"It Would Be So Nice" is a
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
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song by the rock band
Pink Floyd
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, written by the keyboard player/singer
Richard Wright. It was the fourth
single
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released by the group and the first to feature new guitarist
David Gilmour
David Jon Gilmour ( ; born 6 March 1946) is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and member of the rock band Pink Floyd. He joined as guitarist and co-lead vocalist in 1967, shortly before the departure of founding member Syd Barrett. P ...
, following the departure of founding member
Syd Barrett
Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, and musician who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965. Barrett was their original frontman and primary songwriter, becoming known for his ...
.
The song was left out of the 1971 collection ''
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'' which collected other rare tracks from Pink Floyd singles. Its B-side, "
Julia Dream
"Julia Dream" is the B-side of the Pink Floyd single "It Would Be So Nice". The song was the first to be released by the band with lead vocals by David Gilmour.
Writing
Written by bassist Roger Waters, "Julia Dream" is characterised by the slow t ...
", was written by the bass guitarist
Roger Waters
George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. In 1965, he co-founded the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. Waters initially served as the bassist, but following the departure of singer-so ...
(who was gradually transitioning into his eventual role as the predominant songwriter and vocalist)
[Schaffner, Nicholas. ''Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey'', chapter 11 ("burning bridges"), p.129] and was also re-released on ''The Early Singles''.
Alleged alternate version
According to a newspaper story published in April 1968, there are two versions of the original single with slightly different lyrics.
The story goes that the first lyric had a passing reference to the London evening newspaper, the ''
Evening Standard
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In October 2009, after be ...
''. This was said to be banned by the
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Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...
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because of a strict no-advertising policy which did not allow the mention of any product by name. The article, published in the Evening Standard, claimed that the group were forced to spend an additional £750 to record a special version for the BBC which changed the lyric to "Daily Standard". This version is the only one that has been reissued on LP and CD. It is unknown how many of the "Evening Standard" discs, if any, actually exist. Despite the added publicity, the single received very little airplay and failed to enter the
In ''The Dark Side of the Moon: The Making of the Pink Floyd Masterpiece'', John Harris writes about the song: