- Summer '68
Song_infobox
Name = Summer '68
Artist =Pink Floyd
Album =Atom Heart Mother
Released =October 10 ,1970
track_no = 3
Recorded = July1970
Abbey Road,London
Genre =Progressive rock
Length = 5:28
Writer = Richard Wright
prev = If
prev_no = 2
next =Fat Old Sun
next_no = 4"Summer '68" is a song byPink Floyd on their album "Atom Heart Mother ". Written and sung by Richard Wright, it is about a one night stand, likely with a groupie, and the return to habitual life [ [http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=4016 Summer '68 by Pink Floyd Songfacts ] ] . The soft piano intro contrasts with the bombastic trumpet solo breaks in the middle and end of the song, the latter breaks echoing the "Father's Shout" theme from the "Atom Heart Mother" suite. Unlike the classical-inspiredSysyphus onUmmagumma , "Summer '68" sees Wright returning to lyrical rather than instrumental song writing.The song also hints at the tedium of touring and a desire to escape from it all: 'My friends are lying in the sun, I wish that I was there...'
Personnel
*Richard Wright -
Vocals ,Piano , Organ
*Roger Waters - Bass
*David Gilmour - Acoustic guitar.Background Vocals
*Nick Mason - Drums
*Abbey Road Session Pops Orchestra - brassReferences
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