PINK FLOYD

Wish You Were Here

(Columbia)

Ah lads, so you’ve tasted success and found that you don’t care for it? More’s the pity. There’s plenty of bands that would love to be in your shoes, you know. Well, let’s get down to business: what do you want out of all this, anyway?

Rock continues to mature and confront its own paradoxes, despite its inherent infantilism. Mick tells himself that it’s only rock ’n roll to sedate himself to mere show-biz status, perhaps having finally convinced himself (and his audience?) of his own impotence to inspire anything more substantial than an orgasm. Townshend remains ari articulate intelligence (though his next attempt will be crucial) gnd there are others who come through sporadically: Dylans Lennon, Newman, Bowie, Hunter, etc. And the Floyd, whose recent step-up from cult band to superstardom has brought about some changes in perception as well as lifestyle.