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Posted: Feb. 29 2008, 14:14 |
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I totally agree. Even tho I totally bastardized the lyrics in an albums-ommadawn thread with another member of this site, I won't do it again. That song affected me in 1975, I was probably 14. It affected me at 20, 30, and now.....40-something. It is so charmingly innocent in it's nature. The children singing in it added so much to it. I wonder if the children singing in PF "Another Brick in the Wall" was maybe someone like Roger Waters listening to "Horseback" and Alice Cooper's "Schools Out" and thinking, "hey, lets make a rebellion tune with kids singing!" It's possible. Horseback and School's out predated "Brick in the Wall" by several years. By the time PF recorded it, they were having fistfights in the studio, they were in need of separation. So, to make something legible out of the tapes they had made, who do they hire as producer? Bob Ezrin, Alice Cooper's producer, who stayed with PF for all the rest. But I think "Horseback" was part of that whole thing. If you listen closely it sounds like the same kids on the same day in the same studio. Of course they were not, being several years later, but it's food for thought. Anyway, "On Horseback" means a lot to me. Big brown beastie gig brown face......You can think of any pet, a doggie of your past....It does not have to be a horse, but I do love horses. Wish I had access to a horse. I've ridden maybe 3 or 4 in my lifetime. Had some unforgettable moments petting their faces....affection. I never got the feeling they were as intelligent as dogs, in particular my beloved Eddy, a Shit-Zoo/Maltese puppy. But I think....when I listen to that song, probably what MO was thinking of......taking a picnic lunch out into the country with Shadowfax. Well, I listen to the song about once a year and it still chokes me up(IE, evokes an emotional response from me). Jim
-------------- We raise our voices in the night Crying to heaven And will our voices be heard Or will they break Like the wind
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