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Discussion in 'Music genres, Bands and Artists' started by Floydian, Jan 25, 2007.

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  1. #1 Floydian, Jan 25, 2007
    When you hear Wish You Were by Pink Floyd, is there anyone you tend to think of?

    [quote name='"Pink Floyd']
    So, so you think you can tell
    Heaven from Hell,
    Blue skys from pain.
    Can you tell a green field
    From a cold steel rail?
    A smile from a veil?
    Do you think you can tell?

    And did they get you to trade
    Your heros for ghosts?
    Hot ashes for trees?
    Hot air for a cool breeze?
    Cold comfort for change?
    And did you exchange
    A walk on part in the war
    For a lead role in a cage?

    How I wish, how I wish you were here.
    We're just two lost souls
    Swimming in a fish bowl,
    Year after year,
    Running over the same old ground.
    What have we found?
    The same old fears.
    Wish you were here. [/quote]

    R.I.P. James Marshall Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Brad Knowell...
     
  2. #2 rssnstyle89, Jan 25, 2007
    SYD BARRETT... many others, but mostly him
     
  3. #3 metalstonerking, Jan 26, 2007
    My mind...
     
  4. #4 Unorthodox, Jan 28, 2007
    The omnipotent figure, God. If you believe in god, or if you can pretend to be the role of some who does. It makes sense, lol.:smoking:
     
  5. #5 MorningTrip, Jan 28, 2007
    How I wish, how I wish you were here.
    We're just two lost souls
    Swimming in a fish bowl,
    Year after year,
    Running over the same old ground.
    What have we found?
    The same old fears.
    Wish you were here.

    One of the best stanzas of any song. ever.
     
  6. #6 ondrugz, Jan 28, 2007
    yea im usually thinkin of that last oz. i blazed while im singing how i wish you were here
     
  7. #7 GreenLantern420, Jan 28, 2007
    I didn't before, but after reading this thread I played it and had one person stuck in my mind.


    The typical.........ex-girlfriend:(
     
  8. #8 Floydian, Jan 28, 2007
    I really don't have many people that I actually know that are gone that I miss. Sure, some of my elderly family members, etc... but I never really knew those people.

    All the people that come to mind are musicians really. The biggest pain I've experienced in life is knowing that I'll never get to see almost any of my favourite bands play, let alone get to jam with any of my favourite musicians, because most of them are all dead, off living in seclusion, or gonna kick it pretty soon.

    First one that comes to mind is actually David Gilmour... what I would fucking give to play the WYWH riff behind him playing the solo... just once...
     
  9. #9 MorningTrip, Jan 28, 2007

    Hey mann, you never know, you might be playin, live onstage, a cover of the song. Who knows, but that's pretty damn close to playin with Gilmour.;)
     
  10. #10 Floydian, Jan 28, 2007
    That's why I spend most of my practicing time playing either Hendrix, Gilmour, or Page stuff. It's the closest feeling I'm going to get to jamming with them someday. Hell, I've spent 6 months now trying to get just the first part of the Money solo absolutely perfect, gone through about 3 blisters on 3 fingers thanks to it, too...
     
  11. #11 DurbanPoison, Jan 28, 2007
    Hunter S. Thompson, or my grandmother....
     
  12. #12 Eclipse_Shadow, Jan 28, 2007
    Pink Floyd is awesome

    ":: we cheat :: Waiting to cut out the deadwood.
    :: we cheat :: Waiting to clean up the city.
    :: we cheat :: Waiting to follow the worms.
    :: we cheat :: Waiting to put on a black shirt.
    :: we cheat :: Waiting to weed out the weaklings.
    :: we cheat :: Waiting to smash in their windows "
     
  13. #13 dpc1192, Jan 31, 2007
    Hendrix
     
  14. #14 Arnold Lane, Jan 31, 2007
    Did every one forget about Jerry?
     
  15. #15 smoke__aLot!!!, Feb 1, 2007
    How about all the unfortunate souls lost due to the Iraq War?
     
  16. #16 Knox, Feb 1, 2007
    Hendrix, Morrison, SRV, Lennon, Freddie Mercury, Bill Hicks, Mitch Hedberg, man I don't even want to go on...

    EDIT: And of course: Bob Marley
     
  17. #17 Marvelous, Feb 1, 2007
    ^^^dont forget kieth moon janis joplin, yeah i'd like to bring back all those artists, but i wish chris farley was here so i could party with him, even if it was just one night
     
  18. #18 Chrysamere, Feb 1, 2007
    im with you dude. his spirit lives on. R.I.P. listening to a live version of Bertha as I type this haha, man he did good that night too.
     
  19. #19 RuseOfMetacarpi, Feb 2, 2007

    I hear you on that man... except mine actually taught me this song on guitar and now whenever I hear it it honestly makes me want to cry. :(

    She was a good one.
     
  20. #20 notbakedenough, Feb 2, 2007
    knox pretty much picked all of mine, but the only one i would have to add is george harrison
     
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