Understanding "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. I-V)"

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@quaramher 2 года назад

Man, it's really impressive how the script is written to accompany the song. It's really cool to have a part of the music described and then there's a pause in the script to direct our ears to listen to it.

@bwebb90 2 года назад

Love it when he does that

@konstant_ly 2 года назад

I was first shocked by this when I saw the Bela Lugosi's Dead video, but it's always so beautiful.

@donatosansone9619 2 года назад

its mindblowing how perfectly he made it

@DEADRKGK 2 года назад

stone

@ryanpaton1072 2 года назад

Nothing is as impressive as you thinking that this man speaking over a fucking fifteenth of one of Floyd’s best tunes is impressive.

@reecedanielss 2 года назад

I saw “come on you painter” as a simple homage of one of Syd’s main hobbies: painting. It honestly brings me a tear to my eyes, as it’s very close to home and personal. He was a painter. That’s one of the memories or Syd that was left behind for Roger.

@xdef1ne 2 года назад

That’s definitely what it means. Syd Barrett was a painter at heart, it’s all he wanted to do after disconnecting himself from music as a whole.

@shewolfcub3 2 года назад

I see it also as a reference to his use of imagery in his songwriting as he could paint an image using your mind as a canvas through words

@garethmurphy8235 2 года назад

This is 100% referencing Syd's first (and then lifetime) artistic love. Nearly every person that knew him intimately saw him as a painter first and foremost. However, he certainly did paint the purest psychedelia that's ever been recorded...

@aneleaveizam 2 года назад

Syd was a great painter. I love his art, especially his paintings of flowers. Check out his painting he did in 1961 called “Orange Dahlias in a Vase”, it’s my favorite.

@nightlandz1291 Год назад

"you seer of visions, you legend you martyr"

@janhanchenmichelsen2627 2 года назад

Heard the album first time when I was 11. In 1977. It changed everything. Almost 40 years later, when he was around 10-11, my youngest son heard the album. And he was spellbound. Now, he’s 18, playing bass guitar in a local band. Space, blues, prog, psychedelia. And yesterday he bought tickets to Water’s farewell concert i Norway. Two whole days travelling to get there and back. Life goes on. With Floyd, for yet another generation.

@FabioDish 2 года назад

wow!!! hats off!!

@andrewburchett5028 2 года назад

This album had a huge effect on me. I have listened to it an infinite amount of times and I still find new things

@kasiabarszczyk9970 2 года назад

I was to go to Water's concert with my entire family. I was so excited to see at least a piece of Pink Floyd playing live after years of fanship, but my city cancelled the gig :(

@musamusashi 2 года назад

I was 11 as well when i first heard PF, and it was 1979... i remember buying the double The Wall LP as it came out.

@johnbilicki913 2 года назад

Growing up in a house that didnt cherish music like this fucked me up lol. As a fellow bass player, you sir are the man, much love to you and your son. Shine on you crazy diamond

@justinatest9456 2 года назад

"Come on you target for far away laughter" always struck me as admission of guilt by Roger. That the band had mocked Syd behind his back for his behaviour.

@MrOctober44 Год назад

I suppose. I always took that to be anyone aware of him. People didn't have the compassion or understanding of mental illness then that they do now.

@SupremePerspective Год назад

I think it’s just another mockery of the world like Pink Floyd tends to do

@crackawood Год назад

Pretty sure it means any and everyone

@NoSpoonsAllowed Год назад

I always saw that lyric as a reference to the possible schizophrenia. That syd would hear distant laughter and not know where it would come from tempting him to dive back into psychedelics to try and see who was laughing at him.

@newusernamehere4772 Год назад

@@NoSpoonsAllowed This is the coolest interpretation I've ever heard

@thanos6346 2 года назад

This album is an example of music that is not only good, but beautiful.

@ecurewitz 2 года назад

Yes!

@mattgilbert7347 2 года назад

Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

@tarjeigaare 2 года назад

thanks, Thanos

@extremegameplays7404 4 месяца назад

And this video is an example of a music video producer making a documentary.

@chrispatten788 2 года назад

Call me crazy, but I honestly hear in the first four iconic notes "Are you still here?" And I feel like it just hits more than I expected.

@axelcordova8262 2 года назад

This album and Syd's story never fails to make me cry.

@super_bestie 11 месяцев назад

Same

@lelanddyer9461 2 года назад

My dad ALWAYS blasted this song from their Pulse live album. So glad to find others appreciate this art as much as I do!

@ozymandias2944 2 года назад

Doesn’t matter how many kids you have, you’re not a dad until you’ve blasted Pulse

@clicheguevara5282 2 года назад

My dad used to watch Pulse with us all the time.

@CorbCorbin 2 года назад

I got to go to see them in New Orleans during that tour. Best live sound I’ve ever heard in a large venue, and maybe ever.

@mrarci6569 2 года назад

Glad that you "finally" found someone else who's into your favourite indie, underground, underrated band: Pink Floyd

@SpiderDan2099 2 года назад

That version is great.

@bettastudios7078 2 года назад

Bro, your work never fails to amaze me. This is top quality, and the fact that this stuff is free to view is just.. wow. Bravo bro, you have a real talent

@vinq8621 2 года назад

This seemed like the best place to say this anecdote. I went to one of Roger Waters’ nights at MSG for the ‘This is Not a Drill’ tour. I’m immensely lucky. When they got around to SoYCD I was literally pinned to my seat. There was a narrative in screen about Waters’ panic attack and how the song came about. The entire bottom end, kick drums, bass, synths were massive. They all were so loud and intense that I really truly pushed on my chest like a panic attack. An inexplicable sense of fear creeped up. As I say there I thought about how well Roger had communicated that panic attack feeling. That for me cemented Waters as a true musician, as I had never experienced such a pure and clear communication of a emotion

@gabenight7 2 года назад

I saw the show twice. And my God. It was so beautiful and heart wrenching. I cried both times.

@mclovinpo Год назад

@@gabenight7 he was definitely talking about a bad acid trip ;) and I was right there with every word roger said, it was parts 7-12 of shine on tho, the last part of the album, and goodness it was amazing

@merlowbarret3533 Год назад

@@mclovinpo uhhhh dude, Shine on you has only 9 parts what are you on about?

@AverageUser- Год назад

@@mclovinpo you know he only smoked marijuana right?

@cyclonasaurusrex1525 2 года назад

I’m an old, so I’ve listened to this probably thousands of times. Although I was paying attention to your voice-over, I was subconsciously aware of the song’s progression underneath-and the imminence of that iconic 4-note lick. And when you mentioned the lick just as the song reached it-simultaneously four minutes into the song and into your video-I just shook my head in amazement. Well played.

@ChadVanHalen5150 2 года назад

One of my favorite pieces of music from one of my favorite albums... The the pure bitterness at Syd's wasted potential from the last lines always gives me shivers. Roger's words and delivery, combined with the musical build up are just perfect. Like Roger is pleading for Syd to come back, he has too much to offer to just disappear into the darkness "Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner... And shine!"

@gratefulkm 2 года назад

Syd Barret was autistic As soon as they made his and all autistic people's best medication illegal And the Authorities made approaches to certain people asking them to stop promoting this medication for autistic people or they would section them with implication of death A lot of them retreated from public life, otherwise they would have got the Peter Green treatment

@axelcordova8262 2 года назад

You know, it's been a while since I've last listened to this album. And now, I'm about to be reminded why I love it so much.

@xaikken 2 года назад

Pretty good for a 99th time huh ? 😂

@mimsmango 2 года назад

Oh I got started & now Can't stop it's a love affair with Pink Floyd all over again

@ahorrell 2 года назад

I once saw this song reduce a party of skinheads to tears. 3 of their mates had recently died in a car crash and it a week or two after the funerals - the party was something like a memorial. Everyone was on edge, and me and another long-haired mate put this song on. It tore the place to pieces.

@MrOctober44 Год назад

You should check out my album, "Music for skinheads to cry to".

@SupremePerspective Год назад

Beautiful story, similar to when a gang of bikers robbed an acid source in the 60s and became a gang of peace, the brotherhood of eternal love. When did your story take place?

@milksponge1836 Год назад

@@MrOctober44 see on youtube at BLACK METAL TEENS HEARING PINK FLOYD

@rustypatriot4335 Год назад

Why were you at a skinhead party, mate

@MrOctober44 Год назад

@@rustypatriot4335 Go away. Your virtual signaling has been notated.

@ValdemarDeMatos 2 года назад

It’s also important to note that David was already a good friend of Syd before he officially join the band. Great script 🙌 amazingly synced with the progression of the song.

@johnpaulcross424 2 года назад

Still my favorite album of all time. Truly a perfect record in my opinion, can’t take a single note out of this album.

@Carhill 2 года назад

This made me cry. I truly wish I could show this to my dad. My love of Pink Floyd is thanks to him, and I know he would have appreciated this video so very much. This presentation is not only technically excellent but the idea to pace the history and analysis to the song, and to have done so this smoothly feels like a form of art more-so than most videos. Well done. Thank you. ❤

@milksponge1836 Год назад

look on youtube at BLACK METAL TEENS HEARING PINK FLOYD

@kimqueiroz1486 2 года назад

Oh boy, this video just made me cry. Shine On You Crazy Diamond is my favorite music, and I consider it a true masterpiece. It's a song that connects deeply with my soul, and knowing more about the story behind it makes it even more impactful and touching for me. Thank you Polyphonic for such an incredible study that lead to this so well-crafted video about this magnificent piece of art!

@milksponge1836 Год назад

see on RU-vid at BLACK METAL TEENS HEARING PINK FLOYD

@Eric31477 2 года назад

YESSSSSS!!!!! I hope you will do the entire album as I love your work!!!!

@josedanielherrera1552 2 года назад

He has, and it's even stringed together

@jeffreywillstewart 2 года назад

Not Yes. This is Pink Floyd. Yes did Close to th Edge! Lol

@Eric31477 2 года назад

@@jeffreywillstewart HA! They are great too!

@jeffreywillstewart 2 года назад

@@Eric31477 sorry,I it was just, there!

@o-mega7515 Год назад

@@jeffreywillstewart I love jokes that only prog rock fans will get

@HenrySchecker 2 года назад

Shine On You Crazy Diamond makes me cry my eyes out. Something about the music is mournful and immense. I think about my parents who've both passed away. I think about friendships I've lost. I think about how lonely life feels and how even though I'm doing better than I have in years its a hollow victory for everything I lost in exchange

@robertlandrum1971 2 года назад

Can’t wait to see the rest of the Wish You Were Here analysis. Hope you will also do more of their albums in the future like this.

@noopnoob6394 2 года назад

Wish You Were Here is my favorite Pink Floyd album. It is amazing how they could make albums with only 5-6 songs and make it be worth so much.

@Craigevansagain Год назад

I absolutely agree that the 3rd guitar solo of Shine On You Crazy Diamond is a high watermark for David Gilmour. Its a shame that all of the post Waters performances that I've heard of Shine On always omit this funky but melancholic guitar solo.

@adam872 2 года назад

Dark Side was my first and to this day favourite PF album. This album is a close second though, especially the haunting intro to the first track. Those four notes on the guitar and Dave's tone and the production around them are incredibly evocative. He and Rick contributed so much to what was great about the band in their heyday.

@markgatland977 2 года назад

IMHO could be your best editing job to date...never fails to amaze me how you manage to synchronize music and visuals so well. Excellent job 👌👌

@andercert70 2 года назад

Wright's work here is astounding and emotional.

@randallpinkfloyd 2 года назад

shine on you crazy diamond is literally my favorite song by the band, love the video!

@TheSummoner 2 года назад

Maybe is my deep attachment to this song talking, but I really think this video is your masterpiece. A great piece of art built on top of another great piece of art.

@promethean8232 2 года назад

If there was ever someone who could do justice to Pink Floyd in a video essay it's you man This was so fucking good

@zlatan5799 Год назад

The Greatest band of all time. Nobody can touch the benchmark that they had set..

@llfilms 2 года назад

I love Pink Floyd. Have loved them my entire life, and for you to cover their most methodical and beautiful song? It brings tears to my eyes!

@pusongnegro 2 года назад

S - Shine On Y - You Crazy D - Diamond! 🤘🏾

@ForevrrFury 2 года назад

love how the song is playing as the video goes with no cuts like the Echoes one

@danacapodarco1363 2 года назад

Fan-fucking-tastic. The insight into the history of the creation of iconic album giving listeners a view into what drove it’s creation.

@thricestride 2 года назад

This is my favourite album ever, and I’m glad you’re covering it :)

@reubenseldo1048 2 года назад

Polyphonic out there bringing us quality content after quality content. Easily the best video-essayist on the Tube. 🙌🙌

@hippomancy 2 года назад

I get "tired" of various PF recordings and cease listening and shift to other recordings. but I never lose interest in Shine On. haven't listened to theWall in years, or Meddle. can listen to DarkSide for a few weeks, can listen to post Waters for a few weeks. but always happy with this one. and I never listen to mere songs- it's full recording or none of it. same for the other PF recordings.

@andreylucass 2 года назад

Stunning visuals.

@rockstarrzz7171 2 года назад

I've always loved this song, heard it probably 100s of times but never until now do I find it to be utterly perfect. Fantastic video!

@jamessawyer9816 2 года назад

Genuinely my favourite album of all time, I discovered it going through my dads old vinyls after he passed and wish you were here made me feel so connected to him So happy to see this

@anjilashrestha9169 Год назад

Thank you fro making this in real time. You deserve all the praises for this series. THANK YOU.

@shailesdahal8742 Год назад

🌼🕊

@UATU. 2 года назад

Your videos are always excellent, but you really outdid yourself with this one.

@milksponge1836 Год назад

watching on RU-vid at BLACK METAL TEENS HEARING PINK FLOYD

@heyven565 2 года назад

This has got to be the best video explanation of a song, but it is so much more than an explanation, I'd say it's an experience to watch this. The way the music flows along with the words you choose to speak and those strange figures of skeletons and medieval drawings accompaning your perfect description of each part of the song is like a movie or a daydream.

@KofieBluejay 2 года назад

This is probably one of the greatest video I’ve ever seen on this website. This is incredible. Too young to have known this era, but damn I love this album. Those guys were insane, I freaking love it.

@lorddiobrando2158 2 года назад

Love how Shine On plays along with the video, beautiful work!

@lucaskubo1175 2 года назад

I don't remember the last video I watched and felt so immersive... Seriously, the production, the audio, the script are absolutely fantastic and everything becomes more special since I love this music. Thanks for sharing with us!

@nzapa21 2 года назад

You have always made insanely high quality videos, but you've also found new and exciting ways to elevate each one. This is such a unique and ambitious concept, I absolutely love it! Thank you

@darthraiden8740 2 года назад

You may notice that as the lyrics are more depressing, "You were caught in the crossfire, of childhood and stardom! Blown on the steel breeze," the song descends slowly to represent this. But then it shifts, "Come on you target of faraway laughter, come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr and shine!" This is where it takes a more uplifting tone, encouraging Syd. They think he can escape his ditch, they still think he can shine. I cannot wait to see where this series goes! And if Animals is after, then I will be so incredibly happy.

@DaddyDoom 5 месяцев назад

Despite Rogers flaws as a human (entitled to them as we all are), the man was and is a phenomenal lyricist. Along with Davids string-bending, no one thugs at my heart strings like Rogers lyrics. Breaks my heart that these two colossal figures are torn asunder by decades old petty feuds.

@jvchannelyoutube 2 года назад

The synchronization you created to the music is absolutely genius. Thank you ❤️

@pedroguilhermedecastromoll3495 2 года назад

This might be your best video yet, amazing stuff man!

@mariah8353 Год назад

this album is extremely important for me. Me and my brother always had a very strong connection, and as he was the older one, a lot of things that he liked i liked too lol. He used to listen to it when he was 15 and at the same time i was 5, consequently those songs marked my childhood. Today i’m 16 and admire so much pink floyd, mainly shine on you crazy diamond, so much that we a have a tattoo about the album. your video is perfect, i don’t know a lot about the band yet, but i like to search and learn about it, your work is wonderful for me. thanks for this!

@ExquisiteMeal 2 года назад

Best of the best. Thank you Polyphonic

@Roguecrunchbar13 2 года назад

This video is art. Thank you for making this

@ratbones620 2 года назад

You are totally right about this being some of your best work! The visuals are incredible. I love how you paired it up with the song.

@chrisdelisle3954 2 года назад

This is just so cool. That visual effect you placed in their faces...my God, man! These video essays are so impressive.

@davideaston6944 Год назад

It's amazing how many people don't realize (or worse, don't think so!) that Pink Floyd was the greatest rock & roll band in the history of the universe... Throws me every time!

@adamseers 2 года назад

This is my favourite song of all time

@danhunt2048 2 года назад

Incredible video! That long shot of Syd just looking at the viewer really gave me chills.

@likecrazyhorse 2 года назад

This was always the last in a series of Floyd albums my friends and I would listen to on "long trips" before taking a break to rediscover reality and then watch something like Rumble In The Bronx or Flash Gordon. That saxophone could make the house spin.

@rrwright 2 года назад

Favorite song of all time for me its just sooooooo beautiful

@Turbulent1 Год назад

This video should have millions of views the editing is nuts

@CaptainPeru 2 года назад

This is not just a RU-vid video. This is a work of art

@happyron 2 года назад

Amazing. I quit listening to Pink Floyd as much when I started to focus on happiness and positivity, but this kind of thing brings back why I loved them so much.

@weebunny 2 года назад

This track in particular... of course there is the melancholy right up front, but I find a certain joy in it - somehow a celebration of Syd's life as Syd, which has gone - almost like a meaningful eulogy. (And in a sense, their friend Syd *had* died, transforming into an anonymous person, even called by a different name - Syd had been a nickname, and he reverted to his real name, Roger Barrett, for the rest of his life.) Loss comes to all of us, it's an inevitable part of life; loved ones die, treasured possessions are lost or destroyed, friendships and romances end. If we are to embrace positivity, which I think is a noble and sensible goal, we have to find room for making sense of loss in a way that focuses on our gratitude for the joy and wisdom gifted to us through our experiences with those who have gone from us. So maybe some of Pink Floyd's œuvre could still be good for you. ;-)

@happyron 2 года назад

@@weebunny Wow thank you for perhaps the most meaningful comment I’ve ever received on RU-vid. You may enjoy my video on this very subject. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qsm9ttYjORU.html

@JFrohlichMusic 2 года назад

I love the synth lead on the P.U.L.S.E version

@merlyncharlesnieto Год назад

Thought I’d finally watch this as a nice end to the day. Did not expect to almost be crying. Great work

@milksponge1836 Год назад

watching on RU-vid at BLACK METAL TEENS HEARING PINK FLOYD

@yashvirsinghdalal 2 года назад

This is easily one of your best videos, if not the best one. And certainly one of the best on RU-vid. Period. Getting Nebula just to watch the full version. Great work. Hope you get some shine on RU-vid, you crazy diamond.

@prateexit 2 года назад

This song is the essence of life, and will remain my favourite song forever. Thank you for the beautiful dissection with great in-depth explanation and ethereal visuals. Can't wait for part 6-9 analysis

@JustinLillich 2 года назад

I love how much Pink Floyd you cover on this channel. You're my favorite music over-analyst.

@MarceloGil 2 года назад

What a gorgeous video. Thank you for taking the time to homage such a beautiful work of art. ❤

@michaelarana 2 года назад

all the other pink floyd albums / songs deserve this treatment, a full breakdown.

@o-mega7515 2 года назад

I was there for the premiere! This is one of your best videos, great work!

@kemp4150 2 года назад

I signed up to Nebula just to watch the full album companion. One of the best videos I've ever seen, keep up the great work!

@kavishsharma2526 2 года назад

This is one of the most well produced Polyphonic videos, hats off

@TheXesket 2 года назад

This was absolutely perfect, so we’ll timed, so insightful… might be your best video to date.

@parkerfletcher438 2 года назад

I love this song and the whole album!!

@JohnnyTortel 2 года назад

This video is simply amazing. Shine on always had a special place in my heart from the first time I heard it and you captured the meaning of the song perfectly. I can't give you enough praise for your work, just keep it up, every video you put on youtube is simply amazing!

@victorrt93 2 года назад

You are without doubt the best music-related content creator. Thank you for your videos!

@dantoniomg3712 2 года назад

I started my musical journey some years ago because of pieces of art like this song. Hearing it today with a flawless video ignited my inspiration again. Thanks!

@bikashsapkota4508 2 года назад

The quality, animation, scripts, and timing is immaculate.

@jamesallard7223 2 года назад

This is indeed possibly your best (to date, of course: do carry on). My copy of Wish You Were Here was a strange, image-free blue cover. I got home and tore open the plastic, and my heart stopped. I thought I'd damaged the LP until I saw that the blue was merely an opaque shrink wrap. I always had the feeling that this album, in particular, was a perfect case of David saying "I've had this awful thing that happened to a friend and it hurt me" while Roger listened and said "It is bigger than our friend, there is more to the whole nightmare" as if Lennon & McCartney were always angry about something.

@dlrussian 2 года назад

wow, each vignette in this display could be its own work of art. Beautiful video. Well done.

@zuflu 2 года назад

It always gives me chills when this song starts playing

@rookproductions6031 2 года назад

This was so well done, I am heckling impressed with every aspect from the analysis to the scripting and timing. Ten out of ten.

@bigcwastaken2112 5 месяцев назад

shine on you crazy diamond pts(1-5) and echoes are masterpieces, perfect, no imperfections. The two best musical pieces of all time.

@WesleiMartinsfc 2 года назад

editing was master on this video!!! great timing

@ExoShaman 2 года назад

This might be my favorite RU-vid video ever. Incredible work! I'm signing up for Nebula ASAP

@bengosse7217 11 месяцев назад

This is a brilliant video. Letting the song play out the whole way in the background is amazing too

@matin7690 2 года назад

I watched the whole Video On Nebula , it was fantastic , this is my favorite album of pink floyd and im so happy that you finally made a video about it. your visuals are Fantastic

@365DaysofProg 2 года назад

This video is truly on another level - scriptwise, editingwise, storytellingwise, everythingwise! It honestly pretty saddens me to see the little exposure that this one is getting as compared to some of your other videos. But just know that I am forever grateful to this service you are doing to Pink Floyd and progressive-rock as a whole.

@arm5080 2 года назад

Just saw Roger’s This is not a drill tour in Vegas.It truly incredible everyone was sitting down just taking all of in.It was brilliant and Roger was just incredible along with his band.You can see in his eyes he truly is appreciated by the audience love that night.It was wonderful

@DarrianHoward 4 месяца назад

Dude I never comment on videos but by far this has been the most well put together video and story narrations I've ever heard good job man!

@TheRoyalGuardian 2 года назад

Thank you so much for making this. I can't wait to watch the breakdown of the whole album.

@mnmountainman9343 Год назад

Thanks for explaining man this is deeper than I ever thought possible

@just_jedwards 2 года назад

Damn this just looks so freaking good. Killer job with the editing and animation.

@captaindaddy4991 2 года назад

You have made something very special here. I know the story, and yet I cried watching this. Well done.

@Supertaldo916 Год назад

One of the best Video Essays I've watched on youtube. Amazing. I have no more words.

@madelineharris2673 Год назад

The song, the editing, the analysis. Beautiful

@fromulus 2 года назад

That album is a true masterpiece, art the way I think art is supposed to be. I love how you help me see even more power and emotion in this than I already could.

@SynymynBuhnz 2 года назад

I discovered this song through Russian Doll season 2 ending and fell in love with it. Weird I've been listening to pink floyd my whole life (42) and just discovered David Gilmour's solo stuff.

@milksponge1836 Год назад

see on RU-vid at BLACK METAL TEENS HEARING PINK FLOYD

@SynymynBuhnz Год назад

@@milksponge1836 I don't give a shit about teens' opinions or reacts to anything. Lol