He Played A Mean Guitar...

Wish You Were Here was one of the best albums in Pink Floyd history. It was hard to follow up an album like Dark Side Of The Moon but they did it well. Shine On You Crazy Diamond has One of the best intos. It was originally going to be on one whole side of the album but was later split into to parts. It is a long testament to Syd Barret. It starts of with a eerie piano solo with a haunting guitar solo from David Gilmour and escalates into a lyrical section before going into a sax solo by Dick Parry. The song Welcome To The Machine was a big gamble for Roger Waters. It was basically mocking the way we live and the people who couch us in life. It was pulled off well and is a strong out liner to the problems we deal with. The song have a cigar is very much laid back. Like a group of guys looking for fun and they stumble on this weird group. Wish You Were Here is one of my personal favourite songs as it has words and musical arrangements that sound like they are singing from another world. So you think you can tell...heaven from hell. This is a very powerful line for it puts the after life into perception. It gives us hope and helps us come through grief. The album in whole is a powerful but sad reminder of Syd, right down to the cover. The burning man represents Syd for he did light himself on fire once. Syd was always in Rogers mind when he was composing Wish You Were Here.