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This song review is intended to focus on the meaning of a certain song that has been analysed “Us and them” by Pink Floyd a British rock band that was released in the year 1973. The main drive of the song is protesting about war and how senseless it is to human life. This song review is intended to grab the meaning of the song as well as how well this song review relates to the song that was used for this task. The following work illustrates how envious nations can get over resources to the extent of taking the life of a fellow human being. This song review relates to the piece of work we are dealing with as it fits into the criteria for writing on such a topic as war poetry. Pink Floyd throughout the song often shows his amazing …show more content…
From the first three lines of the song “Us and them And after all we're only ordinary men Me and you God only knows it's not what we would choose to do” the rock band suggest that the soldiers at war do not wish to partake in massacring fellow brothers and sisters however have no choice as they are fighting for their nation. The lines “ Forward he cried from the rear and the front rank died And the general sat And the lines on the map moved from side to side” serve to show just how Generals and other higher ranked officials in the military dish out orders from the leisure of their offices. Not having to worry about being bombarded with bullets and shells. “And the lines on the map moved from side to side” suggests the rearrangement of countries physical and economical appearance a typical example would be the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine with both nations seeking each others land. “Black and blue And who knows which is which and who is who” suggests it is very hard to determine who is the good and bad guy when at war as people will have biased opinions. “Blue and black” could also refer to the bruising of skin while on the battlefield. The next set of lines “Up and down But in the end it’s only round and round” implies that there will always be a forever rotating cycle of obliterating your opponent or getting obliterated, but …show more content…
To summarise Pink Floyd’s Us and them is a song released on their 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon which depicts war as being senseless and a waste of people over resources. War is a never ending cycle based of greedy nations trying to own what is not theirs. The use of propaganda to lure in young private’s when they could be working in the economic sector of their nation to try and develop it rather than shortening the lives of future
This song review is intended to focus on the meaning of a certain song that has been analysed “Us and them” by Pink Floyd a British rock band that was released in the year 1973. The main drive of the song is protesting about war and how senseless it is to human life. This song review is intended to grab the meaning of the song as well as how well this song review relates to the song that was used for this task. The following work illustrates how envious nations can get over resources to the extent of taking the life of a fellow human being. This song review relates to the piece of work we are dealing with as it fits into the criteria for writing on such a topic as war poetry. Pink Floyd throughout the song often shows his amazing …show more content…
From the first three lines of the song “Us and them And after all we're only ordinary men Me and you God only knows it's not what we would choose to do” the rock band suggest that the soldiers at war do not wish to partake in massacring fellow brothers and sisters however have no choice as they are fighting for their nation. The lines “ Forward he cried from the rear and the front rank died And the general sat And the lines on the map moved from side to side” serve to show just how Generals and other higher ranked officials in the military dish out orders from the leisure of their offices. Not having to worry about being bombarded with bullets and shells. “And the lines on the map moved from side to side” suggests the rearrangement of countries physical and economical appearance a typical example would be the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine with both nations seeking each others land. “Black and blue And who knows which is which and who is who” suggests it is very hard to determine who is the good and bad guy when at war as people will have biased opinions. “Blue and black” could also refer to the bruising of skin while on the battlefield. The next set of lines “Up and down But in the end it’s only round and round” implies that there will always be a forever rotating cycle of obliterating your opponent or getting obliterated, but …show more content…
To summarise Pink Floyd’s Us and them is a song released on their 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon which depicts war as being senseless and a waste of people over resources. War is a never ending cycle based of greedy nations trying to own what is not theirs. The use of propaganda to lure in young private’s when they could be working in the economic sector of their nation to try and develop it rather than shortening the lives of future