Favourite Gilmour solo

GreatBeyonder wrote: Outside the Barrett years, The Final Cut has the least Gilmour of any PF album, but it has some truly gut-wrenching solos on it.

5 solos on the album. He didn't really get soloing much until Meddle. Saucer? Ummagumma? Most of his work was harmony until PF moved from space rock to prog rock. Whatever that is. But what solos did he play? Funky Dung. Embryo live (which is awesome). I think he really got going about '71 with the terrific rock arrangements of Atom Heart Mother.

Maybe he was inspired after being the soundman for Jimi Hendrix at the Isle Of Wight Fest (who better? Oh maybe Alan Parsons). Anyway, Dark Side doesn't have many solos on. There's Money and Time. Shame they did not use an earlier version of Breathe with a lovely solo introducing it, substituting the very toned down harmonies instead.

Lucky Roger wrote the Wall, plenty of DG guitar solos all over that.

Since some guest guitar playing from him has been mentioned, I should add "In a Broken Dream", by Rod Stewart, which actually is a "cover" from a band in the 70's for whom he sang... then in the 90's recorded it with Gilmour on guitars (and John Bonham on keyboards, which also adds some beautiful textures). Actually, when I looked it up on YouTube, my wife could identify that it was Rod Stewart and David Gilmour, without even knowing what I was listening to. However, it has become my favourite Rod Stewart song.

Gilmour could've done more on Supertramp's Brother Where You Bound album.
And his soloing on Macca's No More Lonely Nights ballad is superb, had it not been for Gilmour, it would just be another generic song.

Edited by Tom Ozric - March 15 2016 at 20:49

Still love Rattle That Lock. Not as good as Island, whips About Face, and on-par with his debut. I don't think my life would be the same without Gilmour guitar.

^ Yes - I noticed that too - such laid-back, beautiful music. Gilmour is well in his element. Much of On An Island (especially the Gdansk versions) are an extension of Marooned. Just blissfully serene, really hits the spot.

^ Oooh, Marooned .........    Could listen to it for hours.......

Money.

Comfortably Numb, followed by Dogs and Shine On

I hate to say it but I feel as if we'll never get one. I don't have a very good reason but it's been 45 years since it. Why should it come out now? I'd love to have it as it is my second favourite live show ever but I just will never see it happening.

^ Years ago, I had a vinyl bootleg of Pompeii - I had to get a friend of mine to alter the speed on his turntable to get the right pitch. Thankfully, I taped it and have kept it (not that I've played it for 'donkeys' ) but, I jettisoned the vinyl from my collection around 2000......... It would be quite something if that Pompeii recording got an official audio release...........esp. on vinyl..................

Edited by Tom Ozric - March 15 2016 at 20:50