I chose 'Shine on' for my son's ceremony. He died at the age of 42. Drug related. I've never listened to it since then. but now after 8 years I embrace 'Shine on' again.
Pink Floyd are one of those bands who have just produced beautiful music that has and will stand the test of time. Please explore their catalogue of songs and just feel the emotions and passions. May it bring happiness as you listen and just let the melodies flow over you. God Bless.
I also dedicate this song to my late son, he was 25 when he died, also I have a Dark side of the Moon tatoo on mya arm, whit the phrase "Shine On My Son"
What I like about Floyd is that unlike today's music that rushes you along, Floyd is in no hurry and only asks you to climb on board and enjoy the journey.
Yes, they come from an age when people did feel that it was perfectly okay to let things that mattered "take their time", an age that seemed to have open horizons and was much less thoroughly commecialized than today. Their songs are like journeys, or moments from a journey, even when they are not this long, The film "Zabriskie Point" where the Floyd contrbuted music captures the same spirit...in a way that's also patallel with "Easy Rider", made around the same time - a film where the Floyd were not involved but which certainly infleucned them and the entire generation. My own childhood overlaps with those days, so I still feel rooted in some of these attitudes, that approach to time and understanding - and I can barely remember a time when the sounds of the Floyd (Gilmour's way of playing the guitar, for example) were not part of my personal world of music.
@@Honken55 Phish too, or the Tedeschi Trucks Band sometimes. But it's true that this kind of careful creation of half-improvised sonic landscapes, integrated with songs, in the studio is a lost art - there are very few young mainstream rock bands doing it these days.
Wright was a master - in the shadow behind David and Roger, much like John Paul Jones was with Zepplin. They were both so crucial to the music they played.
Please don´t forget Rick Wright and his carpet of keyboard sounds. He was the ocean that carried the band and where they could swim - and shine! This track is a good example for that.
It makes me rejoice that a young girl appreciates Pink Floyd, which I have listened to MILLIONS OF TIMES.... It means that they are and will be ETERNAL to intelligent people. Love Teresa from Genoa ITALY p.s. DAVID IS A GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She doesn't care. This is all about serving her desired demographic, which is men like you and me. Allright... Who's going to join me on my trip over to Twitch in order to watch her dressed up as Princess Leia?
Yes Stacey, listen to it all non stop... thar machine like noise you heard at the end, and you said the song's still going, is actually the lead into the next song called, not surprisingly, Welcome to the Machine
yes, Stacey, I definitely agree with @Andy-Capp: Parts 6 to 9 can be even more surprising and beautiful - if possible - than these first 5 you listened and reacting to. those two sections are separated in the original concept, but listening to them, from 1 to 9 is an amazing sound travelling experience! 🫶🏻❤🔥🎼🎵🎶
The strength of this piece lies in the combination of timeless composing and modern sounds and technology. When you look at the score it might as well have been composed by Britains' great 17th century composer Henry Purcell. It would sound as strong with instruments of those days. That's why I don't like the freaky saxophone solo, it's totally out of place.
Stacey. What you asked about, "Is that a trumpet?", isn't, actually. That is the amazingly accomplished Richard Wright on the keys. Synthesizers and electric pianos, etc... (He, like the rest of the band, is as good as it gets. Period.) Outstanding reaction. Really really enjoy your channel and, most importantly, your reactions. Especially to the greatest band of all time, (Imho), Pink Floyd. Keep up the nice work/channel! Proud to be one of your loyal subscribers. 😎😎👍👍 PS. The song was written about Syd Barrett, an original founder and guitarist of Pink Floyd who unfortunately developed some pretty serious mental problems made much, much worse by taking large amounts of acid, (LSD), and whose eyes ended up like, "Black holes in the skies" The band missed him dearly however, his ability to not function with the mental illness and, all the acid, was the final nail that pretty much forced the band to remove him. Replacing him soon after with David Gilmour, who I personally believe stepped in and has been a solid rock for the band since he entered. Gilmour is my all time favorite guitarist, straight up! Have a great weekend!
❤ your accurate word on DAVID GILMOR. SIR DAVID GILMOR IS / was ment to be in what life has blessed with. Family- finances- a soul that speaks in his music/ Instruments💕🗣👁❤️his messages of life.
The Floyd probably went further with David than they would have with Syd, be he well or not. Their story is one of the most unique in the annals of rock. To start out as students with an enigmatic front man in mod London and end up mining his decline for mindblowing sonic classics until the rift is fascinating. Had Syd remained hale and sane, I wonder how their sound and story would have progressed.
I feel that Syd's solo material was better than anything that Waters and Gilmour produced during that same time period. Yes the production was difficult considering the state Syd was in but the song writing was fantastic. The 5 man Floyd would have been interesting.@@danielglenn915
You have no idea how much joy it gives me to see young people like you enjoying the same music I did when I was their age. Pink Floyd songs always created a narrative with their vocals.
As others have already pointed out, the song is written about and dedicated to founder member Syd Barrett, who departed from the band in 1968 after dealing with mental problems and substance abuse. On 5 June 1975, Barrett, now heavyset, with a completely shaved head and eyebrows, wandered into the studio where the band were recording. They did not recognise him for some time because of his drastically changed appearance, but when they eventually realised who the withdrawn man in the corner was, Roger Waters became so distressed about Barrett's appearance that he was reduced to tears. When asked what he thought of the song, Barrett said it sounded a "bit old". As it would turn out that would be one of the last times they’d see Syd alive. 😢
According to David Gilmore not only were they recording the tribute to syd they’d just got to the lyric, no one knows where you are, how near or how far. And he was on the other side of the glass.
Somewhere on the way to Rock Superstardom, Syd lost his way. A retired chap who I sold an amp to told me his "claim to fame" at university was as Student Union rep he booked Pink Floyd for a gig when they were known as "The Pink Floyd Sound" and he met the band including Syd who he recalled being a "Shockingly handsome young man".
@@RussellWilborn not true, they did not ask him to sing or play guitar. David Gilmour was having a wedding reception at the time and that is when Syd quietly slipped away .
SO HAPPY that you chose the studio version first. This is the true experience we had as children of the '70s when this album came out...No distractions by video - just the raw emotion of the sound. It always brings a tear to my eye watching you tear up over their music. They are that good. PLEASE listen to parts 6-9 next, and then go over to the Pulse version.
I cannot describe, how much I love Pink Floyd. My goosebumps are getting goosebumps while listening to them. And always tears of joy in my eyes. God they are so perfect!
At the time when the album came out in 1975, the reviews were mixed - many journalists seem to have felt that the sound had become too polished and lacked a "rock'n'roll edge". Also, the Floyd were now known as one of the most ambitious of all rock bands and with punk around the corner, some people were not okay with that. But in retrospect it's clear that WYWH is one of their true masterpieces, a groundbreaking album and one that touched many people in some very personal spaces (especially the two "Shine On" suites)
@@louise_rose I did not listen to Rock and Roll until I first heard "I wanna hold your hand." After that I was on a quest because R&R spoke to me. Then came the Pink Floyd sound. I laugh when I hear that the Music was to polished, Lacked a Rock and Roll edge. Apparently these People were not listening.
@@olddodgegarage530 Yes, I've always loved the album (and the Floyd in general) but this is a "journalists tic" - it came out just a year before the breakthrough of punk rock, and the Floyd were already being dubbed one of the typical "rock dinosaur bands", along with Yes, Zeppelin, Wings and others. The production was very polished, or "careful" for those days, and I guess people who wanted a more stripped-bare, basic and ruthlessly aggressive sound would have disliked it.. Ironically, the Floyd did get back to a more aggressive and filthy sound on their next album, which was recorded in 1976, but that didn't help their standing with the punk generation.
Hey Stacy, I wanted to share something profound that resonates deeply with me. During the sessions for "Wish You Were Here," Syd Barrett's unexpected visit to the studio was one of those rare, surreal moments that transcends words. Rick Wright captured it perfectly when he said, "Call it magical, call it karma, call it destiny, call it whatever-it was something very powerful for us for him to walk in while we were creating that particular track." Syd's presence added an indescribable depth to the recording of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond," making it a moment of pure, emotional synchronicity for the band and for all of us who feel the weight of the music. The hardest part was when Syd asked, "Is it time for me to play the guitar?" It was a deeply touching and heart-wrenching moment for the band. Cheers and Thanks again!
Syd showed up while "Shine On" was being mixed per Nick Schaffner's band bio. Roger recognized him and melted down out of guilt or sadness - who can know - and keyed the rest of the band to who he was. Syd supposedly said he was "ready to do his bit." How sad is that?
This song is from an era where people didn't listen to random mixes of their favorite songs. With a band like Pink Floyd, you dimmed the lights, put on some quality headphones, kicked back in your bean bag, fired up your analog audio setup and soaked in the entire album from start to finish.
The lyrics are by Roger Waters and were inspired by his friend Syd Barrett...they live inventing fictional stories about David...... ROGER WATERS IS PINK FLOYD!!!!
@@damiangonzalez2068 What are you on about? Floyd wasn't founded solely by Roger and being the main lyricist doesn't mean you own the band. They are a whole that is greater than the sum of their parts. Without Gilmour, Wright and Mason's compositions underneath, they wouldn't be the iconic band that they are today. Gilmour studied at the same college as Barrett, they were friends before he took over his place in the band.
“Shine On You Crazy Diamond” is a song by Pink Floyd that spans over two parts and nearly 26 minutes in length. The song was released in 1975 on their album “Wish You Were Here.” Widely considered a masterpiece of progressive rock, “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” is known for its haunting melodies, mesmerizing guitar solos, and introspective lyrics that speak of loss, isolation, and fame. At its core, “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” is a tribute to Syd Barrett, the former lead singer and guitarist of Pink Floyd who left the band in 1968 due to mental health issues. The song’s title is a reference to Barrett’s nickname, “Crazy Diamond,” and serves as an ode to his artistic brilliance and tragic decline. The lyrics speak of a man who has lost his way in the world, wandering through the ruins of his former self and trying to make sense of his shattered dreams. Musically, “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” is a tour de force that showcases the band’s technical virtuosity and creative vision. The song is structured around a series of repeating motifs that build and evolve over time, creating a sense of narrative progression and emotional intensity. The guitar work is particularly noteworthy, with David Gilmour’s soaring solos and atmospheric textures providing a haunting backdrop to the song’s introspective lyrics. One of the most striking features of “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” is its use of dynamics and contrast. The song moves seamlessly between quiet, reflective passages and thunderous, explosive crescendos, creating a sense of drama and tension that keeps the listener engaged from beginning to end. This dynamic range is further accentuated by the song’s production, which features rich layers of instrumentation and a spacious, ethereal sound that draws the listener into its world. In many ways, “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” is a reflection of Pink Floyd’s own journey as a band. Like Barrett, the band struggled with the pressures of fame and the toll it took on their mental health and personal lives. The song speaks to the universal experience of loss and isolation, and its enduring popularity is a testament to its timeless appeal. “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” is a masterpiece of progressive rock that showcases Pink Floyd’s technical prowess, creative vision, and emotional depth. Its introspective lyrics and haunting melodies continue to resonate with audiences today, making it a classic of the genre and a testament to the enduring power of music to speak to the human experience.
I am so jealous that you get to listen to this for the first time. Brings me right back to my first time. I was a bit stoned and had my headphones on while walking my dog. That laugh caught me so off guard. But the song brought me right back to the moment.
I am 73 years old and still listen to Pink Floyd today and get the same feeling as the first time I heard them, they have been the soundtrack of my life, I have experienced them in all phases of my life, I would even say that it is their fault that I have worked with music all my life and when I die I want to hear a Pink Floyd number in church
I'm 74 and still remember (from some 50 years ago) the breathtaking beauty when I heard it for the first time. And every time I listen to it, I'm taken by it.
I’m 71 and regarding Dark Side of the Moon whenever I get to the end “Whoa” just comes out. My wife and I got to see the Pulse Concert in Vancouver, BC. Pink Floyd has had a profound impact on my life. There will NEVER be anything like it. IMHO Waters is the greatest most profound composer ever.
This is the band's emotionally powerful tribute to their close friend and original lead singer, guitarist and main songwriter, Syd Barrett. He is the one lovingly referred to as the "Crazy Diamond." Despite his charismatic personality and unparalleled creativity, Syd suffered from a combination of undiagnosed schizophrenia, heavy LSD use, and unbearable pressure from the record industry to crank out hits...to the point were he basically could no longer function in the band or in society.
Or at least he didn't want to. Some people who were there at the time say that Syd just got tired of the show biz merry-go-round and just walked away. We don't know for sure, though the conventional interpretation is likely to be correct. One of the strangest (and most heartbreaking) parts of the story is that, while they were at Abbey Road studio recording this, they were standing around in the control room between takes and there was suddenly this bald, fat person there who nobody recognized. It slowly dawned on them that it was Syd, whom they hadn't seen in 2 or 3 years. He had changed so much in such a short time nobody knew him. Nobody knew why he was there or how he got there, but he seemed to think he was meant to be there to record with them. One of the engineers had to give him a ride home to Cambridge.
The late Rick Wright is emphatic in his belief that it was LSD that caused Syd to snap. In various interviews over the years he has stated that the band was scheduled to play on a BBC TV show on a Friday night. Syd never showed up and when they found him a few days later Rick said he was just a completely different character. Rick noted that Syd had started hanging with some of the Timothy Leary crowd prior to that, who believed LSD was the way to the 'Truth', and Rick is convinced he did too much LSD at one time and snapped. I personally saw this happen to a friend of mine, so I tend to agree with Rick. He does acknowledge that there is no way to know if that is the actual cause, but people who suffer from other mental issues may be more prone to the side effects of LSD. Also, there was really no studio pressure on the band in 1967 to produce hits. Although the band began to receive more recognition after Meddle, it wasn't until the release of Dark Side Of The Moon in 1973, and that album's massive success, that the band began to receive studio pressure. The band's struggles to even get started recording theirv1975 album Wish You Were Here is well documented, because the massive success of DSOTM began to pull band members in different directions, and made it difficult to get everyone writing and recording. And the band took clear shots at the studio, their management, and to some degree, each other, with songs like Welcome To The Machine and Have A Cigar.
@@nazfrde We kinda do know for sure m8, it's well documented what happened to Syd. Every band member has spoken multiple times separately about exactly what happened to Syd. And his family members have also done interviews in documentaries about him. He definitely didn't walk away from the showbiz or public lifestyle, because he formed another band for a brief while & was quite well known as a painter. The night Syd left the band wasn't his choice, one night the rest of the band were in a car heading to rehearse. Syd had been declining for a while & getting worse by this point, one of the band asked 'Should we go get Syd' to which one of the others replied 'let's not.' Nobody questioned it, and they never picked him up ever again.
Syd officially left the band in April of 1968. It was a amicable decision. One of the better books on Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd is called Dark Globe. Check it out..........Cheers. @@AlanDevine257
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This song has been with me for over 40 years. It is a part of my life, a part of what I am.
The first 10 minutes makes you reflect on your own life and then when the lyrics starts ... he starts with WHEN I WAS YOUNG .... that pretty much hits everyone at that moment
Pink Floyds music was the reason that kept us alive through the endless years of war, till I finally left Iraq where I served non-voluntary 7 years service!
The long, heavy, dynamic crescendo running for five minutes during the first half of that is one of the most amazing, thrilling passages of its kind in rock music. As a teenager I used to refer to it as "the Devil's Dance".
A friend of mine said this song sounds like half the band was late for the studio recording, so they just started without them. I laughed and said he just didn't have the patience 🙂. This is the greatest song ever composed, I will die on this hill.
I agree that it is one of the greatest songs ever to be recorded, but "greatest"? How can you possibly differentiate it from being better than Us and Them, Great Gig in the Sky, Time, or even Kashmir by Zeppelin or Don't Give Up by Peter Gabriel. In my opinion there is no "greatest song", only a greatest song for your mood at the time, as there are to many great songs (no coincidence that all of them were recorded before today's disposable flavor of the month industry standard) to enjoy at the right moment in time.
@@KiltedHammer those are all great songs, with a strong emotional impact. I don't disagree with what you write, I know no song can really be the greatest. But still, for me personally, SOYCD is the one song that stands above the rest.
Jethro Tull, live concerts - always a great listening experience, with one of the best front men, Ian Anderson at his animated best! Try them, you will love them!
A perfect reaction. I can still remember when I heard this album for the first time. Here, more than 50 years later, it’s beauty still bring tears in my eyes. Congratulations to you.
My favorite Pink Floyd album. Emotional, haunting, comforting, timeless. Welcome To The Machine will blow your mind, the keyboards and sound effects are crazy
YEAH!!!!!!!!!! Floyd again !!! Thanks Stacey! And that is Richard Wright on the keyboard not a trumpet ! And this song is a tribute to Sid Barrett one of the founding members.
As a 57 yr old long time PF fanatic i have to say that this an other channels from people who weren't born when i discovered Floyd give me hope for the future. The intellectual and emotional intelligence of this reaction is encouraging...my generation had our chance, and did our best, and will keep trying, but the X, Y and A generation seem more aware and clued in than i ever was at their age as to what is really important
Your Pink Floyd reactions bring out a wonderful reaction in the rest of us, one that you seldom see on the internet. Truly bringing smiles worldwide. ❤ from Canada
He was an old friend of the band, from their early days at Cambridge, and he can be seen playing these brooding, bittersweet sax solos in several tracks on Gilmour's Royal Albert Hall dvd from around twenty years ago - which also has almost the final stage appearances of Rick Wright and David Bowie. :)
Beautiful, heartfelt reaction Stacey! You’ve done the teenagers of the 70’s proud. If you get a chance, listen to this song (and many others from Pink Floyd) with your eyes closed and headphones on. Just relax and feel it deep inside your soul. ❤️
So glad that you decided to react to this song. The intro is one of the most beautiful compositions of the 20th century. Try to watch the live version beacuse the lights and the music is a superb combo
Syd Barrett went insane in 1968, lost touch with reality. To the extent he was even aware of the song's existence was never known. Tho he did inexplicably appear in the studio the day they were laying down this track. He was basically incommunicative. That's another whole story in and of itself. Roger and David are said to have cried. "Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky, Shine on you crazy diamond"
Hi Pink Stacey Floyd! :) Already said this I guess, but your emotions on PF are as beautiful as their songs. Shows you are a wonderful soul. Have a great weekend. Greetings from Belgium. :)
I remember the first time I heard this song. On a small radio in our country house. I was about 13 - 15 years old. And I couldn't stand up. My whole being was filled with melancholy joy and awe, somehow I fell in love with love, or life. All the dopamine in the whole body went into high gear. I didn't know what kind of song it was and I didn't know how to get it. For years I tried to explain and get someone to understand. Finally I understood that it was Pink Floyd, which I barely knew what it was. And searched, and listened through records. And learned to love Pink Floyd at the same time. And then I found the song. So lovely to see you experience it for the first time, and you seem to have felt much like me. Such a nice and beautiful reaction. Thanks.
Floyd played a huge part in helping me discover, manage, and eventually repair my psyche as the decades passed. Now, I reminisce on all the phases of my life, and how Floyd affected them all, with a profound sense of poignant gratitude. In my late teens and early twenties, as a Marine in foreign countries, trying to remember home. In my mid twenties, nights in the woods, miles from anyone, alone with a fire. Maybe my dog. Watching the moon cross the sky. Knowing I was so deep into the wilderness that it was just me and Floyd free to cross the cosmos without interruption. Maybe on LSD, shrooms, drunk, high or stone cold sober. All the things. Floyd creating a depth of experience as only they could. In my late 20's and early 30's, when it all went bad. Hanging on to Floyd like a life raft. Now, at 56, I know so much more about myself and how I perceive reality that it makes Floyd even more powerful to me!
Dick Parry's talent just mingled so well here and in other songs. In Shine On You Crazy Diamond he used 2 saxophones. I was so glad to see that Pink Floyd brought Dick Parry along for the Pulse tour.
It's wonderful that someone as young as yourself is moved so emotionally as I have been by so much of Pink Floyds work. This song is especially moving and has been given the full Floyd epic treatment as it is such an important recognition of the tragic loss of a special mind that once led their earlier work. I don't know if you know this part of the Floyd's history, the Syd Barrett, early years. I get emotionally overwhelmed at times with their catalog and have a long connection to them, having been listening to them since 1973 when DSOTM was first released and was bought and brought to our home when I was 15.. they have been one of the main contributors to the soundtrack of my life. This is what separates Pink Floyd from pretty much every other band out there... their emotive power. Thank you! Your soul just shone through...
Such an emotional demanding song, but one to reach out to, every chance possible. It is just too enchanting. I love watching someone reacting at a first listen and re-experience that treasureful moment myself, again and again. I knew where this reaction would go when I witnessed you noticing the first two chordchanges in the background motiv underneath the guitarsolo in the first part. You have the power to recognise musical emotions, as they are unfolded. The way the guitar tells a painful and heartwrenching story is just phenomenal. Pink Floyd are musical wizards that entrance and overwhelm you. Like hypnoses does almost. I will follow your journey through their realm with happy anticipation and subscribed. I wish you many happy Pink Floyd returns, Stacey!
For me arguably THE Pink Floyd masterpiece (others may disagree ^^), etheral and out of this world. And the "Crazy Diamond" they sing about is former member Syd Barrett, to whom they refer to the whole album, but especially in "Wish you were here".
@@DeathToTheDictators I am 65. Seen Pink Floyd in 1977, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1994 again, Roger Waters in 2006, Roger Waters do The Wall in 2010, again in 2010, and again in 2012. How's that my friend!
"Surrender" is such a perfect word for how we must experience this timeless Masterpiece. Resistance is futile. Possibly the greatest music ever created.
I just flipped on my TV, opened RU-vid and saw the thumbnail pop up. I said, YAY! Finally! Stacey is doing my favorite Pink Floyd album. I look forward to your reactions so much. Like back in the day putting a new album on for a friend that I know they're going to love and seeing them get into it. Only seeing someone from a much younger generation being swept away by Pink Floyd really is a good vibe. Now I'm going to watch the video.
I was 20 when this came out. It is imprinted into my brain and don't recall hearing it for the first time. Thanks for letting me relive how I probably reacted the first time.
I’ve been listening to these guys for more than 40yrs now and I still experience very visceral feelings when listening to this day. I connect with your experience with Pink Floyd and how they brought you a new understanding of yourself and how music can without a doubt facilitating that awakening. I always enjoy seeing what the band does to open peoples minds to something they never knew existed or unexpectedly needed in their lives.
I can’t imagine hearing this for the first time. In 1988 the older kids in my neighborhood dosed me with acid and made me listen to this album. I swear that experience formed the coarse of my life. Love !
I saw them do this at Knebworth open air concert 1975 UK. They also did all of "Dark side of the moon". They even had a surround sound system, so a hundred thousand plus audience had the total experience. Never been quite the same since. 😁❤
Bringing a fresh view to this song, and the honesty of your emotion, made it feel like I was listening to it for the first time. You took me back 50 years. Thank you.
I like your comments at the end. I've been listening to their musical for decades trying to explain to myself how they hit me like they do. I have had this album on repeat for weeks in the past and it can still bring me to tears at times. The best way I can describe it was when I first went to Hawaii and it was December. It felt so offputting just walking into the ocean like it was a lukewarm bath. My brain couldn't process this oddity while at the same time feeling joy being in such a warm beautiful ocean. And each wave that hit felt like it was getting higher and higher (although it wasn't), and each wave felt more peaceful than the previous. I remember thinking how much more of this can I stand? That to me is a Pink Floyd album. So enjoy this new journey, you are amongst many such travelers. It's a strange journey mixed with pure joy of their music mixed with the melancholy of their message. A majority of their songs and their albums are about Syd.
It's so amazing watching first-time reactions to songs that I take for granted since I've heard them 100's of times. It gives me a renewed appreciation for the song. Wish You Were Here was an amazing album that you never really listened to only one track. It was all or nothing.
Just wait until you learn more of what this piece is all about and what happened the day they were in the studio recording this very track. Long Live Syd!
StaceyRPG, I am working, music in the background from RU-vid and came across your review of Floyd. I love your authentic expression of hearing something new. It reminds me of the first time I heard them and my mind was blown on so many levels. Saw them live in 95. Tickets from soon to be wife, one of the best concerts I have ever seen. ( I knew she was a keeper) I watched them one New Years Eve after 1 on the big screen, when the party dwindled down with my daughters boyfriend. We rocked it and chilled it, till 3AM listening to these masterpieces. Thank you for sharing, I have shared your video with my brother just a moment ago. A reminder of Art and Music. With such music today. This is timeless stuff....wish more folks would experience what you have experienced ( and I ) Shine On
After Dark Side of the Moon, they started making an album with the working title Household Objects. It was only going to be things found in a kitchen or house, no traditional instruments. Thankfully they abandoned that plan but one thing they experimented with that they used was rubbing on wine glasses with different amounts of liquid in them. They got them all tuned to the right notes, and at the beginning of this song part of what sounds like a keyboard is actually those wine glasses. Also, Dick Parry on the sax also played on Dark Side of the Moon, The Division Bell album, live at the Pulse tour in 1994, and with David Gilmour live shows from 2002 to 2008. I’ve always considered him an unofficial member of the band. Syd actually showed up at the studio when they were recording this. They didn’t recognize him at first. That in itself is a fascinating story. You could say that most of their work after he left the band was a tribute to him in some way.
=At 16 I first listened to Pink Floyd with Atom heart mother. I was hooked and that song holds a special place in my heart. This composition is probably my favorite. When segment one is closing out there is suddenly this discordant four notes. Somehow those four notes hold you spellbound and then morphs into another portion of the song and I can't wrap my head around the way those four notes herald the coming rest of this masterpiece. The two sacs and the time change with the arpeggios backing it deliver the most sublime feelings of joy and remembrance. I was waiting for you to get to this piece thanks once again. Now on to atom heart mother, yes? I love that line you said about trusting Pink Floyd it is significant you just let go and it takes you away. thanks once again allowing me to relive my own memories.
Your comment that Pink Floyd forces the listener to slow down and patiently listen was very insightful. I had never thought about that before and I appreciate it. Thanks!
So good to hear the same excitement and wonder that I experienced over 50 years ago. Great reaction to great music. I still can't find the words either, even after all these years. Enjoy the journey, it's lots of fun. xx
I first heard this LP when I was 15. I'm 58 now, and it's still one of my all-time favourites. I never got to see Pink Floyd in the flesh, but I still remember watching the 'Pulse' concert on BBC late one night: mind-blowing stuff! Then, later, when all four of them stood together for the last time at the Live 8 gig, I was watching in the pub with a group of friends. I cried! One young lad sitting nearby said, 'My dad was right - they're pretty good.' Faint praise indeed from an Emo kid. When the V&A Museum in London hosted an exhibition based on Pink Floyd's career, a few years ago, my friend Clare and I went together. Like you, she was relatively new to their music. The penultimate exhibit was the Live 8 footage of 'Comfortably Numb' projected on a huge screen with surround sound. The final exhibit was a photo of David Gilmour, Richard Wright (who had died by then) and Nick Mason, just sitting in the studio between takes and laughing the way old friends do. I came back into the atrium, where Clare was waiting for me, and I was in floods of tears because I knew I'd never get to see the finest rock band who've ever been. I'm so glad you enjoy them as much as I do - and their music will live forever as long as we keep turning people on to it. Thanks so much for sharing your first dip into 'Wish You Were Here'.
Loved waking up this morning to find you've reacted to another Pink Floyd masterpiece...another step forward into their magical musical journey, thank you! A fantastic live version is from David Gilmour's solo tour "On An Island". Shine on starts with a few local street artists (discovered by David) playing the beginning notes of "Shine On.." with wine glasses. Truly beautiful to witness live in concert! Cheers! On a side note, the Keyboardist Richard Wright accompanied David on this solo concert as well.
Yes, the show he did in England had a better version than the Gdansk show, that show ha David Crosby and Graham Nash doing great harmony vocals, On an Island was awesome there!
This leads into another phenomenal song Stacey, WELCOME TO THE MACHINE, Which would be totally different from everything.You've heard from them up till now. I also recommend DOGS and HAVE A CIGAR.
A Sax played, yes, Trumbo, no. What you heard was Richard Wright playing the Hammond organ. Love your reaction and this song! As a 40 years of being fan of 'Pink Floyd fan myself, keep on listening to Pink Floyd ❤❤❤
Love to see you genuinely appreciating true artistry. It's refreshing to see someone of your age exploring the music I came of age listening to. Thank you for sharing
Syd Barrett went insane in 1968. Whether he was ever even aware of the songs existence was never known, though he did inexplicably show up in the studio the day they recorded this track. He was basically incommunicative. David and Roger are said to have cried. "Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky, Shine On You Crazy diamond"
True. And if you google search syd Barrett photo shine on, you’ll see a photo of Syd that was taken that day he visited the studio. Reportedly, nobody in the band initially recognized him because he was fat and bald. Then, recognizing him and brought to tears. He apparently didn’t engage with anyone while there and then just left
I remember hearing this song for the first time as a teenager in the 1970s. Wow! I’m mesmerized by it to this day. Yes, it was a tribute to Syd Barrett. Syd named the band. He took the first names of 2 musicians by the name of Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. David Gilmour and Roger Waters, bass player up until the 1980s, would disagree at times, but there was always a love and respect between them. There is a RU-vid video of a reunion concert in 2006 where Roger came back and joined them for that concert. It was a fundraising concert. By the way, the sound you heard at the end of this song was a song called Welcome to the Machine.
These reaction videos... I love them. A new excuse to re-listen my favorites and share someone else enjoying it the same way I have for 50 years. Thank you. Well done.
Although it's one of the longest intros, you love every second of it. It's one of those songs that can literally help you shut everything else out. Because of the emotion of David Gilmour's guitar and then the meaning of the lyrics, your heart really goes out to Syd. When he had to leave the band, the rest of them didn't just shut him out and ignore him, and that is true friends.
This was from a time when we bought a new album and played it in its entirety. For me, it was lights off, headphones on and, occasionally, a spliff in one hand. Music, and certainly Pink Floyd, was a journey to be savoured. We made the time to enjoy every nuance and emotion each song and album brought to us. Music was far more than what's it's become, where every modern song sounds like every other modern song, with no intelligence to lyrical content nor even to the art of being able to play an instrument.
thankyou so much for being one of many who are of a new generation that bring pink floyd music to the forefront of consciousnes. First time i heard shine on you crazy diamond was when i was 15. Like you, it still stirs emotion as if it was the very first time time experiencing it!, know wonder we still tear up........
Born in 82 and got to listen to this at parents summer get togethers. Nothing is forced, it's just magical. I'd come home from school after being bullied beat down and broken and just disappear into this. Seeing your reaction to the music I literally feel every emotion you do and it's pretty cool seeing the exact thing that I do when I listen to it.
That trumpet sound you heard was actually Richard Wright on the synthesizer keyboard. Love your reactions to these classic journeys. Music is supposed to be emotional ❤
20 years ago i used this as my alarm to wake up for high school, and it was already years old at that time, and i still think it is one of the best pieces of music ever invented
You really really get them!! I'm so glad to see you getting to experience their music for the first time. I still get emotional listening to their music my whole life