The Sky Pilot of the title is a military chaplain, as revealed by the opening verse: He blesses the boys As they stand in line The smell of gun grease And the bayonets they shine Hes there to help them All that he can To make them feel wanted Hes a good holy man , The interlude starts as a guitar solo, but the guitar is quickly submerged under a montage of battle sounds. First come the sounds of an airstrike; then the airstrike and rock band fade into the sounds of shouting, gunfire, and bagpipes. Near the end of the interlude the battle sounds fade, briefly leaving the bagpipes playing alone before the third movement begins. The bagpipe music is a covert recording of the pipers of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards playing All The Bluebonnets Are Over The Border, captured by Burdon while performing at a school. He received an angry letter from the UK government (or possibly the Crown) over his use of the recording in the song.
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 02:06:54 +0000
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