Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!caip!rutgers!seismo!mcvax!ukc!reading!brueer!ralph From: ralph@ee.brunel.ac.uk (Ralph Mitchell) Newsgroups: soc.culture.celtic Subject: Re: grooving with a pict Message-ID: <393@brueer.ee.brunel.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 29-Sep-86 07:30:46 EDT Article-I.D.: brueer.393 Posted: Mon Sep 29 07:30:46 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Oct-86 23:30:23 EDT References: <565@mtunh.UUCP> <4035@brl-smoke.ARPA> Reply-To: ralph@ee.brunel.ac.uk (Ralph Mitchell) Distribution: net Organization: Dept of EE & E, Brunel University, Uxbridge, U.K. Lines: 33 In article <4035@brl-smoke.ARPA> floyd@brl.arpa (Floyd C. Wofford (MMW) ) writes: >In article <565@mtunh.UUCP> ccj@mtunh.UUCP (Chris Jones) writes: >>To whomever posted the question "what language was the man speaking >>in the song Several species of small furry animals gathered together >>in a cave and grooving with a pict ?" > >A pict or Pict is a Scottish soldier. It is possible that the accent >might be some garbled Scotch. I believe it is Roger Waters doing the >vocal. That might explain the 'craziness' of the cut. His mental >state and the influence of Sid (Syd?) Barrett have been discussed >elsewhere. I have always thought that the last line of the monologue >was "... and the wind cries Mary." That was the best reconstruction >I could make. If so, then the entire monologue may be in English. I >don't know why the line would be that. The obvious guess would be Jimi >Hendrix, but.... > >floyd@brl.arpa I haven't actually heard the song myself, but I'm told that it sounds much the same when played at 33, 45, or 78 RPM. I guess it's one sound track played at three speeds and mixed onto the master. I gather that the words are mostly unintelligible, but include such phrases as "Och aye, the noo" :-) -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ralph Mitchell | VOICE: +44 895 74000 Ext 2561 Computer Centre | ARPA: ralph%ee.brunel.ac.uk@ucl-cs.arpa Brunel University | UUCP: ...!mcvax!ukc!ee.brunel.ac.uk!ralph Uxbridge | JANET: ralph@uk.ac.brunel.ee UB8 3PH | UNITED KINGDOM | "Noli illegitemi carborundum" =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=