David Gilmour hates prog : -)

I bet if you asked most old prog musicians what was in their old record collection..there would'nt be much prog in there.

9 times out of 10 most musicians of the early era were Classical or Jazz trained/influenced,usually their preference in listerning too i guess.

con safo wrote: Without gilmour waters would have been lost. Case in point; The Final Cut

Without Waters there is no Pink Floyd. Case in point; Momentary Lapse Of Reason & The Division Bell. Even the great Bob Ezrin coudn't save these two Gilmour solo albums from being very poor

I am not anti Dave Gilmour, just being realistic. Like I say, he's a good guitarist but isn't up there with the greats. Gilmour has a great ear for melody but lacks good technical ability. He cannot be compared to the Howe's, Fripp's, Satriani's & Vai's of this world.

The last two Floyd albums don't have one memorable track on them. This was the proof that without Waters there cannot be a Pink Floyd!

The truth of the matter is that most post 80's prog bands copy Gilmour's guitar sound because it isn't difficult to do!

I think they complemented eachother well as musicians, the albums that they worked on together (and under good terms) were their best albums... and the albums that either one took head role in were their weakest.

Not saying gilmour is as able as Steve Howe, but he is a good guitarist.

Arteum wrote: Ha ha ha! At least he hates YES the most ;-) But, if seriously, I think David Gilmour does not hate any of these bands. He just made fun of the interviewer.

I also considered it some kind of a joke when I read it..

Another interesting thing I've come across browsing through the internet, is, that possibly the most hated once-a-prog-musician by the members of this forum, the great drummer Phil Collins actually liked prog, especially Yes. Just look below (sorry if it is hard to read) 

I doubt that would be his answers today This is probably from around 1972-74.

Progger wrote: I am not anti Dave Gilmour, just being realistic. Like I say, he's a good guitarist but isn't up there with the greats. Gilmour has a great ear for melody but lacks good technical ability. He cannot be compared to the Howe's, Fripp's, Satriani's & Vai's of this world. The last two Floyd albums don't have one memorable track on them. This was the proof that without Waters there cannot be a Pink Floyd! The truth of the matter is that most post 80's prog bands copy Gilmour's guitar sound because it isn't difficult to do!

no, people like rothery are very capable guitarists, they dont play like gilmour because its easy, its because its a great style...gilmour is a great guitarist, like forgotten son said, there really is too much gilmour bashing on this thread, really...im ashamed of you guys.