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Pink Floyd — Cymbaline
Album: More
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Released: 1969
Length: 4:41
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The path you tread is narrow
And the drop is sheer and very high
The ravens all are watching
From a vantage point nearby
Apprehension creeping
Like a tube-train up your spine
Will the tightrope reach the end?
Will the final couplet rhyme?

And it's high time, Cymbaline
It's high time, Cymbaline
Please, wake me

A butterfly with broken wings
Is falling by your side
The ravens all are closing in
There's nowhere you can hide
Your manager and agent
Are both busy on the phone
Selling coloured photographs
To magazines back home

And it's high time, Cymbaline
It's high time, Cymbaline
Please, wake me

The lines converging where you stand
They must have moved the picture plane
The leaves are heavy around your feet
You hear the thunder of the train
Suddenly it strikes you
That they're moving into range
And Doctor Strange
Is always changing size

And it's high time, Cymbaline
It's high time, Cymbaline
Please, wake me

And it's high time, Cymbaline
It's high time, Cymbaline
Please, wake me
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William pulling out the deep cuts
Posted 4 months ago by tm    [ Reply ]
 trissi wrote:

I love that I keep discovering Pink Floyd, thanks to RP.




I Agree! That is why we come here.  Thanx RP!   
Posted 5 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Nice work RP to follow PF on from The Charlatans' Here Comes A Soul Saver in which PF gets mentioned more in the comments than The Charlatans 😂
Posted 7 months ago by Canal145    [ Reply ]
Great song and a great album. I recently watched the movie - definitely worth a watch.
Posted 1 year ago by pa508701    [ Reply ]
Spinal Tap's early material?
Posted 1 year ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
EXCELLENT!! I never heard it before.  Thanx RP!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Thanks for reminding me of this album.

I recall seeing the film ( which was dire).

Is there a heavier rock track than 'The Nile Song'?

Posted 2 years ago by kwacka    [ Reply ]
this is why punk needed to be invented
Posted 2 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
 obstetricus wrote:

Interesting time in PFs development; can't imagine having the floyd do your movie soundtrack



There are actually a bunch that I found once, surfing the torrent world. A BUNCH
Posted 2 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
 chiguy wrote:

This is Pink Floyd? I love this.



This is why we love Pink Floyd. 
Posted 2 years ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
 I love this album, it takes me back to Ibiza. Back then, Ibiza was an incredible place to be!  Still was well into the 70ties. "More" was filmed in Formentera, an hour's boat ride from Ibiza. Unfortunately, it became too popular, so these days it's crowded with tourists.
Posted 4 years ago by Copenhagen_Cat    [ Reply ]
We watched these two PF-sound-tracked-movies in reverse order (La Valleé first then More) which was a mistake.  I found La Valleé to be the better movie and soundtrack, though this is a great cut from the movie More.  I'll go with an 8 on it here.  Long Live RP!!
Posted 4 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 BrokenArrow wrote:
This song takes me back to my college dorm room, exploring the Floyd catalog with my roommate who has become a lifelong friend. Good times...
 
The first time I dropped acid, Ummagumma was on the turntable, followed by The Soft Machine.
Posted 4 years ago by Jimhrguy    [ Reply ]
How about Green Is The Colour from this great album?
Posted 4 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
Perfect song from an era which will be celebrated today

200 micrograms for this lil piggy if you wanna go anywhere
Posted 4 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
Maybe the worst PF song.  Just acceptable...4
Posted 5 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
This song takes me back to my college dorm room, exploring the Floyd catalog with my roommate who has become a lifelong friend. Good times...
Posted 9 years ago by BrokenArrow    [ Reply ]
I would call this another example of musical genius from Pink Floyd.  
Posted 9 years ago by Floyd62    [ Reply ]
only my very fav track of all time by PF <3 and album come to that!
Posted 9 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
 vanmas wrote:

Nee Frank... we laten je lekker slapen...

 
Fukengruven vit dem nincompoopenz! {#Mrgreen}
Posted 9 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
Where the Beatles left off in 70's
Posted 9 years ago by Giverofpain    [ Reply ]
 frank_eindhoven wrote:
Can someone please wake me up when it's done? 
 
Nee Frank... we laten je lekker slapen...
Posted 9 years ago by vanmas    [ Reply ]
Beautiful, underestimated album and soundtrack of the film More.
Play track one for once..."Cirrus Minor" with a beautiful mavis, I love it!
Posted 9 years ago by vanmas    [ Reply ]
Can someone please wake me up when it's done? 
Posted 9 years ago by frank_eindhoven    [ Reply ]
Ecellent
Posted 10 years ago by kz1300a1    [ Reply ]
Great video! Love me some Floyd!!
Posted 10 years ago by daniel_rusk    [ Reply ]
 obstetricus wrote:
Interesting time in PFs development; can't imagine having the floyd do your movie soundtrack

 
Roll fwd from the 2:00 mark:



Posted 10 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Nice!
Posted 10 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:

Was she stoned every time she called? That's dedication. 

This song sounds like the B-side to Traffic's "40,000 Headmen." 

 
Indeed. I thought this might be the live version of "40,000 Headmen". I guess it's the tablas.
Posted 10 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
i really like this! But could we get some more up beat stuff... Just a couple songs! {#Bananajumprope}
Posted 10 years ago by Snoopy2    [ Reply ]
I too am a floyd fan and ive not heard this? early gilmour vocals, 4 sure....
havent heard of the album either?                   1
Posted 11 years ago by linzie    [ Reply ]
I just love how the Pink Floyd spectrum is so strikingly varied...always worth a listen, always puts the mind somewhere far away...NICE!
Posted 11 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
well it has been awhile .... good song still . I like it
Posted 11 years ago by Det    [ Reply ]
I love that I keep discovering Pink Floyd, thanks to RP.
Posted 11 years ago by trissi    [ Reply ]
 islander wrote:
When I played late night DJ on the college radio station in Durango, I had some completely stoned girl calling all the time requesting this song. It took me about a month before I figured out what song she actually wanted, but I kept it handy afterwards - there are so few loyal listeners at 3:00 am.
 
Play Misty for me.
Posted 11 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 bam23 wrote:

Nonsense, I must say. I have an old bootleg LP with this tune as part of a live performance and it has always stood out as a fine example of what this band could do in concert in their early days, not in their bombastic period. This reminds me of their show in Cleveland in 1970; truly transforming music. Also, the alleged Moody Blues similarity is all in your mind.
 
I also thought this was the Moody Blues the first time I heard it!
Posted 11 years ago by Tosko    [ Reply ]
I don't remember this album but I like it.

Posted 12 years ago by Oidos    [ Reply ]
 islander wrote:
When I played late night DJ on the college radio station in Durango, I had some completely stoned girl calling all the time requesting this song. It took me about a month before I figured out what song she actually wanted, but I kept it handy afterwards - there are so few loyal listeners at 3:00 am.
 
Was she stoned every time she called? That's dedication. 

This song sounds like the B-side to Traffic's "40,000 Headmen." 
Posted 12 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
This is Pink Floyd? I love this.
Posted 12 years ago by chiguy    [ Reply ]
This is Pink Floyd? I hate this.
Posted 12 years ago by lshinkawa    [ Reply ]
 crockydile wrote:
The years have not been kind to this piece. Big Floyd fan, this sounds like Moody Blues of the same period. Blech!
 
Nonsense, I must say. I have an old bootleg LP with this tune as part of a live performance and it has always stood out as a fine example of what this band could do in concert in their early days, not in their bombastic period. This reminds me of their show in Cleveland in 1970; truly transforming music. Also, the alleged Moody Blues similarity is all in your mind.
Posted 12 years ago by bam23    [ Reply ]
amazing, an old pink floyd song I've somehow missed all these years...
Posted 12 years ago by ofanansky    [ Reply ]
Interesting time in PFs development; can't imagine having the floyd do your movie soundtrack
Posted 12 years ago by obstetricus    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:

Well, the LP I've loved since it came out. Just saw the movie in the last year or so, though, and realize that—bare breasts aside—I didn't miss a whole lot.
 
I'd like to see it again, if only for the scene near the begining where the American woman meet's our hero and makes him a margarhita.  When she licks the rim of the glass and dips it in the salt you know she's going to do him wrong!  IMO one of the most sensual movie scenes ever.

Posted 13 years ago by haresfur    [ Reply ]
Terrific soundtrack, forgettable movie (except perhaps for the young lass who spends a good portion of the film topless).
Posted 13 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Again,,1969,the best of R&R year !
Posted 13 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
Still one of my most favorite old 'Royd songs - just love it! {#Music}

Posted 13 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
"What is a Mellotron?"

From Wiki:-

The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical, polyphonic keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s. It superseded the Chamberlin, which was the world's firstsample-playback keyboard. The heart of the instrument is a bank of parallel linear magnetic audio tape strips. Playback heads underneath each key enable the playing of pre-recorded sounds. Each of the tape strips has a playing time of approximately eight seconds, after which the tape comes to a dead stop and rewinds to the start position.

Very unreliable and almost impossible to tour with, needed continuous TLC.
Originally used to provide string sounds with out having an orchestra.
 
Posted 13 years ago by hbs47    [ Reply ]
After that Robot nonsense by Mangan put my auditory sensors in a full nelson, this is a welcome change.

Posted 14 years ago by yodasan_magoo    [ Reply ]

Thanks rcurrier.

The wiki-page has an interesting description.  I paste one paragraph:

 

Richard Wright's use of the Farfisa Compact Duo was integral to the sound of Pink Floyd's early albums, such as The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. However, Wright came to more heavily utilize the Hammond organ on later albums, such as The Dark Side of the Moon. Still, Wright continued to use a Farfisa, even on David Gilmour's 2006 tour.


Posted 14 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
The years have not been kind to this piece. Big Floyd fan, this sounds like Moody Blues of the same period. Blech!
Posted 14 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:

Is that a melletron?

 
I think it's a Farfisa organ through Leslie rotating speakers.

I always felt real sorry for the roadies who had to hump Leslies around on tour back in those days. They are big and heavy!

Personally, I don't associate the Mellotron with Floyd and Rick Wright; it was more popular with King Crimson, (Wakeman-era) Yes, and (early, good) Genesis.
Posted 14 years ago by rcurrier    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite Royd songs..Just love it!{#Music}
Posted 14 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
Would be perfect for David Bowie/Brian Eno to cover!
Posted 14 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
 MickMan wrote:
Flashbacks to college. Really good flashbacks I might mention.
 

AMEN to that Brother!
Posted 14 years ago by BrokenArrow    [ Reply ]

{#High-five}

Posted 14 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]

Lovely

 

P.S.  islander, that is an hilarious story!



Posted 14 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
When I played late night DJ on the college radio station in Durango, I had some completely stoned girl calling all the time requesting this song. It took me about a month before I figured out what song she actually wanted, but I kept it handy afterwards - there are so few loyal listeners at 3:00 am.
Posted 14 years ago by islander    [ Reply ]
 dionysius wrote:
Fear no more the heat o' the sun,
Nor the furious winter's rages;
Thou thy worldly task hast done,
Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages:
Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.

- Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Act IV, Scene 2
 
Yes, that song from Cymbeline.  It was later highlighted in Sondheim's The Frogs, an hilarious musical takeoff on the original by Aristophanes.  In the modern one, none other than Dionysius stages a competition between Shakespeare and G.B. Shaw, who hurl quotes and invectives at one another taken directly from their plays.  Toward the end, Shakespeare breaks out the secret weapon and sings "that song from Cymbeline," which is the above poem beautifully set to music.  Shaw responds, "A hit, a very palpable hit!" (now quoting Shakespeare, from the death scene in Hamlet) and concedes defeat.

Great post, Dio.

Posted 14 years ago by nate917    [ Reply ]
I've never heard this before!
Posted 14 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
I forgot this one! Thanks Bill!
Posted 14 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]

I probably already heard this once or twice on RP but didn't realize that it was Pink Floyd.

I like.  Is that a mellotron?




Posted 14 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 Jack_Jefferson wrote:
I sometimes put Pink Floyd in that category of bands that you should have gotten over shortly after high school (along with Led Zepplin and the Doors), but this is really interesting stuff being played now.
 
Actually, I did overlook PF and Zep in high school and college, and I truly regret it.  Now I'm going back and rediscovering all of their old stuff and realizing that I missed a hell of a lot.


Posted 15 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
Again, thanks Bill. How I loved this album!
Posted 15 years ago by Jazbo    [ Reply ]
I tend to forget this CD. Good stuff.   Nice cover, too!
Posted 15 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
Used to have this record (vinyl), got married and thinned out my collection by selling away. The dude at Wuxtry Records here in Athens saw this one and put it in his own stash to buy. Marriage, in retrospect, turned me into a Dumbass. To quote another favorite band of mine, 10cc....."the things we do for love." I have since learned the error of my ways. My "remaining" vinyl collection is sacred! Oh, and Rick Wright doesn't get enough credit.
Posted 15 years ago by ajlept    [ Reply ]
 mandolin wrote:
...i adore hearing obscure floyd...
  AMEN!!!


Posted 15 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
 mandolin wrote:
...i adore hearing obscure floyd...
 
Yes, I stopped listening to FM radio 6 years ago because all they would play is "Money" and "Another Brick In The Wall Part 2"....thank Radio Paradise!!!

Posted 15 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
MMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmm......
Posted 15 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
...i adore hearing obscure floyd...
Posted 15 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
9!
Posted 15 years ago by oscar_driver    [ Reply ]
 Mari wrote:
have i mentioned before, this is by far my favourite pink floyd album an' a wonderful movie to boot! trippy as all fuck!
 
Well, the LP I've loved since it came out. Just saw the movie in the last year or so, though, and realize that—bare breasts aside—I didn't miss a whole lot.


Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 More_Cowbell wrote:
This is the ONLY PF album/CD I do not have.  I do not think I am missing much.
 
Your loss!

Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
I love that Brit Rock...,.Especially P.F., Queen, and some others. It's so melodic.{#Clap}
Posted 15 years ago by ilof38musich    [ Reply ]
This is the ONLY PF album/CD I do not have.  I do not think I am missing much.
Posted 15 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
A very interesting and overlooked album in their catalog. Its nice to see this and Cirrus Minor on RP, although "The Nile Song" could easily rank with or above either of these tracks. It would be so nice to see someone upload that and give it a try in the LRC.
Posted 15 years ago by chasech5    [ Reply ]

fav song off fav album of pf, luv it

MORE!


Posted 15 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
It's one thing to hear the studio version, but I have a bootleg album on which this song almost induces out of body sensations. Anyone who does not see the LSD inspiration in this music has never been there. At their peak, Pink Floyd concerts were absolutely trance inducing. By the time they made it big in the US, those days were gone. If you had the great fortune to see them prior to their "success", it is possible to see what they were capable of accomplishing. The earlier shows were much more enjoyable than, say, those at Atlanta Fulton County Stadium full of horrendously drunken louts. The atmosphere had certainly changed by 1974/5.
Posted 15 years ago by bam23    [ Reply ]
I love RP because you get to hear these more "obscure" PF songs....thanks RP!!!!
Posted 15 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
we need "more" of this album.
Posted 15 years ago by mZk    [ Reply ]
I was just reading about thier efforts on this album when this came on. Odd that. the album achieved another #9 finish in the UK, and peaked at #153 in the U.S
Posted 16 years ago by dctrpunda    [ Reply ]
Flashbacks to college. Really good flashbacks I might mention.
Posted 16 years ago by MickMan    [ Reply ]
Jack_Jefferson wrote:
I sometimes put Pink Floyd in that category of bands that you should have gotten over shortly after high school (along with Led Zepplin and the Doors), but this is really interesting stuff being played now.
That's just crazy talk.
Posted 16 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
EssexTex wrote:
Too anal for me
Needs more sphincter.
Posted 16 years ago by rcurrier    [ Reply ]
have i mentioned before, this is by far my favourite pink floyd album an' a wonderful movie to boot! trippy as all fuck!
Posted 16 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
I sometimes put Pink Floyd in that category of bands that you should have gotten over shortly after high school (along with Led Zepplin and the Doors), but this is really interesting stuff being played now.
Posted 16 years ago by Jack_Jefferson    [ Reply ]
This movie is great. The song sounds good outside of the film. So are the tunes from the film La Valle. Watch them someday.
Posted 16 years ago by heyjoe3577    [ Reply ]
Too anal for me
Posted 16 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
Fear no more the heat o' the sun, Nor the furious winter's rages; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages: Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney-sweepers, come to dust. - Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Act IV, Scene 2
Posted 16 years ago by dionysius    [ Reply ]
"It's High Time" indeed. Probably haven't heard it in 10 year... More (please)
Posted 16 years ago by h_in_bristol    [ Reply ]
who cares if this isnt the BEST PF song? I like listening to "ecclectic radio" for all sorts of music, and to hear whats out there. I want it to be interesting and hopefully "good" to me, but this is definitly interesting!!
Posted 16 years ago by songbirdfemme    [ Reply ]
thewiseking wrote:
weak. brings to mind some of spinal tap's early material.
only not as funny.
Posted 16 years ago by Uncle_Fenester    [ Reply ]
thewiseking wrote:
csnyder wrote:
There's another type of "music fan" that slams this kind of "crap" because they think it makes them look more sophisticated. no sophistication required. not on this one.
Posted 17 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
csnyder wrote:
There's another type of "music fan" that slams this kind of "crap" because they think it makes them look more sophisticated.Posted 17 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
thewiseking wrote:
there is a certain type of "music fan" who touts this kind of crap beacause they like to imagine that they discovered it themselves.
There's another type of "music fan" that slams this kind of "crap" because they think it makes them look more sophisticated.
Posted 18 years ago by csnyder    [ Reply ]
there is a certain type of "music fan" who touts this kind of crap beacause they like to imagine that they discovered it themselves.
Posted 18 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
IMDB listing for the movie here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064694/ Sounds like the soundtrack album is the best part.
Posted 18 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
weak. brings to mind some of spinal tap's early material.
Posted 18 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
drH wrote:
DSOTM was extremely popular. But influential?
Just how would pop avoid having influence? Perhaps if it were to be altogether forgot. Has anyone yet forgot Dark Side of the Moon?
Posted 18 years ago by lester    [ Reply ]
A great song in a strange album. Probably because, as it is said, PF wrote all More cuts in 6 days. There are great live bootleg versions of the song out there.
Posted 18 years ago by xavi    [ Reply ]
I'm getting the impression that it's high time, Cymbaline.
Posted 18 years ago by physicsgenius    [ Reply ]
dmax wrote:
Not influential at all. My listening to it regularly for the last 30 years hasn't made an impression on me in the least. :-s
Well said! For fans, check out "The Making of DSOTM" DVD
Posted 18 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
drH wrote:
DSOTM was extremely popular. But influential?
You gotta be kiddin' us! DSOTM is one of the most representative LPs of the rock era. Influential? You betcher sweet bippy!
Posted 18 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
I've been gone from RP for a couple of days...have we already had the conversation about Floyd at Live 8?
Posted 18 years ago by Angloray    [ Reply ]
One of the best Floyd LPs ever
Posted 18 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
I always forget that this song is really, really good. Guess I'll either have to buy a new copy or dust off the vinyl...
Posted 18 years ago by circlip    [ Reply ]
this album is so good! i need to see the movie...
Posted 18 years ago by MisterVErb    [ Reply ]
KevinM wrote:
Everything Floyd did before Meddle is garbage.
I always enjoy your gift for equivocation, Kevin.
Posted 19 years ago by rgj13    [ Reply ]
upinya wrote:
bottom out on Wish
Man, I don't know what y'all been smokin' but it's time to ease up a little . . . no, really, man, just set down the bong and slowly back away . . . okay, now, exhale, that's it, let it out . . . .
Posted 19 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]
Whoah. I lost my copy of this album years ago. So long in fact, I barely remember this song at all. It sort of rings a bell...I guess...(pufffff...)
Posted 19 years ago by beelzebubba    [ Reply ]
One of my all time favorites... We actually played it on our little high school garage band. :nodhead:
Posted 19 years ago by mafe    [ Reply ]
Wait, wasn't she that tiny.... oh, that was Thimbalina.
Posted 19 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
I just like dialog is all. And I got it. And yes, DSOTM is a technical marvel.
Posted 19 years ago by upinya    [ Reply ]
Posted 19 years ago by Danny_G    [ Reply ]
Great song. I think I have every Floyd album except this one - would have never discovered it.
Posted 19 years ago by nodster    [ Reply ]
Great song from an under-rated album.
Posted 19 years ago by Keegs    [ Reply ]
upinya wrote:
They head downward through Dark Side, bottom out on Wish, then back up through Animals and peak again with The Wall.
That's hysterically funny! That's why Dark Side of the Moon stayed on Billboards album chart for 13+ years? DSOTM is one of those albums that has not worn out on me at all. It's still an ultimate album. If that album wasn't innovation and perfection, I don't know what is. DSOTM, in my opinion is their apex, with some awesome stuff before it, and some awesome stuff that followed it.
Posted 19 years ago by sici    [ Reply ]
upinya wrote:
Obscured By Clouds/Meddle/More (in no particular order) represent a great creative era for Floyd. They head downward through Dark Side, bottom out on Wish, then back up through Animals and peak again with The Wall. Havent heard Final Cut enough to say. Post-Waters (and maybe post-Barrett, for that matter) doesn't really count as Floyd.
Pink Floyd was going downhill with Dark Side of the Moon??? Wow, wonder what they would have produced if they had been going uphill?!?!
Posted 19 years ago by steeler    [ Reply ]
A Floyd tune I'd never heard before. Thank you!
Posted 19 years ago by alldog    [ Reply ]
Great song off of a great album. I actually prefer the older Pink Floyd to the newer stuff.
Posted 19 years ago by Keegs    [ Reply ]