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

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


Artist = Pink Floyd
Album = Ummagumma
Released = October 1969
track_no = 6
Recorded = June 1969
Genre = Psychedelic rock
Avant-garde
Length = 4:59
Writer = Roger Waters
Label = Harvest Records
Producer = Norman Smith
prev = Grantchester Meadows
prev_no = 5
next = The Narrow Way, Parts 1-3
next_no = 7-9"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".

The track consists of several minutes of noises resembling rodents and birds simulated by Waters' voice and other techniques, such as tapping the microphone played at different speeds, followed by Waters providing a few stanzas of quasi-lyrics in an exaggerated Scottish brogue. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:3zfqxz90ldde Song review on Allmusic] ]

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

There is a "hidden message" in the song at approximately 4:34. If played at a slower speed, Waters [http://skepdic.com/comments/backcom.html Skeptic's Dictionary] ] can be heard to say, "That was pretty avant-garde, wasn't it?"(audio|PF-Species-avantgarde.ogg|sample). Also, at the very end of the rant, Waters is heard to say "and the wind cried Mary", followed by "Thank you."

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Personnel

*Roger Waters - Vocalisations and Tape effects

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