Pink Floyd - Us and Them 

My son passed away on February 07 2020 in a motorcycle accident he was only 26. We went to see Roger Waters in concert together and listened to this song in the car. We both love Pink Floyd’s music. I miss you so much Ricky. One day we will be together again Love you ma ❤️

I graduated in 1974... I am now 63 yrs old, still my favorite album of all time

This song makes me feel empty and complete at the same time.

Back around 2009, I remember being in an incredibly dark place and feeling completely alone. One night, having reached a breaking point, I decided to take a long walk away from the house, during a gentle snowfall. As this song played in my headset, I aimlessly passed homes with beautiful holiday lights until I unexpectedly ended up on a clifftop with a full view of the ocean. Sitting alone near the ocean at night, with the wonderful lights and gentle snowfall around me, all while listening to this song (on repeat), a sense of clarity and reassurance emerged. Despite feeling extremely alone and hopeless, this song (for some reason) gave me the chance to take a deep breath and be with my own thoughts. In many ways, it saved my life* It was a defining moment in my life and I'll always associate this song with that night. It's been awesome reading all of the ways this song was a part of your life, in one way or another :) *sorry if I'm being dramatic, but it's kinda true.

Best Pink Floyd song in my opinion.

This song smoked all my weed.

If you don’t listen to this song on full blast, headphones in, laying on your bed, face up at the ceiling, crying and letting your mind drift aimlessly, are you even living?

This album saved my life.

I still ponder how something as seamless and perfect as this album could ever come to exist. One of the true modern marvels of humanity.

This is not just music, this is real art.

This drummer is the tightest metronome of a drummer who does exactly what the song needs at all times...incredible

I'm 14 and I'm the only one person in the class hearing Pink Floyd. I love it and that's why I became best friends with my teacher because we both love Pink Floyd.

Listening to Pink Floyd at night in the dark is amazingn

The Beatles are great. The Stones endure. Dark Side of the Moon is hands down the greatest piece of rock art ever created.And it will never be surpassed.

I just lost my husband in September and this song really soothes the pain for me!! 40 years together and I just have to remember the good times this music brings back!! RIP my love.😚

theres more spirituality in pink floyds music than most churches nowadays.

this song becomes more and more relevant every damned day.

The best music is made from the soul not the dollar

I was introduced to Pink Floyd during quarantine by my grandpa. He’s a sucker for oldies, 1950s to the 80s. When we went vinyl shopping, he insisted I get DSOTM and as soon as this song played, I felt a sense of sadness. I think this song made me realize how special he is to me and how he was my only supporter through darkest times. Thank you grandpa, I wouldn’t be here without you

This song if released today could still hit the charts

Dont mean to bum anyone out, but every time i hear this song i think of my father. Every Saturday growing up my dad would blare his floyd & make his famous biscuits & gravy. playing floyd all the way from Shine on you crazy Diamond to The Dogs of War. im 18 & his life was taken due to colon cancer in early November 2015. The reason this song made me have the courage to post something like this is because i played this and dozens of other pink floyd songs in his ears while he lay in a coma for weeks. Pink Floyd gave me some of the final moments with my best friend .. iv never commented anything on youtube before .. Im never the type to seek sympathy but this song brings me joy and reminds me he will always be with me. Me and You. God only knows its not what we would choose to do.

My grandkids listen to Dark Side and know every tune by heart. I'm 67 and heard them in concert when I was 17...time snuck up from behind..

I would love to take a girl really special to me on a date to the mountains and look up at he sky and see the bright stars while this plays. I know this doesn’t matter to anyone of you but man I’m in love with someone who I haven’t found yet

I find it amazing how a group of humans can make a piece of music like this .. truly amazing musicians

You know you raised your 17 year old daughter right when she tells you she loves this song❤

Two of my best friends from Lake Tahoe, California were 12 and 14 years old in 1976. They skied into a closed area on the backside of Northstar ski resort before a huge blizzard hit. They were lost for days before being found. Lance Severnson died of exposure, and Mike Kelly lost toes to frostbite, only to die by suicide the next summer. This was played at Lances funeral... Mike was the one who first played Darkside for me... we all skied together often. I will always wonder why I was not with them when they got lost. I spent a lot of time with Mike before he died. I was 11. I've spent my life trying to live every day as a gift and a privilege that was denied to them. I feel as though this music, and that experience, have opened my mind to a wider perception of reality, and have given me a greater appreciation of my own existence. RIP Lance and Mike. Love Corey

The sax.. such a soothing beautiful song.

I could imagine being the last human alive on earth after the apocolypse and dying slowly in the dark and this song suddenly comes on and then I'm not afraid anymore.

Anyone else feel that this song suddenly got waaaay more relevant the last few days?

I am a 16 year old girl from Greece and I started listening to Pink Floyd this time last year. Since then my life changed completely. I feel like I am more mature, stronger and that I can catch weird, mixed feelings and vibes that only with PF you can discover. Once you understand the meaning and deeply feel a Pink Floyd song your perspective of life will change forever and you will understand better the world and yourself. I wish to teach them in schools one day. PF are now a big part of me..💎

it makes me so sad that people dismiss this as hippie music or outdated. i used to listen to this in middle school and high school and it was such a comfort. then i started getting older and got into very angry, noisy music and i lost touch. coming back to it feels like coming home. i didn't even know how badly i missed the pure love and sensitivity of pink floyd. if only every person with power in our world could be so human, but it doesn't always work that way. it's always us vs. them. or as Fallout always says, "War. War never changes."

"And after all we're only ordinary men" Sorry Pink Floyd but you guys aren't, you are out of this world and are a cultural heritage of humanity

Still the best song off this epic masterpiece of an album. The chorus is phenomenal beyond words.

"Forward he cried from the rear and the front rank died" It gets me every time. :(

As a guy whose his main hobby is listening, finding and enjoying music during many hours of the day, i feel very sad that I couldn't see this guys live back them. It must have been a hell of an experience..

7 minutes and 51 seconds of pure magic! Pink Floyd are timeless.

My husband Ed introduced me to Pink Floyd and I'll be forever grateful even though he's now my ex.

Love Pink Floyd, my big brother, Richie got me into them when I was about 13 and him 16'ish(1984). He died of an overdose on 20th May 1994 aged just 25. Every track is loaded with memories for me, Love and miss you Rich, Shine on Brother.. .

my father passed away a week ago, this song made him very happy. pink floyd for my father means many beautiful things thank you for existing.

My name is Paul I'm 78 and Pink Floyd has always been one of my Favorites

Listening to Pink Floyd is like cleansing the soul. I think of all the music i've heard, nothing beats Dark Side......

Sorry pink floyd but you're not ordinary men.

I started naming all my philosophy essays with titles from Pink Floyd songs. It works super well!

30 minute ago I was in a solitary place on a mountain, and from a window comes this song. What a wonderful moment.

This song gives me goosebumps every time, and damn that saxophone is so perfectly placed. Takes you to an airy/spacey kind of place where everything feels at peace and not so broken. Music is medicine for the soul. I have this album on vinyl back home, and I used to have a revolving multi-color light fixture in my bedroom back in college. If the stress of life was ever getting me down I’d just turn off the bedroom lights, turn on those multicolored lights, and blast this album as high as I could. Always made my problems seem less significant. Truly a beautiful piece of music.

Pink Floyd has poisoned me. Since I first started giving them a listen, I’ve had to wait at least 2 hours before listening to any other music.

I feel sadness for people who don't really enjoy music in the emotional sense. I'm not criticizing anybody, we are all wired differently. but i would hate life if i only looked for a beat you can dance to in the music i listen to. it just has a huge impact on so many people. it's an amazing art form, if you think about how it works.

I want this song playing as I die - to gradually have consciousness slip away with this being the last thing heard.

I couldn't imagine life without Pink Floyd in it.

To me, the first 30 seconds of this song are some of the most tragically beautiful moments I have ever experienced. Somehow they captured the pure essence of bittersweet nostalgia and found a way to express it through sound. Every time I hear the vitriolic wining of the wind and those first few notes play, I have to stop everything I’m doing and appreciate it. Pink Floyd truly full of some of the greatest musicians I have ever heard.

One of the greatest songs that I have ever heard!!

Pink Floyd - Us and Them Lyrics: Us and them And after all, we're only ordinary men Me and you God only knows, it's not what we would choose to do Forward he cried from the rear And the front rank died The General sat, and the lines on the map Moved from side to side Black and blue And who knows which is which and who is who Up and down And in the end, it's only round and round and round Haven't you heard it's a battle of words The poster bearer cried Listen son, said the man with the gun There's room for you inside (They're maybe gonna kill ya. So like, if you give 'em a quick, short, sharp, shock, they don't do it again. Dig it? I mean he get off light, come to think. Of rationalising it, once. It's only a difference, but why go and ruin it? I mean good manners don't cost nothing, do they, eh?) Down and out It can't be helped, but there's a lot of it about With, without And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about Out of the way, it's a busy day I've got things on my mind For want of the price of tea and a slice The old man died

I'm 16, lying in the back of a carpeted van, with the back doors wide open, watching a bonfire with my friends around it, faces lit up, talking and smoking and laughing. I'm not really there, but I am, you know? Every time I listen to this album.

Rock music may have been born in the USA, but the Brits perfected it.

You don't have to be high to enjoy this song

My favorite Pink Floyd song. A timeless classic 🐖

Us (us, us, us, us) and them (them, them, them, them) And after all we're only ordinary men Me And you (you, you, you) God only knows It's not what we would choose (choose, choose) to do (to do, to do) Forward he cried from the rear And the front rank died And the general sat And the lines on the map Moved from side to side Black (black, black, black) And blue (blue, blue) And who knows which is which and who is who Up (up, up, up, up) And down (down, down, down, down) And in the end it's only round 'n round (round, round, round) Haven't you heard it's a battle of words The poster bearer cried "Listen son", said the man with the gun There's room for you inside "I mean, they're not gonna kill ya So if you give 'em a quick short, sharp, shock They won't do it again. Dig it? I mean he get off lightly, 'cause I would've given him a thrashing I only hit him once! It was only a difference of opinion, but really I mean good manners don't cost nothing do they, eh?" Down (down, down, down, down) And out (out, out, out, out) It can't be helped that there's a lot of it about With (with, with, with), without And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about? Out of the way It's a busy day I've got things on my mind For the want of the price Of tea and a slice The old man died

As I sit in my greenhouse on a rainy night with an adult beverage and an adult smoke I can't help feeling nostalgic for all the good times this song and album call to mind. Best alive in '75, lol.

If I could only listen to ONE more song before I died, this would be it. Masterpiece.

My favorite Pink Floyd song and always has been. Any time I feel overly stressed, I just put the headphones on, lay down, close my eyes, listen to this song and just be. Repeat until I feel like a human being again. Never fails to work.

Now, coming to the end of my years, I have to say that this is my very favourite band of all time, anywhere in the world, without question!........they were just perfect and exquisite in almost everything they did!

I'm 13 and I just started listening to Pink Floyd. I never realized music could be this amazing!

Been listening to Pink Floyd for 46 years.I never get tired of it.

That sax is other worldly, but that guitar riff sets the mood. you could even play it on the piano and it sounds majestic. Truly a versatile song filled with ear sex.

You just need an earphone, dark room, closed eyes, listening this PF song and you are away from the universe. Psychedelic Legend

I've never cried so hard just reading comments, this song already gets to me as it is. We all share pain. Music like this soothes our pain, thank you Jesus.

Here I sit alone smoking this cigarette at 231 am on my porch new years eve 2024 listening to this tune happy new year people

Roger Waters lost his father in WWII, the song is an expression of his feelings and life also.

Dick Parre. One of the most underrated prog sax players and unnoficial 6th member of the Floyd Sound

That saxophone instrumental👌Goose bumps still. ✌❤🌍

Still one of the most beautiful songs ever written. So relaxing, so calming. Listening to this song, well, its just pure bliss

I'm 65. I can only tell you that of all the music I have listened to throughout my life, this is the track that I return to again and again and which never fails to move me.

One of the best bands in the world!

It really takes ya back to a different place. Such a sad but beautiful song.

This has grown to be my favourite on the album over time.

Fortunate to have lived during the days when this broke out and still alive to hear it so many years later.

This song is great. It's "One of the 100 greatest songs ever" kind of great.

When a song quite literally leaves you breathless.

I lost my father on 19th April 2021 due to covid, we used to listen to this song while driving to the country side. I don't know what to say dad there's a bag full of sorrows inside me but still I try to stay stronger like you did to build the family. I just wanna say you dad if you're seeing this, I love you so much and respect for all what you've done for us. See you soon up there 😢💔

I am studying psychology. Freud. Skinner Pavlov Pink floyd

Want to share a personal story, Pink Floyd is one of my favourite bands. About two years ago, Roger Waters came to Mexico to give a free show in his Us and Them tour, at that time I had a girlfriend, we were together for 2 and a half years, and we went to the gig together. Have to say, one of my favourite concerts to date, but there was a moment that will stick to me forever, and it was, this song, because when it began she turned around and I held her in my arms and we slow danced and kissed. I was living a dream. We broke up 3 weeks ago, and the day we ended our love relationship we listened to this song again, slow danced to it and gave us our last kiss. This song repeats in my head ever since. And I don't hate it for that, it reminds me of pure joy and it will always do.

this song never fails to calm me to a different mental state

Pink Floyd is the best it allows me to “BREATHE” They some how always catch me feelings “ON THE RUN” Their music just always gives me “TIME” to appreciate life The prepare me to enjoy “THE GREAT GIG IN THE SKY” They show me that “MONEY” isn’t an end that it’s meaningless to worship That the world should be just about “US AND THEM” How life is the same even in choosing “ANY COLOUR YOU LIKE” They are there for me in my worst “BRAIN DAMAGE” That they will be forever my light in the “ECLIPSE”

I'd been carrying around a sadness for a long while, but then the most amazing thing happened - I heard this song and for no conceivable reason I just started crying, and I felt great afterwards. Thanks PF.

Perfection... But that's the thing about Pink Floyd. They set the bar extremely high.

In memory for my beloved brother Robby...who passed away 18.yrs ago...when this album was release d in 1974..I think....we bought it then took LSD....what a beautiful memory...I dedicate this song for my brother wherever he might be.

One of the albums that needs to be listened to in it's entirety.

Even though a lot of people interpret this as a war song, I've always thought it had a deeper meaning about people's behavior in general. "us and them" is referring to two different sides of a war. "after all, we're only ordinary men" and "black and blue, who knows which is which and who is who" is talking about how, when it comes down to it, we're all so similar it's hard to tell us apart. It doesn't matter what side the soldiers are on, their situations weren't much different from one another before they joined the war. They all have the common interest of simply making it out of the war alive, and returning to their families and friends. "God only knows, it's not what we would choose to do" is expressing how neither side even want to be fighting. What person would want to? They're all just pawns, and they are being manipulated to do whatever the people, or disputing nations, want them to. They are willing to get people killed for their own selfish reasons. The General sits comfortably in his office as the lines (aka people) move side to side, carelessly letting his soldiers be killed. The King stays safely in the rear, as his instructions kill the entire front row. With, without, we can't deny that greed is what the fighting's all about. Up and down, it never ends and simply goes round and round. But even through all this suffering, we still fail to see our own corruption and ability to act just as selfishly. "out of the way, it's a busy day, I've got things on my mind. For want of the price, of tea and a slice, the old man died". Is pretty haunting in my opinion. I imagine a man walking down the road, going on with his life, when a poor old man asks him for a few dollars for tea and a slice (aka food). Even though it would have taken just a moment for the man to give him a few dollars and provide for his need, he instead pushed the man out of the away, resulting in the old man starving to death. I think this is a metaphor for our own selfishness, and how we so often put ourselves first without a second thought, and how a simple act of selflessness can impact someone's live so greatly. If we all just stopped and put someone else first for a change, the world would be a much better place. I have a hard time putting my thoughts into words, but hopefully I expressed my point well. It might be a little off, but I've always interpreted it this way.

True masters of their craft. I've listened to this on and off for 47 years. God willing I'll listen another 20.

I think this is one of the best song ever written for the best album of all time

One of the best songs ever written.

Sitting in my dark room on a rainy morning, sipping from a cup of hot coffee and playing this song in the background - a perfect day.

in my humble opinion, this is one of the best songs of all time. who can dislike this? I don't understand. this is pure beauty

When I have trouble sleeping....this song is my lullaby. In the absolute best way possible

Most underrated Pink Floyd song and one of the most underrated songs in Rock history

In memories of my mother- 2010 and my father- 2015, LIVING IN MY HEART ❤️😔

Floyd will always be on my funeral play list. EPIC

One of THE best songs from Pink Floyd, IMO.

This song reminds me of my dad and how hard it was for him and all of us growing up he would listen to this song he loved the saxophone in it and drink whiskey and smoke cigarettes and think about life and everything else 😄💯💪🙏👍miss you dad! Love you! ! And thanks Pink Floyd!!

I had never lived until I listened to this alone at sunrise, walking 8 miles home through the woods in the cold, frozen dead of winter. I did that sort of thing regularly for a girl, and at only 15 years old! Best times of my life