Multiple choice general knowledge

When Pink Floyd sang 'Shine on you crazy diamond', who or what were they referring to?

  1. Syd Barret

  2. The Kohinoor diamond

  3. Marlyn Monroe

  4. The Sun
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Explanation

Pink Floyd's 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' is a tribute to their former bandmate Syd Barrett, who founded the band but had to leave due to deteriorating mental health from drug use. The song appears on their 1975 album 'Wish You Were Here' and was written by Roger Waters. The Kohinoor diamond, Marilyn Monroe, and the Sun are unrelated distractors - the title metaphorically refers to Barrett as a 'crazy diamond' - brilliant but troubled.

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