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Pinks Nazi Poetry?

posted 14 years ago by BobLennon123
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I am not a nazi but I just didnt hear what he said very well, could somebody post it please.

"Nobody is free, even the birds are chained to the sky" - Bob Dylan

[–] hollywood2012 14 years ago

If you're refering to when he's in the bathroom stall, I'm pretty sure they're either the lyrics to The Final Cut or Your Possible Pasts. Or perhaps both. When he's in the class room, the poem is the lyrics to "Money"

Don't lie, John, I know you and your monkey are hiding something

[–] BobLennon123 14 years ago

I remember a bit "There's a c*on" or something like that, he's singling out people in the crowd. He also says "and that ones a jew"

"Nobody is free, even the birds are chained to the sky" - Bob Dylan

[–] hollywood2012 14 years ago

oooh yeah, those are the lyrics to "In the Flesh." You've listened to the album upon which the movie is based, yes?

Don't lie, John, I know you and your monkey are hiding something

[–] TheGraveLittleToaster 14 years ago

"So you thought you might like to go to the show...
To feel the warm thrill of confusion, that space-cadet glow.
I got me some bad news for you, sunshine,
Pink isn't well, he stayed back at the hotel,
And he sent us along as a surrogate band...
We're gonna find out where you fans really stand!
Are there any queers in the theater tonight?
Get 'em up against the wall! (Against the wall!)
And that one in the spotlight, he don't look right to me.
Get him up against the wall! (Against the wall!)
And that one looks Jewish! And that one's a coon!
Who let all this riff-raff into the room?
There's one smoking a joint! And another with spots!
If I had my way... I'd have all of ya shot!"

- In The Flesh

"The single essential element on which all discoveries will be dependent is human freedom."

[–] nightthorn 14 years ago

Why the HELL do they allow putdowns like coon and queer through and I can't even USE the word nig---. That was the bloody dog's NAME!

[–] hallogallo 14 years ago

EDIT: Must remember to read all posts in a thread before replying. Anyway, I'm sure this post will be of interest to someone on here so I'll leave it here anyway

I presume you mean the sequence when Pink is in the stall in the bathroom just before the trial.

He recites lyrics which went on to later feature, some in modified form, in the songs "Your Possible Pasts" from The Final Cut and from "5:11 AM (The Moment Of Clarity)" from The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, followed by "Stop" from the album The Wall.

The words are:

Do you remember me? The way it used to be? (YPP)
Don't you think we should have been closer? (YPP)
And I put out my hand just to touch your soft hair. (5.11am)
To make sure in the darkness that you were still there. (5.11am)
And I have to admit I was just a little afraid. (5.11am)
Like the ones feeling under their dirty old macs. (YPP)
And the ones who were pointing the guns in our backs. (YPP)
Stop. I wanna go home. Take off the uniform and leave the show. (Stop)
And I'm waiting in this cell because I have to know have I been guilty all this to time? (Stop)

"I think you're a load of old crap too, Mr Mulligan."

[–] BobLennon123 14 years ago

Ahh thank you very much! :)

"Nobody is free, even the birds are chained to the sky" - Bob Dylan