It amazes me how people post videos and manage to not put the name of the artist in the headline. That, and how they also put the name of the song first, before the name of the artist. It just irks me, that's all.
Well, the video is of Grantchester Meadows, which is a real place, not just a Pink Floyd song. I live quite near Grantchester Meadows and I know the Pink Floyd song, so I thought people who've never seen the real Grantchester Meadows might be interested to see it. It's not a video about the Pink Floyd song, it's about the place that inspired the song: the Meadows came first! It's a great song and it's a beautiful place.
@MaxGentle, Please pardon my abrasiveness. I wanted to post it on my Facebook wall, and wanted people to know who the artist was. So many people who say they are into Pink Floyd are clueless about their earlier stuff. I've often wondered if Grantchester Meadows has been ruined by people yet.
@MaxGentle Hi Max, thanks a lot for the video :). I drove passed Grantchester Meadows (the street) on a sat afternoon on the disperate attempt of finding a non-resident car park... Do you happen to know at which numer D. Gilmour grew up?
It was 106, apparently. I didn't know that but I found it uusing Google.
If you drive along Grantchester Meadows to the end, where it turns into a footpath, there's a rough area of unadopted road where you may be able to park.
TIMOTHYSAARINEN, it amazes me how ignorant some people can be. Perhaps the creator of this video may have meant it to focus on the actual place being depicted, as the pictures show - not the song. Perhaps he/she simply chose the song for obvious reasons. I could, however, be wrong. Just a plausibility. Just enjoy the song.
this song is peaceful... i love it. great job to whoever did the video, it's awsome to see what inspired roger to right the song, as i heard he spent some time with the band in the grandchester meadows. this makes the song even better. hearing and watching it. awsome.
You mean the tree at around 4:40-4:50. Yes, I noticed that similarity, of course. I didn't plan it, it just happened to be there. It's an interesting image - Mother Earth, the Celtic belief that rivers & lakes are a border between this world and the otherworld, Alice Through the Looking Glass...
This song and the vocal part of the Narrow Way are the most sane songs on the solo parts of Ummagumma. Definately an aquired taste.This from me being a floydhead.
i made a pilgramage there in the 90's while in the services, a very profound experience for me, although my wife thought i was i mad..........i highly reccomend stopping by if your in the area, however stop by the pub first and dont be a douche when your there, respect the old foot paths and leave it better than when you came....no ribenas or crisp bags in the cam please............kids 500 years from now will really enjoy it as much as anyone who goes there does
Such a wonderfully descriptive song, one of my favorite Floyd tunes. So few people recognize this particular song for the masterpiece that it is, a fleeting picture of a moment in time of simplicity and beauty.
Ummagumma can be defined as excellent, experimental concepts that weren't executed quite right (but definitely improved upon in later Pink Floyd albums). Though it is widely agreed that the live tracks are great, the studio tracks often fall short. Still worth a good listen by any serious Pink Floyd fan.
my precious brother settled me in a comfortable chair upon my return in January, 1972 from my combat tour in Vietnam and set the PACEX phones on my head and set this on the Sansui . . . i was home.
This song is way better than "stretchfull pained urination of relaxation" . And "I MADE NEW FRIENDS AND THEY DECIDED THEY HATE ME," Godbless brooms to sweep the madness. It is a NEW morning and birds are not on crack. They are just trying to fuck. And the only part of this song i understand is: ummajubumungynungynuckymuck.
Roger's memories they say, on the banks of the River Cam. It's worthy for someone to bring more perspective to the most evocative Floyd, etc. For me, this was the song that turned me on completely Having heard it on small speakers with nice separation before employing a set of headphones!
happy memories of pink floyd in birmingham 1968-73 and life as a student at cambridge 1973-77 - i still have my original umma gumma vinyl, on which this song appeared
It's a great place, can be quiet especially early morning, too many tourists at weekends. I grew up in the area and know it quite well, had friends in Granchester. Even went to a music festival on the meadows in the early 70's!
if you go back now, find a quite spot by the river, away from the paths and just listen the the bird song, it's still the same.
thanks for the vid Max. I have loved this piece of music all my life. Almost haunted by it. always suspected the boys must have been talking about a real place, the music was so inspired. would love to go there and see it
Super great song..even w/ a small note flub at 1 min and 9 seconds, that's how clear this recording is. I never heard it before. Glad the human element was left in, just as the Doors would agree.
It's at 52.180342,0.097055. Drop that into Google Maps and it will point you to it. There's a field that runs down to the river behind The Red Lion pub - that's where I shot the video. There's a path through the meadows into Cambridge - lovely walk or bike ride on a summer day!
Many many thanks. I have had this album since 1973 and last summer I was working on the Science Park and after work I cycled through this wonderfull place. The Church bells were ringing in the liitle village church at the end of the meadows. I was so magical and so Pink Floyd. In fact the bells sound as though they have been on a Floyd album...............
@RatherLargeAllan Absolutley man it could have fit into Brooke's 'Oh Grantchester'. This song was the first to turn me onto pastoral music and from there poetry of the likes of Keats et al. Waters was part of the long linkage. What a song.
Sooooo, this is the infamous Grantchester Meadows. I pictured it just this way except for maybe very early in the morning as the sun came up. That's the visual I got with the song back in the day. Thanks for the video! (:
Why are you throwing hissy fits because I think i'ts boring; if you don't care what I think your insults are pointless and if you do care what I think you've given me a complimennt because you think I'm important. Either way I win.
Having been to the meadows many times in the late 60's/early 70's, I had friends in the village. This always reminds me of those long lazy summers, both here and on the backs.
"Basking in the sunshine of a bygone afternoon, bringing sounds of yesterday into this city room"
lol. That's exactly what's happening to me right now as I listen to this. I miss the old days. I miss the glories of true nature. Sick of this grey city. I miss being young and mystic-minded and Floyded-out. Ah life, what a poignant journey.
dude this song brings back so many good memories and im only 15 i cant get enough of floyd i just me and my friend amazed when we first heard this after we went to a local record store and bought the vinyl
No disrespect intended. It's just that many Pink Floyd fans I know seem to really think it's one of their best albums. One says it's their absolute best. No way. Not even close. Don't get me wrong, I like Ummagumma, but it's got it's share of filler. If I ruffled any feathers, I apologize. I love Pink Floyd. Always will.
Beautiful place indeed!! I leave in Sicily by a green and nice sea, but I do like too much the true English countryside like this...exactly what i expected to see from listening to Pink Floyd songs...I wish I could be in those places today....thanks form sharing!!
I'm going to punt my beautiful lady from the Mill Pond in Cambridge up to Granchester Meadows this weekend, I shall take Champage, a Picnic and a blanket.......
you can hear this song in so many other groups. in my opinion this song was used by other groups in different ways. very melodic and relaxing. such a pleasant change from all their radio hits. i found this 8 track at a flea market when i was a teenager and wore out this song. but I think there is another song that i really liked off "Ummagumma", but can't find it or really remember it. thanks for the post.
That's a part of the original recording. I heard that Pink Floyd auditioned a number of flies for this part, including 'Psychedelic Superfly', who turned up to the studio wearing a day-glo cape and kinky boots and played his kazoo through a Marshall head and an array of Leslie cabs, but in the end they settled for one of the many session flies who used to hang around Abbey Road in the hope of picking up some casual work.
The name of the fly who actually played on this track remains a mystery.
my god this takes us old dudes back a bit..i dont feel old but 50 next week is rapidly on its merry way...if i toked a joint now i would sleep for a week
I remember putting on this song on a pub jukebox, and as people were coming in, they were looking around to see where the sound of the twittering birds were coming from!
Surprising that you would find this song on any jukebox these days. It's amazing, though, how these images are so similar to what I used to imagine while listening to this. What a powerful band, man.
Thank you for showing this to us. Very beautiful place and song. Looks like some of the danish rivers where I am fishing (you can see them in some of my videos).
... heard this first time as first acid trip peaked. .. on the way up was listening to king crimson 'court of crimson king. "we can never go back to the garden of eden.
ei!
rockimpetuoso 2 weeks ago
In the lazy water meadow I lay me down.
All around me golden sun flakes covering the ground.
Basking in the sunshine of a bygone afternoon
Bringing sounds of yesterday into this city room.
Hear the lark harken to the barking of the dark fox
Gone to ground.
See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water.
And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees,
Laughing as it passes through the endless summer making for the sea.
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Pepelaputr 1 month ago
In the lazy water meadow I lay me down.
All around me golden sun flakes settle on the ground.
Basking in the sunshine of a bygone afternoon
Bringing sounds of yesterday into this city room.
Hear the lark harken to the barking of the dark fox
Gone to ground.
See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water.
And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees.
Pepelaputr 1 month ago
"Icy wind of night be gone this is not your domain"
In the sky a bird was heard to cry.
Misty morning whisperings and gentle stirring sounds
Belied the deathly silence that lay all around.
Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dog fox
Gone to ground.
See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water.
And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees
Laughing as it passes through the endless summer
Making for the sea.
Pepelaputr 1 month ago
good tripping music
ThePhilosopherKing00 2 months ago
son como me las imaginaba por la canción. Muy bella canción y muy bello lugar.
naditales 3 months ago
Dislike is not allowed on The WALL...
PushkarWatches 4 months ago
Also, great video mate.
elehman30 5 months ago
Hey man, anyone notice a real similarity to a Nick Drake song in this? Lyrics, tone and performnce all....strange
elehman30 5 months ago
Michelle, thanks for hiking through the sheep shit with me this morning. One of the best days of my life.
x
bollockface 5 months ago
Great vid! Thank you!!
liffick 5 months ago
nice song but the looping bird sound kinda ruins it for me.. its all i think about when i listen to this... gets annoying
solarlight10 5 months ago
It amazes me how people post videos and manage to not put the name of the artist in the headline. That, and how they also put the name of the song first, before the name of the artist. It just irks me, that's all.
TIMOTHYSAARINEN 5 months ago 9
@TIMOTHYSAARINEN
Well, the video is of Grantchester Meadows, which is a real place, not just a Pink Floyd song. I live quite near Grantchester Meadows and I know the Pink Floyd song, so I thought people who've never seen the real Grantchester Meadows might be interested to see it. It's not a video about the Pink Floyd song, it's about the place that inspired the song: the Meadows came first! It's a great song and it's a beautiful place.
MaxGentle 5 months ago 15
@MaxGentle, Please pardon my abrasiveness. I wanted to post it on my Facebook wall, and wanted people to know who the artist was. So many people who say they are into Pink Floyd are clueless about their earlier stuff. I've often wondered if Grantchester Meadows has been ruined by people yet.
TIMOTHYSAARINEN 5 months ago
@MaxGentle and what an inspired share! Thank you for caring & time, such a blessing! I am, one of many I am sure are, ever grateful! Blessed be!
Scarlet0Darkstar 4 months ago
@MaxGentle Hi Max, thanks a lot for the video :). I drove passed Grantchester Meadows (the street) on a sat afternoon on the disperate attempt of finding a non-resident car park... Do you happen to know at which numer D. Gilmour grew up?
silvia8alex 2 months ago
@silvia8alex
It was 106, apparently. I didn't know that but I found it uusing Google.
If you drive along Grantchester Meadows to the end, where it turns into a footpath, there's a rough area of unadopted road where you may be able to park.
MaxGentle 2 months ago
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@TIMOTHYSAARINEN i think you need to get out of the house more lol
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TIMOTHYSAARINEN, it amazes me how ignorant some people can be. Perhaps the creator of this video may have meant it to focus on the actual place being depicted, as the pictures show - not the song. Perhaps he/she simply chose the song for obvious reasons. I could, however, be wrong. Just a plausibility. Just enjoy the song.
mwtriggs 2 months ago
Watching this on a Saturday morning in my apartment in the downtown area of a large city.. This brings me peace of mind.
jezmundberserker 6 months ago
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jezmundberserker 6 months ago
lovely, thank you!
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thewordofgord 6 months ago
Check my profile for the Pink Floyd Inspired Concept album I wrote!
thedreamportal 8 months ago
THIS IS ABOUT ACID AN NOTHIN ELSE SP FUCK OFF
Iron4200 9 months ago
@Iron4200 it's about missing the countryside and your home while stuck in a congested city. listen to the lyrics dipshit.
luvkravmaga 8 months ago 3
this song is peaceful... i love it. great job to whoever did the video, it's awsome to see what inspired roger to right the song, as i heard he spent some time with the band in the grandchester meadows. this makes the song even better. hearing and watching it. awsome.
hweenmask 9 months ago
I was there today, nothing peaceful about it at all the place was packed with people having picnics and larking about on the river.
zigzag909 9 months ago
Almost sounds like Syd Barret singing, but I am sure it is not?
chamberl 9 months ago
@chamberl It's not, it'll will be Dave Gilmour. This was on Ummagumma, which was after Syd had left the band.
Soulinisolation1 9 months ago
@Soulinisolation1 it's Roger Waters for god's sake...
Bakloyd 9 months ago
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@Bakloyd Yeah, alright easy mistake to make. I actually checked as soon as I put it and realised it was Waters.
Soulinisolation1 9 months ago
I love the seemingly lazy strumming.simplicity is beauty, beauty is simplicity
pathworker2010 9 months ago
i just spent the afternoon at the Meadow.....so wonderful and peaceful... and great to find this vid! Thanks!
leeleereed 10 months ago
It. Is. Love.
Pighood 10 months ago
Watch out you could bump into Geoffrey Archer he lives just down the road from where this was filmed.......Hippy Dude
heracleummantagazzi 10 months ago
Is it just me or does that tree root look a lot like a gash?
peaceandbeads 11 months ago
@peaceandbeads
You mean the tree at around 4:40-4:50. Yes, I noticed that similarity, of course. I didn't plan it, it just happened to be there. It's an interesting image - Mother Earth, the Celtic belief that rivers & lakes are a border between this world and the otherworld, Alice Through the Looking Glass...
MaxGentle 11 months ago 4
who on Gods green earth could dislike this!? this song reaches to the depths of my soul that not many other things or people could ever reach
wavesvolta 11 months ago 3
FUCKING HIPPIES!!!!
boxanova66 11 months ago
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I love Pink Floyd so much. I could listen to them all day long.
ADyingFaith 11 months ago
Beautiful. Thank You.
TacomaPaul 11 months ago
Pure and genuine FLOYD´s art and creators of music development!!
MrDodstink 1 year ago
This song and the vocal part of the Narrow Way are the most sane songs on the solo parts of Ummagumma. Definately an aquired taste.This from me being a floydhead.
MrJacMac1986 1 year ago
i made a pilgramage there in the 90's while in the services, a very profound experience for me, although my wife thought i was i mad..........i highly reccomend stopping by if your in the area, however stop by the pub first and dont be a douche when your there, respect the old foot paths and leave it better than when you came....no ribenas or crisp bags in the cam please............kids 500 years from now will really enjoy it as much as anyone who goes there does
MrChub25 1 year ago
Such a wonderfully descriptive song, one of my favorite Floyd tunes. So few people recognize this particular song for the masterpiece that it is, a fleeting picture of a moment in time of simplicity and beauty.
al2683 1 year ago
put the 'phones' on and drift...........
TheTwelly 1 year ago
They want to build a housing estate on Grantchester Meadows.
2muski 1 year ago
Just beautiful.
Pighood 1 year ago
I just remembered this tune 10 minuts ago.........Such a good album "Ummagumma"...great piece !!!
Soraya270770 1 year ago
Hear the lark and harken
to the barking of the dog fox
Gone to ground
I'd guess that this is the best use of the English language in Rock 'n Roll
circle43cm 1 year ago
pure nature
666767 1 year ago
Beautiful England and beautiful song.
JuneJune1950 1 year ago
brilliant that all i have to say. im not easily moved but this song actually brought a tear to my eye.
mekarangman03 1 year ago
Well that's about the coolest thing ever.
TacomaPaul 1 year ago
Played this at a Folk Club last week and several people were astounded that it was a Pink Floyd song!
robnaylor55 1 year ago
Took my boys and our puppy springer to a meadow like this Saturday afternoon in Maryland. It was a golden day; I thought of this song there.
markjbaldwin 1 year ago
Psilocibin trance... some little blue smurfs playing in the cow pies!!!
I like Roger's double tracked vocals!
93hipgnosis 1 year ago
Ummagumma can be defined as excellent, experimental concepts that weren't executed quite right (but definitely improved upon in later Pink Floyd albums). Though it is widely agreed that the live tracks are great, the studio tracks often fall short. Still worth a good listen by any serious Pink Floyd fan.
nokturnal5647 1 year ago
ahhh the memories of this album........10th grade, good weed.......cute girlfriend at the time............youth is priceless
hazor777 1 year ago
verry nice........................!
mick59707 1 year ago
my precious brother settled me in a comfortable chair upon my return in January, 1972 from my combat tour in Vietnam and set the PACEX phones on my head and set this on the Sansui . . . i was home.
pylgrym 1 year ago 3
This song is way better than "stretchfull pained urination of relaxation" . And "I MADE NEW FRIENDS AND THEY DECIDED THEY HATE ME," Godbless brooms to sweep the madness. It is a NEW morning and birds are not on crack. They are just trying to fuck. And the only part of this song i understand is: ummajubumungynungynuckymuck.
appleyestoforhead 1 year ago
Roger's memories they say, on the banks of the River Cam. It's worthy for someone to bring more perspective to the most evocative Floyd, etc. For me, this was the song that turned me on completely Having heard it on small speakers with nice separation before employing a set of headphones!
MetallicBill 1 year ago
@MetallicBill
Thanks, Bill! That's pretty much what I wanted to achieve. It's not a great cinematic masterpiece but it shows the real place as it really is.
MaxGentle 1 year ago
I used to live there. Stunning place to live. And stunning music.
Faeden 1 year ago
Beautiful place. Someday I'll return to England and will definitely lie my head on one of those trees listening to Roger's GM.
Saludos desde Chile
jacopobelbo2006 1 year ago
A lovely gentle video to accompany a classic gentle song
jedmacc 1 year ago
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jedmacc 1 year ago
great great song..pf at the best
ITO198 1 year ago
great song and nice video ... I was there too, the place is really as is ...
thanks MAX, wish to know more about it .. PF forever
erctube 1 year ago
wake and bake,,its 5am no ones up its just me my bong and floyd!! god i love wake and bake!
nicholasrmadman 1 year ago
Icey wind of night begone this is not your domain.............awesome lyrics
TheSqearl 1 year ago
'Tis where Alan Turing had his 'cosmic' 'revelation' whilst on a bike ride - sound a tad familiar?
MrLuciferSam 1 year ago
happy memories of pink floyd in birmingham 1968-73 and life as a student at cambridge 1973-77 - i still have my original umma gumma vinyl, on which this song appeared
mfbwargrave 1 year ago 3
this video sucks but i love this song
MrE2ubuddy 1 year ago
This video does not suck, I mean there couldnt possibly be a better setting for this song maybe other than seeing it performed live.
XDiverseUniverseX 1 year ago
mmm, your vid is nice. it reminds me of our little eramosa river flowing through guelph ontario... thnal for sharing max :)
MrBuckwilliam 1 year ago
Man this is hella cool thanks so much for this!
42privy 1 year ago
It's a great place, can be quiet especially early morning, too many tourists at weekends. I grew up in the area and know it quite well, had friends in Granchester. Even went to a music festival on the meadows in the early 70's!
if you go back now, find a quite spot by the river, away from the paths and just listen the the bird song, it's still the same.
tacrafts 1 year ago
thanks for the vid Max. I have loved this piece of music all my life. Almost haunted by it. always suspected the boys must have been talking about a real place, the music was so inspired. would love to go there and see it
waynemoores 1 year ago
this song remains me my first ket trip!
Farid4fr 1 year ago
what an album to grow up to
m1eft 1 year ago
Fantastic comfort track. I know it well as it is an old friend.
I went there once on my way to Bedford and we knocked on Syd Barretts mums to see if he was in. He was not entertaining anyone at that time.
JerekCarnelian 1 year ago
Lovely! Complete with one of the Queen's swans and a punt.
TheOldHacker 1 year ago
Super great song..even w/ a small note flub at 1 min and 9 seconds, that's how clear this recording is. I never heard it before. Glad the human element was left in, just as the Doors would agree.
jfiddude 1 year ago
Nice work Max!
I would honestly like to know if it's possible for me to be more blissed out than when I hear those kingfisher wings hit the water.
grimson 1 year ago
zigzag909
Try looking it up on Google Earth.
ozzymandi 1 year ago
Qué bonito lugar. Cuando escuchaba la canción me lo imaginaba así.
naditales 1 year ago
It doesn't get better than that!
billyboy5446 1 year ago
Always loved this one. I want to lay in the and hear the lark and hearken to the barking of the dog fox
IJuicey 2 years ago
Max,
Thanks for that, I'm heading there this weekend.
zigzag909 2 years ago
Where did this song come from? It's not the original... and the video is lovely!
Myrmadon13 2 years ago
Where is this place.
zigzag909 2 years ago
@zigzag909
It's on the outskirts of Cambridge in UK. Pink Floyd originated in Cambridge.
MaxGentle 2 years ago
Max
Yes I realise that but where exactly, is it on Streetmap. I'm thinking of visiting the place.
zigzag909 2 years ago
Zigzag
It's at 52.180342,0.097055. Drop that into Google Maps and it will point you to it. There's a field that runs down to the river behind The Red Lion pub - that's where I shot the video. There's a path through the meadows into Cambridge - lovely walk or bike ride on a summer day!
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sedorexox 1 year ago
Many many thanks. I have had this album since 1973 and last summer I was working on the Science Park and after work I cycled through this wonderfull place. The Church bells were ringing in the liitle village church at the end of the meadows. I was so magical and so Pink Floyd. In fact the bells sound as though they have been on a Floyd album...............
HarryAardvark 2 years ago
just so visual
its so beautiful
just as beautiful
as pillow of winds
motrinman18 2 years ago 4
Rupert Brooke could have written this. "Hear the Lark and Hearken to the Barking of the Dog Fox" is one of the best lines ever written
RatherLargeAllan 2 years ago 8
@RatherLargeAllan . . . be sure to hear Vaughan Williams' "The Lark Ascending" elsewhere on the 'Tube and think of the meadows . .
pylgrym 1 year ago
@RatherLargeAllan Absolutley man it could have fit into Brooke's 'Oh Grantchester'. This song was the first to turn me onto pastoral music and from there poetry of the likes of Keats et al. Waters was part of the long linkage. What a song.
Staffleberry 3 months ago
Nice video. Now I see why they made of song of this place. Thanks for the video. Nicely done.
pinkfloyd426 2 years ago
Sooooo, this is the infamous Grantchester Meadows. I pictured it just this way except for maybe very early in the morning as the sun came up. That's the visual I got with the song back in the day. Thanks for the video! (:
NarLiv 2 years ago 2
I'll bet Aleister Crowley loved this place.
soluna666 2 years ago
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wish they had this song on the echoes cd!
dragonchaser2 2 years ago
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It's a great song! if you're 3 months old and can't sleep.
LysergicAaron 2 years ago
Fuck You.
OrganicTrichome 2 years ago
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That's a great reply! If you're 9 years old and have learning difficulties.
LysergicAaron 2 years ago
Grandchester Meadows... It's a great song! If you know what REAL music is.
PinkFloydGirl9532 2 years ago 12
go fuck yaself
Alement67 2 years ago
Why are you throwing hissy fits because I think i'ts boring; if you don't care what I think your insults are pointless and if you do care what I think you've given me a complimennt because you think I'm important. Either way I win.
LysergicAaron 2 years ago
oh you got me lmao, yea 3 words is totaly a hissy fit lol
Alement67 2 years ago
Beautiful. Absolutely Beautiful.
Hagarviking 2 years ago 3
beauty
BankersAreAssassins 2 years ago 2
I guess I know what song I'm learning to play next!
GetBackJack123 2 years ago
fidelity with the precision of a watchmaker
michaelp3138 2 years ago
Having been to the meadows many times in the late 60's/early 70's, I had friends in the village. This always reminds me of those long lazy summers, both here and on the backs.
tacrafts 2 years ago
I always loved this tune.... I thought it was REALLY cool when D. Gilmore brought back the fly buzz for the last track on the Division Bell CD!
Just All awesome if you are a thinker.
379buzz 2 years ago
the chirping birds brings a good mood to the song
ahhh, nature
greenfuzzz16 2 years ago 2
"Basking in the sunshine of a bygone afternoon, bringing sounds of yesterday into this city room"
lol. That's exactly what's happening to me right now as I listen to this. I miss the old days. I miss the glories of true nature. Sick of this grey city. I miss being young and mystic-minded and Floyded-out. Ah life, what a poignant journey.
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hunterjackkelly1 2 years ago
dude this song brings back so many good memories and im only 15 i cant get enough of floyd i just me and my friend amazed when we first heard this after we went to a local record store and bought the vinyl
hunterjackkelly1 2 years ago
@hunterjackkelly1 That's what's up man. Same thing here. I just want to sit around all day in a green, open field and play guitar.
GetBackJack123 2 years ago
i wish i coukd make shit up like this on my guitar and sit in a field of green in england
hunterjackkelly1 2 years ago
man the birds are completely not irritating to me
when i first heard this whole album headphones layin in my bed
literally kept thinking to myself....."Oh my god"
hahahaha
brilliant album.
<3
Dmt,mescaline,psilocybin
consciousness expansion thru self awareness
diegopunk 2 years ago
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hunterjackkelly1 2 years ago
i love pink floyd.
but doesnt anyone else find the constant bird chirping irritating after a while?
gerrard8dg 2 years ago
No disrespect intended. It's just that many Pink Floyd fans I know seem to really think it's one of their best albums. One says it's their absolute best. No way. Not even close. Don't get me wrong, I like Ummagumma, but it's got it's share of filler. If I ruffled any feathers, I apologize. I love Pink Floyd. Always will.
TIMOTHYSAARINEN 2 years ago 3
A beautiful song and a lovely video. My favorite song on Ummagumma, an album a find somewhat over-rated. This song is a true gem. So calming!
TIMOTHYSAARINEN 2 years ago
Ummagumma is overrated? It's one of their lesser known albums.
Neelo5000 2 years ago
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RuudJH 2 years ago
Nicely done, I always wondered what the inspiration for this song looked like! ~G~
audiosoundzscape 2 years ago
great song... brings back many pleasant and psychedelic memories... he he he....
wyzrd777 2 years ago
ahh I remember listening to this as a kid, Grantchester Meadows is great for parties aha, call it G-MEDS.
angelica91 2 years ago
Hey guys
Put ear phones on and the bee buzzes from left to right...
exciting stuff!
wildenfree 2 years ago
Where's the dog fox?
zigzag909 2 years ago
Gone to ground.
MaxGentle 2 years ago 2
haha..funny=)
Ruger22cal 2 years ago
he gone underground<he,he,he,
waylo4526 2 years ago
Great song & video. It's peaceful, serene.
I wonder if Roger and Dave were sitting in this meadow when the wrote this song.
Helicon2112 2 years ago
I live near grantchester meadows!! I call it granny meds lol
abetyt 2 years ago 7
beautiful really nice video thanks.
MADROCKS212 2 years ago 3
really funny - now i see the pictures, that are very beautiful - i just realize i allways thought the song is by night! :-)
thanks for sharing.
bobcorn 2 years ago
Beautiful place indeed!! I leave in Sicily by a green and nice sea, but I do like too much the true English countryside like this...exactly what i expected to see from listening to Pink Floyd songs...I wish I could be in those places today....thanks form sharing!!
FloydAlann69 2 years ago
....makes me want to "dose" and stare at ripples on the water....
goindownthe1road 2 years ago
Nicely done. More or less as I imagined it would be.
P.s The fly was called Eric. After this gig he was auditioned by a Mr Idle but lost out to a bee, a half bee at that.
chazsmateII 2 years ago
its the same bee that appears later on the album. (several species...) i think that was his last appearance.........
bzzz, bzz, WHAP.
edslides 2 years ago
Cambridge is the best...I'm going swimming at Granchester Meadows this afternoon, such a hot beautiful day for it!
Halldisa 2 years ago
I'm going to punt my beautiful lady from the Mill Pond in Cambridge up to Granchester Meadows this weekend, I shall take Champage, a Picnic and a blanket.......
mikeybikey1966 2 years ago
I wish I could picnic there. Unfortunately I'd have to fly over the Atantic to get there. :-(
Helicon2112 2 years ago
Much like I pictured it, sort of like the Fens in Boston except without condoms floating by....
Pauleglide 2 years ago
if they could only swat that fly
chev202 2 years ago
woah!... "flashback"!
OrganicTrichome 2 years ago
you can hear this song in so many other groups. in my opinion this song was used by other groups in different ways. very melodic and relaxing. such a pleasant change from all their radio hits. i found this 8 track at a flea market when i was a teenager and wore out this song. but I think there is another song that i really liked off "Ummagumma", but can't find it or really remember it. thanks for the post.
chev202 2 years ago
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xenuno 2 years ago
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Probably "The Narrow Way pt 1" ... excellent as is Granchester
xenuno 2 years ago
ahhh thanks Max. you are beautiful.
blacklightdeep 2 years ago
amazing song.....fell into this song on acid one night......fell and tumbled and landed in the meadow
yetiflicker 2 years ago
Thanks Max!
It's lovely, and much as I pictured it, too.
Long live Pink Floyd!!
HareDeLune 2 years ago
Hey Max, at 4:39 if you listen very carefully you can hear a fly playing a kazoo.I need to know if you added that or is it original. Check it out.
MntypythonHolygrail 2 years ago
That's a part of the original recording. I heard that Pink Floyd auditioned a number of flies for this part, including 'Psychedelic Superfly', who turned up to the studio wearing a day-glo cape and kinky boots and played his kazoo through a Marshall head and an array of Leslie cabs, but in the end they settled for one of the many session flies who used to hang around Abbey Road in the hope of picking up some casual work.
The name of the fly who actually played on this track remains a mystery.
MaxGentle 2 years ago
man old people have a funny sense of humour
randall642 2 years ago
old people?? wait till you reach that age when you still think you´re young and that 80+ are the old ones...eheheheh.
saulo07 2 years ago
maybe you say that, but at lest unlike my gen, they have a good tast of music.
squirrenguin 2 years ago
It's like being in Rivendell where the ring of air has domain!
Asterope7 2 years ago
Grantchester Meadows von Pink Floyd erstrahlt in diesem wunderschönem Video zu seinem vollen Glanz. Danke!
DetlefFriederich 2 years ago
It;s just how I imagined it to be except I saw the grasses taller and flowers more luxuriant. Thank you for a nice video.
Lainiodurrant 3 years ago
my god this takes us old dudes back a bit..i dont feel old but 50 next week is rapidly on its merry way...if i toked a joint now i would sleep for a week
m1eft 3 years ago
Did you film this?
TypicalJoe1900 3 years ago
Yes, I did. I used a Canon DV camcorder (standard format, not HD) and edited it using Windows Movie Maker. Nothing special.
MaxGentle 3 years ago
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Que idiota!!!!!
unimican 3 years ago
I remember putting on this song on a pub jukebox, and as people were coming in, they were looking around to see where the sound of the twittering birds were coming from!
Andyteetwo 3 years ago
Surprising that you would find this song on any jukebox these days. It's amazing, though, how these images are so similar to what I used to imagine while listening to this. What a powerful band, man.
soluna666 3 years ago
Thank you for showing this to us. Very beautiful place and song. Looks like some of the danish rivers where I am fishing (you can see them in some of my videos).
katdenmark 3 years ago
i love cambridge
ORALORALSEX 3 years ago
... heard this first time as first acid trip peaked. .. on the way up was listening to king crimson 'court of crimson king. "we can never go back to the garden of eden.
navajopete 3 years ago