The science of music

Historically, music has always been the reflection of society, whether it is exposing social problems, the ways of seeing life, love, politics, among other diverse themes. Trying to create a reflective message to the listeners, of course there are also those who only emphasize the banal, being the express consumption of a not very demanding public; Or at least it is what I think.
Greetings friends of Steemit today I want to share a recent anecdote, A couple of days ago I was talking with a friend about this topic, highlighting the great facts or historical personalities that generated incredible songs in the end; of all of them there was one that monopolized my attention since I did not know it; and in honor of Stephen Hawking who passed away this year, I want to tell you.

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Throughout his life his works and works inspired hundreds of authors of novels, stories and films, as well as bands like Pink Floyd. In 1993 a British company called BT For Global Business launched a commercial which states that the greatest achievements of humanity were obtained thanks to its ability to communicate.
The directors of the campaign contacted Stephen Hawking to narrate with his artificial voice of course, the advertisement. In this footage, Stephen, accompanied by images of human history and evolution, points out: "The great achievements of the human race have been reached by speaking, and their great faults have been silent. It does not have to be this way.
I leave the official video of the commercial.

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The commercial was so successful that it aired for two continuous years in England, and managed to create an impact among several of its viewers including Pink Floyd guitarist and composer, David Gilmour.

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The how any other spectator of the time was amazed at the message of Hawking, it has even been said that I cry the first time I saw him. "It's the most powerful television commercial I've seen in my life," said the guitarist; 'That he appeared in the commercial, and seeing him there with his wheelchair moved me to want to try to do something with the story in the same interview for an English radio.
What Gilmour ended up doing was using a segment of the recorded voice of hawking for that commercial within one of the themes of The Division Bell (1994), the fourteenth studio album by Pink Floyd.
The song begins with the phrase 'For millions of years mankind lived just like the animals, then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk`, prior to the entrance of the instrumentation.
The theme ended up becoming one of the most beloved and famous of the band. I even achieve # 1 on the billboard rock list.

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TALKIN HAWKIN

After 20 years without a new record, Pink Floyd released The Endless River in November 2014. An album that is almost entirely composed of instrumental pieces and progressive sounds, which in turn makes them a somewhat monotonous album, although it was well received commercially; Among the best of the material is Talkin Hawkin.
When it was announced that this piece also used a segment of the hawking recording, people thought it was a sequel to the first song but it was not like that. Instead it is a long, atmospheric theme that features physical quotes in the background.

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Searching the web, I found a hawking interview for Recoil magazine, in which he declares that he is a follower of Pink Floyd and that, in fact, he has gone to several of his concerts.
What amazed me even more, and made me reflect the genius can be expressed in any way. It does not matter if you are a scientist or a musician, the metaphor is to materialize what we believe even if this means contradicting or disappointing us.

Many thanks to Cesar Padrón, for the story and Oscar Adame for the information.