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School of Rock is brought to you by The Missouri Division of Tourism…and yes after this there will be a test.
Tonight lesson is about cash, moolah, dough, dollar dollar bills ya’ll.
Money isn’t everything as described in the Pink Floyd song “Money”. The song is about the bad things money can bring which is ironic because this song made Pink Floyd a whole gang of money.
Main songwriter and lead singer Roger Waters wrote the basic lyrics and music and the rest of the group came up with everything else.
Along with “Us and Them” this is one of the 2 songs on the album (Dark Side of the Moon) to use a saxophone, which was played by Dick Parry. The band wanted to experiment with new sounds on these sessions.
AND supposedly if you start this CD on the 3rd roar of the MGM lion, this song begins just as the film goes to color in The Wizard of Oz.
Here’s your pop quiz...what’s the square root of 64….8! I didn’t say the pop quiz was related to the lesson!
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