The Nile Song
| "The Nile Song" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Single by Pink Floyd | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Soundtrack from the Film More | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Ibiza Bar" (France and New Zealand) "Main Theme" (Japan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | March 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Format | 7" single | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | February 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Length | 3:26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Writer(s) | Roger Waters | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Pink Floyd | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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"The Nile Song" is the second song from Pink Floyd's 1969 album, Soundtrack from the Film More.[5][6] Released as a single in 1969 (only in France, Japan and New Zealand),[7] it was written by Roger Waters and sung by David Gilmour. It is similar to another song on the album Ibiza Bar.
Reception
Andy Kellman of Allmusic describes "The Nile Song" as "one of the heaviest songs the band recorded".[8] The chord progression is a series of modulations, beginning at A, and then rising a whole step with each repeat, cycling through six different keys, returning to the starting point of A, and continuing the pattern as the song fades out.[9]
Personnel
- David Gilmour – electric guitars, lead vocals
- Roger Waters – bass
- Nick Mason – drums
Covers
"The Nile Song" was covered by:
- The Human Instinct, on their 1971 album Pins In It
- The Necros, on their 1986 album Tangled Up
- Red Temple Spirits, on their 1988 album Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon
- Panthers, on their 2004 album Things Are Strange
- The Morlocks, on their 1991 album Wake Me When I'm Dead
- Voivod, on their 1993 album, The Outer Limits
- Dreadnaught, on their 2001 EP One Piece Missing.
References
- ↑ Mark Fogarty (14 August 2008). Went to See the Gypsy. Lulu.com. p. 293. ISBN 978-1-4357-5140-8.
- ↑ Riley Haas (13 September 2013). The Beatles Are the Greatest Rock Band of All Time and I Can Prove It. Riley Haas. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-9921513-0-0.
- ↑ Andy Mabbett (28 September 2010). Pink Floyd- The music and the mystery: The Music and the Mystery. Omnibus Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-85712-418-0.
- ↑ Pink Floyd- Uncensored on the Record. Coda Books Ltd. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-908538-27-7.
- ↑ Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 1177. ISBN 1-84195-551-5.
- ↑ Mabbett, Andy (1995). The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-4301-X.
- ↑ "The Official Site". Pink Floyd. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
- ↑ Kellman, Andy. Pink Floyd - Relics at AllMusic. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
- ↑ Pink Floyd: Anthology (1980 Warner Bros. Publications, Inc., Secaucus N.J.)
External links
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