Pink Floyd – Learning To Fly
#quotefromthe80s
No navigator to find my way home
Unladen, empty and turned to stone
A soul in tension that’s learning to fly
Condition grounded but determined to try
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We, as Eighties’ Dinosaurs, went very often to a cinema during our weekends, and we began to enjoy the show starting from the very long queues outside the rooms, we took the ticket, maybe a coke and… all of a sudden ahe video clip of a beautiful song started, written by a group that had already given so much and now was starting again after the stormy departure of their cornerston, founder Roger Waters.
Of course we are talking about Pink Floyd and Learning to Fly, the first single from the album A Momentary Lapse of Reason, released in Spetember 1987.
This famous video shows a Native American initially intent on mowing grain; after seeing a plane above him, he begins to have visions of a shaman and finally launches himself from a cliff, turning into an eagle to fly free.
The song tells of David Gilmour’s feelings about flying. At the time, in fact, he was taking the flight license and the typical message of apologies for the delay in registration was “I’m learning to fly”.
The text can also be seen as a metaphor for flying, starting new adventures; exactly what was happening to the band after the separation from Waters.
Moreover, to start flying and getting out of the momentary troubles, great external collaborations joined what remained of Pink Floyd, starting with the return of one of the founding members of the group, Richard Wright.
In order to add confidence for this great step, they also engaged their historic designer Storm Thorgerson for the album cover (after 10 years), and for this occasion he also acted as director of the lucky video clip (winner in 1988 of an MTV Video Music Award as “Best Concept Video”, the only VMA of the entire group’s career).
Despite the cold reception from critics, the album will sell very well, collecting gold and platinum records around the world.
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