Seamus (song)

October 30, 1971

Seamus is the title of a song on the 1971 album Meddle published music of British rock band Pink Floyd. The song is highlighted in full length with the barking, howling and howling of a dog. Seamus is the fifth title of the album Meddle.

Words and Music

The lyrics of the song is limited to a few lines that deal with the old dog Seamus, howling at the sunset outside the kitchen of the narrator. The instrumentation of the piece consists of vocals, two Western guitars, a piano and bass guitar. The most striking feature of this piece is to singing like dogs howl and whine, which is clearly audible over its entire length in the background, and for the most part harmony in pitch with the music. The "singing " dog Seamus, after which the song is named, was one of the British musicians Steve Marriott. The song was written jointly by all former members of the band, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, Nick Mason and David Gilmour and texted; sung it is by David Gilmour. The song can be assigned of style blues.

Live performances

The composition Seamus was released from Pink Floyd once in a live version. The song is on the live album Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii included. The piece has been specially modified for the strong performance. The only musical instruments that are to be used, a character played by Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters electric guitar type Fender Stratocaster and a played by guitarist David Gilmour harmonica. The dog Seamus was in this live performance replaced by another dog named Nobs. Hence the title of the piece is on Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii Mademoiselle Nobs and not as in the original Seamus.

Trivia

The song Seamus was used in the soundtrack of the film Rosenkranz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard.