Shine On You Crazy Diamond

"Shine On You Crazy Diamond" is a nine-part Pink Floyd song written by Roger Waters, Richard Wright, and David Gilmour. The song can be found as the first and last tracks on the album Wish You Were Here, as well as Parts I-VII as the first track on the second disc of the compilation album Echoes, albeit in a heavily-edited form.

The song is a tribute to former band member Syd Barrett. Lyrics such as "Remember when you were young?/You shone like the sun" show strong appreciation for the contributions Syd made to the band.

The song name also echoes Syd's name, Shine on You crazy Diamond.

Parts I–V (1 to 5) make up the song's first half, lasting 13 minutes and 34 seconds.

Parts VI–IX (6 to 9) make up the song's second half, lasting 12 minutes and 31 seconds.

Contents

Part 1

00:00 - 03:56

Part 1 includes the fading-in of an overlayed Mini-Moog and ARP string synthesizer keyboard sound, and a harmonized solo by David Gilmour on his Fender Stratocaster with mid-level distortion (about 7 on an amplifier, for those wishing to play it.) It lasts for about 4 minutes, ending when the keyboards fade into the background.

Part 2

03:55 - 06:28

Part 2 begins with the 4 string tune being repeated 6 times, and the drums start playing. It goes through a second solo by Gilmour.

Part 3

06:29 - 08:43

It begins with a keyboard solo by Richard Wright. It then goes to a guitar solo much like the second, before finishing a little over the 8 and a half minute mark.

In the Echoes version of the song, the guitar solo was cut, much like it is in the concert version of the song.

Part 4

08:44 - 11:10

Part 4 is the lead vocal from Roger Waters and the main part of the song.

Part 5

11:11 - 13:34

Part 5 has 2 guitars repeating a riff for about 1 minute. A baritone saxophone overlays the sounds, played by Dick Parry. It ends as the saxophone speeds up. After, the tempo speeds up the saxophone, and eventually drops the guitar and drums and opens to a tenor saxophone solo that fades into the background. Depending on whether you are listening to the song on Wish You Were Here or Echoes, 2 different keyboard sounds will be audible in the background. On the former, a machine like hum will fade in to bring the song to a close, and begin Welcome to the Machine. On the latter, wind effects, first used on the album Meddle, will bring in Part 6 of the song.

Part 6

00:00 - 04:41

Part 6 begins with a howling wind sound, brought in from Wish You Were Here, or Part 5 of the song (depending what album you are listening to the song on). It slowly fades down as a bass beating fades in. After a few beats where the ARP String synthesizer, rhythm guitar and drums come in, a Mini-Moog Synthesizer comes in to play the opening solo. After 2 and a half minutes, Gilmour enters to play a fast beat solo with tempo not present in the other parts of the song. It last for about 3 minutes before the songs main tune plays and the beats slows to bring in the lyrics. This is the last time a lap steel guitar will be heard in a Roger Waters Pink Floyd song. This part is shortened on Echoes.

Part 7

04:41 - 06:05

Part 7 contains the lyrics for the song's second half. Unlike the first half, the lyrics are only 1 verse long. This part is almost identical to Part 4 (though half the length), and ends just after the 6 minute mark.

Part 8

06:05 - 09:05

This part brings in Roger Waters to play a second electric guitar for a high noted sound riff. A neat progression of beats play for about 2 minutes before very slowly fading into the background as a continuous single keyboard note fades in around the 9 minute mark. When played live on the 1977 tour, David Gilmour and Snowy White would be having a guitar duel which would extend this section upwards to between 5 and 10 minutes.

Part 9

09:05 - 12:31

Finishing off the 9 part song is a keyboard and drums solo. The drums play for half of this part, and the keyboard plays for the final minute of the song before fading out. When played live, the synthesizer solo was changed into a harmony guitar solo by Gilmour and White.

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