http://www.ultimatefanpage.com/pinkfloyd/
An excellent video montage of the fantastic creator of, The_Pink_Floyd_Sound.
"Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here - Syd Barrett tribute"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1Nup7ZUvPc&feature=related
{Wish You Were Here is the seventh studio album by English rock group Pink Floyd, released in September 1975. Inspired by material they composed while performing across Europe, it was recorded over numerous sessions at London's Abbey Road Studios. The album explores themes of absence, the music business, and former band-mate Syd Barrett's mental decline. Initial recording sessions were a difficult and arduous process but it was Roger Waters' idea to split the centrepiece track "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" in two, and join each half with three new compositions. "Shine On" was a tribute to Barrett, who, in an ironic twist, made an impromptu visit to the studio while it was being recorded. The band failed initially to recognize Barrett, who had gained weight and changed in appearance.}
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{Wish You Were Here is the second Pink Floyd album to use a conceptual theme written entirely by Waters, and echoes his feeling at the time that the camaraderie that had served the band previously, was largely absent.[9] The album begins with an eight minute thirty seconds instrumental preamble, before segueing into the lyrics for "Shine On You Crazy Diamond". "Shine On" is a tribute to former band member Syd Barrett, whose drug-induced breakdown had forced him to leave the band several years before.[10] Barrett is fondly recalled with lines such as "Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun" and "You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon".}
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{However, after several weeks Waters began to visualize another concept.[20] The three new compositions from 1974's tour were at least a starting point for a new album, and Shine On You Crazy Diamond seemed a reasonable choice as a centerpiece for the new work. Mostly an instrumental twenty-minute-plus piece similar to Echoes, the opening four note guitar phrase reminded Waters of the lingering ghost of former band-member Syd Barrett.[24] Gilmour had composed the phrase entirely by accident, but was encouraged by Waters' positive response.[25] Waters wanted to split "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", and sandwich two new songs between its two halves. Gilmour disagreed, but was outvoted three to one.[26] "Welcome to the Machine" and "Have a Cigar" were barely-veiled attacks on the music business, their lyrics working neatly with "Shine On" to provide an apt summary of the rise and fall of Barrett;[27] "Because I wanted to get as close as possible to what I felt ... that sort of indefinable, inevitable melancholy about the disappearance of Syd."[24] "Raving and Drooling" and "Gotta Be Crazy" had no place in the new concept, and were set aside.}
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{...the final Pink Floyd-related recording to feature the late Richard Wright, who died on September 15, 2008, one week before the album's official release.}
From The Sigma_6#Formation, to The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon & beyond.
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Remember A Day - Syd Barrett / Rick Wright
Pink Floyd - See Emily Play (Syd Barrett)
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A fan made video with about 25 million views.
