meaning of welcome to the machine pink floyd
Welcome to the Machine The song is about the need of humanity to free itself from the oppressive government. The song is inspired heavily by the book 1984 by George Orwell, in which a man is trying to escape the government which is brainwashing its citizens with TV shows and oppressive rules. In the book, the line "welcome my son to the machine" is spoken at one point, which is the origin of the song's title.
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots The lyrics of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots concern a diverse array of subject matter, mostly melancholy ponderings about love, mortality, artificial emotion, pacifism, and deception, while telling the story of Yoshimi's battle. The title character is inspired by Boredoms/OOIOO member Yoshimi P-We, following a comment in the Flaming Lips studio that her machine-sound abstract singing sounds like she is battling monstersâ€”Coyne added 'pink'.[2] P-We also performs on the album. Some listeners consider Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots to be a concept album; however, the story is debated, as it is only directly apparent in the first four tracks. Despite the story-type title and science fiction themes of the album, Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne has made it clear that the album is not intended to be a concept album.[3]