The Narrow Way

The Narrow Way

Song infobox
Name = The Narrow Way


Artist = Pink Floyd
Album = Ummagumma
Released = October 1969
track_no = 7-9
Recorded = June 1969
Genre = Psychedelic rock
Progressive rock
Length = 12:17
Writer = David Gilmour
Label = Harvest Records
Producer = Norman Smith
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next_no = 10-12"The Narrow Way" is a section on the studio half of Pink Floyd's fourth album Ummagumma. It was written by David Gilmour and is divided into three parts.

Part 1 of the song was called "Baby Blues Shuffle in D minor" when played by the band on a BBC broadcast on December 2nd, 1968; it also strongly resembles the tracks "Rain in the Country (take 1)" and "Unknown Song" recorded (but eventually not used) for the soundtrack of Michelangelo Antonioni's film "Zabriskie Point" in November/December 1969. This portion features layered acoustic guitar with some spacey effects overtop.

Part 2 features an electric guitar and percussion which modulate heavily at the end, forming a drone that leads into Part 3. This final part features Gilmour on vocals backed by a soft electric guitar piece. Part 3 of the song was incorporated into The Man and the Journey on their 1969 tour.

At one point, Gilmour had the whole song written down, except for the lyrics. He then went to see Roger Waters and asked him to write lyrics for his song. Waters simply replied: "No."

Personnel

*David Gilmour - Guitars, Vocals, Bass, mellotron, piano, drums


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