One of My Turns
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| “One of My Turns” | |||||
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| Song by Pink Floyd | |||||
| 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 | Waters | ||||
| Producer | Bob Ezrin, David Gilmour and Roger Waters | ||||
| The Wall track listing | |||||
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"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. It has been considered one of the darkest songs on the album.
[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, played by American actress Jenny Wright. He sits down in front of the television and completely ignores her. After she tries to seduce him, he enters into a rage and begins to destroy the hotel room. Pink then chases the groupie around the room throwing various objects at her, cutting his own hand after he throws a television set out his window unto the street below. This scene is also where Pink speaks his only non-lyrical line, as he yells "Take that, fuckers!" ("Next time, fuckers!" on some film adaptions) as he tosses the television, and cuts his hand on the glass window.
[edit] Personnel
- David Gilmour - lead guitar[1]
- Nick Mason - drums and percussion[2]
- Roger Waters - vocals[3], bass[4]
- Richard Wright - piano[5]
- Bob Ezrin - organ[6], prophet-5 synthesizer[7]
- Lee Ritenour - rhythm guitar and rhythm guitar with a wah-wah pedal[8]
- Trudy Young - voice of the groupie[9]
[edit] References
- Fitch, Vernon. The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia (3rd edition), 2005. ISBN 1-894959-24-8
