Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd, Music Video, Lyrics and Review

“Wish You Were Here” is the title track on Pink Floyd’s 1975 album Wish You Were Here.
The song’s lyrics encompass writer Roger Waters’ feelings of alienation from other people.

This is a live video from their “Pulse” tour.

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Lyrics

So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell,
blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
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 a 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 fish bowl, year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have you found? The same old fears.
Wish you were here.

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Review and Song Info

The main riff came to David Gilmour while playing his acoustic guitar in Abbey Road Studios. Gilmour then demonstrated the riff to Waters, who was impressed. They collaborated to complete the song, as Waters had already written some lyrics.
In 2004, the song was ranked #316 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

A live recording included in the 1995 live album P*U*L*S*E was issued as a single/EP. As of 2006, this is the last single released by Pink Floyd to date (although promos of Echoes, The Wall Live and “Money” (2003 edit for the 30th Anniversary Issue of Dark Side of the Moon) have been released).

Released September 15, 1975
Recorded January - July 1975
Genre Progressive folk
Length 5:40 (5:24 on Echoes)
Label Harvest, EMI (UK) Columbia, Capitol (US)
Writer David Gilmour/Roger Waters
Producer Pink Floyd

Single by Pink Floyd from the album P*U*L*S*E

Released July 20, 1995
Format CD
Recorded September 20 (Rome); October 13 and 20 (Earls Court, London), 1994
Genre Rock, Classic Rock
Label Capitol Records (US), EMI (UK)
Writer(s) Waters, Gilmour
Producer James Guthrie, David Gilmour

source wikipedia.org

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