Pink Floyd - High Hopes

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Introduction

I'd like to begin this digression with a song by Pink Floyd, a band who made rock history. I'd say there's no need for an introduction to the band, but I'd want to play you a song that isn't one of their most well-known. It is, in fact, from the band's 14th studio album, The Division Bell. This album was recorded at a period when the band's internal troubles were becoming apparent, just before they lost their path and permanently split. Nonetheless, it features certain tunes that, in addition to being technically flawless, combine an innovative melodic and auditory vein with true poetic words.

'High Hopes' is the name of this song. The 'Division Bell,' which inspired the title of the 1995 album, is a British parliament bell that sounds when an MP is called to vote. It represents both consciousness-raising and decision-making, as well as individual separation and incommunicability. Bells ring at the beginning and end of the song, implying that the song is a time for reflection and awakening. The song was especially meaningful to David Gilmour, who was going through a divorce from his first wife as well as Roger Waters' departure from the band.

High Hopes is a melancholy hymn to youth and the regret of 'high hopes' that were never realized.

A curious fact: the album's title, derived from the lyrics of 'High Hopes,' was offered to Gilmour by Douglas Adams, his personal friend and author of the popular book series 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.'

From a musical standpoint, the song is, as is typical of Pink Floyd, not harmonically difficult, but superbly organized in terms of sound arrangement, with evocative intent.

The beginning with piano chords in C minor alternates perfectly with the tolling of the bell, thanks to the fourth interval that conjures the sound of the bell with its characteristic upper harmonics without a fundamental. The entire first section then consists of the repetition of only two chords. The refrain is evocative and nostalgic, with a deft use of chords and percussion, giving way to a guitar solo with epic-sounding accompaniment, reminding us of the pinnacle of youthful aspirations, before ending with the sound of the bell, bringing us back to the present and the disappointments of life. The final electric guitar solo, in typical Pink Floyd style, with its slide atmospheres provides the sensation of melancholy reminiscence, eventually fading into the increasingly more distant tolling of the bell...

Meaning and content

The song "High Hopes" by Pink Floyd is predicated on the premise that one's youth is characterized by greater levels of happiness and contentment than other times in one's life. It is said that the song was inspired by David Gilmour's youth and how he feels about that period of his life when he looks back on it now as an adult. On the other hand, there is a point that is intended for a wider audience. In contrast to the period of one's adult life, youth is characterized by a sense of "great hopes."

The song does not actually make any reference to this phrase at any point. However, the common understanding refers to the sentiment that one should have faith that wonderful things are still to come in the future. And when he thinks back to his boyhood, he remembers that being a time when both he and the recipient, together with their mutual pals, possessed such a temperament. In point of fact, he portrays that period in history as being particularly eventful, with life in general being more positive.

But when he moves the conversation to the present moment, his tone shifts. His adult sadness shows itself in a variety of colorful metaphors in his writing. For example, he describes this period as being characterized by "a plethora of small monsters trying to tie us down." And according to a line that he leaves out in the third verse, that hefty allusion is apparently meant to depict the concept of a person whose 'desires and goals' are repressed during his adulthood in spite of the fact that he has them. Because of this, we can conclude, from the narrator's point of view, that one of the primary aspects that makes childhood more pleasurable than adulthood is that the former state is not burdened by a continuous quest to fulfill aspirations. This is one of the main characteristics that makes childhood more pleasurable than adulthood.

Furthermore, the aforementioned goals are not merely self-imposed. To what end? Because he and others are likewise being "drawn along by force or some inner tide," as the phrase puts it. This is most likely a reference to the social ideals that are associated with maturity, which, to reiterate what was said earlier, are characterized by the never-ending pursuit of particular goals. Again drawing on a metaphor, it's possible that what he's alluding to is something that's analogous to trying to keep up with the Joneses. But what is even more essential is that in the process of working for these objectives, the "dreams" that made one's youth hopeful in the first place are "ripped away." To what end? Simply due to the fact that in one's youth they are able to think freely and "without restrictions." However, the inference is that now that they are adults, the majority of their mental energies are dedicated to the mundane tasks associated with everyday routines.

Conclusion

Consequently, it goes without saying that this is a profound song. However, despite being academic, it also presents a discernible subject matter, which is a large part of the reason for its popularity. And perhaps the most straightforward way to summarize it is to say that the singer views the world as a place in which, as we get older, the happiness that we experienced as children is essentially drained out of our lives. This is made possible by the social and individual ideals of maturity, which are the product of a never-ending and laborious pursuit for precise results.