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== Comments ==
 
== Comments ==
* The late, popular folk singer Nick Drake wrote a song titled "Saturday Sun" which appears on his album "Five Leaves Left".
 
  
== Samples/Lyrics ==
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== Samples / Lyrics ==
* Throughout the song, there is an underlying drone sound.  It bears a strong resemblance to the drone heard in the cabin of an airliner during travel. Given that images of airliners appear in the album artwork for The Campfire Headphase, and the second following track is titled "[[Slow This Bird Down]]", it is reasonable to speculate that this sample source is accurate.
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* Throughout the song, there is an underlying drone which sounds like a cabin of an airliner during travel.
* At around the 0'16"00 mark, there is an indistinguishable sample right before the guitars begin. When this sample is reversed and slowed down by about 30%, the word "hell" can be heard.
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* 15 seconds into the track, just before the beat comes in, a voice possibly saying "what?" can be heard. The voice has a tinny quality to it as if recorded from a shortwave radio.
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* What sounds like a flute line at :47 and 2:51 is actually a reversed electric piano sample.<sup>[clarification needed]</sup>
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== Trivia ==
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* The late, popular folk singer [[wikipedia:Nick Drake|Nick Drake]] wrote a song titled "Saturday Sun"<ref>{{#widget:YouTube|id= QwaqO3i_eQA }}
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</ref><ref>http://www.lyricsfreak.com/n/nick+drake/saturday+sun_20100340.html</ref> which appears on his LP ''[https://www.discogs.com/master/13924-Nick-Drake-Five-Leaves-Left Five Leaves Left]''.<ref>[[wikipedia:Five_Leaves_Left|Five Leaves Left]]</ref>
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== Videos==
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== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
* [http://www.lyricsfreak.com/n/nick+drake/saturday+sun_20100340.html Nick Drake's "Saturday Sun" lyrics]
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* [[wikipedia:Nick Drake|Nick Drake]] on Wikipedia
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==References==
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[[Category: Released tracks]]
 
[[Category: Released tracks]]
 
[[Category: The Campfire Headphase tracks]]
 
[[Category: The Campfire Headphase tracks]]

Latest revision as of 15:41, 21 March 2025

Hey Saturday Sun
Running time 4:56
Appears on The Campfire Headphase


Comments[edit]

Samples / Lyrics[edit]

  • Throughout the song, there is an underlying drone which sounds like a cabin of an airliner during travel.
  • 15 seconds into the track, just before the beat comes in, a voice possibly saying "what?" can be heard. The voice has a tinny quality to it as if recorded from a shortwave radio.
  • What sounds like a flute line at :47 and 2:51 is actually a reversed electric piano sample.[clarification needed]

Trivia[edit]

Videos[edit]

External Links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Jump up
  2. Jump up http://www.lyricsfreak.com/n/nick+drake/saturday+sun_20100340.html
  3. Jump up Five Leaves Left