Talk:Welcome to the Machine

Tubular Bells Quote?
Towards the end of the song - just before the sound effects of the shutting doors and siren - there's a tune of power chords played on a string-effect synth. Am I right in saying that it's the opening piano riff of Tubular Bells without the repeated F-note?
 * - Astatine 19:47, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

You mean the stuff at approximately 6:35? No, that sounds nothing like Tubular Bells to me, but maybe I'm missing it. Crazydiamond1to9 06:30, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Video
Does anybody know where the video for this song can be found? -albrozdude 03:29, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

It's on YouTube...are we allowed to link to YouTube?

There's already a link to the YouTube video (or at least, to one of them). --200.118.217.125 19:56, 9 September 2006 (UTC)


 * The article shouldn't be linking to the video on youtube as per WP:C. I left the lyrics link, but it should be removed to. AxiomShell 14:59, 26 February 2007 (UTC)


 * What? STUPID! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.123.112.89 (talk) 23:24, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

Track Length
Where did the track length come from? My CD version doesn't have that length, and I can't find a single version on Musicbrainz that has 7.31 either. Ged UK (talk) 14:41, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

The songs meaning
The songs title could mean just about anything, e.g. the society as a whole, not particularly music industry. Is this a new custom in wikipedia – removing without providing a source? I believe not. With respect, I put the template back.

Detroit techno
Detroit techno could take some influences from this track, at the end of the track, there is a part wich remind me String of Life by Rhythim is Rhythim, don't you think so?. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.37.49.93 (talk) 22:23, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Read Adorno or better yet, Walter Benjamin. You'll quickly see where this stuff originates. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.244.76.179 (talk) 03:18, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Can we get a source on those genres?
There's barely any rock in song itself. The bulk of the song is synths and a guitar strumming that appears later on, all of this sandwiched in sound effects. I am not sure how to classify it, but it almost certainly is not as "progressive rock". 201.190.18.190 (talk) 14:54, 29 November 2015 (UTC)