Shine One You Crazy Diamond

Shine One You Crazy Diamond is a song with nine parts of Pink Floyd with words of Roger Waters and the music written by Waters itself, Richard Wright and David Gilmour. She was played in Concert for the first time during the round of 1974 and was recorded for the album Wish You Were Here in 1975. The song was supposed to be reproduced on the face has disc vinyl (like Atom Heart Mother (continuation) and Echoes ), but the song was too long to be reproduced on only one face of 33 turns. It was then divided into two parts, which open and conclude the album. The complete song is so long that it is the longest song which the group ever recorded.

The song is a homage to the first leader of the group, Syd Barrett, whose first name appears in a cryptic way in the title: S hine one Y or crazy D iamond . Words like " Remember when you were Young? /You shone like the sun" shows the strong evaluation of the group for Barrett and its contributions to the group. The word “diamond” in this context corresponds to “diamonds” of the song of the Beatles Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds , possibly a reference to the catches of LSD of Barrett.

Recording

Two unusual events took place during the recording of the album, both related to Shine One You Crazy Diamond . According to David Gilmour and Nick Mason, the group had recorded a satisfactory catch, but because of a new console of Mixage which had been installed with the Studios Abbey Road, the excessive echo of the other instruments around the battery gave wire with retordre to the group, which has to re-record the song.

The other event took place during the mixing of the song, when a Syd Barrett Obèse, bald person and with the shaven eyebrows arrived in the studios of Abbey Road Studios. The members of the group immediately did not recognize Barrett because of the radical change. Roger Toilets, Stress E melted about it in tears.

Shares 1 - 5

  • Share I (Wright, Toilets, Gilmour; beginning with 3:56) : this part starts with a note of Synthétiseur Minimoog followed by four notes of Guitare of David Gilmour on a Fender Stratocaster. About the first three minutes of the song, almost inaudible, a jappant sound of dogs can be heard. It is a possible reference to the inclusion of You Gotta Be Crazy (the ancestor of Dogs ) in the rounds of 1974. The part finishes when the keyboard finishes in dissolve.

  • Share II (Gilmour, Toilets, Wright; 3:56 with 6:28) starts with a front repeated during all the part. This part includes a second solo of Gilmour. Nick Mason begins the battery. This part is often called Syd' S Theme .

  • Share III (Toilets, Gilmour, Wright; 6:29 with 8:43) starts with a Synthétiseur Minimoog of Rick Wright. This part comprises a third solo of guitar of Gilmour with a tone Blues there .

  • Share IV (Gilmour, Wright, Toilets; 8:44 with 11:10) Roger Waters sings the verse while, Gilmour, Wright, Carlena Williams and Venetta Fields sing behind.

  • Part V (Toilets, of 11:11 to 13:34) has 2 Guitare S repeating a front during approximately 1 minute. A Saxophone baritone is played by Dick Parry. It finishes with a Saxophone tenor. Then, the Tempo takes speed, and finally finishes without guitar nor battery with a Saxophone tenor accompanied by a ARP-string synthesizer and a Arpège of guitar which goes Into insipid out. A noise of Machine goes up into molten and connects on Welcome to the Machine .

Shares 6 - 9

  • Share VI (Wright, Toilets, Gilmour; beginning with 4:41) starts with a noise of Vent coming from Wish You Were Here . When the wind flies away, David Gilmour arrives with a low Guitare. Roger Waters adds another low Guitare with the same front. Then, Rick Wright plays a ARP-String Ensemble-Synthesizer and after some measurements, several parts of rhythmic Guitare and the battery embarks, a Minis-Moog Synthesizer plays a solo. After two minutes, Wright and Gilmour play of the notes to the Unisson before Gilmour does not begin a solo of guitar. It was the last time that a Guitare lap steel was used in a song of Pink Floyd with Roger Waters.

  • Share VII (Toilets, Gilmour, Wright; 4:41 with 6:05) contains the vocal sections, almost identical to share IV through half the length before beginning the segue into share VIII.

  • Share VIII (Gilmour, Wright, Toilets; 6:05 with 9:05) leads Roger Waters to play one second Electric guitar.

  • Part IX (Wright, of 9:05 to 12:31) is played in 4/4. David Gilmour described this section in an interview like a funeral march, a homage to Syd Barrett. The battery plays during half of the song, and the keyboard still plays before the dissolve, during which one can hear a short extract of See Emily Play (with 12:07), one of the compositions of Barrett for Pink Floyd.

Participants

Versions

Two versions different from the composition appeared on compilation S.

With Collection off Great Dance Songs

The version present on has off Collection Great Dance Songs was cut: parts III, V, VI, VIII and IX were completely removed.

Echoes: The Best off Pink Floyd

The version presents on Echoes: The Best off Pink Floyd was also cut: the solo of guitar on part 3 disappeared, part 6 is shorter, and parts 8 and 9 completely disappeared.

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