Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

Gone but not forgotten (415 words)
by millwall23 - written on 10/09/00, updated on 10/09/00 (Very useful, 168 readings)
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For both my husband and myself our deepest regret is that we never managed to see P Pink Floyd live. Anyone who has been lucky enough to see them live will know that the first song to be played in every concert is Shine On You Crazy Diamond from Wish You Were Here. Virtually every Pink Floyd album is a masterpiece of originality and experimentation that has helped to change the face of music forever. This album is testament to the experimentation side, it was the only Pink Floyd album that each band member recorded their contribution 100% independent from the others. This was how it started but of course then they took the results from this and reworked it to form ...

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

Shining On (166 words)
by moodyblue - written on 16/07/00, updated on 16/07/00 (Useful, 60 readings)
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the best tracks p Pink Floyd ever recorded, namely "shine on you crazy diamond" in two parts that begin and end the album. This is the sort of track with the kind of ambience where you can close your eyes and just let it wash over you, I find a couple of beers often helps! Special mention to Dave Gilmour`s guitar ...

Meddle - Pink Floyd

definitely my favourite Floyd album (94 words)
by superbird - written on 04/09/00, updated on 04/09/00 (Very useful, 158 readings)
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First of all, this came out originally in 1971, it was just the remastered version that was 1994. I see Meddle as perhaps an intermediate step between their 1960's and 1970's output. There are still the long noodling tracks such as there were on Atom Heart Mother and the others but also the brilliantly crafted lyrics are starting ...