Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
What started as a song about one of Pink Floyd’s founding members also represented the band’s atmosphere in the studio at the time it was being recorded for the album Wish You Were Here in the middle of the 1970s. About Syd Barrett, a founding member of Pink Floyd, and his struggle with schizophrenia, the title song was penned. Waters thought the song, which the band had just finished recording, also captured their sentiments of exhaustion from the business.
Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
With the release of “Free Bird,” a powerful song about a guy attempting to explain to a girl why he can’t settle down into a normal, tranquil existence, the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd solidified their place in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The nearly 10-minute recording gives all three of Skyndyrd’s lead guitarists—Allen Collins, Ed King, and Gary Rossington—enough time to record multiple epic solos.
Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd