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The Happiest Days of Our LivesPink Floyd

Released: November 30, 1979

Songwriter: Roger Waters

Producer: Roger Waters James Guthrie David Gilmour Bob Ezrin

[Intro: Roger Waters]
You! Yes, you!
Stand still, laddie!

[Verse 1: Roger Waters]
When we grew up and went to school
There were certain teachers who would hurt the children
In any way they could (Oof!)
By pouring their derision upon anything we did
Exposing every weakness
However carefully hidden by the kids (*Laughs*)

[Verse 2: Roger Waters]
But in the town, it was well known when they got home at night
Their fat and psychopathic wives would thrash them
Within inches of their lives

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd was a British rock band who managed to carve a path for progressive and psychedelic music in a way that was uniquely fascinating at the time and has remained equally momentous in the modern age. The name “Pink Floyd” came from two blues musicians that founding member Syd Barrett idolized—Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.

The band was formed in 1965 London by Barrett (guitars, vocals), Nick Mason (drums), Roger Waters (bass), and Richard Wright (keyboards). Sometime after releasing their debut album, 1967’s The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, the group saw the addition of a second singer-guitarist, David Gilmour. This acted largely as a means of replacing Barrett, who was forced to leave in 1968 for mental health reasons, resulting in Waters taking over as the main vocalist.

The band broke into the mainstream with 1973’s Dark Side of the Moon, an album that became one of the best-selling and most influential records in music history. Their follow-up efforts, 1975’s Wish You Were Here and 1977’s Animals, also sold well. However, the band started to see some in-fighting while making their next album, a rock opera about how Waters felt frustrated and detached from his audience. Waters seemingly became extremely controlling, firing Wright over disputes about touring and his contributions to the album. The result, 1979’s The Wall, became the best-selling double album of all time. It spawned iconic songs such as the #1 hit, “Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2,” and the melodic “Comfortably Numb.”

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