Classical Composer Reacts to the rest of Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd) | The Daily Doug (Ep. 289) 

This entire album is a sonic masterpiece. It's like a movie for your mind made out of sound, filled with intricate, complex and subtle detail that gives it tremendous depth and evokes non-stop pure emotion. It just *feels* incredible to listen to.

Frank Zappa said that the old cigar chomping executives were better for the art than the younger, more hip executives that took over in the 1980's. The old men didn't know what worked, so they approached hunting for talent as throwing spaghetti at the wall, until they found something that would stick. The newer executives came in, thinking they knew what was good, and now, everything sounds the same.

"Did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage" is one of the most powerful lines in all of rock and roll.

22:05 - Dude... "It's like an acoustic guitar playing with an AM radio"... this is, verbatim, the explanation that David Gilmour himself gave in an interview. A young kid in his bedroom hearing this song on the radio, grabbing his guitar and playing along. Dude, Y'all, you fuckin nailed it bro!

The feeling I get when I listen to Pink Floyd is unmatched by any other band. The music resonates so deep it's like it recharges my soul. I truly believe we will never hear another band like Pink Floyd.

"What does it mean?" I don't know. But I have an idea. I think the sounds you're hearing are an elevator going up to a penthouse, and there's a party going on. But it's a party you're not invited to, aren't a guest at. All you can do is watch all these people who are richer than you, who get to decide what albums you get to make, enjoying themselves with the money you earned them. All you can do is watch from the outside, and wait for the elevator doors to close again, and take you back down... Down into the Machine.

The sounds you heard at the end of "Welcome To the Machine" that you couldn't identify are: the closing of elevator doors, the elevator going up to the penthouse, and the doors opening up to a cocktail party; an introduction to "the machine". Roger Waters revealed in an interview that the line, "Which one's Pink?", in "Have a Cigar" was a real-life experience with a record company rep. In the beginning of "Wish You Were Here" I believe they attempted to convey the idea that someone was searching for music on an old AM radio, finding a channel playing an acoustic piece, and the listener playing his own melody over it.

The reason PF left space in their compositions was because they wrote albums. They didn’t make any effort to cram everything into a three and a half minute song for radio play.

Sid and David's family used to take holiday together as kids, so it's not just the loss of a bandmate, it's remembering a shared childhood. Brilliant work, I think my favorite album of theirs.

People say this all the time, but this actually is one of the best albums of all time. Truly. The entire piece is a story.

Syd Barrett turned up in the studio unexpectedly during the recording of the album. No one recognised him at first. Gilmour & Waters cried when they discovered it was him.

Pink Floyd is one of those bands that a single song or two just isn't enough. A whole album listen is most effective to feel what they were feeling in that moment.

Please please do an entire listen through of their Animals album. Its truly wonderful, and im tempted to say i prefer it to their Wish You Were Here album. It is wonderful, and the animal sounds they do in the background are all made via their various instruments. I really want to hear your breakdown on it.

The story with Roy Harper, which I'm sure someone else has already explained, was that both David and Roger had tried to lay down the vocals and it just wasn't working. Roy knew the band well and was recording in another of the studios so they brought him in and he simply nailed it. I think he went uncredited initially and most people thought it was Roger.

I've only just discovered Doug's channel. I'm a big Rick Beato fan, but I find Doug's downright humanity (for want of a better word) so beautifully refreshing. Thank you, sir!

I’ve really enjoyed your reactions to “Shine On”, “Atom Heart Mother”, and “Echoes”. You have an amazing talent to discern how the band structure their works. Enjoy the tympani flourishes! If you like puzzling out chord progressions as much as you seem to, you should definitely listen to the acoustic guitar work on Pink Floyd’s “Dogs”.

The sound at the end of "Welcome To the Machine" is an elevator. The de-personified rock star leaves the concert and takes the lift to the penthouse party, where no one is really present. Mindless chatter. "Have A Cigar" is a follow-up to that theme. The agent/manager/record exec who has no idea about the band. "Which one's Pink" sums it up. The working title of the album was "Variations on the theme of absence." The album artwork reflects this, as well. Nobody is here. Wish you were. Roger said that the title track was not so much about Syd, as it was about himself. "Wish I Were Here." The band were under enormous pressure to follow up Dark Side of the Moon, the world was in chaos, they were falling apart collectively and individually. The only way to get over the obstacles was to make the album about the what they were going through. At first, two songs that got rewritten for "Animals" (You've Gotta Be Crazy; Raving and Drooling) were going to be on the album. It's a good thing they weren't. Their rewrites are superior, and they had no place in "Wish You Were Here." That radio at the beginning of the title track is a microphone recording of the radio in David Gilmour's car. They ran a cable and a mike out there, and he randomly flipped the dial. There was probably some selective editing. They did the same thing on The Wall, with the TV stations flipping. In concert, they had an actual TV, and they'd flip through the channels.

I’ve always felt there is something very Orwellian about “Welcome to the Machine“. Although “the machine“, undoubtedly, was initially intended to represent the music industry, I feel that it takes on a much larger meaning within the soundscape of that song. Ever since I first heard it in the late 80s, I’ve always had images of “1984“ or “Metropolis“ swim around in my mind when I listen to it.

No other band has been able to pull my emotional strings like Pink Floyd. Powerful. Way back to Interstellar Overdrive, Set the Controls, to Wish you were here, to The Wall, to Division Bell and everything in between.. they just pull it off over and over.

Buddy ripped the rig in the middle of a breakdown. Legend. Officially my favorite reaction channel so far. Cheers.

Pink Floyd always seemed like they were in no hurry to go anywhere, and I think that is why their music has so much space.They are like a Sunday drive, going on back roads, seeing the sights that everyone else misses. You learn about the historic places, the scenic overlooks, the architecture, the best places to eat, the roadside stands, all at a leisurely pace. Maybe that is why I listen to Fat Old Sun when I take a long drive, it sets the mood.

"Wish You Were Here", that melody is one of the greatest in rock history. Plus the lyrics, so deep...

This is by far the best music reaction channel on RU-vid. The analysis provided is so far beyond anybody else's attempt.

Undoubtedly a top ten album for anyone who appreciates natural rock. One of the few fantastic guitarists who did not need to play fast solos to be considered exceptional. Love Pink Floyd.

It's worth mentioning that David Gilmour is singing along to his solos as he plays them in the title track. He does this live, too. He has said before that he often writes solos by singing or scatting along to the backing track into a tape recorder, then transcribing it to guitar.

Roy Harper sings on "Have a Cigar" because neither David nor Roger were nailing it. They were both hitting the notes but not the "feel" of the song so Roy, who was recording on the same studio on that day, offered to do the part. They talk about it on the WIsh You Were Here documentary, which I'd definitely recommend you watch.

I feel like this album is so…cohesive? I can’t explain properly, I’m linguistically challenged, lol. I love how Pink Floyd gives you space in the songs. Every song is like a journey, an experience. They are my all time favorite band. I relate and identify to their vibe so much. Absolute masterclass band of genius in my opinion. I feel every song, so deeply. I am often moved to tears. Still get chills listening to their music over and over. I love Pink Floyd and I adored your video. I raced home from work last week and this week to watch your videos with a little cocktail and also some herbal supplements, because it’s been a long two weeks. So thank you so much for helping me unwind and please Doug will you do some more pink Floyd soon? I love your videos! 🤍

Not only my favourite album of all time but my favourite lyric of all time….. “We're just 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” If I was to make a film of Syd Barrett I’d make this album integral to the the script and the soundtrack.

Dark side of the moon ,is another ,maybe even more a critically acclaimed masterpiece. For me Dark side of the moon ,is the greatest album ever recorded in the modern era . Your reaction s are absolutely spot on by the way ,thank u.

The first vinyl I purchased for myself. Turned out to be a high bar for any subsequent albums. Absolute _masterpiece_ .

The guy who sings “Have a cigar” is Roy Harper. You should listen his album “Stormcock”, especially the song “Me and my woman”. Great performer

They always had great lyrics. "And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking Racing around to come up behind you again The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older Shorter of breath and one day closer to death" - Pink Floyd: Time (from Dark Side of the Moon)

When the band Genesis was looking for a guitarist to replace Anthony Phillips, they put an ad in the local paper that said, "Looking for a lead guitar, who plays in atmospheres, rather than chords." Steve Hackett answered that ad, and the rest is rock history. Pink Floyd, the entire band, plays in atmospheres, and the rest is rock history.

This is the first time I’ve listened to wish you were here since it was played at my late wife’s celebration of life 4 years ago. Thank you for getting me to listen again.

I've loved Pink Floyd for a very long time. They are true geniuses and their music is timeless.

Sitting here, listening, and thinking, that's a new sound, I've never heard that on the track before.... Only to realise there is a truck up the road using some hydraulics.. but it blended in.... Lol

"Dark Side Of The Moon", "Wish You Were Here", and "Animals" are the three greatest albums of the 1970s.

The opening bars of "Wish You Were Here" were recorded from Gilmour's car radio, with somebody turning the dial (the classical music heard is the finale of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony).

I was today years old when I learned that the short string clip playing on the radio at the beginning of Wish You Were Here was from Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony - IV Movement. Mind blown!!! (Instant subscribe. Fantastic job, Doug!)

What amazes me about Pink Floyd, is they were all in their early 20's when they made all these masterpieces. Just great deep lyrics with unheard of orchestral arrangements combined with rock/blues progressions. No-ones really ever replicated them . And here we are 50 years later still listening to them.

I bought that album in 1975 and I still never get tired of listening to it.

“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.” - HST

Quite possibly the greatest album ever made on both a musical level & in relation to the circumstances surrounding its creation. From a listening perspective it is without equal from start to finish it is just perfect, it holds your attention, it is incredibly moving and you feel the emotion in the playing. I dont think the 4 members ever played better individually or collectively. On top of that Waters lyrics are beautiful, the sense of loss, distance & alienation are so vivid. As good a lyricist you think Roger Waters is, he's actually better. I think here he was at his pinnacle. The way they remembered Syd was so moving but done in a way that anyone who has lost could relate to. I cannot listen to this album without shedding a tear as the album fades out & Rick Wright drops a few notes from See Emily Play. I saw The Floyd on the Animals tour when they played Wish You Were Here in its entirety, my abiding memories as a stoned 17 year old in an afghan coat is seeing Gilmour stooped over his pedal steel with a spotlight descending on him and an ocean of dry ice pouring off the stage and waterfalling into the audience. His solo at the start of Shine On pt 2 was just staggering. The image that last longest is the closing section of Shine On when the band left the stage & Rick played the final section alone on the piano, it was hauntingly beautiful, a mirrorball sent light beams all around the hall. Probably my finest moment in 50+ years of concert going. If The Beatles owned the 60's, Pink Floyd owned the 70's after that nothing really matters

The segue way from Have a Cigar to Wish You Were Here is one of the most ingenious bits I've ever heard in music. Cuts to a guy listening to the radio, then he starts playing along to the damn radio and in comes WYWH! Absolutely brilliant.

You got it! That was indeed the opening of the finale for tchaikovsky’s 4th symphony. My girlfriend was getting me into pink floyd, and as a classical musician I really had never listened to more than classical music. I heard that and thought “Oh shit really?” I had such a fun reaction.

I saw Pink Floyd live at Texas Stadium in 1995 and to this day, its the most incredible concert I've ever attended. By a large margin.

My favourite Pink Floyd album. This is the album I first heard from them, when I was a teenager, and I was hooked. Can't wait to hear the reactions.

I don't normally care about lyrics, the music is what gets me. But 'wish you were here' really resonates, and what a song. But then I regard this album as a major masterpiece, up there with the very best that rock music has produced. There are few better records in any genre.

Wish You Were Here always brings tears to my eyes. It's stunning.

Wish You Were Here - was the song that caused me to pick up the guitar at age of 27 and because Scotland, the same year I played with new met folks at pubs all over the Highlands, mostly Pink Floyd stuff - this Ultimate Band really have the power to change people and their lives. It's much more than just music. Thanks for great review, especially for the supreme ear to pick up the progressions - especially in Atom Heart Mother, very few can show the complex music piece the way you do.

One of the funniest lines in rock music .. "we're so happy we can hardly count".

I knew you couldn't get enough. You were absolutely enamored with Shine On.

It's because of reactions like this I joined your Patreon. You keep mentioning the soundscapes that Pink Floyd make. You really need to check out Live at Pompeii (the original). They set up in an ancient amphitheater in Italy, and played some of their best material without an audience. It's my favorite live recording I've ever heard.

For the ten years we were together this album, an all time favourite, was on every one of my birthday and Christmas, CD list’s. Two weeks after Andy died prematurely, age thirty two, a package of six albums came through the post. Among them was, “Wish You were here.” I’ve never cried so much in my entire life. Thirty years on, Andy and Wish You Were Here, are still on my all time hit list. I love them both and the two of them still make me cry.

Great album. I'm 69 and remember listening to A.M. radio as the transition to FM and higher fidelity recording/playback was becoming affordable. The part at about time 21:00 is one of my favorites. The first time I heard it was around 1976, I think and that transition from the radio in the background to the clarity of the acoustic guitar was almost jarring in it's beauty.

"which ones pink" is actually something that the band got asked quite often by producers who didn't know anything of the band except that they were making a lot of money at the time, so roger put the line in the lyrics

A good hifi, decent turntable, any pink floyd record, darkened room and a big fat spliff. At one with the universe.

Roger's lyrics aren't just "witty". They are often an acerbic reflection on humanity as he sees it. True, that can come across as somewhat jaundiced, but that is Roger - the album Animals is the definitive example of that mindset.

I thought the line, " Did you exchange, a walk-on part in the war for a leading role in a cage?" was referring to Mohammad Ali's refusal to fight in Vietnam. I know the song is about Syd Barrett, but Ali was the person who came to mind.

Best. Album. Ever. This album goes deeper than my soul: it is part of my genetic makeup now. It will always be a part of me.

Saw a documentary with David, he talked about Have a Cigar. He mentioned that Roy was in another studio room, they asked him to come sing it and both David and Roger were struggling with getting up to that key to sing this song. Roger wasn't happy about having someone else sing this song, but they felt Roy did a much better version singing this song. There's a lot more to tit but that is the jest of the discussion.

Daves guitar solo on "Have a cigar" gives goosebumps to me, absolutely breathtaking!!

Nick's composition of his drum parts on this track are criminally under rated. Rich the Ancient Metal Beast

I have often tried to imagine how many hours they must have sat in the studios writing arranging editing recording to give us these masterpieces,and they are masterpieces. Many of the great prices of music comes out of pain and tragedy but Gilmore, Waters and others took it to another level that in my opinion will never be matched. I am 67 and have been there from the beginning. Thank you Pink Floyd for touching my emotions for all these years.

You've added several new dimensions to the way this plays, and how it sounds to me. Thankyou. A touch of irony here: Back in 70, as art students we crashed the line-up to a Floyd concert, and had front row seats. Floyd realised they were getting to be too expensive for the average student, so their manager offered them out at 10/-. The promoter wouldn't believe his ears ...could only say "I'll call you back" (That '10/-' is 10 shillings, British currency at the time, probably about $12 today!). Not all music men are greedy. Roy Harper is a relatively obscure - but revered - folk singer (Zep have a song "Hats off to (Roy) Harper" on their 3rd album). When he was recording in the next studio, he was asked to do the vocals - his response "How much are you paying?" Irony rules again! And a party... watch the party in the Spinal Tap movie - the vacuous girl greeting everyone as if they were good friends, without a clue as to who they were.

Are you going to do the entire DSOTM album? I'd love to see you break it down with your knowledge and passion!

I've been listening to Pink Floyd since 1973 and was lucky enough to see them in concert several years later. That lyric about "by the way, which one's Pink?" actually happened between the band and a record company executive in the U.S.

Pink Floyd is my favorite example of space in music. I love how you mention it in every Pink Floyd listen. I think it is possibly the biggest reason people love them wheather they realize it or not. It is always the thing I talk about when I explain to people, who have never heard them, why they are so special.

"It's like an acoustic guitar playing along with an AM radio" I think I remember reading that that's exactly why Gilmour did it - to encourage the listener to play along. Definitely worked though!

Marvelous insights. You could dedicate your entire channel to listening and commenting on every Pink Floyd song from every album and it would take years. I’ve researched the music, the arraignments, the production, and followed the history of The Floyd and the members for all of my adult life and I’m still learning and being delightfully surprised.

One of the greatest concert experiences of my lifetime to date was seeing Roger Waters under a full moon, in the middle of the desert with a reported million dollars worth of sound equipment during the 2016 Desert Trip Festival. It was truly amazing! I grew up on Pink Floyd and continue to listen to them to this day. So many masterpiece songs. Thanks for doing this one.

I love Welcome to the Machine. Incredible piece of music.

Some bands make one great song. Floyds entire spectrum is a living masrerpiece, every song on every album. Im over 50 now and began loving this since 13. I had the good fortune to attend 2 floyd concerts in my early teens. It only gets more beautiful intense and profound w age and time. The only song i ever learned on the guitar is the intro to wish you were here. Pure perfection. I really enjoyed watching you get into my all time favorite music. I know every note every word every riff by heart. I have never loved any music more. Their shows were phenomenal. Complete sensory immersion into pure perfectection.

Pink Floyd was as good as it gets! Roger Waters was and continues to be a genius! If you haven't listened to his Amused To Death concept album you've missed one of the most incredible albums of all times.

Have A Cigar is, ironically (and intentionally, no doubt), the most commercial track on the album. Which I absolutely LOVE. EDIT: Also, yes, they are totally a long listen, album at a time kind of band....

Right on Doug. The space they leave is intentional. It’s what makes their compositions both unique and artistically remarkable. Their lyrical point of view here comes from disillusionment following the success of Dark Side. Originally less well received by critics, fans loved it. I’ve always considered both albums as bookends to a particular moment in the career of Floyd. Beautiful logic, both lyrically and musically.

Listening to this reminds me of a discussion about how scientists appreciate a flower. Because they understand a little more about how it is composed and how it came to be, and what it does, does _not_ make it any less beautiful or wonderful. Exactly the opposite, in fact. Same with music, surely? Understanding the mechanics does not deflect from what is a creative expression of our small lives. Truly great music endures because it touches our souls and says things. And it says that in both technical theory terms, and in 'feels'. But I've forgotten any music theory I learnt back in the day by this point. What I can relate to is that Pink Floyd music conveys the 'feels' like almost no other.

18:34 🤣😂🤣 You had the exact same response as me when I was 15. I'd bought the album and rushed home to play it and when I got to this point I thought the album was damaged, so I took it back to the shop. When the sales guy listened to it, he said, "Nah, that's just Pink Floyd".

People tend to worship The Dark Side of The Moon as Pink Floyd's best album. But if you do a thorough analysis like Doug does in his videos, you'll find that a few parts of some songs on The Dark Side could still be better musically resolved. Lyrics are perfect. On the other hand, if you listen to the Wish You Were Here album with the same attention for how it fits musically, you realize that there is absolutely nothing out of place. It's a masterpiece. Everything is flawless resolved. The sound is absolutely stonishing and captivating, as are the lyrics of each song. So, for me, Wish You Were Here is Pink Floyd's best album.

When I was a little kid, I got exposed to Pink Floyd through a guy dating one of my older sisters. I remember that not once did my brain process their music as some guys playing instruments. There were always some sort of dreamlike visions going on, I wish I had clear memories of them. It was many years later that it sort of dawned on me that these were indeed people playing instruments and I started becoming keenly aware of (and started asking questions about) production, reverb, synthesizers, etc. I never developed the golden ears to be a good engineer or producer, but I love that the internet has allowed us to see so many old documentaries, live footage, interviews, etc of artists & the people who recorded them like Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, Elton John, Queen, Led Zeppelin - so many that achieved such excellence on record, hopefully giving millions of little kids amazing mental movies long before music videos began stripping away that gauzy abstract wilderness of what you “see” when you hear music.

This is my favorite Pink Floyd album, I have the mechanical handshake artwork from it tattooed on my arm. Rick Wright’s synth work is what really makes this record special to me. I’d also like to add the “by the way, which one’s pink?” is a reference to an actual experience the band had: an executive really did ask them “by the way, which one is pink?” once in the late 60s

Their debut album ‘The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn’ would be a good one for weird Wednesday.

this is amazing! Love hearing your reactions and how you use your deep knowledge to appreciate in awe...you never let your learning stunt your humanity!! you rock.. shine On Doug!

I was waiting for you to spark up that bowl!! This is such a headspace song (& album), so it works GREAT with a touch of green! A friend & I saw a tribute band (Brit Floyd) perform this, it was so trippy, I said if we weren't already stoned, this song would make us so!! Then they played 'Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun' - talk about a sonic adventure!!

Dark Side of the Moon is a perfect album, but on Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd did something unexpected, they upped their game and found their heart.

Many Pink Floyd albums need the listener to hear the whole album straight through. Picking out tracks will confuse you no end.

Yes sir, "space" is the whole key to Floyd. Their sparseness is a huge part of what made them great. Never fast or crowded just to be fast and crowded, never filling up sonic space they don't need to.

Please listen to "Two suns in the sunset" off of "The Final Cut". That album didn't get the respect it deserved. I love it. You need to think of Pink Floyd more like performance art than just music. It's far more immersive than most music.

Looks like you got the tiny little classical bit at the intro to "Wish You Were Here" correct, as the beginning of the Finale of Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony. And now I've got a new piece of music to listen to. So much fun listening to, and watching your facial expressions, in your commentary and reactions to Pink Floyds's masterpiece album "Wish You Were Here", especially for "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" from the previous episode #284

Oh, what greatness! So, Doug, if u enjoyed Pink Floyd with their eerieness and spacious sound, you are bound to love CAMEL. That's another British band, formed a bit later as they come from the generation of Rush & Queen. There's so much to discover in their music apart from great musicianship: there are some elements of psycho, definitely of prog/art-rock, but mostly just great songs, interspersed b/w longer instrumentals, often highly complex with 5/4s, 7/4s, 9/8s and so on. Perhaps u could start off with "Echoes" or "Song within a song", leading you to a "The snow goose" suite off a LP of the same title, famously performed with an orchestra in 1975 in The Royal Albert Hall. Highly recommended! So, go CAMEL!

The perfect pink floyd album. Not a weak part to be found and the transitions are awesome. Yes my favourite album. The other albums are great but have their slightly weak points . This has no weak points. Love your reactions Doug keep up the great work. So what is your poison going to be for this listen? Recommend a dram called arbelour. Smooth as WYWH. fortunately you may have to listen to the whole album in one hit even though you have already done soycd and you will know why once done. Once you done this album will go into your collection.

At the time, fans of Roy Harper recognised his voice instantly, most everyone else didn't even notice that it wasn't Roger or David. Roy has told the story in interviews as to how he ended up doing the vocal, and a what great vocal it is. You should now, of course, listen to the album the way it was meant to be listened to, it works so much better. Nice one!

The last few times I saw Roger in concert on the screen behind behind the band they opened with a cigarette burning in an ashtray in front of transistor radio in monotone then the guitar starts playing and switches to stereo. As much as I loved those vinyl LP's listening to them with my headphones seeing them live was was truly a treat . 🤩

I am in awe of your ability to hear and tell what note it is instantly. The reason I subscribed to you was you are one of few who let the song play and interject when needed...most here want to tell you their opinion and they more important than the song....thx!

About how every instrument and part fits together so well all across the entire album, and all floyd's discography.. i always attributed it to Rog, Nick and Rick being architecture students

Thank you for your expertise !! Love Floyd, they are epic and an essential listen for everyone!!! So enjoy your channel! Peace on!

I bought and heard this in 76 the week it came oud on my stereo and I was tripping at the time. And when I hear it now I still am. Still amazing. Hard to top Dark Side, but I feel it was equal in greatness. A band that went from chaos to greatness.. Quite an excursion.

Sir,,,i cannot put into words the shear joy you give me, in your beautiful linguistic travel through these tracks. Your simply addictive, thank you so so much!

Roy Harper was recording in an adjacent studio when Floyd was recording Have a Cigar. He came over and visited when they were discussing who/how to put the vocals on the track. Roy Harper sang one saying this is how I would do it, and they loved it so much the went with him.

Both Roger and David were having trouble singing have a cigar. Roy Harper happened to be hanging out with them in the studio and asked if he could have a go at it. He nailed it and they decided to use his take for the album.