me think that this is perhaps a critique on money and the corrupt music industry. It's ironic, however, because the song was so successful, being the only one off DSOTM to hit the Top 20 on the U.S. charts.

Here are some of the rhetorical tropes at work:
amara irrisio (sarcasm)
anaphora – repetition of “money,” “in the right”
antithesis – “Money, it’s a hit” vs. “Money, it’s a crime” or “the root of evil”

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