Tracks
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01. Cirrus Minor (Waters)
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02. The Nile Song (Waters)
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03. Crying Song (Waters)
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04. Up the Khyber (Waters, Wright)
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05. Green Is The Colour (Waters)
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06. Cymbaline (Waters)
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07. Party Sequence (Mason, Gilmour, Waters, Wright)
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08. Main Theme (Mason, Gilmour, Waters, Wright)
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09. Ibiza Bar (Mason, Gilmour, Waters, Wright)
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10. More Blues (Mason, Gilmour, Waters, Wright)
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11. Quicksilver (Mason, Gilmour, Waters, Wright)
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12. A Spanish Piece (Gilmour)
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13. Dramatic Theme (Mason, Gilmour, Waters, Wright)
Lyrics
- 01. Cirrus Minor (Waters)
In a churchyard by a river, Lazing in the haze of midday, Laughing in the grasses and the graze. Yellow bird, you are alone in singing and in flying on, In and in leaving. Willow weeping in the water, Waving to the river daughters, Swaying in the ripples and the reeds. On a trip to Cirrus Minor, saw a crater in the sun A thousand miles of moonlight later.
- 02. The Nile Song (Waters)
I was standing by the Nile Whe I saw the lady smile. I would take her out for a while, For a while. Light tears wept like a child. How her golden hair was blowing wild. Then she spread her wings to fly, For to fly. Soaring high above the breezes, Going always where she pleases. She will make it to the island in the sun. I will follw in her shadow As I watch her from my window. One day I will catch her eye. She is calling from the deep, Summoning my soul to endless sleep. She is bound to drag me down, Drag me down.
- 03. Crying Song (Waters)
We smile and smile We smile and smile Laughter echoes in your eyes We climb and climb We climb and climb Footfall softly in the pines We cry and cry We cry and cry Sadness passes in a while We role and role We role and role Help me role away the stone
- 04. Up the Khyber (Waters, Wright)
(Instrumental)
- 05. Green Is The Colour (Waters)
Heavy hung the canopy of blue Shade my eyes and I can see you White is the light that shines through the dress that you wore She lay in the shadow of the wave Hazy were the visions of her playing Sunlight on her eyes but moonshine beat her blind everytime Green is the colour of her kind Quickness of the eye deceives the mind Many is the bond between the hopefull and the damned
- 06. Cymbaline (Waters)
The path you tread is narrow and the drop is shear and very high The ravens all are watching from a vantage point near by Apprehension creeping like a choo-train up your spine Will the tightrope reach the end; will the final cuplet rhyme And it's high time Cymbaline It's high time Cymbaline Please wake me Butterfly with broken wings is falling by your side The ravens all are closing in there's no where you can hide Your manager and agent are both busy on the phone Selling colored photographs to magazines back home And it's high time Cymbaline It's high time Cymbaline Please wake me The lines converging where you stand they must have moved the picture plane The leaves are heavy around your feet you hear the thunder of the train Suddenly it strikes you that they're moving into range Doctor Strange is always changing size And it's high time Cymbaline It's high time Cymbaline Please wake me And it's high time Cymbaline It's high time Cymbaline Please wake me
- 07. Party Sequence (Mason, Gilmour, Waters, Wright)
(Instrumental)
- 08. Main Theme (Mason, Gilmour, Waters, Wright)
(Instrumental)
- 09. Ibiza Bar (Mason, Gilmour, Waters, Wright)
I'm so afraid of mistakes that I made Taking every time that I wake I feel like a hard-boiled butter man So give me a time when the countries will lie on the storyline if kind Are days are made since the first page I've lived every line that you wrote Take me down, take me down, from the shelf above your head So give me a time when the countries will lie on the storyline if kind And if I live on the shelf like the rest And if love bleeds like a sad song Please pick-up your camera and use me again So give me a time when the countries will lie on the storyline if kind Yea
- 10. More Blues (Mason, Gilmour, Waters, Wright)
(Instrumental)
- 11. Quicksilver (Mason, Gilmour, Waters, Wright)
(Instrumental)
- 12. A Spanish Piece (Gilmour)
Bath of tequila, Manuel Leaf and cringle Laugh at my lisp and kill you I think This Spanish music It sets my soul on fire Lovely seniorita Your eyes are like stars Your teeth are like pearls Your ruby lips seniorita
- 13. Dramatic Theme (Mason, Gilmour, Waters, Wright)
(Instrumental)
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NotesRelease date: July 27th, 1969
Always one of the most under-rated items in the Pink Floyd canon, "More" is something of a gem. Recorded during one week at Abbey Road in March 1969, for a Barbert Schroeder's movie of the same name, "More" was an intermission in the Floyd's quest for the Great Work (they took time off from recording their intended magnum opus "Ummagumma" to work on this soundtrack album). It exhibits the more pastoral side of the Floyd, and showcases them at their most relaxed. Waters in particular-- who composed the lion's share, including such in-concert staples as "Cymbaline" and "Green Is The Colour"--displays impressive development as a songwriter. "More" is also one of the Floyd's most musically varied albums, ranging from straight heavy metal like "The Nile Song" through to acoustic ballads ("Crying Song"), via abstract electronics ("Quicksilver"), blues pastiches like "More Blues" and musical "jokes" like Gilmour's "A Spanish Piece". On the Capitol pressing of the More LP (SW-11198), the record (not the sleeve) has following titles for "Up The Khyber" and "Quicksilver": "Up The Kyber (Juke Box)" and "Quicksilver (Water-Pipe)". It has been speculated that the song "Up The Khyber" was meant to accompany a scene of anal sex in the movie. 'Khyber' is Rhyming Slang for arse. The song "Cymbaline" is self-referential: "...will the final couplet rhyme?" The final couplet in fact is the only one that doesn't. The movie version of this song has slightly different lyrics and is sung by Roger Waters, whereas the album version is sung by David Gilmour. The movie version has the line "Standing by with a book in his hand/ it's an easy word to rhyme" instead of "Will the tightrope reach the end?/ Will the final couplet rhyme?". The film "More" was directed by Barbet Schroeder.
Tracks:
- Cirrus Minor (Waters) [05:09] Vocals by Gilmour.
- The Nile Song (Waters) [03:22] Vocals by Gilmour.
- Crying Song (Waters) [03:31] Vocals by Gilmour, and Wright does the harmonies.
- Up the Khyber (Mason, Wright) [02:10] Instrumental.
- Green is the Colour (Waters) [02:55] Vocals by Gilmour.
- Cymbaline (Waters) [04:46] Vocals by Waters (in the movie), Gilmour (album).
- Party Sequence (Waters, Wright, Gilmour, Mason) [01:07] Instrumental.
- Main Theme (Waters, Wright, Gilmour) [05:28] Instrumental.
- Ibiza Bar (Waters, Wright, Gilmour, Mason) [03:13] Vocals by Gilmour.
- More Blues (Waters, Wright, Gilmour, Mason) [02:12] Instrumental.
- Quicksilver (Waters, Wright, Gilmour, Mason) [07:07] Instrumental.
- A Spanish Piece (Gilmour) [01:02] Vocals by Gilmour (lisp-guy).
- Dramatic Theme (Waters, Wright) [02:16] Instrumental.
Total Playing Time: 45'01
Musicians Featured: David Gilmour: Guitars, Vocals Nick Mason: Drums Roger Waters: Bass Guitar, Vocals Rick Wright: Keyboard, Vocals
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