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Hi Pigsonthewing,
I noticed that you undid my editing on Wish You Were Here (song) because you could not substantiate that rumour. I got that from the German wikipedia and, googling, I found that there in fact is a rumour that this cough is related to David's quitting smoking. I beg you to think about it and undo your removal. Thank you, Betterworld 21:30, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)
When You Stop Smoking Do You Cough Video
The Cough
I hear the cough at 43 seconds, not at 26 seconds like the article says. I am listening off the CD which should be the most accurate way of judging when it is.138.202.230.203 22:00, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
I've heard that the the famous violinest, Stephone Grapelli was recording an album in the same studio and contributed an uncredited violin solo at the end of the song which was subsequently mixed so low as to be nearly inaudible.207.157.121.50 03:56, 13 October 2005 (UTC)mightyafrowhitey
I hear the cough at 26 seconds. mine is probably the condensed version being it is 5 minutes and 17 seconds. we maybe should include both versions. 96.246.52.19 (talk) 01:51, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
Verification
I'm still waiting for someone to cit esomething to verify the claim that The cough was due to David Gilmour's then-smoking habits. After he heard the playback during mixing, he quit smoking for good but the cough was left in as a sort of reminder.. Andy Mabbett 14:38, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
You can also hear him sort of 'yawning', a little later (or he might be saying 'yeah', can't be sure...). Was that deliberate? Martyn Smith 11:13, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
Barrett's visit
From the article: "During the recording of this song, Syd Barrett, their old band mate who had been in seclusion for years due to drug induced psychosis, suddenly appeared in the studio. Syd's former band mates did not even recognize him as he had lost his hair and gained considerable weight. He was wondering about the studio muttering nonsense when Waters and Gilmour realized to their dismay that this strange character who suddenly appeared in their studio session was their old friend Syd Barrett."
I thought this happened when they recorded David Gilmour's backing vocals on "Shine on You Crazy Diamond". Floyd(Norway) 13:24, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
Contradiction
I removed this line from the article :
because it belongs here, but it does raise a good point. The article says
while a quote of Waters at the end has him saying:
A citation for the former statement should be found, if possible, so this matter can be worked out. -albrozdude 01:43, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
Someone removed the Syd Barrett article
so yeah, I put it back in, and added a few stuff to it! -Dragong4
The radio play
What's the title of that radio play ('Oh Sinden....all this star nonsense...no..it..no I'm sure of it' etc) that crops up during the 'tuning in' passage. And is that brief orchestral burst immediately before the 'radio guitar' section part of it, or separate? Anyone know? Martyn Smith 11:11, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
My belief is that the extract comes from the long-running panel game 'Round Britain Quiz'. The female voice certainly sounds like Irene Thomas. To me, at least. 86.20.175.82 (talk) 22:07, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
References to Syd Barrett
'Shine on' is definitely about him, 'Wish You Were here' is pretty much Syd, although there's a more 'general feel to the longing as well'. 'Have A Cigar' recounts the band's early experiences with record execs, so Syd is involved along the line there. I would say that the lyrically most generic song on the album is 'Welcome To The Machine', however this is about the pressures and temptations faced by a neophyte rock musician, which certainly has a great deal of relevance with Mr Barrett. Therefore I think the original assertion that the 'entire' album deals with Syd in some way is an acceptable one.
I wonder if Roger actually saw this album as a personal watershed, as a way of putting the ghost of Syd's involvement and once dominance of the band to rest? This would certainly tie in with the ease with which he totally dominated the last 3 Floyd albums with him as a member. Martyn Smith 22:56, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
Trivia: Mars Rover Spirit's Hidden Message
One of the rovers that are currently on the planet Mars (Spirit) has a secret message encoded on one of its parts. When the rover first landed on Mars, the Planetary Society made images of the encrypted message available, and encouraged the general public to decipher it. The message encoded is, amazingly, "wish you were here".
Should we include this as Trivia? I don't think it's a reference to the Pink Floyd song, at least not directly, but it's an interesting piece of info. Isn't it great that the title of a Pink Floyd song is 64 million miles away from Earth right now?
You can find the Press Release of when the message was initially deciphered here: http://www.planetary.org/about/press/releases/2004/0415_Hidden_Mars_Messages_Found.html
You can find the images of the code itself (the bars and dots around the edge of the DVD) here: http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/red_rover_goes_to_mars/dvd_image.html
Meithan 09:56, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
Heart Of Stone?
Just a thought this song does sound somewhat similar to heart of stone by the rolling stones. the chords are very similar. Did they rip off that song did the stones rip off them? Maybe not, but just an idea that could use more looking into. 96.246.52.211 (talk) 17:06, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
Moved
It is said that the sound of David Gilmour coughing on the intro to the track made him stop smoking. -- Preceding unsigned comment added by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk o contribs) 22:47, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
The AM Radio
The high frequency background whine is not emulating an engine accelerating/decelerating (that would be a much more rapid rise and fall). It always reminded me of the PLL drift from old analog crystals. David says the idea is it's a kid in his bedroom hearing the 12 string on the radio, and the kid joins in. So car interference would make no sense. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G91HQRSKW4 (the last minute of the interview). Dickbalaska (talk) 06:22, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
Agreed. In fact the quote from Gilmour's WYWH songbook interview is even in the article itself: "It's all meant to sound like the first track getting sucked into a radio with one person sitting in the room playing guitar along with the radio." The "sitting in a car" thing is completely rubbish original research, where's the engine noise, for a start? 86.138.137.179 (talk) 23:41, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
Steel Rail
Does the following link count as a valid citation for the reference Wish You Were Here makes to the song If It's In You from Syd Barrett's album The Madcap Laughs? http://www.pink-floyd-lyrics.com/html/if_its_in_you_lyrics_syd_ml.html 189.12.177.6 (talk) 17:06, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
Wind instrument parts?
There are some 'wind instrument' sounds during the sound. (For example 2:56 and 4:04 at on the album version-not the wind sound at the end.) What are these? Since no other musicians are credited for this song, I sort of assume they are parts on a mellotron or something, but I don't know for sure. Blythwood (talk) 14:29, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
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