Pink Floyd — Remember A Day
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Remember a day before today
A day when you were young
Free to play along with time
Evening never comes
Sing a song that can't be sung
Without the morning's kiss
Queen you shall be if you wish
Look for your King
Why can't we play today?
Why can't we stay that way?
Climb your favourite apple tree
Try to catch the sun
Hide from your little brother's gun
Dream yourself away
Why can't we reach the sun?
Why can't we blow the years away?
Blow away
Blow away
Remember
Remember
A day when you were young
Free to play along with time
Evening never comes
Sing a song that can't be sung
Without the morning's kiss
Queen you shall be if you wish
Look for your King
Why can't we play today?
Why can't we stay that way?
Climb your favourite apple tree
Try to catch the sun
Hide from your little brother's gun
Dream yourself away
Why can't we reach the sun?
Why can't we blow the years away?
Blow away
Blow away
Remember
Remember
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Richard Wright was responsible for some of PF's most beautiful songs. This album has been an important part of my life ever since I picked it up around the time it was re-released as 1/2 of "A Nice Pair" in 1973 after Dark Side of the Moon made them into superstars. In all those decades, somehow I had never paid attention to the lyrics - stupid me. Such a wonderful bittersweet ode to childhood.
This song by Floyd sound's a lot like the tune RP plays by Elephant Stone, "A Silent Moment". In melody of music or in melody of the lyrics. Am I wrong??
Kajukenbo wrote:
We've got tickets to see Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets next month (25th June 2024, Poole Lighthouse).
Can't wait to see/hear that
https://www.thesaucerfulofsecrets.com/
If you like this and haven't delved into A Saucerful of Secrets or the Piper at the Gates of Dawn, please do so. And yes, doing so in the proper state of mind will be helpful. : )
We've got tickets to see Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets next month (25th June 2024, Poole Lighthouse).
Can't wait to see/hear that
https://www.thesaucerfulofsecrets.com/
humble 9-perfect for gloomy day.
If you like this and haven't delved into A Saucerful of Secrets or the Piper at the Gates of Dawn, please do so. And yes, doing so in the proper state of mind will be helpful. : )
All I hear is Lord Huron's Mine Forever....
h8rhater wrote:
Richard Wright was sacked during The Wall recordings. Sorry to be a pedant but, he was out the band prior to The Final Cut
I totally agree with taking the OP to task for listing Division Bell as PF's only good work.
That said, Roger Waters isn't/wasn't required for an album to count as PF. In fact The Final Cut, which had all members until Roger summarily fired Rick Wright mid-session, was ALL Roger. Essentially a solo album with Nick and David as backing musicians. Roger chose to leave PF, whether he realized it at the time or not, with him leading the band through that slog of an album. The Final Cut was much further from PF than the band has been before or since.
They were sooo much better off with out him and proved it with Momentary Lapse of Reason and Division Bell, both excellent PF albums. The tours were great too.
Richard Wright was sacked during The Wall recordings. Sorry to be a pedant but, he was out the band prior to The Final Cut
So, I had to look it up...
Richard Wright vocals.
Richard Wright vocals.
Yep, I heard the Elephant Stone "A Silent Moment" too and decided to check in on this thread. I'm not the only one.
WOW, not heard this for many years. Must dust of the old vinyl and give it a blast.
ExploitingChaos wrote:
From obscure albums. I thought I knew all PF's discs but this one's new to me. Very Meddle-like, going by this song. A bit dull, though.
Gotta love RP for bringing us these song selections
From obscure albums. I thought I knew all PF's discs but this one's new to me. Very Meddle-like, going by this song. A bit dull, though.
One of the best bands ever at the beginning. Great stuff!
maboleth wrote:
"One who farts in church must sit in their own pew".
Pink Floyd - nightmarish boredom on steroids. The ONLY listenable album is Division Bell.
"One who farts in church must sit in their own pew".
dsilvasi wrote:
I was literally just going to make that comment. Yes it does!
Doesn't 'A Silent Moment' by Elephant Stone sound awfully like this?
I was literally just going to make that comment. Yes it does!
tkosh wrote:
...the ORIGINAL Pink Floyd
The real Pink Floyd..
...the ORIGINAL Pink Floyd
A beautiful sixties song worth appreciating. But you wonder whether the Barret version of Floyd would have kept Roger Waters' voice closed if Barret had continued as the band leader. Maybe not, maybe so. I think the way things turned out was probably the way they should have. But sorry for the original band leader.
52 years ago. Man!
"In this early work, you can see where they came from. But not where are going." Indeed bruceandjenna, indeed.
Roger Waters: "Come on, someone write a song other than me." And there you have it.
In this early work, you can see where they came from. But not where are going.
This track captures Pink Floyd's potential that was later realized through Meddle, Dark Side of the Moon, and the good bits of the later stuff.
Doesn't 'A Silent Moment' by Elephant Stone sound awfully like this?
Mesmerizing song... :)
Gotta love RP for bringing us these song selections
thewiseking wrote:
"Listen to the Flower People" this is not.
sounds like early Spinal Tap, during their psychedelic flirtation
"Listen to the Flower People" this is not.
maclochness wrote:
Regarding Dark Side of the Moon, on charts for 15 straight YEARS: "It topped the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart for a week and remained in the chart for 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988. With an estimated 45 million copies sold, it is Pink Floyd's most successful album and one of the best-selling worldwide."
Division Bell doesn't count really count as PF, since Roger Waters wasn't there.
Regarding Dark Side of the Moon, on charts for 15 straight YEARS: "It topped the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart for a week and remained in the chart for 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988. With an estimated 45 million copies sold, it is Pink Floyd's most successful album and one of the best-selling worldwide."
Division Bell doesn't count really count as PF, since Roger Waters wasn't there.
I totally agree with taking the OP to task for listing Division Bell as PF's only good work.
That said, Roger Waters isn't/wasn't required for an album to count as PF. In fact The Final Cut, which had all members until Roger summarily fired Rick Wright mid-session, was ALL Roger. Essentially a solo album with Nick and David as backing musicians. Roger chose to leave PF, whether he realized it at the time or not, with him leading the band through that slog of an album. The Final Cut was much further from PF than the band has been before or since.
They were sooo much better off with out him and proved it with Momentary Lapse of Reason and Division Bell, both excellent PF albums. The tours were great too.
During the recording of Wish You Were Here in 1975, the band were in the process of completing the final mix of Shine On You Crazy Diamond when an overweight man with shaven head and eyebrows, and holding a plastic bag, entered the room. All soon realized that it was Syd Barrett. Mason recalled Barrett's conversation as "desultory and not entirely sensible. He sat round and talked for a bit but he wasn't really there.” Asked how he had managed to gain so much weight, Barrett said he had a large refrigerator in his kitchen, and that he had been eating lots of pork chops. None of the band members saw him from that day until his death in 2006.
thewiseking wrote:sounds like early Spinal Tap, during their psychedelic flirtation
maboleth wrote:
Regarding Dark Side of the Moon, on charts for 15 straight YEARS: "It topped the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart for a week and remained in the chart for 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988. With an estimated 45 million copies sold, it is Pink Floyd's most successful album and one of the best-selling worldwide."
Division Bell doesn't count really count as PF, since Roger Waters wasn't there.
Pink Floyd - nightmarish boredom on steroids. The ONLY listenable album is Division Bell.
Regarding Dark Side of the Moon, on charts for 15 straight YEARS: "It topped the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart for a week and remained in the chart for 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988. With an estimated 45 million copies sold, it is Pink Floyd's most successful album and one of the best-selling worldwide."
Division Bell doesn't count really count as PF, since Roger Waters wasn't there.
maboleth wrote:
Third best selling album ever was Dark Side of the Moon. They would have really sold if it had been listenable! So many bewildering comments on RP.
Pink Floyd - nightmarish boredom on steroids. The ONLY listenable album is Division Bell.
Third best selling album ever was Dark Side of the Moon. They would have really sold if it had been listenable! So many bewildering comments on RP.
Most excellent!
Almost indistinguishable / easily crossed with the Moody Blues. Perhaps they were drinking from the same LSD fountain.
westslope wrote:
That's interesting..?! Hmmm.....
OK, I want Steven Wilson to remix this piece.
That's interesting..?! Hmmm.....
maboleth wrote:
HOLY COW!
I'm pretty sure I have NEVER heard Division Bell is their "only listenable album"...... your really missing out....
Pink Floyd - nightmarish boredom on steroids. The ONLY listenable album is Division Bell.
HOLY COW!
I'm pretty sure I have NEVER heard Division Bell is their "only listenable album"...... your really missing out....
Proclivities wrote:
Plus, Norman "Hurricane" Smith, who was an engineer on the early Beatles' albums, and produced The Pretty Things, also had a bizarre, Top 40 hit with "Oh Babe, What Would You Say".
Interesting stuff. Thanks Proclivities.
Plus, Norman "Hurricane" Smith, who was an engineer on the early Beatles' albums, and produced The Pretty Things, also had a bizarre, Top 40 hit with "Oh Babe, What Would You Say".
Interesting stuff. Thanks Proclivities.
In this reality, the predator has teeth.
fredhatman wrote:
Right on, man.
Yaaaay!
Right on, man.
Yaaaay!
coloradojohn wrote:
Right on, man.
Psychedelic blast from the hazy past! This period blends bits of where they'd been - Syd's bright, imaginary fairy tale cosmic playground, and where they'd go - Roger's gloomy broodings and scathing rants, and there are hints of Set the Controls for The Heart of The Sun in here, for sure! Syd was fizzling his wick at both ends, but wow, for a good while, everybody was along for the mind-ride, and the music they made transcended in such ways that it can't be grasped with ordinary handles; such is the stuff of Immortality!
Right on, man.
1967s The Piper at the Gates of Dawn was actually their debut. Syd had already left the band before this one came out in '68. RIP Syd
The album that introduced me to Pink Floyd back in '68-69. Put the head phones on, sit in the vibrating recliner, smoke a dubee and trip out!!
The real Pink Floyd..
wicked man
Psychedelic blast from the hazy past! This period blends bits of where they'd been - Syd's bright, imaginary fairy tale cosmic playground, and where they'd go - Roger's gloomy broodings and scathing rants, and there are hints of Set the Controls for The Heart of The Sun in here, for sure! Syd was fizzling his wick at both ends, but wow, for a good while, everybody was along for the mind-ride, and the music they made transcended in such ways that it can't be grasped with ordinary handles; such is the stuff of Immortality!
Yes, 100% agree, especially for such experimental stuff like in this
album or also Ummagumma.
tmscahill wrote:
album or also Ummagumma.
tmscahill wrote:
Still ahead of their time.
First PF song i can remember!
Still ahead of their time.
westslope wrote:
Coincidentally (or maybe not), Steven Wilson is the next song in rotation today.
OK, I want Steven Wilson to remix this piece.
Coincidentally (or maybe not), Steven Wilson is the next song in rotation today.
ppopp wrote:
Couldn't agree with you more, although I've always said 'megalomaniac.'
Lovely tune. Back in the day when Wright's songs were considered by Waters for album inclusion. Then Waters went and got very good, and confident with his song-writing prowess. Trouble is, he got arrogant with it. Narcissist.
Couldn't agree with you more, although I've always said 'megalomaniac.'
OK, I want Steven Wilson to remix this piece.
sounds like early Spinal Tap, during their psychedelic flirtation
dkwalika wrote:
Watch the video "P F Live at Pompeii" and it will affect your comprehension. Its all about altering our mental state, i'n't it? The finest rock video I own, on LaserDisk no less! Its up there with "The Grateful Dead Movie" (1974) as a way to open a tiny crack of understanding of the psychedelic era to your grandkid. Words don't.
Been playing old and new Floyd lately. Most is quite good.
Watch the video "P F Live at Pompeii" and it will affect your comprehension. Its all about altering our mental state, i'n't it? The finest rock video I own, on LaserDisk no less! Its up there with "The Grateful Dead Movie" (1974) as a way to open a tiny crack of understanding of the psychedelic era to your grandkid. Words don't.
A forever favorite track from a forever favorite LP.
RIP, Kay Seeburg.
RIP, Kay Seeburg.
Lovely tune. Back in the day when Wright's songs were considered by Waters for album inclusion. Then Waters went and got very good, and confident with his song-writing prowess. Trouble is, he got arrogant with it. Narcissist.
Proclivities wrote:
I believe it's Richard Wright singing, with Norman "Hurricane" Smith playing drums.
Yep.
I believe it's Richard Wright singing, with Norman "Hurricane" Smith playing drums.
Yep.
I remember liking this since - I forgot!
Been playing old and new Floyd lately. Most is quite good.
moodfood wrote:
Sounds like Pink Floyd to me. Oh, wait...
sounds like early Moody Blues, trippy English prog rockers..
Sounds like Pink Floyd to me. Oh, wait...
Relayer wrote:
If you read the books, it seems Roger wanted him to contribute more too, hence much of the fighting and his eventual sacking.
Odd that Gilmour did a song called "Remember that night", there must be alot of reminiscing on the Astoria.
I wish Rick contributed more songs to the PF catalog. I always loved his contributions. Summer of '68 is my favorite piece by him.
If you read the books, it seems Roger wanted him to contribute more too, hence much of the fighting and his eventual sacking.
Odd that Gilmour did a song called "Remember that night", there must be alot of reminiscing on the Astoria.
10Indeed, this suits the Colorado mood quite nicely! Hearing this, I remember many a fine day spent rapt and held fast in its magical spell...
johnjconn wrote:
I believe it's Richard Wright singing, with Norman "Hurricane" Smith playing drums.
Who sings this song?
Waters?
Waters?
I believe it's Richard Wright singing, with Norman "Hurricane" Smith playing drums.
sounds like early Moody Blues, trippy English prog rockers..
When I first listened to this song/album back in the early 80s, it sounded so dated.
Today, it sounds contemporary.
Today, it sounds contemporary.
Yay! Saucerful of Secrets!
All the pot shops in Colorado should play this song in the background ;).
Zeito wrote:
Yes, it was far out, very much so!
Far out man!
Yes, it was far out, very much so!
Far out man!
...and DEADLY!
MassivRuss wrote:
MassivRuss wrote:
The voices in Sid Barrett's head are amazing.
Relayer wrote:
Indeed!
I wish Rick contributed more songs to the PF catalog. I always loved his contributions. Summer of '68 is my favorite piece by him.
Indeed!The voices in Sid Barrett's head are amazing.
so love this album! ;)*
These are the REAL and TRUE Floyd. Anything later, especially late, is Paps-Rock for retirees!
Very nice. I haven't heard this in 25+ years, and never on any radio station as far as I can recall.
I wish Rick contributed more songs to the PF catalog. I always loved his contributions. Summer of '68 is my favorite piece by him.
Thank you Kasey Kasem for turning me onto this album way back in the summer of 1968.
When he was a local dj at old KRLA in LA he played the entire album one Sunday night. On AM radio to boot !
When he was a local dj at old KRLA in LA he played the entire album one Sunday night. On AM radio to boot !
The coolest octaves in the history of rock...
everybody in my church loves this song...
The beginning of real psychedelia as it is known. These songs arose from a mind unlike any that had come before. That said, I like where they went when that mind disappeared. 
Brings back memories of hazy college days...
kaybee wrote:
Yes! Just start with the album "Relics" - the greatest hits of their early stuff....then you will find yourself drawn into the albums I imagine...
I need to listen to more early Pink Floyd!
Yes! Just start with the album "Relics" - the greatest hits of their early stuff....then you will find yourself drawn into the albums I imagine...
max_p wrote:
yes, Obscure Floyd is cool.
Obscurity is a problem. This song is way better than their later mainstream stuff.
yes, Obscure Floyd is cool.
Obscurity is a problem. This song is way better than their later mainstream stuff.
BillG wrote:
Syd Barrett was the guitarist in the early Floyd (not the drummer). He was replaced by David Gilmore (who was responsible for the "Pink Floyd guitar sound" you refer to). The drums on this track were actually played by Norman Smith, the album's producer, rather than by Floyd drummer Nick Mason.
<facepalm>
I fail.
FML :)
Syd Barrett was the guitarist in the early Floyd (not the drummer). He was replaced by David Gilmore (who was responsible for the "Pink Floyd guitar sound" you refer to). The drums on this track were actually played by Norman Smith, the album's producer, rather than by Floyd drummer Nick Mason.
<facepalm>
I fail.
FML :)
BillG wrote:
Syd Barrett was the guitarist in the early Floyd (not the drummer). He was replaced by David Gilmore (who was responsible for the "Pink Floyd guitar sound" you refer to). The drums on this track were actually played by Norman Smith, the album's producer, rather than by Floyd drummer Nick Mason.
Plus, Norman "Hurricane" Smith, who was an engineer on the early Beatles' albums, and produced The Pretty Things, also had a bizarre, Top 40 hit with "Oh Babe, What Would You Say".
Syd Barrett was the guitarist in the early Floyd (not the drummer). He was replaced by David Gilmore (who was responsible for the "Pink Floyd guitar sound" you refer to). The drums on this track were actually played by Norman Smith, the album's producer, rather than by Floyd drummer Nick Mason.
Plus, Norman "Hurricane" Smith, who was an engineer on the early Beatles' albums, and produced The Pretty Things, also had a bizarre, Top 40 hit with "Oh Babe, What Would You Say".
BillG wrote:
Syd Barrett was the guitarist in the early Floyd (not the drummer). He was replaced by David Gilmore (who was responsible for the "Pink Floyd guitar sound" you refer to). The drums on this track were actually played by Norman Smith, the album's producer, rather than by Floyd drummer Nick Mason.
Thank you for clarifying for this individual, and indeed for us all, Bill! :-D
Syd Barrett was the guitarist in the early Floyd (not the drummer). He was replaced by David Gilmore (who was responsible for the "Pink Floyd guitar sound" you refer to). The drums on this track were actually played by Norman Smith, the album's producer, rather than by Floyd drummer Nick Mason.
Thank you for clarifying for this individual, and indeed for us all, Bill! :-D
Euskadita wrote:
yes, Obscure Floyd is cool.
Magnificent! Thank you Bill!
yes, Obscure Floyd is cool.
Magnificent! Thank you Bill!
Decoy wrote:
Syd Barrett was the guitarist in the early Floyd (not the drummer). He was replaced by David Gilmore (who was responsible for the "Pink Floyd guitar sound" you refer to). The drums on this track were actually played by Norman Smith, the album's producer, rather than by Floyd drummer Nick Mason.
Great drumming from Syd, but this is really before they got that Pink Floyd guitar sound. A few good songs from Relics, but as commented here before, it sounds more like someone trying to copy some other band rather than a Pink Floyd song.
Syd Barrett was the guitarist in the early Floyd (not the drummer). He was replaced by David Gilmore (who was responsible for the "Pink Floyd guitar sound" you refer to). The drums on this track were actually played by Norman Smith, the album's producer, rather than by Floyd drummer Nick Mason.
Proclivities wrote:
Not necessarily. Psychedelia need not be chemically enhanced or derived - not for me, anyhow.
That's right. It just comes naturally to me.... whoa! What? What is that? What IS that? Oh, wow.... wow..... so.... beaut... i.... ful.......
Not necessarily. Psychedelia need not be chemically enhanced or derived - not for me, anyhow.
That's right. It just comes naturally to me.... whoa! What? What is that? What IS that? Oh, wow.... wow..... so.... beaut... i.... ful.......
Great drumming from Syd, but this is really before they got that Pink Floyd guitar sound. A few good songs from Relics, but as commented here before, it sounds more like someone trying to copy some other band rather than a Pink Floyd song.
Great song.... mainly for the memorable drumming.... what a perfect unit they were..
Imkirok wrote:
NO!
Has some elements of Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed, no?
NO!
headland_hippy wrote:
yeah right..
+ 1
yeah right..
+ 1
mikerobinson wrote:
yeah right..
Of all the absolutely amazing Pink Floyd songs they could have chosen, this is not one of them.
yeah right..
Fantastic music - no one else is playing things like this...
I LOVE older Pink Floyd...
romeotuma wrote:
Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...
That is one amazing hotel room you occupy. Keep the updates coming :)
Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...
That is one amazing hotel room you occupy. Keep the updates coming :)
romeotuma wrote:
Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...
Do you seriously not have anything else to say? Oh wait, that's right, Elvis is your dad and you miss him.
Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...
Do you seriously not have anything else to say? Oh wait, that's right, Elvis is your dad and you miss him.
Of all the absolutely amazing Pink Floyd songs they could have chosen, this is not one of them.
mistermerp wrote:
Not necessarily. Psychedelia need not be chemically enhanced or derived - not for me, anyhow.
I think this is one of those songs that you only 'get' if really lived the associated life back in the 60's.
Not necessarily. Psychedelia need not be chemically enhanced or derived - not for me, anyhow.
Psychodelic man...
Has some elements of Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed, no?
This album is gem-filled. Fantastic. Been out of my rotation far too long.
kaybee wrote:
Well this is sure listenable to me! In fact, I seem to prefer Floyd's earlier "psychadelic" stuff better than their (to me) more depressing later work.
An absolute forever favorite.
I need to listen to more early Pink Floyd!
Knowing and remembering this song so well makes me.....a RELIC!
Very cool and imaginative!
You Feel Loved for Evermore by ~Araen
The keyboardist, songwriter and singer of the Pink Floyd. Author of the Paintbox, Remember a Day, Summer '68, Us and Them, Great Gig in the Sky, Wearing the Inside Out and so on. Many say he is the most underrated keyboardist and musician.
Made with 5B, 6B, and 8B pencil in technical drawing paper.
"I can take or leave it, won't be the woebegone
Don't need a model universe to hang your pictures on.
You hide somewhere, you die somewhere
And then this senseless thought,
By hating more you're feeling more
And that's how you get caught.
They're never going to make it easy
Of this you can be sure.
I greet you from the wilderness,
I'll stay inside your door."
...
Rick Wright - Breakthrough
Nos, Adri, hát errÅl a képrÅl volt szó, most már végre összeszedtem magam
Been in my regular rotation since it originally came out!
At this moment, in hind-sight, my truest enjoyment is how this was a prelude to shear brilliance... good stuff
I think this is one of those songs that you only 'get' if really lived the associated life back in the 60's.
jchambers64 wrote:
Yes. A Rick Wright composition - nice.
R.I.P. Rick Wright.
Yes. A Rick Wright composition - nice.
Brilliantly put! <clap clap clap> bam23 wrote:
Not at all true. The state of mind of the listener is critical to the experience. It does not need to be due to the effects of various alkaloids or similar stimulants, although these can open the perceptive windows if not doors. The song you refer to is certainly not unlistenable. It all depends on what you are doing, what state of mind you are in, what other experiences you bring to the situation. What is your expectation of a song? There are many instances when a particular song does absolutely nothing for me. Yet, the next time I hear it, the effect can be profound. "Several species... " does not provide an easy listening experience, yet I am grateful for the times when it burrowed into my brain and left marks that still resonate. Maybe you need to play a bit with set and setting, if you get the drift.
Not at all true. The state of mind of the listener is critical to the experience. It does not need to be due to the effects of various alkaloids or similar stimulants, although these can open the perceptive windows if not doors. The song you refer to is certainly not unlistenable. It all depends on what you are doing, what state of mind you are in, what other experiences you bring to the situation. What is your expectation of a song? There are many instances when a particular song does absolutely nothing for me. Yet, the next time I hear it, the effect can be profound. "Several species... " does not provide an easy listening experience, yet I am grateful for the times when it burrowed into my brain and left marks that still resonate. Maybe you need to play a bit with set and setting, if you get the drift.
I think I am a RP listener today because I listened to music like this in 1968....kinda out there!
Can't get enough of old 'Floyd...
I love Nick Mason's drumming
romeotuma wrote:
This song is soooo good for the ears...
i like how you roll.
This song is soooo good for the ears...
i like how you roll.
Lot of genius there. Hints of what was to come....
UltraNurd wrote:
So good to hear their early stuff.
So weird to hear their early stuff.
So good to hear their early stuff.
Well this is sure listenable to me! In fact, I seem to prefer Floyd's earlier "psychadelic" stuff better than their (to me) more depressing later work.