DESCRIPTION:
From '' Baroque Hoedown ''
Label: Lolita ‎-- 5003
Format: Vinyl, Mini-Album
Country: France
Released: 1983

Tracklist
A1 With A Canteloupe Girlfriend
A2 I Go Wild
A3 Marjorie Tells Me
A4 Feel A Whole Lot Better
B1 Sorry
B2 In Love In Too
B3 Lucifer Sam
B4 As Real As Real

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"Lucifer Sam" is a song by British psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, featured on their 1967 debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

Music and lyrics

The song is built around a descending riff, with the dominant instrument being composer Syd Barrett's electric guitar, fed through an echo machine; the resultant sound has been likened to a "sinister" Duane Eddy.
This is augmented by bowed bass and increasingly agitated organ and percussion effects.

Though the lyric frequently refers to Lucifer Sam as a cat, some speculation has arisen as to whether this was in fact 1960s slang ("a hip cat") for a man, real or imagined, in some type of relationship with Barrett's then-girlfriend, Jenny Spires (referred to in the song as "Jennifer Gentle").
However, Sam was simply Barrett's domestic feline; the track was originally called "Percy the Rat Catcher" during the recording sessions, which took place during April -- June 1967.

Personnel

Syd Barrett -- guitar, vocals
Richard Wright -- keyboards
Roger Waters -- bass guitar
Nick Mason -- drums, percussion

Live and cover versions

"Lucifer Sam" was only performed live by Pink Floyd in 1967 and featured as an encore during many performances, mostly notably at the Games for May concert.

Cover versions

Lightning Seeds covered the song as a B-side, and it appeared on their 2006 best of collection.

The track has also been covered by:
the Black Crowes,
Electric Hellfire Club,
The Minders,
The Flaming Lips,
True West,
Jay Farrar,
Love and Rockets,
Voivod,
Shockabilly,
The Sadies,
MGMT,
Spirits in the Sky,
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
and Cat's Eyes.

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Lyrics

Lucifer Sam, Siam cat
Always sitting by your side
Always by your side
That cat's something I can't explain.

Jennifer Gentle you're a witch
You're the left side
He's the right side
Oh no
That cat's something I can't explain.

Lucifer go to sea
Be a hip cat
Be a ship's cat
Somewhere, anywhere
That cat's something I can't explain.

Night prowling, sifting sand
Hiding around on the ground
He'll be found
When you're around
That cat's something I can't explain.