Pink Floyd with Syd Barrett - Lucifer Sam
Pink Floyd, featured on their 1967 debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.
Sam was simply Barrett's Siamese cat (and is referred to as such in the first line: "Lucifer Sam, Siam cat"); the track was originally called "Percy the Rat Catcher" during the recording sessions, which took place between April and June 1967.
Lucifer Sam, siam cat
Always sitting by your side
Always by your side
That cat's something I can't explain
Ginger, ginger, Jennifer Gentle you're a witch
You're the left side
He's the right side
Oh, no
That cat's something I can't explain
Lucifer go to sea
Be a hip cat, be a ship's cat
Somewhere, anywhere
That cat's…
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You can always tell a Syd Barrett song...he had a passion for "bending" the second or third line of any quatrain, and taking a harmony in a weird and interesting direction before crashing it back into the main theme. Kept you thinking.
My god he was only 20 or 21 when Piper was released. He must have written some of the material even earlier. The level of genius is incredible at such an age. It sounds like he had been writing and playing forever.
For those who do not know, most of this footage comes from the 14-Hour Technicolor Dream concert on April 29, 1967. It and the band footage, shot weeks earlier in studio, are from Peter Whitehead’s Tonite Let’s All Make Love in London. Lennon and many other musicians made their way down to check it out. The woman with the daffodil in her mouth is Sue Kingsford, model who lived in the same (infamous) building at 101 Cromwell Rd with Syd and other bohemian intellectual acid freaks and mystics of all sorts. The girl shown earlier dancing by herself may be Emily Young, known as “the psychedelic schoolgirl,” inspiration for “See Emily Play,” who is today England’s greatest sculptor. These are “the beautiful people” that Lennon wrote about in “Baby You’re a Rich Man.” “Lucifer Sam” was heavily influenced by Syd’s first guitar hero - Hank Marvin of The Shadows.
Piper at the gates of dawn is such a Great album
That organ fill really adds so much atmosphere to this tune. One of my favorites from Piper.
Cats can be pretty spooky
The best song ever written about a cat
Syd is such a genius!
Siamese Cat
Rest In Peace Syd. It is sad you had to suffer so. Love ya!
I don't want this song to ever stop.
Great song. One of my favorites for sure. Syd Barrett will live on forever through his music.
This song. so SO GOOD. Speechless. The tunes are perfect. Thank you Sir Barrett for giving us this holy melody.
A friend of mine saw Pink Floyd at Alexandria Palace in 1967.
the thrill of doing things never done before ….
give. me. a. time. machine.
1967 was such a great year for music.
By far the greatest Pink Floyd recording ... by far ... it´s classic after classic ... " Piper at the gates of dawn " and the 13th floor elevator´s " Easter Everywhere " are the greatest psychedelic albums of that era .
He was so amazing... Way before his time... I wish he were here...
Hypnotic, sensational