Pink Floyd Multiple Choice Quiz | Music

Answer: Isn't this where we came in?

At the end of "Outside the Wall" on the second disc, the first part of the phrase is said- "isn't this where..." and then at the very beginning of "In the Flesh?" the line "...we came in" is said.

Answer: Roger Waters and David Gilmour

David Gilmour and Roger Waters both play bass on "One Of These Days", if you listen closely, the bass parts are on panned differently, one in the right speaker and one in the left. The second bass comes in during the intro.

Answer: True

Roy Harper provided the vocals.

Answer: Snowy White

Snowy White played on tour with Pink Floyd, playing rhythm guitar and harmonies. He played lead guitar on "Have a Cigar" and an added second solo to Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2). Snowy White also recorded an extended version of Pigs on the Wing, which included both parts linked together by a Snowy White guitar solo.

Answer: Careful With That Axe, Eugene

The instrumental "Careful With That Axe, Eugene" was played as the second encore on May 9th, 1977. Touring guitarist Snowy White was told of the band's intentions on playing the song just before they were to go back on to play the encore. Snowy White had not even head of the song. It would be the first and last time he would ever play the song.

Answer: March 10th, 1973

"The Dark Side of the Moon" was released on March 10th, 1973, 4 days after David Gilmour's 27th birthday (March 6th).

Answer: 64 minutes and 30 seconds

The longest known performance of "The Dark Side of the Moon" is 64 minutes and 30 seconds long. The shortest is 38 minutes.

Answer: Pyrotechnics that were set off during "Careful With That Axe, Eugene" blew up the PA system

All of these events actually happened. The pyrotechnics blew up the PA on March 5th, 1973, the pyramid was blown away on June 20th, 1975, the sound effects for "Money" broke down on January 20th, 1972, and the PA stack failed and Rick Wright's organ went out of tune on July 5th, 1975.

Answer: True

This is true. In fact, Pink Floyd didn't even play the concert opener, "In the Flesh?". The separate, "surrogate" band played it, wearing masks molded to the faces of David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Rick Wright, and Nick Mason. The audience doesn't realize this until after the song, where the surrogate band in frozen and lowered out of place. Later, during "In the Flesh" in the second half of the show, the surrogate band plays behind Pink Floyd, wearing the same clothes as Pink Floyd had on earlier in the show, while the Floyd wore satin shirts with the marching hammers symbol on them.

Answer: True

Roger Waters wanted the cover for "Animals" to be an actual photo, instead of a computerized picture, so the tied up a giant inflatable pig to the Battersea Power Station in London. On the second day of shooting, the pig broke free and sailed into the sky, causing pilots and air traffic control to report a flying pig! In the end, the picture was a computer edited mixture between two pictures, one of the pig, and one of the power station.

Answer: The Massed Gadgets of Auximenies

"The Massed Gadgets of Auximenies" was never recorded as a studio album, yet it was played live in 1969. It was played in two parts- "The Man" and "The Journey". Many of the songs from this "album" were later brought back as tracks on other albums.

Answer: Gotta Be Crazy

"Gotta Be Crazy" and "Raving and Drooling" were both played live in 1974, three years before they would return on "Animals" as "Dogs" and "Sheep". Pink Floyd also played "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" during that same tour, which would later be featured a year later on Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here".

Answer: Jerry Driscoll (Abbey Road Doorman)

Peter Watts, Jerry Driscoll, Henry McCulloch, and other friends of the band were all asked questions written on notecards by Roger Waters. The answers to these questions were recorded and added as sound effects spread throughout the album. Paul McCartney's voice was recorded, but not used.

Answer: Eclipse

"The Dark Side of the Moon" was originally titled Eclipse (A Piece For Assorted Lunatics), as well as containing the song Eclipse.

Answer: A human ear

The cover of "Meddle" actually shows a human ear with water droplets that represent sound waves. Turn the cover on it's side to visualize the ear better.