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It was recorded in two sessions in France, while Pink Floyd were in the midst of touring, and produced by the band. Obscured by Clouds is among Pink Floyd's shorter albums and makes heavy use of the acoustic guitar. Lyrically, the songs centre around love, a theme the album has in common with the film. The album's only single was "Free Four".
Name of song, writer(s), lead vocal(s), original release, and year of release. Song Writer(s) Lead vocal(s) Original release Year Length Ref. "Absolutely Curtains" † David Gilmour Nick Mason Roger Waters Richard Wright: Chant by the Mapuga tribe of New Guinea: Obscured by Clouds: 1972 5:52 [1] "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" † David Gilmour ...
Childhood's End (Pink Floyd song) Classified (The Orb song) Cluster One; Comfortably Numb; Comfortably Numb 2022; Coming Back to Life; Country Song (Pink Floyd song) Country Theme; Cruise (David Gilmour song) Crumbling Land; Cry from the Street; Cult of Youth Ambient Mix (Parts 1 & 2)
Pink sky at night, sailors' delight. Pink sky in the morning, sailors take warning. Another version uses "forlorn": Red sky at night, sailors' delight.
The song gets its title from the 1953 science-fiction novel of the same name by Arthur C. Clarke, though the theme of the song shares little with the story. [3] The 2016 remixed version of "Childhood's End" which appears in The Early Years 1965–1972 box set was released as the second single to promote the box set in October 2016.
Whether hues of green, red, blue and even pink dance about in the sky depends on the altitude where the collisions occur, as well as the composition and density of the atmosphere at the time.
The song begins and ends in the key of E major, with a darker middle section (following the lyric "and the candle dies") in the parallel minor, E minor. Both the E major and E minor chords feature the ninth , making this song one of many Pink Floyd songs to feature a prominent E minor added ninth chord , "Em(add9)".
The song's lyrics begin with "Last night I had too much to drink / Sitting in a club with so many fools", and feature an ambivalent chorus: "I open the door to an empty room / Then I forget". The song is the first of many Pink Floyd songs to prominently feature an E minor added ninth chord. [5]