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Ktorý album od Pink Floyd je najpredávanejší? Ktorý je najrozporuplnejší? Prípadne, ktorý bol natočený ako posledný? Toto všetko sú otázky, na ktoré je možná ľahká a presná odpoveď. Ale, skúste odpovedať na túto: ktorý album je najlepší? Ja sa pokúsim – Wish You Were Here.

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Osobne mám síce radšej Animals, ale ako zarytý fanúšik si dovolím tvrdiť, že slávne WYWH je ešte lepšie. Existujú rôzne objektívne dôvody, ktoré toto tvrdenie potvrdzujú: dokázalo, i keď nie komerčne, dosiahnuť úroveň slávneho predchodcu (ktorý album to len mohol byť?), turné narástlo do mamutích rozmerov, prinieslo so sebou možno najmelodickejšiu a najsilnejšiu skladbu, akú kedy Floydi spravili. Ale to ešte nič nehovorí o kvalite samotného albumu.

 Ako prvá skladba je uvedená Shine on You Crazy Diamond, pravdou však je, že presnejšie je uvádzať 5 skladieb, z ktorých sa SOYCD skladá. Na všetkých sa autorsky podieľali Gilmour, Wright i Waters, okrem piatej (Waters) a hneď tu treba poznamenať, že je to i poznať (kvalitatívne sa skladby z polovice sedemdesiatych rokov určite líšia od tých, ktoré skladal sám Waters na ich konci). SOYCD, ako je všetkým fanúšikom známe, je vlastne vyrovnaním sa Floydov s postavou Syda Barretta, ktorý sa na konci nahrávania v štúdiu na pár minút objavil, avšak už v nepoužiteľnom stave (vraj to Watersa i Gilmoura dojalo k slzám).

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 Ďalšou skladbou je Welcome to the Machine, skladba nezvyčajná nielen na nezvyčajný Pink Floyd. Uplakaný, silený spev je postavený na rytme akéhosi stroja, celková temná atmosféra je vytváraná iba akustickou gitarou a na konci i Wrightovými syntetizátormi. Spolu s ďalšou skladbou je vlastne reakciou Watersa na skúsenosti s hudobným priemyslom.

 Onou ďalšou je Have a Cigar (je prvou na druhej strane LP), najrockovejšie číslo z celého albumu, ktoré bolo veľmi zaujímavo prevedené napr. na festivale Knebworth v roku 1975, kde namiesto Watersa spieval Roy Harper.

 Štvrtou skladbou je sama slávna Wish You Were Here, so všetkým, čo k nej patrí. Napr. i odkašľanie si v 44. sekunde, jednoduché, a pritom dokonalé Gilmourovo akustické sólo a následné vyspevúvanie jednotlivých tónov... Raz darmo, keď Roger a David ťahali spolu za jeden povraz, vyšlo z toho vždy niečo extra.

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 Záverom je SOYCD 6-9, textom už jednoznačne adresovaná Barrettovi.

 Skúste povedať vy, ktorý album od naj kapely histórie považujete za najlepší. Alebo súhlasíte so mnou?

Celková charakteristika:

1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5)

Part I (Wright, Waters, Gilmour) [00:00]

Part II (Gilmour, Waters, Wright) [03:35]

Part III (Waters, Gilmour, Wright) [06:29]

Part IV (Gilmour, Wright, Waters) [08:42]

Part V (Waters) [11:10]

[13:33] Vocals by Waters and Gilmour joins on the chorus.

2. Welcome To The Machine (Waters)

[07:26] Vocals by Waters and Gilmour.

3. Have A Cigar(Waters)

[05:07] Vocals by Roy Harper.

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4. Wish You Were Here (Waters, Gilmour)

[05:40] Vocals by Gilmour.

5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 6-9)

Part VI (Wright, Waters, Gilmour) [00:00]

Part VII (Waters, Gilmour, Wright) [04:52]

Part VIII (Gilmour, Wright, Waters) [06:04]

Part IX (Wright) [09:09]

[12:21] Vocals by Waters.

Celková dĺžka: 44'11

Hudobníci:

David Gilmour: Vocals, Guitars

Nick Mason: Drums

Roger Waters: Bass Guitar, Vocals

Rick Wright: Keyboards, Vocals

Dick Parry: Saxophone on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"

Roy Harper: Vocals on "Have a Cigar"

Backing Vocals: Venetta Fields and Carlena Williams

Lyrics:

Shine on you Crazy Diamond (part 1)

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Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun.

Shine on you crazy diamond.

Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky.

Shine on you crazy diamond.

You were caught on the cross fire 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!

 Welcome to the Machine

Welcome, my son, welcome to the machine.

Where have you been? It's all right, we know where you've been.

You've been in the pipeline, filling in time,

provided with toys and 'Scouting for Boys'.

You bought a guitar to punish your ma,

and you didn't like school, and you know you're nobody's fool,

so welcome to the machine.

Welcome, my son, welcome to the machine.

What did you dream? It's all right, we told you what to dream.

You dreamed of a big star, he played a mean guitar,

he always ate in the Steak Bar, he loved to drive in his Jaguar.

So welcome to the machine.

  

Have a Cigar

Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar. You're gonna go far,

you're gonna fly high, you're never gonna die, you're gonna make it if you try;

they're gonna love you.

Well I've always had a deep respect, and I mean that most sincerely.

The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think.

Oh by the way, which one's Pink?

And did we tell you the name of the game, boy,

we call it Riding the Gravy Train.

We're just knocked out, we heard about the sell out.

You gotta get an album out, you owe it to the people.

We're so happy we can hardly count.

Everybody else is just green, have you seen the chart?

It's a hell of a start, it could be made into a monster

if we all pull together as a team.

And did we tell you the name of the game, boy,

we call it Riding the Gravy Train.

 Wish You Were Here

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 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 we found?

The same old fears,

wish you were here.

 Shine on you Crazy Diamond (part 2)

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!

Pink Floyd (Šimon Kollár)

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