Grantchester Meadows (song)
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| Song by Pink Floyd | ||
| from the album Ummagumma | ||
| Released | October 1969 | |
| Recorded | 1969 | |
| Genre | Psychedelic rock | |
| Length | 7:26 | |
| Label | Harvest Records | |
| Writer(s) | Roger Waters | |
| Producer(s) | Norman Smith | |
| Ummagumma track listing | ||
| Sysyphus, parts 1-4 (1-4) |
"Grantchester Meadows" (5) |
Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict (6) |
"Grantchester Meadows" is a song from the second half of the experimental Pink Floyd album Ummagumma, which was written by Roger Waters. The song features Waters' lyrics accompanied by an acoustic guitar, while a chorus of birds chirp in the background throughout the entire song. At approximately 4:13, the sound of a honking goose is temporarily introduced, followed by the sound of it taking off (goose sound effects had been used before in "Bike"). The lyrics describe a pastoral and dream-like scene at the Grantchester meadows in Cambridgeshire, England. This is where fellow band member David Gilmour grew up. Interestingly, considering the song's idyllic setting, a fly can be heard being swatted and killed at its end (segueing into the following song, "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict"). This type of Pastoral Ballad was typical of Roger Waters compisitional approach in the late sixties and early seventies. A style which he would continue on his first solo album - Music from "The Body" and "If" from Atom Heart Mother.
"Grantchester Meadows" was incorporated into The Man and the Journey as "Daybreak."
This song was one of several to be considered for the bands' best of album, Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd[1], and would have been the only song from Ummagumma to be included on the compilation.
[edit] Personnel
- Roger Waters - All instruments, vocals and tape effects
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