Vera (song)
| "Vera" | ||||
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| Song by Pink Floyd from the album The Wall | ||||
| Released | 30 November 1979 (UK), 8 December 1979 (US) | |||
| Recorded | April–November, 1979 | |||
| Genre | Art rock, progressive rock | |||
| Length | 1:35 | |||
| Label | Harvest Records (UK) Columbia Records (US)/Capitol Records (US) |
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| Writer | Waters | |||
| Producer | Bob Ezrin, David Gilmour, James Guthrie and Roger Waters | |||
| The Wall track listing | ||||
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"Vera" is a song by Pink Floyd which appears on their 1979 album, The Wall.[1][2] 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 reference is ironic, as Roger Waters (and his fictional character "Pink") would not meet his father, lost in the war. The lyric "Vera, what has become of you?" suggests that Vera Lynn herself, like her promise, vanished.
The opening dialogue ("Where the hell are you, Simon?") and the sound effects are from the 1969 film The Battle of Britain.
The film version of Pink Floyd The Wall opens with a snippet of Vera Lynn singing "The Little Boy that Santa Claus Forgot", a song about a boy — like Roger Waters — without a father. In addition, in The Wall Live, the first track opens with Lynn's "We'll Meet Again" instead of the snippet of "Outside the Wall" that plays on the album.
Roger Waters performed the song as an encore on his 2006 and 2007 Dark Side of the Moon Live tour. "We'll Meet Again" was also featured during the opening video, as one of the songs that is played through the giant radio (just prior to the band's entrance).
[edit] Personnel
- Roger Waters — vocals,[3] acoustic guitar
- David Gilmour — lead electric guitar, acoustic guitar[3]
- Richard Wright — Prophet-5 synthesiser[3]
- New York Symphony Orchestra[3]
[edit] Further reading
- Fitch, Vernon. The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia (3rd edition), 2005. ISBN 1-894959-24-8.
[edit] 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.
- ^ a b c d Fitch, Vernon and Mahon, Richard, Comfortably Numb — A History of The Wall 1978–1981, 2006, p. 96.
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