Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Reaction!! 

The intro: the song before this on the album comes to a sudden fade into that AM radio effect. Then you hear what sounds like someone flipping through the stations, eventually settling on that acoustic guitar intro. The person listening to the radio then begins to play along. You can even hear them tuning a string. Then it fades into the full song. The wind outro brings in the next track. This whole album desreves a start to finish listen.

Best line ever "Did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?"

When played in concert, the whole audience sings. its fantastic.

There's no way you could listen to this song and not get goosebumps. The whole Wish you were here album is fantastic. The song is dedicated to Syd Barret, one of the founding members of Pink Floyd who lost his mind to drugs.

One of my favourite lines in any song " We're just two lost soul's, swimming in a fish bowl"

This song is dedicated to the bands former front man Syd Barret

Everytime she hears an acoustic guitar or one with no distortion she says it's country lol

Pink Floyd songs are so poetic that they are timeless. You can always relate them to many different situations at many different situations of life and history. perfect poetry.

It's Syd barrett he's missing. Largely the inspiration for the album as he progressively lost his mind. He was an original member of pink floyd.

Cool fact. This is one of the few 12 string songs to ever chart. Pink Floyd were always Meticulous at their art. The structure and every note is carefully constructed. Truly Amazing.

If you don't get goosebumps hearing this song, you're not alive. Knowing the backstory about Syd makes it heartbreaking. God bless Pink Floyd.

Definitely one of my favorite Pink Floyd tunes...a classic.

I absolutely love this song! This was one of my brother's favorite songs. When he died back in 2013, I had such a hard time listening to this. I couldn't listen to it without breaking down. It took a while but I'm able to listen to this without breaking down. This song makes me think of him and it puts a smile on my face.

So, so you think you can tell Heaven from hell Blue skies from pain Can you tell a green field From a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell? Did they get you to trade Your heroes for ghosts? Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change? Did you exchange A walk on part in the war For a lead role in a cage? How I wish, how I wish you were here We're just two lost souls Swimming in a fish bowl Year after year Running over the same old ground And how we found The same old fears Wish you were here Source: LyricFind I thought it'd be appropriate... For Syd....

And this leads into the second half of Shine On You Crazy Diamond, just as good as the first 🤩

Can't ever hear this song without thinking of my best friend that passed 37 years ago. Sigh... "Running over the same old ground And how we found The same old fears Wish you were here"

And this is the perfect way to do a reaction, hearing it all and respecting the song and the band, congratulations

shine on crazy diamond from this album please,it´s cult

You have to listen to the Previous Track: "Have Cigar" . It connects with "Wish You Were Here" as a sound effect of an AM radio and someone moving the Knob to tune in another station.

It's about Syd Barret, former band member who was lost in schizophrenia...

24:12. You’re thinking about it from a US perspective when mentioning the Vietnam war. Bear in mind that Pink Floyd are British and won’t be contextualising an American experience. For me, “Did you exchange a walk-on part in the war for a lead role in a cage”, refers to how Syd Barrett withdrew from the outside world and internalised himself in to his own world.

Are you ever going to get around to the full album listen for The Wall? It's been awhile now.

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Pink Floyd - Shine on you crazy diamond

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Yes the song is about one of their former band members as many of their songs are about him. He had a bad case schizophrenia and did a lot of drugs and eventually was unable to participate in the band or a normal life anymore and a lot of their work talks about the beginning of their early success and how he just went downhill and they reflect on that a lot. His name was Syd Barrett. He is seen by many as a savant, extremely creative and original until he couldn't really function anymore.

Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond I - IX

This is my dad's favorite band...he used to travel a lot for his job...ever since I was a little girl he would call and play this over the phone for me. Now its "our" song...I'm a grown woman now but every time I hear it I tear up.

My mom died in 2018. She introduced me to Pink Floyd. I can't help by tear up whenever I hear this song.

This song never fails to break me every single time

You should listen to the whole album, or at least Shine On You Crazy Diamond (both tracks) which is simply a masterpiece and one of the greatest pieces of music ever written by any artist, any musician, in any genre.

Listen to Dogs, one of their best song.

Syd Barret their original lead singer writer and co founder.

For the full context, you should listen to the entire album in one sitting. It is a post card to a lost friend - Syd Barrett. Syd was the founder of the band who developed mental problems and was forced out before they became hugely successful. The songs on the album update Syd on what the band has gone through since he left, recognize Syd's vision as the foundation of their success, and express how much they miss him. If you consider this context when you listen, every lyric will make sense. You started off on the right track, but then wandered off into an abyss.

Great song great band!

Vin i believe this is a about former band mates Syd and also one of there girlfriends or wives. They decided to do a song about both of them. So they did a song with a universal theme about missing someone.

IMO, the greatest band of all time.

this was an automatic click!

This is what it is saying: "are you alive, or are you just numb to the 'life' experience? Wake up and live life to the full" See the lines: "Did you trade... a walk on part in a war for a lead role in a cage?"

I’m two months late to this conversation, but I randomly stumbled upon this video today and enjoyed listening to your analysis. For someone totally listening for the first time, your comments were rather insightful. This song is about the band’s former lead singer and songwriter, Syd Barrett. The band watched Syd slowly succumb to mental illness and his use of LSD probably helped that process along. Eventually, Syd was too unstable to continue playing and touring, so they replaced him with David Gilmore. But the band loved Syd until the day he died. In fact, even though Syd no longer played in the band, they made a point of continuing to share all band royalties with him after his departure to ensure he was taken care of until his death. So the opening lyrics are relating to Syd’s mental state toward the end of their relationship and the chorus expresses their desire for his continued presence, even though everyone knows (even Syd knew) it cannot be.

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Good timing, today makes four years since my dad died, Pink Floyd was his favorite band, mine too.

Arguably, one of the best songs ever written

The song is short but fades into a 13 minutes song. That song is the end of the intro if that makes since. The intro is also 13 minutes. My favorite overall pink floyd album

The lyrics have many layers. They're about Syd Barrett, their original singer / song writer. It's also about the connection they were losing as a band. But ultimately it can be about anyone you miss, for any reasons. And that along with the simple but memorable guitar chords is what has made this an all time classic.

Although this song often evokes thoughts of Syd Barret, Waters has said the lyrics were not specifically written about him. It is about the general idea of absence and how that can impact different aspects of life (relationships, family, business, etc.). It began with that 12-string riff Gilmour came up with, which he said had a haunting feel to it. One of the best collaborations between Gilmour and Waters.

Man i so badly want this video to continue into the second half of “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”

Pink F can force you to think, if you you let them. Pink F has helped me think in times in my life when I didn't want to. I work in mental health. Pink F is more of a therapist to me, than I could ever hope to be for someone else.

Its about the individual.. going through all these things life throws at you.. and how you struggle to take the path you think its "good".. how you try to figure out.. what's important.. what's not.. all the interpretations.. do you really think you could tell?? and then.. you just find out that... you're alone, you're scared.. you have found your old fears.. but ultimately... I wish you were here.. cuz it will be.. easier... we could stop being lost.. or we'd be lost together... and this feeling of having that loved one or to belong.. makes you say this simple but so powerful worlds.. i wish you were here♡♡♡ love to everyone!

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YOU GUYS DID SUCHHHHH A GR8888 JOB WITH DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, YOU NEED TO SOMETIME DO THIS ALBUM ANNNDDDD ANIMALS, BOTH CONCEPT ALBUMS :)

The name Pink Floyd is a combination of two African American blues musicians named Pink Anderson and Floyd Council

Absolutely fantastic music is fantastic music. One cannot argue with that which is fantastic! I regress…. Keep it up you Midwest misfits! 🙂🤣🤠🎸🎸🎹🎶🎹🎶🎸

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Nice analysis. Pink Floyd holds up really well as the years go by.

Never been much of Pink Floyd fan much at all but this song is undeniably beautiful especially since its talking about their original singer Syd Barret his story is a really tragic one

Bless you!

Probably my favorite song of all time.

Still watching lol. Vin, its pretty amazing how dead on close you are to it. This album was their follow up to Dark Side Of The Moon. An album that put them over the top in every single way. So when they went back to the studio, they were already at at loss..."how do we possibly follow that up?" Roger Waters is on record as saying that was the beginning of the end for the band. Even though they did several more amazing albums after Dark Side, they had reached that pinacle they'd struggled for years to reach and now they were beginning to drift apart. The band was feeling alienated from their audience, and from each other. It eventually led to The Wall, which was really the last album by them as a "complete" band.

Roger water did this song live with andy fireweather low. At a rally in support of Julian Assange. Where were others from the music industry. O ye that right. Most of them are working for the same people Roger is railing against.

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One of if not greatest songs Floyd has ever done absolutely love this band love your reaction an keep up the great work 😄

That's 1975. And it was a pure genius of Pink Floyd to make sonic scenes. You can almost visualize what is happening, just put the headphones - on. The moment acoustic guitar came at 3:35 is a pure reaction of Sori's body! That's what I am talking about, that's Pink Floyd's unmistakable signature. Rest is just pure superlative lyrics writing by Roger Waters. It was foremost an anti-war song, to begin with. Yes, the song also covers the missing person, the founding member and musical genius Syd Barret, who incidentally was present in the studios while they're finishing off the final touches of the whole album. Nobody recognized him and later they got to learn that it was their good old Pal Syd, Once Roger recognized he was in tears. the pastel scenes and daydreaming mood, Which You Were Here is all about that!

The song is about Syd Barret which was the drummer before he went into a psych ward and he died in the 2010's so yeah

It's interesting how people refer to themselves as "fans" of a candidate rather than a "supporter". It goes to show how politics in our country has been molded into a form of entertainment by the media. People now seem to view political candidates in the same way they view their favorite musicians or sports teams.

Hello Vin & Sori. Greetings from Sweden. Here's a song that you should listen 2. It's D.O.A with Jello Biafra and the song is Full Metal Jackoff. You won't regret it. I promise.

"My heroes died of overdose" ~ Ideology, by Cazuza (a brazilian singer).

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The beginning is meant to sound like its played on an old radio in a bedroom Hence the crackling noise . So gilmour said in an interview

Might not be the first one to say this but you gotta do Shine On You Crazy Dimond.

It's for Syd Barrett ex band mate who suffered from Schizophrenia made worse by LSD. He died.

In a documentary Roger Waters stated “Can you free yourself enough to experience the reality of life as it goes on” but in the end he stats it’s really up to the individual on how they interpret the song. So I find this interesting how people interpret this song either sad in missing someone and wishing they were there. In the lyrics *Swimming in a fish bowl year after year, Running over the same old ground* I interpret people can get into a daily routine and once in a while it would be nice to break free and take some time off. Whenever I listen to this song it like closing my eyes and forgetting about work and worries and living in a “Wish You Were Here” moment. If I’m up at a bar with a beer enjoying some live music I call my buddy and say “Wish You Were Here”.

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Methinks those of you who say there is zero country influence in this song are mostly only familiar with mainstream radio country. I can even hear a little of it in the piano parts. BTW, Roger Waters is a big fan of John Prine, a folk and country singer songwriter.

The song is all about Syd. The opening with the guitar on the out of tune radio, and the second guitar trying and not being able to play in the same time, is a metaphor for the separation from Syd. Syd Barrett is the original guitarist for Pink Floyd, who has a serious mental illness. David Gilmour was brought into the band because Syd was becoming very erratic, and would sometimes just stand on stage. So Gilmour was brought in so they could still play gigs. And Syd in a short time was out of the band. Gilmour and Syd were childhood friends, and would take holidays together as children. So they were very close. Syd's mental illness had a profound effect on the band's music. That being said, Floyd doesn't explain their lyrics. Roger Waters was asked once what a particular song was about, and he said, "What do YOU think it's about? Then that's what it's about."

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Wish You Were Here [the album] is a bookend to Dark Side of the Moon. I always saw WYWH as a tender letter to Syd Barrett from the band and the whole album is a tribute and a farewell to Syd

1st as an OGT from 92 from the 1st ep I can say Floyd and Tool are 2 bands in their own genre. So many similarities from the psychedelic aspect & unique time signatures to the raw and dark lyrics about simplistic yet common issues/feelings we all feel but most of us won't admit/mention. Tool is a modern Pink Floyd w-out the politics! And with that being said please do a reaction to "sweat" from Tool Opiate 1st song from the 1st album

Hey real music has returned to V&S

They said they were going to react to the albums of PF. Its been a while

Did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? Their lyrics always make you think.

This song aways makes me think of someone I wish was still here.

And the wind is the beginning of the next song The second part of a shine on you crazy diamond.

This was the bands tribute, one of many, to Syd Barrett. Syd was founding member and guitarrista who lost all his mental faculties due to use of LSD.

Will love if you could do a video on Another Brick in the Wall, full version. Solo is just amazing!

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So time for live reaction to entire album, yes?

Love this song truly. Do you think you can tell one thing from another in this crazy life where we are ultimately all scared goldfish swimming in a bowl year after year...Amazing. "Would you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage"...DAMN!!! Not sure about it sounding country though...just accoustic.

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He hears a radio and then joins the tune that is how David Gilmaur explained it

Some of the deepest lyrics of any Floyd song and that's saying a lot. I had the first Floyd albums with Syd as lead, and they were TRIPPY... it was like The Beatles on acid doing random jams and making bizarre sounds before the Beatles were actually tripping. I was too young to actually partake in illegal substances, but I always liked psychedelic rock. When this album came out, I was hooked. Most don't like it on the first listen. Give it a few listens... it'll be one of your favorites.

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One of the great masterpieces. RIP Syd Barrett.

5:00 o that's a good line. Welcome to Floyd. GREATEST BAND OF ALL TIME

5 star song

Yer first guess was correct! They missed their friend Syd.

Yes Sori, it's supposed to be like that...wait until the other guitar comes in... 😎 The magic of David Gilmour...and his twelve string...

Did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? One of the best and underappreciated lyrics in rock history.

Tupac has a song with Elton John called Ghetto Gospel. Its pretty good actually. Fun fact: Avenged Sevenfold has done a cover of this song