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The Nile Song

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Released
  
March 1969 (1969-03)

Recorded
  
February 1969

Length
  
3:26

Format
  
7" single

Genre
  
Hard rock heavy metal

B-side
  
"Ibiza Bar" (France and New Zealand) "Main Theme" (Japan)

"The Nile Song" is the second song from Pink Floyd's 1969 album, Soundtrack from the Film More. Released as a single in 1969 (only in France, Japan and New Zealand), it was written by Roger Waters and sung by David Gilmour. It is similar to another song on the album Ibiza Bar.

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Reception

Andy Kellman of Allmusic describes "The Nile Song" as "one of the heaviest songs the band recorded". 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 the pattern as the song fades out.

Personnel

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

    • Covers

    "The Nile Song" was covered by:

  • The Human Instinct, on their 1971 album Pins In It
  • The Necros, on their 1986 album Tangled Up
  • Red Temple Spirits, on their 1988 album Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon
  • The Melvins, live at UCLA in 1993
  • Panthers, on their 2004 album Things Are Strange
  • The Morlocks, on their 1991 album Wake Me When I'm Dead
  • Voivod, on their 1993 album, The Outer Limits
  • Dreadnaught, on their 2001 EP One Piece Missing.

    • References

    The Nile Song Wikipedia
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