Wish You Were Here

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Awesome-O _4000 09 January 2005 22:12 · Member since September 2004

Due to the shortage of decent topics on this forum, I have taken the liberty to post a completely random yet IMHO good topic here:

Who here doesn't love the song Wish You Were Here? It's soooo beautiful...

So you think you can tell
Heaven from hell?
Blue skies from pain?
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rain?
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 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 fishbowl,
Year after year.
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found?
The same old fears.

Wish you were here.

That song is from the era on Pink Floyd when they were still a BAND, not Roger Waters+. It's written by David Gilmour and Roger Waters.

What you guys think?

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Lester Burnham 09 January 2005 22:28 · Member since May 2003

Absolutely one of my favorite songs of all time.

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Gunpowder Gelatine 09 January 2005 23:04 · Member since July 2004

I love that song. It's probably one of my all time favorites. And the album is great, too.

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Saint Jiub 09 January 2005 23:30 · Member since July 2001

Great song. Wish You Were Here and Meddle are their best albums IMHO. I find Roger Waters to be a bit arrogant and inaccessable - much like Bono or Sting.

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MexQueenFM 10 January 2005 00:14 · Member since December 2002

Love the song and the album.

My fav albums from Pink Floyd:

WYWH
DSOTM
Meddle
and The Wall

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Unknown 10 January 2005 19:40

I've got the album. Is it the 1975 one? I don't mind Pink Floyd but they're not my favorite band.

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Awesome-O _4000 10 January 2005 20:12 · Member since September 2004

Yes, the album itself is called wish you were here and came out the same year as A Night At the Opera... kind of wierd to think about huh?

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Mr.Jingles 10 January 2005 22:52 · Member since January 2002

Weird thing is that I love Pink Floyd, but 'Wish You Were Here' doesn't do much for me.
I know almost every single Floyd fan loves that song, but it doesn't impress me much. I think it's just an OK song.

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Awesome-O _4000 11 January 2005 00:43 · Member since September 2004

Yeah, I can understand your reasoning I guess. I myself didn't see the beauty in it till I heard it played at this funeral, and then it just clicked, you know?
Some do find it bland. But I would call it simple.

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Iam the one 11 January 2005 13:47 · Member since December 2002

yes, i totaly agree its a great song.I really like the lyrics.

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Matti 11 January 2005 22:28 · Member since July 2003

I like that song a lot too.

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foxxy_moron 12 January 2005 00:28 · Member since September 2004

I love this song so much. I have 3 fav Pink Floyd songs.. Another Brick in the Wall, Comfortably Numb and Wish You Were Here.
Really nice.

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Libor2 12 January 2005 06:20 · Member since July 2004

Great song on their probably best album IMHO.

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Queenleaf 13 January 2005 11:58 · Member since April 2003

One of the most beautiful songs ever! I love Pink Floyd. I really like Comfortabley Numb and Brain Damage and Shine On YOu Crazy Diamond and....

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Hildur. 13 January 2005 13:26 · Member since January 2005

ohhh... i loooovvveeee wish you were here/Pink floyd! great,GREAT soong!
* were just 2 lost souls,swimming in a fish bowl,year after year...;*

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