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About This Track
“One of These Days” is the opening track from Pink Floyd’s 1971 album “Meddle.” The song is instrumental (despite its distorted death growl “One of these days I’m going to cut you into little pieces”) and features double-tracked bass guitars played by David Gilmour and Roger Waters.
Waters’ bass is panned hard left with Gilmour’s fading into the right channel. Gilmour’s bass sound is quite muted and dull. According to Gilmour, this is because that particular instrument had old strings on it, and the roadie they had sent to get new strings for it wandered off to see his girlfriend instead.
The track opens with a “wind sound” emulated by means of a delayed wind drum slowed down to half speed. The ending solo on the left speaker is David Gilmour playing a regular guitar solo dueling with himself, via multi-tracking, playing slide on right speaker.
According to John Peel, Waters has described “One of These Days” as a “poignant appraisal of the contemporary social situation”. Gilmour has stated that he considers the song the most collaborative piece ever produced by the group.
Waters’ bass is panned hard left with Gilmour’s fading into the right channel. Gilmour’s bass sound is quite muted and dull. According to Gilmour, this is because that particular instrument had old strings on it, and the roadie they had sent to get new strings for it wandered off to see his girlfriend instead.
The track opens with a “wind sound” emulated by means of a delayed wind drum slowed down to half speed. The ending solo on the left speaker is David Gilmour playing a regular guitar solo dueling with himself, via multi-tracking, playing slide on right speaker.
According to John Peel, Waters has described “One of These Days” as a “poignant appraisal of the contemporary social situation”. Gilmour has stated that he considers the song the most collaborative piece ever produced by the group.
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swenju wrote:
Loving the nod to Dr. Who at 2:56, makes this song even more awesome!!! :)
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skank_pit wrote:
Live at Pompeii gives me a chubby.
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oldiesfanjohn wrote:
I can`t say any one instrumentation is better over another...holy shit,it`s all great!
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FKNA1 wrote:
juicy......meaty..........mmmmmmmmmm
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anders7535 wrote:
Wishing I had managed to see them live when I had the chance!
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jpeiper wrote:
Awesome buildup. Dat bass!
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Sulisk wrote:
Mega
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Ennish wrote:
I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people wanted to be bassists after listening to this song. Frigging epic, and one of Pink Floyd's best!
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rafael_freitas wrote:
Live at Pompeii version <3
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CosmicFugue wrote:
oh man that creeping bassline got me the first time i listened to this.
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Majest1c_ wrote:
Nick's drumming on this one. Just awesome.
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BlueOclock wrote:
Hmmmmm....sounds like the prelude to a tank battle!
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Pfayal wrote:
Nick Mason drumming is amazing on this song <3 and that bass . . . . . Guitar solo . . . .
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malusienka wrote:
Doctor Who <3
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Emojk wrote:
Just the same. Wow.
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lychnood wrote:
After a really long time, I've finally listened to the Doctor Who theme echoing on the background. I'm amazed.
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Sheik777 wrote:
Roger kicking ass
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krustywazoo wrote:
Dat bass.
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Killia wrote:
my childhood nightmare.
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ars23 wrote:
fuckin' great/
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