| "Signs of Life" | ||||
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| Song by Pink Floyd from the album A Momentary Lapse of Reason | ||||
| Released | September 7, 1987 (UK) September 8, 1987 (US) |
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| Recorded | October 1986 – May 1987 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 4:24 | |||
| Writer | David Gilmour, Bob Ezrin | |||
| A Momentary Lapse of Reason track listing | ||||
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"Signs of Life" is the opening song on A Momentary Lapse of Reason,[1][2] the first Pink Floyd album headed by David Gilmour, in the absence of ex-member Roger Waters. It is an instrumental piece, although in the version featured on A Momentary Lapse of Reason, the electronically processed voice of drummer Nick Mason can be heard for a few seconds reciting two verses of an unknown poem. The first verse may be about Syd Barrett and the second about Roger Waters, much like the song "Poles Apart" from The Division Bell. The screen film used to accompany the song during concert performances featured Langley Iddens, caretaker of David Gilmour's Astoria houseboat-studio, rowing through Grantchester Meadows.
The piece is Pink Floyd's first instrumental piece (excluding the live-only "The Last Few Bricks") since 1973's "Any Colour You Like", from The Dark Side of the Moon.
In the special version, David Gilmour begins blowing into his mike and, during the song, he makes the same speech as on the album version. In the 1988 special version the song's length is 4:36. [More details needed]
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