47 years of Wish You Were Here!

WYWH and Animals to me are Pink Floyd’s creative and technical peak. When WYWH came out, I found it to be a redemption. DSOTM, while absolutely great, had such a commercial aspect that a lot of people thought the band had totally sold out. WYWH had such a strong artistic component that it released some tension for those who followed the band from it’s early days-we knew that the band had matured rather than having transformed into something else. And DSOTM was so overplayed by radio and by friends that I saw no point in purchasing a copy until a couple of decades had passed-I was hearing it more than anything in my collection as a collateral effect of my being a bystander on planet earth. I was unfortunately overseas during the WYWH tour, and was delighted when they played the album when the pig flew over Cleveland Municipal Stadium.

Edited by RockHound - September 19 2022 at 09:31

My favourite album ever. Indeed better (for me) than Dark Side.

richardh wrote: I was a bit young to appreciate it when it came out (13) and in fact remember thinking how tedious it was when it was being played in a school class room by some older students. Now I love it and would put it right up there. Rick's synths still sound as beautiful as ever and the somewhat overused word 'masterpiece' must surely apply here.

Same applies to me

Well I won't speak for the OP, but maybe it was inspired by the CTTE turns 50 post? As a way to sort of ignore the supposed importance of an anniversary of a "round" number?

Stressed Cheese wrote: We're going 47th anniversary threads now? That has to be a joke right?

Well what makes a 47th anniversary any less significant (or any more insignificant) than a 40th, 45th, or 50th anniversary? Our need to assign significance to things by groups or scales of tens or fives is completely arbitrary, and is only because we use a base 10 numbering system. Imagine a culture where they don't do that. Wouldn't they think our obsession with 25th, 50th, 60th, etc. anniversaries is a joke. Just playing devil's advocate here.

I was 13 when it came out.  I had wanted to see them at Knebworth that summer but parents said 'no'.  I first heard 'Shine On' in Selectadisc (a record shop in Nottingham) - I am pretty certain of that.  

My fav album by the Floyd...

Stripping lead off tops of gate posts to make fishing weights, next to the railway line. Thats what i was doing the day i first heard WYWH on my mates brother in laws stereo (later that day).. there were poplar trees along the train line like the ones on the inner sleeve with red hankie blowing across the image.. and a blue sky. I dont listen that often to the lp but thats what i think of when i hear it