Volume 13, Track 4
“Free Four” by Pink Floyd (1972) “And who is the master of fox hounds? And who says the hunt has begun?” Straight-out pop rock was never really in Pink Floyd’s arsenal but “Free Four” finds the band almost rubbing shoulders with it. The “one, two, free, four” countdown in unison at the very beginning; the [...]
Volume 13, Track 3
“Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk” by Pink Floyd (1967) The first Syd Barrett-led song of the volume, “Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk” starts off with some simplistic drum beats and some simple rhymes that never exceed four syllables. But after the lyric “June bloom” is sung all hell breaks loose and the resulting [...]
Volume 13, Track 2
“Let There Be More Light” by Pink Floyd (1968) The opening track off of Pink Floyd’s sophomore effort A Saucerful Of Secrets, “Let There Be More Light” is a song that at once displays how the band was incorporating David Gilmour into their sound and trying to slowly move away from founder Syd Barrett musically [...]
Volume 13, Track 1
“Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict” by Pink Floyd (1969) Okay, so let’s get the really weird song out of the way first. “Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict” is not only Pink Floyd’s longest-titled [...]
Volume 13 Introduction
Pink Floyd is one of the ten greatest and most influential bands of all-time. They are also the epitome of cool. Not James Dean cool or Duke Ellington cool or Beatles cool, but cerebrally cool. Salvador Dali cool. You may not be able to pick Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, or Richard Wright out [...]
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