Pladen blev udgivet 15. september 1975.Produceret af: Pink Floyd
Selskab: EMI
Højest placering UK 1.plads
Højeste placering USA 1.plads
Pladen blev udgivet 15. september 1975.
Produceret af: Pink Floyd
Selskab: EMI
Højest placering UK 1.plads
Højeste placering USA 1.plads
Nummeret "Wish you Were Here" startede med et riff fra Gilmour.
Nummeret er uofficielt dedikeret til Syd Barrett. Hele pladen er Floyds
hyldest til den mand de mener de skylder så meget, og som de siden har måtte
se svinde ind til en mental grøntsag.
Som alle nok ved, er den "Crazy Diamond" der hentydes til på pladen, en metafor for Syd Barrett. Hvad ikke så mange ved er, at en dag i juni, da Waters stod i Abbey Road studiet, og arbejde med dét nummer, kom der en fed og skaldet fyr, med en plastikpose i hånden og en tandbørste i lommen på den hvide vinyl-regnfrakke, ind og satte sig i studiet. Rigtigt gættet : Syd Barrett. Han fattede vist ikke meget at det der foregik omkring ham, men synet af ham skulle efter sigende have givet Waters tåre i øjnene. At se den mand der engang var forgangsmand i Pink Floyd være sunket så langt.
Der er en violin i slutningen af nummeret "wish you Were Here", som er næsten
umulig at høre. Violinisten Stephane Grappelly spillede i studioet på etagen
under Pink Floyd, og Gilmour foreslog at de skulle have lyden med som de kunne
høre den fra etagen nedenunder.....
Violinisten fik 300 pund for det....
Hostelydene på nummeret "Wish You Were Here" er Gilmour, og skyldes hans
rygevaner.
Da han bagefter hørte lydene besluttede han sig for kvitte
tobakken....
Søen inde i coveret er Mono Lake i Californien. De flotte klippeformationer skyldes det ekstreme
mineral-indhold i vandet der. Indsøen er et fredet område.
Og hvad er så ideen med dét billede ? Jo,
der ligger en længere forklaring bag. Faktisk hele pladens koncept ! Wish You Were Here handler om fravær,
som titlen vel egentlig også indikerer. Det siges at det grundlæggende var at succesen med Dark Side havde
væltet godt rundt på medlemmerne. de havde meget svært ved at finde vejen til studiet og var alle meget
ukoncenterede - det man kalder "fraværende" ! Så derfor et sådant billede af en halv mand i en sø. Forøvrigt
absolut ikke et nemt billede at tage. De måtte finde en mand der kunne stå på hovedet meget længe og samtidig
holde vejret indtil alle bølger / ringe i vandet var forsvundet.
Resten af billederne på coveret er
ligeså ulogiske / fraværende. Selve pladen blev, trods pladeselskabets protester, udgivet indpakket i sort
folie, så man ikke kunne se hvilken plade det egentlig var. På den samlepakke der kaldes "Oh by the Way"
er Wish You Were Here selvfølgelig også pakket ind på den måde igen.
Radiolydene i begyndelsen af nummeret "Wish you Were Here" er optaget tilfældigt fra radioen.
Optagelserne
indeholder bl.a et udsnitt af Tchaikovsky's 4.Symphoni, og et interview ("and you, Derek, this star nonsense,
what do you think of it?").
Til koncerterne brugte Pink Floyd nogen gange lokale radiostationer og tog
udsendelserne som de var lige nu og her. Siden gik de over til pladeversionen.
Roy Harper som synger
sangen "Have a Cigar" har tidligere spillet sammen med Gilmour, før denne kom med i Floyd.
Senere han
har også hjulpet med Gilmours soloprojekter. I mellemtiden, siges det, var han gademusikker.
Numre på denne plade
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Shine On You Crazy Diamond (1-5) [13'33]
Part 1:Wright, Waters, Gilmour
Part 2:Gilmour, Waters, Wright
Part 3:Waters, Gilmour, Wright
Part 4:Gilmour, Wright, Waters
Part 5:Waters
Remember when you were young,
You shone like the sun.
Shine on you crazy
diamond.
Now there's a look in your eyes,
Like black holes in the sky.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
You were caught on the crossfire
of childhood
and stardom,
Blown on the steel breeze.
Come on you target for faraway
laughter,
Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine!
You reached for the secret too soon,
You cried for the moon.
Shine on you
crazy diamond.
Threatened by shadows at night,
And exposed in the light.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Well you wore out your welcome
With random
percision,
Rode on the steel breeze.
Come on you raver, you seer of visions,
Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!
"Welcome to the Machine" [7'26] (Waters)
Welcome my son, welcome to the machine.
Where have you been?
It's alright
we know where you've been.
You've been in the pipeline, filling in time,
Provided with toys and 'Scouting for Boys'.
You brought a guitar to punish
your ma,
And you didn't like school, and you
know you're nobody's fool,
So welcome to the machine.
Welcome my son, welcome to the machine.
What did you dream?
It's alright we told you what to dream.
You
dreamed of a big star,
He played a mean gituar,
He always ate in the
Steak Bar.
He loved to drive in his Jaguar.
So welcome to the Machine.
"Have a Cigar" [5'07] (Waters)
Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar.
You're gonna go far,
You're gonna
fly high,
You're never gonna die,
You're gonna make it if you try;
They're gonna love you.
Well I've always had a deep respect,
And I mean
that most sincerely.
The band is just fantastic,
that is really what I
think.
Oh by the way, which one's Pink?
And did we tell you the name of
the game, boy,
We call it Riding the Gravy Train.
We're just knocked
out.
We heard about the sell out.
You gotta get an album out.
You owe
it to the people.
We're so happy we can hardly count.
Everybody else is
just green,
Have you seen the chart?
It's a helluva start,
It could
be made into a monster
If we all pull together as a team.
And did we tell
you the name of the game, boy,
We call it Riding the Gravy Train.
"Wish You Were Here" [5'40] (Waters, Gilmour)
So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell,
Blue skys 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
heros 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 we found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here.
"Shine On You Crazy Diamond (6-9)" [12'21]
Part 6:Wright, Waters, Gilmour
Part 7:Waters, Gilmour, Wright
Part
8:Gilmour, Wright, Waters
Part 9:Wright
Nobody knows where you are,
How near or how far.
Shine on you crazy
diamond.
Pile on many more layers
And I'll be joining you there.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
And we'll bask in the shadow
Of yesterday's
triumph,
And sail on the steel breeze.
Come on you boy child,
You
winner and loser,
Come on you miner for truth and delusion, and shine!
