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“Cymbaline” is a Pink Floyd song from the album, Soundtrack from the Film More. Its lyrics vividly tell the tale of a “nightmare”, which was the title of the song when it was first introduced in Floyd’s The Man and the Journey shows.
The recording of ‘”Cymbaline” on the album is different from the one in the movie (the latter version is heard on a record player in a bedroom). The vocals are a different take, though both versions are sung by David Gilmour. The lyrics are also different in one place. One notable feature of the lyrics is the question posed at the end of the first verse, “Will the final couplet rhyme”. Not coincidentally, the final couplet in the song is the only one that does not rhyme.
The song features a sparse arrangement of nylon string guitar, bass, piano, drumset, bongos, and Farfisa organ entering when Gilmour does a scat solo. Pink Floyd played “Cymbaline” from 1969 until the end of 1971. It can be heard on several bootleg recordings. This song was covered on the Echoes of Pink tribute album in 2002 by Maureen Mahon, and in 2005 on Neptune Records’ None of Us is Pink tribute album by Lovespirals.
The recording of ‘”Cymbaline” on the album is different from the one in the movie (the latter version is heard on a record player in a bedroom). The vocals are a different take, though both versions are sung by David Gilmour. The lyrics are also different in one place. One notable feature of the lyrics is the question posed at the end of the first verse, “Will the final couplet rhyme”. Not coincidentally, the final couplet in the song is the only one that does not rhyme.
The song features a sparse arrangement of nylon string guitar, bass, piano, drumset, bongos, and Farfisa organ entering when Gilmour does a scat solo. Pink Floyd played “Cymbaline” from 1969 until the end of 1971. It can be heard on several bootleg recordings. This song was covered on the Echoes of Pink tribute album in 2002 by Maureen Mahon, and in 2005 on Neptune Records’ None of Us is Pink tribute album by Lovespirals.
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dogsechoes wrote:
Live version!Gilmour's vocal is so sublime...
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arashkh wrote:
it's high time ...
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lucas7599 wrote:
This is my favorite PF song
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Blissenobiare wrote:
I love it.
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the_spore wrote:
I love the lyrics to this song.
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Snitsie wrote:
Live versions faaaaaaaaaaaaar superior to the kind of bland studio version
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juanbrujox wrote:
This song is an ancestor of what was going to be born in the dark side of the moon
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freckkles wrote:
I love this song
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Lucifer-Sam wrote:
Love this song too(Dudz_rm)
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rogelyw wrote:
Una de mis canciones favoritas de Pink Floyd, que buenos recuerdos de juventud!!
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arthurleebarret wrote:
One of Floyd's best live songs, so heavy!
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Ramoncastorp wrote:
Gilmour está espetacular nesta maravilhosa música.
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dogsechoes wrote:
i love this song.so underrated....
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Emilioav wrote:
I love the version of this song in Smoking Blues
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Emilioav wrote:
So underrated song! High time Cymbaline it's high time Cymbaline please wake me...
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Dalboz wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw8PutsGyL4
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silvermoon71992 wrote:
I don't know why I love this song so fucking much. But I do.
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bomozy wrote:
the thing that makes floyd so great is that everything they've done is very different from everything else they've done. ( always a new experience )
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bryantee wrote:
Haven't heard More, but I love the live versions.
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uselessgoo wrote:
it's high time
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