| "One of My Turns" | ||||
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| Song by Pink Floyd from the album The Wall | ||||
| Released | 30 November 1979 (UK) 8 December 1979 (US) |
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| Recorded | April–November, 1979 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 3:41 | |||
| Label | Harvest (UK) Columbia (US)/Capitol (US) |
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| Writer | Waters | |||
| Producer | Bob Ezrin, David Gilmour, James Guthrie and Roger Waters | |||
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| "One of My Turns" | |
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| Single by Pink Floyd | |
| from the album The Wall | |
| A-side | "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" |
| Released | 30 November 1979 (UK), 8 December 1979 (US) |
| Recorded | April–November, 1979 |
| Genre | Progressive rock |
| Length | 3:35 |
| Label | Harvest (UK) Columbia (US)/Capitol (US) |
| Writer(s) | Waters |
| Producer | Bob Ezrin, David Gilmour and Roger Waters |
"One of My Turns" is a song by Pink Floyd.[1] It appears on The Wall album in 1979, and was released as a B-side on the single of "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)".[2]
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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, 41 seconds in length. The song features one of Waters' most strenuous recorded vocal workouts, with him ending at one of the highest tones of his register, the A above middle C.
As with the other songs on The Wall, "One of My Turns" tells a segment 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, and the song is largely a description of his failed relationship with his wife. A TV can be heard in the background, the dialog mixed in with the groupie's conversation.
As the groupie continues to try to get his attention, Pink explodes into a fit of violence and destroys his room which drives the groupie away. Lyrically, the explosion of violence toward the groupie is a metaphor for fear-based explosions of anger at his wife. At the end of the song Pink puts on a darkly sarcastic tone and starts nonchalantly telling the groupie about his "favourite axe" (in this case, axe means guitar; perhaps a reference to the early Pink Floyd song "Careful with That Axe, Eugene") and asks her "would you like something to eat", a reference to the groupie helping herself to a glass of water. As the groupie flees the room he screams "Why are you running away?", feeling pity for himself.
Pink enters his hotel room with an American groupie, played by actress Jenny Wright. The groupie tries to be friendly to Pink (her monologue appears on the album as well). Pink is oblivious to the groupie as he watches the film The Dam Busters on television. When the groupie tries to make contact with Pink saying "Are you feeling okay?", he explodes into a violent fit of rage and begins to destroy his 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 onto the street below.
The show that is on the television during the beginning of the song is from September 24–26, 1979, Another World episodes 3864–3866. Kirk Laverty brings Iris Bancroft and her maid, Vivan Gorrow, to his lodge in the Adirondacks. Dobbs was the caretaker of the lodge. Laverty is the man talking to Dobbs, not Mr. Bancroft. Laverty was played by Charles Gioffi.
The scene where Pink cuts his hand on a shard of glass was not faked. Bob Geldof did indeed cut his hand, but director Alan Parker decided not to stop filming until the scene was over, despite Geldof's injury.
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