music.wikisort.org - Composition"Vera" is a song by Pink Floyd which appears on their 1979 album, The Wall.[1][2]
For other uses, see Vera.
1979 song by Pink Floyd
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Published | Pink Floyd Music Publishers Ltd |
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Released | 30 November 1979 (UK) 8 December 1979 (US) |
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Recorded | April–November 1979 |
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Genre | Art rock |
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Length | 1:35 |
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Label | Harvest (UK) Columbia (US) |
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Songwriter(s) | Roger Waters |
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Producer(s) | Bob Ezrin, David Gilmour, James Guthrie and Roger Waters |
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Title
The title is a reference to Vera Lynn, a British singer who came to prominence during World War II with her popular song "We'll Meet Again".
The song's intro features a collage of superimposed audio excerpts from the 1969 film Battle of Britain. Among the used clips are a piece of dialogue ("Where the hell are you, Simon?"), a BBC broadcast and battle sound effects.
Personnel
with:
- New York Symphony Orchestra
Personnel per Fitch and Mahon.[3]
Further reading
- Fitch, Vernon. The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia (3rd edition), 2005. ISBN 1-894959-24-8.
See also
References
- Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 1177. ISBN 1-84195-551-5.
- Mabbett, Andy (1995). The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-4301-X.
- Fitch, Vernon and Mahon, Richard, Comfortably Numb — A History of The Wall 1978–1981, 2006, p. 96.
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- The Wall Tour
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- Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera
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Vera Lynn |
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На других языках
- [en] Vera (song)
[es] Vera (canción)
"Vera" es una canción de la banda inglesa de rock progresivo Pink Floyd. Aparece en su álbum The Wall de 1979, y en la película Pink Floyd: The Wall, basada en el mismo. El título es en referencia a la cantante británica, "Vera Lynn", que tuvo éxito durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, y su canción más popular llamada "We´ll meet again" (del inglés, "Nos volveremos a encontrar"), frase que Waters incluyó en la canción.
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