Pink Floyd and David Gilmour

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Author Message   Johns Username: Johns Registered: 2-2001 Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 5:42 pm:    I can still remember the first time I ever heard Time, in 1975. The alarms going off, the strange ticking/heartbeat, and then that bass...I was hooked! I immediately bought DSOTM. It's probably the only vinyl record that I actually wore out! I've been mesmerized by PF and David Gilmour's guitar playing, ever since.   Chucke99 Username: Chucke99 Registered: 2-2007 Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 8:34 pm:    I'm with you, John. For me, Animals will always be the best Floyd album, though, for sheer clarity of theme and quality of the music. Gilmore is at his best too. I came of age after DSOTM was released. The first Floyd album I bought brand new was Wish You Were Here. That's my number two favorite Floyd. (I've got Welcome to the Machine playing in my head right now.) David Gilmore's solo artistry is unbelievable. What phrasing! The spaces between his notes are more powerful than a thousand shredders and their 64th notes! When I hear Gilmore playing a solo, I swear I can hear WORDS being sung. That's what i strive for when I play a solo.   Talajuha Username: Talajuha Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Friday, June 08, 2007 - 6:57 am:    Does the lyrics of "Money" on DSOTM tell about (guitar) collectors? I have DSOTM LP, "The Dark Side Of The Moon" for those who don't know Pink Floyd. It is not worn out. I am not that big fan of their music though Gilmore is hell of a guitar player. Juha   Talajuha Username: Talajuha Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Friday, June 08, 2007 - 7:21 am:    OOOPS, He is David Gilmour not Gilmore. I'v got gingerism infection, I'm afraid Juha   Ibanezfreak1960 Username: Ibanezfreak1960 Registered: 3-2004 Posted on Friday, June 08, 2007 - 8:47 am:    I have been teaching a lot of this album to a particualr student of mine who just graduated from high school this week. He loves it! We just id BREATHE last night. Thats not a hard track to play but when you listen to all the layers of guitar on it, its perfect. I brought my lap steel and volume pedal to show how some of those parts were done. They were brilliant. That Album was Allen Parsons' at the mixing console. He started at EMI as a tape operater on the beatles Let it Be sessions. Man did he learn fast!   Bobzilla Username: Bobzilla Registered: 2-2005 Posted on Monday, June 11, 2007 - 11:09 am:    Last week, on my local cable TV "Public Access" channel, somebody ran the video of "The Wizard of Oz" movie with DSOTM as the soundtrack, with the original movie soundtrack completely removed. Some things from the DSOTM soundtrack really seemed to coincide with the movie, some things were a stretch of the imagination. The thing that made me think there was some affiliation between the two was.... whenever a scene changed in the flick, a new song from DSOTM would come on, in synch with the video of the movie. I believe "Money" came on as Dorothy was starting down the yellow brick road. I don't know what "money" would have to do, as far as making sense, with the imagery there at that point in the film. In any event, it was very interesting to see. Unfortunately, it came to a point where there was a close-up of the wicked with and then it just froze. The video froze, the audio went blank and it just stuck there. I waited for quite some time but it never resumed and eventually, it was gone. Too bad, it was interesting to say the least.   Bobzilla Username: Bobzilla Registered: 2-2005 Posted on Monday, June 11, 2007 - 11:11 am:    That's "Wicked Witch" (above) sorry for my lousy typing skills, I use 2 index fingers to type.   Emilio Username: Emilio Registered: 9-2004 Posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 - 3:19 pm:    Talajuha, dont worry, David Gilmore is also a fantastic guitarplayer,Check him out,master! cheers emilio   Talajuha Username: Talajuha Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 - 3:55 pm:    Yes, but he plays different kind of music on different kind of guitar. As bad thing is that sometimes I can't remember who is who: Richie Blackmore of Deep Purple and David Gilmour not to mention other slips of my memory. Deep Purple with Richie Blackmore g, could be worth of a thread. Juha   Fingersmcoy Username: Fingersmcoy Registered: 10-2006 Posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 - 4:05 pm:    I once heard a DSOTM whole album in Reggae wow talk about a mind blower.I dont remember what band did it, maybe ill e-mail the radio station?   Talajuha Username: Talajuha Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 - 4:53 pm:    ARRGH, Richie??? Who??? Slips of my memory??? One more try Ritchie Blackmore and Deep Purple   Bobzilla Username: Bobzilla Registered: 2-2005 Posted on Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 2:42 pm:    There is a complete "country" version of "The Wall" out. It is so intensely good that you guys will freak, track it down on the web, you'll find it. BUY IT! It's nuts. A friend of mine played me a bit off it, I foprget the artist/band that did it.   Brucifer Username: Brucifer Registered: 9-2007 Posted on Sunday, September 30, 2007 - 11:24 pm:    Meddle is one of my favorite early albums. i luv Fearless, great track. DSOTM CLASSIC!!!!! Yes, Animals is the all time best overall listening experience. Everything is perfectly placed on that record. It's so sparse and open. They show what you can do with some simple themes/idea's and a little/alot of creativity. I think I'm gonna put the headphones on now and let the needle down on some vinyl;}   Zenday Username: Zenday Registered: 2-2007 Posted on Monday, October 01, 2007 - 1:13 am:    I thought the wish you were here album was fantastcic, the whole shine on you crazy diamond movement had some very deep emotion to his playing..   Ubetcha Username: Ubetcha Registered: 7-2006 Posted on Monday, October 01, 2007 - 8:26 am:    Pink Floyd is/was an utterly classic sound. One of those sounds that immediately takes me back to earlier times & places. I do have a beef with them, however. The term "Dark Side of the Moon" is incorrect & meaningless. The correct term is the farside of the moon. I know it's ridiculous, but it just bothers me. I'm an amateur astronomer & a telescope builder, and for decades now I have run into people who will say "the dark side of the moon" just because of that song. It drives me crazy.   Chucke99 Username: Chucke99 Registered: 2-2007 Posted on Monday, October 01, 2007 - 1:45 pm:    Ubetcha, the "dark side" of the moon has nothing to do with whether light shines on the surface. It's a metaphor for Syd Barrett's decent into madness. :-) -Chuck   Brucifer Username: Brucifer Registered: 9-2007 Posted on Monday, October 01, 2007 - 4:44 pm:    Your right Zenday. Those opening 4 notes Gilmour plays in SOYCD give me shivers every time. G______F_______Bflat_______E   Chucke99 Username: Chucke99 Registered: 2-2007 Posted on Monday, October 01, 2007 - 5:27 pm:    I was just watching a Floyd documentary on Syd Barrett and at one point Gilmour said something about just messing around with an Amin chord but playing it one fret off, and ending up with the opening notes to SOYCD. But I'm just trying to map the notes you give, Brucifer (which sound right in my head) but I don't see how Gilmour could have stumbled upon them trying to play an Amin.   Brucifer Username: Brucifer Registered: 9-2007 Posted on Monday, October 01, 2007 - 10:54 pm:    my understandig of the chord is: G 5th fret 4th string (ring finger) F 6th fret 2nd string (pinky) Bflat 3rd fret 3rd string (1st finger) E open first string Genius. I think i saw that Doc late night on VH1 a couple months back. enjoyed it thoroughly.   Chucke99 Username: Chucke99 Registered: 2-2007 Posted on Monday, October 01, 2007 - 11:30 pm:    Got it. It IS a transposition error on an Amin. The G is open on the third string, but the FIRST note is actually the B flat. So: B flat, 4th string, 8th fret F, 2nd string, 6th fret G, 3rd string, open E, 1st string, open If you move the two pressed notes (4th and 2nd strings) down one fret (where they should have been in the first place if Gilmour hadn't moved them by accident) you have an A and an E which fit into an A minor chord. Again, genius. -Chuck   Chazmo Username: Chazmo Registered: 3-2007 Posted on Tuesday, October 02, 2007 - 11:07 am:    I've been working out "Wish you were here" lately on my Taylor 12-string, as recommended to me by other ICW members. Relatively simple song. Truly haunting guitar solos and lyrics. Love it. I don't know if that song was on Dark Side or not, but it's a great acoustic choice. Wasn't much of a Pink Floyd fan when I was younger, but have grown to like some of their music. Good choice, Johns!   Chazmo Username: Chazmo Registered: 3-2007 Posted on Tuesday, October 02, 2007 - 11:10 am:    (oh, I see Chuck mentioned "Wish you were here," already... Sounds like we agree! Best wishes)   Mrblanche Username: Mrblanche Registered: 1-2006 Posted on Tuesday, October 02, 2007 - 11:56 am:    If there is any more classicly British rock song than "Time," I don't know what it is. It just oozes the English sense of irony and understated humor. "Oops, the song's over...thought I'd something more to say..."   Chucke99 Username: Chucke99 Registered: 2-2007 Posted on Tuesday, October 02, 2007 - 3:19 pm:    Blanch, another line from "Time": "No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun." Compare that to a stanza from "Comfortably Numb" which gets at the same theme of lost opportunity: "When I was a child, I caught a fleeting glimpse, out of the corner of my eye; I turned to look but it was gone, I cannot put my finger on it now; The child is grown, the dream is gone." It gives me chills just to type out the words.   Johns Username: Johns Registered: 2-2001 Posted on Tuesday, October 02, 2007 - 5:37 pm:    Chazmo: Wish You Were Here is the title track of.... I love that song, too. You can see some pretty good renditions of it on several DVDs. The David Gilmour - In Concert DVD gives you a good idea of how easy the rhythm is because they show a closeup of the piano player doing the rhythym.   Chazmo Username: Chazmo Registered: 3-2007 Posted on Tuesday, October 02, 2007 - 7:41 pm:    Trust me, John... If I can learn it in a day (I did), it's gotta' be easy! "Sooooo, so you think you can tell heaven from h31l, blue skies from pain..."   Mrblanche Username: Mrblanche Registered: 1-2006 Posted on Tuesday, October 02, 2007 - 10:06 pm:    Let me recommend (no news to any of you, I'm sure) "The Delicate Sound of Thunder" CD. It has very different arrangements of almost every song on it. "Money" even has a bass solo in the middle of it you won't hear elsewhere.   Zenday Username: Zenday Registered: 2-2007 Posted on Wednesday, October 03, 2007 - 1:53 am:    Brucifier you got that right on the opening credits chills! From then on its all gravy baby! He taught me a very useful tool which is the bend to whole note twice then bend to two whole notes . Always gets me outta trouble !

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