Yep. That's pure poetry, alright. Also, not as purely poetic, but equally expressive in terms of what happens to people who obey authority: _Meek and obedient you follow the leader down well-trodden corridors into the valley of steel._
When I was in high school 1st heard Pink Floyd "Sheep" from one of their "Animal" album I was blown away by it. The Lyrics, The Sound made me visualize right away. Classic! 💯❤️🔥🐑
I was 22 in 1977, when 'Animals' was released. My first listen was with headphones.....sitting in the dark, except for a little Christmas tree with the blinking lights. Oh yes....I MAY have been a bit stoned. After all the decades.....I still haven't made up my mind which is my favorite song....'Dogs' or 'Sheep'.....but I think it might be the Pink Floyd album I return to most often. It changes over the years.
My first listen was also a little inebriated and with headphones. Travel to Tucson to see the concert. We were stunned when they flew the pig or was that stoned. I grew up country listening to country western still do but Floyd has always been my favorite group. Also seen the wall a momentary lapse of reason. I seen the last one 7 rows back. It was then I realized just how they could be so exact while performing live with such a large repertoire. Everyone was actually reading sheet music. This song probably better than any other shows just how good they really were with perfect pitch and tone. 🤠🐂🏞️🛩️
Yeah. The Urban Shaman cannot "really understand" what this album is driving at without a quick read of Animal Farm. The book itself is basically an indictment of Leninist communism, and the horrors it can unleash upon the unwary thanks to basic human nature.
@@chrisw3024: It's not really about "Leninist communism" in particular at all, but about much deeper themes pertaining to power, control, obedience, and so on. Everything sung about on the album can be readily identified in practically every human society that has ever existed throughout recorded history.
Probably my favourite PF album. A hidden gem. Even better when you listen to the entire album front to back. Oh ya. You know flea has been infected by Pf. Just saying!🍻🍻
I bought this in 78 when I was 14 or 15 - it's always made me smile, and think, in equal measures - such a phenomenal album, and so overlooked with 3 other momentous albums, by the band, around it. Spookily, my original copy is on the deck at the mo. Good review.
I particularly appreciated your remark about boring music. Indeed, Pink Floyd is never boring for the ears, they manipulate the sounds of the instruments in order to give them a surprising or even unique sound.
So they recorded this before Star Wars or Battlestar G. Some of the production here is 1976/77c, bit these songs on Animals were all written and performed before the previous album, Wish You Were Here. They knew they had something magical, but also had the sense that it wasn’t the right time. This is by far the most underrated album in rock history, for me.
I have been going back and forth between Dogs and Sheep being my favorite for more than 35 years. When I 1st started listening to PF, it was Sheep. And it stayed Sheep for more than 20 years, but since then, it seems like every 2 years I change, currently it is Dogs.
what a incredible time to the camera to start focusing the back, it was like pink floyd directed your video, perfect timing for that change. ive had a very good time watching you hearing that amazing album for the fist time. love from brazil man!
I hung out all week till Saturday night so work was done and I could knock back a few colds and have a wee pipe and enjoy this encounter. This song means so much to me. I think it is essentially my favorite Pink Floyd song - and I don't do favorites. I think that from what I know of you, you will not be disappointed.
Love to see your reaction on this album, man. Reminds me of the moments I listened to this album for the first time, somewhere back in the 1980's. I like Echoes, DSOTM, Wish You were Here, The Wall. But this album I absolutely love, adore even.
Dude, it's the reference to George Orwell, "Animal Farm". I don't want to believe there are people who didn't read the book and didn't listen to Pink Floyd...
Watching you experience Animals for the first time was the best thing I've seen in a while. That's exactly how I feel about these songs every time I hear them. I haven't checked to see if you've listened to Shine On You Crazy Diamond, but part 2 of that song starts off with the same rolling bass as Sheep and it definitely has some Animals vibes to it.
This is the spoken distorted part: The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want He makes me down to lie Through pastures green He leadeth me the silent waters by. With bright knives He releaseth my soul. He maketh me to hang on hooks in high places. He converteth me to lamb cutlets, For lo, He hath great power, and great hunger. When cometh the day we lowly ones, Through quiet reflection, and great dedication Master the art of karate, Lo, we shall rise up, And then we’ll make the bugger’s eyes water. It’s a play on the psalm 23 The dogs are business men/women and people that will do anything to succeed. Pigs are politicians and people of authority. And sheep are the people that stand on the sideline that the dogs and pigs attack and use.
Interesting you putting "Dogs" and "Sheep" together like that. Both songs were actually in their live rotation as "You've Gotta Be Crazy" and "Raving and Drooling", along with "Shine on You Crazy Diamond", in 1974 (even before Wish You Were Here was released). The songs were further polished and lyrics slightly refined for their inclusion in Animals 1977 release. To me it's always felt like both songs were more mature than "Pigs", which was written closer to the time of recording the album and never played live and given the chance to evolve before the album came out. Along those lines, it's interesting to note that DSotM was performed live almost in it's entirety as early as 1971.
Sure, Roger has the lyrics, Dave is one of the best guitarists on the planet with a voice to boot, and Nick is always holding it down on the kit but let's call a spade a spade here.... Mr. Richard Wright is the true MVP of the Pink Floyd Sound. Point, Blank, and the Period!!
I've told you about PF groove: "Echoes"! And, If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times...when you world turns to shit and you've had a crappy day, you come home, pour a scotch (or similar), or glass of red, drink that offing it down. Then, pour another, woof that down too, then pour a third one and go turn off all the lights. Put any Pink Floyd record on. Go find a bean bag or deep leather couch, put your headphones on and sink down into your chair, close your eyes, sip away the final drink, and let the music sooth your soul !!!
I was just about to say I have seen this played live on a fretless bass and then you said......... the base sounds like it's underwater. That bass man!!!!! There was that reference back to Dogs, and 'the stone', which I can see you got despite the blurr out of your camera.
'Dogs' always reminded me of a Willy Loman type character. Always working for the 'Pigs', never home, and end up sad an alone. But as bad as that sounds I'd rather be a dog than a sheep.
I really think Pink Floyd should have released the Animals album as a single song. Same with Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall. It would clear up a lot of the confusion when people listen to a random cut on one of those albums and "don't get it"
Great reaction....try Shine on You Crazy Diamond. Also try the live pulse remastered 1994 concerts for some fantastic visual with the music, not one bad song in that whole concert. So talented and perfect, yet just ordinary folks doing what they love, among are SORROW, KEEP TALKING, ONE OF THESE DAYS, and their encore closer RUN LIKE HELL.
I wonder what happens to the sheep in the valley of steel. I'm sure it's a great place where they are tended to with great care and their every desire satisfied.
If you don't eat your meat you can't have any mushrooms how can you have any mushrooms if you don't eat your meat. So eat your mushrooms 🍄and listen to Pink Floyd as you will hear the calling of a magical experience
Oh yh's! Carrying on frm Dogs, remember bck in tha' Earley 70's No Samplers! Keyboard synths jus' barely bin out long, they had to do @ lot of it on ""Reel-to-Reel"" Decks @ Layering upon Layering @ yh's More Layering ❤ Xxx.
Just like now,but instead of dogs it's the Main stream media with so-called experts, whereas the sheperds are the instigators of the NWO, the great reset. ironic.
@@Ashley4029 very ironic. Also considering that Roger Waters is not a far left wing activist. You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
Hey man what's the best way to recommend a song? It would be amazing to see you react to 'Lucid Planet - Zenith'. Such an underrated band that are independent from Australia. They are psycedelic, prog, tribal, rock and its 100% worth checking out man. Peace ✌
Sheep, Dogs, and Pigs(three different ones) are all connected. They are mostly talking about the political climate we were in, during the time that, Barry Goldwater was running for President.
Animals much like the Wall but more so exemplifies what is playing out today. Especially this song. You have the Sheep which are the Mindless masses. The dogs that are the ruthless businessman. And the pigs the ones that try to set the moral ground for everyone else. So the lines "you better stay home and do as you're told," "stay out of the road if you want to grow old" sounds like what we're hearing from certain individuals today such as wearing a face mask or when they locked everyone down because it was for your own good and if you don't get inoculated you'll never grow old. Things never change and history repeats itself. Today the world is starting to embrace fascism just as they did in Germany under Hitler. But the ideology is much like Stalin's or China's Mao Zedong. 🤠🐂🏞️🛩️
what made me pass this album up many times was the dreary lame cover & the fact theres like 4ish songs, I felt I wouldnt be getting much muisic, so when I did buy it finally I was floored,several times,.
Dogs is my least favorite among the 3 main songs because it's way too stretched out in the middle which could have been easily 2 minutes shorter. Pigs (3 different ones), is my favorite because of the talk box which has been used rarely by PF and the ending riff which could have been stretched out more because I feel we were ripped off at the end fading out while Gilmor is shredding like an ape on steroids, then Sheep and then Dogs.
Just a thought, you might want to share a portion of the screen with the video you're watching. I don't want to look at your mug the whole time, and for that reason you lost me in 30 seconds. I want to see the artist too!
This!this right here!!is why i tell kids ,its not that the fact that I am old!! Your music really does suck!..and I am not being a cynical, old fuck it’s just the truth. It’s hard to top, or even come close to the best music ever written , and I feel so bad for people, that have never experienced it and don’t have the capability of absorbing it. because they’re over, exposed to the mindless trash, they were force-fed.
It's obvious what it all means. Roger Waters who was the main writer for all Floyd's biggest selling albums and who's songs made Floyd legendary was and still is a Revolutionary against this corrupt completely lying Capitalist System. Animals is a completely Revolutionary Anti-Capitalist Album and Floyd in general were a very Anti-System Anti-Capitalist band mainly because Roger Waters is who was their main song writing talent.. The different animals on the Animals Album metaphorically although quite directly in some of the lyrics depict the different characters which keep the life on this planet climate destroying Capitalist System going. The Sheep are the Maj of the public who are easily led by the brainwashing Mainstream Media the MSM to keep Capitalism going who eventually on the song realise what's always been going on and rise up to overthrow the Unelected Richest their Masters and the lyric "& What a Surprise, A look of Terminal Shock in your eyes" sarcastically means it's not like it hasn't been obvious all along. Roger Waters also predicts rising sea levels because of Capitalism on 1973s Dark Side of the Moon Album where one of the lyrics written by and predicted by Waters back in 1973 says "& if there is no room left upon the hill" which is him predicting rising sea levels because of Capitalism back in 1973 before studies on the climate were done. There's also parts in Floyd's music that the Dr Who theme music was based on if you listen very closely. Dr Who is a very famous UK Sci Fi Series. That's apart from being genius musicians. Roger Waters the main song writing talent behind all of Floyd's most famous and legendary Albums who's written lots of solo albums too barely gets a mention or named individually as the main creator of all their most famous works, barely gets a mention for it in the Mainstream media, but then that's because he's a Revolutionary so don't want to give him any credit
always love how the vocals blend into the keyboard sound
It's just pure genius!
@@christinerobinson3819 With all due respect genius is an underestimate : )
I agree with about Sheep being more fun. Animals is remarkable album that doesn’t get enough attention. Great reaction!
'.. wave upon wave of demented avengers march cheerfully out of obscurity into the dream.....'
I just had to. One of the most poetic lyrics ever.
beat me to it lmao
Flows so good too
Yep. That's pure poetry, alright. Also, not as purely poetic, but equally expressive in terms of what happens to people who obey authority:
_Meek and obedient you follow the leader down well-trodden corridors into the valley of steel._
It stands out every listen, again and again..... Roger is a magician with words.
The sonic arrangements, the sound and the lyrics to this masterpiece are astounding.
When I was in high school 1st heard Pink Floyd "Sheep" from one of their "Animal" album I was blown away by it. The Lyrics, The Sound made me visualize right away. Classic! 💯❤️🔥🐑
I was 22 in 1977, when 'Animals' was released. My first listen was with headphones.....sitting in the dark, except for a little Christmas tree with the blinking lights. Oh yes....I MAY have been a bit stoned. After all the decades.....I still haven't made up my mind which is my favorite song....'Dogs' or 'Sheep'.....but I think it might be the Pink Floyd album I return to most often. It changes over the years.
My first listen was also a little inebriated and with headphones. Travel to Tucson to see the concert. We were stunned when they flew the pig or was that stoned. I grew up country listening to country western still do but Floyd has always been my favorite group.
Also seen the wall a momentary lapse of reason. I seen the last one 7 rows back. It was then I realized just how they could be so exact while performing live with such a large repertoire. Everyone was actually reading sheet music. This song probably better than any other shows just how good they really were with perfect pitch and tone.
🤠🐂🏞️🛩️
Currently reading the book animal farm by George Orwell, it really puts this record in perspective.
Yeah. The Urban Shaman cannot "really understand" what this album is driving at without a quick read of Animal Farm. The book itself is basically an indictment of Leninist communism, and the horrors it can unleash upon the unwary thanks to basic human nature.
watch the movie after
@@chrisw3024:
It's not really about "Leninist communism" in particular at all, but about much deeper themes pertaining to power, control, obedience, and so on. Everything sung about on the album can be readily identified in practically every human society that has ever existed throughout recorded history.
Probably my favourite PF album. A hidden gem. Even better when you listen to the entire album front to back. Oh ya. You know flea has been infected by Pf. Just saying!🍻🍻
I bought this in 78 when I was 14 or 15 - it's always made me smile, and think, in equal measures - such a phenomenal album, and so overlooked with 3 other momentous albums, by the band, around it. Spookily, my original copy is on the deck at the mo. Good review.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
“Echoes” from the Meddle album is great earlier PF.
“Marooned” is their only Grammy winning song.
Keep ‘em coming! 👍🏼
My favorite PF album. Hands down.
I particularly appreciated your remark about boring music. Indeed, Pink Floyd is never boring for the ears,
they manipulate the sounds of the instruments in order to give them a surprising or even unique sound.
Such a soothing opening to the song.
So they recorded this before Star Wars or Battlestar G. Some of the production here is 1976/77c, bit these songs on Animals were all written and performed before the previous album, Wish You Were Here. They knew they had something magical, but also had the sense that it wasn’t the right time. This is by far the most underrated album in rock history, for me.
Seeing you smile like that is gold
I have been going back and forth between Dogs and Sheep being my favorite for more than 35 years. When I 1st started listening to PF, it was Sheep. And it stayed Sheep for more than 20 years, but since then, it seems like every 2 years I change, currently it is Dogs.
Yes! Dogs has a sound like no other, but same with sheep. You get a hard rock and an easy rock in one song
Dogs and Sheep are my favorites from the album and of the Pink Floyd catalog. I do think, though, that Sheep is great all the way through
what a incredible time to the camera to start focusing the back, it was like pink floyd directed your video, perfect timing for that change. ive had a very good time watching you hearing that amazing album for the fist time. love from brazil man!
I hung out all week till Saturday night so work was done and I could knock back a few colds and have a wee pipe and enjoy this encounter. This song means so much to me. I think it is essentially my favorite Pink Floyd song - and I don't do favorites. I think that from what I know of you, you will not be disappointed.
Love to see your reaction on this album, man. Reminds me of the moments I listened to this album for the first time, somewhere back in the 1980's.
I like Echoes, DSOTM, Wish You were Here, The Wall. But this album I absolutely love, adore even.
Dude, it's the reference to George Orwell, "Animal Farm". I don't want to believe there are people who didn't read the book and didn't listen to Pink Floyd...
Watching you experience Animals for the first time was the best thing I've seen in a while. That's exactly how I feel about these songs every time I hear them. I haven't checked to see if you've listened to Shine On You Crazy Diamond, but part 2 of that song starts off with the same rolling bass as Sheep and it definitely has some Animals vibes to it.
This is the spoken distorted part:
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want
He makes me down to lie
Through pastures green He leadeth me the silent waters by.
With bright knives He releaseth my soul.
He maketh me to hang on hooks in high places.
He converteth me to lamb cutlets,
For lo, He hath great power, and great hunger.
When cometh the day we lowly ones,
Through quiet reflection, and great dedication
Master the art of karate,
Lo, we shall rise up,
And then we’ll make the bugger’s eyes water.
It’s a play on the psalm 23
The dogs are business men/women and people that will do anything to succeed. Pigs are politicians and people of authority. And sheep are the people that stand on the sideline that the dogs and pigs attack and use.
Interesting you putting "Dogs" and "Sheep" together like that. Both songs were actually in their live rotation as "You've Gotta Be Crazy" and "Raving and Drooling", along with "Shine on You Crazy Diamond", in 1974 (even before Wish You Were Here was released). The songs were further polished and lyrics slightly refined for their inclusion in Animals 1977 release. To me it's always felt like both songs were more mature than "Pigs", which was written closer to the time of recording the album and never played live and given the chance to evolve before the album came out.
Along those lines, it's interesting to note that DSotM was performed live almost in it's entirety as early as 1971.
Sure, Roger has the lyrics, Dave is one of the best guitarists on the planet with a voice to boot, and Nick is always holding it down on the kit but let's call a spade a spade here.... Mr. Richard Wright is the true MVP of the Pink Floyd Sound. Point, Blank, and the Period!!
I've told you about PF groove: "Echoes"!
And,
If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times...when you world turns to shit and you've had a crappy day, you come home, pour a scotch (or similar), or glass of red, drink that offing it down. Then, pour another, woof that down too, then pour a third one and go turn off all the lights. Put any Pink Floyd record on. Go find a bean bag or deep leather couch, put your headphones on and sink down into your chair, close your eyes, sip away the final drink, and let the music sooth your soul !!!
I was just about to say I have seen this played live on a fretless bass and then you said......... the base sounds like it's underwater. That bass man!!!!! There was that reference back to Dogs, and 'the stone', which I can see you got despite the blurr out of your camera.
“Innately drawn to” is indeed an apt description of what happens when experiencing the music of Pink Floyd :)
Super glad to see that you get the moment
Read the novel animals farm by George Orwell to understand more the album, ir really short a good
One of the greatest bands of all-time... just happens to be my favorite!!
Its a psychedelic sonic rollercoaster of emotions... and Pink Floyd have a social conscious George Orwell would have approved.
'Dogs' always reminded me of a Willy Loman type character. Always working for the 'Pigs', never home, and end up sad an alone. But as bad as that sounds I'd rather be a dog than a sheep.
I really think Pink Floyd should have released the Animals album as a single song. Same with Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall. It would clear up a lot of the confusion when people listen to a random cut on one of those albums and "don't get it"
Great reaction....try Shine on You Crazy Diamond. Also try the live pulse remastered 1994 concerts for some fantastic visual with the music, not one bad song in that whole concert. So talented and perfect, yet just ordinary folks doing what they love, among are SORROW, KEEP TALKING, ONE OF THESE DAYS, and their encore closer RUN LIKE HELL.
Wave upon wave of demented avengers
March cheerfully out of obscurity into the dream…………ingenious…
i was sold on them fully in 1970
8:25 is actually David gilmour on his guitar making that creepy sound
Next album up Wish You Were Here?
I wonder what happens to the sheep in the valley of steel. I'm sure it's a great place where they are tended to with great care and their every desire satisfied.
If you don't eat your meat you can't have any mushrooms how can you have any mushrooms if you don't eat your meat. So eat your mushrooms 🍄and listen to Pink Floyd as you will hear the calling of a magical experience
The Animals album is making references to George Orwell's Animal Farm.
Seeing your face...it's just like, "I know, man...I know. Welcome."
Oh yh's! Carrying on frm Dogs, remember bck in tha' Earley 70's No Samplers! Keyboard synths jus' barely bin out long, they had to do @ lot of it on ""Reel-to-Reel"" Decks @ Layering upon Layering @ yh's More Layering ❤ Xxx.
I thought you were doing the Floyd albums in order, like you did with Tool.
I don't even know when Animals came out..lol
Okay, '77.
Dogs are the corporations, Pigs are the government and Sheep are the people
Ah yeah!
Animals is a musical version of the book Animal Farm.
BEAUTIFUL FULL ANIMALS REACT - IT IS A PLEASURE FOR ME TO LISTEN TO YOU - THANKS
Imagine if they had written some extra tracks for chickens, horses & cows. We COULD have had a DOUBLE-album.
Orwell's Animal Farm. If you haven't read that I highly recommend. The whole album is bout this piece.. these guys are genius..
You need to listen to Amused to Death album by Roger Waters and Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking
Love Rogers solo stuff
Animals is depicting humas
Just Listen!
Young man, you've just discovered Pink Floyd and opened your mind up to endless possibilities. You need to try Comfortably Numb & Time.
the whole time the sheep were scared of dogs, but it was the Shepherd that led them to slaughter.
Just like now,but instead of dogs it's the Main stream media with so-called experts, whereas the sheperds are the instigators of the NWO, the great reset. ironic.
@@Ashley4029 very ironic. Also considering that Roger Waters is not a far left wing activist. You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
@@Ashley4029 hmmm. Slight misreading of the meaning
Agree with you. The pigs can get in the way sometimes.
When’re you gonna react to Pink Floyd Wish You We’re Here album? It’s epic!
Porcupine Tree - Hate Song live
It's good 'cause there's no Sax and no Girls Singing, just Pure Pink Floyd.
Roger Waters’ bass work at the beginning is sublime. Very reminiscent of ‘one of these days’ from Ummagumma.
Isn't it from Meddle?
Gilmour plays bass on sheep and pigs
Hey man what's the best way to recommend a song? It would be amazing to see you react to 'Lucid Planet - Zenith'. Such an underrated band that are independent from Australia. They are psycedelic, prog, tribal, rock and its 100% worth checking out man. Peace ✌
I hope you have not heard Shine on You Crazy Diamond so you can react to that from Wish You Were Here.
Both are awesome songs but I prefer the second Shine On
You are listening to Masters of Rock
Echoes is regarded by many, myself included, as their magnum opus. You must react to the Live in Pompeii 1972 version. Sensational!
Sheep, Dogs, and Pigs(three different ones) are all connected. They are mostly talking about the political climate we were in, during the time that, Barry Goldwater was running for President.
Barry Goldwater should have won tbh
Animals much like the Wall but more so exemplifies what is playing out today. Especially this song.
You have the Sheep which are the Mindless masses. The dogs that are the ruthless businessman. And the pigs the ones that try to set the moral ground for everyone else.
So the lines "you better stay home and do as you're told," "stay out of the road if you want to grow old" sounds like what we're hearing from certain individuals today such as wearing a face mask or when they locked everyone down because it was for your own good and if you don't get inoculated you'll never grow old. Things never change and history repeats itself. Today the world is starting to embrace fascism just as they did in Germany under Hitler. But the ideology is much like Stalin's or China's Mao Zedong.
🤠🐂🏞️🛩️
ROGER WATERS, WHAT GOD WANTS 1,2
what made me pass this album up many times was the dreary lame cover & the fact theres like 4ish songs, I felt I wouldnt be getting much muisic, so when I did buy it finally I was floored,several times,.
Dogs is my least favorite among the 3 main songs because it's way too stretched out in the middle which could have been easily 2 minutes shorter. Pigs (3 different ones), is my favorite because of the talk box which has been used rarely by PF and the ending riff which could have been stretched out more because I feel we were ripped off at the end fading out while Gilmor is shredding like an ape on steroids, then Sheep and then Dogs.
And you need to listen to raving and drooling
Pink Floyd take their time to tell the story. They never went for a 3 minute song for the top 10.
Hey, if those pigs snorting don’t make you laugh, something is wrong with you lol
They're nearly a laugh...!
Sheep is the shite
Just a thought, you might want to share a portion of the screen with the video you're watching. I don't want to look at your mug the whole time, and for that reason you lost me in 30 seconds. I want to see the artist too!
i don’t get it, you’re here for his reaction right? this is probably the best reaction to Sheep on youtube tbh.
This!this right here!!is why i tell kids ,its not that the fact that I am old!! Your music really does suck!..and I am not being a cynical, old fuck it’s just the truth. It’s hard to top, or even come close to the best music ever written , and I feel so bad for people, that have never experienced it and don’t have the capability of absorbing it. because they’re over, exposed to the mindless trash, they were force-fed.
you play tablas, I play oudu
It's obvious what it all means. Roger Waters who was the main writer for all Floyd's biggest selling albums and who's songs made Floyd legendary was and still is a Revolutionary against this corrupt completely lying Capitalist System. Animals is a completely Revolutionary Anti-Capitalist Album and Floyd in general were a very Anti-System Anti-Capitalist band mainly because Roger Waters is who was their main song writing talent.. The different animals on the Animals Album metaphorically although quite directly in some of the lyrics depict the different characters which keep the life on this planet climate destroying Capitalist System going. The Sheep are the Maj of the public who are easily led by the brainwashing Mainstream Media the MSM to keep Capitalism going who eventually on the song realise what's always been going on and rise up to overthrow the Unelected Richest their Masters and the lyric "& What a Surprise, A look of Terminal Shock in your eyes" sarcastically means it's not like it hasn't been obvious all along. Roger Waters also predicts rising sea levels because of Capitalism on 1973s Dark Side of the Moon Album where one of the lyrics written by and predicted by Waters back in 1973 says "& if there is no room left upon the hill" which is him predicting rising sea levels because of Capitalism back in 1973 before studies on the climate were done. There's also parts in Floyd's music that the Dr Who theme music was based on if you listen very closely. Dr Who is a very famous UK Sci Fi Series. That's apart from being genius musicians. Roger Waters the main song writing talent behind all of Floyd's most famous and legendary Albums who's written lots of solo albums too barely gets a mention or named individually as the main creator of all their most famous works, barely gets a mention for it in the Mainstream media, but then that's because he's a Revolutionary so don't want to give him any credit