26 nov 2009

Pink Floyd: Shine on you crazy diamond

Hablar de Pink Floyd es hablar de uno de los grupos británicos de más éxito en la década de los 70. Su música fue evolucionando desde la psicodelia hacia un sonido más rock progresivo y sinfónico. Sus letras con contenido filosófico, su sonido experimental y sus espectaculares conciertos le hicieron vender más de 300 millones de discos. Shine on You Crazy Diamond (perteneciente a su álbum Wish You Were Here) es, junto a "The Wall", una de sus canciones más conocidas. Era una canción dedicada al antiguo miembro del grupo Syd Barrett, donde a traves de sus 26 minutos de duración -dividida en 9 partes y 2 pistas- se reflejaba plenamente la esencia y genialidad del grupo.

Letra
Remember when you were young,
You shone like the sun.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Now there's a look in your eyes,
Like black holes in the sky.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
You were caught on the crossfire
Of childhood and stardom,
Blown on the steel breeze.
Come on you target for faraway laughter,
Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine!

You reached for the secret too soon,
You cried for the moon.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Threatened by shadows at night,
And exposed in the light.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Well you wore out your welcome
With random precision,
Rode on the steel breeze.
Come on you raver, you seer of visions,
Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!

Nobody knows where you are, how near or how far.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Pile on many more layers and I'll be joining you there.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
And we'll bask in the shadow of yesterday's triumph,
sail on the steel breeze.
Come on you boy child, you winner and loser, come on you miner for truth and
delusion, and shine

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