1what did you think of this song when it first came out>
2 what do you think of this song now?
YouTube - Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here (live)
1. I wasn't alive, and i can't really remember the first time i heard it, but it certainly was a great song that i've enjoyed listening to for many years.
2. A little overplayed, but still a classic. Sometimes i don't want to listen to it, and will change the station if it comes on, but at other times i will fully enjoy it, just like i used to. Depends on the mood i guess.
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Great band, but not one of their best songs. I would give it a 7/10. Some of the songs on The Wall would get a 10/10 though....like The Trial
Love it, myself. I was in, what, third grade when it came out, so I can't say I remember, but I've loved it more over time.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl year after year
Runnin' over the same old ground of how we found the same old fears
Wish you were here.
Originally Posted by Swordsmyth
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McQueen?
The hell?
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Perhaps someone didn't like his music.
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Perhaps someone didn't like his music.
Yeah, I guess so...
Another forum "unperson".
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One of the greatest Floyd songs ever:
Others include:
Echoes
One of These Days I'm Going to Cut You into Little Pieces
Atom Heart Mother
Bike
Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathering in a Cave and Grooving With a Pict
Fat Old Sun
That would actually be the one lyric of the song, which is entitled Careful With that Axe, Eugene.
I think it's just one week, and ya he was being sarcastic but I guess went too far.
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Ironic that right before he got banned he started a thread about "Wish You Were Here"
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell,
blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have you found? The same old fears.
Wish you were here.
Change? Someone say change?
Great song, great album. I saw them on their Dogs of War tour at the Oakland Coliseum in the 80s, it was an outstanding show.
I love Pink Floyd but this one is way overplayed.
...for which I am actually grateful. There are a hell of a lot of far, far inferior songs that are equally overplayed. The flashes of quality on commercial radio are few and far between--and becoming rarer.
Wish you were here McQueen
I really enjoy the album wish you were here. It was one of the first CDs I ever bought.
The song wish you were here, while great, I agree has been overplayed.
I really like shine on you crazy diamonds. While I commute home from work at 1am down the dark empty highway, I find myself setting a playlist of just tracks 1&5, zoning out, and my mind fills with all types of ideas, and my troubles just fade away.
I think of how they lost one of their band members....
I think of how they lost one of their band members.
i have never liked any pink floyd except for their debut CD. i prefer the velvets.
One of the best of the best Pink Floyd songs. Loved it then, still love it now.
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