I made use of this extraordinary masterpiece to teach my students the second conditional and the subjunctive mood. As a result some of them ended up loving floyd as much as I do.
When i was 15 pink floyd came out with wish you ehere here. Our english teacher asked us to translate the entire album. I had to work on shine on ypu crazy diamond. Many many Thanks to that tescher for all my life!!!!
They are not just a Rock band, they write (wrote) some of the greatest Poetry-literature in the history of the world . Existential, surreal and sometimes so tender and touching, they speak to, and, from the Soul.
What A Gift to have the opportunity to Be Here In This Time 2/21/24 , To Be Able To Hear This PINK FLOYD !!!!! YESSIREE.😊 😢 I'm61 yrs. old. I Love Floyd. GRAND PINK!!??
@@emptyspaces7740 Pink Floyd totally didnt understand the space between friends or they would have helped Syd when he really needed their help, rather than just writing a song (which made them millions ) about him and leaving him to rot.
@@mattiemclean9882(Sorry for my english). I don't know what their relationship was like because I'm not English and so , by the way ,not nearly to them and I'm also younger than that generation, but in "Wish you're here" there seems had a friendship between them. Sometimes a friendship is not enough to save someone from destruction. My favorite PF is Roger Waters. I was on His great show "us + them" in 2018.
@@mattiemclean9882 It maybe true but Syd needed to help himself also...he was the brain of PF then with Roger before he lapsed into LSD, then they have no choice but to bring Dave and the rest is history...the question is if they managed to help Syd back to normal, PF would be without Dave and I wonder how Pink Floyd with front man Syd would fare today.
"If i go insane, will you still let me join in with the game"....'....damn, this reminds me of how syd barrett mst have felt or his thoughts....seems like syd barrett is speaking these words!
Adeel Shakir I think that's intended. There are a lot of more or *less* subtle references to him in Pink Floyd's work (like Wish you were here, Shine on You Crazy Diamond, The Wall Album...)
Such an enormously underappreciated album. It is routinely dismissed as lesser by critics for no other reason than that being the prevailing "wisdom". "If" is an unapologetically beautiful song.
Omg ! This song...Just brings memories...Love this song! Memories of being teenager, sitting on the sand in the beach right at sunset, whatching the sun sink in the ocean far in the endless horizon...smoking a joint...( Cartagena ).
Mental Note: When I have kids, this song will be their lullaby. Every night. Hell, it could be my lullaby! Real music=Pink Floyd. Pink Floyd>Modern music
@@MrShahid0072 Then again, nothing modern, even the really good bands, come close (and probably will never do) to what Pink Floyd is . Different times my friend.
There's just a lot of "if" in life, should of, would of , could of. To the point where it could drive you insane. I think this is pretty damn amazing. Love pink Floyd.!!!!
That's so sad no matter how often you talk, because there's always something else to say, and unfortunately it seems that we're unable to figure out what's worth to say until we say it.
If I were a good man, I'd talk with you more often than I do... If I were asleep I could dream... This songs gets me more than anyone Pink Floyd forever and ever...
I imposed on a best friend recently, and didn't listen to the fact that he needed me to respect his space, and give him some space. It's what I've done for the past week now or so and had a long, hard introspection of myself in the process and been working on taking care of myself, being kinder to myself, quitting booze, and working toward being a better human being. I know we'll come back together, and I've been able to forgive myself after what I did to him, but now I just really really miss him. I thought of this song and learned it.
"If" If I were a swan, I'd be gone. If I were a train, I'd be late. And if I were a good man, I'd talk with you more often than I do. If I were to sleep, I could dream. If I were afraid, I could hide. If I go insane, please don't put your wires in my brain. If I were the moon, I'd be cool. If I were a rule, I would bend. If I were a good man, I'd understand the spaces between friends. If I were alone, I would cry. And if I were with you, I'd be home and dry. And if I go insane, will you still let me join in with the game? If I were a swan, I'd be gone. If I were a train, I'd be late again. If I were a good man, I'd talk to you more often than I do.
@@dewaltrobotstudios2287 for people like me that they don't have English as a mother language and maybe they would like to see the lyrics as a " poem" , to read it all of it , not partially as in the video but complete.....
fun story: i worked at an old people's house for some time, and there was an old lady, i reckon 95 years old, she had one of those bikes for old people and she was always joking around shes a bike racer and was full of life despite her age.
This album reminds me of my childhood. The guitar parts are so melodious and mellow that the nostalgia hits me hard. Too bad I can't go back or even see cause I had no camera back then.
Pink Floyd often gets compared with Led Zeppelin, The Who, even Janis Joplin. But for me the band is on a completely different level. Their music is like a journey. I personally listen to a lot of R&B and reggae, but Pink Floyd is just amazing! I can't say that for other rock bands, I get bored very quickly. But this is my oppinio n.
Reading a few comments, I see people trying to find the right "quality" of beautiful this song feels like; I would suggest "hauntingly beautiful", which Pink Floyd is so good at giving us.
+Akshay Pamnani Let me put it this way. Pink floyd would not be the same if syd would not have been in band from the starting and also if he had stayed in the band.
Im only 15 and I wish I was born in 1960 so I could experience this stuff for real. It makes me depressed knowing I won't be apart of that generation, it really does. I love pink Floyd. It makes me not depressed when I hear there songs, even though there songs are pretty depressing lol
+Talus Reber Hello Talus,Welcome to the club,the club of loving music(good Music),Right now in the present moment.I can relate to the way you feel,I know that feeling too.,I,m 42 and I never thought I,d see Floyd either.Then I did see them on the Division Bell Tour and have seen Roger Waters a bunch of times.Yes it was great but not as great as all the hours spent floyding out either with buddies in a parked car or in bed with headphones,ect..Pink Floyd is timeless.You didnt miss a thing in fact your very lucky that you FOUND this great music & appreciate it.Most 15 year-olds couldnt tell you who PINK FLOYD is:)....if it wasn't for my Floyd days(not that floyd is for everyone,which is kinda good) I may not have good engulfed in the psychedelic sound which led into Trance music(I dj),The Grateful Dead,Phish,Tool,Ect...Who knows what kind of wickedness will pulse through the speakers in your lifetime,I promise it will be out there,you just got to find it:)Lastly,I suggest a couple things(besides not smoking & treating your body right)GooGle Rodger WATERS and see when he plans to tour,listen to his solo albums if you havnt,you like:) Next best thing with FLOYD in mind is a band called THE MACHINE-best floyd tribute band(UNREAL). If you want to try something new go on soundcloud or such and listen to an album by DICK TREVOR aka Dickster called INEBRIATTI...Ok buddy before I write a book here:)Shoot me an e-mail & let me know if you liked my suggestions or just want to talk music,peace,Larry zephyrfishing@hotmail.com
+Larry Osit +Larry Osit I am glad to share these likes! And also, tool and grateful dead are great too! love right in two. if you aren't already, kindly check out steven wilson and opeth too. PT is amazing af and like many's opinion, it is contemporary floyd for us! cheers!
God Damn get outside.. there's TONS of great new bands.. I'm from Seattle and the music scene right now is exploding with amazing bands and musicians man.. also Learn to play an instrument and create your own music like me! I'm only 22 and I'm happy to be born where I was.. it's exciting being on the forefront of a new era of music. just look.
lack of love or lack of feeling and many other shortcomings, justified or not forget that there are some wonderful arrangements of music that only divine can live.
No worries, mine either. In the end we save ourselves by forgiving whatever you feel was transpiring around you, She may have done you a favor, perhaps she knew she was unable to give what you needed, so out of fear she let you become who you are without her influence. I found that because I more or less was abandoned by my mom that I became a little too involved with my own kids. It has taken years to find that midpoint. You know what it takes? Effort. Faith. Love. And the deep understanding that we are all doing the best we can. I hope you have found the love that you had missed as a child.There is so much truth and beauty and love in Pink Floyd, maybe that missing piece is what drove you to discover their genius. In that case, you owe mom a big hug at the very least...sending you a virtual squeeze now...
I made use of this extraordinary masterpiece to teach my students the second conditional and the subjunctive mood. As a result some of them ended up loving floyd as much as I do.
well done!
Wish I had a teacher like you!
come to my school please
What a great citizen.
When i was 15 pink floyd came out with wish you ehere here. Our english teacher asked us to translate the entire album. I had to work on shine on ypu crazy diamond. Many many Thanks to that tescher for all my life!!!!
They are not just a Rock band, they write (wrote) some of the greatest Poetry-literature in the history of the world . Existential, surreal and sometimes so tender and touching, they speak to, and, from the Soul.
A lot of folks don't know it, but 'Floyd was cool was cool long before Dark Side of the Moon. I've been a fan since 1970!
The Wall = master race!
Master race? Ick.
tra brew Any " Master Race" is Damned by definition, in my book.
Er...Go get'em, Kymba! (I used to watch that cartoon...a while back).
Whomever U are, if yer calling yourself a member of the Master Race, I *guarantee* you are wrong. 8)
iD like to thank the good lord for his perfect timing! putting me and pink floyd on this earth at the same time...thank you
I Agree!!?
What A Gift to have the opportunity to Be Here In This
Time 2/21/24 ,
To Be Able To Hear This PINK FLOYD !!!!! YESSIREE.😊 😢 I'm61 yrs. old. I Love Floyd. GRAND PINK!!??
If I were a good man, I'd understand the spaces between friends. I'm stunned.
But they understood those spaces so well. The essense of many songs of PF. Or not? I think so. ❤❤❤❤😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
@@emptyspaces7740 Pink Floyd totally didnt understand the space between friends or they would have helped Syd when he really needed their help, rather than just writing a song (which made them millions ) about him and leaving him to rot.
@@mattiemclean9882(Sorry for my english). I don't know what their relationship was like because I'm not English and so , by the way ,not nearly to them and I'm also younger than that generation, but in "Wish you're here" there seems had a friendship between them. Sometimes a friendship is not enough to save someone from destruction. My favorite PF is Roger Waters. I was on His great show "us + them" in 2018.
@@mattiemclean9882 It maybe true but Syd needed to help himself also...he was the brain of PF then with Roger before he lapsed into LSD, then they have no choice but to bring Dave and the rest is history...the question is if they managed to help Syd back to normal, PF would be without Dave and I wonder how Pink Floyd with front man Syd would fare today.
@@Mrkibweterer yeah it all about if just like this song
"If i go insane, will you still let me join in with the game"....'....damn, this reminds me of how syd barrett mst have felt or his thoughts....seems like syd barrett is speaking these words!
Adeel Shakir I think that's intended. There are a lot of more or *less* subtle references to him in Pink Floyd's work (like Wish you were here, Shine on You Crazy Diamond, The Wall Album...)
Cool
+Adeel Shakir so whats the point?
James Ram the point is Crystal clear my friend
Adeel Shakir 💔 truth.
This was played at my dads funeral, probably the best song ever.
One of the first Floyd tracks I ever heard... and I was in a tent falling asleep on a summer's night at the time. What a lullaby!
The first Floyd track I heard as well. I found a sleeveless copy when I was 10 .
Same here
I used to live alone in a paying guest back then
This song used to be my night-time lullaby
Such an enormously underappreciated album. It is routinely dismissed as lesser by critics for no other reason than that being the prevailing "wisdom". "If" is an unapologetically beautiful song.
Omg ! This song...Just brings memories...Love this song!
Memories of being teenager, sitting on the sand in the beach right at sunset, whatching the sun sink in the ocean far in the endless horizon...smoking a joint...( Cartagena ).
+louis santiago Hows life on the other side?
Pushkar Jajoria it was awesome while it was happening brother.
+Pushkar Jajoria I wish I 'v would being there. ..
Fuck yeah man
Wow, nice setting for this great song!
.. '' If I go insane please don't put your wires in my brain.. ''
what a perfect lyrics. As usual
#PinkFloyd ❤ The best ever ∞
If I were a good man, I'd probably be doing something better than switching this song on and crying, but then again ...
'If I go insane, please don´t put your wires in my brain'
carlos miguel ❤❤❤❤
How can Pink Floyd be so bloody touching 😪
That heart to heart thing ...
Long time ago but always at the top....great to listen this today....many thanks to all the initiate 🙏
swans dies when their life-partners dies...loyalty....
Igor Bojceski wow interesting observation
Yes
Mental Note: When I have kids, this song will be their lullaby. Every night. Hell, it could be my lullaby! Real music=Pink Floyd. Pink Floyd>Modern music
Like modern music is just like one thing lol. There are pretty good bands out there not just pop shit
Will try it with my three-month-old girl tonight
Shrek Salad right
my father sang me to sleep with this song many times as a child and this was music of his time so please stop you ugly rat
@@MrShahid0072 Then again, nothing modern, even the really good bands, come close (and probably will never do) to what Pink Floyd is . Different times my friend.
Pink Floyd can take you places man.
Danny Martinez shuttle bus or taxi ?
Paul Kavanagh more like wings
Pink Floyd is the only band that makes me look inside myself...
Greetings from Brazil... 🇧🇷
dreamy lyrics
kaitlyn zuniga as are you, very dreamy that is :-)
Michael Johnston haha I was gonna comment the same..beat me to it!😂
kaitlyn zuniga - Quite Frank is a good mate of mine👉
This song makes me sad, like a good sadness
"If i were a good man, I'd talk with you more often than I do" Bro, I really felt that
There's just a lot of "if" in life, should of, would of , could of. To the point where it could drive you insane. I think this is pretty damn amazing. Love pink Floyd.!!!!
"And if I were a good man, I'd talk with you more often than I do." That just makes me really sad for some reason... 😔
That's so sad no matter how often you talk, because there's always something else to say, and unfortunately it seems that we're unable to figure out what's worth to say until we say it.
I Love💟 This Song!!!
🎶🔥🎶🔥🎶
If I go insane please don't put your wires in my brain :3
Evelyn Pereira 🗯
Lou Reed
The reason why I decided to study psychology... 😍
Boa kkk
The more I listen to this song, the more I love listening to it!
If I were a good man, I'd talk with you more often than I do... If I were asleep I could dream... This songs gets me more than anyone Pink Floyd forever and ever...
A surrealistic adventure to the dark side of my heart this song♥ So hauntingly beautiful 🤘
If this song were played at radio these days, this generation would have been saved
I imposed on a best friend recently, and didn't listen to the fact that he needed me to respect his space, and give him some space. It's what I've done for the past week now or so and had a long, hard introspection of myself in the process and been working on taking care of myself, being kinder to myself, quitting booze, and working toward being a better human being. I know we'll come back together, and I've been able to forgive myself after what I did to him, but now I just really really miss him. I thought of this song and learned it.
this song describes me so well. no wonder Pink Floyd´s my favorite band.
"If"
If I were a swan, I'd be gone.
If I were a train, I'd be late.
And if I were a good man, I'd talk with you more often than I do.
If I were to sleep, I could dream.
If I were afraid, I could hide.
If I go insane, please don't put your wires in my brain.
If I were the moon, I'd be cool.
If I were a rule, I would bend.
If I were a good man, I'd understand the spaces between friends.
If I were alone, I would cry.
And if I were with you, I'd be home and dry.
And if I go insane, will you still let me join in with the game?
If I were a swan, I'd be gone.
If I were a train, I'd be late again.
If I were a good man, I'd talk to you more often than I do.
Why the hell did you put the lyrics. That's what the video is for lol
❤ beautiful. Thanks!
Why did you put the lyrics down? We already have them on the screen.
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@@dewaltrobotstudios2287 for people like me that they don't have English as a mother language and maybe they would like to see the lyrics as a " poem" , to read it all of it , not partially as in the video but complete.....
So good to listen to this song again after so many years.
One of the pearls from the Pink Floyd amazing genius
If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a bike
i understood that reference.. underrated comment!
It is exactly like an Italian saying
oh thank you, now I can't listen to If without chuckling
fun story: i worked at an old people's house for some time, and there was an old lady, i reckon 95 years old, she had one of those bikes for old people and she was always joking around shes a bike racer and was full of life despite her age.
@@zoza241 i don't get it. someone please explain!!
I feel nothing absolutely nothing while listening to this song and I loved and feared it at the same time....
ashim amatya why?it's lyrics are out of this world. ...Voice is so dreamy....
Pink Floyd is the only old band I can listen to. Their lyrics are timeless and not only a part of a time which is gone
I'm almost strange .. why this song doesn't view like other song's!! Best lyrics ever ❤️❤️
If I were to go to a lonely island, i would take with me a Pink Floyd's album.
A good man understands and points out spaces between friends.
Such a great song. Was amazing watching Nick Mason & his Saucerful Of Secrets Band play this classic!
words are not discovered which can define what pink Floyd is ❤
wow. i never heard this song. holy crap. wow. thanx. friggin wonderful
Sublime.
Oh Syd! you must have been something man
Haseeb Khan yup..crazy diamond😂
ROGERS WATERS WROTE THIS 🎸🎸🎸🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
Shine on you Syd. Crzay diamond of Pink Floyd
Tony Coleman I think he means Syd must have been a hell of a man to have impacted these guys in the way he did
Syd was genuis
This album reminds me of my childhood. The guitar parts are so melodious and mellow that the nostalgia hits me hard. Too bad I can't go back or even see cause I had no camera back then.
What a song
This song is such a beautiful dream
Oh how I love This Song 🎵!!❤❤
Best band ever
This make me cry
If I were a train, I'd be late...again. So true once again.. :)
Pink Floyd often gets compared with Led Zeppelin, The Who, even Janis Joplin. But for me the band is on a completely different level. Their music is like a journey. I personally listen to a lot of R&B and reggae, but Pink Floyd is just amazing! I can't say that for other rock bands, I get bored very quickly. But this is my oppinio
n.
What ???? I've never heard any of those comparisons
simply wonderful...
Roger was 27 here. What a legend a real talent
Such a beautiful piece.
Such a beautiful song.
a very nice song
I don't know any sad song like this.
Reading a few comments, I see people trying to find the right "quality" of beautiful this song feels like; I would suggest "hauntingly beautiful", which Pink Floyd is so good at giving us.
Wow, is all I ever had to say whenever hearing this song. Just... Wow! Gorgeous and honest... Painfully human.
If I go insane, please don't put your wires in my brain.
This is for syd, isn't it?
Apparently! This is just another tribute to the legend!
+Tanmay Setia
Everyone calls him a legend,and maybe he was one,but anyone heard any of his songs?
I haven't
+Akshay Pamnani Let me put it this way. Pink floyd would not be the same if syd would not have been in band from the starting and also if he had stayed in the band.
+Akshay Pamnani there are many, you just need to dig in some further. jugband blues being one of my favs
+Tanmay Setia ok but if
I Pink Floyd sono il sogno di più generazioni, e questo significa tanto..!
I loved Pink Floyd for a long time.
you loved them...what happened to change your mind?
Exactly what Syd might be thinking.
One of my favorites.
Im only 15 and I wish I was born in 1960 so I could experience this stuff for real. It makes me depressed knowing I won't be apart of that generation, it really does. I love pink Floyd. It makes me not depressed when I hear there songs, even though there songs are pretty depressing lol
+Talus Reber Hello Talus,Welcome to the club,the club of loving music(good Music),Right now in the present moment.I can relate to the way you feel,I know that feeling too.,I,m 42 and I never thought I,d see Floyd either.Then I did see them on the Division Bell Tour and have seen Roger Waters a bunch of times.Yes it was great but not as great as all the hours spent floyding out either with buddies in a parked car or in bed with headphones,ect..Pink Floyd is timeless.You didnt miss a thing in fact your very lucky that you FOUND this great music & appreciate it.Most 15 year-olds couldnt tell you who PINK FLOYD is:)....if it wasn't for my Floyd days(not that floyd is for everyone,which is kinda good) I may not have good engulfed in the psychedelic sound which led into Trance music(I dj),The Grateful Dead,Phish,Tool,Ect...Who knows what kind of wickedness will pulse through the speakers in your lifetime,I promise it will be out there,you just got to find it:)Lastly,I suggest a couple things(besides not smoking & treating your body right)GooGle Rodger WATERS and see when he plans to tour,listen to his solo albums if you havnt,you like:)
Next best thing with FLOYD in mind is a band called THE MACHINE-best floyd tribute band(UNREAL).
If you want to try something new go on soundcloud or such and listen to an album by DICK TREVOR aka Dickster called INEBRIATTI...Ok buddy before I write a book here:)Shoot me an e-mail & let me know if you liked my suggestions or just want to talk music,peace,Larry zephyrfishing@hotmail.com
+Larry Osit +Larry Osit I am glad to share these likes! And also, tool and grateful dead are great too! love right in two. if you aren't already, kindly check out steven wilson and opeth too. PT is amazing af and like many's opinion, it is contemporary floyd for us! cheers!
God Damn get outside.. there's TONS of great new bands.. I'm from Seattle and the music scene right now is exploding with amazing bands and musicians man.. also Learn to play an instrument and create your own music like me!
I'm only 22 and I'm happy to be born where I was.. it's exciting being on the forefront of a new era of music.
just look.
There will always be people in every generation who love music this magical. Its just a matter of finding them out :)
Talus Reber you would have been better off being born in 1945 than 1960.I was born in '62 and I missed out
on a lot for being too young.
Don't remember when it was last time I listen the entire LP. Maybe in the 70's when I was 15 ! So great.
What a wonderful song.
Such a classic jam.
Normally time runs fast if you like something but this song seems very long to me and makes me happy. :)
lack of love or lack of feeling and many other shortcomings, justified or not forget that there are some wonderful arrangements of music that only divine can live.
love this song!
have not heard this for years----- love it
もし、僕が良い人なら 友達にも距離がある事に気づいただろうか？
Thank-you simple of beautiful song
Amazing song 👍
Gotta be in a real good place to listen to Floyd. It’s just ⬇️the🐰⚫️ every time.
this song remind me of my mom.. she was never there for me
No worries, mine either. In the end we save ourselves by forgiving whatever you feel was transpiring around you, She may have done you a favor, perhaps she knew she was unable to give what you needed, so out of fear she let you
become who you are without her influence. I found that because I more or less was abandoned by my mom that I
became a little too involved with my own kids. It has taken years to find that midpoint. You know what it takes?
Effort. Faith. Love. And the deep understanding that we are all doing the best we can. I hope you have found the love that you had missed as a child.There is so much truth and beauty and love in Pink Floyd, maybe that missing piece is what drove you to discover their genius. In that case, you owe mom a big hug at the very least...sending you a virtual squeeze
now...
Wise words!! Greetings
This song reminds me of my father. He was never there for me
Woah! This song is wonderful!
The most beautiful thing ever written
The lyrics are very simple, but extraordinary sad 😢
So calming that I can just fall asleep and dream away
charlie jhoseph mcnally, RIP my bestie friend on this Earth ..i have cried so much i think it wont end
john ferland, mty husband, died october 23, 2023..im still here
The Most unrated song ever
Underrated*
Probably, and amongst the cannon of great Pink Floyd works that is something.
so perfect .
If I could see pink Floyd live, I will go insane
Thanks weirdnproud! Almost forgot about this gem! 🍺🤓
Wonderful magical!!!!
If, pink floyd quintessential and absolutely pink floyd, only pink floyd and naturally pink floyd , one of the many favourite tracks they do, yus
Thank you for sharing IF
Unos de mis discos favoritos de Pink Floyd Madre de Corazón de Átomos 👏👏👏...... IF 👋
Thank you for using the colour you picked, easy on my eyes.
Only Pink floyd's songs have no Dislikes
Meravigliosa!!!! Mai sentita prima, ma perché??????
yes indeed, plenty more of Pink Floyd fab. songs before Dark side of the Moon. Summer of 68 is quite good also on that album.
Everything by them is just perfect
I feel like dark side is overrated a bit. Still good though. Animals is amazing though.
And if I go insane please don’t put your wires in my brain ~
🖤🧠
I think that this song may also be referring to Syd Barrett, I didn't realise it untill i saw the lyrics. Thanks for posting.
Love you..miss you Dad...could do with a game of pool with you right now...we could talk,..in between shots,..miss it so much...this will do,..
¡Sencillamente, genial!
"Yay!" - Pink Floyd, 1970
einer der besten dosenöffner