HIGH HOPESHIGH HOPES

1. Junnuri Karthik 06010422

2. K. Goutham Abhilash 06010423

3. K. Alben Jose 06010426

4. N.S. Shiva Prasad 06010431

5. M.V. Kishore Kumar 06010722

6. S. Abhishek 06012115

7. Ravi Shankar B 06012113

Band MembersBand Members Pink Floyd were formed in 1965,

and originally consisted of

university students: Nick Mason,

Syd Barrett, David Gilmour, Roger

Waters, Richard Wright

Barrett was removed due to his

increasingly erratic behavior,

Wright left the band in 1979, and

Waters in 1985. The band again

enjoyed worldwide success with A

Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)

and The Division Bell (1994)

About the song.About the song. High Hopes" is a song from the 1994 Pink Floyd album, ‘The

Division Bell’ composed by David Gilmour with lyrics of Polly

Samson. Its lyrics speak of the things one may have gained and

lost in life, written from an autobiographical angle by Gilmour.

This being the very last song that Pink Floyd has written to date

(and its placement at the end of their last album of new material

to date) lends itself to the interpretation that the song narrates

the story of the band's career, from their beginnings to their

grandiose success (with The Dark Side of the Moon and The

Wall) to their breakup to their carrying on.

Gilmour on the songGilmour on the song “High Hopes" was really the last one, it was written after all the other

(songs) were sort of, in some form or another. I think I wrote it in July or

something. It was very, very quick. It's one of those ones that works, quickly,

but beautifully, almost immediately and, I came up with a tiny bit of music,

just had it on a cassette, just a few bars of piano. And then I went off to get

away to a small house somewhere with my girlfriend, Polly, and try and

make some progress on the lyric writing. And she gave me a phrase about

something about before time wears you down. And I took it from there,

and...got stuck into a whole sort of thing about, I suppose, my, it's

autobiographical really, I suppose I'd have to say on that one, it's about

my life, Cambridge life, and my childhood, I suppose. Yeah, we came up

with it very, very quickly, we wrote the words to it in, most of the words

to it in a day. And then I went back to the studio, with no one else there,

the minute I got back, and put a demo down of it. Did everything myself

on it, and it was virtually complete in a day.”

Lyrics.Lyrics.Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were

youngIn a world of magnets and miracles

Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundaryThe ringing of the division bell had begun

Along the long road and on down to the causewayDo they still LIVE there by the cut

There was a ragged band that followed in our footstepsRunning before time took our dreams away

Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground

To a life consumed by slow decay

Flow of thoughtFlow of thought The author switches back and forth in time, with alternate lines

following a chronological order.

The lyrics are marked by a rich usage of metaphors and

symbolism.

The tone is bitter-sweet and resigned.

“There was a ragged band that followed in our footstepsRunning before time took our dreams away

Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground

To a life consumed by slow decay”

Refrain.Refrain.

The grass was greener

The light was brighter

The taste was sweeter

The nights of wonder

With friends surrounded

The dawn mist glowing

The water flowing

The endless river

Visual AppealVisual Appeal The video depicts the emotion

in each and every line with great

attention to detail.

The video has many references

to Cambridge, where Syd

Barrett, Roger Waters and David

Gilmour grew up. The university

scarves, bikes and punts on the

river being obvious ones. Also

shown is an oversized sculpture

of Syd Barrett.

SnapshotsSnapshots

Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young.

The University Along the long road and on down to the causeway

SnapshotsSnapshots

Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground

SnapshotsSnapshots

There was a ragged band that followed in our footstepsRunning before time took our dreams away

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