Talk:Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd song)

message: From the article: "During the recording of this song, Syd Barrett, their old band mate who had been in seclusion for years due to drug induced psychosis, suddenly appeared in the studio. Syd's former band mates did not even recognize him as he had lost his hair and gained considerable weight. He was wondering about the studio muttering nonsense when Waters and Gilmour realized to their dismay that this strange character who suddenly appeared in their studio session was their old friend Syd Barrett."
I thought this happened when they recorded David Gilmour's backing vocals on "Shine on You Crazy Diamond". Floyd(Norway) 13:24, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think anybody in the band remembers exactly what they were doing when Syd showed up.  --63.25.239.112 16:03, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  According to the Classic Albums documentary on the album, they were mixing the album when Barrett showed up. Daniel Case (talk) 05:32, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Barrett's visit

message: I removed this line from the article :
:"(This description contradicts what is written below about the origin of the song.)" 
because it belongs here, but it does raise a good point. The article says
:"The guitar riff came to David Gilmour while in Abbey Road Studios playing with his acoustic guitar. Roger Waters was so moved by the riff that he wrote the lyrics right there on the spot."
while a quote of Waters at the end has him saying:
:"Only once have the lyrics been written down first -- 'Wish You Were Here'."
A citation for the former statement should be found, if possible, so this matter can be worked out. -albrozdude 01:43, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction 

message: What's the title of that radio play ('Oh Sinden....all this star nonsense...no..it..no I'm sure of it' etc) that crops up during the 'tuning in' passage. And is that brief orchestral burst immediately before the 'radio guitar' section part of it, or separate? Anyone know? Martyn Smith 11:11, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The radio play

message: 'Shine on' is definitely about him, 'Wish You Were here' is pretty much Syd, although there's a more 'general feel to the longing as well'. 'Have A Cigar' recounts the band's early experiences with record execs, so Syd is involved along the line there. I would say that the lyrically most generic song on the album is 'Welcome To The Machine', however this is about the pressures and temptations faced by a neophyte rock musician, which certainly has a great deal of relevance with Mr Barrett. Therefore I think the original assertion that the 'entire' album deals with Syd in some way is an acceptable one.
I wonder if Roger actually saw this album as a personal watershed, as a way of putting the ghost of Syd's involvement and once dominance of the band to rest? This would certainly tie in with the ease with which he totally dominated the last 3 Floyd albums with him as a member. Martyn Smith 22:56, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: References to Syd Barrett

message: Just a thought this song does sound somewhat similar to heart of stone by the rolling stones. the chords are very similar. Did they rip off that song did the stones rip off them? Maybe not, but just an idea that could use more looking into. 96.246.52.211 (talk) 17:06, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Heart Of Stone? 

message: It is said that the sound of David Gilmour coughing on the intro to the track made him stop smoking. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk • contribs) 22:47, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Moved

message: The high frequency background whine is not emulating an engine accelerating/decelerating (that would be a much more rapid rise and fall).  It always reminded me of the PLL drift from old analog crystals.  David says the idea is it's a kid in his bedroom hearing the 12 string on the radio, and the kid joins in.  So car interference would make no sense.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G91HQRSKW4 (the last minute of the interview). Dickbalaska (talk) 06:22, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: The AM Radio

message: There are some 'wind instrument' sounds during the sound. (For example 2:56 and 4:04 at on the album version-not the wind sound at the end.) What are these? Since no other musicians are credited for this song, I sort of assume they are parts on a mellotron or something, but I don't know for sure. Blythwood (talk) 14:29, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wind instrument parts? 

message: What makes this cover version so important that it deserves so much attention in this article? Suggest removing everything except for a simple mention of the cover and a link to the relevant Wyclef Jean album page. Anything more than that is unwarranted.
--PSmythirl (talk) 16:35, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  OTT Wyclef Jean Cover Details 

message: — Assignment last updated by Joycea1127 (talk) 21:23, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: English 1101 093

message: Hello, I'm of course not the first to notice the huge insperation taken by Pink Floyd from this song of Van Morisson, released in 1970 on Saint Dominic's preview album. What I'm puzzled about is why there is no mention of it in this wiki page. can somebody update it? (I'm no wiki expert, never edited, I don’t want yo make any error). thanks LaurentFr69 (talk) 08:10, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Van Morisson Almost independance Day