History Music / Meddle

** Music/DepecheMode's "Clean" has a similar bass line to "One of These Days".

'''''Meddle''''' is the sixth studio album by Music/PinkFloyd, released in 1971. Despite the soundtrack album ''Music/ObscuredByClouds'' coming straight after this album, ''Meddle'' is generally considered to be the direct precursor to ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon''. "Echoes" (which takes the whole of the second side of the album) is generally considered to be one of the best Pink Floyd songs. Alternatively, for better or worse "Seamus" is generally considered to be one of the worst Pink Floyd songs.

* MinimalisticCoverArt: The album cover is a series of abstract colours.
** It's a close-up of an ear (underwater with water drop ripples).]]

# "One Of These Days" (5:57)
# "A Pillow Of Winds" (5:10)

* {{Bookends}}: The album itself lacks them, but its first track, "One Of These Days", begins and ends with wind noises, although the end [[FadingIntoTheNextSong fades into]] "A Pillow Of Winds".

* EpicInstrumentalOpener: "One Of These Days", both to "A Pillow Of Winds" and the "Meddle" part of the album.

* EpicRocking: "Echoes". (23:29) is the most prominent example, but "One Of These Days" (5:57) and "Fearless" (6:08) also qualify.
* GratuitousJapanese: The Japanese release of this album changed the track name of "One Of These Days" to 吹けよ風、呼べよ嵐 (''fuke yo kaze, yobe yo arashi''), or "Blow, Wind! Call Forth, Storm!" Not a totally inaccurate description of the song itself though.

* LimitedLyricsSong: For certain definitions of the word "Lyrics", we have "One Of These Days".

* {{Mahjong}}: The band members were supposedly fond of this game. "A Pillow Of Winds" refers to one of the many possible hands in it.

* NonAppearingTitle: "A Pillow Of Winds".
* OnceAnEpisode: "A Pillow Of Winds", "Fearless" and "San Tropez".

** The bass-only bridge of "One Of These Days" includes a quote from the ''Series/DoctorWho'' theme.
** The Music/BeastieBoys sampled "One Of These Days" during the song "Johnny Ryall" from their album ''Music/PaulsBoutique''.
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Nick Mason "sings" lead on "One Of These Days", Roger Waters sings lead on "San Tropez", and Richard Wright sings co-lead vocals on "Echoes".

* EpicRocking: "Echoes".

* EpicInstrumentalOpener: "One Of These Days", both to "A Pillow Of Winds" and the album.

!! San Tropez:

* EpicInstrumentalOpener: "One Of These Days".

** It's a close-up of an ear (underwater with water drop ripples).
* NonAppearingTitle: "A Pillow Of Winds"[[note]]though "wind" does appear, albeit once[[/note]]

* {{Bookends}}: The album itself lacks them, but its first track, "One Of These Days", begins and ends with wind noises, although the end segues into "A Pillow Of Winds".

* Bookends: The album itself lacks them, but its first track, "One Of These Days", begins and ends with wind noises, although the end segues into "A Pillow Of Winds".

* NonAppearingTitle: "A Pillow Of Winds"[[note]]though "wind" does appear, albeit once[[/note]], "Echoes"[[note]]though "echo" does appear.[[/note]]

* NonAppearingTitle: "A Pillow Of Winds"[[note]]though "wind" does appear, albeit once."

!! Tropeless:

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Nick Mason sings lead on "One Of These Days", Roger Waters sings lead on "San Tropez", and Richard Wright sings co-lead vocals on "Echoes".

* WalkingShirtlessScene: This video from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5eaISfvXY8 San Tropez.]] And upon looking at this video's comment section, the concept of these guys being "non-sexy" [[MrFanservice flies right out the window.]]
** In case that video's removed....[[http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f226/SpukiKitty/The%20Pink%20Floyd%20Boys/tropez1_zpsskgvfd1n.png here's]] [[http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f226/SpukiKitty/The%20Pink%20Floyd%20Boys/tropez2_zpsoqefkky9.png some]] [[http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f226/SpukiKitty/The%20Pink%20Floyd%20Boys/tropez3_zps9xh7zdi4.png fine]] [[http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f226/SpukiKitty/The%20Pink%20Floyd%20Boys/tropez5_zps5zioyyz4.png screen]][[http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f226/SpukiKitty/The%20Pink%20Floyd%20Boys/tropez6_zpsmo2ztjqr.png shots.]]

!! A Pillow Of Tropes:

* WalkingShirtlessScene: This video from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkrQK6BjGIU San Tropez.]] And upon looking at this video's comment section, the concept of these guys being "non-sexy" [[MrFanservice flies right out the window.]]

[[AC: Side 1]]

[[AC: Side 2]]

* MinimalisticCoverArt: The album cover is a series of abstract colors.

* ShoutOut: The bass-only bridge of "One Of These Days" includes a quote from the ''Series/DoctorWho'' theme.

# "One Of These Days"
# "A Pillow Of Winds"
# "Fearless"
# "San Tropez"
# "Seamus"

# "Echoes"

'''''Meddle''''' is the sixth studio album by Music/PinkFloyd, released in 1971. Despite the soundtrack album ''Obscured By Clouds'' coming straight after this album, ''Meddle'' is generally considered to be the direct precursor to ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon''. "Echoes" (which takes the whole of the second side of the album) is generally considered to be one of the best Pink Floyd songs. Alternatively, for better or worse "Seamus" is generally considered to be one of the worst Pink Floyd songs.

* {{Mahjong}}: The band members were supposedly fond of this game. ''A Pillow Of Winds'' refers to one of the many possible hands in it.

* GratuitousJapanese: The Japanese release of ''Music/{{Meddle}}'' changed the track name of "One Of These Days" to 吹けよ風、呼べよ嵐 (''fuke yo kaze, yobe yo arashi''), or "Blow, Wind! Call Forth, Storm!" Not a totally inaccurate description of the song itself though.

'''''Meddle''''' is the sixth studio album by Music/PinkFloyd, released in 1971. Despite the soundtrack album ''Obscured By Clouds'' coming straight after this album, ''Meddle'' is generally considered to be the direct precursor to ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon''. "Echoes" (which takes the whole of Side 2 of the album) is generally considered to be one of the best Pink Floyd songs. Alternatively, for better or worse "Seamus" is generally considered to be one of the worst Pink Floyd songs.

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