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"Any Colour You Like" is the eighth track [nb 1] on The Dark Side of the Moon, [2] [3] English rock band Pink Floyd's 1973 album. It is an instrumental written by David Gilmour , Richard Wright and Nick Mason .
On Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd, the song has a different ending: instead of segueing into what would be the next track on The Dark Side of the Moon ("Any Colour You Like"), engineer and Floyd collaborator James Guthrie gave the song a cold ending, before adding a backwards piano note that would lead into the collection's next track ...
"Any Colour You Like" † David Gilmour Nick Mason Richard Wright Instrumental The Dark Side of the Moon: 1973 3:26 [6] "Apples and Oranges" ‡ Syd Barrett: Syd Barrett Non-album single 1967 3:08 [7] "Arnold Layne" ‡ Syd Barrett Syd Barrett Non-album single 1967 2:57 [8] "Astronomy Domine" [a] Syd Barrett Syd Barrett Richard Wright
The song was re-recorded for the 1981 Pink Floyd album, A Collection of Great Dance Songs, because Capitol Records refused to licence the track to Columbia Records in the United States. [26] With the help of co-producer James Guthrie , David Gilmour re-recorded the song, providing the vocals and playing all the instruments except saxophone ...
Pink Floyd. David Gilmour – guitar, lead and backing vocals, pedal steel guitar on "Shine on You Crazy Diamond," and "The Great Gig in the Sky," Synthi AKS on “On the Run,” [2] Hammond organ on "The Great Gig in the Sky" Roger Waters – bass, lead and backing vocals, additional keyboards on "Echoes" [3]
Similar to the 1973 planetarium showcase, the album played in planetariums, globally, throughout March 2023. [7] [6]During the week leading up to the box set's release a series of short videos were released on the Pink Floyd YouTube channel entitled 50 Years in a Heartbeat – the Making of The Dark Side of the Moon which include archival footage of the band speaking about the album and new ...
The lyrics describe a pastoral and dream-like scene at Grantchester Meadows in Cambridgeshire, [4] close to where fellow band member David Gilmour lived at the time. [5] This type of pastoral ballad was typical of Roger Waters' compositional approach in the late sixties and early seventies.
The song's lyrics begin with "Last night I had too much to drink / Sitting in a club with so many fools", and feature an ambivalent chorus: "I open the door to an empty room / Then I forget". The song is the first of many Pink Floyd songs to prominently feature an E minor added ninth chord . [ 5 ]