![]() So, metaphorically, ‘Any Colour You Like’ is interesting, in that sense, because it denotes offering a choice where there is none. Any color you like, they’re all blue.’ And that was just part of that patter. If they had sets of china, and they were all the same color, they would say, ‘You can ‘ave ’em, ten bob to you, love. fifty bob to you!’, and they get rid of this stuff like this. They tell you what it is, and they say ‘It’s ten plates, lady, and it’s this, that, and the other, and eight cups and saucers, and for the lot I’m asking NOT ten pounds, NOT five pounds, NOT three pounds. All kinds of different things, and they sell it very cheap with a patter. And they have a very quick and slick patter, and they’re selling things like crockery, china, sets of knives and forks. “In Cambridge where I lived, people would come from London in a van – a truck – open the back and stand on the tailboard of the truck, and the truck’s full of stuff that they’re trying to sell. ![]() As the inspiration for this list this excerpt was and can be found in an essay titled “Which One’s Pink?” by musicologist Phil Rose. Associated with two similar quotes, the song Any Colour You Like from Dark Side of the Moon seems to reference Henry Ford’s quote: “You can have it any color you like, as long as it’s black.” While the title’s concept does concern the lack of choice in the modern world, the origin of the title does not come from Henry Ford’s quote, it comes from an observation Roger Waters made while living in Cambridge.
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