5.5 Adams and Pink Floyd
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This article is from the Douglas Adams FAQ, by Nathan Hughes nhughes@umich.edu with numerous contributions by others.
5.5 Adams and Pink Floyd
So what's the story with Adams and Pink Floyds newest album, The Division
Bell? Well, as told by Douglas on a.f.d-a:
#Dave Gilmour asked me to fiddle around some of the lyrics, which I did,
#though I don't think he used any of my suggestions in the end. The only
#suggestion of mine that I know was used was that the album should be called
#'The Division Bell'. I didn't think up the title, of course, I merely
#pointed out that the phrase was lying there in one of the song lyrics and
#would make a great title. In fact, there's a story there. I had given a
#talk at the Royal Geographical Society in aid of the Environmental
#Investigation Agency's work on rhino conservation. Both Dave and Nick came
#along and we all went out to dinner afterwards. Dave was a bit preoccupied
#about the title problem - they had to have the title by the following
#morning, and no one could decide what it should be. I said, OK, I'll give
#you a title, but it'll cost you a #5,000 contribution to the EIA. Dave
#said, Well, tell me what your title is and we'll see. So I suggested The
#Division Bell. And Dave said, Hmmm, well seems to work. Sort of fits the
#cover art as well. Yeah, OK.
#So - it' called the Division Bell.
On a related note, Dave's birthday present to DNA was an invitation to
play one number with the band at Earl's Court in October 1994. That night's
show will also be in aid of the EIA.
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