Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here Tony Hinchcliffe Episode 211  

I had no idea Tony was a die hard Pink Floyd fan. I assumed he was more of a disco guy. 🕺🏻

Pink Floyd at the Sphere in Las Vegas would be sick.

Live in Pompeii is simply one of the greatest marriages of live music and film we have. I love Darkside …the Wall and Animals but WYWH is my favorite Floyd album and it’s between the latter and Aenima by Tool as my favorite album ever. Listening to WYWH as a college freshman 20 years ago with my headphones on head full of too much lsd in the dark by myself changed the way I heard music forever and still to this day Welcome to the Machine gives me goosebumps and I can go right back to that moment never has there been such a beautiful blending of droning wild synths and acoustic chord progressions. Waters and Gilmore get the much deserved credit for most Floyd accomplishments but Floyd wouldn’t be nearly as transcendent without Richard Wright his work on the keys and synths is simply awesome. Good on Tony for shouting out Final Cut there are some beautiful songs and emotions and so many people shit on it. Don’t know where I’d be without Pink Floyd it never gets old. Jugband Blues is a brilliant Syd song and Interstellar Overdrive is unreal instrumental. Agreed on the Wembly performance it is mind blowing have it on vinyl any color you like is insane on it.

Had no clue Tony was such a Floydian. Subbed. Respect from BG Ohio.

The pulse CD from 1995 the double disk live is pretty badass it had a blinking red light my favorite CD cover of all time.

Hardest part of a pod like this is having to pause it to throw on Shine on you Crazy diamond. It’s like being hungry and hearing 2 guys talk about cheeseburgers. Had to pause and listen.

Division Bell 🔔 Tour was awesome to be apart of as well. What an amazing show at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse in 1994

1987 astrodome. in the parking lot running to the door and hearing the intro to shine on. and it just got better then there was the disco ball .. ill never forget

Everything about this. This interview, Tony's intrigue with a band like Pink Floyd, art with music. It's important.

When I was younger, smoking weed and listening to Pink Floyd or Led Zeppelin was incredible. I wish I could feel that again. I can’t even smoke anymore but there was nothing like it.

I must have felt this in the ether because about a couple days ago I randomly had Shine on You Crazy Diamond start playing in my head. I had to hear it at that moment and immediately pulled up RU-vid. That recent search in my algo could be what prompted this amazing video to pop up in my feed. Fearless on Meddle is high up there in my book and the message is like the prequel to Wish You Were Hear. Tony in my eyes is a living legend. If you know and love Pink Floyd then you are a legend too my friend. We all come from carbon and we face these pressures of life to become the crazy diamonds we are.

I went down a Pink Floyd rabbit hole too when I was younger and they remain my favorite all time. In another level. Also agree with his take on Sid era.

🌈🔺🌑 Some of the best sounds and songs from the prior century What a treat

Pink Floyd is rules the brain and Beatles are the body.

Tony is amazing.

Driving home after working in the kitchen at 1am years ago, the alarms and bells of Time came ringing through the radio in my car. I listened carefully and intently. As I pulled into my driveway, the line "Home, home again..." hit. Fuck me... I've been obsessed since. I get it. Lucky to get it. ---🔺️🏳️‍🌈

Didn’t even get to hear more about Tony meeting Roger 😭 need a part 2 asap

Astronomy Domine ... "Aint Ever Gonna Stop!"

Pink Floyd is my favorite band of all time... The Beatles is the best though... they paved the way to so many music genres.. They set the bar really high

I love the concept of this. Any in-depth convo about Pink Floyd I'm down for, Saw them at Oakland Coliseum on the Pulse Tour, nothing will ever compare to that experience. Didn't know Tony was such a fan. FYI, Wide shots are out of sync with audio sometimes, especially at 16:29. Thanks, enjoyed the pod

Tony’s take on wish you were here is spot on imo

The Beatles and Pink Floyd are the two best bands of all time, it could be argued either way honestly. Pink Floyd is a bit more introspective while the Beatles are a bit more mainstream and poppy which can be better either way depending on your taste, mood, life experiences. At the end of the day it doesn’t matter though 🤷🏻‍♂️ me personally, my favorite band is always going to be Pink Floyd even if the Beatles are just as talented, I just enjoy Pink Floyd’s music and style just a bit more

You just made a shitload more diehard fans, Tony. I also didn't know you were a Floyd fan. Pink Floyd is not light music. It's human experience music! The Songbook, as you guys said. Yes, impact like Tolkien! Agreed on sid Era, cute and eccentric, but Roger Waters is in the John Lennon mold - telling universal heavy truths. And rocking fuckin hard one moment, and bringing you to tears the next. All with that mystery of a weird rainbow prism, a white brick fuckin wall, or two dudes skaking hands, one on fire. Sorry, and the floating pig over a Grey cityscape. Good to hear that you are not just about ballbusting jokes, but can deal in the dark, murky, and emotional. Kudos to the Tarantino stuff too. Pulp fiction best movie in last 30-40 years. So for me, it's Animals and Final Cut. I'll say it, if you like Final Cut, you may be a real pink Floyd fan. Or a Roger Waters fan. Now gonna check out that live 71 show!!!!!

Greatest band ever hands down

BRB just gonna go listen to the whole Floyd discography

Discussing Beatles to Pink Floyd is futile. Both had awesome records. They are both legendary in the right place. I will say this, Pink Floyd was a little bit more deep for sure. PS: love the wall…. Might say it’s their best. Fight me Edit- sure guys 😂😂😂

The line “you reached for the secret too soon” refers to Syd blowing his mind out on lsd

Video edits are off for the angle change. Great chat tho!

I’ve seen Floyd a couple times and like that someone as young as Tony has them as their favourite band. My dad listened to this record every day he went through chemo. Diamond specifically, but the whole side. He’d come home, put on headphones and lay on rhe couch. It’s all he could do. I can only think of him when I hear it now. It still makes me cry… Floyd rule, man.

There are no sleeves you are receding , distant vest upon the horizon.

I took Tony as a Slayer guy

Tell Tony if he didn't know that "Have a cigar" wasn't even sung by neither Waters or Gilmore on the album! Prove me wrong

I paid for both nights livestream.. Tony is soooo worth it!

" Hey honey, can i put on a short song"? Proceeds to put Dogs on 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🐕🐕

Oh man, started smoking weed at 15, acid at 17 and putting on DSOTM and watching psychedelic screensavers with my buddies. Not a worry in the world. Then I discovered Meddle. Echoes is such a helluva ride of a song. Live at Pompeii is a wonderful and magical live album.

Tony and I couldn't disagree more about Wish You Were Here, the song. It's an amazing track and I understand why the record company chose it to be the radio single because it's 'easy listening' and short. But a perfect song nonetheless.

That voice of his ..Pure hell!! unlistenable .

Yup, the Syd era was not high quality. Period. The pre Dark side is very solid though.

Only here for Tony wtf is this show

What about George Floyd tho?

YES! Please stop playing Another Brick In The Wall Part II. Part III is far superior.

Borrowing batteries at the library, that's low.

Tony's impression of Piper At the Gates of Dawn is so far off lol. As an LSD lover he should really give it another go. It's amazing how people misunderstand it / clearly never fully listened or gave it a chance.

I knew it was going to be Brody Stevens before Tony did when asked who his Syd Barrett was.

Pink Floyd is my #2 band but don’t you dare slander The Beatles. They are in fact somehow even better than Floyd

the singer on HAVE A CIGAR is ROY HARPER ... . ROGER OR DAVID CAN T SING THIS SONG

At the end of this pod, Tony talks about the 50th anniversary of Dark Side live at Wembley album that came out last year. He said 1971 but it was 1974. They were touring Dark Side which obviously came out in 73. But I wonder if he knows that that show was 2 and a half hours long and they opened with Shine On You Crazy Diamond, BEFORE WISH YOU WERE HERE WAS EVEN RELEASED!!! Proceeded by early versions of Animals , and THEN, Dark Side in its entirety! But just imagine hearing those unreleased songs for the first time ever…. LIVE!

Had no idea Tony was a Pink Floyd fan Wish You Were Here is my #1 by them. Absolutely love it

Knowing that tony is a PF fan to this extent has just elevated his status in my favorite comedians. I relate to this level of love for Floyd so hard.

For me, this Pink Floyd masterpiece stands apart because it encapsulates a sense of pure, unconditional love that transcends the passionate, often fleeting emotions typically celebrated in popular music. The album’s themes are deeply reflective and poignant, delving into a more profound, almost spiritual connection.

I am 49 and have been watching KillTony since day 1. I even stuck through the Robot days haha. I've watched this young man grow up right in front of my eyes. I remember when there was less than 10k followers and when it went from 70k to 300k to 700k and now over a million. Pretty crazy to see. I go back and watch old episodes all the time, too. Wish I could see a live show someday. Great guest, especially on a 3.7k pod. I'll sub just to rep the KT bump.

DSotM changed my life. I've heard the lyrics to Breathe in my head every day for 45 years.

I’m a huge Pink Floyd fan, I’ve got a new appreciation for Tony after this pod

Had a very similar experience with pink floyd growing up, I've found that as I've got older I thought nothing could compare until I found Tool, they ve took that energy and took it into the stratosphere, I'd urge any floyd fans to give them a deep dive, you will not be disappointed x

Echos is probably my favorite track . Animals is my favorite album. The album that got me into Pink Floyd was, The Wall

Tony is a Pink Floyd nerd like me? I wonder if he watches reaction videos of people's first time listening to Floyd.

14:03 gave me a acid flash back 😂

Big points for not being on Zoom, solid guest solid album 💯

Being 18, taking acid and smoking weed with friends, and suggesting we listen to shine on, in the dark, on the stereo system. 🤯

Summer between my junior and senior year was when my life actually started. I tried LSD for the first time and it changed my life. Dark Side, Animals, and WYWH are permanent parts of my life soundtrack because of this time in my life. Still listen to them all the time. Great video.

I'm glad the algorithm recommended me this video. Didn't know Tony was cool like this. Fuckin killer

Wish you were here is such a good fucking album. Smoking weed or trippin really makes the experience that much better, still great sober too but something about it is great for being out of your head. Cool pod yo great convo

I love Floyd too! Going to see Gilmour in LA in October!!

Mad respect for Tony; I had no idea. My #1 is the Final Cut because you can hear the tension through their recorded performance. “Not Now John” is a dope one off of that album.

I had no idea an insane, roided, and out of touch comedian likes one of the most mainstream rock bands of all time.

Atom Heart Mother, Ummagumma, super psychedelic eras

wtf is Tony wearing? He gets more cringe by the moment

Long live ponk floyd.

Tony thinking that have a cigar is about "making it in the industry and celebrating" is so in character and funny. Clueless

Tony is always surprising me with his cool interests. This is my favourite Floyd album.

To sum it up. I would call this Album, "Sonic Heroin"

Phish catching strays 😂

Good on Tony for not mentioning the existence of the Roger Waters Dark Side of Tony

Joey Diaz pre-church periscope put me onto Pink Floyd. When him and Lee did hash under a glass while listening to Shine on You Crazy Diamond

I’d love to hear these guys discover and talk about sleep token. I’m as avid a fan of Floyd as Tony. I haven’t been as connected with a band like I was with Floyd until sleep token came along.

Im 27 graduated in 2013 I had a teacher in high school, Mr. Sutton, dude he was so fu**ing cool drove a black ninja to school.. he taught the kids that were f**k ups.. Anyway we were talking about Pink Floyd one day and he told us that if you played the album DSOTM and watched the old Wizard of Oz movie simultaneously at the same time with the album taking place over the sound of the movie, that they fit to a T.! Like the album was on par with the movie if the movie was on mute and the album was blasting😂😂😂 And he was dead serious.. I knew then and there he was a hippie from the 60s or 70s dude best teacher I ever had dude haha💯💯

I respect Tony and love his comedy. I understand him not liking the song Wish You Were Here... but the Final Cut is NOT BETTER THAN THAT SONG! The Final Cut is by far the single worst Pink Floyd album and a perfect indication why Roger's solo work pales in comparison to 60s and 70s Pink Floyd. Even AMLOR and Division Bell are better

Not trying to be a nay sayer, but I will say these things - Pink Floyd is my all time favorite band. A lot of what Tony is talking about is Pink Floyd's content when Roger was still in the band. He gives The Beatles flack for trying to write popular music (around 11:56). Without Roger, Pink Floyd had their own new wave era and wrote sappy content. See Momentary Lapse of Reason - and my opinion, Division Bell also falls flat.

Beatles definitely did it their way... Literally quit touring to focus on crazy ass music

from a loyal, UK Floyd, floyd v2 and roger waters fan- this guy know his stuff wow, i've seen this guy speak before and his passion for floyd and the understanding of the the albums and history blew me away. Defo a stoner - he must be

Love Tony. Love Floyd. Disagree with his view of Wish You Were Here though. He says it's their only song he could play on guitar and that should tell you how simple it is. The main riff sure. Zero chance he could play anything remotely resembling Gilmours guitar solos in the song though.😅

damn, No wonder I knew me and Tony could be on the same wavelength when most of the time I think he'd just make fun of me. Live in Pompeii is the best live concert in the world.

Tony, if you don't want Love songs, check out Shoelace Temple. We are working on album 2 right now. And we spent $600 to produce the first record.

The Syd era was one record and some singles. Syd era was not great. Any Floyd album before Atom heart mother to me is not that good. WYWH is amazing and my favorite Floyd album 💿

It's fair enough that the Syd stuff is not up his alley, but I don't think I would describe that period as Pink Floyd making "love songs" 😂

Tony makes a great point about the title track, but you're just not listening.

/ 1:01:13 Pink Floyd is the worst .

I love Tony and have been a fan of Kill Tony for over 5 years, but he needs to come out already lol What dude you know sits with his legs crossed and one flat hand over the other?? We will still love you Tony!

Outside of the big 4, The Final Cut (sorry Nick) and Obscured By Clouds are their best albums imo.

1:01:08 On it, I trust Tony, so this should liquify my brain and allow it to escape the prison of my skull through my ears.

Annnnddddd ... Literally...Annnndddd.. Fuckkkkkkinnn .... Annnndddddd......Unbelievable ... Annnnndddddd.

Without sgt peppers there would be no dark side also they recorded sgt peppers while Pink Floyd recorded there first album both at abbey road

Quentin and Pink Floyd are best sellers, I would disagree and say that almost everyone loves them

Roger waters sung a song about someone I know who needs information on radio kaos its about a welsh miner who killed a taxi driver

In 2022 I googled “stand up bombing” found kill Tony and never stopped.

I dont think any song on piper is about love

Who's this Angelo comedian they both referred to so fondly? I didn't hear them mention a last name.

They didn't play Shine on in Gdansk.... what gives?

So glad I found this vid, huge Floyd fan big Tony fan. So Good.

My bad. Just had to watch the whole live 8 only 2 minutes into the pod