Pink Floyd, Money | FIERCE Pop + Rock 🔥🤘 |

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In the 10^th edition of FIERCE Pop + Rock 🔥🤘 (2023), we highlight “Money” performed by iconic prog rock band, Pink Floyd.

[otw_shortcode_dropcap label=”“M” size=”large” border_color_class=”otw-no-border-color” shadow=”shadow” square=”square”]oney, so they say / Is the root of all evil today.” Bring on the bold, FIERCE tracks! FIERCE Pop + Rock 🔥🤘 provides background information and insight into pop, rock, and metal songs that raise eyebrows and stir the pot. Featured records can be classic or brand new. In the 10^th edition of FIERCE Pop + Rock 🔥🤘 (2023), we explore 🎵 “Money” performed by iconic prog rock band, 🎙 Pink Floyd.[/otw_shortcode_dropcap]

Iconic progressive rock band 🎙 Pink Floyd is the definition of FIERCE, known for exhibiting innovative spirit throughout their illustrious career. Among the collective’s most celebrated albums is 💿 The Dark Side of the Moon from 1973. The crowning achievement from The Dark Side of the Moon is… 🎵 “Money”, written by bassist, 🎙 Roger Waters. Besides composing the record, his bass line is utterly sick. All in all, on “Money,” the musicianship is top-notch – through the roof. Set in an unconventional 7/4 time signature, the record has a bluesy, jazz sensibility in addition to being idiomatic of rock. It’s further amplified by money sound effects, the use Wurlitzer electric piano and Wah-wah pedal (🎙 Richard Wright), and a killer tenor saxophone solo (🎙 Dick Parry).

Of course, you cannot mention “Money” without shouting out guitar and vocalist 🎙 David Gilmour. He brings Waters lyrics to life sensationally. Early on, he speaks about the power and dangerousness of the five-letter word. “Money, it’s a gas,” he sings in the first verse, adding, “Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash.” Maybe more memorable is the profane lyric from the second verse: “Money, it’s a hit / Ah, don’t give me that do-goody-good-bullshit.” That is a mic drop moment for sure! Another memorable moment is where Gilmour highlights greed at its, well, greediest: “I’m in a high-fidelity first class traveling set / And I think I need a Learjet.” Oh, capitalism! Money aside, there is nothing evil about the top-20 prog rock classic that is 🎵 “Money”.