wish you were here

"We're so happy we can hardly count"

I'd be happy if I never heard the title track of this album ever again. 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond', on the other hand...

Dopey realisation that musically Have A Cigar could account for ~80% of Goblin's schtick. Harper totally slam dunks the performance as well.

Returning to this album for the first time since abandoning it sharply following regulation mid-teen fixation. I have slightly better headphones now.

So much of my entire musical development and ethos can be traced back to obsessively listening to Shine On circa age 14. I don't think there's anything in recorded music that tops it. Hadn't listened to it in maybe 15 years or more, decided to throw it on, and it doesn't just hold up but reveals new things to me.

Also really glad to have discovered Gilmour early as a guitar influence, making it ok to not want to be a shredder.

Shine On Part 2 rules as much as the rest of the album (f-off, upthread naysayers). By its very nature as the slow diminuendo opposite to Part 1's glorious build, Part 2 was unlikely to get votes over Part 1.

It's a beautiful dying away, and the last several minutes are as masterful as anything Rick Wright ever did.

it’s majestic & beautiful & powerful

also it RULES

I don’t know if there’s another guitarist that gives me a deeper feeling of joy than Dave
he shreds happiness <3

last Sunday we listened to the remastered Delicate Sound of Thunder & his voice isnt great but his guitar is just *chefs kiss*

i dont even like that concert a ton but it’s still good to just hang out with? idk

(sorry digression)

I agree with H. Lump. I probably would have voted for the second half of Shine On, just for Part IX, which is really Richard Wright's last notable contribution to Pink Floyd music (with the partial exception of the long electric piano solo that starts Sheep). It's the perfect capstone to the album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D97gP-1zyqQ

That rules.

Are you suggesting Pink Floyd rules?

I was expecting to be like "oh neat" but I actually teared up at moments, it's a really nice cover

making it ok to not want to be a shredder.

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, November 29, 2020 11:03 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

i've been thinking all week about how important and cool it was that pink floyd was the prog rock band that was not at all about technical ability

Their music oozes atmosphere and that rules more than most things imo.

yes like "money" was pretty much as technical as they ever got

When he plays the "fast" solos on Dogs you can hear that he's really not a speed player, but he finds a way to put so much fear and rage and sadness and tension into his sound in that solo