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By Pages:   1    2    3    4    5    Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about Welcome to the machine (page 2/ 5) ------ performed by Pink Floyd The next step... | Reviewer: Janie Waffles | 4/1/09 It's all pretty awesome and thought provoking. I suggest you all read the Daniel Quinn "Ismael" books (his later ones are too anti-religion). You'll find out exactly what the machine is, and how long we've been "filtering" into it. And always, read your Bible. It actually uncovers WHO runs the machine! Deep stuff | Reviewer: Anonymous | 3/12/09 The machine is society, we clock in, clock out, go home and do it all over again. Doing what we're programmed to, like a machine. As a kid, he didn't have a care in the world, then he grew up and became part of the machine. Bob | Reviewer: Anonymous | 3/9/09 Well , this song talks about propagandism nad how they controlled his mind , i think he talks about himself , when he was young without saying it .. by saying : 'You bought a guitar to punish your ma' on the other hand ,he talks about the government is controlling their mind and spreading their ideas without any bondary . Well, welcome to the machine is a complicated song, but i think thats what they call : psychedelic music , its so absurde . the machine | Reviewer: ben | 2/4/09 I listened to this song for the first time when I did acid for the first time and my buddy played it for me when I was sitting there tripping and everything about this song (musically not necessarily lyrically) pulled at my heart strings. But the lyrics did speak to me and my friend told me that his interpretation of the song was about doing psychedelics for the first time and when he says "welcome to the machine" it's talking about how the world or this dimension or whatever you want to call it is the machine, kind of like the matrix but not exactly. that's why they say where how you been, it's ok we know where you've been, in the pipleline, filling in time... meaning stuck in this "world" waiting to come to the realization of what is "real". The school part and being no ones fool is about not falling for what "the man" is telling you to believe. We never really talked about what the rest, but listening to that song blew my mind, any time I smoke, or trip I HAVE to listen to that song b/c it's just simply one of the most amazing songs i've ever listened to What i think | Reviewer: Mike | 1/12/09 I think this song is about governmet, and how they try to controll your every movement. "What did you dream? It's alright we told you what to dream!" How more perfect to say it. And then they came out with Run Like Hell. They are telling you to avoid the comunistic societies, because you won't have your own life. Welcome to the Machine is not about Syd Barret. It's about us being a machine. A machine is a repatitive devise being controlled by a higher power. Estranged feeling | Reviewer: Jeewanroller | 11/29/08 When i listened this number for the first time, then i realised that pink floyd are the master minded. Neither there were the band like them nor ever will be. About song, if u listen and feel from very heart, u will find the miracle of music. Sung very well, from core. Perfect collaboration between music and lyric. Though each has their own opinion towards song, i thought finally it's really great. U sud know wat machine represents here. anonymous | Reviewer: Anonymous | 7/21/08 actually, "shine on you crazy diamond" and "wish you were here" are both about syd barrett. "welcome to the machine" and "have a cigar" deal with the music industry and its leeching ways. thought the star wars thing was pretty funny. Man.. | Reviewer: Darth Umbra | 7/9/08 This song always gets to me. Always has and always will. It was my first audition piece (by choice) when I tried out for all-region choir at the age of 9...and it still remains my all time fave Floyd song. its a shame | Reviewer: Anonymous | 4/22/08 (...no one composes music like this anymore ) absolutely haunting. true masters of music. the music industry has become a monopolized game and superficiality to gain respect and fame. this is true, emotionaly invoking stuff. ( too bad i was born in the wrong time ) how i see it | Reviewer: jrb17@scasd.org | 4/3/08 I'm a 16 year old guitar and bassist and huge pink Floyd junky, and i just want to share some opinion of this great album here... I always saw this whole album being sung by a father who was part of an evil company or government. Prior to the album the son left home as a young adult, maybe playing guitar in a band... at the beginning of the album he goes to see his father who helps run the evil machine. His father starts by getting on his good side, talking nicely and praising him. Next he shows him the evil that is done by the machine. At the end the son runs away in fear and shame (the sound of the car) and has a mental breakdown (laughing voices). He then returns and the father talks man to man with him in Have a cigar. By this time his son is warming up and starting to agree but is ashamed. I pictured this part as the father grinning with his arm over his son’s shoulder, his son smiling fakely. Add Your New Review About The Song By Pages:   1    2    3    4    5