Pigs (Three Different Ones)

"Pigs (Three Different Ones)" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1977 album Animals. In the three parts of "Dogs", "Pigs" and "Sheep", Pigs represents the people at the top, the ones with the wealth and the power.

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Pink Floyd - 1977 - Animals - Dogs - Pigs - Sheep - Wealth - Power

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The first verse refers to no one in particular, rather businessmen in general. The second verse, however, is an all out assault on then opposition leader Margaret Thatcher (who the band indirectly say they wish to shoot - "Good fun with a hand gun" - and call a "bus stop rat bag/fucked up old hag"). She is, however, never mentioned by name.

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Businessmen - Margaret Thatcher

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The third mentions Mary Whitehouse by name, painting her as a prudish, sexually repressed "house proud town mouse". This could not have done more to contribute to Whitehouse's negative image of Pink Floyd, who she thought were immorally promoting sex and drugs. Some Americans mis-construed this verse as "Hey You White House" as in taking a shot at the US political climate.

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Mary Whitehouse - Prudish - Town mouse - Sex - Drugs - White House

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