this sing is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. some of their finest work. i've been on a fix for the past few weeks.... something about this song just does it for me. so good makes you wanna slap yo momma. "oh by the way, which one's Pink?" "And if we tall ya the name of the game, boy... we call it riding the gravy train." .... indeed. :rock
My user name on the Pink Floyd forum I post on is actually "Which One Is Pink?". Yea, that song has become my favorite off the "Wish You Were Here" album. Gilmour's guitar playing on it is absolutely amazing. Here is a trivia question about that song - what is unique about that song compared to all the other non-instrumental Pink Floyd songs?
The entire Wish you were here album is equally brilliant. Listening completely transports your mood into a dreamscape. Pink Floyd has always been my favorite.
Email me through the board and I'll see what I can do as I think it is a place that you have to get invited to post to but that might have changed.
E-mailed Ya, I changed my e-mail on the board, but after I e-mailed ya, I got a new one, so I will send ya another with my new one, if you could e-mail back that one I would appreciate it.
it is sung by Roy Harper... Manny, I will see your trivia and raise you one factiod... which rock band made a reference to roy Harper in 1970? "everybody else is just GREEN, have you seen the charts?"
across is right and Flyer beat me to it. The story goes (supposedly - this is what I read) that Harper was recording in the studio next to Floyd as he was on the same label as them (Harvest records). He was friends with Gilmour in addition to the guys in Zeppelin. For some reason, Gilmour did not want to sing the vocal in "Have a Cigar" and Waters' voice was too shot from singing so high on both "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" and "Welcome to the Machine", thus the reason for getting Harper to sing. I think I also read that Gilmour knew getting Harper to sing would piss Waters off something awful.
in that case, Hats Off To Roy Harper i just has a great moment on the guitar recently. when i was a teenager I learned a few chords and my favorite riffs, I really am not proficient but i can play Goodbye Blue Skies, Wish You Were Here, and Zep's Your Time is Gonna Come, and Redemption Song by Marley... well after all those years, i can still play "Wish You Were Here" in its entirety, complete with the sliding guitar solo...
Here's another interesting PF trivia question: In the 8-track version of "Pigs on the wing" parts I and II, part I is connected to part II through a guitar solo (and an excellent one, I might add). Who played the guitar solo? note: honor system here... no Google'ing. And, yes, Manny, I see you at the front of the class, waving your arm, screaming, "Oooo!! I know! I know!" But I think we'll let someone else answer this one, you've alread gotten your gold star sticker for the day.
Well droxford, considering how much it "pisses" you off that I do "What's in the CD Player" thread why not piss you off some more and come up with the answer? Snowy White
LOL! Agh! Manny, we didn't call on you - you must now spend 5 minutes in the timeout chair. And, of course, he is correct, it was Snowy White, a guitarist who played with PF on tour in 1976. ------------ I submit another question: What were the last two words of the last track of the last studio album that Roger Waters sang, just before he and the band split up? again... honor system.... no Google'ing... Manny, you be quiet over there in your timeout chair, or you'll get another 5 minutes and we'll take your gold star sticker away.
