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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 which sounds like a cabin of an airliner during travel.
 
* Throughout the song, there is an underlying drone which sounds like a cabin of an airliner during travel.
* What sounds like a flute line at :47 and 2:51 is actually a reversed electric piano sample.
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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.
* 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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* What sounds like a flute line at :47 and 2:51 is actually a reversed electric piano sample.<sup>[clarification needed]</sup>
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== 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>
  
 
== Videos==
 
== 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
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

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