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Poll Question: What's your favourite Gilmour solo?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Floydoid Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2015 at 04:54
Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

^ About virtuosity. In rock there are any number of guitarists who are blindingly fast -- and are as nondescript as cans of beans or doorknobs. It is really something to be instantly recognizable in only a few notes, like Gilmour.


Nor do many guitarists put quite as much emotion into their playing as DG manages.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote akaBona Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2015 at 17:29
Shine On Your Crazy diamond
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Dellinger Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2015 at 22:10
Originally posted by Kati Kati wrote:


This is a fantastic version of the original ApproveThumbs UpHeart David Gilmour & David Bowie - Comfortably Numb



From this concerts, I prefer the version from Live in Gdansk, with Wright on vocals and orchestra... mostly because it features the longer solo at the end.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote DDPascalDD Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 29 2015 at 03:38
Yes the orchestra is brilliant there! Wasn't there also the version of Echoes where Wright makes that outstanding intro?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Tom Ozric Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 29 2015 at 04:19
^ .....and shines on the psychedelic bridge to the last section, with his old Farfisa organ
..........I miss having Rick Wright in this world........
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote DDPascalDD Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 29 2015 at 04:38
Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

^ .....and shines on the psychedelic bridge to the last section, with his old Farfisa organ
..........I miss having Rick Wright in this world........

Everyone should miss him!
He also seemed like such a nice guy!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Meltdowner Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 29 2015 at 04:46
Shine On has many votes, so I voted for Time, which was the first I learned to play. It never fails to move me.
There are two others I love that aren't on the list: Coming Back To Life and Remember That Night.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote O666 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 29 2015 at 08:54
Originally posted by DDPascalDD DDPascalDD wrote:

Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

^ .....and shines on the psychedelic bridge to the last section, with his old Farfisa organ
..........I miss having Rick Wright in this world........

Everyone should miss him!
He also seemed like such a nice guy!
Its very hard to believe for me that We lost him. (R.I.P) Rick   Cry 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Dellinger Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 29 2015 at 22:00
Originally posted by DDPascalDD DDPascalDD wrote:

Yes the orchestra is brilliant there! Wasn't there also the version of Echoes where Wright makes that outstanding intro?


Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

^ .....and shines on the psychedelic bridge to the last section, with his old Farfisa organ
..........I miss having Rick Wright in this world........


As far as I remember, the versions of Echoes from "Remember that Night" (the DVD version) and "Live in Gdansk" (the CD version - with some songs on DVD anyway) are just about the same, and the Gdansk version didn't feature the orchestra. However, I don't remember anything particularly memorable with the intro... except that it's beatiful, just as is the original and the whole song. As for the farfisa on the bridge to the last section... well, I don't know if I understand the particular part you are talking about, but I do remember being very disapointed with the keyboards just after the screaming guitars part and just before the main melody begins... on the studio version it's got such a beautiful little melody, and it was totally undone with this live version, it's got the keyboards, but with no particularly notable melody (plus there are several other elements on this come-back section that disapoint me... the drums... the guitars... oh well). Actually, I mostly like this Gilmour solo versions of the song better, for the guitar solos are stronger, and in general I feel the song more mature in it's playing, but because of this particular section, specially the keyboards, I still prefer the studio version (plus, the vocals are better on the studio one too).
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Tom Ozric Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 30 2015 at 00:16
^ Yeah, it's that build-up after the guitar squealing, has that nostalgic, early 70's vibe captured perfectly with his old organ, just magnificent.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Dellinger Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 30 2015 at 22:07
However, I still find the way he played it in the original so much more beautiful. Perhaps you should just listen to that section on both versions one after the other, paying attention to the keyboards, and perhaps you'll notice what I mean. Or perhaps you'll just disagree.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote FragileBrick Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 31 2015 at 09:42
Comfortably Numb, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Hey You... so many great Gilmour solos, for me it's impossible to pick only one.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Tom Ozric Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 31 2015 at 10:27
Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

However, I still find the way he played it in the original so much more beautiful. Perhaps you should just listen to that section on both versions one after the other, paying attention to the keyboards, and perhaps you'll notice what I mean. Or perhaps you'll just disagree.
Good idea actually. I shall compare and contrast.........
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote DDPascalDD Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 31 2015 at 15:12
I meant the keyboard intro here:



Indeed the keyboard in the build-up is much worse and I think the drums too. Though I prefer this solo (after the build-up) over the studio.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote HackettFan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 31 2015 at 17:44
...You Crazy Diamond
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Dellinger Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 31 2015 at 19:30
Originally posted by DDPascalDD DDPascalDD wrote:

I meant the keyboard intro here:



Indeed the keyboard in the build-up is much worse and I think the drums too. Though I prefer this solo (after the build-up) over the studio.


Yeah, that is great of course, but Tom Ozric has been talking about the keyboard after the screaming guitars section, and that's what I have been discussing about too. Unless we ara all talking about different things
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Dellinger Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 31 2015 at 19:35
Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

Originally posted by DDPascalDD DDPascalDD wrote:

I think it's a pity they didn't really use Wright with composing, summer '68 was very creative I thought and would be an excellent addition to Floyd to brighten it up, some more happiness and up-temponess.
Maybe it's a question of taste though.


Wright did write many other songs... and they weren't nearly so happy. For a healthy amount of collaboration from Wright on a Floyd album, there's Dark Side of the Moon, that album wouldn't be half as good without what Wright brought in.


I just read a review of the song Echoes, in which the writer states that the music from Echoes was mostly composed by Wright... that would make it my new favourite song from him, and give him even greater credit within the writing skills of the band.

Edited by Dellinger - March 15 2016 at 23:16
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Kati Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 31 2015 at 20:04

Gilmour did not collaborate happily on Dogs or Pigs Big smile

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Dellinger Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 01 2016 at 12:54
Originally posted by Kati Kati wrote:

Gilmour did not collaborate happily on Dogs or Pigs Big smile



What do you mean? Of course Dogs was mostly his, as far as I understand... how happy he was when he created that piece of music I have no idea. And the music for Pigs is suposed to be entirley Waters, however, as has been stated sometimes, who know how much of an impact the arrangements done by Gilmour (or Wright, for that matter) had on the final product.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Follix Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 01 2016 at 15:23
^ There is no doubt in my mind that Gilmour and Wright input on this particular is tremendous, there is no chance it would sound anywhere close if it was a solo Waters song. Probably a very basic 5 minutes acoustic version. I feel the same way about ''Money'' and ''Cigar'' too.
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