#Pink floyd ummagumma lyrics series#

This song cycle begins with daybreak, follows through with work and afternoon tea, continues with 'a bit of the other,' sleep, and a nightmare, before day breaks once again.

#Pink floyd ummagumma lyrics series#

This was a series of pieces intended to tell the story of a day in the life of the average man. The first half of the concert was The Man Suite.

They would be performed at least twice more, though there may be instances of their performance as yet undocumented. The suites were premiered as soon as they were finished, at a concert on 14 April 1969, at the Royal Festival Hall, London. This was the stroke of genius that would set the precedent for the mega-blockbuster concept albums of the seventies. A few songs from this project were combined with a couple of tunes from the More soundtrack, some new material was created by the entire group, and two concept pieces of seven songs each came into being: The Man and The Journey. Work had probably started on this (at least for Roger and Dave) in late January and early February of 1969. The band had already decided to record a disc composed entirely of solo material later that year (this would become one half of Ummagumma). Almost definitely at Roger's behest, over approximately twenty days in late March and early April of 1969, the group continued their spurt of creativity (they had just completed More in eight days flat) by piecing together two half-hour conceptual song cycles out of new and existing material. However, the grant was rejected, and the idea of structuring the Floyd's music in this way first came to fruition in 1969. It would be telling a story like a fairy tale. I'd like Arthur Brown to play the Demon King with the Floyd providing the music. It would be a non-profit-making scene - nothing to do with selling records. There would be a narrator, possibly John Peel, and there would be a quality in the production of the material. Roger Waters: 'It would be a story, using other groups, written as a saga, like the Iliad, so that it doesn't just become a pop show with someone walking on and introducing the groups. Roger became quite excited about an idea that was very new at the time, the concept of using contemporary music to create a narrative. In early 1968, Blackhill Enterprises had applied for a grant from the Arts Council of Great Britain, with the intention of using the funds to become solvent as well as finance a specific new project. The idea of using new and existing material to create some kind of musical narrative or scenario had been percolating for some time. This was the first attempt by Pink Floyd to create an extended conceptual piece. 'Hello? Listen, I think I've got it.The Man and The Journey were two song cycles that comprised an album-length piece that was performed live in concert in 1969 under the title of More Furious Madness from the Massed Gadgets of Auximenes. I held the blade in trembling hands Prepared to make it but just then the phone rang I never had the nerve to make the final cut. Thought I oughta bare my naked feelings, Thought I oughta tear the curtain down. Could anybody love him Or is it just a crazy dream?ДЄnd if I show you my dark side Will you still hold me tonight? And if I open my heart to you And show you my weak side What would you do? Would you sell your story to Rolling Stone? Would you take the children away And leave me alone? And smile in reassurance As you whisper down the phone? Would you send me packing? Or would you take me home? He wonders if you're sleeping with your new found faith.

There's a kid who had a big hallucination Making love to girls in magazines. If you negotiate the minefield in the drive And beat the dogs and cheat the cold electronic eyes And if you make it past the shotgun in the hall, Dial the combination, open the priesthole And if I'm in I'll tell you what's behind the wall. Through the fish-eyed lens of tear stained eyes I can barely define the shape of this moment in time And far from flying high in clear blue skies I'm spiralling down to the hole in the ground where I hide.