Results for “Eddie Floyd”

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Eddie Floyd Eddie Lee Floyd is an American R&B and soul singer and songwriter, best known for his…

Songs

But It's Alright

Eddie Floyd

Eddie Floyd's 'But It's Alright' is a soul kiss-off dressed in a reassuring hook: a wronged narrator insists he's fine while…

wounded pride romantic betrayal self-justification

Mother

Pink Floyd

A grown man addresses his mother in the anxious, needy voice of a child, asking permission for things no adult should need to…

overprotective parenting infantilization fear of the outside world

Welcome to the Machine

Pink Floyd

A synthetic, industrial voice greets a young rock aspirant with false warmth, revealing that his entire trajectory—rebellion,…

commodification of art loss of individuality the music industry as machine

Young Lust

Pink Floyd

A touring rock star, isolated and priapic, seeks anonymous sex on the road while his marriage quietly disintegrates in the…

infidelity and its consequences isolation of touring life masculinity as performance

Run Like Hell

Pink Floyd

A pounding, paranoid rocker from the second half of The Wall, built almost entirely on a chanted command to flee. It stages the…

paranoia and surveillance fascism and mob violence guilt and self-disgust

On the Turning Away

Pink Floyd

A gentle, hymn-like protest song that addresses complacency toward poverty and suffering directly, using the recurring image of…

social indifference collective responsibility moral awakening

Fearless

Pink Floyd

A meditation on stubborn self-reliance framed as a hill climb, where the singer answers doubters not with argument but with…

self-determination defiance of doubters folly and wisdom reversed

Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 1

Pink Floyd

This short opening piece establishes the album's central image—the wall built from accumulated emotional injuries—by introducing…

paternal absence childhood grief war's aftermath

Goodbye Blue Sky

Pink Floyd

A brief, deceptively gentle interlude on The Wall that frames the trauma of WWII bombing raids through the innocent voice of a…

war trauma lost innocence betrayal of postwar promise

Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 3

Pink Floyd

This is the moment PinkInk's protagonist Pink completes his self-imposed isolation, rejecting comfort, chemical or human, as a…

emotional withdrawal self-destruction disguised as independence accumulated trauma

Is There Anybody Out There?

Pink Floyd

This piece is built almost entirely around a single, repeated question, framed by a fragment of hushed, urgent dialogue about…

isolation escape and flight abandonment

Breathe (In the Air)

Pink Floyd

An opening address that sounds like gentle life-advice slowly reveals itself as a warning about the trap of compulsive labor and…

existential dread conformity and labor the passage of time

Knock On Wood

Seal

Seal's version of the Eddie Floyd/Steve Cropper soul standard is a straightforward cover that leans into the song's original…

superstition and fear of loss romantic intensity gratitude in love