Pink Floyd - "Grantchester Meadows" "A Pillow of Winds"
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2017
- acoustic guitar played by Waters himself,a pastoral and dream-like scene
"Grantchester Meadows" is the second track from the studio disc of the experimental Pink Floyd album Ummagumma. It was written and performed entirely by Roger Waters.
"A Pillow of Winds" is the second track from Pink Floyd's 1971 album Meddle.
Roger Waters wrote the melody and lyrics.[3] This song also features slide guitar work by Gilmour, as well as a fretless bass,[3played by Waters.
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HDPinkFloyd thank you 😊 ♥️ 🎵
Special. Maybe it’s the bird song 🦅
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@@vandalking8341 sorry maybe blocked
My best friends are all dead, but I’m still here listening to Floyd. These artists gave me so much joy it’s hard to explain.
That's life... something happened to me not long ago, i understand. But in many ways we have to let them go, as we will...
Me too.... here & there & ev'rywhere
✌
Me too, best days of my life
Your comment made me cry !
How are you now ?
Same
I like the music they made when they were still 4 friends
Me too
@@s.a.l.1974 nice name
@@jesuschrist6191 what about my name
@@jesuschrist6191 my name is Michael harold hunt or in short mike harry hunt what's so funny
@@s.a.l.1974 My name is Joe
First time I heard “A Pillow of Winds”. I was 17. I spent the summer of “81” out in California. Me, my cousin and her boyfriend. We were crashing out in her living room. We were exhausted after a long day at the beach. I remember them falling asleep on the couch and I put “Meddle” on the stereo turntable. I was so tired from the sun and I dozed off on the floor with a couch cushion under my head listening to this song. It was one of those memories that will last me a lifetime. I was so young and carefree. Wow!!! I really miss those days. “ Meddle”would always be my favorite album from that time on.
Now in quarantine, listening to this and reading your comment, I really felt a long and very comfortable breath of peace almost If I was being hugged.
Thanks for the story
Pink Floyd: the soundtrack of many lives :-)
I was 16 in 1981 when I also got Meddle in cassette format. My 2 brothers and myself had spent a weekend tearing up the asphalt driveway next to our house to be replaced by a concrete one. It was hard work. We used this very heavy and large drill type of tool. It must have weighed nearly 100lbs. We would lift it with our hands and let the pointy end drop and it would break up the asphalt. We were paid for our work and with the money I got Meddle and coincidentally Ummagumma which contains Grantchester Meadows. These two songs have always been 2 of my favorite acoustic pieces. This was really the beginning of my discovery of Pink Floyd and their music in terms of me actually owning any of it for myself. However the first song I ever heard by them was Run Like Hell. It was fall of '79 and my brothers and I were invited by our next door neighbor to a football game at our high school as he was the only one old enough to drive. This played on the radio. I believe this was the 1st single they released from The Wall. This would have been late September '79. I was instantly a fan. Thanks for sharing your story and stay safe and healthy in these crazy times.
Way back, a college friend of mine and I went to Denver and discovered that we had been locked out of the apartment in which we were to stay. So we did anything two young men in a strange city would do, we dropped acid. After a crazy time of navigating city parks and avoiding the cops, we finally found the neighbor with the key. My friend was an excellent guitarist and he started riffing on Pink Floyd songs. I remember drifting off to very colorful dreams as he played "Is There Anybody Out There."
great, !
Waters and Gilmour being together created a lot of masterpieces. No one can deny that.
@Simon Simon hes the only one brave enough to take a political stance on whats just right and decent.
@@chuckthebull Roger should be the example then. He should give his millions to charity...after all what does he need with all that money anyway.?
@@chuckthebull someone who supports dictatorships does not deserve any kind of respect
I can't but find it somewhat hipocritical to see a millionaire who would sew a small band for playing a cover to take any political stance... If he is so into making a revolution well he can start playing for free and giving his millions to the cause. At least David is honest
@@vladimirrodriguez2759 cry more 🙄
David's voice in the chorus is so soft and smooth, just like his guitar playing..
I wish they had done more acoustical work like this.
There were hundreds of songs like these in the 1970s by other groups.
I wish you could find a less cringey profile picture.
I'm guessing your a gilmour fan
@@whoisterwoister8560 no...but im guessing you are a Gilmour fan
@@andiman45 roger has better solo stuff Than gilmour
I don't know why Pink Floyd resonates with my soul.
But I'm happy that it does.
It resonates with my soul too. I hate flying but this music makes me want to.
It does the same to me
@@marileneboschofsky1418 it always has with me I'm 32 and can't go for about 4 days without hearing the sounds of yesterday in my city room
Terminal Frost They make the universe brighter!
Me too !! 😃
I love how Roger and David trade vocals between the verses and the chorus.
only David sings this song
@@ernestokrapf at 1:45 thru 1:48Waters is singing then David sings.
Roger sings it all on Ummagumma. It’s entirely his song but these live versions with David singing chorus brings this classic to a new level of greatness.
@@caveman3096 not a live version
@@caveman3096 this isn’t on ummagumma
Whenever I took a walk with my dog through the Rhine meadows and heard the birds in the sky, I remembered Grantchester Meadows. Not a single walk without this song on my mind. Please play on my funeral!!!
They will never be another band like Pink Floyd!
There probably will, but not now...
Led Zeppelin was equally precious.
@@tadcotadco6344 Unless good lyrics were your thing. Waters is in a rare group, lyrically.
Nope
@@jorgemartin5093 Yes, wrote some good lyrics too
pink floyd might as well be described as a feeling, as an atmosphere, as a whole new dream. I do think David's voice in A pillow of Winds is just like when you really want to sleep, and your head finally stamps in the pillow, and you fall asleep in the most beautiful dream. That's what David's voice is to me
I agree with your description so much!
Well put
These songs are so beautifully peaceful.. you can literally picture “that summer day”. 🦋🌻☀️
You too are just like these songs 🧘🤸🪂
Lying on your back in the long grass
I know beautiful, it's horrible here in Michigan winter, so cold out. Can't wait till spring
You’re beautiful Audrey.
I’m 58 a Texan,and listen to this song every morning.good medicine for this evil world.
"Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dog fox...gone to ground"
Damn that sounds so sophisticated and British. Those serious, artistic, sensative bastards!
The river of green is sliding beneath the trees
Umma gumma love this record 😁
Always reminds me of "Daffodils" poem by Wordsworth.
Not just British, but English, I'll have you know! 😀
Roger Waters
There was a strong love of nature and life thread running though Pink Floyd´´s work,
David Gilmour sings like an angel here.
Does he ever not?
It's very special.
This is a pristine example of they're beauty and what could still be if not for.....
@@joeshittheragman6252 this was my question! Ha
Soothing........ so very soothing ~ kimie
I was 16 in 1988 when a high school friend introduced me to Pink Floyd. Best gift I ever received.
They should have won a Nobel Peace Prize for that song
It sure wouldn't have been the worst pick during it's history.
They deserved it more than war criminals Henry Kissinger and Barack Obama
Perfect, genius kkkkkkkkkk
Soft, sweet, mellow, smooth lullaby I sleep too. Thank you Pink Floyd for everything. Bless everyone.
These songs are simply beautiful. Touch my heart deeply. That's what music is all about. God bless Pink Floyd and all its members! They brought fun and music into my adolescent years and now, almost half a century later, I'm listening to them with the same pleasure as then, and with more understanding. Thanks!
Qu’ils soient les porte parole de nos intimes aspirations, au soir du seuil de la grande porte. Douceur des horizons de nos anciens, paix sur Terre comme au delà.
❤
Ricks keyboard in this just makes it such a different song. God do I love his playing.
Right ? His playing in the wall is one of the things that first attracted me to floyd
Sean Busch I thought most of the keyboards on the studio wall album were done by session musicians?
hmancq
HA!!! 😂
@@hmancq I believe you mean The Final Cut. While Roger was certainly edging him out on that album, Rick's playing is still certainly on The Wall.
@Sean Busch In all honesty and truth,my friend,Richard Wright didn't play a single note , on the grandiose tale of epoch tragedy and misery,that was the musical masterpiece:"THE WALL ".According 2 the microscopic detail of
the book"Echoes-the stories behind every Pink Floyd song "by author Cliff Jones(1996);keyboardist Rick Wright,
dealing with personal health issues related to his cocaine addiction,was unable 2 contribute 2 recording, and was "ousted "from the band,by both Roger Waters and David Gilmour.Subsequently,all the keyboards were played and recorded by Roger Waters ,and producer Bob Ezrin.Additionaly,all of the organ pieces,were played and recorded by session wizard Freddy Mandell.There is a lyrical reference to Rick Wright,on the song"Nobody Home ",which begins with Water's shouting,"I got a little black book with my poems in!"The line of lyric is as follows "...I've got a grand piano to prop-up my mortal remains..." I hope this information satisfies U,as to the players of the keyboards,4 the recorded album. I am an immense fan of Pink Floyd's canonical work,and 2 me,
"The Wall"is the most important ambitious conceptual Artwork,in the history of recorded music.Thank U4 your valuable time.✨🎼🙏🏼🎼✨🇨🇦
When I was in High School, (I am old so about 1978), I had borrowed this album from a friend. I smoked an insane amount of pot, alone in my bedroom, and then I threw on the album on the turntable, the first song I heard was Grantchester Meadows, and it was like an LSD trip. Out into the stratosphere.
Benson Stein , hey man speak for yourself, I was in high school in 1978 and I'm not old yet haha. Still smoking weed but can't find any acid.
Gary Ballard far out dude happy smooth smokey 😂🤣😎🥴
Sill have a couple seeds in the fold
Lake Shore Drive?
The first time I listened to pink Floyd, and I am older than you by 2 years, I was totally sober. It was 1973 and I was 15. Drink and drugs were a long way from my mind. So there ya go. Someone with a sober story relating to pink Floyd.
"Icy wind of nights be gone this is not your domain"
In the sky a bird is heard to cry
Misty morning whisperings and gentle stirring sounds
Belied the deathly silence that lay all around
Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dog fox
Gone to ground
See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water
And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees
Laughing as it passes through the endless summer, making for the sea
In the lazy water meadow I lay me down
All around me golden sun flakes covering the ground
Basking in the sunshine of a bygone afternoon
Bringing sounds of yesterday into this city room
Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dog fox
Gone to ground
See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water
And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees
Laughing as it passes through the endless summer, making for the sea
Wow. This version of, 'Grantchester Meadows', with Gilmour's added lead vocals...is fantastic. What a beautiful track.
this is why Pink Floyd has been my band since the early 70's; first concert Hollywood Bowl Meddle tour
I used to trip to this one and that whole Ummagumma album. Several species of small fury animals with a strobe light on....the ultimate. Still love pillow of winds, all these masterpieces that never get any airplay
Yes
Not sure why anybody would listen to several species while tripping, asking for a bad trip. I wouldn't even listen to it while smoking weed lol
@@davyroger3773 I can't even count the number of times we tripped to this lol
I even remember a few high school house parties where the whole album was cranked while over 20 of us sat tripping on purple microdot
No bad trips, but definitely some far out conversations afterwards
@@robertpiekosz7470 just curious where you in highschool during the 70s?
@@robertpiekosz7470👍 I also couldn't count the times. Floyd, Hendrix and the Doors along with many others had to go camping with us. I'd hang speakers from the trees. We usually saved Ummagumma and sheep for listening to at night. And try to time it while we were peaking. LOL Either that or Red bud, Thai, or Hawaiian.
I am relaxing now on a "pillow of wind" listening to these two beautiful acoustic songs by Pink Flyd..no one does Mellow like the Floyd Did in the early days..just wonderful
A Pillow of Winds so relaxing, beautiful song
need that
Ironic that the letter is inspired by the feathers that were taken from the eider ducks.
I grew up about 4 miles from Grantchester, knew the meadows well, went to a few small music festivals there too. Amazingly the feel of the place is just the same today, nearly 50 years later. There is a modern video of the meadow in my feed, Enjoy
Tim Large If this song is anything to go by, it sounds like a veritable Eden!
Hi I live about 5 miles away and I have gone there at 7am in the morning in the summer. Awesome.
@@nicklewis1882 Hi it is as awesome as the song. Believe me, at 7am in the summer morning.
Gilmours singing here is so nice...
Gilmour is better than Waters
it's especially good at the end of the phrase, but I'd like to hear Waters' part under it too - especially at the very beginning of that section
@@rachmadhendro228 No. Roger create. Gilmour just sing and play it.
Roger Waters is the genius. David sings well
@@rachmadhendro228 At least he's normal, grounded and owns a healthy mind compared to Fascist disturbed Waters
Sophisticated Rock appears in all their music. They are unique and special.
Progressive rock!🎇💎🎇
I've always been fascinated with meadows since loving Pink Floyd. Tripping in a meadow.
Whenever i walk around the local parks n fields i always have these songs as the first 2 in my playlist. Sums up the english summer perfectly...
No wonder this band is still relevant -- post-rock before Explosions In The Sky etc. So serene, simple, and original
So smoothe and gentle from some real Masters of good music. Thank you so much for sharing with us. Every Song of them is just outstanding.
very nice seeing roger and dave as a duo.
How much nostalgia as I listen to that Pillow of winds, summers at the shore, all together...We were so young then...This leads me to those days of my past that I wont ever forget...Now everything is so far from home...
I first saw the Floyd back in1970 on the continent. Truely an utterly mesmerizing, magical and life changing experience :-)Thanks forever David, Richard, Nick & Roger!Those were the days when Roger was smiling and joking on stage with David, radiating a warm, benevolent athmosphere of adventure and bliss! Lucky to have caught them then and there a couple of times :-)
Thanks so much for uploading!
Mick Angelo Lucky you! I saw them sans Roger in 1988. Would love to see David Gilmour live- his voice is still superb.
Wow
Te falto Sid Barret
wow; I was eleven years old way back then. Funny, I heard dark side when I was 13 or 14. Didn't really click in for me till about '75 with Wish. then it's all back after that. Unless you're into Roger. But ya, fine band for a time.
It's such a shame what happened to Roger. It's like The Wall revealed the internal battles he was having with fame.... and he lost. He alienated the 3 people who were closest to him in the world because he thought HE was Pink Floyd. The other 3 proved him wrong. In a way, it's more tragic than what happened to Syd, because Syd had no control over what happened to him. Roger's ego grew and grew until he was maniacal about it. Wish they could have been more like Rush and stayed friends.
Pillow of Winds has such an ethereal sound. Beautiful and rare footage. Thank you for this!
Pink Floyd, still my favorite band. So many memories. 🤍🤍🤍
Beautiful and relaxing. Pink Floyd the best and original band ever.
God has blessed us with The Pink Floyd. My ears are blessed. This is such a soft, sweet, slow tune. Many thanks to these special lads. May God bless The Pink Floyd.
The innocence when music & life was so much more simple without all of today's distractions.
I could watch Gilmour and Waters play the Romper Room song and sit there eyes wide
I learned how to play this song when I was in my early 20's and have played it at least 400 times since. It must be the king fisher in me.
damn
Gilmour's voice at its best
The two maestros. How lovely to see them sitting together and singing this unreal melody.
The bird who sing in the begin is the brother who sing in Cirrus Minor
L' Altra Musica thanks
is gooood
His name? Cyrus Major
I suspect it's the library recording of songbirds in the EMI library. they are the same, and they've probably been used on lots of other records
hubert rawlinson nope, the floyd interviewed several owls, hummingbirds, songbirds & finally they met mr. Birdy, he was a chipper chirper. It all worked out.
I was on my early 20 raving hard on a psytrance festival near Roma. This kind of raves are mostly arranged in countryside locations, a meadow near a wood in that case. In the middle of the night me and my girl walked since her car to listen Granchester meadows in a stereo cassette, two tree times and then happy and refreshed we turned again to the rave. I can’t hear the song without remember that night...
Remember rocking each of my boys to sleep softly singing Gr. Meadows, one of my best memories. Also worked with nieces and nephews when I got a chance to put them down.
Maybe I've been living in a cave for the last 45 years as a Floyd fan and guitarist.
Where did this come from?
It looks made for TV, and filmed really well from '72-73".
It's a perfect example of that it was not the technology, it was the musicians.
Same
One of those groups that confirm the "Video killed the radio stars". How many of today's bands could have made even a brief appearance the music scene without the other parts of performing ? How many of them will still have fans in 40 years ?
KQED San Francisco public TV aired this in 1970.
Hi I thought it came out in 1969.I live only a few miles away. I have gone there at 7am in the summer morning and actually played this. Awesome.
You should get ahold of the radio interview recordings where they were interviewed while jamming for the making of DSotM... it revealed a LOT about them and how they think. One of the lines from Richard Wright was when he was asked if they are dependent on the tech.... he said (something to the effect) that "It plays a part in what we do, we couldn't do what we do without it... but if we didn't have it, I still think we would put on a good show." Classic.
These tracks are so soothing, it gives me hope for a better future 😌
What a nice pair of acoustic Pink Floyd songs.
i walked so many miles listening to these songs.
Pink Floyd - the band with the Midas Touch.
Stunning. Absolutely stunning. Can no new musicians today compete with this perfection?
this is my go to song if i can't sleep the description of a beautiful sunny afternoon is jus so relaxing.
This was so beautiful - just like Grantchester Meadows, David sings and takes you with on a Love journey with nature's sounds and surroundings. I really loved it - an old tune but very fresh and relaxing - enjoy!
Szkoda ze Waters poszedl inna droga
'Careful with that Axe Eugene! A track totally underrated but absolutely mind blowing in my mind!!
Pink Floyd is here to stay....glad u're here too ! Keep the good work !❤
I love Meddle so much. It brings back so many incredible memories of south coast surfing trips with my friends & getting high with out a worry in the world.
For me Pink Floyd lyrics and guitar licks has always hit a place deep in me with an emotional twang and connotation that none other has landed that deep! I guess it can't be explained only felt??
You can visualize/feel the rythm of the music in your brain, congrats! it's a skill that the majority of people that listen to music lacks!
Both songs are genuis..
So many good trips.
Thx PF.
This song is a very romantic song .
It reminds me of when I was a young woman growing up on my parents beautiful farm.
Pink Floyd: the soundtrack of many lives :-)
pastoral floyd, i luv this sound
A friend of mine and I saw Pink Floyd in Earls Court, London (Pulse Tour) back in 1994. In those days, we were fortunate to purchase 'V.I.P' seats- Five rows back from the actual stage for around 100 US Dollars. I was mesmerized, especially when Dave Gilmour played Comfortably Numb. Incredible experience !!!!
If I had 1/10 the talent these guys have it would be a lot more than I do have.
Thanks for this thoughtful pairing of two of their most beautiful ballads.
Relaxing and peaceful song , I really love it before go to bed...try it...😴😴😴☮️☮️☮️
Thank you for the unique version of GM. Ummagumma being straight Waters. Pillow of Winds is one of the greatest songs ever. Ingenious writing of mood changes. Happy into mysterious and back again!!
Remember the wall of a thousand eyes . ? . Maybe it was just me , looking back at myself . Good times indeed . i have always enjoyed all of ,. Each and every one of the Floyd family music . Don't forget we are all together . Thank you . tod
Thank you for posting I've never seen this video before.
Floyd can dig deep and find emotions you didn't know you had. The chord structure within their music is like none other.
I purchased my first 8-track of them in 67. And then proceeded to collect all their music ever since. Including the theme from More, which has never been opened.
Although all of Ummagumma always traveled with me whether it was on 8-track or cassette. It was a staple on camping trips. Along with Atom Heart Mother, Animals Wish You Here and Metal. Almost of Pink Floyd's recordings traveled with me all the time. At one point they had their own Briefcase full of cassettes.
But this song resonates with nature. Several species of small furry animals gathered in the cave to Groove to the picket was one along with sheep used to freak everyone out. Especially listening at night when I'd hang speakers from the trees. We even partyed nearly a quarter mile into a cave and we had to listen to Floyd. Lol.
Now for the last 25 years when we camp it's under the wing of my plane. Guess what goes along with us? You got it! Floyd, I'm one of the few who actually has a Kick-Butt stereo in a bush plane. When most people count every ounce I added two amps 12in subwoofer and 4 -- 8 in speakers in the wings although when I'm flying I'm usually listening in headphones.
It's just amazing the thoughts and feelings swirling around in my head and body when they play... I crave stuff like this, I am always looking for acoustic anything, because you know it is raw and present... They will play Pink Floyd at my funeral, thank you so much!!
OMG ! So great when you stumble upon a session like this, I thought I had everything Pink Floyd had played , this is fantastic.
My two favourite songs by Pink Floyd
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So high and pure!
This sing is so goddam beautiful, I almost can't take it.
Agreed 💯
Обожаю именно старые живые записи 1967-1972.
What a masterpiece, all of your troubles seem to fade into thin air.
Thank god for UA-cam, it’s almost the only part of the internet that’s even worth a damn! How have I never seen this!?
Pillow of winds will always be my favourite Floyd track.. Its evocative of an English dawn rising over the fields
I love grantchester meadows
Nice,relaxing,earthly but at the same time supernatural...the definition of minimalism ..
Magical. Every day I give thanks for God giving us Pink Floyd.
UAU! Que preciosidade ouvir esta fantástica composição, isto é poesia musical senhores e senhoras, meninos e meninas.
A arte tem aqui um dos seus expoentes pela mão dos Pink Floyd.
How delicious this sounds to my French ears...David, what an elegant way of pronouncing the words ^-^~...
This album was my lullabies when I was in middle school.😁
🎶🎹🎶🎶 Play On
Wow seeing them playing together is quite beautiful and a quite beautiful song I might add!
❤️🎼 Pink Floyd !!
Roger deu uma dinâmica ao Pink F, excepcional. Que maravilha. Muito confortável ouví-los e o faço há 50 anos.
Wow!!! Cuanta creatividad en estos genios caray!! La capacidad de asombro , lo simple de la vida , en algo grandioso!!! Y Sublime !!!
Amelia Barreto Contla Good taste in music you have.Yet, more beautiful than this song.
de verdad que pf realizo grandes y hermosas canciones en particular como está. qué bien que tú tanbien pienses éso de estos musicos tengo 55 años y los escucho desde los 12 pasa el tiempo y los seguiré escuchando ...saludos !!
...and a fragrance of Green is wafting serene upon the breeze
David Gilmour's voice goes right through me... Penetrates my soul...
Absolutely excellent! Nothing more to say....................
It's amazing how PF may sound so good with so simple compos.
I remember, it was my first day of freedom. I took my last class of high school the day before. I went to see Pink Floyd at Iver Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It June 28th 1975. I was a little sick of getting high. ( Yes, I had done that quite often). I met a former teacher there and blew a number with him. Said to myself this will be the last time. For all intents and purposes, it was. This small but life changing event happened around 2:00 PM. The concert started at 8:00 PM. The concert was one of the best concerts I've ever seen to this day, and I take in two to three concerts a week. ( Less during Covid) I was just in seventh heaven but it was during the encore, Echoes, that the greatly anticipated guitar solo was handled by Dick Perry, of course on Saxophone. Blew my young mind and I will never forget it. Thank you Pink Floyd! Thank you Dick Perry. My memory faculty has always been highly developed but even so, this comes to me with perfect clarity. It would be hard to imagine a more original band.
I used to sing this to my girfriend in Granchester Meadows. And yes, you hear the lark and the splash of the kingfiser. Cambridge in 1983
lived near Grantchester meadows when a kid, just off the Trumpington road near Cambridge. Can verify it was like that.
Hi, still is. I have gone there at 7am in the morning in the summer. Awesome
Just siting here mesmerised by Gilmour making love to his guitar strings.
My thoughts exactly about Gilmour everytime I watch him. Wanna be his guitar. Lol
I agree with both of these statements so wholeheartedly. Haha
My God, what beautiful music! DG looks bored, though. Such a shame that he and RW fell apart. Love their music, though. Thanks for posting!