GC3GHZWA Tribute to Pink Floyd #05
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By: estrek@
| Hide Date: 04/08/2012
| Status: Available
Country: United States
| State: Colorado Coordinates: N40° 26.336 W105° 06.154 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
This is the next in a series of tributes to one of the most influential and original bands of the '60's and '70's. I have been fortunate to have seen them 3 times; Winterland '70, Carnegie Hall, '72 and Saratoga, NY, '73. Enjoy searching for (and finding) this cache, then go home and put on a Pink Floyd album. -The name of the album, or the song, will be relevant to the cache in some way.
"Bike"
"Bike" is featured on their debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967). In the song, Syd Barrett's lyrical subject shows a girl his bike (which he borrowed), a cloak, a homeless mouse that he calls Gerald, and a clan of gingerbread men—because she "fits in with [his] world". Towards the end of the song, he offers to take her into a "room of musical tunes". The final verse is followed by an instrumental section that can be referred to as a piece of musique concrète: a noisy collage of oscillators, clocks, gongs, bells, a violin, and other sounds edited with tape techniques, apparently the "other room" spoken of in the song and giving the impression of the turning gears of a bicycle. The ending of the song fades out with the sounds of the band members laughing played at double speed. The song was written for Barrett's then girlfriend, Jenny Spires. She is also mentioned in the song "Lucifer Sam", which is also on The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.
***Congratulations to kaiwarrior for being FTF!***
05/31/2019 By VEGA19 This one was a first of a kind. Have never seen a cache hidden this way. At first I thought it was just old glue or some such substance. I'll have to keep that hide in mind. But I'm glad to have found it. Signed the log and replaced the cache. Thanks estrek for the hide.
05/06/2019 By icezebra11 Yesterday I went out to find a cache and I took a look for this one. Well, I found it but I didn't have what I needed to extract the cache from its hiding spot. Today I had to head up to the landscaping yard and made a quick detour to complete this one. I brought a tool that did the job very well. Signed the log and placed it back in its spot. Thanks estrek!!!
03/27/2019 By marmotandgoatcachers Such a nice afternoon for a bike ride! Only had one pedaler pass us by while we searched for this particular cache. While I tend to prefer Pink Floyd's later work (post Barrett), any Floyd is still good! Thanks for another fun tribute hide!
07/28/2018 By irid3sc3nt Found with EasternGirls and my son. This helps with a Challenge in Missouri that I'm working on. TFTC!
07/27/2018 By EasternGirls Found with Irid3sc3nt and son just as the rain started. TFTC
05/28/2018 By Pyrusticia Found while out caching with Team Tiger Pride on this beautiful Memorial Day morning. Quick find, and ran into another cacher (Terry, from TDBA), so had a nice time swapping stories and talking about local toughies. Thanks for the cache!
A Tribute to Pink Floyd #05
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