David Gilmour "I Can't Breathe Any More" 1978

[Deltarogers]

Would it be awkward if he played "Breathe" after this?????

[AlexTecnosistemas]

David, you are the best singer and guitarrist of the world!!!!

[capebee]

This guy never fails to blow me away. Phenomenal.

[n2motocross]

starting @ 2:53 Davids soloing on that Gretch is so damn sweet.

[derfzus]

One of my most favorite albums of all time!! "Comfortably Numb", which was written for this album and would have fit in perfectly, was done too late to be used. So, it was included on "The Wall" . Gilmour, was so much the heart of Pink Floyd that his solo works could be mistaken for the group. If you had to answer the question, "Oh, by the way, which one's Pink?", it would be DG!!

[brb0713]

@derfzus that is way interesting about comfortably numb ,,, please say where it can be read up on ,

[derfzus]

@brb0713 Sorry...just saw this....I saw this comment in the wikipedia on Gilmour. It sites a reference from the book "A Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey", (pp 121-122), which is an in-depth biography of the group. I've just read reviews about the book and plan to order a copy as it appears to give lots of insight to the music.

[paulo70412]

DAVID GILMOUR FOREVER

[jamesa4050]

after a 3rd listen, i'm still getting a rush.

...but being sensible i'll exercise my self control and put this away for awhile to avoid

building a tolerance, well ok, just one more time but then thats it for a month!

[jamesa4050]

..."i know that i really will."

and then the guitar player breaks free and i get chills; body and brain.

i haven't heard this in years and coming back to it triggers a release.

[dise990]

same here....Gilmour rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!

[68moptop]

same for me moderator

[floridashorti]

such killer talent......Gilmour RULES.

[MrDodstink]

04 assholes MUST BREATH ANYMORE AT ALL!

[blackstone777]

Wow, he's not using a Strat. Looks like a Les Paul or a Les Paul knock-off. Cool.

[RadioMuse1]

@blackstone777

It's a black Gretch Electromatic Pro Jet. ^_^ No knock off!

[mikebloomfirld66]

@RadioMuse1 good call on the pro jet

[MrGonzorhea]

The guitar sounds are so perfect, I'm jealous. And a real B3 Organ! Sweetass.

[ratbatblu]

Not to take anything away from On An Island or About Face, because I love both of those, but this first solo album to me is just head and shoulders above those. I wish he had done some songs from this on his last tour.

[AlphaGeminorium]

I first heard this in 1980 and fell in LOVE with David's solo career. Wow. 30 years ago and it's still as good as it was when he first recorded this awesome tune.

[TheBeatlefloyd]

beautiful,

the song AND DAVID

[777sicilia]

perfect!!! there is no other way to describe david gilmour!!

[00Jose00]

Got that trademark Gilmour surround sound. I can recognize him anywhere.

[apexm5]

For all of us old prog rockers there is some great new music out there, just have to look, e.g. Radiohead, Peter Yorn, Snow Patrol, etc., etc. The top ten hits have never been that good. The Archies had top 40 hits in the 60's. ;-) I have been watching lots of Peter Gabriel videos on youtube. One of the greats also.

[IsisTiamat]

omg...was there anybody more perfect walking the face of this earth in 1978 than David Gilmour?!

[dougout1231]

Hip hop what? It just sounds like David Gilmour.

[u2bMODERATOR]

I know i will have many thumbs down , but anyway , he is the best guitar player for me , and best voice!

[tubbybasset]

@u2bMODERATOR Not from me mate, BIG thumbs up, could not agree with you more.

[u2bMODERATOR]

@tubbybasset thanks!

[andrewlittley]

@u2bMODERATOR

Gets my vote too.. he's the greats, even today..

[tff1293]

@u2bMODERATOR No thumbs down from me buddy. Although countless guitar players play much more technically impressive guitar, no guitarist i have ever listened to has moved me as much as david gilmour. He does a good job at not over playing, but playing only the notes that send chills down my spine.

[u2bMODERATOR]

@tff1293 Yes, it is your right . But you must consider that it is a mistake putting yngwie malmsteen among the 10, for instance . They use to compare the velocity on strings to determinate how good a guitar player is. For me it is a matter of how the musician manages to play without sound the same , and without going out from his personal mark . Gilmour when does basic things, it fits so well to him, that i can´t see other musician doing the same .Clapton, the contrary, is boring.

[oj8b709q]

one of the greatest!!!

[michaelz372]

1sthear, fantastic gretsch sound

[MrEVIL1666]

music is dead these days, its not about tallent or feeling anymore its all about image and making the record companys a quick buck... RIP real music!

[adammbowman]

4 people that voted for bush, 4 people that are against human rights, 4 people that don't know MUSIC, 4 people that don't exist...

[ltcurry]

@adammbowman LOL, i am a musician, Voted for Bush, Believe in Human rightsm, Served in the Military, Have been playing guitar since 14, played with big acts? Made a ton of money doing it. We do exist idiot. Obama is doing o so good, LOL. But gilmour is god Music wise. So get a clue.

[adammbowman]

@ltcurry You have too much aggression...which suits you, I guess. Out there trying to kill people in the military. How fun! As far as I'm concerned, you shouldn't worry about what I have to say, we are two completely different people.

[thetrumpetstar]

4 people can't appreciate good music.

[thetrumpetstar]

This set of recordings is essential to anyones rock education.

[Th0masBivens]

gilmour's best solo album, says i...

[bogdanTT]

The intro is awesome!

[Bareno91]

these are the last days he seemed young...until about the 1980's. haha great vid though. they must have been recording the wall around this time.

[hafstrat]

@Bareno91 lol 32 years ago we al looked pretty damn young too!!! I was only 21.

[Bareno91]

@hafstrat haha well im 18. but i guess it just proves that his music goes past the point of generations!!!

[checkie4ever]

MASTERPIECE!!!!!

[spiritos22]

Indeed I've known the album for long but this is the 1st time I see it on video and or live.

So damn cool.

Thanks for posting.

[fuckoffndie1]

the coolest fuckin rocker man hands down..!!

[hafstrat]

A great albumn, filling the space between Animals and The Wall. I read that what became the comfortably numb chords and solos were written around this time but werent developed for the albumn.  Good move :-)

[maxvasquez]

Man, I wore out two vynil copies of this one so long ago! This is the first time I've seen this. Thanks for posting it

[StratGT]

As the careers slow down for the remainding memebers of PF history will show David Gilmour as the generous member of PF. His charity donations are well noted. Listening to solo Gilmour I can only think of one PF member who wouldn't want it on a PF record...shame really.

[richkrupa]

@warchild1976 you have no idea what floyd is about....Sid lives inside of Pink Floyd.

[rocktenniscat]

All the guys in my high school were crazy about Dark Side of the Moon - giving away my age here....!!! - but this gal didn't "get" Pink Floyd - in fact, I turned down a chance to see the band in the "Wish You Were Here" era. Over the past 10 years or so, I have started to really appreciate this band. I hope Waters and Gilmour will keep working on being friends for future projects.

[echo680]

@rocktenniscat totally agree - while I was aware of them when in y teens , and indeed I cectainly liked Dark Side, WYWH and meddle,  I wouldn't really say i called myself a "fan" of theirs - its only really in ..ahem..later years , and especially through an old friend who played their stuff a lot that I really appreciated just how good they were. so many bands from that time can seem faintly embarrasing now, but they really stand the test of time, For people of good taste everywhere !!

[themann141]

Nice song, but the gilmour-waters combination is so phenomenal it tops any solo work of either artist, by far.

[lozzerman]

anyone know if this gig is available on dvd.i bought davids first 2 solo albums on cassette ( apparently it was the way forward,NOT ) and finding these tracks is just great as i now have visuals to go with the music

[otford2670]

This is not available on release on anything officially. There were 5 songs filmed / recorded in one day with no audience at 'The Roxy' in Harlesden in 1978 - done as a promo for his first solo album. With David's brother Mark on second guitar, Willie Wilson on drums, Rick Wills on Bass, Ian McLagan on keys : Joanne Stone, Vicki Brown and Liza Strike on backing vocals.

[lozzerman]

thanks otford for the info, such a shame

[floydgenesisnut]

This series of David Gilmour promo films aired in the US on shows like Don Kirshner's Rock Concert and The Midnight Special to promote this album as David couldn't do a full tour to promote the album (he did interviews with the US press to promote the album). This was done by Columbia/CBS as a promo tool to sell David's first solo album. It pushed the album into the US Top 30 and Gold in US sales (500,000 copies sold).

[RAMWESS]

menudo el david!!

[lefbeck]

Awesome song! Does anyone have a clue as to what tuning his guitar is set at?

[dlctwice]

David is playing in standard tuning, and I don't belive I've ever seen or heard him playing in anything but...how about you? I've been playing guitar for 45 years, and don't take this as bragging, please, but also was born with perfect pitch. You're right about the tune...I've never heard it before, and I am a big fan!

[bigbadwolfy1977]

amazing

[unmensunshne]

GODS GUITARIST

[Thomas1190]

Is that guitar Gilmour's Duo Jet? I didn't know he had it back then.

[labitajojo]

Wow! I really thought it was some "new" guitar of his when he played it on his series of semi-acoustic concerts... But, there it is... 1978. I just didn't expect that :D and the distorsion... Just forget about the "typical Gretsch classy sound" :P

Haha, I love this man :D

[Mikemaniax]

Don't ever expect to guitars to sound like themselves in the hands of David Gilmour. Just look at him playing with Paul McCartney on the Run Devil Run album. Even on an album of oldies covers, Gilmour still sounds awesome.

[labitajojo]

Absolutely, but, when he played on the Gretsch in 2001-2002, he had a quite "Gretch-classy" sound, even on Comfortably Numb and even if his touch was more than recognizable. But here, the "Telecaster/Stratocaster" distorsion surprised me. And I agree with you on Run Devil Run. Gilmour rocked his Tele on it, and on the small series of concerts (Cavern Club, PETA, etc...) that followed as well, with Paul. :)

[moon1973drummer]

It's strange to see David playin' a les paul guitar

[ShadeOfPinkFloyd]

He is so beautiful.

[wmrxb15]

Even better than the album version, could listen to this track forever

[Xenostrobe]

You're are allowed to look as though you're enjoying yourself David.

[bubumaza]

Que groso el Sr. DAVID GILMOUR, un verdadero artista! Gracias por este post.

[floydman1]

That's Willie Wilson on Drums- great stuff!

[61floyd61]

I know!!! It is Gilmour, of course.... sorry, for that!!!

[61floyd61]

A GEORGEUS GEM!!!!

Love you David Gilmore!!!

[SRone45]

G-I-L-M-O-U-R

[crvenatratincica]

love you :)

[ahhella]

quite brilliant really

[PLAYMOBIL2008]

in this moment in your carreer like musician, Gilmour is tasting a freedow never experimented in FLOYD tours. He is like a 70´ROCK BAND LEADER"... Musician for a MUSIC LOVE... GREAT MOMENT... - vadilson - belo horizonte - BRAZIL

[PLAYMOBIL2008]

IN THIS MOMENT IN YOUR CARREER, GILMOUR IS THE EXPRESSION OF FREEDOW, WITHOUT THE PRESSION OF PINK FLOYD RESPONSABILITY. LIKE A "TYPICAL 70" ROCK BAND". MUSICIAN FOR A MUSIC LOVE. FANTASTIC ... vadilson teixeira - BELO HORIZONTE - BRAZIL

[sbrockmuffin]

Gawd..................you have always rocked.

[tablatom]

Davids first solo album DAVID GILMOUR is 10 out of 10.

It sounds so English. Such feeling.

[rullrich100]

@tablatom I agree. This is a brilliant, yet underrated album.

[waylo4526]

@tablatom what talent he has

[spd13062]

Great extended jam at the end...love it!!

[omikl]

Is that Marc Nauseef on drums? Just a name from the past

[23flowergirl]

LEGEND

[MateBoada]

"my erection is lost" huahuahuahuahuahau

[siladitya]

it's 'direction' buddy! ur interpretation is hilarious though ;)

[weebeejammin]

I used to be 11 as well

[froggytom]

at like :37 he says "my erection is lost"

[brianwurst1234]

...my DIRECTION is lost...

[MichaelJDowney2]

このビデオが大好きだよ！ポストをありがとうございました。懐か­しい。。。

[Brrrrr43]

I don't know for sure but i was told bass player is David's brother. Keyboard player I forgot his name. Love the video!!!

[lavallee1963]

The bassist is Rick Wills . The keyboard player is Ian McLagan. What a band!!!

[theidealcopy]

Does anyone know who the keyboard player and second guitarist are? is it the old Small Faces keyboard player?

[Brrrrr43]

I'm glad I found these videos, what great songs !!! Love David

[thepiper5]

where is this at

[serphad]

what a pity that there is no raise my rent live!

[CHEVYKEVYSS]

THIS STUFF IS GOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!

[letargic4]

Great vid man, thanks 4this.

[AlcatrazPsycho08]

as much as I love The Wall, it lack's Gilmour touch soo much... with the exception of like... 3 songs...

[SRone45]

As much I don't like Roger's attitude, he was a very important part of Pink Floyd.

[gilmourwannabe]

Anything David touches turns to sonic gold! Gilmourwannabe, USA

[Funnyinlife]

All genre of music have good and bad thing...Punk , Rock , Métal , Hip-hop , Regea , Blues , Emo ,Rap, Jazz ,etc..... Music is Music man ..expand your horizons....

[angelfang]

omg the guitar solo is even better live than on the album

[PageandPlant4Life]

Hip-hop = Noise pollution

[ryanvoiles]

please expand your horizons....

there is good, bad, and great of every genre of music

turn off bet/mtv, search for better hip hop music, and let your mind decide

[VDGG94ki]

So true. Hip hop artists always say rock music is noise for white people, so why do we white people have to grovel and try and accept hip hop? Its not even designed for white consumption.

[dlmessier]

I was 11 when I first saw that video. i was already 'GILMOURISHED' by that time. what a great song.

[themizaru]

they don't make records like this anymore. free market society, stop buying a product they'll stop producing it. stop the hip hop pollution, its killing new generations, their talent, their personality,and degrading society as whole

[zw246]

i wish his record sounded more like this

[jonpaulmoen]

Why can't Top 40 sound like this? I'm so sick and tired of Hip Hop and rap! The stuff that Mr. Gilmour put out didn't corrupt and corride society unlike other types of "music."

[debbiemickow]

jonpaulmoen, I agree! I can't STAND HIP HOP AND RAP'!!!!!!! It encourages violence, hatred, racism, the list goes on and on. I have to drown out the neighbors "hip hop" crap all the time by turning up this kind of music. Do you think they have a clue? Nooooooooooooooooo!!!!

[CorporalCob]

At the risk of sounding old.

I concur.

[alliant]

you idiots dig no deeper then what you are mindlessly fed through your MTV and top 40 hits. hip hop is an amazing and wide spectrum of music.

[CorporalCob]

I do actually like hip-hop. More music based though. Still not to fond of Rap.

But to me. Nothing will beat the floyd and David Gilmour.

I haven't got alot of anger in me. So I listen to the more chilled stuff.

[alwaysdestroy84]

hip-hop is dance music and nothing more. i can understand why people like it, it always has a great beat. The lyrical content leaves a little to be desired though. I'm not saying all hip-hop lyrics are bad but if you compare it to something like Roger Waters' lyrics on Dark Side of the Moon or old blues lyrics like Robert Johnson or Son House any objective observer will realize that rap lyrics simply don't exsist on the same level

[alliant]

i don't think you're quite speaking from experience though. look at lyrics to Nas' Illmatic album. those are poetic, timeless, and as human as anything david ever wrote himself. there is a lot of garbage in hip hop. it comes with the egoistic territory. there's an unparalleled level of pain and frustration, a wisdom to the words. a truthfulness i find hard to find in some musical genres .

[alwaysdestroy84]

I suppose you have a point there. In the end it's pretty much useless to compare genres. I mean you can't really say that rock and roll has better lyrics than hip-hop if you include the garbage that's been on the radio for the past 10 years or 80's hair metal and things like that. I do appreciate the pain that hip-hop artists bring to their work but I guess it's hard for me to relate.

[MrLostcause1983]

@jonpaulmoen Y can't more people think this way???

[canthemum]

@jonpaulmoen

Pink Floyd glorified drugs, made it cool to be against schooling, and was counter culture in every way. The 60's / 70's "do drugs, don't care about school" music they created probably helped the next gen going even further with the same kind of message.

And the record companies that promote them learned from bands like that the message would make money which is all they care about. So if you don't like today's music, look at what sold yesterday. Same.

[jonpaulmoen]

@canthemum Can you show me quotes or visuals from Floyd that "glorified" drugs?

[MrAndysalina5]

@canthemum When you say "made it cool to be against schooling", you are probably talking about "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2". You obviously have no idea what the song is about and what it means. They never glorified drugs, either. Honestly the band didnt do anything but smoke pot. At least they werent drunk acid dropping junkies like other bands that were together in the same time period. Maybe if you actually listened to the music you would notice the difference

[rayjr62]

@canthemum I, too, would like to see either a video clip or a link to a credible news source where the individual members of Pink Floyd "glorified" drug use.

[aznmatt301]

@canthemum dude you're such an idiot. if you're reffering to "another brink in the wall" then you're wrong. roger waters talks specifically in interviews about how that song is the most commonly misinterpreted. he explains about how important he thinks going to school and getting a good education is really essential in most cases of life. and that the song was moreso about the government and their scheming to make us believe everything they say. dick. and even if you were right. pink floyd rules

[echoddity]

its a show off strat made by the fender people....its not THE 1st strat....check this site out Gilmourish dot com it'll explain EVERYTHING!

[silvercordmusic]

my fav. guitarist

he made every note sing

i loved his tones on "the final cut"

so raw yet so damn expressive

[dmdeleted]

Gilmour's '78 solo masterpiece!

[gwangi09]

great song, great video. thx for sharing it!!

[mickslacker]

I love that Gretsch Duo-Jet he's playing in this vid

[chemijazz]

great tune!! from his first solo album I think. thanks for posting this.

[ilmlin]

It seems that all famous rock artists/guitarists have proclaimed to have abandoned GOD. All for fame and fortune.

What good does it do to win the World only to lose your Soul, in the end?

[jedw]

1. since when did david gilmour proclaim to have abandoned anyone

2. there is no god

[jbarbri]

I think what ilmlin was getting at was that line in there "I wanna be in for the kill/With or without God on my side."

And no, I don't think DG was expressing disbelief in God. On the other hand, your point no. 2 is unproveable.

[floydgenesisnut]

I have an interview with David where he thanked God for his life and talents as a guitarist that he did with NYC DJ Jim Kerr. Plus in another interview stated he went to church occasionally to clean out negative vibes but isn't a heavily religious fellow. He's a DEIST (meaning he believes in God but chooses not to conform to religion, same with Phil Collins). He attended funerals of Linda McCartney, Steve O'Rourke and Rick Wright. and family members.

[jbarbri]

Right, that sounds about right for someone like DG. Very staid, middle-of-the-road, not going to offend over his beliefs.

But, more importantly, who cares? If it's great music (or art) -- I don't care a whit what the artist believes. If you believe in God, then you also believe that he put talent in the atheist to teach us something about his charity to man. The French composer Camille Saint-Saens is an example of what I'm talking about.

[63morgan]

@jbarbri You're so right about God's charity to man . . . known as common grace. "He sends rain on the just and the unjust."