Composition
It is the third Pink Floyd song written solely by Richard Wright, the second on the album as such, and features Wright on lead vocals and piano, Farfisa organ, xylophone and Mellotron. On the recording sheet, the song is listed as "The Most Boring Song I've Ever Heard Bar Two". It was recorded on the 25 and 26 January 1968 at Abbey Road Studios, EMI Studios. David Gilmour uses a wah-wah pedal on his electric guitar and possibly contributes backing vocals.Lyrics
It's theorized that the song tells of a strangely troubled brother-sister relationship; the loss of a child, the sister killing the brother, from the lyrics of "Sits on a stick in the river, sister's throwing stones, hoping for a hit, he doesn't know, so then, she goes up, while he goes down;" Or simply the loss of childhood, similar to the previous song on the album "Remember a Day," which was also written and sung by Wright.Reception
In a review for ''A Saucerful of Secrets'', Jim Miller of ''Rolling Stone (magazine), Rolling Stone'' described "See-Saw" as "a ballad scored vocally in a style incongruously reminiscent of Ronny and the Daytonas."Personnel
* Richard Wright (musician), Richard Wright – lead vocals, Farfisa organ, piano, Mellotron, xylophone * David Gilmour – acoustic guitar, wah-wah electric guitar and backing vocals * Roger Waters – bass guitar * Nick Mason – drums, triangle, gong, tambourine, shaker * Norman Smith (record producer), Norman Smith – backing vocalsReferences
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* 1968 songs Pink Floyd songs Psychedelic pop songs Songs written by Richard Wright (musician) {{1960s-rock-song-stub