A fun industry fact: Have A Cigar was sung by Roy Harper, as he happened to be in the studio and the members of Floyd thought he could be a good fit. Roy Harper is perhaps more known in the mainstream through the Zeppelin song Hats Off to (Roy) Harper than through his own recordings, though he's still alive and active.
Harper didn't feel like he was appropriately compensated for his work on Have a Cigar, which is ironic considering the overall thematic.
There’s a good Russian song “The main problem of music in Russia” by Zakhar May
Too Long To Learn Russian: The main problem of music in Russia is that you’re listening shit!
Oh and somewhat tangential but Hayes Carll I Got a Gig song - “playing for my dinner six nights a week, hurricanes, Easter, and New Years Eve, I got a gig baby!”
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