Talk:Careful with That Axe, Eugene

b-side
"Careful With That Axe Eugene" is in fact the b-side to their 5th single, "Point Me At The Sky"

the b-side to "It Would Be So Nice", their 4th single, was "Julia Dream"

early versions of the song had the titles "Murderistic Women", or "Keep Smiling People"

in 1969 it was included as part of the extended suite "The Man and The Journey", with yet another alternate name: "Beset By The Creatures of the Deep"

throughout 1969 and 1970 Eugene was usually paired live with the song "Green Is the Colour", which segued into it

"Come In, Number 51 (Correct number?), Your Time Is Up" I think was another alternate title for the song. I forget when that title was used though. I'm not too certain. Absolutely Curtains 18:39, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Careful with that oxygen?
That line kind of strikes me as being urban-mythy, is there any documentation of there being some drug called oxygen? Erowid.org doesn't have anything listed under the slang & terminology vault. 66.110.241.82 20:44, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
 * i agree, that sounds like bullshit. without citation, i think it should go.69.181.121.40 07:45, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * If it stays at least say what the drugs real name was as well ,not just a street name BauerPower 21:40, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * It's nonsense, an 'axe' is a euphemism for a guitar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.92.38.22 (talk) 05:04, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

Rant
"a loud (and largely indecipherable) pictish rant" Picts states (correctly) that the language hasn't survived, so this strikes me as a bit unlikely. --84.92.81.68 15:36, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
 * "Pictish rant" is shorthand among Floyd collectors for Waters' habit of shouting gibberish in a Scottish accent during concerts. That bit should probably be changed to something less obscure.  GhostTrain 06:52, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * It definitely needs to remain as a Pictish rant. After all, Waters did write the song "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict," not "Grooving with a Scottish Man Who Spoke an Ancient Dialect That Has Not Survived." Crazydiamond1to9 08:07, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

The Early Singles
Anyone else think the album for this should be listed as The Early Singles? Or, if you prefer, Relics. I know it's not an original album or anything, but from what I've seen, non-album songs can still be listed as belonging to compilations as the albums. So couldn't that work? - Rock Soldier, 23:14, May 4, 2007
 * I'd agree that it should be listed as part of Relics, if not Ummagumma. Having it as part of Zabriskie Point seems silly. Crazydiamond1to9 05:53, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I actually didn't think of having it for Ummagumma or Zabriskie Point, but I guess those could work. I vote for The Early Singles or Relics, as those are the two releases where the studio version appears. - Rock Soldier, 22:17, May 8, 2007

Instrumental?
Is this really an instrumental? It has the line "careful with that axe, Eugene" StaticElectric 20:02, # 23 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Also Waters' screams are vocalizations, not instrumental. Would you call Great Gig instrumental just because it's not lyrical? -Vic
 * Yes. The voice can be used as an "instrument" as well as for singing words. Choirs often contribute to instrumentals. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.92.38.22 (talk) 05:05, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * It is an instrumental - as are "Atom Heart Mother", "One of These Days", "Talkin' Hawkin'", "A Saucerful of Secrets", "On the Run", "Signs of Life", "Terminal Frost", etc - all of which feature some kind of vocalisation. – Dyolf87 (talk) 16:18, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

punk?
Stukas Over Bedrock sound like speed-metal to me. IanHistor 02:12, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Aaaaaaargh!!!
If I remember correctly, somebody has fielded the idea of a page all about the Roger Waters scream. I personally don't agree with this, but wonder if anyone else does. --The guy with the axe - aaaaaaargh!!! (talk) 20:12, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm with you on that. Sounds like a daft idea!NH89.243.99.1 (talk) 23:19, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
 * It was me. I suggested it 'cos it keeps coming up in different songs. Thanks, guys! MartinSFSA (talk) 06:57, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I suppose we could mention it in the Roger Waters article, though. --The guy with the axe - aaaaaaargh!!! (talk) 19:41, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Why? It's not unique to Roger Waters – anyone can do it. All you do it breathe in hard while closing off your throat as you do so. The result is a kind of "backwards scream". I don't know if the phenomenon has a specific name, I've never been interested enough to find out. – Dyolf87 (talk) 16:24, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry Martin! Yeah it could have a mention as it has cropped up from time to time.NH89.240.224.186 (talk) 23:40, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Shall we continue this discussion on the Roger Waters discussion page then? --The guy with the axe - aaaaaaargh!!! (talk) 10:34, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, nuts... There already is a mention of this trademark here.  --The guy with the axe - aaaaaaargh!!! (talk) 18:41, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Merge proposal
Regarding the proposal to merge this article with "Come in Number 51, Your Time Is Up", did you mean to say it the other way around? "Eugene" is the better known title. Two different recordings of the tune were issued under different titles, but there is no instance where either version was released under both titles, or where the titles are confused for one another. I don't see a need to combine them as long as they properly cross-reference. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 00:41, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
 * It is the same song and articles have been deleted for less I guess (which rhymes). I fixed the merge-tags. I clearly would make a section for "Come In..." in the "Careful" article, and if it's only to keep the deletion troops from our door... -- Avant-garde a clue - hexa Chord 2  00:54, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree. Beacause "Come In..." is simply a re-recording of "Careful", there's no reason why it needs a new article. That would simply be overkill. Plus with that new information added on, "Careful" will be a better, more informative article overall.Krobertj (talk) 21:45, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Agreed. It is the exact same song. It just looks like whoever decided to create a page for each song on Zabriskie Point didn't realize or didn't care that a page had already been created for CWTAE.Adsfsdfsdfsd (talk) 20:46, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Add Relics under "Audio"
Hi, thanks for this article. Can I suggest that Relics is added under Audio? It's mentioned in the first para but not under discography. I understand that Relics is the official release of the studio version. Maybe also clarify whether A Breath of Fresh Air is the same studio version as Relics - I've never heard of that compilation tbh. Thank you. Pkbecher (talk) 14:24, 9 November 2022 (UTC)