Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict

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"Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict"
Song

"Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict" is a track written and performed by Roger Waters from the two-part 1969 Pink Floyd album, Ummagumma.[1][2]

Sounds and recording

The track consists of several minutes of noises resembling rodents and birds simulated by Waters' voice and other techniques,[3] such as tapping the microphone played at different speeds, followed by Waters providing a few stanzas of spoken word in an exaggerated Scottish burr.

The Picts were the indigenous people of what is now Scotland who merged with the Scots.

There is a hidden message in the song at approximately 4:32. If played at half speed, Waters can be heard to say, "That was pretty avant-garde, wasn't it?"[4] (Audio file "PF-Species-avantgarde.ogg" not found). Also, at the very end of the rant, Waters is heard to say, "Thank you."[citation needed]

A small sample of these effects can also be heard at approximately 4:48 on Waters' other track on Ummagumma; Grantchester Meadows.

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"It's not actually anything, it's a bit of concrete poetry. Those were sounds that I made, the voice and the hand slapping were all human generated - no musical instruments."

— Roger Waters, University of Regina Carillon Interview, October 1970[5]

Popular culture

The title of the Man or Astro-man? song "Many Pieces of Large Fuzzy Mammals Gathered Together at a Rave and Schmoozing with a Brick" is based on this song.

Personnel

References

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  4. ↑ From Abracadabra to Zombies, The Skeptic's Dictionary.
  5. ↑ University of Regina Carillon Interview, Pink-Floyd.org.
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