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==Composition==
==Composition==
Andy Kellman of [[AllMusic]] declared 'The Nile Song' to be "one of the [[Heavy metal music|heaviest]] songs the band ever recorded".<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000309068|label=Pink Floyd - Relics|first=Andy|last=Kellman|accessdate=September 27, 2015}}</ref> The [[chord progression]] is a series of [[Modulation (music)|modulation]]s, beginning at A and then rising a whole step with each repeat, cycling through six different keys, returning to the starting point of A and continuing this pattern as the song fades out.<ref>''Pink Floyd: Anthology'' (1980 Warner Bros. Publications, Inc., Secaucus N.J.)</ref> The song's style has been described as heavy metal,<ref>{{cite book|author=Andy Mabbett|title=Pink Floyd- The music and the mystery: The Music and the Mystery|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kob468t1j6oC&pg=PT75|date=28 September 2010|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-85712-418-0|page=75}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Pink Floyd- Uncensored on the Record|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qrwU8wouZX4C&pg=PT37|publisher=Coda Books Ltd|isbn=978-1-908538-27-7|page=37}}</ref> [[acid rock]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lVlHDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA72|title=Reinventing Pink Floyd: From Syd Barrett to the Dark Side of the Moon|last=Kopp|first=Bill|date=2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781538108284|page=72}}</ref> and [[hard rock]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Mark Fogarty|title=Went to See the Gypsy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T0euZbWPvXUC&pg=PA293|date=14 August 2008|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-1-4357-5140-8|page=293}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Riley Haas|title=The Beatles Are the Greatest Rock Band of All Time and I Can Prove It|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b1zpAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT241|date=13 September 2013|publisher=Riley Haas|isbn=978-0-9921513-0-0|page=241}}</ref>
Andy Kellman of [[AllMusic]] declared "The Nile Song" to be "one of the [[Heavy metal music|heaviest]] songs the band ever recorded".<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000309068|label=Pink Floyd - Relics|first=Andy|last=Kellman|accessdate=September 27, 2015}}</ref> The [[chord progression]] is a series of [[Modulation (music)|modulation]]s, beginning at A and then rising a whole step with each repeat, cycling through six different keys, returning to the starting point of A and continuing this pattern as the song fades out.<ref>''Pink Floyd: Anthology'' (1980 Warner Bros. Publications, Inc., Secaucus N.J.)</ref> The song's style has been described as heavy metal,<ref>{{cite book|author=Andy Mabbett|title=Pink Floyd- The music and the mystery: The Music and the Mystery|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kob468t1j6oC&pg=PT75|date=28 September 2010|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-85712-418-0|page=75}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Pink Floyd- Uncensored on the Record|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qrwU8wouZX4C&pg=PT37|publisher=Coda Books Ltd|isbn=978-1-908538-27-7|page=37}}</ref> [[acid rock]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lVlHDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA72|title=Reinventing Pink Floyd: From Syd Barrett to the Dark Side of the Moon|last=Kopp|first=Bill|date=2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781538108284|page=72}}</ref> and [[hard rock]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Mark Fogarty|title=Went to See the Gypsy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T0euZbWPvXUC&pg=PA293|date=14 August 2008|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-1-4357-5140-8|page=293}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Riley Haas|title=The Beatles Are the Greatest Rock Band of All Time and I Can Prove It|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b1zpAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT241|date=13 September 2013|publisher=Riley Haas|isbn=978-0-9921513-0-0|page=241}}</ref>


==Personnel==
==Personnel==

Revision as of 20:30, 31 July 2021

"The Nile Song"
Single by Pink Floyd
from the album More
B-side
Released1969 (1969)
RecordedFebruary 1969
Genre
Length3:27
Label
Songwriter(s)Roger Waters
Producer(s)Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd singles chronology
"Point Me at the Sky"
(1968)
"The Nile Song"
(1969)
"One of These Days"
(1971)

"The Nile Song" is the second song from Pink Floyd's 1969 album, More, the soundtrack to the film of the same name[1][2] and Relics in 1971. Released as a single in 1969 (only in France, Japan and New Zealand),[3] it was written by Roger Waters and sung by David Gilmour. It is similar to another song on the album, "Ibiza Bar". While the song was never performed live by Pink Floyd, the song was played by Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets in 2018.[4]

While the rest of the More album was issued in true stereo, "The Nile Song" was mixed in mono and processed into Duophonic stereo for release. A proper mono mix was eventually issued on the album's 2011 CD remaster.[citation needed]

Composition

Andy Kellman of AllMusic declared "The Nile Song" to be "one of the heaviest songs the band ever recorded".[5] The chord progression is a series of modulations, beginning at A and then rising a whole step with each repeat, cycling through six different keys, returning to the starting point of A and continuing this pattern as the song fades out.[6] The song's style has been described as heavy metal,[7][8] acid rock[9] and hard rock.[10][11]

Personnel

Covers

"The Nile Song" was covered by:

References

  1. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 1177. ISBN 1-84195-551-5.
  2. ^ Mabbett, Andy (1995). The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-4301-X.
  3. ^ "The Official Site". Pink Floyd. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  4. ^ https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/nick-mason/2018/the-half-moon-london-england-3bed3048.html
  5. ^ Kellman, Andy. Pink Floyd - Relics at AllMusic. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  6. ^ Pink Floyd: Anthology (1980 Warner Bros. Publications, Inc., Secaucus N.J.)
  7. ^ Andy Mabbett (28 September 2010). Pink Floyd- The music and the mystery: The Music and the Mystery. Omnibus Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-85712-418-0.
  8. ^ Pink Floyd- Uncensored on the Record. Coda Books Ltd. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-908538-27-7.
  9. ^ Kopp, Bill (2018). Reinventing Pink Floyd: From Syd Barrett to the Dark Side of the Moon. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 72. ISBN 9781538108284.
  10. ^ Mark Fogarty (14 August 2008). Went to See the Gypsy. Lulu.com. p. 293. ISBN 978-1-4357-5140-8.
  11. ^ Riley Haas (13 September 2013). The Beatles Are the Greatest Rock Band of All Time and I Can Prove It. Riley Haas. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-9921513-0-0.
  12. ^ "Human Instinct* - Pins In It". Discogs. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  13. ^ "The Necros* - Tangled Up". Discogs. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  14. ^ "Red Temple Spirits - Dancing To Restore An Eclipsed Moon". Discogs. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  15. ^ "Morlocks* - Wake Me When I'm Dead". Discogs. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  16. ^ "Voivod* - The Outer Limits". Discogs. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  17. ^ "Dreadnaught - One Piece Missing". Discogs. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  18. ^ "Gov't Mule Concert Setlist Jones Beach State Park, NY July 12, 2018".