Coming Back to Life
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| "Coming Back to Life" | ||||
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| Song by Pink Floyd from the album The Division Bell | ||||
| Released | March 30, 1994 (UK) April 5, 1994 (US) |
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| Recorded | 1993 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | ~6:19 | |||
| Label | EMI (UK) Columbia Records (US) |
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| Writer | David Gilmour | |||
| Producer | Bob Ezrin and David Gilmour | |||
| The Division Bell track listing | ||||
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"Coming Back to Life" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1994 album The Division Bell, and is credited solely to David Gilmour.
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[edit] Composition
Gilmour has said (as can be heard on the David Gilmour in Concert DVD) that the song was written about his wife, Polly Samson.
The song is played in C major. It opens with a synth droning a C major chord, leading to a slow guitar solo played with a clean sound. The first verse is then sung slowly over synth chords, before the main rhythm of the song appears, and the rest of the band join the arrangement. Another verse is sung, and followed by a guitar solo. After this guitar solo, the last few lines of the verse are sung again, and then a guitar solo is played until the end of the song.[original research?]
[edit] Live performances
It was also featured on the 1995 live album, Pulse. The version on the audio release is from a show other than that which is on the video and DVD. David Gilmour's solo live versions are featured on his live DVDs David Gilmour in Concert and Remember That Night as well as on the third CD of the special edition of the Live in Gdańsk album.
[edit] Personnel
- David Gilmour – vocals, guitar
- Richard Wright – Kurzweil synthesizers, Hammond organ
- Nick Mason – drums, percussion
- Guy Pratt – bass guitar
- Jon Carin – additional keyboards
[edit] Influence
The alumni of Government Laboratory High School, a prestigious public school in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, held the golden jubilee of the institution where title of the song, 'Coming Back to Life' was used as the slogan of the event. Over six months long promotion campaign was carried out in social networks where the song title was extensively publicized to inspire the school’s former students to participate the grand reunion. Eventually the reunion, being held in December 2011, comprised performances of a number of Pink Floyd singles by the school’s former students who happen to be some of the country’s leading musicians.[1][2]
[edit] Reference
- ^ গবর্নমেন্ট ল্যাবরেটরি স্কুলের সুবর্ণজয়ন্তী, Prothom Alo, 21 December 2011, http://www.prothom-alo.com/print/news/210258, retrieved 2012-01-02
- ^ গবর্নমেন্ট ল্যাবরেটরি হাই স্কুলের ৫০ বছর, Daily Kaler Kantho, 25 December 2011, http://www.kalerkantho.com/?view=details&feature=yes&type=gold&data=Hotel&pub_no=744&cat_id=3&menu_id=73&news_type_id=1&index=2&archiev=yes&arch_date=28-12-2011, retrieved 2012-01-02
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