Is There Anybody Out There?
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- For the live album, see Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81
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| Song by Pink Floyd | ||
| from the album The Wall | ||
| Released | 30 November 1979 (US), 8 December 1979 (UK) | |
| Recorded | April-November, 1979 | |
| Genre | Art rock/Progressive rock | |
| Length | 2:44 | |
| Label | Harvest Records (UK) Columbia Records (US)/Capitol Records (US) |
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| Writer(s) | Waters | |
| Producer(s) | Bob Ezrin, David Gilmour and Roger Waters | |
| The Wall track listing | ||
| Hey You (1 of disc 2) |
"Is There Anybody Out There?" (2 of disc 2) |
Nobody Home (3 of disc 2) |
"Is There Anybody Out There?" is a mostly instrumental song on the Pink Floyd album, The Wall. The first half has the same concept of "Hey You", being a distress call from Pink. The second half is fully instrumental. An interesting part of the song is the classical guitar solo, mainly because nobody really knows who played it. In several interviews, David Gilmour said that he tried to perform it, and was not satisfied with the final result: so the classical music sessionman Ron di Blasi[1] was brought in by Michael Kamen to play with the rest of the orchestra. David Gilmour also says that this song is written by Bob Ezrin but Roger Waters claimed the credit[citation needed]. The shrill siren-like sound effect used during this song is also used in an earlier Pink Floyd work, "Echoes". The noise was originally used as a sort of whale call for the deep-water-based "Echoes," and is created by Gilmour using a backwards-wired Wah Pedal.
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[edit] TV Excerpts
There are two excerpts from the TV programmes Gunsmoke and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. overlaid in the background of the track.
The Gunsmoke excerpt is from the episode entitled "Fandango" (1967); the dialogue is as follows:
Marshall Dillon: Well, only about an hour of daylight left. We better get started.
Miss Tyson: Is it unsafe to travel at night?
Marshall Dillon: It'll be a lot less safe to stay here. Your father's gonna pick up our trail before long.
Miss Tyson: Can Lorca ride?
Marshall Dillon: He'll have to ride. Lorca, time to go! Chengra, thank you for everything. Let's go.
Miss Tyson: Goodbye Chengra!
Chengra: Goodbye Missy!
Miss Tyson: I'll be back - one day.
Chengra: The bones have told Chengra.
Miss Tyson: Take care of yourself.
The Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. excerpt is as follows:
Sgt. Carter: Alright, I'll take care of them part of the time. But there's somebody else that needs taking care of in Washington.
Enlisted Man: Who's that?
Sgt. Carter: Rose Pilchitt.
Enlisted Man: Rose Pilchitt? Who's that?
Sgt. Carter: 36-24-36. Does that answer your question?
Enlisted Man: Who is she?
Sgt. Carter: She was Miss Armoured Division in 1961.
Enlisted Man: How'd you get to meet her?
[edit] Personnel
- David Gilmour - backwards wah-pedal sound, vocals
- Roger Waters - bass, vocals
- Richard Wright - synthesizer
- Bob Ezrin - synthesizers
- Ron di Blasi - classical guitar
[edit] Trivia
- In the early 1980s, the song was used in cinema advertisements for the charity Samaritans.
- At the very end of the song, the line "I got a little black book with me poems in!" from the next track, "Nobody Home", is screamed by Roger.
[edit] Notes
- ^ The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia by Vernon Fitch, p. 155
[edit] References
- Fitch, Vernon. The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia (3rd edition), 2005. ISBN 1-894959-24-8
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