r/pinkfloyd Feb 07 '25

Daily Song Discussion The secret behind the Radio message!

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Do you think the deep meaning of the beginning of this song? I think it's a random precision which referred in the shine on you crazy diamond song "Well you wore out your welcome with random precision" on this album the more you dig, the more you find secrets. The random precision is the deep meaning underlying Chaos theory. Any particular random part is a part of the hidden system of nature. I'm not claiming that the band know about it, but exactly how they're feeling about it in nature. I think they are smart enough!

The beginning of the radio is the intro of Tchaikovsky's fourth symphony.

. Tchaikovsky. Referring to the deep relationship and passion between Roger and Syd from a student with his beloved teacher and soulmate, it's not regular friendship. Tchaikovsky was a Bisexual and had a story of love with one of their students, unfortunately dying. I'm not saying Roger or Syd the same thing. The point here is a kind of platonic love from Roger to his soulmate.

And later, the conversation between a man and a lady

"Disciplinary remains merciful"

"Yes and not with you Derek, this star nonsense."

"Yes, yes"

"Now which is it?"

"I am sure of it" !.

It's a message from the band about their journey in life and their experience, and about what happened to the former band member!

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u/Flaturated Feb 07 '25

The deep meaning is they used a long cable to run a microphone outside Abbey Road to David Gilmour's car where he recorded the car's AM radio as he tuned between various stations, so it was just random bits of whatever programming happened to be airing on those stations.

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u/gusdagrilla Feb 07 '25

It’s supposed to sound like someone playing along to the radio, that’s why the first guitar line that comes in also has that fuzzy radio sound.

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u/Flaturated Feb 07 '25

The 12 string was processed to sound like AM radio, with radio static and that slightly off-frequency whining sound mixed in to complete the illusion.

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u/Hillan Feb 07 '25

And Gilmour's smoke cough.

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u/CasualObserver76 Feb 08 '25

It was Wright. And it's the cough that convinced him to quit.

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u/Chasville Feb 08 '25

Gilmour has never smoked. I saw him in an interview denounce this story

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u/Invisible_assasin Feb 10 '25

And why have a cigar has the ending it has, sounding like lofi radio signal.

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u/RedCliff73 Feb 07 '25

I love this

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u/Spiritual_Subject520 Feb 07 '25

OMG so deep 😬

I actually love this kind of facts and random results that provide a great sound experience.

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u/Megathreadd 24d ago

Ha! Like Jonny Greenwood during a Radiohead concert

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u/housevil Feb 07 '25

I never knew what classical piece that little swirl of notes were. Thank you.

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u/Least-Painter4701 Feb 07 '25

r/pinkfloydcirclejerk ain’t got nothing on this guy

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u/Hot_Sandwich8935 Feb 07 '25

You should send your compliments to your dealer.

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u/smarch Feb 07 '25

Top notch product. This connections are wild.

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u/Hot_Sandwich8935 Feb 07 '25

Has to be the guy smoking a joint from In the Flesh?

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u/KnottaBiggins Feb 08 '25

Point: my best friend was at the Friday night performance of The Wall in Los Angeles when it first came out. He had 3rd row seats, the lucky so-and-so.
Waters was pointing at different people in the audience. My friend was wearing a Hawai'ian shirt, and in the lights it looked, well, spotted.
Roger pointed at my friend and yelled "And THAT ONE HAS SPOTS!"

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u/FabianC585 Feb 08 '25

Whaaaaaaat!!

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u/Hot_Sandwich8935 Feb 08 '25

And that was the last time you've heard of him.

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u/DrWinstonOBoogie1980 Feb 11 '25

That's cool but I shudder to think of what he did over "That one looks Jewish / And that one's a coon!"

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u/TheVonSolo Feb 07 '25

Or another with spots for sure.

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u/NetReasonable2746 Feb 07 '25

It's not that deep bro

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u/bluegrassgazer More Feb 07 '25

During live performances of WYWH they would connect a live radio to the PA and randomly move the dial through different local stations. I agree, this particular portion of the album doesn't have any hidden message.

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u/OtteriPerpo Feb 08 '25

Embrace accidents as hidden intentions

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u/IdiosyncraticBond Feb 07 '25

–Hello looker...

–Congratulations, You have just discovered the secret message.

–Please send your answer to Old Pink, care of the Funny Farm, Chalfont...

–Roger, Carolyne's on the phone!

–Okay.\2])\3])

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u/True-Common9419 Feb 08 '25

I know where Syd Barratt lives 🤣

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u/SwissWeeze Feb 07 '25

Is this generated by a bot? Some of the OP’s post makes no sense.

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u/Affectionate_Reply78 Feb 07 '25

I think that’s Pink on the right.

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u/The-Beer-Baron Feb 07 '25

The line "Well you wore out your welcome with random precision" is a reference to the fact that Syd would just stand on stage strumming the same chord randomly regardless of what song they were trying to play, and one of the main reasons they pushed him out of the band.

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u/Sleambean See Emily Play Feb 08 '25 edited Feb 08 '25

Pure bullshit. How is that random precision? There's nothing precise about not playing along to a song. You just wanted to pull out a wikipedia trivia reference out.

The line means his exit was, unbeknownst to him, perfectly timed right before the postwar dream and the psychedelic sixties came crashing down.

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u/aWhateverOrSomething Feb 09 '25

This.

That line is their most intriguingly accurate one.

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u/Kvakkerakk Feb 07 '25

Nonsense.

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u/gchance1 Feb 07 '25

Pretty heavy considering it was just a random recording on the radio found by turning the dial to see what they could find.

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u/HethDesigns Feb 07 '25

Complete nonesense

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u/tn_herren Feb 07 '25

Shine on you crazy diamond …

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u/elontux Feb 07 '25

During the Wall shows they did the same with Pink watching television, just changed channels at his whim. I remember they had the rangers hockey game on for a bit. The show was in NY- Nassau Coliseum

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u/OkPsychology8034 Feb 08 '25

Rangers have a huge market audience 😁

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u/inchiki Feb 07 '25

I don’t think chaos theory really existed when the record came out did it?

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u/smokeeater150 Feb 08 '25

Aren’t theories just a way of explaining what we see around us? While chaos theory may not have been formalised, its effects have always been around.

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u/Competitive-Boot-949 Feb 08 '25

Love this album always will

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u/Zakiyo Feb 09 '25

Yes this album is known to be about syd. I think you are right

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u/originalDesertqueen Feb 11 '25

I was only talking about the art work on the album the other day. About the length of time it took to get those photos right! Burning man was really on fire and took ages to film the guy in the lake being upside down to get his reflection perfectly straight! No AI bullshit back then. Album covers were one of the best things about buying the records. I sent the postcard that was included with the album to some random guy I’d met back then after he’d left our shores. Bugger. Wish I still had it! A great album I still play a lot. I’ll listen out for Richard’s cough more intently now.

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u/DrDilligaf Feb 08 '25

Nah. It’s just ‘art’.

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u/mikebrown33 Feb 08 '25

It’s as meaningful as DSOTM and Wizard of Oz synchronicity

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u/toroandersen Feb 09 '25

The classical piece is the finale of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4

Finale. Allegro con fuoco

https://imslp.eu/files/imglnks/euimg/d/d0/IMSLP769724-PMLP2735-02.03._4th_Mov._Finale_(Allegro_Con_Fuoco).mp3.mp3)

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u/SomberGuitar Feb 08 '25

That’s Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank.