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The lead track sees David Gilmour and Nick Mason joined by long time Pink Floyd bass player Guy Pratt and Nitin Sawhney on keyboards and featuring vocals by Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Ukrainian band Boombox.
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When the track was first recorded at the end of March, Andriy, who left his bandsUS tour to return home and fight for his country, was in a hospital bed in Kyiv recovering from a shrapnel injury. Proceeds for the physical release and the ongoing digital proceeds will go to Ukraine humanitarian relief.
For this limited edition release, David Gilmour revisited The Division Bell track A Great Day For Freedom, he has reworked the song using the original tapes which feature Nick Mason on drums and Richard Wright on keyboards, along with backing vocals from Sam Brown, Claudia Fontaine and Durga McBroom. The track was composed by Gilmour with lyrics by Polly Samson and himself. Speaking about the song in 1994, Gilmour said, There was a wonderful moment of optimism when theBerlin wall came down the release of Eastern Europe from the non-democratic side of the socialist system. But what they have now doesn't seem to be much better. Again, I'm fairly pessimistic about it all. I sort of wish and I live in hope, but I tend to think that history moves at a much slower pace than we think it does. I feel that real change takes a long, long time.
Talking about the inspiration for Hey Hey Rise Up Gilmour commented, Any war, but particularly a war that is started by a world superpower against an independent democratic nation, has got to raise enormous anger and frustration in one. As I said before, I have a small connection there; my daughter-in-law is from Ukraine. And the band Boombox are Ukrainian people that I already knew, not well, but from some time ago. Its an enormously difficult, frustrating, and anger-making thing that one human being can have the power to invade another independent democratic nation and set about killing its population. Its obscene to an extent that is just beyond my belief.
The artwork for the track The Sunflower Look features a painting of the nationalflower of Ukraine with a twist by the Cuban artist Yosan Leon. The cover is a direct reference to the woman who was seen around the world giving sunflower seeds to Russian soldiers and telling them to carry them in their pockets, so that when they die sunflowers will grow.
For this limited edition release, David Gilmour revisited The Division Bell track A Great Day For Freedom, he has reworked the song using the original tapes which feature Nick Mason on drums and Richard Wright on keyboards, along with backing vocals from Sam Brown, Claudia Fontaine and Durga McBroom. The track was composed by Gilmour with lyrics by Polly Samson and himself. Speaking about the song in 1994, Gilmour said, There was a wonderful moment of optimism when theBerlin wall came down the release of Eastern Europe from the non-democratic side of the socialist system. But what they have now doesn't seem to be much better. Again, I'm fairly pessimistic about it all. I sort of wish and I live in hope, but I tend to think that history moves at a much slower pace than we think it does. I feel that real change takes a long, long time.
Talking about the inspiration for Hey Hey Rise Up Gilmour commented, Any war, but particularly a war that is started by a world superpower against an independent democratic nation, has got to raise enormous anger and frustration in one. As I said before, I have a small connection there; my daughter-in-law is from Ukraine. And the band Boombox are Ukrainian people that I already knew, not well, but from some time ago. Its an enormously difficult, frustrating, and anger-making thing that one human being can have the power to invade another independent democratic nation and set about killing its population. Its obscene to an extent that is just beyond my belief.
The artwork for the track The Sunflower Look features a painting of the nationalflower of Ukraine with a twist by the Cuban artist Yosan Leon. The cover is a direct reference to the woman who was seen around the world giving sunflower seeds to Russian soldiers and telling them to carry them in their pockets, so that when they die sunflowers will grow.
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Customer Reviews
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Claude BenoitFebruary 20, 2023I'm happy to listen that fantastic piece of music, also for great cause. Also to discover Andriy Khlyvnyuk, authentic voice of Ukraine.
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OldschoolchargerDecember 21, 2022Pink Floyd continues to generate music that is rich in thoughtful composition and serves a great purpose. Collaborating with Andriy Khlyvnyuk provides an authentic voice of Ukraine that is appreciated to the efforts heartfully dedicated to this project. I wish much success for this CD Single to bring Humanitarian Relief to Ukraine.
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Eugene GroesbeckNovember 8, 2022Great recording for a great cause. David’s distinctive guitar playing shines through out as does Nick’s excellent drumming.
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Pete MelkertNovember 2, 2022An absolutely brilliant piece of music!! May I say as well, for a most worthy cause. One day, wouldn't it be nice if we could never have insane despots who want to cause war just because they can. This song gives you hope that perhaps that day might come. As always, as is with Pink Floyd, the musicianship is stellar!
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JayOctober 31, 2022How could it not be fantastic ?!! And the fact that the proceeds go to humanitarian aid in Ukraine was enough for me to purchase 3 of them; not because I needed 3 but so those to which I gifted the others would be inspired to get more involved themselves. The new mix on “Great Day For Freedom” is actually spine-tingling in light of the emotional gravity of “Hey Hey Rise Up”. Sometimes the pen IS mightier than the sword, and I hope that every time “HHRU” is played it gives life to the lyrics, and that this senseless war will end soon.
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