About the band: Pink Floyd were a British band formed in London in 1965. Their music changed from psychedelic rock to full-blown prog over the years. They are one of the most commercially successful and influential bands in popular music history, and are definitely in my top 3 bands. They have released 15 studio albums in varying line-ups, but consensus is that their best period is the seventies, in which they released a handful of stunning albums, including Dark side of the moon. Pink Floyd currently have four songs in my list of about 200 best pop/rock songs of all time.
About the song: Time is one of the most popular songs from their 1973 landmark album The dark side of the moon. Kicking in with a stunning effects loop of various clocks ticking and chiming, this song is all about the pressure of time in our lives. Also added into the mix in the background is the sound of a heartbeat, implying that even our own heartbeat, that which keeps us alive, is also ticking against us, counting down until we die. The images that the lyrics provoke are very forceful indeed (Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time; Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines), and they include one of my favourite lines: "Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way". Run time 7:04.
