Chula Vista

You understand what the title alludes to? And the overall vibe of the album?

Floyd had just conquered the universe with one of the most epic albums of all time. They got back into the studio and were stuck. Roger was basically saying "Syd, I wish you were here."

And the album developed from that. Very sad and meloncholy. A mix of commenting on becomming a superstar band and being swallowed by the industry mixed with the guys just feeling sad about Barrett.

Ever hear the story about how Syd just showed up one day at the studio during the recording sessions of WYWH and he was so overweight and had shaved his head and eyebrows so the band at first didn't recognize him.

Once Gilmour figured it out he broke down crying. As did the other guys. Syd left without speaking a word.

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”