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<blockquote data-quote="Old Man Jingles" data-source="post: 4395164" data-attributes="member: 18222"><p>Sheep get slaughtered!</p><p>Dogs of War.</p><p>Capitalist Pigs.</p><p>Sheeple in a Socialist Society.</p><p></p><p>Loosely based on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell" target="_blank">George Orwell</a>'s political fable <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Farm" target="_blank">Animal Farm</a></em>, the album's lyrics describe various classes in society as different kinds of animals: the predatory dogs, the despotic ruthless pigs, and the "mindless and unquestioning herd" of sheep.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_(Pink_Floyd_album)#cite_note-Schaffnerp199-8" target="_blank">[8]</a> Whereas the novella focuses on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalinism" target="_blank">Stalinism</a>, the album is a critique of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism" target="_blank">capitalism</a> and differs again in that the sheep eventually rise up to overpower the dogs.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_(Pink_Floyd_album)#cite_note-Schaffnerp199-8" target="_blank">[8]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_(Pink_Floyd_album)#cite_note-9" target="_blank">[9]</a> The album was developed from a collection of unrelated songs into a concept which, in the words of author Glenn Povey, "described the apparent social and moral decay of society, likening the human condition to that of mere animals".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_(Pink_Floyd_album)#cite_note-10" target="_blank">[10]</a></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]8yBxs8BiDvU[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old Man Jingles, post: 4395164, member: 18222"] Sheep get slaughtered! Dogs of War. Capitalist Pigs. Sheeple in a Socialist Society. Loosely based on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell']George Orwell[/URL]'s political fable [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Farm']Animal Farm[/URL][/I], the album's lyrics describe various classes in society as different kinds of animals: the predatory dogs, the despotic ruthless pigs, and the "mindless and unquestioning herd" of sheep.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_(Pink_Floyd_album)#cite_note-Schaffnerp199-8'][8][/URL] Whereas the novella focuses on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalinism']Stalinism[/URL], the album is a critique of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism']capitalism[/URL] and differs again in that the sheep eventually rise up to overpower the dogs.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_(Pink_Floyd_album)#cite_note-Schaffnerp199-8'][8][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_(Pink_Floyd_album)#cite_note-9'][9][/URL] The album was developed from a collection of unrelated songs into a concept which, in the words of author Glenn Povey, "described the apparent social and moral decay of society, likening the human condition to that of mere animals".[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_(Pink_Floyd_album)#cite_note-10'][10][/URL] [MEDIA=youtube]8yBxs8BiDvU[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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