Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here - A Classical Musician’s First Listen and Reaction

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@shupakiko
@shupakiko 2 ай бұрын
Can't wait for your reaction to Shine on you Crazy Diamond, my favorite song from them ! But this one is nice too, Thank you for the video !
@pabloortizdelatorre3530
@pabloortizdelatorre3530 2 ай бұрын
"Shine on you crazy diamond" is a must
@fliugica
@fliugica 2 ай бұрын
All 9 parts are being played at my funeral
@HardcoreIPA
@HardcoreIPA 2 ай бұрын
She needs to do it
@Autists-Guide
@Autists-Guide 2 ай бұрын
@@fliugica Best funeral ever! The only way to be heralded towards that great gig in the sky.
@JayOwinFull
@JayOwinFull 2 ай бұрын
My favorite as well. The best sequence of 4 notes. I can't play much but I love finding a public piano where I can put the petal to the metal and play (spoiler below) Bb, F, G, E
@December314
@December314 2 ай бұрын
The simplicity and the intimacy of this song together with confessing his doubts and vulnerabilities is what makes this song great. There are no big musical numbers, there is no symphony orchestra on the background, there is no opera. It's just a tortured soul sitting alone in a room, listening to the radio, finally finding some music and joining with his guitar. It is intimate, it is honest and it is sad. At the end the wing swipes everything into eternity. We are all lost souls swimming in a fishbowl wishing we had someone with whom to share our doubts and fears. That is why so many millions of people could identify with it.
@willasacco9898
@willasacco9898 2 ай бұрын
That is a brilliant summary of this piece and most of PF’s work. Bravo, from one fan to another 👍
@brucedowsing5982
@brucedowsing5982 2 ай бұрын
'walk on role in a war for a lead role in a cage' may be talking about prisoners who were sent to the front line.
@louissonier840
@louissonier840 2 ай бұрын
@@brucedowsing5982 This was during the Vietnam war and America was under the draft. Refusing the summons could draw a prison term.
@louise_rose
@louise_rose Ай бұрын
Agree, it has the same kind of low-key, restrained elegance as Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne" or Dire Straits' "In the Gallery" and "Romeo and Juliet". The Floyd were very good at creating these kinds of ballads with a half-acoustic sound and a vibe of personal doubt and wonder. "Fearless"and "Fat Old Sun" are earlier examples of this, though they pan out on a more positive note.
@bgt7874
@bgt7874 Ай бұрын
@@brucedowsing5982 Not only prisoners.
@-R.Gray-
@-R.Gray- 2 ай бұрын
Don't ignore their best selling album (50 million by now), Dark Side Of The Moon, which stayed on the top 200 hits list for over 18 years.
@melaniezette886
@melaniezette886 2 ай бұрын
TDSOTM is in another galaxy
@jonathanhill9748
@jonathanhill9748 2 ай бұрын
Yes- don’t dip- do the whole album. It has to be done!
@wildwillie5408
@wildwillie5408 2 ай бұрын
​@jonathanhill9748 agreed if reacting to a Floyd album "dark side of the moon" should be the first choice followed by "wish you were here". Not to dis "the wall", as good as it is, it doesn't measure up to what came before IMO
@lynby6231
@lynby6231 2 ай бұрын
Wait till she listens to the intro to “Shine on You crazy diamond” 😮
@zoidster
@zoidster 2 ай бұрын
You must do Time! , you’ll love it!
@djknox2
@djknox2 2 ай бұрын
When I was 22, and having already know Pink Floyd for many years, I was backpacking around Europe and had arrived in Berlin where the room beside me at a Pension was occupied by these two Italian gals. They were playing WYWH over and over again, clearly engrossed by the song. When they met me and learned that my mother tongue was English, they begged me to transcribe the song word for word for them, as they really couldn't understand the lyrics. Having done that, I then spent the better part of the following week explaining to them what each word and phrase might mean. The thing that amazed me is that they had fallen in love with the song long before they could understand it whereas for me, despite loving the music, it was the message that I though really made the song great. It was an introduction to me about how great music reaches people for many different reasons. To me, this must be one of the great emotional songs ever recorded. It drips of both nostalgia and great loss.
@ruettenf
@ruettenf 2 ай бұрын
This is a great story and smth. you did not forget. Thanks for sharing
@majstorrasa6397
@majstorrasa6397 2 ай бұрын
The same goes for me. I bought the album WYWH 1977y. (when I was 18 years old) and immediately fell in love with Wish you where here and Shine on you crazy diamond, even though I only knew a few words in English. Many years later when I learned English I understood what he was singing about, but I felt the same before when I didn't know English. The great writer Ivo Andrić, winner of the Nobel Prize, once said: Music is not an art of this world, it finds its way to the human heart bypassing all earthly borders and obstacles!
@djknox2
@djknox2 2 ай бұрын
@@ruettenf and that was 36 years ago! I remember it like it was last year. Somewhere in the basement - about a million photos ago - are some photos of me with these gals. I will have to go find them now 🙂 I often wonder if a singular event like that survives only in my memory or in other's memories too? Are these ladies still friends, do they still like Pink Floyd, and do they remember those times with me? AND, maybe there was someone else at the Pension who remembers this event from a 3rd, more removed perspective? I always seek out old friends because they help bring back to existence memories otherwise forgotten. I would LIKE to think that these gals are still friends and still listen to WYWH. Who knows, maybe one will watch this video and read my story!
@djknox2
@djknox2 2 ай бұрын
As a side note, in 1975 when I was 9 and my brother 16, he had tickets with a buddy to see Pink Floyd in Ivor Wynn Stadium ( you can watch that concert today on KZbin kzbin.info/www/bejne/qH6mhH2sjZaHlZIsi=jVJkW718LtQRUQTp). On the day of the concert, his buddy's parents wouldn't allow him to go, and so last minute my parents let me go with my older brother ( I had already been a fan since Meddle was released 4 or 5 years earlier). This was the tour where they played the entire WYWH LP and introduced early versions of Animals along with songs from DSOTHM and Meddle. Pink Floyd opened with an UNKNOWN tune that later became SHEEP. As a 9 yr old I was mesmerized - I was hearing a Pink Floyd tune that the world didn't know yet? Anyway, so when I met those Italian gals 13 years later, I was an old pro of WYWH LOL!
@djknox2
@djknox2 2 ай бұрын
@@majstorrasa6397 So cool. I do feel the greatest rock music is a marriage of words with music however, and so the greatest heights must be attained through understanding the message. WYWH is one of such songs... Surely understanding the lyrics has brought your appreciation of the song to greater heights?
@dazieger
@dazieger 2 ай бұрын
I lost a dear friend of my youth to madness, and have struggled with mental illness myself all my life, and this song has always spoken to me deeply. "Two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl year after year / running over the same old ground, what have we found? The same old fears." Wish you were here, friend.
@layinlow77
@layinlow77 2 ай бұрын
I'm sure you're still connected somewhere in all this. Best wishes.
@DavidJones-lz4io
@DavidJones-lz4io 2 ай бұрын
❤️ That’s very tough mate. Lovely emotion from you regarding your friends passing.
@charbelel-hani5199
@charbelel-hani5199 2 ай бұрын
That's both tough and beautiful. That the memories make you feel better.
@julzm7067
@julzm7067 2 ай бұрын
Mental illness...the fear of our own minds. Hugs
@dazieger
@dazieger 2 ай бұрын
​@@DavidJones-lz4io In a way it's worse than if they had died, or at least harder to move on from. She -- a promising law student who had gone to an Ivy League school on a full scholarship; a brilliant musician; and a sweet, kind person who I happened to be in love with -- developed intractable schizophrenia in her early 20s (ca. 1990) and has been institutionalized ever since. In other words, much the same thing that happened to Syd Barrett, Floyd's original frontman, and inspiration for the song (and the album as a whole, and Dark Side of the Moon). Listening to this song, or the conclusion of Dark Side ("Brain Damage/Eclipse") is painful but cathartic. As a musician, I've toyed with covering "Wish You Were Here," but can't get through it. Schizophrenia seems to select -- not always, but disproportionately -- brilliant minds. We have lost so many great minds and fine people to it and other mental illnesses (as I know from direct experience doing my time in psych units), it is a tragedy. Schizophrenia can be controlled in many cases with medication, but when it resists that treatment, entire lives can be lost to the disease. Scientists are working on it, developing genetically-based cures. It's a slow process, but maybe someday they'll find a treatment that works for my friend, and she'll be able to live what's left of her life in freedom (she's currently in her late 50s). In the meantime, I can only wish she were here...
@CFCMahomet
@CFCMahomet 2 ай бұрын
Within the music, Roger Waters is the tension and David Gilmour is the beauty. The beauty without the tension would lack this discomfort that you feel in the tension, and without the beauty it would lack anything to hold the tension properly for us to actually enter into the experience. This is what makes Pink Floyd so wonderful.
@jasonthompson3443
@jasonthompson3443 2 ай бұрын
The other 2 members of Floyd are indispensable too. Nick Masons drums, within the music, are an instrument in their own right. He does much more than just support the music. And Rick Wrights keyboards and vocals are a major part of the whole Pink Floyd sound. The beauty of Pink Floyd just wouldn`t be the same without their Works.
@CFCMahomet
@CFCMahomet 2 ай бұрын
@@jasonthompson3443 agreed. Pink Floyd is 4 not just 2 or 1.
@EricSmaug
@EricSmaug 2 ай бұрын
@@CFCMahomet SOMETIMES 5
@missingnola3823
@missingnola3823 2 ай бұрын
@@CFCMahomet I would go so far as to say 1 +1 +1 +1 = infinity, in this case. Definitely greater than the mere sum of the parts. Each did some great work solo and supporting others, but those years when they were working together and collaborating really produced some magic. They got the best out of each other, for a time.
@CFCMahomet
@CFCMahomet 2 ай бұрын
@@missingnola3823 i’ve often thought that as good as the solo work was - it proved how much they needed each other
@pabloortizdelatorre3530
@pabloortizdelatorre3530 2 ай бұрын
The album "Wish You Were Here" deserves a full listen
@sootikins
@sootikins 2 ай бұрын
Absolutely! Listening to only one song does not really "work" - it's far better to listen to the album as a whole, in one sitting. It is, after all, a concept album.
@michaelgraalum381
@michaelgraalum381 2 ай бұрын
And animals and DSoTM and Meddle and Atom Heart Mother
@gregmason2434
@gregmason2434 2 ай бұрын
I stated below, this "album", however short (only 5 songs), and even over the wall, needs to be comprehended as a full integrated piece. I don't know how many agree or not, simply the way I see it.
@Jude_196
@Jude_196 2 ай бұрын
The FIRST REACTOR that I've EVER SEEN that TRULY TOOK AN APPRECIATION for THESE UNBELIEVABLE LYRICS!!! One of my favorite Floyd tunes!! Thank You for this reaction!! LOVELY!! ❤❤❤
@magusscorpiones9276
@magusscorpiones9276 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for this thoughtful entry. My friend of over 3 decades was a professional musician and this was one of his signature songs, he would often finish up his shows playing this on the 12 string acoustic guitar that several of us chipped in to buy him one Christmas. We lost him to heart disease 6 months ago and "Wish You Were Here" is both a reminder of him and a strongly felt sentiment.
@jpirard
@jpirard 2 ай бұрын
Sorry for your loss...
@audiophileman7047
@audiophileman7047 2 ай бұрын
You lost a guitarist just like PF lost a guitarist, but for different reasons. WYWH is about profound loss.
@magusscorpiones9276
@magusscorpiones9276 2 ай бұрын
@@jpirard Thank you
@rovcanada1
@rovcanada1 2 ай бұрын
For the lines, "trade your hero's for ghosts" and " walk on part ... lead role in a cell", I believe this is Roger lamenting that his Father (hero) was transformed into a ghost (killed in action), despite the fact that he was a Conscientious Objector. Roger's Father had the option of going to war, or going to jail. He went to war was and was killed shortly after arriving at the front line. In some way, I think Roger would have preferred to have a living 'coward' as a Father, than a dead 'hero' Father.
@wesbaumguardner8829
@wesbaumguardner8829 2 ай бұрын
Defying a government and facing prosecution for not becoming a murderer on demand under threat of violence is not the act of a coward. Submitting to threats of violence and intimidation tactics of oppressors and becoming a murderer at the behest of evil people is the act of a coward.
@79BlackRose
@79BlackRose 2 ай бұрын
A conscientious objector is not a coward.
@rovcanada1
@rovcanada1 2 ай бұрын
@@79BlackRose You did note that I used inverted commas around the word, coward? That was the contemporary view of Conscientious Objectors, and not mine!
@vetinaris1297
@vetinaris1297 2 ай бұрын
It's about Rogers younger self. And growing up to be a famous person.
@MarioCosta86
@MarioCosta86 2 ай бұрын
Roger said in several interviews that his vision for that specific part, means that you have to free yourself from your own cage and go live your life even if that means "going to a war". Cheers
@stopbunsen
@stopbunsen 2 ай бұрын
David Gilmour is singing along with his guitar, matching the notes with his voice. It's one of the signature things he does. I really think listening to Shine On You Crazy Diamond from the same album would be great for you next. Now that is a musical adventure! It's long, but it's worth every minute. So much to dig into in that one song.
@Zundfolge
@Zundfolge 2 ай бұрын
Yes, she just make sure she listens to parts I through IX from the album (at ~26 minutes), not one of the shorter versions from the various greatest hits albums (which range from 10-18 min) and absolutely not the ludicrous 4min radio cut.
@Llanchlo
@Llanchlo 2 ай бұрын
As Amy says it is so well done on the album it is hard to split. I was never sure until I saw him doing it live. David has said he sometimes composes his guitar solo's by singing. He is actually a very good vocalist, with tremendous tone control. Some of his early work e.g. on Saucerful of Secrets is amazing.
@DavidPChristian2
@DavidPChristian2 2 ай бұрын
And using a pedal steel guitar. His secret weapon.
@stonecoldfloors8200
@stonecoldfloors8200 2 ай бұрын
Isn't he using his 'Peter framptonophone' on this song..?
@davidbresson8865
@davidbresson8865 2 ай бұрын
Roger Waters did a similar thing in The Gunner's Dream from the album The Final Cut where he sings a note with a sax and the fades his voice out while the sax takes over.
@BeforeHumans
@BeforeHumans Ай бұрын
When I heard this song for the first time, I couldn't stop crying.
@seanmcmichael2551
@seanmcmichael2551 2 ай бұрын
6:37 " ... because you can hear echoes" Mmmm .... shout out for Amy getting lost in the sauce for a full album side. ECHOES 😊
@unshaken95
@unshaken95 2 ай бұрын
@@seanmcmichael2551 I had the exact same thought 😂
@Lmng.g1.g
@Lmng.g1.g 2 ай бұрын
yes, the same thoughts😀
@stewartnewman6365
@stewartnewman6365 2 ай бұрын
“Lost in the sauce!” Bit of an Andy and Alex fan as well, eh?
@seanmcmichael2551
@seanmcmichael2551 2 ай бұрын
@@stewartnewman6365 You gotta love the noddin' heads !
@gbsailing9436
@gbsailing9436 2 ай бұрын
ECHOES next please Amy!
@LostLar
@LostLar 2 ай бұрын
It is my firm belief. That most Pink Floyd albums should be listened to . From start to end. Each is a story. Wish you where here. The wall. Dark side of the moon.
@SpaceCattttt
@SpaceCattttt 2 ай бұрын
Animals.
@joannemoore3976
@joannemoore3976 2 ай бұрын
Some of their lyrics are just incredible. Also from the wall, Forward he cried, from the rear, and the front rank died, and the general sat, and the lines on the map, moved from side to side..Genius.
@nelanncal
@nelanncal 2 ай бұрын
"One does not listen to Pink Floyd on shuffle"
@Llydrwydd
@Llydrwydd 2 ай бұрын
​@@joannemoore3976Sorry, that's not from The Wall but from the song 'Us and them' on the Dark side of the moon album.
@joannemoore3976
@joannemoore3976 2 ай бұрын
@@Llydrwydd oh my goodness, of course you are right. Old age 🤦‍♀️
@ДмитрийГолобоков-с4ю
@ДмитрийГолобоков-с4ю 2 ай бұрын
The whole "Wish You Were Here" album is a masterpiece. A concept album that needs to be listened to from start to finish. Please react to other tracks from this album! Thank you!)
@flavoredwallpaper
@flavoredwallpaper 2 ай бұрын
Особенно "Shine on You Crazy Diamond"
@dond13
@dond13 Ай бұрын
And watch! There is a movie starring Bob Geldof.
@louise_rose
@louise_rose Ай бұрын
Completely agree, the album showcases much of what made the Floyd so special. Very classy playing, songwriting, vócals and production without ever sounding cheap or predictable: it's a true musical adventure, and I think it reached many people in a deeply personal inner space.
@louise_rose
@louise_rose Ай бұрын
@@dond13 That was from The Wall, a very different album (with Alan Parker's movie coming out a few years later) :)
@vvassev
@vvassev 13 күн бұрын
The sad part is: no one makes that kind and quality of music anymore…sad, very sad…
@kendallneason3645
@kendallneason3645 2 ай бұрын
Such a fascinating song isn’t it? One of my favorite songs to drive long distances to as it makes me think silently as I listen and fall into a deep mental journey. I’m always amazed at how many sounds you can hear in songs and how you break down lyrics too. It really is a gift. 💜
@cerebralfailure8804
@cerebralfailure8804 2 ай бұрын
the intro to the song is a listener flipping radio stations finally landing on the music
@gtjacobs
@gtjacobs 2 ай бұрын
...and then starting to play along, hence the clear guitar noodling in the foreground over the faint radio guitar
@sae1095hc
@sae1095hc 2 ай бұрын
AM radio stations at that.
@bepitan
@bepitan 2 ай бұрын
@@gtjacobs ..conversing with the past.
@CoolCoyote
@CoolCoyote 2 ай бұрын
obviously
@gryndyl
@gryndyl 2 ай бұрын
@@gtjacobs And hearing himself clearing his throat in the recording is what caused Gilmour to quit smoking.
@JDSquire
@JDSquire Ай бұрын
Absolutely LOVE her perspective. I'm 55 years old and have listened to this song for over 40 years and she's helping me see and hear things I never thought of before. Her breakdown of the lyrics in these videos is fantastic...so brilliant!!
@silgen
@silgen 2 ай бұрын
At the end Gilmour was harmonising with his guitar. The live version from the 1994 Pulse concert you can see him doing it.
@firedoc5
@firedoc5 2 ай бұрын
Beat me to it. LOL
@g0fvt
@g0fvt 2 ай бұрын
Ditto
@We-Do-NOT-Consent-303
@We-Do-NOT-Consent-303 Ай бұрын
Pink Floyd is very deep, the more you listen to it and the older you get, the more it will make you cry! If you are not crying yet, that means you don't get it, yet.
@rybakboris42
@rybakboris42 Ай бұрын
!!!!!!!
@davidfarmer9118
@davidfarmer9118 20 күн бұрын
Still children. Regards.
@GhostToast5000
@GhostToast5000 2 ай бұрын
When I see PINK FLOYD on a thumbnail, I immediately click
@melaniezette886
@melaniezette886 2 ай бұрын
Yes we do
@littlegrandadoutdoors
@littlegrandadoutdoors 2 ай бұрын
You may of clicked onto my page then!. My two great loves are floyd and camping. I mix the two and nearly all my short video's are mixes of Floyd and camping. Take care out there.
@CarazyDiamond
@CarazyDiamond 2 ай бұрын
Agreed, that's why I am here
@Ulexcool
@Ulexcool 2 ай бұрын
2024 and people still leave this kind of comments 🤣 I guess you are 50+ ?
@John-k6f9k
@John-k6f9k 2 ай бұрын
I hate Pink Floyd. They're lullabies for stoned people. And if you don't take drugs, then they're just lullabies.
@robfriesen2341
@robfriesen2341 2 ай бұрын
One of the main points of this song - the real is better than the comfortable, the price will be worth it.
@NorthernKitty
@NorthernKitty 2 ай бұрын
You summarized it far better than I did. 😋
@pablolazaromartinez3541
@pablolazaromartinez3541 2 ай бұрын
The whole Wish you were here album is about Syd Barrett, the founding member of Pink Floyd Who had to leave the band because of his mental problema. The most beautiful pieces of the album for me are Shine on you crazy Diamond ( allí parts of It)
@RushfanUK
@RushfanUK 2 ай бұрын
It's not, Have a Cigar and Welcome To The Machine are about the music business.
@dago87able
@dago87able 2 ай бұрын
@@RushfanUKyou’re right if you take them as individual songs, but in the context of the album they’re still about Syd (and all of them).
@NBrixH
@NBrixH 2 ай бұрын
@@RushfanUK It is though, those two songs are still about how the Music industry fucks you over, and ruins your life, I.E. Syd.
@markhamstra1083
@markhamstra1083 2 ай бұрын
⁠@@NBrixH It’s not, though, and band members have rejected that narrow “it’s about Syd” interpretation, explaining that the song and album are about broader themes of separation, absence, alienation and loss, not just about Syd - even though elements of his story are definitely present at some points in the album.
@NBrixH
@NBrixH 2 ай бұрын
@@markhamstra1083 yeah obviously it’s not just about him, it’s about a broader subject obviously. But it’s about Syd in the same way that The Wall is about Roger. Even though The Wall is about Pink, it obviously takes a lot of inspiration from Roger himself.
@keithwatt9871
@keithwatt9871 Ай бұрын
Love how you go in on the lyrics. More often than not most people are so overwhelmed by the music they miss the other half of their greatness.
@grahamokeefe9406
@grahamokeefe9406 2 ай бұрын
My understanding is that this song, in an oblique way, is about former band member Syd Barrett. It's worth reading up on Barrett. His story informs a lot of PF material.
@fppenque
@fppenque 2 ай бұрын
you are correct, the song is about Syd and his separation from the group after his mental illness took over.
@sanga11000
@sanga11000 2 ай бұрын
The whole album is heart breaking knowing Syd Barrett visited the band during the recording. He was wrecked and asked if he could help them in the process.
@MurrayDecker
@MurrayDecker 2 ай бұрын
Roger and Syd were very close, and his drift into mental illness was profoundly upsetting to Roger. David took his place in the band, and ultimately as a creative presence to replace what Syd brought to the bad. So many of PF's songs are about alienation and finding a place in society. Syd's mental illness was an ultimate expression of that sense of loss, alienation and questioning everything they assumed to be stable and reliable. The longing of that lyric, "How I wish you were here" is something we all feel on some level.
@korail4
@korail4 2 ай бұрын
​@@sanga11000 yes, this is heartbreaking.
@markhamstra1083
@markhamstra1083 2 ай бұрын
Yes and no. Yes, there are elements of Syd’s story in this song and throughout the album. No, we don’t need to follow what too many do in insisting that the song or album is specifically or even exclusively about Syd. At different times, various band members have rejected that narrow “it’s about Syd” interpretation, because the song and album are really more about the broader themes of absence, separation, alienation and loss than they are only and specifically about Syd.
@Jaxy451
@Jaxy451 2 ай бұрын
The whole album is amazing. Probably my favourite Pink Floyd album. And there is some real competition in their catalogue. This one is really worth lingering on.
@markhamstra1083
@markhamstra1083 2 ай бұрын
It’s a standout album, but I don’t think that this is the best track on the album even though it receives the most airplay and KZbin reactions. For me, the album as a whole and the multipart bookends of “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” bring me back for repeat listenings more than just this one song.
@iksaglam
@iksaglam 2 ай бұрын
yes, unquestionably their best album for me too.
@cutthr0atjake
@cutthr0atjake 2 ай бұрын
For me Wish You Were was easily their best album! Eager to here her take on the whole album.
@Jaxy451
@Jaxy451 2 ай бұрын
I don't believe it's easy to rank the tracks on this album from best to worst, so I wouldn't claim it's the best track on the album, but it is my personal favourite. As a lover of the music of Pink Floyd throughout this period, and all the way up to the departure of Waters, I cannot say this is easily their best, as others here claim. But it is the album that has had the most enduring impact on me. I love them all. I love The Wall. I love Animals. I have come to love Dark Side of the Moon. I do like echoes. I do like the Final Cut. Some of the early work is fantastic, if patchy. And the Piper at the Gates of Dawn is a masterpiece too. Anyway you look at it, I'm a fan of the whole catalogue. This album is simply the work I like most.
@markjz2011
@markjz2011 2 ай бұрын
Amy, "Time" is Pink Floyd's masterpiece!
@offal
@offal 2 ай бұрын
It`s a genius idea, a person listening to the radio, flicking through till he finds a nice guitar tune then, decides to play along, the cough i believe was David Gilmour, after hearing it back he decided to give up smoking.
@420since1974
@420since1974 2 ай бұрын
The cough came from Richard Wright. He was so embarrassed, he quit smoking soon after.
@joegillam1497
@joegillam1497 2 ай бұрын
​Gilmour ​@@420since1974
@canucklehead11
@canucklehead11 2 ай бұрын
There are people listening to this song who don't know what the old dial radio was like.
@offal
@offal 2 ай бұрын
@@canucklehead11 Yes of course, scary isn`t it
@johnod203
@johnod203 Ай бұрын
Around 7 minutes the power of the music pierces the chest and grabs your heart and squeezes the tears from your eyes.
@beardookeashley3946
@beardookeashley3946 2 ай бұрын
"Living in a musical space." Literally describes Pink Floyd as a band.
@briansmithson2491
@briansmithson2491 Ай бұрын
Amy I love watching and listening to your take on music I wish I had someone to talk to like you.
@unshaken95
@unshaken95 2 ай бұрын
Imho as a Pink Floyd fan, almost everything they did before The Wall is better than The Wall
@UngodlyFreak
@UngodlyFreak 2 ай бұрын
I agree for the most part, but let's be honest, some of their late-60s experimental stuff wasn't exactly great.
@unshaken95
@unshaken95 2 ай бұрын
@@UngodlyFreak yeah I agree
@MagicGoblinPrincess
@MagicGoblinPrincess 2 ай бұрын
I agree completely.
@GhostToast5000
@GhostToast5000 2 ай бұрын
@@UngodlyFreak Yeah, it was kinda funky before they found their iconic Pink Floyd sound
@Milios666
@Milios666 2 ай бұрын
Nope.
@Ricarrr
@Ricarrr 2 ай бұрын
Muita história por trás dessa música e ao querido Cidão Barreto "Syd Barret" ..... Parabéns pelo vídeo .... ótimas reações,,, muito legal... Shine On
@popsmcgee9775
@popsmcgee9775 2 ай бұрын
Seeing you return to Pink Floyd just made my day :) Thank you, Amy for this thoughtful discussion. I would thoroughly love you to listen to the entire album and I think you'd enjoy it immensely!
@RabbiSteve1
@RabbiSteve1 2 ай бұрын
What a great reaction to one of my favorite pieces by Pink Floyd! Thank you. I look forward to your further journey down the Pink Floyd Road. Their biggest album ever is Dark Side of the Moon. reactions, is anything from my favorite Pink Floyd album of all time, MEDDLE. And most especially the epic piece from that album, “Echoes” - on the original vinyl, this took up the entire second side of the album. It’s my favorite piece of music by Pink Floyd, and one of my favorite pieces of music from contemporary so-called “popular music“ or “rock music”, or “progressive rock“ or whatever anyone wants to call it It’s a beautiful piece, with at least four separate movements. And it’s a lot of people, including the band themselves, they finally found their voice.
@sarahgriffie3310
@sarahgriffie3310 2 ай бұрын
This is my favorite pink Floyd song because it speaks to me more than the rest. I feel like the message is that change and growth and being a part of something bigger is what makes life worth living. Change is better than comfort because to remain static is to waste one's life. It's better to have a small part in something big than a big part in something meaningless, etc.
@garylester8621
@garylester8621 2 ай бұрын
Amy, you think this was a long introduction? wait untill to play Shine on You Crazy Diamond.
@louise_rose
@louise_rose Ай бұрын
The restrained elegance of these songs is part of what made them so great.
@garylester8621
@garylester8621 Ай бұрын
@@louise_rose Yes!
@ThenISaidHey
@ThenISaidHey 2 ай бұрын
Oh ya listen to the entire album! Love to see your reaction to "Shine on You Crazy Diamond"
@DanielRutishauser
@DanielRutishauser 2 ай бұрын
Love the Way you feel and explain Music
@ericgardner5969
@ericgardner5969 2 ай бұрын
David Gilmour clearing his throat on this recording is what made him quit cigarettes. Saw you make a face when he did that figured I’d mention it lol
@youtubuzr
@youtubuzr 2 ай бұрын
The transitions on Floyd's albums are masterpieces all on their own. It makes listening to the songs in the wrong order a jarring experience. :D
@godbeIess
@godbeIess Ай бұрын
About three years ago, I finally understood the opening of Wish You Were Here. The distant, almost faded music you hear on the radio at the beginning represents Syd Barrett. It reflects the immense gap that had formed between Syd and the rest of the band. Then, as David Gilmour’s guitar comes in with a clear, more present sound, then the radio fades away-Syd fades from the band, and his replacement, Gilmour, steps into the spotlight. Roger Waters is an absolute genius for how he creates a soundscape to tell this story. Just like a painter expresses their vision through canvas and paint, Roger does it through sound and deeply poignant lyrics. He’s truly the master of musical metaphor.
@DrStrangelove3891
@DrStrangelove3891 Ай бұрын
Exactly! When Gilmour joins in, for a small moment, he and Syd both play guitar in Pink Floyd, representing Jugband Blues on their 2nd album. And then the others of the band have to go on alone.
@DavidLindes
@DavidLindes Ай бұрын
Yay, more Floyd! Happy to see you detour to this (though I do very much look forward to completion of the wall when you get to it, whenever that may be)! And I look eagerly forward to more explorations of Pink Floyd, of various eras.
@paulolapa3040
@paulolapa3040 2 ай бұрын
Shine On You Crazy Diamond!! Talk about a great intro. As "Wish You Were Here", it's about their former band member and frontman, Syd Barrett, who left the band, in 1968, because of his mental illness. Still waiting for "The Trial" (from The Wall) reaction ... Greetings!
@brianelliott4923
@brianelliott4923 2 ай бұрын
I love your analysis -sheer brilliance, such perception!
@danoliver2817
@danoliver2817 2 ай бұрын
GREAT GIG IN THE SKY is a must listen!!!
@SteelBreeze021
@SteelBreeze021 2 ай бұрын
It is so refreshing to hear a learned musician understanding the mastery of the music of Pink Floyd. Your description of the ‘palate cleansing’ aspects of PF intros is very real. Examples of this can be found in many of their works. Most notably, in “Shine On You Crazy Diamond (all parts)” and “Time”. You can never go wrong with this timeless music. Thank you for your content.
@1Imonk
@1Imonk 2 ай бұрын
Yes. Pink Floyd is, after all, the best of album oriented rock artists. Best sampled in context.
@kyorendofounder
@kyorendofounder Ай бұрын
Finally. Thank You from the fullness of my heart.
@seajaytea9340
@seajaytea9340 2 ай бұрын
Amy, thank you for the reaction and video. I have been a Flord fan for almost 5 decades and i have been waiting for you to both finish, and escape The Wall. I think your videos are truly insightful and i look forward to your analysis and comments. However, with Floyd, taking individual songs from their albums (especially starting with Dark Side of the Moon) is like listening to the 2nd movement of Beethoven's Moonlight sonata without hearing the sublime first or impassioned 3rd movements. You came to the conclusion the you need to listen to the whole album. I could not agree more emphatically. Enjoy!
@daroat
@daroat 2 ай бұрын
Great reaction! Shine on you crazy diamond (both parts) is a must! That album is timeless. Cheers!
@bigdaddypiggy
@bigdaddypiggy Ай бұрын
I was born in 1971 & have loved music for as long as I can remember & this is 1 of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard
@angelagraves865
@angelagraves865 2 ай бұрын
The skits in Pink Floyd songs are very deliberate and meaningful. I hope you keep listening to their music.
@kentnottingham9635
@kentnottingham9635 2 ай бұрын
I learned to play guitar, with the into on this being my first to learn. I love David’s style of play guitar!
@SG-Cichlids
@SG-Cichlids Ай бұрын
It was both. David Gilmour is absolutely brilliant. Arguably one of if not the greatest guitarist of all time. One of those rare people. A band like Pink Floyd will never happen again.
@patmcgroin6916
@patmcgroin6916 2 ай бұрын
Excellent idea, Amy! My favorite PF song this one.
@StephenHooper-p1i
@StephenHooper-p1i 2 ай бұрын
This is my favorite Pink Floyd album. "Shine on you Crazy Diamond" is a masterpiece.
@NGNBoone
@NGNBoone 2 ай бұрын
I would delight to hear your reaction to Shine on You Crazy Diamond. I love the chord changes, the instrumentation, the lyrics and the story. It still makes the hairs raise up on my arms
@sdbaugh60
@sdbaugh60 2 ай бұрын
Floyd is my MOST Favorite Band! I absolutely ❤ how their music can get me to see a Movie, in my mind,through their Sound and Lyrics! The album PULSE is my ALL TIME FAVORITE!!!
@roblaw4554
@roblaw4554 2 ай бұрын
I so enjoy your willing openness to just absorb a product like this, or a band like this, and then speak with such meaningful insights about their works - despite them being so outside your own accustomed musical bedrock. ANOTHER really fine treatment. Thanks! Cheers rl 🤘👹🤘
@Jaxy451
@Jaxy451 2 ай бұрын
A stunning song. No question. A piece of sheer inspiration. No other way to put it.
@walterfleury3840
@walterfleury3840 2 ай бұрын
Saw them in 1994. They had the entire stadium singing along with them for this one. It was pure magic.
@danielc6508
@danielc6508 2 ай бұрын
Everyone who grew up before the age of digital everything knows the beginning of the song is simply the sound of someone turning a radio dial.
@davidperlowski1477
@davidperlowski1477 2 ай бұрын
It may be possible that someone is turning the dial away from something unpleasant...
@glennewdick
@glennewdick 2 ай бұрын
radio in a car no less, you can here the old style point distributor making feedback in the radio as the car speeds up and slows down. if you have a good recording you can also hear the cars wipers going back and forth.
@TheBalrogTx
@TheBalrogTx 2 ай бұрын
Not just a radio with a dial... but a radio broadcasting on an AM frequency... i.e. Mono sound. Then, as the second guitar joins in, the song moves to FM frequency... i.e. Stereo. Tell me the song is about the past and the present, without telling me that it's about the past and the present. And then the lyrics come in to grab your 'feels' by the throat. This song is simply... pure genius.
@danchristopher7957
@danchristopher7957 2 ай бұрын
Such pleasant noise....❤️
@dongelinas1896
@dongelinas1896 2 ай бұрын
The most amazing album to me is Pink Floyd's Animals. I do believe that any accomplished musician would be taken aback by the composition and musical talent they actually possess. I will eagerly await your first dive into that album.
@LockBits-ts6eo
@LockBits-ts6eo 2 ай бұрын
I remember the emotions this track evoked back then, I used to listen to it just before going to sleep at night, It took me to fabulous places in my mind.
@BigTimeRushFan2112
@BigTimeRushFan2112 2 ай бұрын
Masterpiece of philosophical questioning and insight. Mic drop.
@freelancebrown
@freelancebrown 2 ай бұрын
This was a great reaction and I look forward to your take on the rest of the album. (And I'm already excited for your eventual run through Dark Side of the Moon. :-))
@samuellord8576
@samuellord8576 2 ай бұрын
As the band members have said ad nauseam, it’s about Syd Barrett’s mental breakdown. Syd’s madness was so profound that these were natural questions, not hyperbolic. He even showed up _as they were practicing this tune_ ! They had no idea whether he understood what they were singing. Beautifully sad tune describing the emotional cost of madness to all involved. Thanks Amy!
@rorybessell8280
@rorybessell8280 2 ай бұрын
Shine On You Crazy Diamond is the only song that's truly about Syd Barrett. The album in general is about him, separation, loss and the music industry's role in causing that. This song is actually about the Roger that existed before the music industry, when he felt more free and creative. The you is really his past self
@jeanmc4213
@jeanmc4213 2 ай бұрын
I just LOVE your reactions and your breakdown of all that is important. I can't wait until you get into deciphering Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon! Meanwhile, go ahead and run with Wish You Were Here!
@P-Bass_Pete
@P-Bass_Pete Ай бұрын
It's Pink Floyd, you're supposed to be high, that's why the music is so long. I think you missed the entire point of the songs beginning. It starts off with a radio programme playing (in mono) you hear the listener coughing and moving about, and then he starts playing guitar along with the song on the radio and at the end of his little solo it comes full into stereo and you're pulled into the song.
@marieneu264
@marieneu264 5 күн бұрын
One of my very favorite songs. Listened to this over and over when I was having a hard time making my long drive back to college after Christmas break lol
@craigwells3655
@craigwells3655 2 ай бұрын
We were stoned when hearing this music, and it blew our minds. Unbelievably deep and meditation like. Wish you got high to hear it.
@unshaken95
@unshaken95 2 ай бұрын
@@craigwells3655 how I wish, how I wish you got high 🎵😂
@redrum482
@redrum482 2 ай бұрын
'They make you do it!' I love this reaction. :)
@kevinanderson5059
@kevinanderson5059 2 ай бұрын
To understand this song, in it's truest form, you must understand what was happening within the band. We miss you Syd.
@homesteadjeff1419
@homesteadjeff1419 Ай бұрын
I LOVE your approach understanding this band. It is a hybrid scientific/spiritual/emotional approach. And those traits are exactly how Pink Floyd ended up mastering their craft. What a coincidence!
@pjscardoso1972
@pjscardoso1972 2 ай бұрын
Oh Amy, I would LOVE for you to experience "Shine on you crazy diamond" and hear your opinions on it. PLEASE MAKE IT HAPPEN.
@michaelparks6120
@michaelparks6120 Ай бұрын
I so love this song.
@christorrence1114
@christorrence1114 2 ай бұрын
The intro is like a faded memory and the more it plays out, the more it becomes clear again.
@RR_Kings
@RR_Kings Ай бұрын
what a beautiful analysis of the lyrics!!!!
@smitty1e
@smitty1e Ай бұрын
"We're just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl, year after year." is the quintessential Floyd lyric. Who else could pull that off?
@godbluffvdgg
@godbluffvdgg Ай бұрын
That AM radio static was always so comforting...I remember hearing this on vinyl when it became available...I was 15 and Dark Side of the moon had already blown our minds...Gilmore's guitar work on this album is some of his best work...The guitar Outro on; Have a Cigar is sublime and the Sax FORGETABOUTIT...:)...
@leonsimpson2230
@leonsimpson2230 2 ай бұрын
One of my most favorite songs. I'm actually going to watch David Gilmour tomorrow and I'm hopeful he'll play this
@silgen
@silgen 2 ай бұрын
I've seen video of him rehersing for this tour, and he did this as a duet with his daughter Romany.
@mat0145
@mat0145 2 ай бұрын
Going to see him on Saturday. Be interesting to see what he plays. Enjoy.
@leonsimpson2230
@leonsimpson2230 2 ай бұрын
@@mat0145 sure will. You too 🙂 shine on
@leonsimpson2230
@leonsimpson2230 2 ай бұрын
@@silgen perhaps they'll do the same tomorrow
@silgen
@silgen 2 ай бұрын
@@leonsimpson2230 Hope so, she's got a lovely voice, her singing on Between Two Points is just magical and haunting.
@Cifer77
@Cifer77 2 ай бұрын
This is one of my favorite Pink Floyd songs, and I think one of their best. Great Choice!
@GordonHeaney
@GordonHeaney 2 ай бұрын
The intro is someone scanning through radio stations, like we used to do in the 70's and 80's, hence the EQ settings on the guitar intro
@NrykeSolis
@NrykeSolis 2 ай бұрын
Love yours deep analisys ! keep talking to us! 😉
@slydogger
@slydogger 2 ай бұрын
Anytime I get a chance to hear WISH YOU WERE HERE I stop everything and listen.
@johnleeshute
@johnleeshute Ай бұрын
That's why I'm here.
@Afficionadoh
@Afficionadoh 25 күн бұрын
it expresses pain and all the bitterness of loss.
@benlap1977
@benlap1977 2 ай бұрын
About three days ago, it played on a classic rock station here in Liverpool and when the French horn kicked in, my first thought was "something ominous is about to happen!", as youbpointed put a few times with The Wall. Lol. Your analysis does definitely enhance Pink Floyd for me.
@LordEagle
@LordEagle 2 ай бұрын
Wait until you get to Shine on You Crazy Diamond,,,,,💥💥💥🤘😎
@Barmandudeguy
@Barmandudeguy 2 ай бұрын
Gives me goosebumps every time I hear this song...a tear or two also
@CristiNeagu
@CristiNeagu 2 ай бұрын
4:39 Wait until you hear Shine On You Crazy Diamond part 1, where the first chord change is at 2 minutes and 23 seconds into the song. The intro to Wish You Were Here is supposed to be someone skipping through radio channels, landing on a song he likes, and then starting to play along with the radio.
@maudclaud6132
@maudclaud6132 2 ай бұрын
I get limbic tingles from watching you experience these masterpieces for the first time
@lars-oleeifler4448
@lars-oleeifler4448 2 ай бұрын
Echoes. Dark Side Of The Moon - whole album. Shine On You Crazy Diamond. The Wall. That's the essence of Pink Floyd.
@250278
@250278 2 ай бұрын
"The man and the journey". There´s the core.
@XFLexiconMatt
@XFLexiconMatt 2 ай бұрын
This is about my all time favorite PF songs. I just really connect with it.
@seandobson6221
@seandobson6221 2 ай бұрын
This entire album is a work of art. It’s a love story for Syd Barrett the original lead singer of Floyd. David Gilmour is on my guitar Mt Rushmore with Eddie Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Jimi. When Gilmour plays the guitar solo you can hear David singing the solo as well. It’s an extremely short song. I’ve always said that if you’re gonna react to Floyd you need to do entire albums. Most artists will drop and album with 12 random songs that have no rhyme or reason. Floyd albums tell a story and each song is a page in that story. At this point in the album we’ve seen Syd fall and it laments how he descended into madness.
@coryhoffman358
@coryhoffman358 Ай бұрын
It's crazy that I have listened to this song my whole life, yet this has given me a fresh perspective on the song and lyrics. Ironically what the song is about in a way.
@drkjk
@drkjk 2 ай бұрын
About PF lyrics as written by Roger Waters. Said Gilmour about the popularity of Waters' lyrics, "Roger had something he needed to say and apparently there are many people who needed to hear it."
@danielemargaroli5882
@danielemargaroli5882 Ай бұрын
How lucky you are. I would pay to be able to hear it for the first time. Timeless song
@pjgtech
@pjgtech 2 ай бұрын
This song is talking about human perception, missing lost friends/family, how people with mental health struggles might "hide" their true feelings, etc, etc. Its a musical and lyrical masterclass. 8-)
@chaddubois8164
@chaddubois8164 Ай бұрын
Truly a beautiful song coming from a beautiful place.
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