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Is it true that Roger Waters couldn't sing this song due to an illness and that Gilmour didn't want to fill in? Who did sing it? I read this somewhere: "I've heard two reasons why Roy Harper sang it rather than Roger Waters or David Gilmour. A website said both were having trouble with the vocals and, since Harper was in the same studio doing his own stuff, they asked him. Another version (I think this came from a Gilmour interview) said neither of them felt like doing it so they asked Roy. The deal was Harper would do the vocals for season tickets for cricket from Roger, which he never received." 05:22, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Roger strained his voice while singing Shine on You Crazy Diamond, if I remember it correctly. That's why he was unable to sing Have a Cigar. I also seem to remember reading about Roger being a bit uneased about the fact that the rest of the band right away accepted that Roy Harper would do the lead vocals. Needless to say, the result is good, though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.213.254.185 ( talk) 07:15, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
I'm not sure whether it's a moog or a VCS 3 which did the lead lines in "Have A Cigar". The piercing sound is similar to a VCS 3. Although Richard Clews credited a VCS 3 in his article "Rick Wright - The Third Man". It was in a BRAIN DAMAGE redaction but I don' know which redaction it was - sadly...HEINZ
Okay, I know that the "who played bass on what" issue is contentious. But is there "Additional bass guitar" by Gilmour or isn't there? It's likely that he did play at least part of it on this song — his playing is more fluid and melodic than Roger's more rhythmic, harmonically-simple playing. Still, it's obvious that there are at least two basslines here (one of which is a clavinet), hence "additional", but then perhaps Roger didn't play anything at all on this track. Any suggestions on how this might be clarified? BotleySmith 19:13, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
I had always intepreted the final AM-radio sound filter to represent Syd being forced to listen to the band on a radio at home instead of being in his rightful place, making music with the band he had originally founded. Is there any validity to this theory? - Eugene Huang 08:17, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Have Floyd ever performed Have a Cigar live with Roger on vocals? I just wonder what the song would sound like with the originally intended man singing it. - Robski 11:30, 16th August 2006 (GMT)
Am moving the reference to other people's cover versions to a new trivia sub-section. 83.180.184.252 01:09, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
In the third paragraph of 'composition' the word 'rumour' is used twice. The first time it is spelt the American way and the second time, the English Way ("hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" - name that lyric). Which spelling do we go for? The double use sounds clumsy anyway, that should be tidied up. Milstrom 22:23, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
There is a school of thought that the rhythm instrument changes from clavinet to guitar. The opening riff is clavinet and bass and not guitar for the first 11 bars of the song, then switches to guitar and from there back and forth between the two. Gr8ful ken ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:29, 7 September 2011 (UTC).
During a quest at the south point gate they drop the reference: "Come on in boy. Have a cigar, you're gonna go far."
The text alongside the media file states ""Have a Cigar" was sung by Roy Harper, something that Waters later regretted." Is there a source or citation to back this up? There is nothing in the article itself or anything that alludes to any regret. Stephenjh ( talk) 16:38, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
»"Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Parts I–V) (Italian and French singles)« -- wait a minute! A 13-minute track on a 7" single? Can somebody confirm that? Thx! 85.179.16.210 ( talk) 16:39, 10 March 2013 (UTC) Arnd
Does anybody feel this is hard rock-ish? It has that same vibe Money and other hard rocking songs do. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.81.33.59 ( talk) 03:20, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
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Is it true that Roger Waters couldn't sing this song due to an illness and that Gilmour didn't want to fill in? Who did sing it? I read this somewhere: "I've heard two reasons why Roy Harper sang it rather than Roger Waters or David Gilmour. A website said both were having trouble with the vocals and, since Harper was in the same studio doing his own stuff, they asked him. Another version (I think this came from a Gilmour interview) said neither of them felt like doing it so they asked Roy. The deal was Harper would do the vocals for season tickets for cricket from Roger, which he never received." 05:22, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Roger strained his voice while singing Shine on You Crazy Diamond, if I remember it correctly. That's why he was unable to sing Have a Cigar. I also seem to remember reading about Roger being a bit uneased about the fact that the rest of the band right away accepted that Roy Harper would do the lead vocals. Needless to say, the result is good, though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.213.254.185 ( talk) 07:15, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
I'm not sure whether it's a moog or a VCS 3 which did the lead lines in "Have A Cigar". The piercing sound is similar to a VCS 3. Although Richard Clews credited a VCS 3 in his article "Rick Wright - The Third Man". It was in a BRAIN DAMAGE redaction but I don' know which redaction it was - sadly...HEINZ
Okay, I know that the "who played bass on what" issue is contentious. But is there "Additional bass guitar" by Gilmour or isn't there? It's likely that he did play at least part of it on this song — his playing is more fluid and melodic than Roger's more rhythmic, harmonically-simple playing. Still, it's obvious that there are at least two basslines here (one of which is a clavinet), hence "additional", but then perhaps Roger didn't play anything at all on this track. Any suggestions on how this might be clarified? BotleySmith 19:13, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
I had always intepreted the final AM-radio sound filter to represent Syd being forced to listen to the band on a radio at home instead of being in his rightful place, making music with the band he had originally founded. Is there any validity to this theory? - Eugene Huang 08:17, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Have Floyd ever performed Have a Cigar live with Roger on vocals? I just wonder what the song would sound like with the originally intended man singing it. - Robski 11:30, 16th August 2006 (GMT)
Am moving the reference to other people's cover versions to a new trivia sub-section. 83.180.184.252 01:09, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
In the third paragraph of 'composition' the word 'rumour' is used twice. The first time it is spelt the American way and the second time, the English Way ("hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" - name that lyric). Which spelling do we go for? The double use sounds clumsy anyway, that should be tidied up. Milstrom 22:23, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
There is a school of thought that the rhythm instrument changes from clavinet to guitar. The opening riff is clavinet and bass and not guitar for the first 11 bars of the song, then switches to guitar and from there back and forth between the two. Gr8ful ken ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:29, 7 September 2011 (UTC).
During a quest at the south point gate they drop the reference: "Come on in boy. Have a cigar, you're gonna go far."
The text alongside the media file states ""Have a Cigar" was sung by Roy Harper, something that Waters later regretted." Is there a source or citation to back this up? There is nothing in the article itself or anything that alludes to any regret. Stephenjh ( talk) 16:38, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
»"Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Parts I–V) (Italian and French singles)« -- wait a minute! A 13-minute track on a 7" single? Can somebody confirm that? Thx! 85.179.16.210 ( talk) 16:39, 10 March 2013 (UTC) Arnd
Does anybody feel this is hard rock-ish? It has that same vibe Money and other hard rocking songs do. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.81.33.59 ( talk) 03:20, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
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