Pink Floyd - “ Great Day for Freedom “ Pulse 1994

Taken from the Division Bell rehearsal Earls Court London 1994 The song, originally titled “In Shades of Grey“, addresses the great hopes following the fall of the Berlin Wall and the disappointment that followed. David Gilmour stated: Despite Gilmour’s statements to the contrary, the lyrics have often been read as a reflection on the bitter and estranged partnership Gilmour had with former bandmate Roger Waters, who was the driving force behind the band’s album The Wall. By this interpretation, the “Great Day for Freedom“ would be the day Waters left the band, giving the other members freedom to determine the band’s future direction. Gilmour commented on this reading: “I’m quite happy for people to interpret The Division Bell any way they like. But maybe a note of caution should be sounded because you can read too much into it. ’A Great Day for Freedom’, for example, has got nothing to do with Roger or his ’wall’. It just doesn’t. What else c