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ATOM
HEART MOTHER
John
Peel: Particulary in America, people would spend weeks in debate about what
the title meant. People are quite capable of starting religions (laughs)
based on 'Atom Heart Mother'. You know, some attractive blonde woman would
be called Atom Heart Mother and the rest of them would call themselves Red
Indian names and worship her... Ron
Geesin: I still like 'Atom Heart Mother' because it sends me a few grand
in royalties and it was fun to do. Nick
Mason: As a starter to it, Roger and I put down the whole thing, just bass
and drums, which was a crazy thing to do. We used parts of that but basically
it all got chopped up anyway, so it was a totally unnecessary, amazing feat
of brilliance. Totally useless. David
Gilmour: All I've ever tried to do is play music that I like listening to.
Some of it now, like 'Atom Heart Mother, strikes me as absolute crap, but
I no longer want or have to play stuff I don't enjoy. Comment:
'The Amazing Pudding' is the inexplicable banner under which 'Atom Heart
Mother' was first unveiled. The title was subsequently appropiated by a
Pink Floyd fanzine, established by Ivor Trueman in order to finance his
Syd Barrett magazine, Opel. Richard
Wright: It just doesn't flow very well. There's lots and lots of edits in
it. I wasn't happy. I was at the time, but, thinking back, I'm not happy. Roger
Waters: I wouldn't dream of performing anything that embarrassed me. If
someone said to me now, 'Right, here's a million pounds , go out and play
"Atom Heart Mother", I'd say, "You must be fucking joking. I'm not playing
that rubbish."
Comment: David Gilmour originally called the main theme "Theme From An Imaginary
Western". Other titles this song was known as, besides The Amazing Pudding
are, Untitled and Consequently Comment:
17:28min into the song a voice says "Here is a loud announcement" and 19:08min
the voice says "Silence in the studio".
Comment: Fathers Shout is part 1 of the Atom Heart Mother suite (1970).
Consists of random noises and ends with a motorcycle sound. Comment:
Breast Milky is part 2 of the Atom Heart Mother suite (1970). Begins with
an organ and viola duet and builds up to a full orchestra. Comment:
Mother Fore is part 3 of the Atom Heart Mother suite (1970). Consists of
a quiet choral section with organ and chorus. Comment:
Funky Dung is part 4 of the Atom Heart Mother suite (1970). It consists
of a loud guitar and bass with a weird choir section. Originally it was
called 'Split Knees'. Comment:
Mind Your Throats Please is part 5 of the Atom Heart Mother suite. Consists
of an organ section with overdubbed voices and sounds. It consists of a
loud guitar and bass with a weird choir section . Comment:
Remergence is part 6 of the Atom Heart Mother suite. Consists of the reemergence
of the main theme.
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