Who was Wish You Were Here written about?

Who was Wish You Were Here written about?

That 25-minute epic was famously written as an elegy for founding member Syd Barrett — who had suffered a drug-induced breakdown in the late 1960s — but his descent into mental illness also haunts “Wish You Were Here”.

What is the story behind Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here album cover?

The album’s cover images were photographed by Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell, Storm’s partner at the Pink Floyd design studio Hipgnosis and was inspired by the idea that people tend to conceal their true feelings, for fear of “getting burned”, and thus two businessmen were pictured shaking hands, one man on fire.

Is Wish you were here the best Pink Floyd album?

Pink Floyd bestography Wish You Were Here is ranked 2nd best out of 36 albums by Pink Floyd on BestEverAlbums.com. The best album by Pink Floyd is The Dark Side Of The Moon which is ranked number 2 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 87,891.

What happened to Syd Barrett after he left Pink Floyd?

After leaving Pink Floyd, Barrett was out of the public eye for a year. In 1969, at the behest of EMI and Harvest Records, he embarked on a brief solo career, releasing two solo albums, The Madcap Laughs and Barrett (both 1970), and a single, “Octopus”.

Why did Pink Floyd wrote Shine on You Crazy Diamond?

The song was conceived and written as a tribute and remembrance to their former band member Syd Barrett, a founding member of Pink Floyd. He was replaced by David Gilmour, Barrett’s former school friend who had initially been brought in as second guitar.

Is Wish you were here better than Dark Side of the Moon?

Wish You Were Here is a great album and it does have the repeated “Shine on You Crazy Diamond” theme but it seems shorter than Dark Side of the Moon and doesn’t cover as many societal themes as Dark Side of the Moon does. Hard to choose between these two albums. They are both superb.