Novità Pink Floyd: Vegetable Man, storia e testo

Per l’uscita del cofanetto “The Early Years 1965-1972“, i Pink Floyd hanno reso disponibile, in streaming, la canzone “Vegetable Man“.

La hit fu composta nel 1967 da Syd Barrett.  Doveva essere pubblicata per l’ album “A Saucerful of Secrets”, ma poi fu scartata assieme a “Scream Thy Last Scream“.

La band propose il brano alla radio della BBC, il 20 dicembre 1967, suonandola però in stile R&B.

Un brano che per anni era conosciuto attraverso i bootleg, omaggiato dalle cover dei Jesus and Mary Chain e Soft Boys.

I Pink Floyd allora erano composti da:

Syd Barrett – chitarra, voce
Richard Wright – tastiere
Roger Waters – basso e cori
Nick Mason – batteria, percussioni

Testo: Pink Floyd – Vegetable Man

In yellow shoes I get the blues
Though I walk the streets with my plastic feet
With my blue velvet trousers, make me feel pink
There’s a kind of stink about blue velvet trousers
In my paisley shirt I look a jerk
And my turquoise waistcoat is quite out of sight
But oh oh my haircut looks so bad
Vegetable man how are you?
So I’ve changed my dear, and I find my knees,
And I covered them up with the latest cut,
And my pants and socks all point in a box,
They don’t make long of my nylon socks,
The watch, black watch
My watch with a black face
And a big pin, a little hole,
And all the lot is what I got,
It’s what I wear, it’s what you see,
It must be me, it’s what I am,
Vegetable man.
I’ve been looking all over the place for a place for me,
But it ain’t anywhere, it just ain’t anywhere.
Vegetable man, vegetable man,
He’s the kind of person, you just gonna see him if you can,
Vegetable man

In mancanza di un video della band, vi propongo la versione dei Soft Boys.

Video Youtube: SOFT BOYS- Vegetable Man


Pubblicato da Jagming

Installatore elettromeccanico, musicista, blogger, amante della natura, degli animali ed appassionato di fitoterapia