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Douglas Adams Named Pink Floyd Album The Division Bell
Pink Floyd recorded The Division Bell in 1993, with author Douglas Adams suggesting the title from the lyrics of High Hopes.
Just before the summer of 1993, Pink Floyd and touring musicians entered Olympic Studios in West London to record new songs. In the autumn of 1993, the band gathered again at David Gilmour's houseboat Astoria to continue developing the tracks. David Gilmour's then-girlfriend Polly Samson wrote most of the lyrics for the album The Division Bell.
The song High Hopes was partly inspired by Gilmour's childhood and early youth in Cambridge. The final couplet of High Hopes refers to a line in Pink Floyd's 1967 single See Emily Play. Classic Rock magazine selected High Hopes as the 11th best song of the 1990s.
Toward the end of 1993, the completed album required a name. Nick Mason wanted Down To Earth, while the others preferred Pow-Wow. Author Douglas Adams noticed the phrase the division bell in the lyrics of High Hopes and suggested it as the album title.
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