Marooned (5:28)
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“Marooned” is an instrumental track on Pink Floyd’s 1994 album, The Division Bell. An excerpt of the music is featured on Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd.
The piece was written by David Gilmour and Richard Wright. The song has sounds that describe the setting as an island (such as seagulls and waves crashing on the shore).The song was composed while jamming aboard the Astoria in early 1993. The high-pitch guitar sounds on the track came from a Whammy pedal which makes the guitar sound an octave higher, also known as a pitch shifter. Alike to “Is There Anybody Out There?” this song also used the shrill siren-like sound effect of the song “Echoes”.
The track was given a Grammy Award in the category of Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the Grammy Awards of 1994.
This song has only been played live 3 times. On the two dates in Oslo (one of which is featured on the Pulse DVD), Norway on the 1994 “The Division Bell” tour and at the “Strat Pack” charity concert, for the 50th anniversary of the Fender Stratocaster guitar, where Gilmour played his “#0001” Stratocaster.
This song was featured on Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd but was severely shortened in length to 2:02.
The piece was written by David Gilmour and Richard Wright. The song has sounds that describe the setting as an island (such as seagulls and waves crashing on the shore).The song was composed while jamming aboard the Astoria in early 1993. The high-pitch guitar sounds on the track came from a Whammy pedal which makes the guitar sound an octave higher, also known as a pitch shifter. Alike to “Is There Anybody Out There?” this song also used the shrill siren-like sound effect of the song “Echoes”.
The track was given a Grammy Award in the category of Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the Grammy Awards of 1994.
This song has only been played live 3 times. On the two dates in Oslo (one of which is featured on the Pulse DVD), Norway on the 1994 “The Division Bell” tour and at the “Strat Pack” charity concert, for the 50th anniversary of the Fender Stratocaster guitar, where Gilmour played his “#0001” Stratocaster.
This song was featured on Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd but was severely shortened in length to 2:02.
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hartamon wrote:
Шедевр!
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Crawtachio wrote:
Always is and always will be one of the best songs out there.
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Wraxe wrote:
Pure genius
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kossowski wrote:
my favourite song of led zeppelin is no quarter wich is similar to marooned ( acording to last fm ) my favourite song of king crimson is epitaph wich is similar to ) today i first hear this song and from now on it's my favourite song of pink floyd :D
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dogsechoes wrote:
Adore it.
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Empty_Skies wrote:
Calming.
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edneoson wrote:
very beautiful :}
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dogsechoes wrote:
Love it.Gilmour is a God.
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vess_csm wrote:
fantastic...watch and listen to this from the Strat pack concert...
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DickChlenz wrote:
beyond any words
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ningamer wrote:
loneliness and isolation
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atani_veronika wrote:
Absolutley perfect!
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ceQ_bop wrote:
greaaaaaaaaat
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gab136 wrote:
So beautiful and realixing...
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williamc99 wrote:
Very beautiful instrumental song. Very calming.
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Q14ral wrote:
Anyone know any other artists that have music similar to this song? Instrumental/Progressive Rock? Been looking for a while :D
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hipauliee wrote:
best song ever.
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ilovemusix wrote:
Perfection Cannot accept anything else from floyd
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boe_lester wrote:
Relaxing and beautiful.
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Gravedigger3 wrote:
A beautiful instrumental that could have only come from Floyd
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