Dogs
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Song Name: Dogs
Artist: Pink Floyd
Run Time: 17:06
Year: 1977
Track Number: 2
Sung By: David Gilmour, Roger Waters
Written By: Roger Waters, David Gilmour
Info:
- Dogs represent megalomaniacal businessmen who destroy themselves and others by obsessing over their egos and careers.
- During Richard's synth solo, the sounds of dogs barking can be heard; this was created by Roger using a vocoder.
- David Gilmour and Roger Waters share vocal duties in the song. Gilmour sings the majority of the song, but Waters takes over during the last two verses. On performances of the track on the band's 1977 "In the Flesh" tour, Gilmour would sing almost all of the song except for the last verse and perform an extra guitar solo.
- During their tour in 1974 Pink Floyd played 5 new songs in the concert's first half, followed by The Dark Side of the Moon album. These 5 new songs were "You Gotta Be Crazy" (which became this), "Shine On You Crazy Diamond Pts. 1-5", "Shine On You Crazy Diamond Pts. 6-9", "Have A Cigar", and "Raving And Drooling" (which became "Sheep").
- During 1974 performances of "You Gotta Be Crazy", David Gilmour would sing the song in a faster speed than the versions on the 1975 US tour and the Animals album. "You Gotta Be Crazy" was about the problems one had to deal with in life. The lyrics were modified by the time the song was played live in 1975 and then the lyrics changed again when recording Animals.
- "You Gotta Be Crazy" and "Raving And Drooling" were originally planned to be on the album after the tour (Wish You Were Here), but that was changed and they ended up in different forms on Animals.
- During live performances as part of Roger Waters' recent solo tours, he and the other musicians would play a hand of poker during the breakdown in the middle of the song. David's vocals are sung by Jon Carin.
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