Talk:Atom Heart Mother

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[edit] Blink-182

The Bull on this album Seems to be a reference to this cow

why would you say that? 71.243.9.197 12:05, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.83.23.213 (talk) 16:25, 18 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] the cow's name

IS Lulubelle III, i checked, you don't believe me? google the word "Lulubelle III"

[edit] Robert christgau

Get rid of the robert christgau review!

[edit] Bass guitar

Is there any sources regarding Richard Wright playing bass guitar on If? According to PF Encyclopedia Roger Waters played bass. Floyd(Norway) 01:07, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

And the article for If now says Gilmour played the bass! Both are wrong, according to the PF Encyclopedia (I checked it myself). I'll go ahead and remove both errors. (I know Gilmour played a lot of the trickier bass parts, but there's nothing tricky about this one.) --63.25.113.207 22:22, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Pink Floyd played "If" on the 16 September, 1970 at the Paris Theatre, London UK which was broadcast on BBC radio. In the introduction to the song, John Peel announced that Rick Wright would play organ and bass for the song (to allow Roger to play acoustic guitar). Perhaps this is where the idea comes from. Although, in a multitrack studio, this feat needen't be reproduced. --Seeker UK 15:35, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thorgerson

Where's the citation for Thorgerson saying he photographed the cow as the first thing he saw? Pick up a copy of Mind Over Matter: The Images of Pink Floyd by Thorgerson. He says there that he spoke with John Blake, an out of work photographer, and it was he who suggested the cow as a design. There were also two other prototype designs. It wasn't random.

Anyone care to back me up? Hinkleyp 17:36, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

The article makes it plain the concept was pre-planned. When Thorgerson says "first thing", he probably meant "first cow". I believe the quote is accurate, so it should stand, even if he didn't express himself clearly. There is a citation, but the link doesn't work anymore. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 16:18, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] American Charts

I am kinda fed up with people only giving chart details of how English bands performed in America. Floyd were not accepted in America until they became mainstream with DSOTM, so there is no point only sourcing American Charts as they never had the publicity there. Someone please find out the album chart scores for Floyd in the UK to make these things clear. Blargh —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.145.241.139 (talk) 12:12, 3 February 2007 (UTC).

Any reason you can't do that yourself? --63.25.113.207 22:24, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
It's being kept in. The Floyd's success was not over night - Meddle and the 1972 the single "Free Four", were both minor successes before Dark Side. They were grown in popularity. Doc Strange 15:37, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
I think the complaint was about the absence of UK chart info, rather than the presence of the US chart, and I agree. This problem exists for most Pink Floyd albums, but has been fixed on this one (though I'd like to see the UK chart stat appear first). It would be nice if someone took a few moments to look up all Pink Floyd albums the UK charts, using the link already found in this article. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 16:13, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
Before someone tells me I should do it myself... I dunnit! - for all Pink Floyd album pages. And where the UK chart info was already on a page, I moved it above the USA chart entry for the same year. Also cleaned up section divisions, etc. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 22:26, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Quotes

The quotes added here appear to be about the suite, not the album - note that Gilmour still plays Fat Old Sun and reportedly wanted to include it on the Echoes compilation. Anyone object to (re)moving them? Andy Mabbett 07:05, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Newspaper Headline

I won't make any changes, because there's a good chance I'm wrong, but if I'm not mistaken, the book "A Saucerful of Secrets" says that the headline of the newspaper the band got the title from simply read, "ATOM HEART MOTHER" Anybody know more about this? 24.34.215.160 00:38, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pink Fraud do a very passable performance of AHM

UK PF Tribute Band Pink Fraud do a very passable performance of AHM - saw them last week and I reckon it's the first time I've heard anyone do this. Even Ummagumma PF TB avoided this album when I saw them last year but maybe my memory is faulty. Video'd them so I hope I can post it on YT or Veoh sometime soon. Royzee 10:39, 1 October 2007 (UTC)Royzee

[edit] Don't you want to get at least the TITLE right?

Hi, someone by the name of Gurch has removed my one and only edit 'cause s/he said it was uncostructive. I was simply trying to fix the title, which is wrong. The correct title for the Pink Floyd album is ATOM EARTH MOTHER. But if you insist on having it wrong (Atom Heart Mother), that's fine with me. The donkey is not me... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.28.141.207 (talk) 09:59, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Your changes, made without explanation, and coming from an anonymous IP, have the appearance of vandalism. But since you've responded, I'll assume you made the edit with good intentions. Do you have a copy with that title on the label? If so, it's surely a misprint, and an interesting one at that. Why not make a scan of the label, and upload it as a new section of the article? Don't try to claim it's the official title, because it isn't, but do state your copy's country of manufacture, catalogue number, and year of issue, if you can find any post-1970 date on the cover. Yes, this is original reasearch, which is discouraged at Wikipedia, but if you do a proper job of it, I'm sure it would be allowed to stand. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 16:25, 23 March 2008 (UTC)