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Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond Live REACTION (Patreon)

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2025-05-04 02:09:34
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2026-09-13 17:36:06
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2026-10
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Mitchell Smilie

This track is certainly a highlight of the band's career, as is the album it's from, 1975's Wish You Were Here. The song is a tribute to founding member Syd Barrett, who left the band in 1968 due to mental health issues and retired from the music business completely in the early 70s after a brief solo career. The famous story is that Barrett showed up out of the blue in the studio while the band was recording this song inspired by him. At first, the band did not recognize Syd because his appearance had so radically altered since their last meeting. Once they realized who he was, the band members were overcome with emotion by his distressed mental and physical state. However, there are conflicting stories about what song the band was actually recording when Barrett visited. But seeing as how the entire album is a tribute to Barrett and the struggles of art vs commerce that he and many others have faced, any song the band was recording when Barrett walked in would have had relevance. Many people first get into the Pink Floyd that existed after Syd Barrett exited the band so it can be a bit jarring for new fans when they do get around to listening to the work that Barrett did with the band. However, as time goes on, many - myself included - see the early singles ("Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play") and the debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, as among the best music of that era and the band's entire career. Not only did Barrett come up with the name for the group, but he was the chief creative force for the band, writing most of the songs, as well as playing a huge part in the visual and audio presentation of the group. The fact that the band could lose someone of Barrett's stature and go on to have the success they did is further testament to the individual talents of each member.