The whole album needs to be heard in one go. It all flows into one incredible experience, with Shine On as the beginning and end. You've just heard the start of the album, here
As mentioned by Martin there are 9 parts split into 2 tracks on the Wish You Were Here album. It's impossible you heard it start on part 2 as you suggested. Both Delicate Sound of Thunder and Pulse concerts both play from start. Unless someone butchered it on an edited video. This is a sublime piece of music that bookends one of the best albums in music history. Cool reaction
Due to the length, they did not do part 1 (intro) at all their live performances....the version you heard previously was most likely from the live recording of the "Delicate Sound Of Thunder" tour. Good catch on the ending, which is the lead-in to the next track - "Welcome To The Machine". See this excerpt from Wikipedia to better understand what you heard: Part I (Wright, Gilmour, Waters; from 0:00 to 3:54) There are no lyrics in Part I. The instrumental begins with a fade-in of a G minor chord created with an EMS VCS 3, ARP Solina string synthesizer, a Hammond organ, and a wine glass harp (recycled from an earlier project known as Household Objects). This is followed by Wright's Minimoog passages leading into a lengthy, bluesy guitar solo played by Gilmour on a Fender Stratocaster (neck pickup) using a heavily compressed sound and reverb. Part I ends with the synthesizer chord fading into the background. During the fade-out, some very faint conversation in the studio can be heard on the left channel.* (Not confirmed) Part II (Gilmour, Waters, Wright; from 3:54 to 6:27)[22] begins with a four-note theme (B♭, F, G [below the B♭], E) (known informally as "Syd's theme") repeated throughout much of the entire section. This theme leads the harmony to C major (in comparison to the use of C minor in Part I). Mason starts his drumming and Waters his bass playing after the fourth playing of the four-note theme, which is the point where the riffs get into a fixed tempo, in 6/8 time. The chord leads back to G minor (as from Part I), followed by E♭ major and D major back to a coda from G minor. This part includes another solo by Gilmour. Part III (Wright, Gilmour, Waters; from 6:27 to 8:41) begins with a Minimoog solo by Wright accompanied by a less complex variation of Mason's drums from Part II. This part includes Gilmour's third guitar solo, in the G natural minor scale, and ends with a fade into Part IV. When performed on the Animals tour, Gilmour added distortion to the guitar for this solo. This solo is often dropped in live performances while the rest of part III is still played-notably on Delicate Sound of Thunder and Pulse. Part IV (Gilmour, Wright, Waters; from 8:41 to 11:10) Waters sings his lyrics, with Gilmour, Wright and female backing vocalists Venetta Fields and Carlena Williams on harmonies. Part V (Waters, Gilmour, Wright; from 11:10 to 13:32) Part IV is followed by two guitars repeating an arpeggio variation on the main theme for about a minute with the theme of Part II. A baritone saxophone overlays the sounds, played by Dick Parry. The saxophone changes from a baritone to a tenor saxophone, as a time signature switch from 6/8 to 12/8 creates the feeling that the tempo doubles up. The sax solo is accompanied by a Solina string synthesizer keyboard sound. A machine-like hum fades in with musique concrète and segues into "Welcome to the Machine". IMO, David Gilmour can do more with one bend than most can do with the entire fretboard. BTW, referencing you comment about long intros, you would lose your mind listening to "Dogs" (the 2nd track, and 95% of side 1) of their masterpiece concept album "Animals", which followed "Wish You Were Here".
It is a beautiful lament for losing a dear friend who is slipping away. Not an upbeat topic. It is expressive, emotional, and heartfelt. Imagine Pink Floyd had just come off the blockbuster Dark Side of the Moon - and they followed it up with this. Not a loud commercial grab, but instead a thoughtful lament that one of their founding members and friend was no longer able to be there too: "Wish you were here". I bought this album when it came out and saw them perform the album in order, front to back without pause, live in 1977 (in the cold rain). They ended the regular set with a huge mirrored "diamond" behind the stage with reflected lights reaching out over the audience in the mist of the rain as the other lights went out. 45 years later, I can still "experience" it, and the cold rain. Now, after all these decades, as my own experience with loss of different kinds in life, this piece simply becomes something I can no longer describe. The comfort you speak of in the progressions rings true in more ways as the years go on. I hope you will return to it more often, it is a comfort. RIP Richard, RIP Syd
There are few perfect albums, where every track is a winner, but Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon, Animals and Wish You Were Here all managed to make the grade. That cover photo of the the two record company executives/big business guys shaking hands with one on fire is a pre-CGI and pre-PhotoShop shot. He was a stuntman who they dressed in fireproof padding and a mask and wig then, with someone holding a fire extinguisher just out of shot, they smeared him with some kind of flammable liquid and lit him up! Old school!
Those four notes (four!!!!) on the guitar (the first part you recognised, David) are absolutely spine tingling. David Gilmour's guitar work in this is a masterclass. As others have said, there are 9 parts to this song. The album Wish You Were Here is opened by parts1-5, with parts 6-9 concluding the album. The very end of parts 1-5 leads into Welcome to the Machine, which is the mechanical sounds you can hear. Great reaction! Yes indeed, David Heretic, Feelin' You!!!! C'mon now!!!
There's no version of this song that ends with a guitar solo. The sax finale is the last little kick in the teeth that reminds the listener they are not in Kansas anymore when listening to Pink Floyd. It is iconic. Maybe you heard some cover band that couldn't afford a sax. 😏
It may be Delicate Sound of Thunder, one of their live albums that you heard the crowd go wild! Love the upload, and reaction, thank you. FYI its nine parts in total, with parts 6 to 9 separate from 1 to 5! Parts 1 to 5, moves into "Welcome To the Machine" song. Loved it, its mellow, transfixing, relaxing, and takes me to another world.
I hope you dive more into Pink Floyd, even if you have heard some of the songs before. The 50th anniversary of _Dark Side of the Moon_ is coming up. I would love to see you do some reactions to them playing live or _The Wall_ movie. One song I highly recommend is Echoes off the _Meddle_ album.
Im a big Pink Floyd fan, but about the question i asked my 86 Years mom the biggest P.F. fan i know , and she said" crowd always go crazy with those notes , so, what he listen can be at any show ", but the version from delicate sound of thunder is the best live i listen ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JMoLQlQzG9w.html
Yep it leads into Welcome to the Machine,hence the sounds in the background. It could only be Delicate Sounds of Thunder or Pulse uve heard this. Parts 1-5 are at the start of the studio album,parts 6-9 end the album. Roger is singing the verse line so that might be abit misleading. I'm not sure about the rock n roll ending u speak about. Pulse definitely had the intro u weren't sure of and the sax solo/tempo change.
Hi David!! Its fantastic you make reviews of songs like this (great review again, love your style and the way you open our minds telling us things and details that we hadnt took into account..) this is without any doubt a magical and inspiring song!! For me every part, each note, has sense. You would have probably listen to it in the PULSE dvd, which is an incredible concert. Same guy at that time (around 93) designed the scenaries for U2, Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd tours, which were a success and a jump into new technology
I remember the very first time I heard this album played to me by a friend after school in the late 1980s, when we were supposed to be working on a group project. Every school kid was familiar with Pink Floyd from shouting 'hey teachers leave us kids alone', but these first tracks felt like an initiation into something much greater. BTW, I think it's 'Shine on, You Crazy Diamond', rather than 'Shine on You, Crazy Diamond', but I could be wrong. Love all your reviews, thanks!
Being from the days of vinyl, two sided records you will understand that all 9 parts could not fit on one side. Pink Floyd brilliantly opened the first side with 1-5, and closed the second side with 6-9.
The crowd goes wild EVERTIME Gilmour plays those 4 notes, Bb, F, G, E, I thought I've seen you react to all 5 parts of SOYCD? It's difficult to tell where a part begins and ends. Some parts are very short, and they run into each other seamlessly, so you don't even notice all the parts. The song is actually 9 parts, 5 parts in one video, and 4 parts in a second video. This song leads into "Welcome to the Machine",.... These songs are on PF's 1975 "Wish You Were Here" concept album. You really need to do Parts 6-9,...
One of my favorite songs ever. David Gilmour is my biggest musical hero. There's so much I can say but you just mentioned B.B. King and it reminded me of an interview with David Gilmour where he said he was playing blues festival and when he walked off stage and in his proper British sounding accent doing an impression of B.B. King he said he pulled me aside and said "Hey boy, you sure you ain't from Mississippi?". Anyway. This is one of the many reasons that black strat this song and so many more came out of, broke a record at auction. They were expecting it to go for around $900k like Clapton's "Blackie" but nope. Just a few bucks more than that at a cool 4 million dollars.
The ending you remember not only never happened their are 4 other parts of this song at the end of the album that I am sure you have never heard if you haven't heard all of this. Why not give them a listen?
I imagine other people have mentioned this, but you previously reacted to a cover of this song by Jack Irons (w/ Vedder on vocals), perhaps that's the reason you recognize parts of the song and not others.
My favorite little tid bit about this song: the intro (part 1) uses wine glasses for some of the ambient sounds, along with the synth. I remember learning that 28 years into my existence on this earth and it absolutely blew my mind Of course, it makes perfect sense for Pink Floyd to incorporate wine glasses into their music. That is absolutely something they would do. But it’s still a REALLY cool fact to know
You most likely remember it from the Pulse concert. They played the first three parts, but you were likely socializing at the time as it’s cinematic and mellow 12-bar blues without vocals. Easy to talk over. In the live version, Dick Parry quickly swings his baritone to his back, and tenor to the front in a seamless transition into the uptempo solo.
Ah, my favourite Pink Floyd album! I have a short-circuit where I assume all musically knowledgeable reactors will know all the songs and albums that were big when I was young, so I was surprised you hadn't heard it (other than a live extract). I hope you will listen to the album as a whole sometime (for fun) - it works best that way. Totally agree about the sax!
Great Reaction ! I think you once mentioned you saw the Pulse Video on a Party. And you are totally right, this is a concept Album which takes you on a journey. At the End of the Song you can here the beginning of Welcome to the Machine. BTW on this Album is the best transition from one Song to another Song i know, Have a Cigar to Wish you were here.
My first ever PF album and I’m hooked since (since 1975 I mean). You’ve gotta listen to the whole album; preferably in one go. No guitar solo. PF is and will always be my most favorite band. This album, Animals, Dark side of the moon and Meddle (b-side especially) are so so good.
This is probably the earliest album/music I can still remember enjoying, but some of it might be from what my parents have told me over the years. That said, I do remember asking about putting on the album (vinyl back then) where the machine sounds were in (which is the track after this one, you can already hear it at the end of this one), so that must have had an impact on me back then. I must have been 4 or 5 years old probably, somewhere around that age, I'm 38 now. This track is probably still my favourite Pink Floyd track and one of my favourite tracks ever. The whole album is fantastic actually.
I Pink Floyd non hanno bisogno di alcun punteggio di classifica. Sono al top e basta. Puoi solo dire se ti piace o no ...il resto va nell'oblio del nulla
@@Kastel92 tesoro...Non ho più voglia di scrivere in una lingua diversa dalla mia.🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹 Se io capisco l'inglese o qualsiasi altra lingua è perché leggo la traduzione automatica. Esiste da tempo e tutti i dispositivi elettronici degli ultimi anni ce l'hanno ...se gl'interssa comprendere lo può fare . Volere è potere Se non gl'interessa ...pace. Campo lo stesso.
Please please please please do :- Pink Floyd "Echoes" (Part 1) live at Pompeii 1972 And spot the riff pinched by Andrew Loyd Webber for the stage show The Phantom of the Opera 🤣
Would love to see you react to On the Turning Away (Remastered 2019) from the Delicate Sound of Thunder live album. Amazing guitar solo in that and a great message to the song
Haha… rediscovering Floyd… I’m 54… this came out 1975ish….grew up as a kid listening to Floyd/Zepplin… can i remember listening to something 30 years ago!….lol…prob not…. Still listening today… i know your stuck now only listening to channel recommendations… luckily i can go off and watch the whole concert/album of something you have reacted to and get the whole picture…. You cant take “shine on” as a single song entity… parts 1/5 &6/9 book end the album which can be listened to as a whole… like a concert piece consisting of 9movements…enjoy
From France: But... David H! This album was released in 1975!!! Almost half a century! It is quite normal, given the planetary success he had (and still has), that one day or another you heard these notes somewhere... (laughs accomplices) [Mais... David H ! Cet album est sorti en 1975 !!! Bientôt un demi siècle ! Il est tout à fait normal, compte tenu du succès planétaire qu'il a eu (et a encore), qu' un jour ou l'autre tu ais entendu ces notes quelque part... (rires complices)]
This song has never ended in a guitar solo. Could you be thinking about comfortably numb? Pink Floyd doesn't write pop songs. Not your average song structures. Their albums are meant to be listened to from beginning to end. Great reaction!
I really hope you get to at least listen, maybe even react to the rest of the album. It's awesome. I saw them do "Dark Side Of The Moon" and "Wish You Were Here" both live in concert at the Spectrum in Philly (many, many, many years ago)
How..could u reach your age,and not hear this - ohhh, the shame……what about the other 4 parts ? Ok…now get stoned, and do atom heart mother….dogs…….hope u had a chance to finish this,it’s good !
Man that took me back to when I bought the album. Rushed home from record store album in hand set up tape machine and recorded it I was amazed with the whole album as stated in a number of the comments you need to listen to the whole album. After that I put the album in my collection and never played it again but I did wear out the tape so then it came out on cd and any problens were solved
