Wish You Were Here

One of most overrated bands

I actually like Barrett-era Floyd quite a lot, but 12 minutes into this album, listening to some self-indulgent tinny 70s brass parping, I realised I was giving this unwarranted interest. If this band wasn't called Pink Floyd I wouldn't give this a second thought. Self-important, self-indulgent, self-regarding. Impressions of an art student's final project with the sound effects and collages. Also I hate the whiny synths and sustained electric guitar notes.

Pink Floyd are not my band. Favourite track: Wish You Were Here.

Meh.

**An ok album, just not for me

I wish I liked Pink Floyd. It feels like I am breaking a major Dad Law by just not enjoying it.

5 tracks for a total of 43 minutes is impressive in a way. I don’t actually hate this one, there are some interesting parts and overall it’s catchy, but I do get a little bored with most of the songs, they just keep going…

annoyingly boring

meh.

Listened to most of this on a stroll through London on a Saturday morning. This album is like a dream or a journey where everything shifts around and new views come into perspective, but it's musically watery and the majority of the lyrics are predictable rhyming couplets. Wish I Liked It.

I find Pink Floyd, pretty boring. I like the song "Wish you were here" but this is an album I would listen to our of choice.

3/10 - It was alright but I mean its just not the kind of music I enjoy. It felt like nothing was happening. Will not be revisiting.

Weird have a bit of a love hate thing with the Flooyd. Thisb was a bot of a hate jusy sounded like a wanky queen in a minor key with lots of 1980s bbc soind effects. Could do better.

With the exception of the title track it’s like listening to one interminable self indulgent guitar solo after another. And you can’t dance to it

Je ne comprends pas ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I like some Pink Floyd songs, but I don't like Pink Floyd. This album is the perfect encapsulation of why. One great song (Wish You Were Here) surrounded by psychedelic noise.

Self indulgent

Have to admit that I'm jealous of people who enjoy this. There's a bunch of musical phrases here and there I halfway like. Some bits that are a little like Richard Thompson but without any punch. I find this album so dull and the countless things that try to sound like it so so dull. My brother once said about a terrible novel recommended to him that it gave him the unsettling feeling that he didn't enjoy fiction anymore, but it turned out to be the book. That's what I feel like here. I bet I would be happier if this sound did anything for me at all. we are who we are I s'pose. music: hated. (⌐■_■)

# 209 : Hmmm, sooo looong, I don't know why this is ranked as a classic. There is so much better PF out there than this!

No pink Floyd

Maybe I need to be high to enjoy Pink Floyd, but I’m not, so I just find it boring. 2

I enjoyed this album while it was on, but not enough to make me want to revisit much from it after it finished

Not really for me - couple of good tracks.

Easy listening but nothing to get too excited over.

like i get it but its not for me. i apologize to everyone

Imma try to talk less about the meaning of the song because writing it here distracts me from listening to the song. Soo first song is starting off with a melodic guitar intro, expected this from pink. Oo amazing transition to the electric guitar, and drums(I think). Going the same but enjoyable. I must say this song is about Syd which is basically the song's name Shine on You crazy Diamond. Ends quite jazzy. There was perfect transition between the songs, loved that, also second song is already weirdly good. Also song is basically behind the scenes of music industry. 3rd song has the almost same meaning as I've read, same vibe, almost boring, but fun in a way. Guitar was the main, yet it was satisfactory. 4th one started weird. Going usual with the guitar and the drums, additionally this one's again about Syd but now song grieves his absence. 5th song with only 1 min lyrics is having the same meaning as the last one, but starting off differently. I still think whole album was an intro, a very enjoyable one tho, would rate this 2 because I don't think I'd listen to this again, as it doesn't stand out. Quite unique sounds, but not the vibe I wanted to get. Overall this was the worst I've listened to so far but I still felt heavenly tbh. Lovee Pink Floyd, but I would only listen to this as a background music.

I still don’t like Pink Floyd, it’s just a weird soundscape. I thought I’d like “Wish You Were Here” but only really like the covers.

This type of progressive rock feels so self-indulgent to me. We get it, you can play scales on the guitar.

The title track is beautiful, but I don't really care for anything else here. "Shine On" would have made for a great 4-6 minute song, but they drag it on here for about 25... give me the precision of "Dark Side of the Moon" over this any day.

Bin jetzt fast durch. Es nervt nicht, aber es ist größtenteils handgemachte und ehrliche Rockmusik

Wam clang bam prog rock.

Too long ago, I prefer contemporary albums.

Overrated

Az eleje jó volt, de eléggé elnyújtott lett nekem 2.5-et adnék kb.

Definitely had friends with this poster in their bedroom. I do like Pink Floyd but a lot of their songs were... not ruined, exactly, but "compromised" by being overplayed to death on classic rock radio for the past 40 years. The title track here being one of the very worst offenders. It's like sonic wallpaper now. As far as Pink Floyd's long form stuff, Animals was way better. Have a Cigar is great though. 2 stars.

Wasn’t for me, but i can understand why people like it. I prefer Pink Floyd’s other albums

2. I'm sorry, but this is just boring.

I really didn't enjoy this all that much.

I don't think this recorded adds much to the list. It's a lot like Dark Side Of The Moon. While DSOTM was not as boring as I remembered, this record was more boring than I remembered. Over 2 minutes to the first chord change, for god's sake.

This is a 5 song album, but two songs are over 10 minutes long! I hate the mere notion that I have to listen to songs that long. The first 4 and a half minutes of the first song is just ambiance, and it doesn't start having multiple voices in the music until later (voices being other instruments) Actual voices come in at the fucking 8-minute mark! This sucks! The music itself is passable but does not warrant the songs being as long as they are. The title track is good, but I'm not a big fan of it. It doesn't elevate the score for this album 1 bit either. This is a 2

Still don't like Pink Floyd man

A lil bit too concept for me. I like Pink Floyd with more lyrics

Boring start, cba to even listen to the rest of that song. Nah takes too long to get into anything.

Listen to that too much in the past. Can’t anymore

Pioneers of prog rock? Ok, but it gets boring.

Before listening to this album I thought that Pink Floyd wasn’t my thing. I thought their music was bloated and sounded like a 14 year old trying to be deep with their first attempts with effects at their disposal. Turns out I was right. This entire thing feels insanely self-indulgent. From the screechy synth to the constant use of the second person voice in the lyrics it all makes me cringe and roll my eyes. Pieces are great - Roger Waters’ bass line and David Gilmour’s guitar on Have A Cigar are pretty fun until they get buried, and Wish You Were Here benefits from being stripped down but starts to get drowned by the end as well. Basically - it’s not for me.

shine on you crazy diamond pts 1-5 - 5 welcome to the machine - 5 have a cigar - 4 wish you were here - 4 shine on you crazy diamond pts 6-9 - 5

its decent, maybe it would be better in a different listening environment

I don't know. I think Pink Floyd is kinda boring, overall. There are some good tunes and some good guitar playing on this album, but I find it mostly meh.

Do people that aren't high out of their mind enjoy this music? Wish You Were Here is a nice song. The rest is just bleh.

Pink Floyd makes me feel sad and lost, in a strange land where there are no friends. I don't want to put myself into that frame of mind so I don't listen to Pink Floyd. I do like Wish You Were Here. That is a pleasant song. Just all a bit too dreary.

It is an ok album. Nothing really noteworthy about it and it is unmemorable overall. There are better Pink Floyd albums.

It’s like pink Floyd wrote the title track and sandwiched a set of fuffy tracks around it to make it look pretty - like the flowers which are not roses in a bouquet. Its pleasant mid tempo plod is non threatening but Dark Side of the Moon this album is not

This was fine. The middle three songs were decent. I have no desire to listen to the real prog-y sections

I came to this with preconceptions and I did try but I found a bit slow and fiddly

I don't get the appeal of pink Floyd. The songs are rambling and noodley. Good for background music maybe.

Boring psych rock

Not for me. First 6-8 minutes sound gorgeous but fall down after.

I mean it's a musical masterpiece........but it's pretty damn boring isn't it? Does it ever end?

Wish you were here was the only song I enjoyed

Not a huge PF fan

Ei ole mun juttu vaikkakin yksi hyvä biisi olikin

Sama ku edellinen

I guess you had to be there (geddit?)... great title track, the rest, god, I don't want to listen to it again... far too much noodle, not enough meat... Begone foul music!

Feel like I’m in a small club but Pink Floyd is not for me

I just don’t like pink floyd

Not my favourite, but I've never been a Pink Floyd fan. I like slower music, I like meditative music, but not this.

No tengo paciencia para las intros eternas

NO ME GUSTÓ. Me aburrí demasiado con este album, todos los sonidos iguales, entiendo que pueda ser bueno musicalmente pero una patada en los huevos.

By Christ boy, three Pink Floyd albums so far this year and not a sight of Syd. This is the crazy diamond one. The one your older friends would play when you went round for a smoke. The one you had to listen to in full because you were too vegged out to leave even though the music was excruciating. Sober, on a sunny spring morning it’s still rotten. Rotten guitar. Rotten singer. Rotten lyrics. Rotten cover. The opening instrumental intro plays aimlessly for 8 minutes until Roger appears to harangue Syd and the rest of us. Then when you think it can’t get any worse a saxomphone appears. Spotify then messes up and plays a 12 minute tune by the Japanese band Mono and I am reminded that it is possible to play a long largely instrumental piece with Grace and poise and without turning the guitar into weapon of mass torture. Then the Floyd are back with Welcome to the Machine. This is synth driven and not too bad although the singing is woeful. OK loads of people have used analogue synths better since and at the time were doing so in Germany and Italy. Here the synth notes are harsh discordant. That’s a common theme across the three Floyd lps - the production is amateur. Have a Cigar is bland. Wish You Were Here. Wish I wasn’t. Then the Shinny Diamond song is back for another 15 months of noodling. Were they so bereft of ideas that this throwaway half song is stretched out to nearly half an hour? Had the Beatles written this it would have taken up a minute on the second side Abbey Road. 1.25 stars. The .25 is for the synths.

Not for me

Would it were shorter…not the worst of the one stars thus far…Tom.

Thank god I was only subjected to 40 minutes this round. I HATE you PF

I don't own a black light poster and I don't like Pink Floyd.

I just cannot swallow this attempt at emotion, it rings so hollow and trite to me.

i hate pink floyd, pretentious dinosaur rock

Meh, I'm not super hot for Pink Floyd

Pink Flloyd again... No.

One of the most pretentious pieces of music ever

Pink Floyd is lame.

No idea how this made the list some of the most bland dull music ever made.

Just not my thing

Having now listened to this and the wall i assume they felt one decent track was sufficient to justify an album and then then name it after that song. This album could and should have been a single with s shortened version of track 5 as the b-side. Overblown pretentious crap

Fell asleep until Have a Cigar then went back to sleep after, like other Pink Floyd albums much better

3 minutes of ok music, 40 minutes of synth mats, and boring guitar solos. Will never get Pink floyd.

Wish You Were Here is the only Pink Floyd song I enjoy. This record did not change my feelings on that. I skipped ahead through most of these tracks. Even when I got stoned I hated this.

Yellow

Can it ass whole

Dull

This experimental Rock reminds me mostly of Ambient while being too annoying for that. The tempo stays plodding and druggy with a somniferous vocal delivery to match while someone thought it would be a good idea to water it down with synthesizers.

I have never been so happy for an album to mercifully end.

Dull.

Encensé par les critiques et adulé par des légions de fans "Wish You Were Here" qui est sorti dans le sillage de l'ouragan commercial "The Dark Side of the Moon", est censé représenter le sommet de leur art, un requiem poignant pour leur âme perdue, Syd Barrett. Mais avant de commencer ma critique, je tiens à préciser que pour moi, cet album n'est rien de moins qu'une purge, une épreuve d'endurance auditive de quarante-quatre minutes. Un disque qui incarne tout ce que je méprise dans la musique des années 70 et tout ce que je n'aime pas chez Pink Floyd, en dehors de deux périodes bien distinctes. Car oui, je sauve de leur discographie l'étincelle chaotique de l'ère Barrett, cette folie psychédélique, brute, imprévisible et géniale. Et je sauve l'opéra-rock théâtral et grandiose qu'est "The Wall", un album avec un concept, une histoire, une dramaturgie. "Wish You Were Here", qui flotte dans un entre-deux stérile est le parangon de ce rock progressif que je trouve si prétentieux, ce genre musical qui confond longueur et profondeur, complexité et émotion. Ces années 70, avec leur son de studio surproduit, poli à l'extrême, ont enlevé toute la crasse, toute l'urgence, toute l'âme du rock. On est loin de l'énergie brute des années 60 et loin de la colère punk qui allait, heureusement, tout balayer. On est en plein dans le règne des solos de guitare interminables, des nappes de synthétiseurs qui s'étirent jusqu'au bâillement et des concepts philosophiques vagues pour justifier une musique sans colonne vertébrale. Et "Wish You Were Here" en est le patient zéro. Parlons des morceaux, si l'on peut appeler ça ainsi. L'album s'ouvre et se ferme sur "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", pour un total de vingt-six minutes. Un hommage à Syd Barrett, nous dit-on. Quelle ironie de rendre hommage à un homme dont la musique était fulgurante et concise par un instrumental boursouflé, auto-indulgent et glacial. Les premières minutes sont une introduction de synthétiseur qui semble ne jamais finir. C'est atmosphérique, certes, mais l'atmosphère d'une salle d'attente de dentiste. Puis vient le fameux solo de David Gilmour. Techniquement, c'est parfait, mais où est l'émotion ? Où est la folie du "diamant fou" ? Je n'entends qu'un guitariste qui déroule ses gammes avec une application scolaire. C'est propre, c'est lisse, c'est mortellement ennuyeux. L'esprit de Syd Barrett, c'était le chaos, le danger ; ici, tout est sous contrôle, prévisible. C'est un hommage qui trahit son sujet. Les paroles, quand elles arrivent enfin, sont d'une platitude affligeante. Le saxophone de Dick Parry ajoute ensuite une couche de vernis "jazzy" digne d'un bar d'hôtel de luxe. La production est tellement impeccable qu'elle en devient suffocante, une musique de chambre pour rockeurs devenus des notables. Je préfère cent fois une chanson de trois minutes mal jouée mais vibrante de Syd que cette fresque parfaitement exécutée et totalement inerte. C'est un mausolée musical, froid et imposant. Vient ensuite "Welcome to the Machine", une critique de l'industrie musicale qui n'est qu'une caricature. Le morceau commence par des bruits de machine qui ont terriblement vieilli, des effets sonores qui sonnent aujourd'hui kitsch. Le synthétiseur principal est lourd, pesant, écrasant la guitare acoustique dans une ambiance non pas menaçante, mais juste désagréable. La voix de Gilmour, traitée et distante, ne transmet aucune angoisse ; on a l'impression d'entendre un répondeur automatique, pas un cri de révolte. Puis c'est au tour de "Have a Cigar". Le riff de guitare est peut-être le seul moment de l'album qui accroche un peu l'oreille, mais le sursaut retombe très vite à cause du chant de Roy Harper. Sa voix, extérieure au groupe, crée une distance. Son interprétation est forcée, presque parodique, au service de paroles encore et encore centrées sur un cynisme facile envers le business musical. L'anecdote "By the way, which one's Pink?" tombe à plat, et le solo de fin est, encore une fois, techniquement irréprochable et émotionnellement vide. Arrive alors la chanson-titre, "Wish You Were Here", la ballade acoustique que tout le monde connaît. Je la trouve simpliste et surfaite. Sa simplicité sonne faux au milieu de cet album aux prétentions symphoniques, comme si le groupe avait voulu caser un tube potentiel. La mélodie est jolie, je peux le concéder, mais elle a été tellement entendue, tellement usée, qu'elle a perdu tout son impact. Elle est devenue un fond sonore, une musique d'ascenseur pour nostalgiques. C'est le morceau le moins pire du disque, mais sa popularité m'exaspère. Et enfin, le retour de "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" pour clore le désastre avec neuf minutes supplémentaires et inutiles. On reprend les mêmes thèmes, les mêmes sons. L'album tourne en rond, se regarde le nombril. La section un peu plus "funky" qui détonne semble tellement déplacée, tellement forcée, qu'elle en devient gênante. L'album s'effondre sur lui-même, et le silence final est une libération. En conclusion, "Wish You Were Here" est un échec sur presque toute la ligne. Il est le produit d'un groupe richissime qui a perdu son cap. La folie créatrice de Syd Barrett a été remplacée par une maîtrise technique glaciale, on est coincé dans un purgatoire musical, un album sur l'absence qui est lui-même terriblement absent de passion, d'idées neuves et de risques. C'est un disque pour audiophiles, pas pour des amateurs de rock qui cherchent à ressentir quelque chose. C'est le son de la complaisance, un monument élevé à la gloire de l'ennui progressif. "Wish You Were Here qu'ils disent mais je ne souhaitais pas être ici, et je ne compte jamais y revenir. Au final ce sera un point sur cinq, et c'est généreux car il n'y a que deux Pink Floyd qui valent le détour : celui de la pipe aux portes de l'aube et celui qui a bâti un mur.

lift musak, not very interesting

Snore

Didn't listen. Hate Pink Floyd.

Yawn

Sing are too long

Indulgent prog rock

The wankfest continues. Title track is easily the most listenable song on here, but that’s a low bar. I just fail to see the genius in any Pink Floyd that I’ve ever heard. Due to the insufferable nature of their fans, I’ve heard a LOT of Pink Floyd. Not for me.

久仰大名。牛逼

I can't get on board

unpopular opinion, but... no thanks.

Aburrido

Oh god, I hate Pink Floyd. Please let this be the last of them from the generator.

No