Flaming (Pink Floyd song)
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| Single by Pink Floyd from the album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn |
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| B-side | "The Gnome" | ||||
| Released | August 5, 1967 | ||||
| Recorded | March/June 1967 | ||||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock | ||||
| Length | 2:46 | ||||
| Label | Tower/Capitol (US) | ||||
| Writer(s) | Syd Barrett | ||||
| Producer | Norman Smith | ||||
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"Flaming" is a song by psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, and is featured in their debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. The song, written by Syd Barrett, is basically a child-like game scenario between two friends, hence "Lazing in the foggy dew". After David Gilmour joined the band, the song remained in the playlist for a short while in 1968.
This was also the third U.S. Pink Floyd single (Tower 378). The single did not chart. The mono US single mix of Flaming is slightly edited from other stereo or mono versions of the recording. This U.S. single was released in place of Apples and Oranges b/w Paint Box which had just recently failed to break into the U.K. charts.
It was the first of two U.S. Pink Floyd singles released on the Tower Records label that were not released on a single in the U.K. The other U.S. single not released in the U.K. was Let There Be More Light/Remember a Day (Tower 440.)
[edit] Alternative and Live versions
Post-Barrett live incarnations of the song are often mocked by fans; its happy, surreal lyrics were entirely different from anything in Pink Floyd's setlist that year, and the lead vocals were delivered by David Gilmour in an amazingly unenthusiastic voice (video bootlegs of the song in 1968 show Gilmour with an extremely unhappy expression on his face as he sang it). The song opened with a very uncharacteristic slide whistle played by Roger Waters.
[edit] Personnel
- Syd Barrett - Guitar and Vocals
- Richard Wright - Keyboards
- Roger Waters - Bass and Slide whistle
- Nick Mason - Drums and Percussion
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