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Concept: About the massacre in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, 1989 and how the media involvement made the deaths of the students powerful symbols.
Info Source: The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia by Vernon Fitch

Comment: The phrase 'dark santanic mills' is a quote from William Blake's prelude (often called Jerusalem) to his poem 'Milton'. The dark Satanic mills are the factories of early industrial England. The last two lines of the second stanza are: And was Jerusalem builded here Among these dark Satanic Mills?
Info Source: The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia by Vernon Fitch

Comment: The "Welcome to the jukebox jamboree" sound sample is from the John Waters movie Cry Baby.
Info Source: The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia by Vernon Fitch

 

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