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List Price: $33.98 | | Label: Pid
Salesrank: 1249740
Released: August 5, 1997 |
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| Media: Vinyl |
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Editorial Review:
Wish You Were Here is a song cycle dedicated to Pink Floyd's original frontman, Syd Barrett, who'd flamed out years before: two grimly funny songs about the evils of the music business ("By the way, which one's Pink?"), and two long, touching ones about the band's vanished friend. The real star of the show, though, is the production: sparkling, convoluted, designed to sound deeply oh-wow under the influence--and pretty great sober too--with David Gilmour getting lots of space for his most lyrical guitar playing ever. And, though the album is big and ambitious, even bombastic, it somehow dodges being pretentious--the Barrett tributes are honest and heartfelt, beneath all the grand gestures and stereophonic trickery. --Douglas Wolk
Wish You Were Here Reviews:
how come?? 
2009-12-18 - How come nobody has noticed the obvious philosophical similarities between this damp CD and A. Hi**er's My struggle? It is painstakingly amazing to read Herr Hi***r's experiences when struck with poverty in the pre-war Germany and listening to the meaningful lyrics of Have a cigar.
Everybody knows about the link DSOTM vs Wizard of Oz but this has been ill-knowingly overlooked.
When you read about Hit***'s disgust in corporate schmack and then hear Welcome to the Machine you will understand
They tried to make their point with The Wall which criticized fascism clearly, but the opening of this storey was done on this album when you spot the similarities with My struckle.
Experience this amazing fact!
says
Hector Albeniz
how come??
2009-12-18 - How come nobody has noticed the obvious philosophical similarities between this damp CD and A. Hi**er's My struggle? It is painstakingly amazing to read Herr Hi***r's experiences when struck with poverty in the pre-war Germany and listening to the meaningful lyrics of Have a cigar.
Everybody knows about the link DSOTM vs Wizard of Oz but this has been ill-knowingly overlooked.
When you read about Hit***'s disgust in corporate schmack and then hear Welcome to the Machine you will understand
They tried to make their point with The Wall which criticized fascism clearly, but the opening of this storey was done on this album when you spot the similarities with My struckle.
Experience this amazing fact!
says
Hector Albeniz
how come??
2009-12-18 - How come nobody has noticed the obvious philosophical similarities between this damp CD and A. Hi**er's My struggle? It is painstakingly amazing to read Herr Hi***r's experiences when struck with poverty in the pre-war Germany and listening to the meaningful lyrics of Have cigar.
Everybody knows about the link DSOTM vs Wizard of Oz but this has been ill-knowingly overlooked.
When you read about Hit***'s disgust in corporate schmack and hear Welcome to the Machine.
They tried to make their point with The Wall which criticized fascism clearly, but the opening of this storey was done on this album when you spot the similarities with My struckle.
Experience this amazing fact!
says
Hector Albeniz
Why has anyone failed to make the connection?? 
2009-12-18 - Why has anyone failed to make the connection between this feisty CD Adolf H.'s My struggle? The number of eye-opening similarities is absolutely overwhelming!
Even if we take out the selection Welcome to the machine you should try and read H.'s comments about freemasons and short-sighted policemen in the Germany of the early twenties.
What is also devastating is the selection Have a cigar when you play this while you read about the suspicious forest fires.
I can wholeheartedly recommend this mind-boggling journey into the realms of (in)sanity, as I have experienced to much pleasyure!!
Henry Joe Nillson
Why has anyone failed to make the connection??
2009-12-18 - Why has anyone failed to make the connection between this feisty CD Adolf H.'s My struggle? The number of eye-opening similarities is absolutely overwhelming!
Even if we take out the selection Welcome to the machine you should try and read H.'s comments about freemasons and short-sighted policemen in the Germany of the early twenties.
What is also devastating is the selection Have a cigar when you play this while you read about the suspicious forest fires.
I can wholeheartedly recommend this mind-boggling journey into the realms of (in)sanity, as I have experienced to much pleasyure!!
Ignace Jones
