Pink Floyd "Animals" 1977 Album Interview

[@BenCulture]

3:00 "It is a very violent album." Hell yes it is, which is why it's awesome. Roger gave Pink Floyd their violent edge. Their albums without him are vastly different. Dave and Rick are great at making soothing, comfortable music. Put all four of them together and you get magic.

[@SuperBowser87]

I really like the dark feel of this album. It makes me feel anger about what I have done and what other people have done to me. That's just the feeling I get. Can't explain it.

[@SuperBowser87]

If Darth Vader had a mix tape this album would be on it! LOL

[@BenCulture]

Tom Wilcox Agree on both counts! "Floyd is metal with Vader head . . . ."

[@MrCamelneck]

Ben Culture Dogs is definitely the most violent song. Have you seen the legendado video of the Aussie Pink Floyd band playing "Dogs" to video excerpts of the movie The Warriors?

[@gregmilik]

Ben Culture Couldn't agree with this more, although Roger does of course have his soft side. For me Dark Side and Wish You Were Here epitomized that meeting of minds creating magic.

[@SuperStrik9]

Great album. I go back and forth between Animals and Wish You Were Here as my favorite Pink Floyd album. Sometimes it's Animals and sometimes it's Wish You Were Here. Floyd had one hell of a streak going starting with Meddle and ending with The Wall. The band was at it's best during that period.

[@richf8972]

I agree, best Floyd Meddle to the Wall_

[@RommelEGH]

exaCTLY

[@cameronskye94]

Same dude. I grew up with a tape that had Animals on the A side and Wish You Were Here on the B side. I didn’t even know what band I was listening to.

[@lucas_1448]

The 70’s were definitely their best decade

[@20thCenturyPox]

My 2 favourite Floyd records too. I don't think we're alone.

[@josh19921992]

My fave Floyd album.

[@ducdangelos6191]

"This tour's going to be much better." :-D If it had gone well, we might never have gotten The Wall.

[@sibbz2]

After all my years of following PF and mainly RW.... best concert in my life so far was PF live in Rotterdam in the 90s... saw RW in London 2018 in Hyde Park London.... i just know we have pure, undiluted GENIUS on our hands.... thank you SO MUCH for delivering this audio fragment to us normal people. I salute you!!!!! Roger for EVER

[@digitaldigits]

I was there in Rotterdam de kuip for the division bell tour,got let down by a couple of lads who were giving it it the ol’ yeah deffo coming,in the end I fucked off on my own,met some top lads from Oldham on the coach,and had a proper laugh,what a night that was in the stadium,hazy as hell after 2 days of non stop spliffs and I think the driver was stoned off the fumes,there’s no way he couldn’t have been! 😂

[@paulrhodesguitarist]

My all time favourite album,,and I have heard many! David Gilmore's guitar playing is so totally unique for this album,,i know Roger Waters was the creator but Gilmour took the concept to some other place all together.Genius.

[@JTCT371]

I agree, this is my favorite Floyd album, also....Without Syd Barrett having to leave and David Gilmour coming in to play guitar, Pink Floyd would have gotten nowhere. It is Dave who gave them their unique sound and was just as mich, if not more Pink Floyd then Roger Waters was.

[@frogthefrog]

@JThur7133 "more pink floyd"'??? What the hell does that mean? loll

[@RR-ir6ss]

Animals is a great album. I love it.

[@allsystemsgo8678]

Me to. Everyone talks about Darkside, Wish you were here, and The Wall. They're all great discs, but Animals seems to get overlooked.

[@RR-ir6ss]

None of the albums you mentioned seem overrated to me. But yes, Animals is one of the most underrated albums ever made. It is defiantly very overlooked. The funny thing is, it's actually the first Pink Floyd album I ever heard of.

[@thehighllama8101]

@@allsystemsgo8678 For one thing, I think Animals gets overlooked because of it's sound quality and production. I mean, the sound quality is worse than the Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here and the production is just sloppier; it just doesn't seem the group put in as much care into this album as TDSOTM or WYWH. Furthermore, Animals isn't as focused as TDSOTM or WYWH. I mean, with three songs over 10 minutes each (with one of those songs being 17 minutes), it's indicative of a group that wasn't sure exactly where it was going with each song, hence, they resort to jamming. I will say, though, that the new remix has made the album a better listen.

[@theartist124]

My fave Floyd album!

[@i4nng]

Thanks for uploading, this helps me cope with stress, his voice is soothing even though I feel he's vey edgy inside and it does comes through.

[@mineheadX1]

why didn't they film this tour ?!!!!! such a loss to history...

[@AlanaRux]

true

[@timyanosko1852]

Thank you. Seeing them in 77 was the time of my life.

[@radiomindchatter7994]

The Floyd were strict about photo's and film even then...

[@teacherlucas9982]

Other times, the 70's were the greatest footage loss in the history of music, so many incredible bands who avoided to be caught on camera live.

[@samreds8107]

Music History is the thing about how Animals as an album was and still considered by critics as a unique art work ,for me it’s a music phenomenal album creation in music history Great album 👌 👍

[@prikov1]

The 77 tour was what inspired roger waters to write the wall...smartest band that ever was...

[@UlyssesM]

+prikov1 july 6 1977

[@RommelEGH]

Because of for example a drunkin goof ball fan climbing up over whatever there is to climb over to be closer to the stage not listening to the music just getting fucked up and acting like an idiot

[@peterbustin2683]

Nice interview. Thanks.

[@danielvanhoven1225]

Nice: the mention of 'space cadet'..., what would be in the opening song of the album next.

[@Halaberdizzle]

I know, I caught that too. I wonder if that stuck in Roger's head and he referenced that particular moment of this interview for that line of "In The Flesh?"

[@ehcmier]

Halaberdizzle He'd been hearing it for years, by then.

[@alainmallette2265]

Nice interview btw. Thanks for sharing.

[@neonspec]

The way Roger talks about the album cover at the beginning is incredibly ominous to me. The way he talks about the doomy, "inhuman" feel of it and the way he finds the idea of power to be appealing. He sounds like he's intoxicated by the image. I can see why. It's a truly striking, disturbing album sleeve......

[@julieaca]

"So ya Thought ya Might like to go to the show. To feel the warm thrill of confusion That space cadet glow."

[@ferniecom-go8ig]

juliette acanda That space cadet glow

[@realtimecartravel]

"The flying pig is the symbol of hope" ©- 1:38

[@tayojb]

Greatest album of all time

[@frogthefrog]

thx for sharing this 👍👍

[@alainmallette2265]

Roger sounds like he's baked.

[@davidnaber3]

Saw this show in Anaheim Stadium left center feild 2o yds from the fence intense & the best

[@scrainbow1234]

i use this for asmr lol

[@rocksmore]

Would love to hear the whole interview. Google need to sort their shit out!

[@GriefTourist]

I wonder if they'll do any promotion for the upcoming reissue

[@ChilliCheezdog]

Battersea Power Station looks like a dead sheep, lying on his back, with his legs in the air. Am I the only one to see that? I always thought that was Roger's intent.

[@Syfoll]

holy shit, I thought I was alone

[@dubyajayyo]

Tim Wright I will never unsee that. But then, maybe I saw that and have only forgotten.

[@_Singularity_]

I never saw that, but its interesting

[@lucas_1448]

Omg

[@ChilliCheezdog]

@@lucas_1448 I never knew I had any responses to this post until you responded just.

[@samreds8107]

Monumental music album 🎼 📔 💿

[@radiomindchatter7994]

Whispering Roger Waters...

[@MS-in3sl]

Yes. Yes.

[@alainmallette2265]

Snowy White at 12:30

[@oris247]

It is! I'm a huge fan and he is kind enough to converse with me regularly. Always a straight talking, decent guy who isn't fazed by playing with such legends.

[@MrPlooky]

a great record, a great song about pigs!!

[@Anything4adollar]

This is a Guitar Driven (in terms of music) record. Why doesn't Gilmour dip into this record at all while on tour...

[@bryanstout3893]

IIRC Gilmour didn't write any of the songs and doesn't like to play them...I guess all part of the tension between Roger and the band. Saw them in the 90's and was disappointed to see the big inflatable pigs but no music from the record.

[@Anything4adollar]

i always assumed there was a collaboration on all but Pigs/Wing on that record. Just Dogs...but then, never stopped Dear Ol Dave and his 20 piece assemble called "Pink Floyd" from playing other pieces which didn't bare Gilmour's name in the credits. W/e...who cares...lol

[@NannyWhip]

Gilmour wrote most of the music to "Dogs", previously known as "You Gotta Be Crazy". Waters of course wrote the lyrics. Check out the credits on the album for confirmation.

[@blynn61]

And Sheep was originally " RAVING AND DROOLING" played in concert 1973 . Bootleg album " It's All Over Here Except for the Shouting "

[@tariqkhonji6556]

Probably because his voice/singing style doesn't suit it... he's too calm. Doesn't have the anger that Waters brings to it.

[@BrettIRB]

Does anyone else hear guitar solo Hotel California playing in the background at the start of this interview?

[@UlyssesM]

No. I hear shine on you crazy diamond 6-9

[@paulsontag9233]

BrettIRB Sounds like it was taped off am radio with another station on the same frequency.

[@Mar-up7db]

Have you got the rest of the broadcast?

[@chadkelsey6311]

He’s nodding like crazy.

[@nectarinedreams7208]

"The last tour was absolutely appauling. This one's going to be much better." The tour: "DON'T THROW ANYMORE FUCKING FIREWORKS, ALRIGHT?! ...COME HERE, SON. ALL IS FORGIVEN!" *spits on fan*

[@dubyajayyo]

How is the flying pig between the chimneys a symbol of hope? We aren’t expressing hope when we say, “when pigs fly”. The pig is the villain in Animal Farm. Roger, how lost were you in this interview?

[@weirdman5215]

@@Therealderry433 You good?

[@jtmichaelson]

The hope is the pig being able to fly off from the drab and menacing power station, or the dark dismal surroundings of the album's cover.

[@richf8972]

I actually like this album, very much. It's great Pink Floyd, I think Roger was on to something, and this album scared me when I was tripping on acid one time. I got into the lyrics and understood what it was about. I felt depressed and frightened at the same time. Powerful Album when on LSD, give it a try and see.

[@peteytwofinger]

are you insane ? listening to animals on lsd not a good time . here is one , shut the fuckin music off , go to the river , preferably near a forest , collect wood , build a fire , make sure you have supplies / beer and cigs . no pot though . pot can really ruin a good time with psychedelics . it doesnt enhance it it also doesnt mix well with it . why the fuck would you listen to pink floyd on lsd . i was at a party where someone gave a simple minded kid a hit of lsd and they put the doors on the radio . this kid started drinking dark beer and produced a weapon . it took a few of us who risked our lives to talk him out of possesing the loaded 38 . the first thing i did was lower the music carefully until the record ended and then i shut it off . psychedelics are not playthings. after we removed the weapon he pured beer on the walls and broke a mirror with his face btw .

[@richf8972]

Actually yes, clinically.

[@superlynx98]

why does Roger sound like Syd here

[@megadave1197]

He doesn’t they were both from Cambridge and that’s their accent same as Dave, Rick and Nick.

[@Therealderry433]

@@megadave1197 Rick and nick are Londoners.stop spreading shite.

[@alainmallette2265]

Because he's baked. It's obvious.

[@charlesdickinson7470]

GOD/ GOD Geffen

[@KCODacey]

I would not have done well if I were interviewing RW. At times he sounds a little scatterbrained like Syd & at other times sounds so smug like Roger…

[@Sgt_peppers89]

This album is my favorite & more relevant today than ever especially 🐖 (3 different ones) Trump...

[@goesjem]

Greatest Floyd album. He was as pissed and as stoned as a rat here hahahahah... Egomaniac lol

[@PYSCOPOMP]

Done. My Favorite album and band went to shit. Didn't mean shit. Gimmicks. You hurt me.

[@christiancothren5722]

They’re both kinda acting strange

[@SeenACowSki]

"yes" - Roger Waters

[@PYSCOPOMP]

The pig is hope? love song? Me broken and sad now.

[@UlyssesM]

Pigs on the wing is a love song, not Pigs.

[@PYSCOPOMP]

Never looked at that song like that before. Brilliant. Thanks.

[@Therealderry433]

The flying pig between the towers symbolises hope. Not the pigs from the lyrics.

[@yamilzahoul2196]

⚜😂👌🏼

[@husq48]

I wonder if Roger still feels the same way about pornography...

[@kitpalmer1583]

If you think all Mary Whitehouse campaigned against was porn, you're woefully mistaken

[@dubyajayyo]

Whitehouse was against pornography? Why would you criticize anyone for that, Roger? Have you grown up from that yet? Have you realized why you kept throwing that line away?

[@Roger8176]

Hello. I would say it's because it's not her place to decide if it should exist or not. To be honest I know very little about Whitehouse or what she stood for, but it sounds like she was one of those who feels that she gets to decide what's moral and proper for everybody. I very much doubt Roger is big into porn, but he does support people having freedom to decide for themselves as they should. So bring on the porn I say!

[@LysergiaBandOfficial]

because she equated a lot of normal things to being porn, kinda like a british tipper gore

[@EricPenn1147]

Dude is out of his mind... Yikes. Drugs...

[@pottingsoil]

What drugs were they on, man??

[@dazmccormick8620]

None. They actually stopped doing drugs before they created The Dark Side Of The Moon. Fun fact: David stopped smoking completely as soon as he heard his coughing recording at the intro of the title track Wish You Were Here.

[@LysergiaBandOfficial]

​​@@dazmccormick8620pretty well documented that rick and dave did coke from the late 70s to the 90s

[@Roger8176]

​@robloxcoolboy4724 Indeed they did. Watch some of the Wall live videos. Dave's eyes were nothing but pupils. Also, not sure about Roger and coke, but in the 80's solo era his look is exactly what I picture when I think of a guy that does a lot of coke.

[@LysergiaBandOfficial]

@@Roger8176 yeah he looks like a politician in the 80s lmao