Poles Apart
"Poles Apart" is a song by Pink Floyd from the band's 1994 album, The Division Bell.
Lyrics
The lyrics speak to ex-bandmate 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
References
- ^ "Here We Go, Here We Go, Here We Go" (Interview). November 1994. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- ^ Tolinski, Brad (September 1994). ""Welcome to the Machines" Phil Taylor interview". Guitar World. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
- ^ "Sounds of Silence" David Gilmour interview, Guitar World, September 1994 Archived 2012-06-20 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 28 July 2010
