Atom Heart Mother has always been my favourite Pink Floyd album, even though the members of the band are rather embarrassed by the pomposity of it. Atom Heart Mother however is a modern classic; although it has been overshadowed in many ways by other acclaimed Pink Floyd albums.
The title track is a 25-minute opus of avant garde rock...(Here is a 7 minute section, combined with the 'stargate' sequence at the end of 2001 A Space Odyssey). httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfK4HoZYDEQ
from stirring strings, to grunting engines...marching brass...Gilmour throwing in some slide guitar and, at the other end of the spectrum, some pounding drums from Nick Mason. This really is an epic track.
.........At the core of the album are three very delightful songs - the touching 'If', Gilmour's idyllic 'Fat Old Sun' (great solo at the end...), and Wright's 'Summer '68', which contains some great uplifting piano work and melancholic brass!
It's not just the music that inspires, I also like the powerful simplicity of the cover. It has no words to identify the band. Just a photo of a cow in a field, looking at the camera lense. Storm Thorgerson who designed the cover said he simply went into fields near Potters Bar, and photographed the first cow he saw.
I've always thought that this would make a good Pop Art image, and here is my first attempt using oils on canvas. Hope you like it!
John McNally
The title track is a 25-minute opus of avant garde rock...(Here is a 7 minute section, combined with the 'stargate' sequence at the end of 2001 A Space Odyssey). httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfK4HoZYDEQ
from stirring strings, to grunting engines...marching brass...Gilmour throwing in some slide guitar and, at the other end of the spectrum, some pounding drums from Nick Mason. This really is an epic track.
.........At the core of the album are three very delightful songs - the touching 'If', Gilmour's idyllic 'Fat Old Sun' (great solo at the end...), and Wright's 'Summer '68', which contains some great uplifting piano work and melancholic brass!
It's not just the music that inspires, I also like the powerful simplicity of the cover. It has no words to identify the band. Just a photo of a cow in a field, looking at the camera lense. Storm Thorgerson who designed the cover said he simply went into fields near Potters Bar, and photographed the first cow he saw.
I've always thought that this would make a good Pop Art image, and here is my first attempt using oils on canvas. Hope you like it!
John McNally
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