More
(1969)

MORE is the soundtrack to the movie of the same name. The 1996 repackaging of MORE includes an expanded booklet with many rare photos, lyrics and revised front cover artwork.


N. CDs: 1

Tracks

01. Cirrus Minor (Waters) info lyrics
02. The Nile Song (Waters) info lyrics
03. Crying Song (Waters) info lyrics
04. Up the Khyber (Waters, Wright) info lyrics
05. Green Is The Colour (Waters) info lyrics
06. Cymbaline (Waters) info lyrics
07. Party Sequence (Mason, Gilmour, Waters, Wright) info lyrics
08. Main Theme (Mason, Gilmour, Waters, Wright) info lyrics
09. Ibiza Bar (Mason, Gilmour, Waters, Wright) info lyrics
10. More Blues (Mason, Gilmour, Waters, Wright) info lyrics
11. Quicksilver (Mason, Gilmour, Waters, Wright) info lyrics
12. A Spanish Piece (Gilmour) info lyrics
13. Dramatic Theme (Mason, Gilmour, Waters, Wright) info lyrics

Lyrics

01. Cirrus Minor (Waters) tracks

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) tracks

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) tracks

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) tracks

(Instrumental)


05. Green Is The Colour (Waters) tracks

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) tracks

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) tracks

(Instrumental)


08. Main Theme (Mason, Gilmour, Waters, Wright) tracks

(Instrumental)


09. Ibiza Bar (Mason, Gilmour, Waters, Wright) tracks

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) tracks

(Instrumental)


11. Quicksilver (Mason, Gilmour, Waters, Wright) tracks

(Instrumental)


12. A Spanish Piece (Gilmour) tracks

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) tracks

(Instrumental)


Notes

Release 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:


  1. Cirrus Minor (Waters) [05:09] Vocals by Gilmour.
  2. The Nile Song (Waters) [03:22] Vocals by Gilmour.
  3. Crying Song (Waters) [03:31] Vocals by Gilmour, and Wright does the harmonies.
  4. Up the Khyber (Mason, Wright) [02:10] Instrumental.
  5. Green is the Colour (Waters) [02:55] Vocals by Gilmour.
  6. Cymbaline (Waters) [04:46] Vocals by Waters (in the movie), Gilmour (album).
  7. Party Sequence (Waters, Wright, Gilmour, Mason) [01:07] Instrumental.
  8. Main Theme (Waters, Wright, Gilmour) [05:28] Instrumental.
  9. Ibiza Bar (Waters, Wright, Gilmour, Mason) [03:13] Vocals by Gilmour.
  10. More Blues (Waters, Wright, Gilmour, Mason) [02:12] Instrumental.
  11. Quicksilver (Waters, Wright, Gilmour, Mason) [07:07] Instrumental.
  12. A Spanish Piece (Gilmour) [01:02] Vocals by Gilmour (lisp-guy).
  13. 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