Roger Waters - Wish You Were Here (live)

[agtheedges]

i prefer david gilmour version!!!! :D

[ayotteted]

Should be 2 acoustic guitars ....Just dont sound right

[chibamondrongo]

is that Frejat on the lead guitar?

[HenriqueLG83]

@chibamondrongo Quem dera hein ?!???? Who knows ??! rsssrsrssss

[timshill]

@chibamondrongo doyle bramhall

[fengshuionline]

I love Roger Waters will always be in my heart for all eternity

[potbellyfritz]

heavenly omg my best group ever

[bleekblock]

This stinks

[s2Thaty1]

Simplismente é o melhor cantor do mundo não existem cantores como eles sao os melhores

[arweiss100]

I've interviewed Doyle twice & he's an incredible singer, songwriter, producer, guitarist.

[arweiss100]

Snowy White, Andy Fairweather Low, & Doyle All are outstanding guitarists who do Roger proud but I'm partial to Doyle. Doyle has ...also been Eric Clapton's tour guitarist & session recording guitarist for 12 years now & Doyle just produced Eric's new record & Sheryl Crow;s new record. Doyle put out 3 solo records that were uneven but featured great playing. he hasn't released a solo record since 2001's "Welcome" but his BEST work is on the one time 1992 Arc Angels record. Phenomenal!

[arweiss100]

This is my favorite footage & piece of Doyle Bamhall II on tour with Roger Waters. Doyle is on the far left playing the left handed candy red Strat w/ mother of pearl inlay. His solos are just phenomenal here.

[Aberinkulas]

Can anyone tell me who the guy playing the strat upside down is? He's a goddamn fucking beast

[arweiss100]

@Aberinkulas Doyle Bramhall II! Left from Texas!

[arweiss100]

@Aberinkulas oops, I meant Doyle Bramhall II..lefty...from Texas. yep he's a southpaw just like Hendrix, he plays upside down & spectacularly!

[fran99xd]

buen temaa ;) grande roger

[Italo1502]

I found the "How I wish they were here" in the end to be very touching

[MAFDuarte]

Magnífico!!!!!!

[TheAstore]

someone knows if there are guitar tabs about this????

[Supergear100]

one of the best songs i ever <3<3<3

[musicartism]

Great to see Snowy White - God, I fuckin miss Thin Lizzy!

[zickpadrote]

me ubiera gustado que las dos guitarras ubieran sido acusticas bueno ablo por el wey que toco la electrica .....

[kristikh]

who is the guy playing the red guitar with the curly hair???

[sapikinek]

@kristikh doyle bramhall II

[Ryukumori2799]

@kristikh Snowy White I think, although I might be confusing him for one of the other guitarists.

[heyo825]

Mason - God

Gilmour - God

Waters - God

Wright - God

Barrett - God

:)

[phyrorafa]

when avril lavinge comes first when searching 'wish you where here' you know the world is fucked up...

[ninika76]

32 people without wishes

[willha4u]

that is bret doyall on red

[bussundaogan]

a versão do david gilmour e melhor mais essa tmb me fez viajar parabens sendo pink floyd eu amo !!!!!!!111

[AndreRed90]

I prefer Gilmour's version but great respect for Roger.

[davtoob]

whos thr guy with the red guitar .. is that gilmour

[thefreezingmoon1]

Pink Floyd ain't just one of the best bands of all time.

Pink Floyd is so much more..

[echoheadjd]

@davtoob Yes, it is.

[noanswersdad]

David gilmore sounds better just my  opinion

[MashupLife]

@noanswersdad Agreed SOO MUCH! A huge part of the beauty in this song is the voice, and Waters doesn't really get it right here.

[mrgenius4]

roger's voice is touching

[trapitomarley]

Prefiero a David.

[kantrys]

Sorry, I prefer Gilmour singing Whish You Here.

[halofan38]

no gilmour for his solo?????...damn you roger LOL jk

[margaretvandeventer]

they were both extraordinary musicians and roger waters and david gilmore can never be copied they truly were one of a kind musicians and thier music will always be played young and old they are legends that truly brought out our music era and blew it wide open rock on forever pink floyd !!!

[Noelegy]

So many memories in this song.

[EricDavidFloyd]

I miss David :-(

[Davidcrawler61]

David Gilmour is Better

[whatamax]

without david gilmour,it's just not as worthy as we knew

[CapnCorona]

Ref the chappie in the grey suit. Ol Rog was obviously so worried about legal action regarding Pink Floyd copyright stuff that he brought his lawyer up on the stage......

[vincentmenigaux]

The same old fears...

Wish you were here....

[JoshyBarth]

This song should have no electric guitar for the solos, just acoustic and scat vocals...

[Alaercioish]

this is the best music of pink floyd....Sociologo Alaércio Flor

[ahnguyen1]

Roger Waters sucks compare to David Gilmour!

[FATCATCOOL]

thanks for posting

[ondego90]

i dont understand whos saying what but roger waters is undoubtablly the voice of pink floyd ive seen both live an have to say waters is much better on stage and on album

[Gatlun]

Roger Waters sux ass when it comes to singing...

[KillerBN1]

IMHO - Roger Waters singing on the album rips your heart out... shame he messed around with the arrangement, spoils it.

[zdlore1985]

@KillerBN1 Actually David Gilmour sings the album version.

[LuucasSK]

If someday in future we have a "Interplanetary Music Festival" Pink Floyd will represent the Earth :)

[decenthypocrite]

@LuucasSK except two out of five are dead

[dabajabaza111]

@LuucasSK You mispelled U2, which are well known much more worldwide

[LuucasSK]

@dabajabaza111 But Pink Floyd its massively superior.

[MrEricHeinze]

@LuucasSK Yeahh! it would be so nice jejeje. I think the extraterrestials will only enjoy the Pink Floyd songs

[espartakioto]

o esta otra version. ¡¡¡magnifica!!!

[bzcrouse92]

yep thats Doyle Bramhall lol

[kadinhobh]

One think i know, when them both, Gilmore and Waters are toguether, nothing can compare to them.

[DesperadoBrett]

ANYBODY-out-there...

From the same gig: Do you have Comfortably numb?

Has to be the same gig... Doyle is SICK...

ABSOLUTELY staggering!

DB

[liveslowlivesimple]

why compare the two? theyre both amazing. they both made up one of the greatest bands in the world. just respect and love them and their music.

[111pegleg]

You shouldnt give credit at all!!Who wrote the song!!Who sang the original?They were a band then!!!They are individuals now............you judge?!?!?!?

[rogerwaters1976]

waters sounds melancholic in this version of wish you were here.

i think this is the best version ever.

[eojet]

I liked the best when they split it on live 8. Check it out

[pancaikmix45]

I wish Pink Floyd would get back together but they can't ): Me sad

[zeljko191]

fantastic

[freaksrkool15101]

love this version, roger's voice is great, but i also like the original

[defmax29]

I'd say gilmour sounds better for this song, but thats how i first heard it obviously

[MICHAELDEVINE100]

This is Roger's Song. NO one can do it better though some have covered if well. btw - Roger's band was usurped and so were most of his great compositions. period.

[AuntPearlsGlorybox]

Just came here thinking to do a comparison with David Gilmours version. Was wondering what a show would be like without the missing 'Floyds'. Saw I wasnt alone. Oh dear!!!

[HuckleberrySlim]

sorry man, i agree. I feel it more with david.

[josealdous]

waters wrote this song so he can sing it anytime he wants, but lets face it, gilmour is better suited to sing this one. hurray for pink floyd!

[LaSamya]

Syd rest in peace.... 

[Bondsback2325]

This is the best version of Wish You Were Here. Roger sings it with passion. David Samson sings the song with no passion because he doesnt understand this song nor any of the songs that Roger wrote that he had the lucky situation of being allowed to sing. Roger shouldve sung the song for the album version too.

David Samson isnt a very convincing singer. He doesnt understand the songs.

[METALLICA7757]

@Bondsback2325 Absolutely, I pretty much agree.

[scriptori66]

It is not even close to David Gilmour performance. Roger Waters should not try to sing this song.

[eluap]

All you folks DO know that Waters is tone-deaf, don't you?

[derekwood83]

finally having an electric in this song doesn't suck, even if he's a lefty young buck

[omarmang]

Great song ...by waters...sounds better with Gilmour IMHO

[kayaman1963]

ive got to agree,,,,,,waters was the writer and gilmour the voice ....waters is killing the song with his wailing....

[jbkormos]

This is a song that transcends the singer. If one examines the pain expressed in the lyrics, the context of the song (beautifully expressed, btw) is truly universal for those who've felt the loss and subsequent desire of a love....

[jbkormos]

This is a song that transcends the singer. If one examines the pain expressed in the lyrics, the context of the song (beautifully expressed, btw) is truly universal for those who've felt the loss and subsequent desire of a love....

[orlanino]

To cut to the chase:

Mason - Earth

Gilmour - Air

Waters - Fire

Wright - Water

Barrett - 5 element

[tiberiusbrain]

@orlanino No man, Waters and Gilmour are like fire and water ;)

[whitegwada]

@orlanino : Really Awsome... Love Your post !!!!

[jugate89]

@orlanino waters is water, idiot.

[MegaChickenOnFire]

@jugate89 That made my day.

[jr17ize]

@orlanino WOW dats so awsome and so true

[TheArchangelxxi]

A band is much more than the sum of it's parts.

I've been a Floyd since they came out. In fact my first single was See Emily Play. Still have it.

[197600537]

when roger left, the 3 floyds produced nothing but ultra-studio enhanced crap, while caPitalizing on waters invention of the pink floyd laser light show (dave asked before darkside, "why cant we just go on stage and play?")....

[TomGreenUK]

Roger's voice is appropriate for this song and it is quite emotional. He deserves to have his own interpretation of it as it means so much to all of the band. I ain't keen on the arrangements here though. I would have liked to have heard Rick Wright sing it also.

[Geri77at]

schade das seine stimme kaputt ist!

[kosamf]

masterpiece!!!!!

The best version EVER

[pascal97133]

what a song

[pascal97133]

what a song

[Kando0615]

Why don't we make comments about this beatiful song, instead of Waters vs Gilmour? What they brought is priceless, I just wish it was more :)

[dmr2]

@Kando0615 becouse there is nothing to tell about this song, just listen!

[redfan1971]

Unless the Floyd play together, we may as well watch/listen to tribute bands.

[flevobirdy]

gilmore , waters ..... i cant chooce .......

[Hubbleknarf]

gilmour vs waters is a stupid debate

its a all a matter of opinion

[FugaciuDexter]

Well,I'm trying not to make a difference between Roger Waters and David Gilmoure...ok,that's right.but why the hell did Waters put that child to play the solo that belongs to Gilmour...I mean David it's a God,that child...look at 2:52,he looks so arrogant!He do not deserve to play on the same stage with Roger Waters.

[shallbeagain]

@tigerfan1984 Relax man and take it easy. I made a comment not an accusation. In "my opinion" you can't beat Gilmours version of this song both musically and vocally Gilmour has matured like a fine wine. But the whole universe of PF came from the mind of Waters. If PF never had Gilmour they wouldn't have been the same band no, but Waters was to PF as Lennon was to the Beatles if not even more than that.

[shallbeagain]

@tigerfan1984

Dark side of the moon - All lyrics written by Roger Waters

Wish you were here - All lyrics written by Roger Waters

Animals - All lyrics written by Roger Waters

The Wall - All songs (Except three) written and composed by Roger Waters

Now imagine Pink Floyd minus all that.

[musiclover9361]

Wow! The left-handed guitarist is wearing Stevie Ray Vaughan's neclace! Is it Doyle Bramhall II?

[MegaPatick]

si un jour je croise roger waters je le tue :@ ta pas le droit de jouer sa à la guitare électrique :@@@@ !!!!!!

[hedz98]

Please Roger, no more electric guitar in this. Your fans are telling you.

[specialross77]

@hedz98 I seccond that.

[fanshabs1]

Gilmour est vraiment le meilleur du groupe ,sa guitare dans la version de Waters fait pitié a entendre,la guitare electrique na pas sa place dans cette chanson.Roger Waters n'est rien sans David Gilmour.Et Gilmour a une bien meilleur voix que waters comparé les versions vous aller voir.Et Richard Wright est bien meilleur que celui qui est au clavier dans cette version...Rip Rick :'(

[ajcatman]

I prefer the original solo, voice and version.. this doesn't touch it.

[SuperJohnCenaFan23]

The guitar intro sounded bad. Where is Gilmour when we need him?

[mt1507]

Is apple better than orange?"How I wish that these stupid comments could disappear".

[wpw2]

Why does Roger sound like a southerner when he sings this?

[lightyear1993]

Gilmour is so much better



[dotsrmyfavycandy]

i don't like the electric guitar either....

[blayer2121]

They both have equal but separate qualities. Songs that Roger sings don't sound good sung by David and vice versa. David would not sound good singing "Mother" for example. Both have great qualities. Too bad they aren't both on stage at the same time singing the songs they should sing!!

[yunsic]

Hello guys! For true fans of Pink Floyd, Roger Waters is inseparable from the group. He gives strength to the songs and the musical power of the original group. Gilmour is as Phil Collins, Genesis, too soft and too pop for my taste. That is my point of view and I love Roger Waters, having seen a show at the Center Bell. It was mom best show to life, Dark Side of the Moon. Good listening to you all.

[lalolonko]

waters is the poet... gilmour is pink floyd....

[Frobe1357]

"David Gilmour Wish you were here live unplugged" just listen to this version and honestly tell me that Waters is a better singer than Gilmour

[bertfrantic]

I'd expect someone at Roger Waters level to be able to find better guitar players. The guy with the Strat seems to be especially away with the fairies rather than playing what the song needs.

[Heliass94]

this isn't just the same without David.. And I think this song should be played all acousticly.. but I liked it ;)

[cardo1111]

Roger is definitely at his best sonically when he is with this complate line-up (with the exception of the original Pink Floyd line-up of course). Nicely done, on this song as well as Comfortably Numb he could never replace/match Gilmour (and as a very bright man I'm sure that Roger is well aware of that) but nevertheless this was a solid well-done somewhat unique effort. Thanks for posting!

[markmatthewferguson]

It's not a contest between Rogers or Gilmour. It's a gift to us all...each of you criticizing one or the other obviously have a talent for criticism, but no talent for recognizing art. Finger paints, anyone?

[lshoopdawhoopl]

@marsstal As much as i love waters, he is not the only person who made Pink Floyd what it is. Pink Floyd was great with Syd Barret as their writer, and great with Waters as the writer. Even the post-waters floyd gave us great songs, like high hopes. I'm glad they never stopped ^_^

[marsstal]

@TheXtheguitaristX You don't know your facts. It his his own music, he wrote most of the PF stuff. PF without Roger is no PF any more. They should have stopped when Roger went.

[SIUcwb]

Different styles of singing, dear drivergene... but long, long time ago (in 70's) Gilmour was the first male voice which were more agreeable to my ears... but some songs sung by Waters sound good for me, like Possible Pasts, The Post War Dream and basically the entire The Final Cut album, if I'm not wrong he lead all vocals...

[electricheel]

let's musicians be that ! k!

[gugumorais11]

Nice try.

[patmurfi]

Good but not a patch on Gilmore

[finalfantsy9]

Who cares who sings it better, its a poem. Try telling Lou Reed his musics shite because he isn't the best singer.

[TheDeadhead56]

yep, i do like this version but the nod definetly goes to gilmour. waters would be good backing vocals on this. no knocks to waters, no disrespect...just sounds better with gilmour

[Cyclonus84]

Nice try Roger but you can't beat David on this one. He sings it BETTER.

[taylorracing9]

356 like to 10 dislikes not bad thank you roger

[kickbackfootballer]

how can 10 people fucking dislike this video i mean wtf!

[drivergene]

For those of you arguing that Waters is a better singer than Gilmour, look at your side bar, click on Gilmour singing this song and then try and tell me he's better. I give credit where its due, waters is an amazing songwriter, but has no where near the voice of David Gilmour

[jodonte1]

@drivergene DITTO BRO.....

[snowzonetelevision]

@drivergene his voice is just different, no better or worse!

[MrHyperChondriac]

@drivergene I agree that David has a great singing voice but roger has that rasp in his voice that gives it a little more emotion imo. both david and Roger are great in their own way :)

[dirmo77]

@drivergene Gilmour deffo sorry 

[eplenektar888888]

@drivergene I agreed on that Gilmour has the best and cleanest voice, but Roger just has so much emotions going on. You can tell that he is feeling it, and this he passes over to me as a listener.

All in all: Together they are perfect.

[pamelaxsx]

@drivergene Roger Waters is a far better singer in my opinion

[rafaellalarsen]

@drivergene you are absolutely right

[pancaikmix45]

@drivergene Roger Waters wrote the song though!!!!

[BigBrightBlueBox]

@drivergene Agreed completely. I respect them both, but the Gilmour version is touches my soul in a way this one doesn't.

[No1Stinger]

After seeing and hearing all about the Japanese losses in the earthquake I decamped to my room and put Wish You Were Here on and I could hardly hold the emotions in.

It's never been the quality of the actual voices of Waters and Gilmore, although I remain unconvinced that they aren't good, but the quality of what they wrote.

The band did lose a little something when Waters left, but it would have been like the death of a loved one had they folded. Now Rick Wright has gone it's all over.

[Theinoch]

WHY does it sound like they saying it not singin



[Benjy3634]

@Theinoch It's just Waters' voice quality. If you can't hear the melody in his voice, then you're tone deaf.

[Theinoch]

@Benjy3634 Maybe i cant hear melody in his voice, because it is not David Gilmour? I mean Roger is a good singer, but not quite a lead singer.

[Benjy3634]

@Theinoch They pretty much both sang on equal amounts of Pink Floyd's material, and Waters has had a far more successful solo career. These days he pretty much IS Pink Floyd. Just look at The Wall - Live in Berlin concert, or any of the concerts he stages nowadays. I don't think Gilmour has got quite near that. I'm not trying to slay Gilmour or nothing, I'm just saying that Waters' has done pretty good for himself as a lead singer. But he never got close to being a lead guitarist though.

[Theinoch]

@Benjy3634 Hm i guess you are right=)

Yay for Syd Barret Btw (his was name was Roger Barrett. No kidding, check Wikipedia)

[Benjy3634]

@Theinoch Yeah and the other dude on acoustic guitar in this video is Called Snowy White.

[TheBrea123]

AWSOME NO MATTER WHAT TALENT BEYOND IMAGINE AT THAT TIME FOREVER A LEGEND

[twinturbocharger1]

I ALSO LIKE TO WRITE IN CAPITALS!

[downjl]

How I wish, how I wish 10 people weren't here...

[joe876l]

WHY ARE WE USING CAPS LOCK?;O

[menthol5]

Richard Wright composed the melody, Roger Waters penned the lyrics and David Gilmour brought, "Wish You Were Here," to life. This song does not work without David Gilmour - sorry Roger. You are trying, but it does not work.

[Benjy3634]

@menthol5 To me Pink Floyd started going downhill when Waters made it his sole project, but when he left and Gilmour tried to keep going the ship sunk. I like this far better than the album version.

[menthol5]

@Benjy3634 I stand b y what I said.

[ChemHandbook]

I quite like the Country & Western slant to it,

I also like the fact it's electric not acoustic (most of it)

I like the Eastern European accent Roger Waters is putting on.

Nah, I'm joking, this isn't floyd, this isn't even David Gilmour,

Gilmour's version is so much better.

[rbertagopetah13]

For: Jamie Sue (If I am a million miles away I will find a way back to you)

[rickheyes0]

There was no Floyd without Waters, and no Floyd without Gilmour. Take this song for example, can you think of any other two versed song with such recognition. This was due to the amazing lyrics created by Waters. The same with Gilmours guitar work, making it one of the most renowned and loved intro's of all time. Here you can see Floyd only really creates such musical fusion when Rogers and Gilmour and together. The DB and MLOF both very skilled in the way of guitar, lack the lyrical support.

[leon5961]

@rickheyes0 rigtht. pink floyd minus roger or david equals nobody.

[rickheyes0]

@leon5961 Well said

[Matshoppahulle]

@leon5961 Roger Waters without Pink Floyd equals nothing.

I have their solo albums as well as all PF. The only solo album i play frequently

is Richard Wrights Wet dreams. Quite surprised myself as i thought Gilmour and Waters wrote

more. Maybe is was their egos who thought so.

[aim4thethroat]

@leon5961 Pink Floyd were a group of men who together made some of the best music ive had the privilege to hear and will probably never hear again in my life time @4:52 listen to what he says probably referring to his good friends who together were Pink Floyd. Floyd is the shit

[michaelhenriquesrj]

Tone...tone is badz..

[hboss1rr]

I am love with one of the female dancers. Wow she is hot!

[deanofoy]

to fuyivape ,

you are rude and unpleasant ,

please dont send me comments again,

just enjoy the floyd,

i am

[genesisjin]

@deanofoy this is not the floyd this is Roger Waters the creator of the floyd!!

[luchinicali]

solo digo q cada uno puede tener su opinion respecto a los conflictos de la banda,y esto no significa q este equivocado.es simplemente una opinion.y cada cual tiene derecho a tener una.i just say that everyone can have his own opinion about the bands conflicts.and that no mean he is wrong.is just an opinion and each one has the right to have his own.

[gunnarcamp]

Anyone else interpret the end where he says "I wish you were here" as a statement to david gilmour? Roger Waters wants to re-unite Pink Floyd, but David Gilmour isn't much interested in doing so. Don't get me wrong, I much prefer Gilmour over Waters. I wonder which concerts he will choose to play for Waters 2010-11 Wall tour.

[fuyivape]

@gunnarcamp you dont understand pink floyd... go fishing with guns n roses.... loser