Poles Apart
1994 song by Pink Floyd
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"Poles Apart" is a song by Pink Floyd from the band's 1994 album, The Division Bell.
5 April 1994 (US)
| "Poles Apart" | |
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| Song by Pink Floyd | |
| from the album The Division Bell | |
| Published | Pink Floyd Music (1987) Ltd |
| Released | 28 March 1994 (UK) 5 April 1994 (US) |
| Recorded | 1993 |
| Length | 7:04 |
| Label | EMI (UK) Columbia (US) |
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Lyrics
The lyrics speak to ex-bandmembers Syd Barrett in the first verse, and Roger Waters in the second, according to co-writer Polly Samson.[1] As such, the second verse begins with the words "Hey you", the title of a Waters-penned song from Pink Floyd's earlier album, The Wall.
Tuning
The song was performed in DADGAD tuning.[2]
[about the D,A,D,G,A,D tuning on "Poles Apart", a new tuning for David Gilmour] (...) the funny thing is that I didn't know it was such an established tuning -- I thought it was something new that I had invented. One day, I was on holiday in Greece and I had an acoustic guitar with me. I just decided to tune the bottom string down to D, and continued to experiment until I arrived at that tuning. Then I mucked around a bit and "Poles Apart" fell out of it a few minutes later.
— David Gilmour, 1994[3]
Personnel
- David Gilmour – acoustic & electric guitars, lap steel, fretless bass, lead vocals, keyboards, programming
- Nick Mason – drums and percussion
- Richard Wright – Hammond organ
Additional musicians:
- Tim Renwick – acoustic guitar
- Jon Carin – keyboards, fx