Any Colour You Like
Pink Floyd - Any Colour You Like
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About this track
“Any Colour You Like” is the eighth track, (or seventh, the track number depends upon the edition of the album; earlier releases merge the two tracks “Speak to Me” and “Breathe”, for instance. ) from Pink Floyd’s 1973 album, The Dark Side of the Moon.
It is instrumental and was written by David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick Mason.
Composition
The piece itself features no lyrics, and consists of a synthesized tune which segues into a guitar solo (some scat vocals are added later on, these were more prominent in live versions but are still audible in the studio cut). It is approximately 3 minutes, 25 seconds in length. The song used advanced effects for the time both in the keyboard and the guitar. The VCS 3 synthesizer was fed through a long tape loop to create the rising and falling keyboard solo. David Gilmour used two guitars with the UniVibe guitar effect to create the harmonizing guitar solo for the rest of the song. “Any Colour You Like” is also known (and is even listed on the “Dark Side” guitar tablature book) as “Breathe (Second Reprise)” because the song shares the same beat (albeit somewhat funkier and uptempo) as the album’s song “Breathe.” It has also nearly the same chord sequence just transposed a whole step lower from E minor to D minor.
It is instrumental and was written by David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick Mason.
Composition
The piece itself features no lyrics, and consists of a synthesized tune which segues into a guitar solo (some scat vocals are added later on, these were more prominent in live versions but are still audible in the studio cut). It is approximately 3 minutes, 25 seconds in length. The song used advanced effects for the time both in the keyboard and the guitar. The VCS 3 synthesizer was fed through a long tape loop to create the rising and falling keyboard solo. David Gilmour used two guitars with the UniVibe guitar effect to create the harmonizing guitar solo for the rest of the song. “Any Colour You Like” is also known (and is even listed on the “Dark Side” guitar tablature book) as “Breathe (Second Reprise)” because the song shares the same beat (albeit somewhat funkier and uptempo) as the album’s song “Breathe.” It has also nearly the same chord sequence just transposed a whole step lower from E minor to D minor.
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JelleHamstra wrote:
trippy
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dbgirl wrote:
Great song
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FreeGanjaa wrote:
mai piu nessuno come voi...
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luismjk wrote:
any colour you like.....no podia tener oro nombre!!!!
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bloodyscreamx wrote:
de lo mejor ke ay kon esos sonidos tan cabronsisimos esas liras
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Niggakizz wrote:
ONE OF THE BEST SONGS OF THE FUCKING WORLD AND THE MUSIC HISTORY!
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Soft, Warm and Charming.... what else can we say about this wonderful instrumental piece???
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radio-tractore wrote:
can't get enough of this! we all should play this song together on the same time
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Compassia wrote:
cool ;)
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kokitora wrote:
Amazing song!
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garnelo wrote:
Lo mas cercano a volar con los pies en el suelo........................
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McStrifey wrote:
masterpiece. fact: this fucking song takes you places.
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rock-vamp wrote:
just so goooood especially with headphones....oh yeh Floyd are the masters at getting you in a trippy vibe. Love em!!
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Cornholio4242 wrote:
just finished listening to it on last.fm radio, and it very disappointing that "Brain Damage" doesn't kick in.
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Cornholio4242 wrote:
very underrated. along with "us and them", keeps the album together.
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papillion_bleu wrote:
best played very loud. cosmic.
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Winand wrote:
great song for with LSD? any colour you like?
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SamadAftab wrote:
amazing
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Keeper8509 wrote:
Inigualable
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