First release since '94...
English translation:
In the meadow a red viburnum has bent down low
Our glorious Ukraine has been troubled so
And we’ll take that red viburnum and we will raise it up
And we, our glorious Ukraine shall, hey—hey, rise up—and
rejoice!
And we’ll take that red viburnum and we will raise it up
And we, our glorious Ukraine shall, hey—hey, rise up and
rejoice!
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From https://genius.com/Pink-floyd-hey-hey-rise-up-
lyrics:
"Gilmour – whose daughter-in-law is Ukrainian – got in
touch with drummer Nick Mason to record a new track
incorporating Khlyvynyuk’s vocals and release it as Pink
Floyd to ensure the biggest means of support they could
provide for Ukraine, with proceeds from the track going
to Ukrainian humanitarian efforts. Besides Gilmour and
Mason, the track also features Guy Pratt on bass and
Nitin Sawhney on keyboards. The track was recorded on
March 30, 2022, and released just over a week later on
April 8."
From David:
"I thought: that is pretty magical and maybe I can do
something with this. I’ve got a big platform that [Pink
Floyd] have worked on for all these years. It’s a really
difficult and frustrating thing to see this
extraordinarily crazy, unjust attack by a major power on
an independent, peaceful, democratic nation. The
frustration of seeing that and thinking ‘what the fuck
can I do?’ is sort of unbearable.
I rang Nick up and said: ‘listen, I want to do this thing
for Ukraine. I’d be really happy if you played on it and
I’d also be really happy if you’d agree to us putting it
out as Pink Floyd.’ And he was absolutely on for that.
It’s Pink Floyd if it’s me and Nick, and that is the
biggest promotional vehicle; that is, as I said, the
platform that I’ve been working on for my whole adult
life, since I was 21. I wouldn’t do this with many more
things, but it’s so vitally, vitally important that
people understand what’s going on there and do everything
within their power to change that situation. And the
thought, also, that mine and Pink Floyd’s support of the
Ukrainians could help boost morale in those areas: they
need to know the whole world supports them.
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