Arnold Layne
| Arnold Layne | |
|---|---|
| Pink Floyd | |
| publication | March 10, 1967 |
| length | 2:52 |
| Genre (s) | Avant-garde rock , psychedelic rock |
| Author (s) | Syd Barrett |
| Publisher (s) |
Columbia ( UK ) Tower Records ( US ) |
Arnold Layne is the A-side of the first single from British rock band The Pink Floyd , later simply Pink Floyd . The band had only recently received a contract with EMI . The song, although rarely played on the radio and put on the index by Radio London because of its content, which was perceived as immoral, was the band's first chart success and, together with B-side Candy and a Currant Bun, heralded the psychedelic phase of Pink Floyd a.
The song comes from the pen of Syd Barrett , the co-founder and original frontman of the band. Although Arnold Layne did not appear on the debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn , the song can be found on several compilations , such as Relics (1971), Works (1983) and Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd (2001).
song lyrics
The song's title character is a clothing fetishist who likes to spend his time stealing women's clothing and underwear from clotheslines. According to Roger Waters , the role model for “Arnold Layne” was an angry, real person in the neighborhood. Basically, he said that both his and Syd's mother had students as tenants and that there was a boarding school for girls in the street. These would have to wash days, so almost every day, the clotheslines in the gardens of families with panties and bras hung. The fetishist used the clothes that were hung up, but - unlike the perpetrator in the song - he was never caught.
Music recording
In January 1967, Pink Floyd and her music management team Blackhill Enterprises went to the Sound Techniques studio in Chelsea to record Tonite Let's All Make Love in London . The band then recorded Matilda Mother , Chapter 24 , Interstellar Overdrive , Arnold Layne and “Let's Roll Another One” (later renamed Candy and a Currant Bun ). Nick Mason later said: “It is difficult to describe the situation we were in at the time. We had absolutely no idea what was happening to us and what was happening around us. We just wanted to be rock'n'roll stars and for that we had to do singles. 'Arnold Layne', at least we thought, was a good singlesong. "
The song was produced by the founder of the UFO Club , Joe Boyd . It was in this club that Pink Floyd began her career. In addition, Boyd had built up the production company Witchseason Productions , which in 1967 also produced Pink Floyd's first single with Arnold Layne . The single was produced in mono . A stereo version was never realized, although EMI had the prerequisites for a four-track mastering .
Music videos
Arnold Layne was one of the first songs in pop history to be shot in a music video. In late February 1967, Derek Nice produced a black and white video with the Floyds trying to dress a mannequin on the beach in East Wittering, West Sussex . This promo video was made for £ 2000 and was due to be featured on the BBC's Top of the Pops show in April of that year, but was not made after the single fell significantly in the charts .
At the end of April 1967, however, another attempt was made and Michael's Church in Highgate was chosen as the location . On this cinematic legacy, Syd Barrett mimes the vocal part of the song just before his drug-related crash began.
Track list
Both titles were written by Syd Barrett.
- Arnold Layne - 2:52
- Candy and a Currant Bun - 2:38
Staffing
- Syd Barrett - guitar , lead vocals
- Roger Waters - electric bass
- Richard Wright - keyboard , backing vocals
- Nick Mason - drums , percussion
Cover versions
2006 published David Bowie a cover version of the play and made it so that in the TOP 20 of the UK singles chart.
Individual evidence
- ^ Story of Arnold Layne ( Memento from November 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Toby Manning: The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd (1st edition), London: Rough Guides, p. 31 (2006). ISBN 1-84353-575-0 .
- ^ Rob Chapman: Syd Barrett: A Very Irregular Head (Paperback), London: Faber 2010, p. 132. ISBN 978-0-571-23855-2 .
- ↑ Nick Mason: “In fact, we really didn't want 'Arnold Layne' to be our first single. We were asked to record six numbers, pick out the best two, then find a recording company that would accept them. We recorded the first two, and they were snatched away and we were told, 'That's it!' All the record companies wanted the disc, so it was just a case of holding out for the biggest offer. By the time 'Arnold Layne' was released, we had already progressed and changed our ideas about what a good hit record should be. We tried to stop it being released but we couldn't. Still, it doesn't matter now. "
- ^ A b c Julian Palacios: Syd Barrett & Pink Floyd: Dark Globe , London: Plexus. Pp. 191 f., 201 and 212, (2010). ISBN 0-85965-431-1 .
- ^ Song facts about Arnold Layne
- ↑ "ARNOLD LANE" PINK FLOYD (MARS 1967) ( Memento of the original dated November 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
