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Pink Floyd — Grantchester Meadows
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hayduke2
(Southampton, NY)
Posted: Apr 20, 2013 - 09:27
 
I've never heard this before, thank you!  The cover art is cool too, perhaps it's a Storm Thorgerson piece...he just passed away 2 days ago
an artist worth looking into 

ch83575
Posted: Apr 20, 2013 - 09:19
 
 oooresultooo wrote:
STOP WITH THE STUPID BIRDS!!!!

 
If I recall correctly the bird noise is actually a continuation of a bizarr tune about furry animals making noise in a cave... or something like that.  My recollection is rather hazy.

lshinkawa
(Berkeley, CA)
Posted: Mar 19, 2013 - 22:21
 
This is such an interesting album, but I wasn't quite ready for it when I was first introduced to it as a pre-teen. I do remember enjoying "Several Small Furry Animals Grooving with a Pict" (At least that's the title as I recall it.) We usually played it loudly on Halloween to freak out the neighbors.

linzie
Posted: Mar 19, 2013 - 22:21
 
Who cares about the birds....first time I've ever heard this, not their best for sure....still, no one complained about the fly at the end.
However, just got a good luck at the album art for the first time....outstanding.....

Grammarcop
(You want an E Class? We got 'em!)
Posted: Feb 16, 2013 - 13:06
 
I'm getting twitchy!

Sweet_Virginia
Posted: Feb 16, 2013 - 13:05
 
So which one is Simon and which one is Garfunkle and which one is Pink?

DrLex
(Belgium)
Posted: Jan 16, 2013 - 05:49
 
 thatch wrote:

Birds in nature do not frantically repeat like this, over and over. Surely this must have been mixed this way to annoy the listener.
 
I think it was more a matter of only having a tape loop of limited length.
Then again, real birds also often repeat and under normal circumstances I do not even notice, let alone care about an Eurasian Wren repeating the exact same sequence every seven seconds. All the times in the past when I was annoyed by this, I was ill or extremely stressed in some way. Just saying.

psg
(Ottawa)
Posted: Jan 16, 2013 - 05:42
 
Curious I should hear this now.  I spent last Sunday putting together a list of vinyl I have and threw the whole thing up for sale on Kijiji.  Not sold yet, tho, I've had a few offers, and I wonder if I should reconsider, especially since I threw in all the Grateful Dead LPs I said I'd never part with.  In retrospect, hearing this now has convinced me I'm making the right decision.

ddog
(Midwest USA)
Posted: Jan 16, 2013 - 05:39
 
A little too much meadow..

NoEnzLefttoSplit
Posted: Jan 16, 2013 - 05:38
 
Christ, I'm relieved other people can hear the birds.

BLADERUNNER
(Port City on the Cape Fear)
Posted: Jan 16, 2013 - 05:38
 
How can such a great band lay such a big egg?

coding_to_music
(Beantown)
Posted: Dec 15, 2012 - 20:35
 
 oldsaxon wrote:
Contrived Hippy Shite (CHS) 
I, for one, am glad they took a more political, social path... 
 
True dat

MsJudi
(Houston, TX)
Posted: Dec 15, 2012 - 20:35
 
Oh my, yes.

Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California)
Posted: Nov 14, 2012 - 19:43
 
I loved hearing this today—-i like the words. In the context of the rest of Ummagumma it sounds perfect and I fell for it way back when.

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Nov 14, 2012 - 11:43
 
Contrived Hippy Shite (CHS) 
I, for one, am glad they took a more political, social path... 

Balthazar
(Ljubljana, SI)
Posted: Nov 14, 2012 - 11:42
 
If people are bitching about birds, what would they say if Bill played Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict?

oooresultooo
(Miami, FL)
Posted: Nov 14, 2012 - 11:40
 
STOP WITH THE STUPID BIRDS!!!!

handyrae
(Zero Point Field)
Posted: Nov 14, 2012 - 11:40
 
It might have been tolerable if they'd mixed the birds down a bit. As it is, it's nerve wrecking.

BLADERUNNER
(Port City on the Cape Fear)
Posted: Nov 14, 2012 - 11:40
 
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

thatch
(Shhh....at work....)
Posted: Nov 14, 2012 - 11:40
 
 mjfr wrote:
To really understand this song you need to have been to Grantchester Meadows during a rare perfect English summer.  Or a wet summer.   An English band singing about the spirit of England.   

 
Birds in nature do not frantically repeat like this, over and over. Surely this must have been mixed this way to annoy the listener.

bam23
(Berkeley)
Posted: Nov 14, 2012 - 11:38
 
 jyoull wrote:
Agreed with apparnetly most everyone else.... this one is not worth passing forward to future generations. There are better ways to show those darn kids that there's more to Pink Floyd than Another Brick in the Wall.
 
 
Not with me. There are some of us out here, I'm sure, who really like this. Its appearance on this fearfully trippy album is perfect.

dwlangham
(Nowhere to be found)
Posted: Nov 14, 2012 - 11:37
 
I like Pink Floyd. Love most of the stuff from Meddle to Final Cut. But this song reminds me of Spinal Tap.

Okay, throw stones. Go ahead.

johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Nov 14, 2012 - 11:37
 


mjfr
Posted: Sep 12, 2012 - 14:36
 
To really understand this song you need to have been to Grantchester Meadows during a rare perfect English summer.  Or a wet summer.   An English band singing about the spirit of England.   


calypsus_1
(East of Eden)
Posted: Sep 12, 2012 - 14:36
 
figures...very funny,  only if your AV is homo, sfo!

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 rubenbeagle wrote:
I was hoping my antivirus would filter stuff like this out..........{#Headache}
 


calypsus_1
(East of Eden)
Posted: Sep 12, 2012 - 14:30
 

Oh ya. I think "Some saint who fell from the altar" in Paradise ......

Emphasize the inclusion of this song, so distant, but always present, which was closed about ten years (Sep 20, 2002), which makes us think that to include "new fashion" in airplay, much has to be left behind , and gems like "Grantchester Meadows" have to remain hidden ......

It is true that the day has only 24 hours, which at most can play 360 songs (small / medium duration). Even so, it allows some leeway to maintain contact with the great musical works, if there is will and imagination, I think. It's just an opinion.

P.S.- RP Website version 2.0 is misconfigured for mobile-phones (color background, images, text, wrong displayed). Please fix.



rubenbeagle
(Deep in the heart of Illinois)
Posted: Sep 12, 2012 - 14:13
 
I was hoping my antivirus would filter stuff like this out..........{#Headache}

mdnlsn
Posted: Sep 12, 2012 - 13:57
 
You must have had a very interesting high school experience! 

edrickvb wrote:
Love this one - it used to be my wake up song in the mornings when I was in high school, followed by Leonard Cohen's Suzanne. 
 



ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Sep 12, 2012 - 13:55
 
 (8?» wrote:
At cube level volume I hear nothing but birds. 
 
Whoever mastered out the levels on this (probably Roger) should have been slapped.

weevilkinevil
(close to Paradise)
Posted: Sep 12, 2012 - 13:55
 
Was there a song playing? I couldn't hear anything beyond the bird chatter.

jyoull
(Cambridge, MA)
Posted: Sep 12, 2012 - 13:54
 
Agreed with apparnetly most everyone else.... this one is not worth passing forward to future generations. There are better ways to show those darn kids that there's more to Pink Floyd than Another Brick in the Wall.
 

vanmas
(Leiden, Netherlands)
Posted: Sep 12, 2012 - 13:53
 
Most beautiful and pleasant song from my favorite band!
Just love the lark that's singing the whole song in the background.
Thanks a lot for playing this!

handyrae
(Zero Point Field)
Posted: Sep 12, 2012 - 13:52
 
 TJS wrote:
NO!!!  Holy shit all those birds drive me crazy!!
 
Me too!

leafmold
Posted: Sep 12, 2012 - 13:52
 
 lily34 wrote:
one of the most annoying songs i've heard in a while!
 
Agreed!



lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Sep 12, 2012 - 13:51
 
one of the most annoying songs i've heard in a while!

bentonian
(Longmont, CO)
Posted: Sep 12, 2012 - 13:50
 
Good grief is this tedious. Thank god I don't have to listen to those birds in headphones.

TJS
(Bradley, Il)
Posted: Sep 12, 2012 - 13:50
 
NO!!!  Holy shit all those birds drive me crazy!!

edrickvb
(Somerville, MA)
Posted: Sep 12, 2012 - 13:48
 
Love this one - it used to be my wake up song in the mornings when I was in high school, followed by Leonard Cohen's Suzanne. 

Myrrh
(UK)
Posted: Sep 20, 2002 - 06:07
 
Once you begin to perceive the tweetybird looping, it'll drive you mad. Not everything off of Ummagumma deserves eternal life.Edited By Myrrh at 6:08 am on 9/20/2002
Gromit
(UK)
Posted: Sep 10, 2002 - 01:03
 
This one actually made me switch over to Wolf FM for a bit. They were playing Steve Miller (excellent). But I always come back to Radio Paradise after just a song or two, for some depth and character!
(8?ยป
((+2 RPT) Columbia, MO)
Posted: Aug 20, 2002 - 14:57
 
At cube level volume I hear nothing but birds. Which, at low volume, sounds just about like my tinitus. Oh joy.

I hate it when people feel required to fill in all the background with 'natural' noise.

It is soooo unnatural.
ThesHunter
(Ann Arbor, MI)
Posted: Jun 20, 2002 - 06:41
 
Originally Posted by stevegio:
Good God man! What a great song. Thanks for playing it. Sadly my copy is forever locked up in vinyl. My turntable is defunct and is now buried in a land fill off the NJ Turnpike somwhere. Guess I'm going to have to go out and buy the CD.



That is excatly why when it came on I KNEW it was Floyd but it was a song I didn't recognize. Then I remembered that this is the one floyd album I had only on vinyl so I never over played it in my youth like I did everything else by Floyd. So I think I need to go out and buy the cd myself.
stevegio
(Highland Park, NJ)
Posted: Jun 20, 2002 - 06:34
 
Good God man! What a great song. Thanks for playing it. Sadly my copy is forever locked up in vinyl. My turntable is defunct and is now buried in a land fill off the NJ Turnpike somwhere. Guess I'm going to have to go out and buy the CD.
Relayer
(Oviedo, FL)
Posted: Jun 20, 2002 - 06:34
 
Great song, thanks for playing the deeper cuts.
ThesHunter
(Ann Arbor, MI)
Posted: Jun 20, 2002 - 06:34
 
Originally Posted by cortriga:
Next up...a little Vogon poetry!!!



Enjoy Vogon poetry?

Yes.


cortriga
(Cambridge, MA)
Posted: May 30, 2002 - 19:50
 
Next up...a little Vogon poetry!!!
Skid_Mark
(Muskegon, MI)
Posted: May 20, 2002 - 14:35
 
knock it off!! this song is trippin' out my cat!!! :D
climbingdevilsla
(Madison, WI)
Posted: May 20, 2002 - 14:35
 
I don't like this song at all. :???: It sounds like some pantywaist sitting in a field of daisies reaking of pachuli.
murran91
(Foster City, CA)
Posted: May 20, 2002 - 14:34
 
Perfect choice. More! More!
red
(San Diego, CA)
Posted: May 10, 2002 - 09:20
 
amazing cut from an amazing double album - ummagumma.