PINK FLOYD ( DAVID GILMOUR ) - WISH YOU WERE HERE - SURROUND PULSE - LIVE AT EARLS COURT 20/10/1994
"Wish You Were Here" is the ninth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 12 September 1975 through Harvest Records and Columbia Records, their first release for the latter. Based on material Pink Floyd composed while performing in Europe, Wish You Were Here was recorded over numerous sessions throughout 1975 at Abbey Road Studios in London.
The album's themes include criticism of the music business, alienation, and a tribute to founding member Syd Barrett, who had left seven years earlier with deteriorating mental health. Like their previous record, The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Pink Floyd used studio effects and synthesisers. Guest singers included Roy Harper, who provided the lead vocals on "Have a Cigar", and Venetta Fields, who added backing vocals to "Shine On You Crazy Diamond". To promote the album, the band released the double A-side single "Have a Cigar" / "Welcome to the Machine".
Hailed as one of the greatest albums of all time, and was cited by keyboardist Richard Wright and guitarist David Gilmour as their favourite Pink Floyd album. It reached number one in the US and UK, and Harvest's parent company, EMI, was unable to keep up with the demand. Since then, the record has sold over 20 million copies.
Wish You Were Here is Floyd's second album with a conceptual theme and was written entirely by Roger Waters. It reflects his feeling that the camaraderie that had served the band was, by then, largely absent. The album begins with a long instrumental preamble and segues into the lyrics for "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", a tribute to Syd Barrett, whose mental breakdown had forced him to leave the group seven years earlier. Barrett is fondly recalled with lines such as "Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun" and "You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon".
Wish You Were Here is also a critique of the music business. "Shine On" crosses seamlessly into "Welcome to the Machine", a song that begins with an opening door (described by Waters as a symbol of musical discovery and progress betrayed by a music industry more interested in greed and success) and ends with a party, the latter epitomising "the lack of contact and real feelings between people". Similarly, "Have a Cigar" scorns record industry "fat-cats" with the lyrics repeating a stream of cliches heard by rising newcomers in the industry, and including the question "by the way, which one's Pink?" asked of the band on at least one occasion. The lyrics of the next song, "Wish You Were Here", relate both to Barrett's condition and to the dichotomy of Waters' character, with greed and ambition battling with compassion and idealism.
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"Wish You Were Here" é o nono álbum de estúdio da banda de rock Pink Floyd , lançado em 12 de setembro de 1975 pela Harvest Records e Columbia Records , seu primeiro lançamento para esta última. Baseado no material que o Pink Floyd compôs enquanto se apresentava na Europa, Wish You Were Here foi gravado em várias sessões ao longo de 1975 no Abbey Road Studios em Londres.
Os temas do álbum incluem críticas ao mundo da música , alienação e um tributo ao membro fundador Syd Barrett , que partiu sete anos antes com saúde mental em deterioração. Como seu álbum anterior, The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), o Pink Floyd usou efeitos de estúdio e sintetizadores. Os cantores convidados incluíram Roy Harper , que forneceu os vocais principais em " Have a Cigar ", e Venetta Fields , que adicionou os vocais de apoio a " Shine On You Crazy Diamond ". Para promover o álbum, a banda lançou o single duplo A-side "Have a Cigar" / " Welcome to the Machine ".
Aclamado como um dos melhores álbuns de todos os tempos, e foi citado pelo tecladista Richard Wright e pelo guitarrista David Gilmour como seu álbum favorito do Pink Floyd. Ela alcançou o primeiro lugar nos EUA e no Reino Unido, e a empresa-mãe da Harvest, a EMI, não conseguiu atender à demanda. Desde então, o disco vendeu mais de 20 milhões de cópias.
Wish You Were Here é o segundo álbum do Floyd com um tema conceitual e foi escrito inteiramente por Roger Waters. Isso reflete seu sentimento de que a camaradagem que servia à banda estava, então, em grande parte ausente. O álbum começa com um longo preâmbulo instrumental e segue com a letra de "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", um tributo a Syd Barrett, cujo colapso mental o forçou a deixar o grupo sete anos antes. Barrett é lembrado com carinho com versos como "Lembre-se de quando você era jovem, você brilhava como o sol" e "Você procurou o segredo cedo demais, chorou pela lua".
"Wish You Were Here", relacionam-se tanto à condição de Barrett quanto à dicotomia do caráter de Waters, com ganância e ambição lutando contra compaixão e idealismo.
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