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THE
GREAT GIG IN THE SKY
Concept:
About the fear of dying, it was originally written about Rogers Waters fear
of dying in a plane crash. Early on, the theme of the song was religion
as a cause of insanity.
Comment: Background Lyrics: 0:38 - "and I'm not frightened of dying. Anytime
will do. I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying! There's no reason
for it. You gotta go sometime" 3:33 - "I never said I was frightened of
dying".
Richard Wright: I think the 'Mortality Section', or 'Great Gig In The Sky'
as it's called now, is a really nice piece of music. One of the pressures
for me and I'm sure all the others, is this constant fear of dying, because
of all the travelling we're doing on the motorways of America and Europe,
and the planes. That for me is a very real fear. Trouble is, it doesn't
come across like that on the record, so that's a weakness of it. Alan
Parsons: They simply said, 'Who shall we get to sing this?' And I said,
'Well, I know a great singer...' There was a bit of direction given - they
said,'Sorry, we've got no words, no melody line, just a chord sequence,
just see what you can do with it.' She was only there for a couple of hours. Clare
Torry: They didn't know what they wanted, just said it was a birth and death
concept. I looked suitably baffled and just sang something off the top of
my head. I got a shock when the album came out and became a massive hit. Alan
Parsons: As I remember she did two or three tracks, from which we assembled
the best bits for a master version. But somewhere in the archives there
are bits we didn't use, and I'm sure it would make for an interesting remix
version one day. Clare
Torry: I thought myself very daring to invoice EMI for twice the going rate
of 15 Pounds. Comment:
A 1990 poll of Australian radio listeners awarded this the title 'Best Song
To Make Love To', ahead of a list that boasted the more overtly romantic
sounds of Prince, Madonna and The Cure. Comment:
A working title for this song was called 'Ecclesiastics' and 'Religion'.
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