Prof. Hawking Sampled By Pink Floyd
Stephen Hawking, whose younger self is the focus of a new movie called “The Theory of Everything,” will feature on Pink Floyd’s new album, “The Endless River.” The 72-year-old physicist is sampled on a track called “Talkin’ Hawkin’,” which uses his synthesized speaking voice. A spokesperson for the band has confirmed that while “Talkin’ Hawkin’” is not intended as a sequel to the previous Pink Floyd track “Keep Talking,” which also samples Hawking, it does borrow a clip of his speech from the same 1994 British Telecom commercial. David Gilmour chose to sample Hawking originally after he saw the BT advert and it “nearly made [him] weep.”
