Poles Apart

11 tracks
Side one "Cluster One" "What Do You Want from Me" "Poles Apart" "Marooned" "A Great Day for Freedom" "Wearing the Inside Out" Side two "Take It Back" "Coming Back to Life" "Keep Talking" "Lost for Words" "High Hopes"

"Poles Apart" is a song by Pink Floyd from the band's 1994 album, The Division Bell.

Lyrics

The lyrics speak to ex-bandmate Syd Barrett in the first verse, and Roger Waters in the second, according to co-writer Polly Samson.^[1] As such, the second verse begins with the words Hey you, the title of a Waters-penned song from Pink Floyd's earlier album, The Wall.

Tuning

The song was performed in DADGAD tuning.^[2]

“	[about the D,A,D,G,A,D tuning on "Poles Apart", a new tuning for David Gilmour] (...) the funny thing is that I didn't know it was such an established tuning -- I thought it was something new that I had invented. One day, I was on holiday in Greece and I had an acoustic guitar with me. I just decided to tune the bottom string down to D, and continued to experiment until I arrived at that tuning. Then I mucked around a bit and "Poles Apart" fell out of it a few minutes later.	”
—David Gilmour, 1994^[3]

Personnel

David Gilmour – guitars, lead vocals
Nick Mason – drums and percussion
Richard Wright – keyboards

with:

Guy Pratt – bass
Jon Carin – programming
Michael Kamen - orchestrations

References

↑ Interview, November 1994
↑ Tolinski, Brad (September 1994). ""Welcome to the Machines" Phil Taylor interview". Guitar World. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
↑ "Sounds of Silence" David Gilmour interview, Guitar World, September 1994, retrieved 28 July 2010

The Division Bell

Songs

Side One	"Cluster One" "What Do You Want from Me" "Poles Apart" "Marooned" "A Great Day for Freedom" "Wearing the Inside Out"

Side Two	"Take It Back" "Coming Back to Life" "Keep Talking" "Lost for Words" "High Hopes"

v t e Pink Floyd

Syd Barrett David Gilmour Nick Mason Roger Waters Richard Wright

Studio albums	The Piper at the Gates of Dawn A Saucerful of Secrets More Ummagumma Atom Heart Mother Meddle Obscured by Clouds The Dark Side of the Moon Wish You Were Here Animals The Wall The Final Cut A Momentary Lapse of Reason The Division Bell

Live albums	Ummagumma Delicate Sound of Thunder Pulse Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81

Compilations	The Best of the Pink Floyd / Masters of Rock Relics A Nice Pair A Collection of Great Dance Songs Works The Early Singles 1967: The First Three Singles Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd The Best of Pink Floyd: A Foot in the Door

Box sets	Shine On Oh, by the Way Discovery

Films	Live at Pompeii The Wall The Final Cut Video EP Delicate Sound of Thunder La Carrera Panamericana Pulse The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon London '66–'67 The Story of Wish You Were Here

Soundtracks	Tonite Lets All Make Love in London Zabriskie Point

Singles	"Arnold Layne" "See Emily Play" "Flaming" "Apples and Oranges" "It Would Be So Nice" "Let There Be More Light" "Point Me at the Sky" "The Nile Song" / "Ibiza Bar" "Summer '68" "One of These Days" / "Fearless" "Free Four" "Money" "Us and Them" / "Time" "Have a Cigar" "Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)" "Run Like Hell" "Comfortably Numb" "When the Tigers Broke Free" "Not Now John" "Learning to Fly" "On the Turning Away" "One Slip" "Take It Back" "High Hopes" / "Keep Talking" "Wish You Were Here"

Tours	Pink Floyd World Tour 1968 The Man and The Journey Tour Atom Heart Mother World Tour Meddle Tour Dark Side of the Moon Tour French Summer Tour 1974 British Winter Tour 1974 Wish You Were Here Tour In the Flesh Tour The Wall Tour A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour The Division Bell Tour

Producers and engineers	Clive Brooks Joe Boyd Bob Ezrin James Guthrie John Leckie Alan Parsons John Elder Robison Norman Smith Chris Thomas Peter Watts

Recording studios	Abbey Road Astoria Britannia Row Hookend

Managers and agents	Blackhill Enterprises Peter Jenner Andrew King Bryan Morrison Steve O'Rourke

Touring musicians	Andy Bown Jon Carin Scott Page Dick Parry Guy Pratt Tim Renwick Andy Roberts Gary Wallis Snowy White Peter Wood

Additional vocalists	Sam Brown Lesley Duncan Venetta Fields Claudia Fontaine Rachel Fury Jim Haas Carol Kenyon Durga McBroom Clare Torry Doris Troy

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