Fearless was released in the US as the flip side of the One of These Days single.
This song was one of several to be considered for the band's 'best of' album, Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd. This song was originally written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein as the main theme of their musical Carousel.Īs good musically as it is lyrically, Fearless is an early example of the blossoming of the Waters/Gilmour writing team that would create the most successful albums of the mid to late '70s. 'Fearless' is the third track on the 1971 album Meddle by Pink Floyd. This latter part of the song was recorded at a football match at Liverpool, where You'll Never Walk Alone is the theme song of the club. chant at the end of the Pink Floyd song 'Fearless'. And yet, in spite of this, the fool rises above the magistrate's fear which is the cause of his merciless judgment, and hears instead the humanity of the crowd which sings as one You'll Never Walk Alone, an anthem of hope. The second verse is even more cryptic, and many have claimed it alludes to Syd Barrett, though there is no overt reference and it seems doubtful that Roger would call Syd an 'idiot.' At any rate, the imagery is that of a fool, king of his own reality, smiling and oblivious even as a judgment descends from on high against him. In climbing this hill, the singer is able to rise above the other's words, hearing them as mere sounds devoid of meaning. The first verse is a response to a challenge from an unknown party, to climb a metaphorical hill that the challenger himself was unable to ascend. In the early years, the band traced the peaks and valleys of kaleidoscopic 60s pop on such manic gems as See Emily Play, before traversing the more mannered terrain of psychedelic jazz on the classic 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon. The lyric for this song is especially intriguing, apparently containing a number of hidden meanings. Pink Floyd were rocks metaphysical cartographers of the collective unconscious for nearly five decades. It's a really beautiful open G tuning, for anybody who wants to tune their guitar: G-G-D-G-B-B."
Roger Waters: "That was a tuning that Syd showed me. Vocals: Dave Gilmour, Liverpool Football Club fansĪ catchy, melodic, and good pop song, with probably the most significant lyric on Meddle, Fearless utilised a guitar tuning from Syd by way of Roger. FEARLESS- Pink Floyd TUNING: D G D G B D (open G) RIFF FOUR TIMES C Bb G C Bb G C Bb You say the hills too steep to. You pick the place and I'll choose the timeĪnd as I rise above the treeline and the cloudsĪnd as you rise above the fearlines in his brow Fearless is avery sadsong byPink Floydwith a tempo of144 BPM.It can also be used half-time at72 BPM or double-time at288 BPM.The track runs6 minutes and 8. It is considered one of the bands Greatest Hits, despite never being released as a single in the UK, and only ever being played live once. Fearless (Interpolating "You'll Never Walk Alone"*) 6:03 Fearless is track 3 from the 1971 Pink Floyd album Meddle, which was released 46 years ago today.
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