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Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
Genre: Progressive Rock
Year: 1975
Year: 1975
"Wish You Were Here" is the title track on Pink Floyds 1975 album Wish You Were Here. The songs lyrics encompass writer Roger Waters feelings of alienation from other people. Like most of the album, it refers to former Pink Floyd member Syd Barrett and his breakdown. The main riff came to David Gilmour at home while playing on an acoustic guitar, the riff became something which he continued to play in-between takes at Abbey Road Studios where it caught the attention of Roger Waters. They collaborated to complete the song, as Waters had already written some lyrics.
In 2004, the song was ranked #316 on Rolling Stones list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Read full article at wikipedia.org
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Recommend this song to friends!People who like this song also like Hotel California, Stairway To Heaven, Go Your Own Way, The Pretender, Cose Della Vita (Can't Stop Thinking Of You).
More songs by Pink Floyd: Two Suns in the Sunset, Come in Number 51, Your Time is Up, Point Me at the Sky, Bike, The Nile Song.
Best of Progressive Rock: Comfortably Numb, Another Brick In The Wall, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Money, Freewill.
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