In case you don't know, A Pillow of Winds is a Pink Floyd song on their Meddle album. It doesn't sound like classic rock at all. It's sung in a sweet, whispery voice. It's centered around an acoustic guitar. There's a few prominent guitar slides (country sounding) in the song. It never gets very loud or rock-y sounding (It's not One of These Turns styled). Please, could someone tell me what they think it is?
2007-03-25 13:32:38 · 2 answers · asked by Leafy 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
"Pillow Of Winds," to me, is a brief return to the dreamy psychacoustomelodic sound they had championed from parts of "The man and the Journey" or "Massed Gadgets of Auximenes" to soundtrack to "More." With the opening track of Meddle gripping us with its post/proto-metal sound that would later evolve into the sonic layering and electronic wizardry most casual Floyd fans would recognize, the album's second track not only serves as a counterpoint, or release from that built tension, but also serves as a reminder of the simple textures and structure that is the foundation of any Floyd song, no matter how out-there the sound gets. Even in the Syd days, The Floyd were just a blues band. Pillow of Winds is a stripped down blues tune with their own harmonic and melodic approach, that is if I were pressed to classify. But pick each tune from Meddle and try to classify. They may all be blues in form. But in outcome the only answer can be Floydy.
2007-03-27 11:20:00 · answer #1 · answered by Kenny k 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's kinnda folk or blues, like Grantchester Meadows. I would say it leans towards folk.
2007-03-25 13:49:09 · answer #2 · answered by meep meep 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋