The Show Must Go On (Pink Floyd song)

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Not to be confused with the song of the same name by Queen.

"The Show Must Go On"
Song

The Show Must Go On, a song by popular British rock band, Pink Floyd, that appeared on their 1979 rock epic The Wall. It's written by Roger Waters.

It is probably the fictional character Pink's comment on the control the managers and record companies now have over his already ruined life.

Alternatively, "the show" could be a metaphor for, essentially, life. Pink is debating what to do after building his wall: he realizes that an isolated life is dull. He decides that "the show must go on," but the stress of continuing creates the hallucination beginning in In the Flesh.

Roger Waters wanted to create a "Beach Boys" type sound for the backing, and actually got Bruce Johnston to come and help create it. The song strongly resembles Queen's music not only through the harmoinizing voices but through its lyrics and title as well. (Queen would record a song of the same name in 1991).

This track does not appear in the 1982 film version of The Wall.

It also has an extra verse that was cut from the studio album but performed live in concert:

"Do I have to stand up
Wild eyed in the spotlight
What a nightmare Why!
Don't I turn and run"

After this, the line "It must be some mistake..." starts.

Personnel

References

  • Fitch, Vernon. The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia (3rd edition), 2005. ISBN 1-894959-24-8
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