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Goodbye Cruel World (Pink Floyd song)

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"'Goodbye Cruel World'" is a song by Pink Floyd. It appears on their 1979 double album, 'The Wall'.

Composition



A quiet song, the Prophet-5 analog synthesiser provides the D major chord sequence: D, G, D, A, D, while the bass guitar plays the root notes and their octaves.'Pink Floyd: The Wall' (1980 Pink Floyd Music Publishers Ltd., London, England, [USA ]) for "Goodbye Cruel World" A similar bass riff was used in the earlier Pink Floyd songs "Careful with That Axe, Eugene" and the fade-out of "See Emily Play".'Pink Floyd: Anthology' songbook (1980 Warner Bros. Publications, Inc., Secaucus N.J.) for "See Emily Play"

Plot



As with all tracks on 'The Wall', "Goodbye Cruel World" relates to the listener a segment of Pink's (the album's protagonist) story. More specifically, this song expresses Pink's recognition of the completion of his mental wall, and acknowledgement of his thorough isolation from society.

Live versions



In all performances of 'The Wall', both by Pink Floyd and in Roger Waters' solo career, the song represents the end of the first half of the show. The wall is built, apart from one brick. Waters appears in this small gap and as he sings the final word, "goodbye", the last brick is put into place, ending the first half of the show.

Personnel



* Roger Waters bass guitar, vocals

* Richard Wright Prophet-5 synthesizer, organ

Personnel per Fitch and Mahon.Fitch, Vernon and Mahon, Richard, 'Comfortably Numb - A History of The Wall 1978-1981', 2006, p. 89

Cover versions



*Anathema covered the song for the re-release of their album, 'Alternative 4'.

*Korn's cover of "Another Brick in the Wall" on their album 'Greatest Hits Volume 1' includes this song at the end.

*Noel Gallagher of Oasis covered the song in 1995 as a guest of an American radio station.

*Musician Orlando Francisco Garcia performs an acoustic version of this song.

References



*Fitch, Vernon. The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia (3rd edition), 2005.

*'Pink Floyd: The Wall' (1980 Pink Floyd Music Publishers Ltd., London, England, [USA ]) for "Goodbye Cruel World"

*'Pink Floyd: Anthology' songbook (1980 Warner Bros. Publications, Inc., Secaucus N.J.) for "See Emily Play"

Notes



Category:Pink Floyd songs

Category:1979 songs

Category:Songs written by Roger Waters

Category:Song recordings produced by Bob Ezrin

Category:Song recordings produced by David Gilmour

Category:Song recordings produced by Roger Waters

Category:Songs about loneliness

Category:Songs about suicide

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