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"Bike" is a song by British rock band Pink Floyd, which is the final track featured on their 1967 debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.[3][4]

"Bike"
Song by Pink Floyd
from the album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Published	Magdalene Music/Essex Music
Released	5 August 1967
Recorded	21 May 1967
Genre	Psychedelic pop[1] psychedelic rock[2]
Length	3:21
Label	EMI Columbia (UK)
Songwriter(s)	Syd Barrett
Producer(s)	Norman Smith

Background

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In the song, Syd Barrett's lyrical subject shows a girl his bike (which he borrowed); a cloak; a homeless, aging mouse that he calls Gerald; and a clan of gingerbread men, because she "fits in with [his] world." With each repetition of the chorus, a sudden percussive noise is heard similar to the firing of two gunshots. The heavy reverb from these bangs immediately cuts out when the following verse begins. Towards the end of the song, he offers to take her into a "room of musical tunes". The final verse is followed by an instrumental section that is a piece of musique concrète: a noisy collage of oscillators, clocks, gongs, bells, a violin, and other sounds edited with tape techniques, apparently the "other room" spoken of in the song and giving the impression of the turning gears of a bicycle. The ending of the song fades out with a tape loop of the band members laughing reversed and played at double speed. The song was written for Barrett's then girlfriend, Jenny Spires. She is also mentioned as "Jennifer Gentle" in the song "Lucifer Sam", which is also on The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

Other album appearances

The song also appears on two Pink Floyd compilation albums: Relics (1971) and Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd (2001);[5] it serves as the closing track on both albums.

Cover versions

• P-Model covered the song for their 1984 album Another Game.[6] The lyrics were adapted by bandleader Susumu Hirasawa, who focused on Japanese lyrics that sounded similar to the English version rather than a direct translation, turning it into a parodic version. It features a toy piano sound played by a Yamaha DX7.
• The Hotrats covered the song on their 2009 album Turn Ons.[7]
• Phish has performed this song at (to date, Sept. 2015) 41 of their shows, often with drummer Jon Fishman playing a baby blue Electrolux vacuum cleaner.[8]
• The song was played by Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets in 2018.[9] "The interesting thing is how complex Syd's writing was," Mason observed. "I think we'd all agree that one of the most challenging songs is 'Bike', which has a very curious feel."[10]

Personnel

• Syd Barrett – electric guitars, double-tracked lead vocals, laughing, tape effects
• Richard Wright – piano, harmonium, tack piano, celesta, violin, double-tracked backing vocals, laughing, tape effects
• Roger Waters – bass guitar, laughing, tape effects
• Nick Mason – drums, timpani, chimes, percussion, laughing, tape effects

References

На других языках

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- [en] Bike (song)

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[es] Bike (canción)

«Bike» es una canción por la banda británica de rock psicodélico Pink Floyd, y es incluida en su álbum debut The Piper at the Gates of Dawn en 1967. En la canción, el tema lírico de Syd Barrett es mostrarle a una chica su bicicleta (que tomó prestada), una capa, un ratón sin hogar al que nombra "Gerald", y un clan de hombres de jengibre - porque ella "encaja en su mundo". Hacia el final de la canción, le ofrece ir a un "cuarto de melodías musicales". El verso final es seguido por una sección instrumental que puede ser referida como una pieza de música concreta: una combinación de osciladores, relojes, gongs, campanas, un violín, y otros sonidos editados con técnicas de grabación; es aparentemente el "otro cuarto", siguiendo la temática de la canción. El fin de la canción se desvanece con un sonido similar al de una risa maniaca con sonidos de ganso. La canción fue escrita para la entonces-novia de Barrett, Jenny Spires. Ella también es mencionada en la canción "Lucifer Sam", que también esta en The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

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[ru] Bike (песня)

«Bike» (с англ. — «Велосипед») — композиция английской рок-группы Pink Floyd, вошедшая в дебютный альбом The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967), написанная Сидом Барреттом. В британском издании представлена последним по счёту треком на второй стороне LP, в американском издании отсутствует[3][4]. Эта композиция включена также в альбомы-сборники Pink Floyd Relics (1971) и Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd (2001)[5] и Сида Баррета An Introduction to Syd Barrett (2010).

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