16-07-2019, 04:11 AM
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Re: Questions for Floydy.
Originally Posted by Silver Tabby
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While I was waiting for the train to Doncaster on Saturday I saw a man wearing a T-Shirt with 'Pink Floyd' written on it - above a picture of a black and white cow!a) Was it you ?
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b) Why a cow ?
a) No it wasn't me. But it might have been Old Grey Fox. He lives near Doncaster
b) The cow signifies the sleeve from Atom Heart Mother, the 1970 album by Pink Floyd. It was a piece of work which was recorded after the physchedelic early years and during their early progressive musings which developed into their 1970's classic quintet of albums starting with Meddle through The Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals and ending with the genius of The Wall in 1979.
Atom Heart Mother's sleeve was actually an idea from bassist Roger Waters who basically said "Lets' drive into the countryside and take a photograph of the first thing we see". This turned out to be a cow (named 'Daisy') and they decided it would look good on their new album. There were no words at all on the sleeve, which was a common trait withing progressive rock albums at the time. The album reached No.1 in the UK chart and is beloved of many older Floyd fans as their favourite early record.
The album had just four songs but two were around 20 minutes long. The most accesible track from the album was probably "Fat Old Sun", a recent version by guitarist David Gilmour is shown perfromed below.
Any further questions on the band, please fire away
16-07-2019, 09:02 AM
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Re: Questions for Floydy.
Originally Posted by spitfire
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good job it was a july saturday he was spotted, otherwise he would have been bloody friesian.
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