Progressive Rock Bands

"Oh by the way, which one's Pink?"

"So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, Blue skies from pain? Can you tell a green field From a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell?"

"How I wish, how I wish you were here. We're just two lost souls Swimming in a fish bowl, Year after year, Running over the same old ground. What have we found? The same old fears. Wish you were here."

"You gotta be crazy, you gotta have a real need. You gotta sleep on your toes, and when you're on the street, You gotta be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed. And then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight, You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking."

"Haha, charade you are!"

"What do you get for pretending the danger's not real. Meek and obedient you follow the leader Down well trodden corridors into the valley of steel. What a surprise! A look of terminal shock in your eyes. Now things are really what they seem. No, this is no bad dream."

"So ya, thought ya, might like to go to the show? To feel the warm thrill of confusion, that space cadet glow"

"If you wanna find out what's behind these cold eyes You'll just have to claw your way through this disguise."

"If you should go skating On the thin ice of modern life Dragging behind you the silent reproach Of a million tear-stained eyes Don't be surprised when a crack in the ice Appears under your feet."

"When we grew up and went to school There were certain teachers who would Hurt the children in any way they could By pouring their derision Upon anything we did And exposing every weakness However carefully hidden by the kids."

"We don't need no education We don't need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers leave them kids alone Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone! All in all it's just another brick in the wall. All in all you're just another brick in the wall."

"Hush now baby, baby, don't you cry. Mother's gonna make all your nightmares come true. Mother's gonna put all of her fears into you. Mother's gonna keep you right here under her wing. She won't let you fly, but she might let you sing. Mama will keep baby cozy and warm. Ooooh baby ooooh baby oooooh baby, Of course mama's gonna help build the wall."

"Did-did-did-did you see the frightened ones? Did-did-did-did you hear the falling bombs? Did-did-did-did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter when the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath the clear blue sky?"

"What shall we use To fill the empty spaces Where we used to talk?"

"I am just a new boy, Stranger in this town. Where are all the good times? Who's gonna show this stranger around? Ooooh, I need a dirty woman. Ooooh, I need a dirty girl."

"Day after day, love turns grey Like the skin of a dying man. Night after night, we pretend its all right But I have grown older and You have grown colder and Nothing is very much fun any more. And I can feel one of my turns coming on. I feel cold as a razor blade, Tight as a tourniquet, Dry as a funeral drum."

"Hey you, out there on your own Sitting naked by the phone Would you touch me? Hey you, with you ear against the wall Waiting for someone to call out Would you touch me? Hey you, would you help me to carry the stone? Open your heart, I'm coming home."

"But it was only fantasy. The wall was too high, As you can see. No matter how he tried, He could not break free. And the worms ate into his brain."

"There is no pain you are receding A distant ship, smoke on the horizon. You are only coming through in waves. Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying. When I was a child I had a fever My hands felt just like two balloons. Now I've got that feeling once again I can't explain you would not understand This is not how I am. I have become comfortably numb."

"So ya! thought ya! Might like to! Go to the show! To feel the warm thrill of confusion, that space cadet glow. I've got some bad news for you sunshine: Pink isn't well, he stayed back at the hotel And they sent us along as a surrogate band. We're gonna find out where you fans really STAND OUT! Are there any queers, in the theater tonight? Get'em off against the wall. (gainst! The! Wall!) Now there's one in the SPOTLIGHT, he don't look right to me. Get him up against the wall. ('gainst! the!) And that one looks Jewish and that one's a COON! Who let all this riffraff into the room?! There's one smokin' a joint! And ANOTHER ONE WITH SPOTS! If I had my way, I'd have all of you SHOT!"

"Good morning, Worm your honor. The crown will plainly show The prisoner who now stands before you Was caught red-handed showing feelings Showing feelings of an almost human nature; This will not do."

"THE EVIDENCE! BEFORE THE COURT IS! INCONTROVERTIBLE! There's no need for the jury to RETIRE! In all my years of judging, I have never heard before! Of someone more deserving of the full penalty of law! THE WAY youmade them SUFFER, your exquisite wife and mother Fills me with the URGE to DEFECATE! (Go on, Judge, shit on him!) SINCE! my friend! you have revealed your deepest fear, I sentence you to be EXPOSED BEFORE YOUR PEERS! TEAR DOWN THE WAAAAALLL!!!!"

"All alone, or in twos, The ones who really love you Walk up and down, outside the wall. Some hand in hand, And some gathered together in bands, The bleeding hearts and the artists make their stand. And when they've given you their all, Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy Banging your heart against some mad bugger's wall."

"Tell me true tell me why was Jesus crucified? Is it for this that Daddy died? Was it for you? Was it me? Did i watch too much t.v.? Is that a hint of accusation in your eyes?"

"A place to stay Enough to eat Somewhere old heroes shuffle safely down the street Where you can speak out loud About your doubts and fears And what's more no-one ever disappears You never hear their standard issue kicking in your door. You can relax on both sides of the tracks And maniacs don't blow holes in bandsmen by remote control And everyone has recourse to the law And no one kills the children anymore."

"Button your lip And don't let the shield slip. Take a fresh grip on your bulletproof mask. And if they try to break down your disguise with their questions You can hide, hide, hide Behind paranoid eyes. You put on your brave face and slip over the road for a jar Fixing your grin as you casually lean on the bar Laughing too loud at the rest of the world With the boys in the crowd You can hide, hide, hide {"I'll tell you what, mate, I'll give you three blacks, and play you for five, alright?"} Behind petrified eyes You believed in their stories of fame, fortune and glory Now you're lost in a haze of alcohol-soft middle age The pie in the sky turned out to be miles too high And you hide, hide, hide Behind brown and mild eyes."

"Take all your overgrown infants away somewhere And build them a home, a little place of their own. The Fletcher Memorial Home for Incurable Tyrants and Kings."

"Fuck all that we've got to get on with these Gotta compete with the wily Japanese. There's too many home fires burning And not enough trees. So fuck all that We've go to get on with these."

"Not now John we've got to get on with the film show Hollywood waits at the end of the rainbow Who cares what it is about as long as the kids go."

"Into the distance, a ribbon of black Stretched to the point of no turning back A flight of fancy on a windswept field Standing alone my senses reeled A fatal attraction is holding me fast, How can I escape this irresistible grasp?Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I."

"Dogs of war and men of hate With no cause, we don't discriminate Discovery is to be disowned Our currency is flesh and bone Hell opened up and put on sale Gather 'round and haggle."

"A restless eye across a weary room A glazed look and I was on the road to ruin The music played and played as we whirled without end No hint, no word her honour to defend I will, I will she sighed to my request And then she tossed her mane while my resolve was put to the test."

"Don't accept that what's happening Is just a case of others' suffering Or you'll find that you're joining in The turning away."

"Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young In a world of magnets and miracles Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary The ringing of the division bell had begun."

"The influence that Floyd has had on bands that have come after is truly incredible. Whether psychedelic rock, progressive rock, alternative rock, and even some aspects of metal, Pink Floyd has been able to leave its mark with bands like Queensryche, Alice in Chains, Foo Fighters, and Pearl Jam."

"The Wall might be progressive rock’s White Album in the sense that different fans would disagree on which songs are sublime and which are second-tier."

"Well, there it is. I think you can pass your verdict as well as I can. My verdict is that it is a little bit of a regression to childhood, but after all, why not?"

"Whereas the guys in Led Zeppelin dressed like sex-hungry geishas, the members of Pink Floyd favored sweaters, blue jeans and sneakers; they looked like their mothers had dressed them. In Pink Floyd's Live at Pompeii DVD, which includes footage from the making of Dark Side of the Moon, the cameras ponderously linger on Pink Floyd eating lunch in the studio canteen during a break from recording sessions. It's entirely possible that this was the most interesting part of making one of the most popular classic-rock albums of all time. It's like Pink Floyd was trying to be as boring as possible while also being insanely popular."

"[Their lifestyle] is interchangeable with the president of just about any bank in England."

"Who are we? Where are we? When are we? Why are we in here?"

"War is all around; I'm growing tired of fighting. I've been drained and I can't hide it. But I have strength for you, you're all that's real anymore."

"How did we get in so much trouble? Getting out just seems impossible. Oppression is persisting. I can’t fight this brain conditioning. Our freedom’s just a loan, Run by machines and drones. They’ve got us locked into their sights. Soon, they’ll control what’s left inside. Don’t try to hide it, Don’t tell me it’s not there."

"You think you're strong and you can't be broken, But your empire is dissolving. You thought, you thought I was weak, But you got it wrong. Look into my eyes. I'm a defector."

"You rule with lies and deceit And the world is on your side. 'Cause you've got the CIA, babe, But all you've done is brutalise. You kill by remote control."

"Help me, I've fallen on the inside. I tried to change the game, I tried to infiltrate, but now I'm losing. Men in cloaks always seem to run the show. Save me from the ghosts and shadows before they eat my soul."

"Love, it will get you nowhere. You're on your own, Lost in the wild. So come to me now, I could use someone like you. Someone who'll kill on my command And asks no questions."

"Revere a million prayers And draw me into your holiness. But there's nothing there. Light only shines from those who share. Unleash a million drones And confine me then erase me, babe. Do you have no soul? It's like it died, long ago."

"I’m on red alert, Bring me peace and wash away my dirt. Spin me round and help me to divert and walk into the light.Warm my heart tonight And hold my head up high And help me to survive."

"Watch me cause I'm on a mission, Hold me back so I'm forced to listen. Don't let me go cause I'm nothing without you."

"We destroyed something beautiful. We have faith (faith) But our truths are not the same, no. Don't give up (up), Don't let the magic leave us (leave us). Stop the loneliest force becoming king of the universe."