Pink Floyd — A Pillow of Winds
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A cloud of eiderdown draws around me
Softening the sound
Sleepy time when I lie with my love by my side
And she's breathing low, and the candle dies
When night comes down you lock the door
The book falls to the floor
As darkness falls and waves roll by
The seasons change, the wind is warm
Now wakes the owl, now sleeps the swan
Behold a dream, the dream is gone
Green fields, a cold rain
Is falling in a golden dawn
And deep beneath the ground the early morning sounds
And I go down
Sleepy time when I lie with my love by my side
And she's breathing low
And I rise like a bird
In the haze when the first rays touch the sky
And the night winds die
Softening the sound
Sleepy time when I lie with my love by my side
And she's breathing low, and the candle dies
When night comes down you lock the door
The book falls to the floor
As darkness falls and waves roll by
The seasons change, the wind is warm
Now wakes the owl, now sleeps the swan
Behold a dream, the dream is gone
Green fields, a cold rain
Is falling in a golden dawn
And deep beneath the ground the early morning sounds
And I go down
Sleepy time when I lie with my love by my side
And she's breathing low
And I rise like a bird
In the haze when the first rays touch the sky
And the night winds die
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A truly wonderful album. I personally think Floyd's best!!!
SkyWhip wrote:
Very cool. I had a similar situation with a family friend who was about 17 yo and I was 10 yo who gave me Yes "Fragile" and said - check it out, you might like it." Later he was surprised when I said how much I liked it, the rest is history.
My very first album given to me by my cousin…he said, “hey man, you’re really gonna dig this and don’t forget who gave it to you.”
I was 10, never the same thereafter…thanks Cous.
Very cool. I had a similar situation with a family friend who was about 17 yo and I was 10 yo who gave me Yes "Fragile" and said - check it out, you might like it." Later he was surprised when I said how much I liked it, the rest is history.
My very first album given to me by my cousin…he said, “hey man, you’re really gonna dig this and don’t forget who gave it to you.”
I was 10, never the same thereafter…thanks Cous.
I was 10, never the same thereafter…thanks Cous.
Have always really loved Meddle
EXCELLENT! I like everything that P.F. did, & ALL of their solo endeavors, except "The Wall". Everybody has different tastes. Thanx RP! 
Chez_Piggy wrote:
Cool story. Thank You for sharing it.
In high school a friend of mine went to visit family in Yugoslavia and came back with this album. He didn't like it at all. So I bought it off him and my life changed forever!
Cool story. Thank You for sharing it.
One of my favorite bands, all time
this is a very good alum
its really their first trippy one
seems to never get alot of attention
every bit as good as dark side
its really their first trippy one
seems to never get alot of attention
every bit as good as dark side
lily34 wrote:
It's an ear underwater. It's easier to see if you open the album to look at the whole picture.
anyone know what the album art is?
i keep seeing a nostril...
It's an ear underwater. It's easier to see if you open the album to look at the whole picture.
anyone know what the album art is?
i keep seeing a nostril...
i keep seeing a nostril...
Roger Waters: "Mine! All mine! I wrote it! David Gilmour hasn't an artistic cell in his body! I'm the only artist here! Don't you see my neckerchief?"
acolt wrote:
Steve Wilson was probably influenced by this album! ...eh?
This is Floyd?!? I could have sworn this was the Porcupine Tree dude getting a little more bass in his voice.
Steve Wilson was probably influenced by this album! ...eh?
such a fine album
especially on vinyl
the album cover is art, exquisite
why dont you include it in the image slider
especially on vinyl
the album cover is art, exquisite
why dont you include it in the image slider
This is of course very very good, but no better than solo Gilmour “On An Island”, which gets absolutely vilified on here.
This is Floyd?!? I could have sworn this was the Porcupine Tree dude getting a little more bass in his voice.
jwstaberow wrote:
Agree!
Moar cowbell :P
Headphone Mastery fretless silk
Agree!
Moar cowbell :P
Headphone Mastery fretless silk
Headphone Mastery fretless silk
bobcat1963 wrote:
I'm glad that you were listening to punk + new wave: most of it was all front and no back
punk + new wave: where are they now?
just when i thought 'it sounds just as boring as Pink floyd' i realised it was pink floyd....
i'm so glad punk + new wave came along in 1978!
I'm glad that you were listening to punk + new wave: most of it was all front and no back
punk + new wave: where are they now?
Definitely one of the great ones. Pink Floyd covers the spectrum. They can be heavy and psychedelic or soft and easy.
All colours of wonderful.
Great! Iconic! ...even better in FLAC w/ great studio phones, amp &DAC!
Cynaera wrote:
Floydophiles?......
I must just be getting old - Pink Floyd (are people who love this band called Floydoids?) makes me smile and sigh in contentment these days.
Floydophiles?......
idiot_wind wrote:
One could hardly be faulted for even thinking it was their best. It is different from their other work for sure.
One of their better albums. Never gets much attention.
One could hardly be faulted for even thinking it was their best. It is different from their other work for sure.
My favourite name for an album. Sounds like 'metal' when they say it on the radio. But it's a bunch of independent guys who abhor anyone "meddling" in their livelihoods, negating you by daring you to "meddle".
"Dare us".
Brilliant.
"Dare us".
Brilliant.
Still my favourite Pink Floyd album above all. Thank You RP!
wonderunit wrote:
There. Improved it for you.
I've always regarded this as a very good record
There. Improved it for you.
Rocktom60 wrote:
They still do. 10 for me as well
When I was young ,floyd give me a great
Feeling of Life. Every time a 10
Feeling of Life. Every time a 10
They still do. 10 for me as well
When I was young ,floyd give me a great
Feeling of Life. Every time a 10
Feeling of Life. Every time a 10
A Pillow of Winds? On the radio?
Lovin' it!
Lovin' it!
1003210954 wrote: Yugoslavia, great country that was, not sure for your friend`s taste.
In high school a friend of mine went to visit family in Yugoslavia and came back with this album. He didn't like it at all. So I bought it off him and my life changed forever!
jahgirl8 wrote:
not even close. sorry.
I think you will find it is an opinion, not a fact.
not even close. sorry.
I think you will find it is an opinion, not a fact.
markbrasse wrote:
not even close. sorry.
Pink Floyd at its best!
not even close. sorry.
Pink Floyd at its best!
catnip wrote:
Alan's funky breakfast?
So, you chill out to this after getting One Of These Days out of your system, you know you have Fearless just around the corner, then a couple of bits of fluff, and after, just as it all really kicks in (or you roll another number), it's time to struggle to turn the LP over and try and get your act together for what seems like an eternity of Echoes.
And then you go and eat toast with strawberry jam and black pepper on it.
Several times.
Praise be the LP and dubious smokables...
Alan's funky breakfast?
saw pink Floyd Sheffield city hall 1968 with sid barrett been a fan since
(anonymous) wrote:
I can't help it! This song always makes me start anticipating Fearless... I am like one of Pavlov's dogs...
I know right
Listening to albums... Man
It seems like I listen mostly to playlists these days.
I can't help it! This song always makes me start anticipating Fearless... I am like one of Pavlov's dogs...
I know right
Listening to albums... Man
It seems like I listen mostly to playlists these days.
midget wrote:
tony99 wrote:
'Wish' was their last decent album, IMHO.
But 'Final Cut' was released 1983. After 'Wish'!
And surely you're not suggesting 'Final Cut' is not a decent album, right?
No but he is suggesting that Animals isn't a decent album, FWIW.
Making fun of the Final Cut is okay, though. It is just Roger Waters unhinged political ramblings dumped out as if they were a coda to The Wall. Even so, no h8 intended, there is a good song or two in there somewhere.
The album did prove that Roger wasn't the be-all and end-all of Floyd and that they could move on without him. This resulted in 2 more decent albums and some tour memories, for those of us who came of age after The Wall, to last a lifetime.
I am very selective of which PF tines I can tolerate any more after a lifetime of ovwr wxposure
h8rhater wrote:
Flick sez: I don't get people who don't like Pink Floyd. It's like saying you don't like cupcakes. They're harmless, relaxing, and enjoyable.
Not that it's my favourite album, but The Wall was an anthem for the fall of apartheid in South Africa, so they aren't harmless (in a good way).
Flick sez: I don't get people who don't like Pink Floyd. It's like saying you don't like cupcakes. They're harmless, relaxing, and enjoyable.
Not that it's my favourite album, but The Wall was an anthem for the fall of apartheid in South Africa, so they aren't harmless (in a good way).
Peak Floyd!
In high school a friend of mine went to visit family in Yugoslavia and came back with this album. He didn't like it at all. So I bought it off him and my life changed forever!
Simply beautiful. I could listen to this song on endless loop for hours. And have.
One of their better albums. Never gets much attention.
In 1969 Pink Floyd played a show at a place called the sound factory in Sacramento. I didn't get to see them that.night. I couldn't come up with 3 bucks for a ticket. I did get to see them in 1970 at the Fillmore west. Apparently i got a job.
BobbyCat wrote:
Agree!
Gosh, only thing that's missing here is a "Please Play It Again Bill" button :)
Agree!
Gosh, only thing that's missing here is a "Please Play It Again Bill" button :)
Remember going to our local cinema to watch the surfing film 'Crystal Voyager', with my mate when we were both about 12 - the whole second side of Meddle is taken up by the sublime 'Echoes', which the film played in its entirety as the only accompaniment to the best surfing footage of the film.
Really like this, and I've **gulp** never heard it before. I am in the Gilmour camp, so love the guitar and vocals on this!
Cynaera wrote:
I must be even older. I still think of Meddle as "the new Pink Floyd album."
Sigh....
I must just be getting old - Pink Floyd (are people who love this band called Floydoids?) makes me smile and sigh in contentment these days.
I must be even older. I still think of Meddle as "the new Pink Floyd album."
Sigh....
On_The_Beach wrote:
Open the jacket, turn it sideways, take a step back, and the mystery will reveal itself.
Thank you On_The_Beach! I haven't owned a record in decades, so I'll see what I can find online (no hints just wtf that is eh?)
Cheers!
Ohhh! now I see it, wikipedia had this:
The album's title Meddle is a play on words; a medal, and to interfere. Storm Thorgerson originally suggested a close-up shot of a baboon's anus for the album cover photograph. He was overruled by the band, who informed him via an inter-continental telephone call while on tour in Japan that they would rather have "an ear underwater". The cover image was photographed by Bob Dowling. The image represents an ear, underwater, collecting waves of sound (represented by ripples in the water).
Open the jacket, turn it sideways, take a step back, and the mystery will reveal itself.
Thank you On_The_Beach! I haven't owned a record in decades, so I'll see what I can find online (no hints just wtf that is eh?)
Cheers!
Ohhh! now I see it, wikipedia had this:
The album's title Meddle is a play on words; a medal, and to interfere. Storm Thorgerson originally suggested a close-up shot of a baboon's anus for the album cover photograph. He was overruled by the band, who informed him via an inter-continental telephone call while on tour in Japan that they would rather have "an ear underwater". The cover image was photographed by Bob Dowling. The image represents an ear, underwater, collecting waves of sound (represented by ripples in the water).
haresfur wrote:
Agree. IMO Meddle was the Pink Floyd pinacle before a long decline.
What was that album with the prism on it, again?
Yep! Dark Side of the Moon is a masterpiece, but Meddle is beyond sublime.
Agree. IMO Meddle was the Pink Floyd pinacle before a long decline.
What was that album with the prism on it, again?
Yep! Dark Side of the Moon is a masterpiece, but Meddle is beyond sublime.
An early glimpse of the genius of Gilmour.
Fantastic!!
So glad I hit the PSD !!
So glad I hit the PSD !!
hayduke2 wrote:
Open the jacket, turn it sideways, take a step back, and the mystery will reveal itself.
that cover art gets me tripping every time, just what the fuuuu..... is that strange assemblage of wet hairy skin-like mass?
Open the jacket, turn it sideways, take a step back, and the mystery will reveal itself.
that cover art gets me tripping every time, just what the fuuuu..... is that strange assemblage of wet hairy skin-like mass?
Cynaera wrote:
miss you so much, Cynaera...
love this song...
I must just be getting old - Pink Floyd (are people who love this band called Floydoids?) makes me smile and sigh in contentment these days.
miss you so much, Cynaera...
love this song...
Possibly my favorite Pink Floyd album.
I'm so blissed out I think it's time for another viewing of Heavy Metal tonight to right the Universe.
aspicer wrote:
Just thinking the same thing.
Phew! Way to redeem yourself Bill after that horrible rendition of "Mother"
Just thinking the same thing.
Phew! Way to redeem yourself Bill after that horrible rendition of "Mother" just prior.
Glad to see some other folks liked Meddle and thought it was one of their best.
FWIW, Wish You Were Here is good but Animals is excellent.
I would argue that Porcupine Tree has taken this genre to new heights..... But it is all terrific contemporary music.
haresfur wrote:
Agree. IMO Meddle was the Pink Floyd pinacle before a long decline.
What was that album with the prism on it, again?
I felt that way about the album with the prism, even after many listens of most all the previous albums—always stoned off my gourd, of course. I thought then, and now, that the prism album was truly ground-breaking. "Wish You Were Here" was a huge disappointment (to me), and I stopped following Pink Floyd—but still enjoy the old stuff from time to time.
Agree. IMO Meddle was the Pink Floyd pinacle before a long decline.
What was that album with the prism on it, again?
I felt that way about the album with the prism, even after many listens of most all the previous albums—always stoned off my gourd, of course. I thought then, and now, that the prism album was truly ground-breaking. "Wish You Were Here" was a huge disappointment (to me), and I stopped following Pink Floyd—but still enjoy the old stuff from time to time.
those areN'T PILLOWWWWWSSSSS!!!!!!
Giselle62 wrote:
I even like Saucerful of Secrets and and the very first one. Meddle is very pretty tho, isn't it?
Agree. IMO Meddle was the Pink Floyd pinacle before a long decline.
What was that album with the prism on it, again?
I even like Saucerful of Secrets and and the very first one. Meddle is very pretty tho, isn't it?
Agree. IMO Meddle was the Pink Floyd pinacle before a long decline.
What was that album with the prism on it, again?
catnip wrote:
Marmalade, I like Marmalade.
...And then you go and eat toast with strawberry jam and black pepper on it. ...
Marmalade, I like Marmalade.
Walrus_Gumbo wrote:
brilliant!
Hey Bill,
I dare you to play "Several species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave and grooving with a pict" off of Pink Floyd's 'Ummagumma" LP. That ought to shake up your listeners!
I dare you to play "Several species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave and grooving with a pict" off of Pink Floyd's 'Ummagumma" LP. That ought to shake up your listeners!
brilliant!
mikeatlarge wrote:
I even like Saucerful of Secrets and and the very first one. Meddle is very pretty tho, isn't it?
Seriously, how many of you RP listeners would know about this early of Pink Floyd if not for RP? Pink Floyd was way ahead of their time....
I even like Saucerful of Secrets and and the very first one. Meddle is very pretty tho, isn't it?
Cover me always looked like a camel's face 
Seriously, how many of you RP listeners would know about this early of Pink Floyd if not for RP? Pink Floyd was way ahead of their time....
Another great example of early Floyd
A 10 from here!!
jagdriver wrote:
Yep, me too. Just seems like the right kind of evening for it. A glass of wine, a loaf of bread, and Pink Floyd. *contented sigh*
Yep, me too. Just seems like the right kind of evening for it. A glass of wine, a loaf of bread, and Pink Floyd. *contented sigh*
Walrus_Gumbo wrote:
yes yes yes - I love Ummaguma!
Hey Bill,
I dare you to play "Several species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave and grooving with a pict" off of Pink Floyd's 'Ummagumma" LP. That ought to shake up your listeners!
I dare you to play "Several species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave and grooving with a pict" off of Pink Floyd's 'Ummagumma" LP. That ought to shake up your listeners!
yes yes yes - I love Ummaguma!
I must just be getting old - Pink Floyd (are people who love this band called Floydoids?) makes me smile and sigh in contentment these days.
romeotuma wrote:
Great song... love it... I be salivating now...
Great song... love it... I be salivating now...
Hey Bill,
I dare you to play "Several species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave and grooving with a pict" off of Pink Floyd's 'Ummagumma" LP. That ought to shake up your listeners!
I dare you to play "Several species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave and grooving with a pict" off of Pink Floyd's 'Ummagumma" LP. That ought to shake up your listeners!
done me right these last two.
whats next?
whats next?
Gil-MORE!! MORE!!
bobcat1963 wrote:
Flick sez: I don't get people who don't like Pink Floyd. It's like saying you don't like cupcakes. They're harmless, relaxing, and enjoyable.
just when i thought 'it sounds just as boring as Pink floyd' i realised it was pink floyd....
i'm so glad punk + new wave came along in 1978!
i'm so glad punk + new wave came along in 1978!
Flick sez: I don't get people who don't like Pink Floyd. It's like saying you don't like cupcakes. They're harmless, relaxing, and enjoyable.
mandolin wrote:
Now listen here you guys...
...yeah, i hear ya...
Now listen here you guys...
On_The_Beach wrote:
It's kind of "eerie", isn't it? ; )
...yeah, i hear ya... Stefen wrote:
It's kind of "eerie", isn't it? ; )
What's the photo on the album cover?
It's kind of "eerie", isn't it? ; )
Almost fell out of my guitar!
You MMMMake me happy!!!
just when i thought 'it sounds just as boring as Pink floyd' i realised it was pink floyd....
i'm so glad punk + new wave came along in 1978!
i'm so glad punk + new wave came along in 1978!
Stefen wrote:
It's a photograph of a smiling lemur with a big black eye blowing spit and snot bubbles.
What's the photo on the album cover?
It's a photograph of a smiling lemur with a big black eye blowing spit and snot bubbles.
catnip wrote:
I finally edited that track a couple of years ago so I could actually listen to it. The asylum banshee screams were too much then and now. When the track appeared on the Echoes CD compilation, it was as if the producer and I had had a little discussion prior to its release.
Yeah, and it sure is nice not to have to flip over the LP anymore, to be sure. Better yet is the advent of MP3 players stuffed with ~40GB of tracks, all of which you already know you enjoy, cuz YOU picked 'em!
(As for your taste in culinary arts, have you ever tried jalapeño jelly on a glazed donut?)
{snip} and try and get your act together for what seems like an eternity of Echoes.
I finally edited that track a couple of years ago so I could actually listen to it. The asylum banshee screams were too much then and now. When the track appeared on the Echoes CD compilation, it was as if the producer and I had had a little discussion prior to its release.
Yeah, and it sure is nice not to have to flip over the LP anymore, to be sure. Better yet is the advent of MP3 players stuffed with ~40GB of tracks, all of which you already know you enjoy, cuz YOU picked 'em!
(As for your taste in culinary arts, have you ever tried jalapeño jelly on a glazed donut?)
What's the photo on the album cover?
Its years ago i heared this song , because i gave the lp to a friend. So thanks Bill for playing PF.
> classics remain relevant. that's my definition of a classic. and so is this!
I agree. Very good definition.
Greetings, Karl
Please once more Pink Floyd.
How abouat "Wish You Were Here"?
If you don't like, please play the group "Sweet".
Like this DJ, playing songs like a boy!
Guess, the DJ is about 60 years old.
Maybe he never grows old.
Forgive my englisch!
Greetings, Karl
How abouat "Wish You Were Here"?
If you don't like, please play the group "Sweet".
Like this DJ, playing songs like a boy!
Guess, the DJ is about 60 years old.
Maybe he never grows old.
Forgive my englisch!
Greetings, Karl
catnip wrote:
BBQ potato chips dipped in melted chocolate icecream.....
So, you chill out to this after getting One Of These Days out of your system, you know you have Fearless just around the corner, then a couple of bits of fluff, and after, just as it all really kicks in (or you roll another number), it's time to struggle to turn the LP over and try and get your act together for what seems like an eternity of Echoes.
And then you go and eat toast with strawberry jam and black pepper on it.
Several times.
Praise be the LP and dubious smokables...
And then you go and eat toast with strawberry jam and black pepper on it.
Several times.
Praise be the LP and dubious smokables...
BBQ potato chips dipped in melted chocolate icecream.....
zzzzzzzzz
lingchih wrote:
Both excellent albums but Animals still is my favorite.
This album and Obscured by Clouds are about the only Pink Floyd I listen to anymore, though I'm still a fan of their more popular stuff. Both of these are incredible albums, though Meddle is the best.
Both excellent albums but Animals still is my favorite.
Thanks for the reminder. I've been meaning to buy this album for a while. I can't wait to hear Fearless again.
...a beatiful ear! of my favourite floyd album.
More_Cowbell wrote:
I used to think it looked like the face of an albino monkey (if there is such a thing), then somebody turned it sideways . . .
Close...it's an ear.
I used to think it looked like the face of an albino monkey (if there is such a thing), then somebody turned it sideways . . .
Wow Floyd that isn't depressing!! 
Too bad about the album cover.
Too bad about the album cover.This album and Obscured by Clouds are about the only Pink Floyd I listen to anymore, though I'm still a fan of their more popular stuff. Both of these are incredible albums, though Meddle is the best.
ericg wrote:
David "The Voice of Pink Floyd" Gilmour.
Every time I hear this I remember how much I appreciate Pink Floyd
David "The Voice of Pink Floyd" Gilmour.Every time I hear this I remember how much I appreciate Pink Floyd
This is a beautiful dreamscape of a song. Every time I hear it I'm taken to a languid summer afternoon.
love it love it love it
thank you bill
classics remain relevant. that's my definition of a classic. and so is this!
creepy-good, dreamy
thank you bill
classics remain relevant. that's my definition of a classic. and so is this!
creepy-good, dreamy
I always thought it was a nose. Upside-down, teh eye is in the lower left.
horstman wrote:
Close...it's an ear.
The album cover looks like Joel Murray (the sculptor's) nose. And I ain't talkin bout the one on his face!
Still have my ceramic nose pipe that is all things Woody Allen. If you're out there, I still think of you old college roommate!
Still have my ceramic nose pipe that is all things Woody Allen. If you're out there, I still think of you old college roommate!
Close...it's an ear.
The album cover looks like Joel Murray (the sculptor's) nose. And I ain't talkin bout the one on his face!
Still have my ceramic nose pipe that is all things Woody Allen. If you're out there, I still think of you old college roommate!
Still have my ceramic nose pipe that is all things Woody Allen. If you're out there, I still think of you old college roommate!
So, you chill out to this after getting One Of These Days out of your system, you know you have Fearless just around the corner, then a couple of bits of fluff, and after, just as it all really kicks in (or you roll another number), it's time to struggle to turn the LP over and try and get your act together for what seems like an eternity of Echoes.
And then you go and eat toast with strawberry jam and black pepper on it.
Several times.
Praise be the LP and dubious smokables...
ThePoose wrote:
I am a dentist, and I resemble that remark!
(I'm laughing, and it's a gas!)
perfect, nothing augments root canal like Pink Floyd
Is this the only complete album on RP?
thewiseking wrote:
aural novocaine
I am a dentist, and I resemble that remark!
(I'm laughing, and it's a gas!)
When I was young ,floyd give me a great
Feeling of Life. Every time a 10
Still does.