Syd Barrett Pink Floyd
Hopefully the reason why I would post this here is evident.
For those of you too young to know or too old to remember this is how the song goes:
Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Now theres 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 precision, rode on the
Steel breeze.
Come on you raver, you seer of visions, come on you painter, you piper,
You prisoner, and shine!
I suspect the spectre of madness will rise as we fall.
Hopefully Syd can find the peace in death that he could not find in life.
Rest in peace Syd.
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Shine on you crazy diamond
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Shine on you crazy diamond
by NEOPO » Tue 11 Jul 2006, 13:10:20
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Re: Shine on you crazy diamond
by whereagles » Tue 11 Jul 2006, 13:21:41
great song
Shine on you crazy diamond is to rock what Bach's Tocatta and Fugue in D-minor BWV 565 is to classical music
Shine on you crazy diamond is to rock what Bach's Tocatta and Fugue in D-minor BWV 565 is to classical music
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Re: Shine on you crazy diamond
by RonMN » Tue 11 Jul 2006, 13:46:23
Love the tune...but wasn't it roger waters that wrote it? I thought syd was kicked out right after their first album (piper at the gates of dawn).
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Re: Shine on you crazy diamond
by dub_scratch » Tue 11 Jul 2006, 14:17:10
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('RonMN', 'L')ove the tune...but wasn't it roger waters that wrote it? I thought syd was kicked out right after their first album (piper at the gates of dawn).
That's right. Shine on You crazy Diamond was writen by Waters as a tribute to their lost bandmate Barrett. The Wish You Were Here song was another.
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Re: Shine on you crazy diamond
by rogerhb » Tue 11 Jul 2006, 17:12:14
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('RonMN', 'L')ove the tune...but wasn't it roger waters that wrote it? I thought syd was kicked out right after their first album (piper at the gates of dawn).
No, halfway through "A Saucer full of secrets"
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Re: Shine on you crazy diamond
by PenultimateManStanding » Tue 11 Jul 2006, 18:43:43
Careful With That Axe, Eugene is probably the scariest song I've ever heard. From 1969's Ummagumma.
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Re: Shine on you crazy diamond
by dub_scratch » Tue 11 Jul 2006, 19:02:57
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '[')i]Careful With That Axe, Eugene is probably the scariest song I've ever heard. From 1969's Ummagumma.
Great song!
..also love Atom Heart Mother Suite, Astronomie Domine (Syd Barrett) and who can get enough of Echos
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Re: Shine on you crazy diamond
by Lore » Tue 11 Jul 2006, 20:59:27
Thanks Syd for bringing rock to the thinking man.
At least NPR was able to make a small tribute... LINK
At least NPR was able to make a small tribute... LINK
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Re: Shine on you crazy diamond
by whereagles » Thu 13 Jul 2006, 06:46:25
Atom Heart Mother is a great piece of symphonic rock.
But Shine on you crazy diamond is still the masterpiece to me.
But Shine on you crazy diamond is still the masterpiece to me.
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Re: Shine on you crazy diamond
by dub_scratch » Thu 13 Jul 2006, 21:31:54
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('whereagles', '[')i]Atom Heart Mother is a great piece of symphonic rock.
But Shine on you crazy diamond is still the masterpiece to me.
But Shine on you crazy diamond is still the masterpiece to me.
A little trivia here:
During the recording of Shine on you crazy diamond, Syd Barrett made an unexpected visit to the studio. I've read that the remaining Floyd members did not recognize him for a while because he got fat and shaved his head and eyebrows.
It must have been terrible for them to see their former band leader in such a deteriorated state of mental health.
BTW, Shine on you crazy diamond is a great song, but my favorite is Echoes.
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