San Tropez

"San Tropez" is the title of the fourth track from the album Meddle by the band Pink Floyd. While the song has an upbeat, jazzy tempo, with a tropical feel to it, it also has the bouncy feel of mid to late 1960s music by groups such as The Kinks and The Beatles. Some have also compared the song to something from the pen of American songwriter Burt Bacharach.

While Roger Waters plays the acoustic guitar, "San Tropez" does include a short slide guitar solo from guitarist David Gilmour and an extended piano solo by keyboardist Richard Wright at the end.

Unlike the other tracks on Meddle, "San Tropez" was not written collaboratively; instead, Roger Waters wrote the piece himself and brought it into the studio already finished. This song is about a place called Saint-Tropez, a commune of the Var département in southern France located on the French Riviera. Known for its lovely surroundings, this song reflects an idealized vision of what a day in San Tropez might be like.

Lyrics:
As I reach for a peach
Slide around down behind
The sofa in san tropez
Breaking a stick with a brick on the sand
Riding a wave in the wake of an old sedan
Sleeping alone in the drone of the darkness
Scratched by the sand that fell from my love
Deep in my dreams and I still hear her calling
If youre alone Ill come home

Backwards and home bound
The pidgen the dove
Gone with the wind and the rain on an airplane
Owning a home with no silver spoon
Im drinking champaigne like a big tycoon
Sooner than wait for a break in the weather
Ill gather my far flung thoughts together
Speeding away on a wind to a new day
If your alone Ill come home

And I pause for a while
By a country stile
And listen to things they say
Digging for gold in the hoe in my hand
Hoping theyll take a look at the way things stand
Would you lead me down to the place by the sea
I hear your soft voice calling to me
Making a date for later by phone
If youre alone Ill come home

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Pink Floyd
• Meddle
• 1971
• Roger Waters
• David Gilmour
• Rick Wright
• Nick Mason
• San Tropez

[fluffydolly]

gotta love this just a koolness.....!!!!!

[whitevipe309]

@1995novak it's an ear

[TheSlugkid]

This is a song for rainy days.

[MrReggaRocker]

Its all good @1995novak lol, i didnt know either i asked the same question awhile back. ^_^ btw, i STILL dont see the ear to perfect, i think its a ear on an animal. idk. lol

[1995novak]

@MrReggaRocker oh i just realized

[MrReggaRocker]

its a close up of an ear

[1995novak]

ummm so whats that picture? cuz it looks somehow like a nose to me o.O

[xplay108]

@ChristForte I realize. I was just updating it for you.

[ChristForte]

@xplay108 It was still 2010 when I wrote that comment

[xplay108]

@ChristForte More like 40.