A Pillow of Winds
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| "A Pillow of Winds" | |||||
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| Song by Pink Floyd
from the album Meddle |
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| Released | October 30, 1971 (US) November 5, 1971 (UK) |
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| Recorded | July 1971 Morgan Studios, London August 1971 AIR Studios, London |
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| Genre | Progressive rock, folk rock | ||||
| Length | 5:11 | ||||
| Writer | David Gilmour, Roger Waters | ||||
| Meddle track listing | |||||
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"A Pillow of Winds" is the second track from Pink Floyd's 1971 album Meddle. The song is a soft acoustic piece, and rather uncharacteristically for a Pink Floyd song, the lyrics deal with love. Guitarist David Gilmour composed the track, and Roger Waters wrote the lyrics. This song also features slide guitar work by Gilmour. The song begins and ends in the key of E Major, with a darker middle section (following the lyric, "and the candle dies") in the parallel minor, E minor.
According to Nick Mason, the song's title originates from a possible hand in the game of Mahjong, with which the band had become enamoured while touring.
In this particular song the lyrics refer to an "eider down' or just simply "edier." An eider is an Alaskan duck's feathers and /or fur that is used for clothing and bedding materials. The edier down is also referred to in several other Pink Floyd songs Flaming and Julia Dream.
[edit] Personnel
- David Gilmour - Vocals, Acoustic guitar and Slide guitar
- Richard Wright - Organ
- Nick Mason - Cymbals
- Roger Waters- Bass
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