![]() The band came up with 'Breast Milky' and 'Funky Dung' after designer Storm Thorgeson delivered the bovine cover. Geesin suggested some titles, such as 'Father's Shout', sparked by his admiration for Earl "Fatha" Hines. So they divided it into six sections purely for commercial reasons. a fifth of the record rather than half of it. But Floyd manager Steve O'Rourke pointed out that, under American publishing rules, each track – no matter how long – would be treated as one song. "On the score the piece was divided into sections A to Q, but we assumed it was one track," Geesin told Irvin. "When the album appeared in October 1970 with its famous cover image of a cow, the Atom Heart Mother Suite had six sections. The headline read: "Atom heart mother named". Waters flicked through the paper and his eyes lit on a small story about a woman, Constance Ladell, who'd just been fitted with a prototype pacemaker that contained traces of radioactive plutonium. During a break, Geesin pointed to that day's Evening Standard. Roger Waters didn't consider either of the working titles sufficiently interesting, believing they needed a better one before the afternoon's recording. "On July 18th, 1970, Floyd and Geesin were at the BBC's Paris Cinema studios in Lower Regent Street preparing a session for John Peel's Radio 1 Sunday Concerts series. Pink Floyd playing songs from Atom Heart Mother in Hyde Park, London in July 1970 taken by Tony Collins While recording it at Abbey Road in June, Geesin quarrelled with the brass players of the EMI Pops Orchestra, who had trouble getting it right, and stood down as conductor in favour of choirmaster John Aldiss. His arrangement was composed to a spare backing track laid down by Mason and Waters, with melodic suggestions by Wright and Gilmour. "During the scorching summer of 1970, Geesin, who'd met the band through Nick Mason, laboured in his top-floor studio in Ladbroke Grove on 'Epic' and the score to The Body (with songs by Waters), clad only in underpants. It could have been called Argument in E Minor for Band and Orchestra. ![]() The group's drone is on the tonic note of E, my brass drones pull and twist that in tension, up and down, never settling on it. I find my part embodies a dilemma for and against. "I've got very mixed feelings about rock music. ![]() "The opening section is clearly a critical statement about the nature of so-called 'progressive rock'," Geesin told The Word's Jim Irvin in August 2008. Ron Geesin, who'd already influenced (and collaborated with) Roger Waters, contributed to the title track and received a then-rare outside songwriting credit. It was the band's first album to reach No. "The album was released by Harvest on 2nd October 1970, having been recorded at Abbey Road Studios. Jim Irvin writing for The Word, August 2008 (Courtesy of Rock's Backpages) To many it marks the point at which Pink Floyd emerged from their post-Syd malaise and found their way forward, towards everything we remember them best for. We've collectively delved back through our archives to share a selection of historic images and features that tell the story of this remarkable record.Īlternative cover art for Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother created by Storm ThorgersonĪtom Heart Mother was the fifth studio album by Pink Floyd. To celebrate, we've put together another special collaboration with Rock's Backpages, the definitive online archive of music journalism. F D G(Solo) When that fat old sun.This week marks the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother. F D G D When that fat old sun in the sky is falling F C G Summer evening birds are calling G D Children's laughter in my ears F C G The last sunlight disappears C Bm Am7 And if you see, don't make a sound G Pick your feet up off the ground C Bm Am7 And if you hear as the warm night falls Dm A silver sound from a tongue so strange Gm Dm Sing to me, Sing to me. G Pick your feet up off the ground C Bm Am7 And if you hear as the warm night falls Dm A silver sound from a tongue so strange Gm Dm Sing to me, Sing to me. Transcribed by: Tim Corrected by : Cha 15.03.06 FAT OLD SUN Pink Floyd "Atom Heart Mother" (Gilmour) (Bells chime for a few seconds) G G G D When that fat old sun in the sky is falling F C G Summer evening birds are calling G D Summer sunday and a year F C G G The sound of music in my ears G D F C Distant bells, new mown grass smells so sweet G D By the river holding hands F C G Roll me up and lay me down C Bm Am7 And if you see, don't make a sound.
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