Mudmen (Pink Floyd song)
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"Mudmen" is an instrumental track from Pink Floyd
's 1972
album Obscured by Clouds
. The tune is similar to that of the third track on the same album ("Burning Bridges
") but develops the themes and leitmotif
s of the tune further, with the time signature
changed from 6/8 to 4/4. It is the only piece credited to Wright
/Gilmour
until "Cluster One
" from their 1994
album The Division Bell
.
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...
's 1972
1972 in music
-Events:*January 17 – Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed "Elvis Presley Boulevard"*January 20 – The début of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon at The Dome, Brighton, is halted by technical difficulties,...
album Obscured by Clouds
Obscured by Clouds
-Singles:*"Free Four"/"Stay" *"Free Four"/"The Gold It's in the..." -Personnel:Pink Floyd*David Gilmour – guitars, vocals, pedal steel guitar, VCS3*Nick Mason – drums, percussion...
. The tune is similar to that of the third track on the same album ("Burning Bridges
Burning Bridges (Pink Floyd song)
"Burning Bridges" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1972 album Obscured by Clouds. It consists of an organ melody written by Richard Wright, with Wright and David Gilmour singing the lyrics by Roger Waters as a duet.-Personnel:*David Gilmour – guitar/vocals...
") but develops the themes and leitmotif
Leitmotif
A leitmotif , sometimes written leit-motif, is a musical term , referring to a recurring theme, associated with a particular person, place, or idea. It is closely related to the musical idea of idée fixe...
s of the tune further, with the time signature
Time signature
The time signature is a notational convention used in Western musical notation to specify how many beats are in each measure and which note value constitutes one beat....
changed from 6/8 to 4/4. It is the only piece credited to Wright
Richard Wright (musician)
Richard William Wright was an English pianist, keyboardist and songwriter, best known for his career with Pink Floyd. Wright's richly textured keyboard layers were a vital ingredient and a distinctive characteristic of Pink Floyd's sound...
/Gilmour
David Gilmour
David Jon Gilmour, CBE, D.M. is an English rock musician and multi-instrumentalist who is best known as the guitarist, one of the lead singers and main songwriters in the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. In addition to his work with Pink Floyd, Gilmour has worked as a producer for a variety of...
until "Cluster One
Cluster One
"Cluster One", an instrumental, is the first track on Pink Floyd's 1994 album, The Division Bell. It is also the first Pink Floyd song credited to Wright/Gilmour since "Mudmen", from the 1972 album Obscured by Clouds....
" from their 1994
1994 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994.-January–February:*January 25 – Alice in Chains release their Jar of Flies album which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming the first ever EP to do so....
album The Division Bell
The Division Bell
The Division Bell is the fourteenth and last studio album by English progressive rock group Pink Floyd. It was released in the United Kingdom by EMI Records on 28 March 1994, and in the United States by Columbia Records on 4 April....
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