Seamus (song)
| "Seamus" | ||||||||||
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| Single by Pink Floyd | ||||||||||
| from the album Meddle | ||||||||||
| A-side | "One of These Days" (Japanese single) | |||||||||
| Released | October 30, 1971 (US) November 5, 1971 (UK) November 29, 1971 (US single) 1971 (Italian single) 1971 (Japanese single) |
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| Format | 7" | |||||||||
| Recorded | Morgan Studios, London May 28, 1971 AIR Studios, London August 1971 AIR Studios, London |
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| Genre | Acoustic blues | |||||||||
| Length | 2:16 | |||||||||
| Label | Harvest (UK) Capitol (US) |
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| Writer(s) | David Gilmour Roger Waters Rick Wright Nick Mason |
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| Producer | Pink Floyd | |||||||||
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"Seamus" is the fifth song on Pink Floyd's 1971 album Meddle, and uses a blues chord progression.[1][2] Years later, the song appeared in the film version of Tom Stoppard's play Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead. The song is named after the dog (belonging to Humble Pie and Small Faces leader Steve Marriott) who performed howling 'vocals' on the album version of the track.
[edit] Live at Pompeii version
Film director Adrian Maben[3] captured Pink Floyd's only live performance of "Seamus" (in a greatly altered form, excluding lyrics, and retitled "Mademoiselle Nobs") in his film Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii. To recreate the song, David Gilmour played harmonica instead of singing and Roger Waters played one of Gilmour's Stratocaster guitars. A female Borzoi (Russian Wolfhound) named Nobs, which belonged to Madona Bouglione (the daughter of circus director Joseph Bouglione), was brought to the studio to provide howling accompaniment as Seamus did in the album version. There is also an audible bass guitar in this recording, likely overdubbed during mixing of the film soundtrack at another studio, but, as with many Pink Floyd songs, it is difficult to tell who is playing it.
[edit] Personnel
- David Gilmour – acoustic guitar (Meddle), harmonica, and vocals
- Roger Waters – bass, electric guitar (Live at Pompeii)
- Richard Wright – piano
- Seamus (Meddle) – howling
- Nobs (Live at Pompeii) – howling
[edit] References
- ^ Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 1177. ISBN 1-84195-551-5.
- ^ Mabbett, Andy (1995). The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-4301-X.
- ^ Adrian Maben at the Internet Movie Database.
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