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Pink Floyd – Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Mar 30, 2015

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Come on you miner for truth and delusion, and shine

Like the "random precision" line, the inherent irony of a miner for "truth and delusion" highlights the tension between madness and artistry. One might say, artists seek the truths most of us avoid, and that way lies madness.

Pink Floyd – Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Mar 30, 2015

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You were caught on the cross fire of childhood and stardom

Like the "random precision" line, this describes the mad artist archetype that Barrett personified. This also alludes to the corporate soul-eating monster that is modern celebrity, further expounded on in "Welcome to the Machine" and "Have a Cigar".

Pink Floyd – Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Mar 30, 2015

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Well you wore out your welcome with random precision

What a great line! Encapsulates the genius/insanity of Barrett. Is there a method in the madness? The irony of "random precision" speaks to a certain self-destructive, Dionysian profile common to artists generally (Dylan Thomas, Lord Byron) but especially prevalent in the '60s (Hendrix, Morrison).

Pink Floyd – Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Mar 30, 2015

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steel breeze

"Steel Breeze"... merges imagery the album's eponymous song, "Wish You Were Here." "Can you tell a green field from a old steel rail" and "did they get you trade... hot air for a cool breeze."

Pink Floyd – Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Mar 30, 2015

+ 2

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You piper

This is a reference to "Piper at the Gates of Dawn", Pink Floyd's first album, which WAS written under Syd Barrett's leadership.

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