Us and Them - Pink Floyd Cover

"Us and Them" is a song by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd on their 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon. The music was written by Richard Wright and lyrics by Roger Waters and it is sung by David Gilmour, with harmonies by Wright.
This cover was made with the participation of:
Carlos Assad (Brazil) - Bass, Electric Guitar & Keyboards
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Paulo Bueno Siqueira (Brazil) - Drums
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Fabio Mancano (Italy) - Saxophone
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Lilian Ximenes (Brazil) - Backing Vocal
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Henrique Luiz (Brazil): Lead and backing vocal
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Kris Gietkowski (England): Hammond Organ
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Pink Floyd Personnel
• David Gilmour - electric guitars, vocals (verses and choruses)
• Richard Wright - Hammond organ, piano, vocals (choruses)
• Roger Waters - bass
• Nick Mason - drums
Additional personnel[edit]
• Dick Parry - tenor saxophone
• Lesley Duncan - backing vocals
• Doris Troy - backing vocals
• Barry St. John - backing vocals
• Liza Strike - backing vocals
Lyrics
Us, and them
And after all we're only ordinary men.
Me, and you
God only knows it's not what we would choose to do.
Forward he cried from the rear
and the front rank died.
And the general sat and the lines on the map
moved from side to side.
Black and blue
And who knows which is which and who is who.
Up and down.
But in the end it's only round and round.
Haven't you heard it's a battle of words
The poster bearer cried.
Listen son, said the man with the gun
There's room for you inside.
"I mean, they're not gunna kill ya, so if you give 'em a quick short,
sharp, shock, they won't do it again. Dig it? I mean he get off
lightly, 'cos I would've given him a thrashing - I only hit him once!
It was only a difference of opinion, but really...I mean good manners
don't cost nothing do they, eh?"
Down and out
It can't be helped but there's a lot of it about.
With, without.
And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about?
Out of the way, it's a busy day
I've got things on my mind.
For the want of the price of tea and a slice
The old man died.
I do not own this song. This cover is a tribute to Pink Floyd
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[@Engravatado0zX]

Great sax player right there.

[@truthseeker5216]

They totally nailed it - "Forward he cried!" Those backing vocals sounded just like the original, whole band sax, everyone - perfect.

[@andreperes23]

Man, this is not the Pink Floyd playing? It's so fucking perfect! :)

[@karl-hermannkretschmer4561]

Nein. Das ist nicht Plnk Floyd! Ich habe dieses geniale Stück zum ersten Mal vor ca. 46 Jahren gehört und mich sofort darin verliebt. Ich glaube die kleinste Kleinigkeit würde ich heraushören können.

[@MobyDick00001]

And after all we're only ordinary men..

[@edgarricardosegura3631]

+MobyDick00001 Haha men you are great guys!

[@Netthuno]

+MobyDick00001 *_Show Brother_*

[@erickticas9779]

you got it dude!!! great lyric

[@PrashannaGauta]

you guys are really good

[@giuseppemontagna192]

MobyDick00001

[@livermont56]

This is so relaxing just like Pink Floyd ❤

[@MindstormRecords]

This is better than any Floyd cover band out there right now

[@michaeld8634]

I think its better then the original .. I always come back to these guys . . Brit Floyd is another Great cover band..

[@whiteguy47]

Yeah brit floyd is like seeing pink floyd in the 70's

[@GG-cf1pn]

You Re fuckin wrong, Pink Floyd was better 10x time, because they play in any version, I respect this one too

[@captainclark42]

It's damn good

[@TrebleForTheBass]

Sorry but nothing tops Brit Floyd, especially when Edo Scordo is on guitar. It's almost impossible to tell the difference between him and Gilmour at times, and from myself, someone who plays by ear and can recognize every nuance of a song, that's saying a lot

[@viswanathankalyanasundaram9315]

Surely this can't be true! Sounds just like original. Awesome!

[@pieterspaans]

One of the best so not the best tribute to a masterpiece from Pink Floyd.

[@timmarsden5277]

I thought I was the only one on the entire planet that noticed there is no echo on “without” Kudos!

[@mariomoreno4190]

Smooth and mellow just like Floyd. Saxophone player is spot on. Good job everyone. I could listen to you guys for hours.

[@lukejansen3540]

wow, 10/10. if I didn't see the video I would of thought it was the original.

[@The_Kirk_Lazarus]

*have

[@гаррилейба-ч9щ]

Великолепно, браво!!

[@gaiusscipio]

This is crazy good. If I heard this with no one telling. Me it was a cover I’d never have guessed

[@hillshepherd9444]

Excellent !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@alessiofinferli]

bellissimo. ascoltarvi è stato emozionante, bravi .

[@JaggusBaro]

Just mind blowing! Closest thing I’ve ever heard to Pink Floyd

[@EvanTisby]

Holy fuck... this was amazing! unbelievably accurate!

[@sandrosilva3098]

Performance emocionante.

[@pieterspaans]

Absolutely perfect rendition of PF. Only the saxophonist could be more prominent as in the orignal PF version.

[@Isthatbaloney]

You guys do THE most authentic Floyd covers of anyone. Just. Fucking. Epic.

[@CLAUDIOASPEVONFACH]

... GRANDIOSO.....👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻.... EXCELENTE 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@DJRushX1]

Killed it! Production on point. Awesome performance

[@msunderstood1100]

I'm blown away. Brought tears to my eyes... simply phenomenal! Congratulations.

[@aarontcagle]

I can’t help but cry listening to this. It’s so perfect.... taking advanced environmental chemistry at the moment and learning about how we have an “Us and them” attitude towards the environment in so many ways. What a powerful message and a powerful cover.

[@BIGeSTRING]

This is unbelievable good. Like you hear Pink Floyd.

[@marcelodecastro8586]

Congratulations, beautiful interpretation

[@josephst.george7841]

51 years later and we’re still fighting 🫤

[@mikevasquez8270]

Henrique, you hit those notes on the lead vocals perfectly. Lilian, excellent job on the background vocals, and Fabio, amazing job on the sax. Kudos to the rest of the band for getting the timing right on the mark. You guys ROCK!

[@RockCompany2]

Thank U!!!! :)

[@bolts5994]

HOLY SHIT!!! this is by far the best cover of this song on youtube!! very nice.

[@WTGRacing]

You are a truly great musician. I hope your covers get you known to at least a few.

[@KashIyengar]

I have never heard anything closer than this to how Pink Floyd played it. I am initiating an online Pink Floyd tribute band and would love to have any of you collaborating.

[@haggissmaggis8989]

+Kashyap Iyengar how can I join i can play bass and guitar

[@KashIyengar]

+haggis smaggis , find me on facebook.

[@ivanmedina2334]

hey buddy i invite you to watch my pf solo covers with a perfect guitar sound, its very very similar to david s sound. check out my channel.

[@SynZ777]

Does anyone know if David prefers a single coil or double humbucker?

[@mileslcsmusic]

Elecro Hillkill used both

[@akkiakki79]

Best cover

[@IansDrumsandBass]

Every one of you brilliant performance! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@harley0546]

Wow very impressive. So very talented each and everyone of you beautiful peoples.

[@brianpiersol9412]

All I can say is damn am I glad I was born in 1954! THE MUSIC!

[@Nabbs07]

This is by far the best cover I've ever heard. As someone who listens to Floyd pretty much constantly, my only constructive criticism, if I'm nitpicking, is that the volume on the vocal reverb should drop off a little faster. But that's just nitpicking! I would easily say I enjoy this as much as the original!

[@TheGiantMidget]

Adam Sebring as long as we're nitpicking, it's delay not reverb

[@JustInvertedFpv]

It is so close to perfect like all the ingredients are there but it was stirred and not shaken. There is still some magic in the mixing that Floyd had all those years ago that is hard to replicate even now. This is beautiful though all the same!

[@Paolo8772]

Actually the decay rate of the delays is more like the quad mix of the song.

[@joy1ess]

if the delays are far apart to be discerned as separate events (like in this song), the effect is actually an "echo". as the echoes get closer and closer together, they become "delays" . as the time intervals get even lesser, they are known as reverberation, or reverb for short. So actually, all three are the same thing, it is the time interval that determines which they are. this song utilises all three.

[@MatheusaoAntunes]

cool music

[@josezaratemadrigal4924]

Me quedé sin palabras!! Ufffh!!

[@scunnym]

WOW amazing!

[@trevorpiper8017]

This outfit is about "Getting It right!". Far from the pastiche of seeing orginal artists trying to recapture glory days past, this is an exercise is showing just how such a unique, impecabley concieved and masterfully produced recording (now turning 50!!i) remains one of the most influential moments in popular culture

[@shahedshuvo8666]

That Sax player is the real MVP 🎷

[@countingwithjerold]

The best cover of this song I have heard yet 😎

[@alessandrorigobello7551]

youre NOT ordinary at all... you made in heaven

[@paolobrioniartiglio1]

Notevoli 🎉

[@donovansweeneyreid3541]

You guys rock! This is the best cover of this song I have ever heard, keep it up!

[@Jarmundx]

Unrelated but where did you get your profile picture? Did you tool the photo? Can i have a copy?

[@donovansweeneyreid3541]

@@Jarmundx Hey, it's actually a photograph I took, sunrise from my living room. I can send you a copy if you tell me where to send it.

[@luccaa7c790]

Os melhores músicos do mundo são Brasileiros, slc.

[@lincolnadams83]

perfect! bravo!

[@drewseratto7801]

Me hicieron llorar... Como guardaron cada detalle, el sonido... las vocales, definitivamente el mejor cover que he visto en todo YT en mis años! Wow!

[@jimsark5230]

Bravo!!!

[@Paolo8772]

That is absolutely perfect. Just incredible. Even the saxophonist looks like Dick Parry used to in the 70s. I'm sure you've heard the quad version too!

[@jessehall5569]

Wow this is the best cover of any song I’ve ever heard. Wow just wow.

[@captainclark42]

Awesome cover! Sax player is incredible

[@ClintonLee-v7k]

Damn your more than ordinary men! Very nice work

[@filipedoferreira]

Perfeito. Simplesmente Igual. Não devo nem comentar parabéns por que isso já ta explícito! abraços e lindo ver tantos brasileiros na composição!

[@Electrotract]

Great cover of the timeless music of the Floyd

[@SergioLopez-rs7ds]

Lejos la mejor versión que he escuchado, impresionante como tocan!! Me animo a decir que es mejor que el tema Original, espectacular loco

[@alessandrorigobello7551]

absolute perfection

[@paolocataldi9010]

OTTIMA. VERSIONE...PAOLO. 58.ROMA...👍🌈🤗🎊🎉👏👏👏💕🌞👍🏻

[@DariasProDigital]

You guys, hack Pink Floyd tune, Big time!! Thanks for your amazing work!!

[@karl-hermannkretschmer4561]

Echt gut gemacht von Euch und ich freue mich darüber , das Ihr diese Art von Musik in Euch habt. Der Urknall aber ist Pink Floyd und wird es für mich immer bleiben!!! Euch nur das Beste. L.G. Karl 🔭🌌

[@PinkFloyd1965]

Nice cover

[@salvatorerana8656]

Mamma mia siete bravissimi tutto perfetto poi la voce uguale la più bella interpretazione eseguita BRAVISSIMI TUTTI QUANTI

[@javierruizcueto2389]

“And after all we're only ordinary men...” of course you’re not! All of you are in touch with another level of reality, a superior universe like Pink Floyd is. Excellent and best wishes to you all, may the Creator will keep giving you the abilities to perform the music for the delight of all of us… the ordinary men.

[@caesarspeakeasy9027]

You sure this isn’t Floyd? Amazing cover!!!!!

[@chroniclesofbap6170]

Superb!

[@billeisenhofer6887]

awesome

[@luizgustavo4]

no need to thank me for watching I thank you, beautiful

[@JosePedro-nq8ur]

Ouvir Pink floyd já é bom tocar deve ser maravilhoso pessoal manda bem demais 😴💾🎧🎹🎷🎸🎶🎤

[@aletrakker]

Wowww!!!!!!!!!! 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳 Beautiful!!!!!!!!

[@gabcotm]

FINALLY a cover that gets that drum part right at the end of the sax solo. So crucial imo. Fucking awesome.

[@MsLyttah]

Wonderful!!!

[@michaeld8634]

Ya . These guys are just AWESOME> LOVE The sound. Sounds so close to original.

[@12345678910111213796]

i'd appreciate to see some echoes or shine on you crazy diamond covers, i know it is a lot challenging but i totally believe you guys can nail this 2 songs

[@ATPsi]

Absolute masterpiece!

[@laranjamecanica86geisonfar60]

Onde consigo dar o like mais de uma vez? É a segunda vez que assisto... Incrível...me emocionei com esse espetáculo!!!

[@giu.c.5080]

Complimenti...un grande omaggio ai grandi Pink Floyd!!!!

[@randyrutherford1186]

That’s as good as it gets right there. Wow

[@TomMaxwell756]

Best cover I've heard of this song!

[@luizgustavo4]

Muito esforço e dedicação não são suficientes, precisa de talento e vocês mostraram que tem.

[@HillcrestSpong]

You guys absolutely nailed it again. Fantastic in every way. Definitely still my favourite KZbin channel. I love how your recordings bring out so much more detail than the originals.

[@heatedoyster2]

i Always said "Music deserves respect" so you guys, respect this song and so i respect you and i can say, this is a master piece, is a pleasure listen musicians like you playing art.

[@michaeld8634]

Cool the way they made this video. Sounds great too

[@935TURBO]

MobyDick00001 ....of course not,......you're not only ordinary men.....You're amazing musicians......." Chapeau-bas, Respect"......(y) (y)

[@rayaanjarley1]

Just awesome! Vocals and band just great!

[@wojtkand]

Bravo chłopaki, cudowne wykonanie szlagieru Pink Floyd

[@tomaszszczegola]

Lovely!

[@FuzzyJohn]

A classic treated the proper way. Excellent job, guys.

[@justsingit72]

Stellar performance Gentlemen!

[@justsingit72]

Len Audsley Ooops and Lillian, too! This is really over the top.... chills!

[@rafellegaljandaia]

Meu To muito orgulho desse canal e todos os covers e de saber que tem brasileiros fazendo parte disso pink floyd é incrível e vcs também

[@dinnnoel]

Damn! this is a very amazing cover.

[@stevegant7856]

Pink Floyd would be proud, spot on perfect!

[@herbertsusmann986]

Very good! Have to listen real close to hear the very slight differences. Could fool me any day!

[@KindGuitarist]

Fantastic!!! Very Very emotional!!

[@Sysyphuss_]

meu Deus do céu q honra ter esses cara , como brasileiro !!!!!!

[@rizkunisnator]

Are you guys going to release a cover album? You might as well!

[@TheRubberMatch]

I'd buy it!

[@Moribus_Artibus]

Im actually putting you guys on my playlist. This is beast

[@TonySpinach]

Absolutely spot on!

[@Edy_Trouble]

Fantastico !! Muy padre su cover, son cosas en las que admiro mucho :)

[@equivocado1]

Perfecto....!!! Gran Cover

[@sloanchessman5783]

Beautiful! ❤️👏👏👏👏