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"The Nile Song", written by Roger Waters and sung by David Gilmour, is the second song from Pink Floyd's 1969 album, More, the soundtrack to the film of the same name.[2][3] It was released as a single in 1969 (only in France, Japan and New Zealand),[4] and included on the 1971 compilation album Relics. While the song was never performed live by Pink Floyd, the song was played by Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets in 2018.[5]

"The Nile Song"
Single by Pink Floyd
from the album More
B-side	"Ibiza Bar" (France and New Zealand) "Main Theme" (Japan)
Released	July 1969 [1]
Recorded	February 1969
Genre	Hard rock acid rock heavy metal
Length	3:27
Label	Columbia Harvest
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)

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 feels that "The Nile Song" is "one of the heaviest songs the band ever recorded".[6] 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.[7] The song's style has been described as heavy metal,[8][9] acid rock[10] and hard rock.[11][12]

Personnel

• David Gilmour – lead vocals, guitar
• Roger Waters – bass
• Nick Mason – drums

Covers

"The Nile Song" was covered by:

• The Human Instinct, on their 1971 album Pins In It.[13]
• The Necros, on their 1986 album Tangled Up.[14]
• Red Temple Spirits, on their 1988 album Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon.[15]
• The Melvins, live at UCLA in 1993.
• Panthers, on their 2004 album Things Are Strange.^{[citation needed]}
• The Morlocks, on their 1991 album Wake Me When I'm Dead.[16]
• Voivod, on their 1993 album The Outer Limits.[17]
• Dreadnaught, on their 2001 EP One Piece Missing.[18]
• Gov't Mule, on their 2018 tour Dark Side of the Mule[19]

References

На других языках

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[de] The Nile Song

The Nile Song (dt.: Das Nil-Lied) ist ein Musikstück aus dem 1969 veröffentlichten Album More, dem Soundtrack zum dazugehörigen Film, der britischen Musikgruppe Pink Floyd. Die Band spielte in der Besetzung David Gilmour (Gitarre und Gesang), Roger Waters (Bass) und Nick Mason (Schlagzeug). Der Keyboarder Richard Wright fehlt bei der Aufnahme. Es ist der zweite Titel des Albums und wurde gemeinsam mit dem musikalisch ähnlichen Ibiza-Bar als Single ausgekoppelt.

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- [en] The Nile Song

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[es] The Nile Song

«The Nile Song» es una canción de la banda británica Pink Floyd del álbum More de 1969. Fue escrita por Roger Waters y es una de las pocas canciones de la banda donde no hay teclados.

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[ru] The Nile Song

«The Nile Song» (с англ. — «Песня Нила») — песня британской психоделической рок-группы Pink Floyd, написанная Роджером Уотерсом для кинофильма More французского режиссёра Барбета Шрёдера, выпущенного 4 августа 1969 года (песня сопровождает сцену в начале фильма, в которой главные герои, Стефан и Эстелла, встречаются на вечеринке хиппи). Музыкальный критик Энди Келлман охарактеризовал эту композицию как одно из самых «тяжёлых» произведений группы, отнеся её к стилю хеви-метал[8].

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