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84 MUSIC FEATURE PINK FLOYD THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON In Album Tales, Bryget Chrisfield hits you with some This month it’s the staggering opus from English prog-rockers Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon. juicy nuggets of wisdom surrounding classic records. The Great Gig in the Sky, Money and Us and Them rolling out in that specific sequence - take that! The wow-factor ag ag Ue RULE SCCe creme ate Celle CSS Uae tL om UUM ere M Rel | eS tre eee eter Pee at eae eta) history. After topping the Billboard Br aa ee tele meditation on insanity remained in the chart for 740 straight weeks - that's Pit me aries OT aa eC eerie Ere eS Ly in excess of 45 million, The Dark Side me CU ac SUEUR emu une Cg Clee ROR LT CuBr ee ete} SCR Cte Clare Torry makes The Great Gig in the Sky Clare Torry's glorious vocal performance, a standout feature of The Great Gig in the Sky, replaced the Bible readings and speech by Malcolm Muggeridge (the controversial host of a BBC religious program) which had featured in Pink Floyd's previous live renditions of this song. Torry has said of her outstanding contribution, “Somewhere in the back of my mind it crossed quickly that perhaps | should pretend that | was an instrument.” Post-session, the bandmembers gave Torry no indication as to whether they rated her work. It was only when she spied the album in her local record store — and clocked her name in the liner notes — that Aer let ae) Nas aT aa CRU eC RC RA Cem Cec RW Lali g aa AUR visit stack.com.au the then-EMI staff songwriter realised she'd made the cut. Splitting bills Money's cash register effects were created by Roger Waters, throwing coins and paper into his wife's industrial Te, food mixer. “My first wife [Judy Trim] was a potter, and she had a big industrial food mixer for mixing up clay,” he has said. “| threw handfuls of coins and wads of torn-up paper into it” =~ Potential love-making soundtrack? In his 2004 memoir Inside Out, Nick Mason speculates on The Dark Side of lad the Moon's enduring appeal. Strong songwriting, solid musicianship, state-of-the-art production, the rise of hi-fi culture, eye-catching cover art and the record label throwing “every ounce of heavyweight marketing muscle they possessed behind it” are all listed as contributing factors, with Pink Floyd's drummer cheekily concluding: “And last, but possibly not the least, one music critic commented that it was a great album to make love to.” Fun fact: In 1990, Australian radio listeners voted The Great Gig in the Sky the best song for this NSFW purpose. Macca’s voice on the cutting room floor Roger Waters decided it would be a rad idea to thread snippets from recorded interviews into The Dark Side of the Moon's final mix, to add overall cohesion Interviewees included Abbey Road staffers, road crew members, and Paul McCartney jbhificom.au I HIFFI
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