Originally Posted by: jimmy_kwtx
Also heard on the local radio that "shine on you crazy diamond" was a tribute song to Syd after he left and became a hermit.
That is indeed true... it started out as sort of a free-flowing tribute to Syd that they did at live concerts, and it took the shape of a song by the time they started writing Wish You Were Here .
A really interesting Barrett song is "Scream Thy Last Scream" - the rhythms are great, and there's a pretty cool keyboard solo in the middle.
"It's all folk music... I ain't never heard no horse sing!"
- Attributed variously to Leadbelly and Louis Armstrong
If at first you don't succeed, you are obviously not Chuck Norris.
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- Attributed variously to Leadbelly and Louis Armstrong
If at first you don't succeed, you are obviously not Chuck Norris.
l337iZmz r@wk o.K!!!??>
