One of My Turns
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| "One of My Turns" | ||
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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 | 3:35 | |
| 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 | ||
| "Young Lust" (9 of disc 1) |
"One of My Turns" (10 of disc 1) |
"Don't Leave Me Now" (11 of disc 1) |
"One of My Turns" is a song by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It was released on The Wall album in 1979, and appeared as a b-side on the single of "Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)".
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[edit] Composition
The song is split into three distinct portions; a fragmented dialogue, a quieter lyrical portion, and a loud lyrical portion. It is approximately 3 minutes, 38 seconds in length.
Whether by coincidence or otherwise, the start begins with "Day after day..." in a similar style to The Beatles' song "The Fool on the Hill".
[edit] Plot
As with the other songs on The Wall, One of My Turns tells a portion of the story of Pink, the album's protagonist. Pink invites a groupie into his room after learning of his wife's affair. At first when the groupie tries to get his attention, he is too busy thinking of his wife to hear her. As the groupie continues to try to get his attention, Pink explodes into a fit of violence and destroys his room.
[edit] Film version
Pink lets a groupie in his hotel room. After she tries to seduce Pink, he enters a rage and destroys the hotel room, cutting his own hand after he throws a television set out his window into the road below. This scene is also where Pink speaks his only non-lyrical line, when he yells "Take that, fuckers!" ("Next time, fuckers!" on some film adaptions) as he tosses the television, and cuts his hands on window glass.
[edit] Personnel
- David Gilmour - guitar
- Nick Mason - drums, percussion
- Roger Waters - vocals, bass
- Richard Wright - piano
- Bob Ezrin - organ, synthesizer
- Lee Ritenour - guitar
- Trudy Young - voice
[edit] References
- Fitch, Vernon. The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia (3rd edition), 2005. ISBN 1-894959-24-8
