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• Keith from EarthI've always wanted to though have never played guitar. I bought a Affinity Telecaster & I am practicing my very first song "Is Anybody Out There". Haunting beauty & past nostalgia. A non linear learning default of my ADHD brain, I can't resist the challenge. Cool, even David struggled with it & he's amazing non the less. I'm sure he's got it now. Wish me luck, this is going to take me months. Cheers!
• Howard from Manchester UkThanks for putting me out of my misery!
  I always thought it was Barbara Stanwick talking at the beginning.
• Ian from OhioThey were both in a 1948 movie called On Our Merry Way, Darrell.
• Drake from Huntington Beach, CaHey, Is there anybody out there that heard the creepy whaling noise from Echoes? I sure did. Sleepless night.
• Peter from Hamburg, GermanyNot that it really matters, but the Gunsmoke excerpt is actually slightly different from the quotes above:
  
  Marshall Dillon: Well, we got an hour of daylight left. Better get started.
  Miss Tyson: Isn't it unsafe to travel at night?
  Marshall Dillon: It'll be a lot less safe to stay here. Your father's gonna pick up our trail before long.
  Miss Tyson: Can Lorka ride?
  Marshall Dillon: He has to ride.
  Marshall Dillon: Lorka, time to go! Chongra, thank you for everything!
  Miss Tyson: Goodbye Chongra!
  Shangra: Goodbye Missy!
  ...
  
  Gunsmoke Season 12, Episode 21, "Fandango" (see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0594105/)
  See the dialogue part here at 03:01: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSqJ2zxybaA
• Renato from Rio De Janeiro, BrazilThe Gunsmoke episode is called "Fandango" (1967).
• Terry from Wickford, RiI think it was Lee Ritenour who wound up playing the lead on the album. And yes, as oldpink states, David did do a fine job playing this live. On footage of one of the performances, you can see him smile at the end with a "so there!" look on his face!
• Linc from Beaumont, TxI think Pink Floyd is often played out on the terrestrial-space broadcast - I know Elvis and the Beatles are blasted out to ailens - so who knows what ideas the green space-men have about us...
• Oldpink from New Castle, InThis is probably the most beautiful song that had someone other than Dave Gilmour play the lead for.
  Dave had a classical guitarist play it in the studio because he was struggling to get it down right under the constraints of studio time.
  Obviously, he managed to get it right later on, as the scores of live recordings of them performing "The Wall" will attest.
• Darrell from Stewartsville, NjThat does not sound like Sgt. Carter. It sounds more like Burgess Meredith talking to Jimmy Stewart. Were they ever in the same film or TV show?
• Chris from Evanston, IlTaking it out of the context of the album, I thought this song was about someone at a low point in life, wondering if God exists.
• Kevin from Warren, MiMichael, Oxford.. This guitar part of this is in A minor, as is the beginning to Stairway. This could be why it sounds similar
• Sheeberson from Wrightsville Beach, NcEven when you're NOT high this song freaks me the f*ck out...
  
  Indeed a good song though.
• James from Bedford, CanadaThis song reminds me a little of alien encounters. Maybe it is to check if anybody is listening to his thoughts?
• Michael from Oxford, EnglandIs it just me or does the classical guitar here sound like Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven"??
• Joe from Anywhere, KyI wasn't high or tripping like Bryce suggested but I was comfortably numb from drinking one night,when on the way home riding with a friend of mine,there was a storm off in the distance in which the lighting seemed to flash to the beat of this song.Was very cool.
• Michael from Oxford, EnglandI'm finding it hard to get to sleep at night because of those haunting vocal harmonies early in this song "Aaaaaah... [is there anybody] out there?" !
• Bryce from Justin, Txget high and trip to this song
• Stephan from St Georges, CanadaNO comments on this one!!! Its probably the best instrumental of all time! Simple to play, great chords progression!

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