Corporal Clegg
| Corporal Clegg | |
|---|---|
| Pink Floyd | |
| publication | June 29, 1968 |
| length | 4:06 |
| Genre (s) | Progressive rock , psychedelic rock |
| text | Roger Waters |
| music | Roger Waters |
| album | A Saucerful of Secrets |
Corporal Clegg is a song by the British band Pink Floyd that was released on their second album A Saucerful of Secrets in 1968. It was written by Roger Waters and recorded with David Gilmour and Nick Mason as singers. One of the instruments used in the coda is a kazoo .
background
The song is about a soldier who lost a leg in World War II . This is the first time Pink Floyd has mentioned war in a song. This later became one of the central themes in the lyrics of Roger Waters (especially on The Final Cut ), who lost his father in the 1944 war. Waters described the song to Mojo magazine as autobiographical. He explained: Corporal Clegg is about my father and his victims in World War II. It's a bit sarcastic, the idea of a wooden leg as something you won in war like a trophy . The song later shows how an officer Clegg was rescued from the parades because of his missing leg.
Although it was never performed live, two videos exist with the song. The first was recorded on Belgian television on 19 or 20 February 1968 and shows the band during playback . The second is from a recording on July 22, 1969 by the SDR . It shows the band members having dinner together in officers' uniforms, during which the situation escalates into a food fight after an accidental splash of wine. In addition, archive images of wars and the music-making band are woven in.
Musician
- David Gilmour - guitar , vocals , kazoo
- Richard Wright - organ , vocals
- Roger Waters - bass
- Nick Mason - drums , percussion , vocals
literature
- Julian Palacios: Syd Barrett & Pink Floyd: Dark Globe , London, Plexus, 2010 - 443 pages. ISBN 978-0-85965-431-9 .
Individual evidence
- ^ A Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey , Harmony Books (1991), page 132. ISBN 0517576082
- ^ Corporal Clegg Songfacts
- ^ Povey, Glenn: The Complete History of Pink Floyd, 2006, p. 91
- ^ Povey, Glenn: The Complete History of Pink Floyd, 2006, p. 111