The tune began life in 1969 when Rick Wright, who along with the rest of the band, were frustrated by Michelangelo Antonioni's directions to the band while scoring his 1970 film Zabriskie Point, came up with the basic chord sequence on the piano. It deals with ethnocentrism, conflict and the belief that a person's self is "always in the right" It is rather quiet in tone and dynamics and it has two saxophone solos in it, played by Dick Parry, one at the beginning and another towards the end of the song. It is 7 minutes, 51 seconds in length, making it the longest song on the album. It was written by Richard Wright and Roger Waters and sung by David Gilmour (harmonies by Wright).
A live album with the songs from the movie was released on 2 October 2020.Us and Them is a song from English psychedelic / progressive rock band Pink Floyd's 1973 album, Dark Side of the Moon. The movie was premiered at Venice Film Festival in 2019. The Amsterdam shows of 18 – 23 June 2018 at the Ziggo Dome were filmed for Roger Waters: Us + Them.
Prior to his performances in Washington, D.C., the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington produced a video criticizing Waters' support of BDS, the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement that compares the country's treatment of Palestinians to apartheid. Waters also was met with some backlash, boycotts and even attempts to cancel his show by some lawmakers in various cities due to his anti-Israel boycott which some felt was anti-semitic. I don't care." Waters also said that due to his anti-Trump images that he lost sponsors such as American Express, who refused to have their company associated with his shows in the U.S., although they are still sponsoring the tour in Canada, according to Waters. Waters responded to the anti-Trump critics by saying, "I find it slightly surprising that anybody could have been listening to my songs for 50 years without understanding", and said to those critics if they didn't like what he was doing, "Go see Katy Perry or watch the Kardashians. One portion of the show features extensive anti-Donald Trump imagery, which led some attendees to boo or even walk out of the show. The tour has been highly praised for its setlist, which is heavy on songs from Waters' tenure in Pink Floyd, along with its visuals and technology.
" Broken Bones" (Copenhagen, August 2018 Oslo, 15 August 2018 Helsinki, 21 August Bogotá, 21 November 2018)." Mother" (Nashville, Boston, Québec, Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Auckland, Dunedin, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Bologna, Budapest, Zagreb, Lyon, Antwerp, Rome, Kraków, São Paulo, Brasília, Rio de Janeiro, San José)." Vera"/" Bring the Boys Back Home" (medley) (all shows until 11 August 2017, 14 & 18 August 2018).Performance of one or occasionally two of the following:." When We Were Young" (shortened version without the vocal track)." Speak to Me" (played on tape, with parts of the vocal track from "When We Were Young" from September 2017).Holly Laessig – backing vocals, percussion, lead vocals on "The Great Gig in the Sky" and "Mother"īased on dress rehearsal at Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey on May 21, 2017.Jess Wolfe – backing vocals, percussion, lead vocals on "The Great Gig in the Sky" and "Mother".Bo Koster – piano, keyboards, Hammond organ (replaced an injured Erickson, from Newark date onwards).Drew Erickson – piano, keyboards, Hammond organ (withdrew from tour before Newark date, due to injury).Jonathan Wilson – acoustic and electric guitars, lead and backing vocals.Gus Seyffert – acoustic and electric guitars, bass, backing vocals.Jon Carin – piano, keyboards, programming, lap steel guitar, acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals.Dave Kilminster – acoustic and electric guitars, talk box, backing vocals.Roger Waters – lead vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar on "Welcome to the Machine" and "Picture That".The touring band saying good night on 24 January 2018 in New Zealand