meaning of ’atom heart mother’

You know what...I do know, I just can't remember at the moment!

^ Yes thats what I forgot!

The song reminds me of a war in the middle ages between two groups. The defenders in a castle and the invaders trying to break through. The main theme especially reminds me of this.

The main theme also strangely reminds me of a blimp flying through the air, sometime in the twenties when they were more common. I guess I just have an overactive immagination.

Floyd were getting labeled with the "space music" tag, and Waters, I think,
wanted to get away from that. They were looking for an image for the
album that was not suggestive of sci-fi, technology, etc, but rather more
down to earth. Thus, the cow.

it´s dark, hard, from outerspace, trippy and beautiful. SILENCE IN THE STUDIO !

dave-the-rave wrote: Floyd were getting labeled with the "space music" tag, and Waters, I think, wanted to get away from that. They were looking for an image for the album that was not suggestive of sci-fi, technology, etc, but rather more down to earth. Thus, the cow.

I guess the opening sequence of Live At Pompeii must have crushed all their dreams of ever being able to get rid of the "space" label.

stan the man wrote: atom heart mother reminds me of waking up in the morning or eating something good like donuts

Alan's Psycadelic Breakfast does the same image for me.

I'm telling you people, the story is deffinetly about a blimp flying around in 1917 during WWI, it is going through an amazing adventure trying not to get shot down by German forces.

AHM was so called becuase of the newspaper artice, but was named thus becuase they recorded a version for the BBC (rather good cut!) and didn't have a proper name, they had previously called it THE AMAZING PUDDING. Some bootleggers call the live renditions without the orchestra (Montreux Casino example, or KQED) as The Amazing Pudding. Although the orchestral version was deputed at the Bath festival 9black and white footage recently surfaced btw... get looking) still called 'under the tentative working title of The Amazing Pudding'. Hope this helps!

Empathy wrote: Mharo wrote: I guess the opening sequence of Live At Pompeii must have crushed all their dreams of ever being able to get rid of the "space" label. Actually, that opening sequence is a relatively new addition, only available on the Director's Cut.

Yep, that directors cut opening ruined Echoes for me. I loved the orriginal with the slow zoom in of the colloseum. On the DC version, there is only about 5 seconds of zoom in, that it doesn't even sync up to the music. Just listen, there is Roger playing bass, but on the video he is not there, and the bass is still lying there.

DC ruined some of the songs IMO. Atleast the orriginal version is put on  the DVD as an extra with the footage fixed, a little.