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                [Originally] compiled by David Schuetz
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                  With help from all over the world!

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The FAQ is broken down into four sections, as follows:

        Section 1 - General Information
                      The first section is general information, and
		      includes stuff like Echoes subscription procedures,
		      lists of tour personnel, set lists, etc.

        Section 2 - The Early Years
                      The second section covers their "early years," that
		      is, Piper through Obscured by Clouds.

        Section 3 - The Glory Years
                      The third section is the "glory years" (and any
		      discussion regarding this time frame *not* being
		      the time of their greatest glory will be ignored).
		      This section covers DSOTM through the Wall.

        Section 4 - After the Wall, Solo Albums, and Other Stuff

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Section 2 - The Early Years

01.  "What does 'Pow R. Toc H.' mean?"
02.  "What was 'Let's Roll Another One'?"
03.  "What is 'Chapter 24' about, anyway?"
04.  "What was the song list for the original US _Piper_ release?"
05.  "What are the parts of 'A Saucerful of Secrets' called?"
06.  "Who is 'Eugene," and why should he be careful with that axe?"
07.  "What does the Pict say in 'Several Species....'?"
08.  "What were 'The Man' and 'The Journey'?"
09.  "Where do the different parts in 'Atom Heart Mother Suite' start/end?"
10.  "Who is 'Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast' written for?"
11.  "What is said at the end of 'Fearless'?"
12.  "'One of These Days' tidbits..."
13.  "I heard a concert recording with a different verse for Echoes!"
14.  "What was played on the BBC's John Peel show?"
15.  "The lyrics to Echoes on the server are wrong!!!"
16.  "Does Syd Barrett play on any tracks on ASOS?"
17.  "Is Relics available on CD?"
18.  "There's a different verse for 'Free Four' in the movie."
19. "The running order on the OBC tape is wrong."
20.  "Pink Floyd did music for a lot of movies.  What were they about?"

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01.  "What does 'Pow R. Toc H.' mean?"

Well, most people seem to feel it means "Power Toke" or "Power
Tokage" or something along those lines.  Having had little experience
with tokes, I'll take their word for it.  Personally, I've always read
it as "Power Touch," but the only problem with that is that the space
is between C and H, not between O and C. 

Here's another bit--courtesy of Steve South and the Longmans
Encyclopaedia:

  Toc H, an interdenominational Christian fellowship of men and women
  of every social background, with branches throughout the world, which
  seeks to promote an understanding of the meaning and purpose of life
  through unreserved involvement in the community. Founded in 1915, it
  started its work in a soldiers' club at Talbot House (Toc H was the army
  signallers'  designation  of  the  initials  TH)  at  Poperingtie,  Flanders.
  Incorporated by royal  charter  in  1922,  it is organized  in groups and
  maintains residential houses called 'marks'.


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02.  "What was 'Let's Roll Another One'?"

The flip side to Pink Floyd's first single, "Arnold Layne," was
originally a song called "Let's Roll Another One."  Now, the Floyd were
already known to be heavily connected with the drug-influenced
psychedelic underground, but their record company wasn't about to
release anything with such a blatent drug reference.  So, they had
Floyd change the song.  Though the original lyrics and recording have
been lost to the public, it is reasonable to  assume that the only
change made to the song was to remove the line "let's roll another one"
and replace it with "candy and a currant bun."  The rest of the song,
including the line "please, just fuck with me" were presumably left
intact.

There are some ROIOs that claim to include this song, but to the
best of my knowledge, none of these are actually the original song. 
Mostly, they're just bad recordings of disconnected guitar phrases,
with a lot of noise, wow, flutter, and general garbage all about.  And
no lyrics whatsoever.


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03.  "What is 'Chapter 24' about, anyway?"

[From a posting by G.J.den Hollander:]

Well, since we've been discussing this a lot, I have found the answer.
As I was going to my local bookstore I found a book called I Ching (the
book of changes) in an English translation, and I did look up Chapter 24
and guess what ??

It's called "Fu" meaning Change/success (like in "Change become success"
and is a very nearly transcript of this song.  It contains lines like:

"A movement is accomplished in 6 stages, and the 7th brings return," only
paraprased.

Also from the same chapter:
"The 7 is the number of the Young wise, it forms when darkness [.. == 6 ..]
is increased by 1."



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04.  "What was the song list for the original US _Piper_ release?"

The US release of _Piper_ was a bit different than the UK release.  Here 
are the track lists for both of them [from a posting by bear]:

us release of 'piper at the gates of dawn'
 * see emily play
 = pow r. toch
 = take up my stethoscope and walk
   lucifer sam
   matilda mother
   the scarecrow
   the gnome
   chapter 24
   interstellar overdrive

uk release of 'piper at the gates of dawn'
 * astronomy domine
   lucifer sam
   matilda mother
 * flaming
 = pow r. toc h.
 = take up thy stethoscope and walk
   interstellar overdrive
   the gnome
   chapter 24
   scarecrow
 * bike


Note also that the double-album _A Nice Pair_ is almost, but not quite, 
"Piper."  The version of "Astronomy Domine" that appears on ANP is not the
original studio version, but is instead the live version that appears on 
_Ummagumma_.  Other than that, it is identical to the original UK Piper.

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05.  "What are the parts of 'A Saucerful of Secrets' called?"

On the album ASOS, the title track is simply called "A Saucerful of
Secrets."  On some pressings of Ummagumma, however, the piece is broken
down into four sections.  These sections are called:

  Something Else		(the opening part)
  Syncopated Pandemonium	(with the drum tape-loop and such)
  Storm Signals			
  Celestial Voices		(the closing spacey part with the voices)


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06.  "Who is 'Eugene," and why should he be careful with that axe?"

Well, there used to be an interesting story that explained both the
identity of the protagonist and how Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead
lost his right-hand ring finger.  However, it turns out that the story
isn't exactly true (Garcia is missing the finger, but his brother's
name is not Eugene, it's Tiff.)

Here's another possibility:

"Careful With That Axe, Eugene" was the flip side of "Point Me at the
Sky."  Some people believe that PMatS starts off with the line "Hey,
Eugene/This is Henry McClean/And I've finished my beautiful flying
machine." [which, BTW, is another debate, for another time].  Anyway,
Chris Hoffman mentioned this:

    I really don't want to add more fuel to this thread, but I just played 
    "Point Me at the Sky" (my roomate's first ever exposure to this song).  
    My roomate seems to remember a book from his childhood called 
    _Eugene_and_His_Flying_Machine_, or something like that.  He thinks it 
    may have had another kid in it named Henry. I don't want anyone 
    thinking I'm setting this forth as fact, but does anyone know of a book 

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07.  "What does the Pict say in 'Several Species....'?"

First off, what *is* a Pict?

    Pict :  A member of a possbly non-Celtic people who once occupied
    Great Britain, carried on continual border wars with the Romans, and
    about the ninth century became amalgamated with the Scots.


As to what's being said, that's hard to say.  But I think it's been accepted 
that it's somebody (probably Waters) imitating a heavy Scottish accent.  The 
following (from posting by Brian Tompsett to rec.music.misc) is about the best
job I've seen at deciphering what's being said.  It even makes a certain
amount of sense...

   Aye an' a bit of Mackeral settler rack and ruin
   ran it doon by the haim, 'ma place
   well I slapped me and I slapped it doon in the side
   and I cried, cried, cried.

   The fear a fallen down taken never back the raize
   and then Craig Marion, get out wi' ye Claymore out mi pocket
   a' ran doon, doon the middin stain
   picking the fiery horde that was fallen around ma feet.

   Never he cried, never shall it ye get me alive
   ye rotten hound of the burnie crew.
   Well I snatched fer the blade O my Claymore
   cut and thrust and I fell doon before him round his feet.

   Aye!

   A roar he cried
   frae the bottom of his heart that I would nay fall but as dead,
   dead as 'a can be by his feet; de ya ken?

   ...and the wind cried back.

   Thank you.


[There has been much discussion on Echoes as to whether he is saying
"And the wind cried back" or "and the wind cried Mary" in that last
line.

Personally, "back" makes sense to me, from a literary point of view.
The speaker of the poem dies ("So how did he write the poem, eh?")  and
the other person (Craig Marion?) cried out at his friend's death, but
there was no reply.  Just the cries of the wind...

Your mileage probably differs.  My opinion has not changed. -- djs]


[from Adam Winstanley:]
   Regarding Several Species .... the most recent edition of the
   Amazing Pudding has a short piece on that. Waters does most of it
   but if you have one of those old record players that can do 16rpm
   you can hear Gilmour in the middle somewhere and if you speed it
   up to 78rpm you can hear Roger saying "Bring back my guitar." Ron
   Geesin isn't on the track although he parodied it on a track
   called "To Roger Waters, Where-ever you are."


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08.  "What were 'The Man' and 'The Journey'?"

[with much help from Adam Winstanley and others]:
    In fact several concert recordings exist of The Man and The Journey and 
    many people probably possess [ROIOs] of these peices without realising it.
    The Man and The Journey were two parts of "More Furious Madness From The 
    Massed Gadgets of Auximenies" and consisted of several well-known Floyd 
    tunes linked into a concept piece as follows:


    MORE FURIOUS MADNESS FROM THE MASSED GADGETS OF AUXIMENIES

    PART ONE: THE MAN (representing a day in the life of a man)
    Daybreak (Granchester Meadows)
    Work and Afternoon (Biding My Time)
        [the band was served afternoon tea on stage at this point]
    Doing It (instrumental) (Grand Vizier's Garden Party, pt 3)
    Sleep
    Nightmare (Cymbaline)
    Daybreak (reprise)

    PART TWO: THE JOURNEY
    The Beginning (Green is the Colour)
    Beset By Creatures of the Deep (Careful With That Axe Eugene)
    The Narrow Way (The Narrow Way part 3)
    The Pink Jungle (Pow R Toc H)
    The Labyrinths of Auximenes
    Behold the Temple of Light 
    The End of the Beginning (Sauceful of Secrets - final part)

    The complete piece lasted about 70 minutes.

    This information comes from the 1969 Pink Floyd tour programme parts of
    which were reproduced in an early Amazing Pudding (No. 13 I think) and also
    from listening to [ROIOs] and tapes from this period:

    14 April 69: Royal Festival Hall, London (I think the original performance)

    8th August 69: Plumpton Festival (The Journey only - Roger actually
    introduces it as "The Journey - the second part of a piece we played on our
    tour earlier this year" - or something like that)

    17 September 69: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (This was broadcast on Dutch
    radio and versions exist with the radio announcer saying some of the titles
    given above). From the recent Amazing Puddings and Brain Damage I see this
    is available on CD [ROIO]. It also used to on a vinyl [ROIO] called "The
    Man."


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09.  "Where do the different parts in 'Atom Heart Mother Suite' start/end?"

The "Atom Heart Mother Suite" is a side-long instrumental split into
six different parts.  Most of the divisions are marked by a return of
the main theme of the piece, played by everybody (group and orchestra).

The first part, naturally, is Father's Shout, with all the weird sounds,
horses, and ends with the motorcycle.

The second part, Breast Milky, starts off as a duet for organ and viola,
and gradually includes drums, guitar, and the rest of the orchestra. (2:59)

Then Mother Fore begins, this section is a quiet choral section, with mostly
chorus and organ. (5:22)

Funky Dung has a lot of guitar, strong bass, and that weird choir singing 
things that sound vaguely like "toast....coffee...yeah...." or "saa saa saa
saa saaa.....brrrrrrrrrroooooooooonnnn."  (10:11)

Mind Your Throats Please is the strange (like it's not all strange?)
part that begins with alternating organ notes.

After the slower beginning with organ & such, a section that Echoes has
been calling the "Overload" section begins, with lots of out-of-sync voices
and sounds & such, sounding a bit like the Beatles' "Revolution 9."  This
is either part of "Mind Your Throats" or "Remergence," depending on whose
opinion you ask. (15:25)

Remergence, then, is the climactic final section. (17:44)

Also, some CD's have index marks on them.  So, we have two ways to
break up the six parts of AHM:

  Section Title                EMI's Indicies   Our "Guess"
 (a) Father's Shout         	0:00 -  5:20  	0:00 - 2:55
 (b) Breast Milky            	5:20 - 10:09 	2:55 - 5:19
 (c) Mother Fore             	10:09- 15:26 	5:19 - 10:08
 (d) Funky Dung              	15:26- 17:44 	10:08- 15:23
 (e) Mind Your Throats Please	17:44- 19:49 	15:23- 17:44
 (f) Remergence             	19:47- end   	17:44- end

Although these are could possibly be wrong (what do CD makers know
about music?) this could be called EMI's "official" interpretation of
where the parts start and finish...  Personally, I can't find myself
agreeing with the CD's putting everything up to 5:20 in "Father's
Shout."  It just doesn't "feel" right.  We'll have to wait and see
what MFSL does with the song...

But, wait, there's more!

Algo (or Dirk Gently, or Oren Souroujon, depending) would like to
voice his opinion:
    [everything up to here as above]
    Mind Your Throats Please:   13:18
    Remergence (A):             15:24
    Remergence (B):             19:08

    Therefore, in Funky Dung there's the funky guitar, in MYTP there are
    the strange syllables, and that's where I think the voice comes from,
    the next part is the Remergence which does sound like sort of a mix,
    and finally the main theme again which is remerged. (Breast Milky is
    remerged too at that point)

I guess this all just goes to show you how subjective some of these
things can be.... 


Also, in other AHM Suite Trivia, there are two voices that can be clearly
heard:  at 17:28, a voice says "Here is a loud announcement."  And, at 
19:08, "Silence in the studio!"




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10.  "Who is 'Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast' written for?"

It's named for Alan Stiles, a roadie of Floyd's back then.  The band was
never very happy with this piece, even though it was played in several 
concerts.  Early British pressings of the album had the sound of the water
dripping from the tap continue into the trail-off groove in the record, 
allowing some turntables to play dripping water forever (or until someone
turns it off, whichever came first).



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11.  "What is said at the end of 'Fearless'?"

The chanting you hear at the end of "Fearless" is from a football (or
soccer, if you're American) game in Liverpool.  It's "You'll Never
Walk Alone," from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Carousel."  The
song has been "adopted" as the sort of anthem for the Liverpool team,
and is even engraved over the gate at their home stadium.  The
recording on Meddle is sung by Liverpool's loyal fans, and includes:

  And you'll never walk/alone/in the dark/alone
 
Followed by some screaming, whistling, then "LIVERPOOL LIVERPOOL LIVERPOOL!"


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12.  "'One of These Days' tidbits..."

The voice in the middle of "One of These Days" is Nick Mason, and he says 
"One of these days I'm going to cut you into little pieces."

At about 2:45 or so, there's a faint organ riff that sounds a lot like
the Dr. Who theme to a lot of people.

Also, from Scott Eberline (with help from Gerhard):
  In the Westwood One broadcast of Waters' Quebec performance of
  Radio KAOS, a member of the audience asked Waters who it was he
  wanted to cut into little pieces.  Apparently this brought back
  fond memories for Waters, who replied that it was an English disk
  jockey named Jimmy Young.  The song was meant as a personal
  attack.  The band used to play bits and pieces of Jimmy Young's 
  radio show spliced together in a completely nonsensical manner, 
  immediately before playing "One of These Days".  

[example--on the ROIO "Caught in the Crossfire," during "Alan's Psychedelic
Breakfast," you can hear things like "Georgia, lovely greenwood" and 
"And here's for you, Monkey doo."]

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13.  "I heard a concert recording with a different verse for Echoes!"

Yes, apparently there are some roios out there with some different
opening verses.  One is called "Mauerspecte" (which, BTW, has been
known to be defective many times, so try before you buy).  It comes
from Berlin on 5 June, 1971.  (Another recording of the same show is
available on "Lost in the Corridors.") Here are a few attempts at
deciphering the lyrics, the first by Jonathan Baumgartner, the next
two by bear & Gerhard den Holland, and finally a bit from P.C. de
Bond:

   ??? sitting face to face
   Onto the ??? now sweep
   If ever swinging light ???
   A path in union deep in space

   Ever might this monster land(?)
   And fearlessly, two shadows watch
   ??? (can't understand this whole line)

   And if that volume(?) to be won
   the parting song sound is gone
   I'll see you got to travel on
   and on and on around the sun

   Then comes the "Strangers passing in the street" verse.

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             (bear)                              (Gerhard)
    Planets sitting face to face        Planets sitting face to face
    Sun to the air and land how sweet   bound to the air of life, how sweet
    In every single lighting place      in ever single fighting pace
    The planet here in dreaming space   the planet here is deep in space

    Perfect night this was so grand     Echoes might this once were land
    And give us leave to share as one   And give us leave to share as one
    Our two lights in the land          Our two lights in the land 
    For one light can                   For one light can

    And in that coming to the one       And in that coming to the one
    The parting sighs sound as one      The parting sighs sound as one
    I see you've got to travel on       I see you've got to travel on 
    And on and on around the sun.       And on and on around the sun

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and P.C. de Bondt's 2 cents worth.

    1st verse:
     - 2nd line:       Sun -> Run
                       land -> round
     - 3rd line:       In -> If
    3rd verse:
     - 2nd line:       sighs sound as one -> song of sound is gone
 
This one is rather interesting--if anyone finds a boot from a
different date, or with a clearer recording & can make out more
lyrics, please post to the list!


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14.  "What was played on the BBC's John Peel show?"

These shows include some of the best "live" performances of early Floyd
material.  Here's some information (from "Journey Through Time & Space..."
(as posted by Adam Stanley)):

  16 September, 1970. Paris Theatre, London UK. 
	"Sounds of the Seventies: John Peel Show," BBC 1 Radio. 
	(Broadcast at 6:00 pm).  
  [This is the broadcast of the show; the recording date is unknown, 
  but it was probably a few days prior to this.]
	The Embryo - 10:30
	Green Is The Colour/Careful With That Axe Eugene - 11:30
	If - 4:30
	Atom Heart Mother - 26:00
	Total time: 55:00
  (This is the only live performance of "If" (as far as we know) by the Floyd,
  with Roger on acoustic guitar and Rick on bass and organ simulanetously.
  "Atom Heart Mother" was performed with the accomniment of The Philip Jones
  Brass Ensemble.)

  30 September, 1971. BBC's Paris Theatre, London UK. 
	(Recording for the "John Peel Show") 
	(Recorded live on the 30th, and broadcast on 5 October on BBC 1)
	(Yes, folks..it's the 5th, not the 3rd, check your 1971 calenders!)
	(Broadcast at 10:00 pm, BBC 1 Radio, London UK.) 
	Embryo - 10:30
	Blues - 5:00
	Fat Old Sun - 15:00
	One Of These Days - 8:00
	Echoes - 28:00
	Total time: 68:00
  Note: "The John Peel Shows" was only 55 minutes long. "Embryo" and "Blues" 
  were never broadcast in the UK.  They were only aired on WNEW-FM, New York
  City, USA (sometime in 1971?) This WNEW portion was broadcast only once,
  unfortunately. The 5 October 1971 and 16 September 1971 shows are
  re-broadcast nearly every year in the USA on the "King Biscuit Flour
  Hour." However, it is a combination version of the two shows and is
  incomplete.


  This is some additional information that I have figured out on my own.
  The version of Embryo that most people have is from the 1970 show.  It is 
  easily identified by the Echoes-like section in the middle.  The version of
  Embryo from 1971 is much different.  It is available on the Wavelengths 
  ROIO.  I have not found the version of Blues yet, but someone out there
  must have it.  All most all of the CD boots of these shows are combination,
  except for the Swinging Pigs discs, and one called Early Tour Years, which 
  is a double disc with each show on its own disc.  And as a side note: When 
  the BBC recorded the Dark Side show at Wembley in 1974 for a broadcast, 
  they also recorded Echoes, but it has never been aired.  So as a result, 
  we are missing a great version of Echoes, with a sax solo!


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15.  "The lyrics to Echoes on the server are wrong!!!"

Well, maybe they are, and maybe they aren't.  This has been discussed
to death (and then some) on the list, and what you see on the server 
represents about the best compromise that we have been able to achieve.

Okay.  We'll get into one particular about this song, and hopefully that'll help keep the noise level down.  Does the line say "Everything is green and submarine" or "Everything is green and summery?"

Proposition:  It says "submarine."

Supporting evidence: [thank you, Dean Herbert]

    1) "Overhead the albatross" - albatrosses are ocean birds.

    2) "Deep beneath the rolling waves" - Certainly implies the ocean.

    3) "Labyrinths of coral caves" - Coral, get it?  CORAL.  OCEANS.

    4) "Everything is green" - it's the color of the OCEAN WATER.

    5) "And submarine." - submarine is being used as an adjective here,
        not a noun.  ADJECTIVE.  ADJECTIVE.  NOT NOUN.  GET IT?


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16.  "Does Syd Barrett play on any tracks on ASOS?"

It's thought that he contributed guitar work to Jugband Blues and
Corporal Clegg.  We're not sure, however.  [Someone once produced some
good information on this, but it's been..umm..misplaced... ;-(]


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17.  "Is Relics available on CD?"

"No."

It was at one time rumored to be part of a special boxed set (of CDs
from "Piper" through DSOTM), and also has been available in the past
as a limited product in Europe.  This rumor has never been proven
true.  Then, for a while, it was available in New Zealand (with the
"ancient coins" cover), but has since been dropped.

It hasn't been seen for quite a while now.  If you find one, buy it.
If you find more than one, buy them all.  You will almost certainly
find takers on Echoes for the extra copies.


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18.  "There's a different verse for 'Free Four' in the movie."

[Thanks to Geoff Rimmer (grimmer@nyx.cs.du.edu) for this one... - djs]

I don't remember seeing this in the FAQ or on the mailing list, so for
those who haven't rushed out and bought the video of "The Valley
Obscured By Clouds" (Warner Home Video.  Cost me $69.95 + POSTAGE!),
here are the lyrics of Free Four in the film version:


(fades in ...)
Are the deeds of a man in his prime
You shuffle in the gloom of a sick room
And talk to yourself as you die

And life is a short warm moment
And death is a long cold rest     (*)
You get your chance to try
In the twinkling of an eye
In eighty years with luck
Or even less

So take my advice                         }
And cut yourself a slice                  }  This is roughly the same
And try not to make it too big            }  tune as "So all aboard for
'Cos things are hard to grow              }  the American tour...
And I can tell you                        }  you may find it hard to get
'Cos I know                               }  off"
It's better not to make yourself sick.    }

(jumps horribly to the following...)

He was buried like a mole in a foxhole
And everyone's still on the run
And who is the master of foxhounds
And who says the hunt has begun?          (*)
And who calls the tune in the courtroom   (*)
And who beats the funeral drum?           (*)

The memories of a man in his old age
Are the deeds of a man in his prime
You shuffle in the gloom of a sick room
... (fades out)


(*) are sung differently from the OBC album.

[Note that the film has dialogue over the top of the music, and this
version isn't available w/out the dialogue, at least not that we know of.]

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19. "The running order on the OBC tape is wrong."

Yup.  Not sure why that was done.  Sometimes the order of songs is 
changed for cassettes, in order to make it all fit on a shorter amount of
tape (without wasting extra tape at the end of one side because of a longer
opposite side).  That's probably what's happened here.

The original running order was as follows:

     Obscured by Clouds
     When You're In
     Burning Bridges
     The Gold it's in The...
     Wots...uh the Deal
     Mudmen
     Childhood's End
     Free Four
     Stay
     Absolutely Curtains

And the "modified" running order is:

     Obscured by Clouds
     When You're In
     Burning Bridges
     The Gold...
->   Free Four
->   Mudmen
->   Childhood's End
->   Wot's ...
     Stay
     Absolutely Curtains



NOTE: A similar discrepency has been noted for the tape of Ummagumma,
which apparently excluded about half the album in some releases (for a
one-tape release).

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20.  "Pink Floyd did music for a lot of movies.  What were they about?"

Here's a list of all the movies that we know prominently featured Floyd music:

The Committee				1968
Tonight Let's All Make Love in London	1968
More					1969
Zabriskie Point 			1970
La Valee [Obscured by Clouds]		1972
Live at Pompeii				1973
Crystal Voyager 			1975
The Wall				1982
La Carrera Panamericana			1991


The Committee: [from Scott Frank--how does he FIND these things?]
        This movie takes place on the "Planet Craytic," and features music by 
    Pink Floyd and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.  The plot has been 
    described as follows: "Fantasy - Murderous hitch-hiker summoned by strange 
    committee."
        The music has never been released.

Tonight Let's All Make Love in London:
        A "documentary" of the underground life in London in the late
    60's.  Features a 16-minute version of Interstellar Overdrive, as well as 
    multitudes of interviews. 
        Available on CD, with an 11-minute bonus track, "Nick's Boogie."

More: [from Geoff Rimmer]
        Supposedly an anti-drugs film.  Naive German guy arrives in Paris,
    meets up with another guy who shows him around and takes him to a
    party.  He meets a girl there [IMHO she is absolutely gorgeous!
    Worth watching the film just for her!].  He goes round her place
    where she teaches him to smoke grass.  They go off to Malta, and
    sniff coke, drop acid and inject H.  The acid makes her freak out,
    screaming at him, saying he's the devil etc.  The guy is obviously
    getting addicted to the H - keeps wanting more and more (hence
    film's title) and eventually ODs in a dark alley.
        Availble as part of Floyd's regular catalog.

Zabriskie Point: [from Toapher]
         I'm the first one to admit that Z Point is not your mainstream, top
    quality movie, but that does not mean that it's not worth seeing.  It does
    move rather slowly and the plot is not what I would call rivetting.  But
    what's important is to understand the era in which it was made.  The movie
    was filmed in 1969.  This was near the peak of civil unrest in this
    country.  While the acting might not be academy award material, the movie
    is a very accurate portrayal of the trials and tribulations of the youth
    subculture.  We tend to look back at the 60's in a very romantic light, but
    the truth is that it must have been a *very* difficult time for everyone.
    Z Point tries to shed some light on that aspect of the era, rather than
    just portray it in the "Summer Of Love" way.
         In addition, there is a sub-plot that pervades the movie.  The words
    to "Crumbling Land" indicate that The Floyd were aware of this and
    understood what that sub-plot was about.  The female lead worked for a
    group of land developers who were working on creating a community in the
    desert.  They were trying to take a piece of land that was not capable of
    sustaining human life and transforming it.  This required robbing resources
    from nearby ecosystems, destroying the natural habitats on the site, and
    polluting an otherwise clean area.  The "famous" sex scene that took place
    at Zabriskie Point itself was a celebration of the natural beauty and 
    purity of the undisturbed landscape.
        Now available on CD.  With various artists.

La Valle: (also called _The Valley Obscured By Clouds_) [Geoff Rimmer again]
        A woman wants to obtain some rare bird feathers and goes on an
    expedition with some guys up a mountain.  They are going to search
    for a place no one has previously mapped (this is because the area
    is obscured by clouds) called The Valley.  The woman gets the
    feathers, decides to go back alone, changes her mind and continues
    with the rest in search of The Valley.  After much walking they
    are running out of food and the air is becoming thin - they are
    exhausted.  Then, someone says "I see the Valley".  End of film.
        Part of Floyd's regular catalog.

Live at Pompeii:
        Basically a music video.  Filmed at the ruins of a Pompeii ampitheatre,
    includes interviews with the band, and a peek inside the studio while
    recording DSOTM (or at least pretending to).
        Available on video only.

Crystal Voyager:
        Apparently a surfing film.  Only reason for inclusion is film's use
    of "Echoes," in its entireity.  Uncertain as to any availability.

The Wall:
        Movie version of the album.  Includes new recordings of several songs,
    as well as new song "When the Tigers Broke Free."
        Soundtrack available on video only.  "Tigers" available on Waters'
    Berlin promo CD, and as 7" single.

La Carrera Panamericana:
        Documentary of trans-Mexican road race, featuring David Gilmour, Nick
    Mason, and manager Steve O'Rourke.  Includes new music & instrumental
    versions of older songs.
        Available on video only.



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