xaviMF22 said:
A year ago I would have said Animals>>Meddle
but Meddle is so
ECHOES GG!! ECHOES!!
fearless
Echoes is brilliant, yes, but it's one song! The big three on Animals are capable of trouncing the rest of Meddle with their hands tied behind their backs.
I think COBL was asking about the actual context of the phrase. In that case, it would be number one, as 'you crazy diamond' refers to Syd.
Short history lesson for COBL, just in case he's not familiar - Syd Barrett was the original lead guitar player, songwriter, and lead singer of Pink Floyd. He had schizophrenia and sadly went off the deep end shortly after the first album (Piper At The Gates Of Dawn) had been released. The band had to bring in David Gilmour to replace him at that point. Roger Waters wrote most of the lyrics for WYWH in dedication to Syd. These lyrics point out the issues of quickly rising to fame, the dark side of the music business, and most of all, a longing for the old friend who had got caught up in it. Shine On You Crazy Diamond reflects a lot of that.
"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!"
Shine on, Syd.