Welcome to the Machine

About Welcome to the Machine

The song explores the band's negativity towards the music industry and the whole of industrialized society. The song centres around an aspiring musician who is getting signed by a seedy executive to the music industry, "The Machine".[citation needed] The voice predicts all the boy's seemingly rebellious ideas ("You bought a guitar to punish your ma, you didn't like school, and you know you're nobody's fool"). The boy's illusions of personal identity are further crushed with lines such as .

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About this song

Credited to

Pink Floyd

Album

Wish You Were Here · Track 2 of 5

Released

September 12, 1975

Duration

7:30

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From the album: Wish You Were Here