As you may have heard, whether the world needs this or not, Roger Waters has re-recorded Pink Floyd‘s The Dark Side of the Moon, and this ‘Redux’ now has a release date: October 6 via SGB Music / Cooking Vinyl. Here’s what Rog says:
The original Dark Side of the Moon feels in some ways like the lament of an elder being on the human condition. But Dave, Rick, Nick and I were so young when we made it, and when you look at the world around us, clearly the message hasn’t stuck. That’s why I started to consider what the wisdom of an 80 year-old could bring to a reimagined version.
“When I first mentioned the idea of re-recording ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ to Gus and Sean we all thought I was mad, but the more we considered it, the more we thought ‘isn’t that the whole point?’.
“I’m immensely proud of what we have created, a work that can sit proudly alongside the original, hand-in-hand across a half-century of time.
Just how “reimagined” is this? More than you might think. He’s shared his Redux version of “Money,” which was originally sung by David Gilmour, and here gets a gravelly Tom Waits/Leonard Cohen rumpled suit makeover. You can watch the lyric video, as well the video for the Floyd original and a video about the making of Redux, below.
THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON REDUX
SIDE ONE
SPEAK TO ME
BREATHE
ON THE RUN
TIME
SIDE TWO
GREAT GIG IN THE SKY
MONEY
SIDE THREE
US AND THEM
ANY COLOUR YOU LIKE
BRAIN DAMAGE
ECLIPSE
SIDE FOUR
ORIGINAL COMPOSITION