Sid Barrett RIP

[GeneralHankerchief]

I actually had to sell my both copies (CD and LP) of Wish, because I suddenly found that I despised it. The whole thing struck me as an overly pretentious, wholly inappropriate piece. If they had really wanted to salute Syd, they would have one a sequel to Piper.

Well, had they done a sequel to Piper they would have been blasted by the critics for moving back to the Atom Heart Mother era or so. The Floyd probably wanted the best of both worlds in a good tribute to Syd as well as something that would satisfy the rest of them in terms of direction.

And I don't find Wish inappropriate at all. It's pretty much the band saying their final farewell to their founder and friend. One part near the end of Shine On p.2 (Part 8 or 9 to be exact) sounds like a very weird, psychadelic funeral march that he probably would have approved had he been still making music at that point. And you can hear a bit of See Emily Play near the very end (of course, that might just be me imagining things).

Finally, judging by your tastes in music you must like Wish better than the next few albums the Floyd came out with (heck, probably all of them).