"I was pretty young when my affinity with Pink Floyd and Syd started. I remember going to the library and hiring the tape of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn when I was 12. And I just was like, 'What's this?' It blew my mind. I couldn't believe it. When I started doing stand up it was all very whimsical."
"What's amazing about Pink Floyd, especially with Wish You Were Here, is that the artwork was as good as the music. When you're 12 and you're seeing two guys shaking hands, one of them's on fire, you're thinking 'what?!' And the music goes exactly with that as well; it's perfectly in sync with the visuals, with the weird surrealism."
All nine parts of 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' have been combined into a single 25-minute continuous stereo mix and released ahead of the Wish You Were Here 50th anniversary reissue. Wish You Were Here 50 arrives December 12 and includes rarities and bonus material across multiple formats. The complete 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-9, New Stereo Mix)' reunites the piece previously split on the 1975 album as Parts I–V opening and Parts VI–IX closing. The composition was written as a tribute to original lead singer Syd Barrett, who visited Abbey Road Studios during the final mixes. A new music video features a Noel Fielding portrait of Barrett accompanying the new mix.
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