Song review

The song I chose to research was my favorite song, "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" by Pink Floyd.  Before looking up the review I honestly had no idea what the song was about. The man who reviewed it started by talking about what he thought of the band in general. He actually did not like Pink Floyd very much and was generally critical of them. He said that once the seventies came they were depressing and had no heart in their songs. I really like Pink Floyd so I obviously didn't agree with this part of the review. He then went on to comment on the song. He said that "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" was the most beautiful thing ever written. It explains how their former band member Syd Barrett went from being a young genius to a crazy embarrassment. Despite this, the band members all felt guilty because it was caused by the band's fame and the grief united them. Because of this unity and grief, every member was on the same page and able to create a beautiful song from the heart. It was so great because it was truly just music with no band politics or desire to sell more albums in mind. I learned a lot from this part of the review and enjoyed reading it. The song is very soothing while still managing to have a lot of emotional flow from the music. If I was reviewing this, I definitely would focus solely on the song as opposed to reviewing both the song and band. I think the song is so unique and has so many positive things to say about it, that there is no need to cram anything else into the review.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyqgjCKm9nQ -song
http://www.laurahird.com/bestrecords/wishyouwerehere.html  -review