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"A Pillow of Winds" is the second track from Pink Floyd's 1971 album Meddle.[2][3]

"A Pillow of Winds"
Song by Pink Floyd
from the album Meddle
Published	Pink Floyd Music Publ
Released	30 October 1971 (US) 5 November 1971 (UK)
Recorded	21 March – 27 August 1971[1]
Studio	Morgan Studios, AIR Studios
Genre	Psychedelic folk
Length	5:13
Label	Harvest
Songwriter(s)	David Gilmour Roger Waters
Producer(s)	Pink Floyd

Music and lyrics

This soft acoustic love song[4] may be quite uncharacteristic of the band's previous and future material. Guitarist David Gilmour composed the chord sequence using an open E tuning (EBEG#BE), played in a series of arpeggios, composed the melody and maybe part of the lyrics (along with Roger Waters).[4] This song also features slide guitar work by Gilmour, as well as a fretless bass[4] played by Waters. 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. Both the E major and E minor chords feature the ninth, making this song one of many Pink Floyd songs to feature a prominent E minor added ninth chord, "Em(add9)". Throughout most of the song, the bass line remains on E as a pedal point, creating a drone. A chord named "G#m/E" is more accurately called an E major seventh chord, "Emaj7", and a "Bm/E" is just as equally named an "E7sus2". In the instrumental interlude, however, the chords change completely to A minor and B minor chords, leaving the E bass drone for a time before returning to E major.[5]

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.[6]

Reception

In a review for the Meddle album, Jean-Charles Costa of Rolling Stone described "A Pillow of Winds", along with "San Tropez", as an "ozone ballad". He further described the two as "pleasant little acoustic numbers hovering over a bizarre back-drop of weird sounds".[7] Classic Rock Review described "A Pillow of Winds" as "a soft acoustic love song" that's reminiscent of previous albums Ummagumma and Atom Heart Mother. They went on further, saying: "this second song could not be in more contrast to the first one".[8]

Personnel

• David Gilmour – double-tracked lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, electric and acoustic slide guitars, pedal steel guitar
• Richard Wright – Hammond organ, piano
• Nick Mason – hi-hats
• Roger Waters – fretless bass

References

External links

На других языках

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[de] A Pillow of Winds

A Pillow of Winds ist ein Musikstück auf dem 1971 veröffentlichten Musikalbum Meddle der britischen Rockband Pink Floyd. Es ist der zweite Titel des Albums.

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- [en] A Pillow of Winds

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[es] A Pillow of Winds

"A Pillow of Winds" es la segunda canción del álbum Meddle de 1971 de Pink Floyd. La canción es una pieza suave y acústica, y no caracterizando a la banda, la letra menciona el amor. El guitarrista David Gilmour compuso la música y Roger Waters escribió la letra. La canción también incluye una parte con slide de guitarra de la mano de Gilmour. La canción empieza y termina en la escala de Mi mayor, con una parte más oscura, siguiendo la letra and the candle dies (del inglés y la vela muere) en su paralela menor, Mi menor.

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[ru] A Pillow of Winds

«A Pillow of Winds» (с англ. — «Ложе ветров») — песня группы Pink Floyd с альбома Meddle (1971). Представлена на первой стороне LP вторым по счёту треком[1][2][3]. «A Pillow of Winds» ни разу не исполнялась на концертах группы так же, как и «Fearless» и «San Tropez» с альбома Meddle[4].

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