Understanding Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here

[Uncle Joe]

[Roy Rolling]

1. As they once said...

I played this album so much I wore out the grooves on the record.

[BigmanPigman]

2. That is Dave Gilmore's and Rick Wright's favorite Floyd album.

https://www.loudersound.com/features/how-wish-you-were-here-was-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-pink-floyd

[Uncle Joe]

3. "Papa Was A Rolling Floyd"

Recording sheets reveal a curious collection of takes that include Carrot Crunching and Papa Was A Rolling Floyd. Only two tracks appear to have been worked on for any given length of time: Nozee, and the appropriately titled The Hard Way.

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Officially only 75 officers were deployed at the shows on each of the five nights Pink Floyd played, but venue management estimated the figure to be nearer 200. Of the 511 arrests, the majority were for possession of marijuana. The police justified their actions by claiming that there were a few more serious offences, including cocaine dealing and possession of a loaded gun. This fact made more headline news in the LA Times than the concerts themselves. The riotous scenes were later depicted in the opening sequence of the movie The Wall – the band did actually have to ram a police barrier to get into their own concert.

(snip)

https://www.loudersound.com/features/how-wish-you-were-here-was-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-pink-floyd

Thanks for the excellent addition BigmanPigman.

[Ligyron]

4. When people were totally zoned out at the end of their night of chemically induced debauchery...

I observed that Pink Floyd was the official soundtrack to their passing out.

This was back in the age of Vinyl ... and I was only there taking notes you understand...

[Uncle Joe]

5. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond [ Official Music Video ]

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6. Absolute Best

IMO Wish You Were Here is PF's greatest album by far, and one of the few "desert island" albums I could even imagine. Sure, Dark Side sold more, but that album, while clever, just isn't even close to the same league emotionally.