{"id":1335,"date":"2026-05-26T13:58:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T18:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/?p=1335"},"modified":"2026-05-30T05:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T10:31:15","slug":"paranoid-eyes-ears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/2026\/05\/paranoid-eyes-ears\/","title":{"rendered":"Paranoid Eyes (Ears?)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\">Pink Floyd\u2019s <em>The Final Cut<\/em> is one of my favorite albums. I bought the CD when it was first released and spent hours listening to all the rich layers of sound, much like those in <em>The Wall<\/em>. A lot of the album consists of gritty, more personal outtakes from <em>The Wall<\/em> sessions, all written by Roger Waters around the same time.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">In the track <em>Paranoid Eyes<\/em>, I noticed a faint whisper that I replayed many times on headphones: \u201cHello\u2026 (something)\u2026 How are you tonight?\u201d Years later, when I searched online, I found a few people guessing it was \u201cHello Hello\u2026\u201d or \u201cHello Kenna,\u201d but neither \u00a0felt right. Take a listen at 00:38&#8230;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ALuor5QREgw&amp;list=RDALuor5QREgw&amp;start_radio=1\">YouTube: Paranoid Eyes<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">With the remastered audio and better modern headphones (even though my ears are 30 years older), it finally became clear. Right around the 38-second mark, just after Waters sings \u201cAnd if they try to break down your disguise with their questions,\u201d a soft female voice whispers to the gunner as he walks down the street toward the bar.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">She says, in a gentle English accent: \u201cHello kiddo. How are you tonight?\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">It\u2019s a subtle moment, but it adds depth to the story. The gunner \u2014 an older war veteran \u2014 is already wearing his emotional armor, his \u201cbulletproof mask,\u201d as he heads to the pub for \u201ca jar\u201d with his mates. Before he climbs the steps, this woman (possibly a door promoter or streetwalker) greets him warmly with \u201cHello kiddo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">I like to imagine the gunner gave a small grin and a nod \u2014 maybe even tipped his hat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pink Floyd\u2019s The Final Cut is one of my favorite albums. I bought the CD when it was first released and spent hours listening to all the rich layers of sound, much like those in The Wall. A lot of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/2026\/05\/paranoid-eyes-ears\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1335"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1343,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1335\/revisions\/1343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}