Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd is not one of my favorite bands, and I pretty much don't listen to their stuff of my own volition. I did see them on tour and it was a great show. Regardless of how much or little I like them, they were a great band.

In contrast, Rockstar: Supernova was not a great show. There was one moment, though - one of the contestants sing Wish You Were Here, by Pink Floyd. It wasn't the rendition that made it great, though - they cut over to Jason Newsted at one point, and he was wiping away tears. 99% percent of the audience probably thought it was a little odd.

This is the thing - every musician who has ever played that song, even if it was just in rehearsal, had someone they were thinking of when they played it. Gilmour and Waters wrote the song about  Syd Barrett, lost to drugs and madness.

I don't know who Jason Newsted lost, but when my band plays the song, I play it for my father.