Speaking of Pink Floyd, they later released a song...

2006-04-12T07:12:00.000+01:00

Speaking of Pink Floyd, they later released a song entitled "San Tropez" on their '71 album "Meddle".

Here are the lyrics by Roger Waters:
As I reach for a peach
Slide a rind down behind
The sofa in San Tropez.
Breakin' a stick
with a brick on the sand.
Ridin' a wave
In the wake of an old sedan.

Sleepin' alone in the
Drone of the darkness,
Scratched by the sand that
Fell from my love,
Deep in my dreams and I
Still hear her callin'
"If you're alone,
I'll come home."

Backward and homebound,
The pigeon, the dove,
Gone with the wind
And the rain, on an airplane.
Owning a home
With no silver spoon,
I'm drinking champagne
Like a good tycoon.

Sooner than wait for
A break in the weather,
I'll gather my far-flung
Thoughts together.
Speeding away
On the wind to a new day.
And if you're alone
I'll come home.

And I pause for a while
By a country style
And listen to the things they say.
Diggin' for gold
With a hoe in my hand.
Open a book
Take a look at the way things stand.

And you're leading me down
To the place by the sea.
I hear your soft voice
Calling to me.
Making a date for
Later by phone
And if you're alone
I'll come home.

Nick Drake's producer and mentor, Joe Boyd, was th...

2006-04-11T11:06:00.000+01:00

Nick Drake's producer and mentor, Joe Boyd, was the guest on BBC Radio 3's Private Passions programme on April 6th 2006.

The programme can be heard via the BBC 'listen again' service until April 13th.

Joe Boyd produced and managed many of the greatest pop and folk bands of the Sixties, from Pink Floyd and Eric Clapton to Nick Drake, Fairport Convention and Kate and Anna McGarrigle. Joe has just written a book about his experiences, called White Bicycles: Making Music in the Sixties.

His personal choices were predictably eclectic, from Dinu Lipatti to the Comedian Harmonists.

They also included a track from Jan Johansson's Jazz på svenska (Jazz in Swedish), which was featured here in my article Sweden's best kept secret - Jan Johansson, an article which is consistently one of the most popular destinations On An Overgrown Path - just follow that link and listen to the audio files to find out why.

I will post the full playlist for the programme here when it is available.

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Speaking of Pink Floyd, they later released a song...

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