Who sang what in Pink Floyd ?

[AcrobatMan]

I am interested in knowing which song of PF is sung by which person.. especially "comf numb" - is it waters or gilmour ?
Also who wrote which song..

A detailed list would help..

Anyone can help me - guru dave included

AcrobatMan

 

[Mirrorball Man]

I can help with Comfortably Numb. Waters sang the verses and Gilmour the choruses. And in case you don't know, it's done in character - Water's is a doctor and Gilmour is the rock star Pink.

 

[DaveC]

OK, do you want me to do song-by song? Cause here it is:

If only one name is listed after a song, they sang the whole song.

PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN (1967)
1. Astronomy Domine - Syd Barrett
2. Lucifer Sam - Syd Barrett
3. Matilda Mother - Rick Wright (Syd Barrett last verse only)
4. Flaming - Syd Barrett
5. Pow R Toc H - NONE (Instrumental)
6. Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk - Roger Waters
7. Interstellar Overdrive - NONE (Instrumental)
8. The Gnome - Syd Barrett
9. Chapter 24 - Syd Barrett
10. The Scarecrow - Syd Barrett
11. Bike - Syd Barrett

A SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS (1968)
1. Let There Be More Light - Dave Gilmour
2. Remember a Day - Rick Wright
3. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun - Roger Waters
4. Corporal Clegg - Dave Gilmour (although Syd Barrett has a couple lines)
5. A Saucerful of Secrets - Dave Gilmour
6. See Saw - Rick Wright
7. Jugband Blues - Syd Barrett

MUSIC FROM THE FILM MORE (1969)
1. Cirrus Minor - Roger Waters
2. The Nile Song - Dave Gilmour
3. Crying Song - Dave Gilmour & Rick Wright
4. Up the Khyber - NONE (Instrumental)
5. Green is the Colour - Dave Gilmour
6. Cymbaline - Dave Gilmour (Roger Waters sings the film version)
7. Party Sequence - NONE (Instrumental)
8. Main Theme - NONE (Instrumental)
9. Ibiza Bar - Dave Gilmour
10. More Blues - NONE (Instrumental)
11. Quicksilver - NONE (Instrumental)
12. A Spanish Piece - No singing, but Dave Gilmour does the speaking part (he has a Mexican accent, it's hilarious!! )
13. Dramatic Theme - NONE (Instrumental)

UMMAGUMMA (1969)
Live Side
1. Astronomy Domine - Dave Gilmour & Rick Wright
2. Careful With That Axe, Eugene - Roger Waters
3. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun - Roger Waters
4. A Saucerful of Secrets - Dave Gilmour
Studio Side
1-4. Sysyphus Parts 1-4 - Rick Wright (Part 4 only)
5. Grantchester Meadows - Roger Waters
6. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered in a Cave and Grooving With a Pict - Roger Waters (speaking part)
7-9. The Narrow Way Parts 1-3 - Dave Gilmour (Part 3 only)
10-12. The Grand Vizier's Garden Party Parts 1-3 - NONE (Instrumental)

ZABRISKIE POINT (1970)
1. Heart Beat, Pig Meat - NONE (Instrumental)
2. Crumbling Land - Dave Gilmour
3. Come in Number 51, Your Time is Up - Roger Waters

ATOM HEART MOTHER (1970)
1. Atom Heart Mother Suite - NONE (Instrumental)
2. If - Roger Waters
3. Summer '68 - Rick Wright
4. Fat Old Sun - Dave Gilmour
5. Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast - Alan the Roadie

RELICS (1971)
I will only do the previously unreleased songs from Relics, all the others can be found on previous albums.
3. See Emily Play - Syd Barrett
5. Paintbox - Rick Wright
6. Julia Dream - Dave Gilmour
10. Biding My Time - Roger Waters

MEDDLE (1971)
1. One of These Days - Nick Mason (speaking part)
2. A Pillow of Winds - Dave Gilmour
3. Fearless - Dave Gilmour
4. San Tropez - Roger Waters
5. Seamus - Dave Gilmour
6. Echoes - Dave Gilmour & Rick Wright

OBSCURED BY CLOUDS (1972)
1. Obscured by Clouds - NONE (Instrumental)
2. When You're In - NONE (Instrumental)
3. Burning Bridges - Dave Gilmour & Rick Wright
4. The Gold It's In The... - Dave Gilmour & Rick Wright
5. Wot's...Uh the Deal - Dave Gilmour
6. Mudmen - Rick Wright
7. Childhood's End - Dave Gilmour
8. Free Four - Roger Waters
9. Stay - Rick Wright & Roger Waters
10. Absolutely Curtains - NONE (Movie sounds only from the film La Valle?)

THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON (1973)
1. Speak to Me - NONE (Instrumental)
2. Breathe (In the Air) - Dave Gilmour
3. On The Run - NONE (Instrumental)
4. Time - Dave Gilmour & Rick Wright
4b. Breathe Reprise - Dave Gilmour
5. The Great Gig in the Sky - Clare Torry
6. Money - Dave Gilmour
7. Us and Them - Roger Waters, Dave Gilmour & Rick Wright
8. Any Colour You Like - NONE (Instrumental)
9. Brain Damage - Roger Waters
10. Eclipse - Roger Waters

WISH YOU WERE HERE (1975)
1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-5) - Roger Waters
2. Welcome to the Machine - Roger Waters & Dave Gilmour
3. Have a Cigar - Roy Harper
4. Wish You Were Here - Dave Gilmour
5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 6-9) - Roger Waters

ANIMALS (1977)
1. Pigs on the Wing (Pt. 1) - Roger Waters
2. Dogs - Dave Gilmour & Roger Waters
3. Pigs (Three Different Ones) - Roger Waters
4. Sheep - Roger Waters
5. Pigs on the Wing (Pt. 2) - Roger Waters

THE WALL (1979)
1. In The Flesh? - Roger Waters
2. The Thin Ice - Dave Gilmour & Roger Waters
3. Another Brick in the Wall (Pt. 1) - Roger Waters
4. The Happiest Days of Our Lives - Roger Waters
5. Another Brick in the Wall (Pt. 2) - Roger Waters, Dave Gilmour, & kids from Islington Green School, London
6. Mother - Roger Waters & Dave Gilmour
7. Goodbye Blue Sky - Dave Gilmour & Roger Waters
8. Empty Spaces - Roger Waters
9. Young Lust - Dave Gilmour
10. One of My Turns - Roger Waters
11. Don't Leave Me Now - Roger Waters
12. Another Brick in the Wall (Pt. 3) - Roger Waters
13. Goodbye Cruel World - Roger Waters
14. Hey You - Dave Gilmour & Roger Waters
15. Is There Anybody Out There? - Roger Waters
16. Nobody Home - Roger Waters
17. Vera - Roger Waters
18. Bring the Boys Back Home - Roger Waters
19. Comfortably Numb - Roger Waters & Dave Gilmour
20. The Show Must Go On - Dave Gilmour
21. In The Flesh - Roger Waters
22. Run Like Hell - Roger Waters & Dave Gilmour
23. Waiting For The Worms - Dave Gilmour & Roger Waters
24. Stop - Roger Waters
25. The Trial - Roger Waters
26. Outside the Wall - Roger Waters

THE FINAL CUT (1983)
1. The Post-War Dream - Roger Waters
2. Your Possible Pasts - Roger Waters
3. One of the Few - Roger Waters
4. The Hero's Return - Roger Waters
5. The Gunner's Dream - Roger Waters
6. Paranoid Eyes - Roger Waters
7. Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert - Roger Waters
8. The Fletcher Memorial Home - Roger Waters
9. Southampton Dock - Roger Waters
10. The Final Cut - Roger Waters
11. Not Now John - Dave Gilmour & Roger Waters
12. Two Suns in the Sunset - Roger Waters

A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON (1987)
1. Signs of Life - NONE (Instrumental)
2. Learning to Fly - Dave Gilmour
3. The Dogs of War - Dave Gilmour
4. One Slip - Dave Gilmour
5. On the Turning Away - Dave Gilmour
6a. Yet Another Movie - NONE (Instrumental)
6b. Round and Around - Dave Gilmour
7. A New Machine (Pt. 1) - Dave Gilmour
8. Terminal Frost - NONE (Instrumental)
9. A New Machine (Pt. 2) - Dave Gilmour
10. Sorrow - Dave Gilmour

THE DIVISION BELL
1. Cluster One - NONE (Instrumental)
2. What Do You Want From Me? - Dave Gilmour
3. Poles Apart - Dave Gilmour
4. Marooned - NONE (Instrumental)
5. A Great Day For Freedom - Dave Gilmour
6. Wearing the Inside Out - Rick Wright
7. Take it Back - Dave Gilmour
8. Coming Back to Life - Dave Gilmour
9. Keep Talking - Stephen Hawking & Dave Gilmour
10. Lost for Words - Dave Gilmour
11. High Hopes - Dave Gilmour

Hopefully that answers your question, it took me about 45 minutes to compile totally. I can get into specifics about who sang which line and which verse and which chorus if you really want me to, but please don't want me to.

Oh, and Mirrorball Man is spot on about Comfortably Numb.

I am the guru.

 

[AcrobatMan]

excellent ..i tried finding such info on net but was unable to...

for "comf numb" - "Hello, Is there anybody in there ..Can you show me where it hurts " and "O.K. Just a little pin prick There'll
..Come on it's time to go." is sung by Waters and rest by Gilmour.
Am i right ? Just double checking - their voices are so similar..excellent vocals both ( me slightly prefer Gilmour - i think).

What about lyrics ? I assume post waters, gilmour wrote most or all..and pre-waters Waters wrote most or all..? Do you have the list for that ?

Some other questions about pink floyd..

Which band is most heavily influenced by Pink Floyd ?

Have you heard "the porcupine tree". How do you rate it ?
Because I am getting crazy about "the porcupine tree".. I really am...

As a side note, which is your fav PF album ? for me its "division bell"

Thanks again for ur effort..I will keep this list with me for future reference .... when i am listening to PF..

AcroMan
ps: currently listening "coming back to life"

 

[typhoon]

That's fairly hardcore there, Dave.

As a side note, which is your fav PF album ? for me its "division bell"

That is not a very popular opinion.

Mine's Meddle, anyhow.

 

[Mirrorball Man]

I think Animals is my fave PF album. Momentary Laps is a close second. I don't rate The Division Bell. It starts of great with Cluster One, but the rest of the songs just recycle old ideas. And in the case of Lost for Words, old songs - it's basically Wish You Were Here speeded up!

 

[AcrobatMan]

just on a side note, i have heard all albums post "dark side of moon"...and few songs of prior albums.

 

[DaveC]

excellent ..i tried finding such info on net but was unable to...

for "comf numb" - "Hello, Is there anybody in there ..Can you show me where it hurts " and "O.K. Just a little pin prick There'll
..Come on it's time to go." is sung by Waters and rest by Gilmour.
Am i right ? Just double checking - their voices are so similar..excellent vocals both ( me slightly prefer Gilmour - i think).

You got it precisely right on C. Numb. And I agree, I think Dave Gilmour has a much better singing voice than Roger Waters.

What about lyrics ? I assume post waters, gilmour wrote most or all..and pre-waters Waters wrote most or all..? Do you have the list for that ?

I will compile the list in Notepad and have it posted in a bit.

Some other questions about pink floyd..

Go for it.

Which band is most heavily influenced by Pink Floyd ?

I dunno, I guess that's really subjective. The Orb has a LOT of music that seems very "Floydian", but I guess the bands most heavily influenced by Pink Floyd would be the cover bands like Blue Floyd!

Have you heard "the porcupine tree". How do you rate it ?
Because I am getting crazy about "the porcupine tree".. I really am...

I haven't....what is it?

As a side note, which is your fav PF album ? for me its "division bell"

I think I like Animals the best, followed by Wish You Were Here, Dark Side, The Wall, Meddle, etc.

Thanks again for ur effort..I will keep this list with me for future reference .... when i am listening to PF..

AcroMan
ps: currently listening "coming back to life"

You have excellent taste, AcroMan.

The list is coming forthwith.

 

[DaveC]

Lyric Credits

PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN (1967)
1. Astronomy Domine - Barrett
2. Lucifer Sam - Barrett
3. Matilda Mother - Barrett
4. Flaming - Barrett
5. Pow R Toc H - NO LYRICS (Written by Barrett/Waters/Wright/Mason)
6. Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk - Waters
7. Interstellar Overdrive - NO LYRICS (Written by Barrett/Waters/Wright/Mason)
8. The Gnome - Barrett
9. Chapter 24 - Barrett
10. The Scarecrow - Barrett
11. Bike - Barrett

A SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS (1968)
1. Let There Be More Light - Waters
2. Remember a Day - Wright
3. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun - Waters
4. Corporal Clegg - Waters
5. A Saucerful of Secrets - Waters
6. See Saw - Wright
7. Jugband Blues - Barrett

MUSIC FROM THE FILM MORE (1969)
1. Cirrus Minor - Waters
2. The Nile Song - Waters
3. Crying Song - Waters
4. Up the Khyber - NO LYRICS (Written by Mason/Wright)
5. Green is the Colour - Waters
6. Cymbaline - Waters
7. Party Sequence - NO LYRICS (Written by Waters/Wright/Gilmour/Mason)
8. Main Theme - NO LYRICS (Written by Waters/Wright/Gilmour)
9. Ibiza Bar - Waters
10. More Blues - NO LYRICS (Written by Waters/Wright/Gilmour/Mason)
11. Quicksilver - NO LYRICS (Written by Waters/Wright/Gilmour/Mason)
12. A Spanish Piece - Gilmour
13. Dramatic Theme - NO LYRICS (Written by Waters/Wright)

UMMAGUMMA (1969)
Live Side
1. Astronomy Domine - Barrett
2. Careful With That Axe, Eugene - Waters
3. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun - Waters
4. A Saucerful of Secrets - Waters
Studio Side
1-4. Sysyphus Parts 1-4 - Wright
5. Grantchester Meadows - Waters
6. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered in a Cave and Grooving With a Pict - Waters
7-9. The Narrow Way Parts 1-3 - Gilmour)
10-12. The Grand Vizier's Garden Party Parts 1-3 - NO LYRICS (Written by Mason)

ZABRISKIE POINT (1970)
1. Heart Beat, Pig Meat - NO LYRICS (Written by Waters)
2. Crumbling Land - Waters
3. Come in Number 51, Your Time is Up - Waters

ATOM HEART MOTHER (1970)
1. Atom Heart Mother Suite - NO LYRICS (Written by Mason/Gilmour/Waters/Wright/Geesin)
2. If - Waters
3. Summer '68 - Wright
4. Fat Old Sun - Gilmour
5. Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast - Waters

RELICS (1971)
I will only do the previously unreleased songs from Relics, all the others can be found on previous albums.
3. See Emily Play - Barrett
5. Paintbox - Wright
6. Julia Dream - Waters
10. Biding My Time - Waters

MEDDLE (1971)
1. One of These Days - NO LYRICS (Written by Waters/Wright/Gilmour/Mason)
2. A Pillow of Winds - Waters/Gilmour
3. Fearless - Waters/Gilmour
4. San Tropez - Waters
5. Seamus - Waters
6. Echoes - Waters

OBSCURED BY CLOUDS (1972)
1. Obscured by Clouds - NO LYRICS (Written by Waters/Gilmour
2. When You're In - NO LYRICS (Written by Waters/Gilmour/Wright/Mason)
3. Burning Bridges - Wright
4. The Gold It's In The... - Waters
5. Wot's...Uh the Deal - Waters
6. Mudmen - Wright
7. Childhood's End - Gilmour
8. Free Four - Waters
9. Stay - Wright
10. Absolutely Curtains - NO LYRICS (Written by Waters/Gilmour/Wright/Mason)

THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON (1973)
1. Speak to Me - NO LYRICS (Written by Mason)
2. Breathe (In the Air) - Waters
3. On The Run - NO LYRICS (Written by Gilmour/Waters)
4. Time - Waters
4b. Breathe Reprise - Waters
5. The Great Gig in the Sky - NO LYRICS (Written by Wright)
6. Money - Waters
7. Us and Them - Waters
8. Any Colour You Like - NO LYRICS (Written by Gilmour/Mason/Wright)
9. Brain Damage - Waters
10. Eclipse - Waters

WISH YOU WERE HERE (1975)
1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-5) - Waters
2. Welcome to the Machine - Waters
3. Have a Cigar - Waters
4. Wish You Were Here - Waters
5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 6-9) - Waters

ANIMALS (1977)
1. Pigs on the Wing (Pt. 1) - Waters
2. Dogs - Waters
3. Pigs (Three Different Ones) - Waters
4. Sheep - Waters
5. Pigs on the Wing (Pt. 2) - Waters

THE WALL (1979)
1. In The Flesh? - Waters
2. The Thin Ice - Waters
3. Another Brick in the Wall (Pt. 1) - Waters
4. The Happiest Days of Our Lives - Waters
5. Another Brick in the Wall (Pt. 2) - Waters
6. Mother - Waters
7. Goodbye Blue Sky - Waters
8. Empty Spaces - Waters
9. Young Lust - Waters
10. One of My Turns - Waters
11. Don't Leave Me Now - Waters
12. Another Brick in the Wall (Pt. 3) - Waters
13. Goodbye Cruel World - Waters
14. Hey You - Waters
15. Is There Anybody Out There? - Waters
16. Nobody Home - Waters
17. Vera - Waters
18. Bring the Boys Back Home - Waters
19. Comfortably Numb - Waters
20. The Show Must Go On - Waters
21. In The Flesh - Waters
22. Run Like Hell - Waters
23. Waiting For The Worms - Waters
24. Stop - Waters
25. The Trial - Waters
26. Outside the Wall - Waters

THE FINAL CUT (1983)
1. The Post-War Dream - Waters
2. Your Possible Pasts - Waters
3. One of the Few - Waters
4. The Hero's Return - Waters
5. The Gunner's Dream - Waters
6. Paranoid Eyes - Waters
7. Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert - Waters
8. The Fletcher Memorial Home - Waters
9. Southampton Dock - Waters
10. The Final Cut - Waters
11. Not Now John - Waters
12. Two Suns in the Sunset - Waters

A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON (1987)
1. Signs of Life - NO LYRICS (Written by Gilmour/Ezrin)
2. Learning to Fly - Gilmour
3. The Dogs of War - Gilmour
4. One Slip - Gilmour/Manzanera
5. On the Turning Away - Gilmour/Moore
6a. Yet Another Movie - NO LYRICS (Written by Gilmour/Leonard)
6b. Round and Around - Gilmour
7. A New Machine (Pt. 1) - Gilmour
8. Terminal Frost - NO LYRICS (Written by Gilmour)
9. A New Machine (Pt. 2) - Gilmour
10. Sorrow - Gilmour

THE DIVISION BELL
1. Cluster One - NO LYRICS (Written by Wright/Gilmour)
2. What Do You Want From Me? - Gilmour/Samson
3. Poles Apart - Gilmour/Samson
4. Marooned - NO LYRICS (Written by Wright/Gilmour)
5. A Great Day For Freedom - Gilmour/Samson
6. Wearing the Inside Out - Moore
7. Take it Back - Gilmour/Ezrin/Samson/Laird-Clowes
8. Coming Back to Life - Gilmour
9. Keep Talking - Gilmour
10. Lost for Words - Gilmour/Samson
11. High Hopes - Gilmour/Samson

And there's yer lyric writers.

 

[typhoon]

6a. Yet Another Movie - NO LYRICS (Written by Gilmour/Leonard)
6b. Round and Around - Gilmour

My memory's a bit spotty on the Floyd, but I think you got those the wrong way around.

just on a side note, i have heard all albums post "dark side of moon"...and few songs of prior albums.

Well, get the rest. Atom Heart Mother and Meddle especially. Piper at the Gates of Dawn and Obscured By Clouds are pretty good too, if somewhat overrated.

It starts of great with Cluster One, but the rest of the songs just recycle old ideas.

Maybe, but "High Hopes" rules.

 

[DaveC]

Ah. You are right. Alas, I can't edit it now. Oh well. :\

 

[AcrobatMan]

thanks dave...

 

[DaveC]

Anytime. Anything else?

 

[hiphop]

That?s awesome, Dave!

I really like The Piper... best, maybe. Roger toured Europe a while ago, and it rocked.

If you like some fun, check "Dub Side of the Moon", a full-fledged reggae version of the whole album, by the Easy Star Allstars.

 

[DaveC]

Glad somoene enjoyed it.

 

[EvolutionMonkey]

Hey DaveC do you know of a recording of a jam where they were playing or practicing the Dark Side of The Moon songs. It essentially sounds like a jam but man o man when i first heard it from a friend of mine 13 years ago it stunned my mind but i lost touch with that guy and i kind off forgot about it but i wanna know if you heard it.

 

[DaveC]

Hahaha, hey.

I know of lots of RoIO's of them jamming out Dark Side songs.

I actually have one of a concert they did at the Rainbow Theatre in London in 1972 (before the album was released), and they're all very early versions of DSotM songs (On the Run wasn't even written yet, so they play a 6 minute long guitar/keyboard jam called "The Travel Song"...better than On the Run, and I wish they had have kept it), in fact it was one of the very first shows that they played the Dark Side songs at. Great Gig in the Sky is a lot of pipe organ playing with a sermon behind it. Any Colour You Like doesn't exist except in a very odd swooshing noise.

It's great. I can send it to you if you have an inbox with lots of room.