Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Don't get me wrong: he was certainly a seminal influence to my (60's) generation. But inspiring great albums and creating them are two different things.

If we're all honest, he became both a cautionary tale and possibly the only living member of the Buddy Holly/Jim Morrison "what if" club. Even Peter Green and Brian Wilson made it back to earth eventually - only Syd stayed out on overdrive.

You might say he set the controls for the heart of the sun and never looked back.

My cousins initiated me to Pink Floyd (and its culture & history) when I was in my early teens (I'm 27 now). I also had the chance to see them in concert in 1994 with one of them them. But as I grew older I became more distant of PF (I still have some albums, and listen about 1 per month) - one of my cousin hadn't. Heck, HE's hardcore. He was Roger Waters in concert in Montreal, Canada (he lives near) a few months back, but he recently flew oversea to see the same show in England! He has many PF, PF members and Syd books, boxsets, memorabilia and most (if not all) their albums. I think it's surprising to see someone in its middle-twenties being so addicted to PF.

Like I said, I still listen to some PF, but I really prefer older albums (up to The Wall). Syd's music was quite special, very ludic and childish (sometimes circus-like), but yet melodic too (except the vocal intro of "If it's in you" ). Seems he had a super playful mood in his better, earlier days (don't we all, in fact?) from the pics I saw of him.

I don't know why, but I listened the whole Wish You Were Here album yesterday, and it seemed more poignant than usual...

RIP Syd, your work down here wasn't vain at all, you inspired a lot of people...

Tom W wrote in post #1716615
That's sad - seems like many of the great ones are reaching the end....

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!

Nice......I saw Roger Waters on 9/13/2006 in NY...this was one of the best songs of the concert.....nice tribute/video for Syd