The Richard Wright thread, and the book I recently read about Pink Floyd's songs, gave me an idea for a thread. What cool pieces of trivia have you learned about some of your favorite bands? Here are a few, all from Another Brick in the Wall;
Stanley Kubrick wanted to use Atom Heart Mother in A Clockwork Orange.
The flying pig shot, over the Battersea Power station, went awry when the helium-filled pig escaped its moorings. The pig ended up in Kent.
The Wall is a semi-autobiography of Roger Waters, but IMO he conflates some of the Syd Barrett stuff in it, too.
The operator in "Young Lust" on The Wall did not realize she was going to be on the album, so the take was completely candid.
Steven Hawking's voice appears on "Keep Talking" on The Division Bell.
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