Childhood's End (song)
| Childhood's End | |
|---|---|
| Pink Floyd | |
| publication | June 3, 1972 ( UK ) - June 15, 1972 ( US ) |
| length | 4:33 |
| Genre (s) | Avant-garde rock , progressive rock , blues rock , hard rock |
| Author (s) | David Gilmour |
| Publisher (s) | Harvest Records |
| album | Obscured by clouds |
Childhood's End is a song by British rock band Pink Floyd that appeared on the 1972 album Obscured by Clouds .
Up until the 1987 release of A Momentary Lapse of Reason , Childhood's End was the last song David Gilmour composed for Pink Floyd. Inspired Childhood's End by 1953 and published in the English original of the same science fiction -Novelle The last generation of Arthur C. Clarke . Coincidentally, the novel also influenced the band Genesis at the same time, who immortalized the text in Watcher of the Skies on their fourth studio album Foxtrot (1972).
There is hardly any correspondence between the text of the song and the text of the novel.
Live versions
Childhood's End played Pink Floyd during their European tour in late 1972 and on their subsequent American tour until March 1973. The live versions stood out from the studio versions by the effect that they had a fairly long instrumental Mittelbau between the stanzas 2 and 3 and a step higher, in F sharp instead of E minor , were played. These versions sometimes lasted over 10 minutes, for example at the International Amphitheater in Chicago, Illinois in March 1973.
Staffing
- David Gilmour - acoustic guitar , electric guitars and lead vocals
- Roger Waters - electric bass
- Richard Wright - Hammond organ , EMS VCS 3 - synthesizer , Farfisa organ
- Nick Mason - drums
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Andy Mabbett, The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd , London: Omnibus Press, (1995). ISBN 0-7119-4301-X .
- ^ Martin C. Strong, The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.), Edinburgh: Canongate Books, p. 1177 (2004). ISBN 1-84195-551-5 .
- ↑ 1972 tour dates / concerts
- ↑ 1973 tour dates / concerts
- ↑ Overview of the tracks
- ↑ Pink Floyd 1973-03-07 / International Amphitheater, Chicago, IL