Dogs (Pink Floyd song)
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Dogs is a song by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It was released on the album Animals in 1977.
Dogs are used to represent the megalomaniacal businessmen who destroy themselves and those around them by obsessing over their egos and their careers.
During the part which includes Rick Wright's synth solo, the sounds of dogs barking can be heard; this sound effect was created by Roger Waters by using a vocoder.
Guitarist David Gilmour and bassist Roger Waters share vocal duties in the song. Gilmour sings the majority of the song, but Waters takes over during the last two verses. On performances of the track on the band's 1977 "In the Flesh" tour, Gilmour would sing almost all of the song except for the last verse and perform an extra guitar solo.
Early versions
During their tour in 1974 Pink Floyd played three new songs in the first half of the shows, followed by the whole of the The Dark Side of the Moon album. Those three new songs were "You Gotta Be Crazy" (which would later become "Dogs"), "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and "Raving And Drooling" (which would later become "Sheep").
During 1974 performances of "You Gotta Be Crazy", David Gilmour would sing the song in a faster speed than the versions on the 1975 US tour and the Animals album. "You Gotta Be Crazy" was about the problems one had to deal with in life. The lyrics were modified by the time the song was played live in 1975 and then the lyrics changed again when recording Animals.
Both "You Gotta Be Crazy" and "Raving And Drooling" were originally planned to be on the album following the tour (Wish You Were Here), but the plans were changed (which later became a point of dispute between Gilmour and Waters, as an early sign of their later animosity) and they both ended up in different forms on Animals.
Credits
- Music - David Gilmour and Roger Waters
- Lyrics - Roger Waters
Personnel
- Roger Waters - Fender bass, vocals, vocoder, tape effects
- David Gilmour - Vocals, Martin acoustic guitar, Fender Telecaster
- Richard Wright - Fender-Rhodes piano, Hammond organ, ARP String Synthesizers, Mini-Moog Synthesizers, backing vocals
- Nick Mason - drums