Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here

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Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here

Sun Jan 10th 2010 by abagond

Remarks:

I love the words to this song.

Lyrics:

So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell,
Blue skys 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 heros 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.

Posted in 1970s, 1975, Britain, lyrics, music, Pink Floyd, rock music, songs, videos | 11 Comments

11 Responses

on Mon Jan 11th 2010 at 01:14:21 tulio

Epic song, epic album.

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on Mon Jan 11th 2010 at 02:26:33 lisamj2

Thank you for showing this. It is one of my favorite songs and my favorite bands. When I was 16 my Mom told me this band was just for white people, so it makes me feel so much better to see it isn’t.

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on Mon Jan 11th 2010 at 02:27:27 lisamj2

Ps: I’m a black woman

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on Mon Jan 11th 2010 at 03:45:30 deevinej23

I almost got excited when I saw the title because I thought it was “Wishing You Were Here” by Chicago.

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on Mon Jan 11th 2010 at 06:07:37 abagond

@ lisamj2:

Do not ever let anyone tell you what you should or should not like because of your race. You are you, who will be here on this earth only once.

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on Mon Jan 11th 2010 at 08:23:23 tulio

True. I think people are a bit more cosmopolitan in their interesting these days, but I remember when growing up, black kids were that did like rock music were alienated and told they were trying to be white. There was strong social pressure to not listen to “white music” and of course any rock music was called “heavy metal”. Glad it’s not like that so much today.

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on Mon Jan 11th 2010 at 15:48:00 Mira

This is interesting, because there are a lot (and I mean a lot) of black and non-white people in rock music. More than in some other areas which are also labelled “white”. What I’m saying is: it’s still rare to see a black fashion model in a “mainstream” fashion show. Non-white people in rock music? Much more common.

Maybe this could be a good idea for a post- who is rock music considered “white”?

As for Pink Floyd: It’s not one of my favourite bands, but I guess it’s because I am way too young, and my parents were more “the Beatles”, “the Rolling Stones”, or “The Doors fans”. So if you’re not really growing up with a band’s music (especially if you’re teenager), you can’t appreciate it with the same passion. Which doesn’t mean I am unable to see Pink Floyd’s greatness.

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on Tue Jan 12th 2010 at 09:04:23 Olivia

Love, love, love Pink Floyd, esp. Dark Side Of The Moon

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on Thu Jan 14th 2010 at 18:58:59 Jason "The Troll"

Hey Thaddeus, you are wasting your time with that one.

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on Thu Jan 21st 2010 at 03:08:04 Marci

I’m going to get stoned! I never liked this song. lol

I never understood it (and I can find meaning in a dung heap sometimes) and whenever I looked up ‘wish you were here” on youtube looking for Incubus I would come up with this. Drove me nuts!

Can I redeem myself and say I loved the heck out of The Wall? I even had the t-shirt to prove it? No? Ok, I’ll head back to my corner then.

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on Thu Mar 25th 2010 at 02:18:51 Celina

Abagond, you’re so cool for the Pink Floyd reference. Shine on, crazy diamond! I think wish you were here was dedicated to Syd Barrett. Great song.

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