There are a lot of good guitarists out there who are really good at playing the guitar. Gilmour is just really good at playing music, he just happens to be good at playing the guitar.
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I was going to be a film director and it was at my last day at film school that i heard comfortably numb and high hopes. I was 23 and the next day i decided to give it all up and become a guitarist!
i think roger did what he knew had to happen - his actions led to a gilmour led floyd. True he tried to sue them, but imagine if he hadn't left the band, we'd still be listening to songs about the war and his father.
It's not the difficulty of his playing, I have heard several guitarist able to play his style, its the fact that he comes up with this material in the first place that blows me away, and has for more than 35 years.
wateva DG plays he plays at his best.. this solo is also amazing and the beauty is its not very highly pitched yet increases ur blood circulation.. Comfortably numb has a scale fm very low to very high n that gets into ur nerve like a coke.. wish DG live long n keep playing..
yes ^^ he forgot it ^^ absoulutly profeesionell he just kept on singing i love that guy. and i like the way he looks in his solos live its like he wants to say : fuck what the fuck am i playing ? but it sound so great
Music is a form of defination that represent human brain capacity to create shapes and patterns. Some people are extremely lucky to have the ability to play around with it....
I really don't get what some people mean when they say "Gilmour has not such great technique"... Are you crazy???
What do you think Technique is??? If you can't or don't want to play fast it doesn't mean your technique is bad!!!
Look at his hands, listen to what he plays and you will notice his technique is amazing.
1 more thing: Don't you think playing fast is a matter of practice? if any guitar player wants to do it he would practice 10hs a day to achieve it! Thats not what DG looks for!
i agree, where as 'speed' and getting out your best 12bar licks as quick as you can is usually enough for most 'famous' guitar legends.. with Gilmour its not about either, its about patience, building drama, the suspension of disbelief, eloquence & beauty.. David Gilmour is the best example in the world today of Guitar technique. i mean, if not... who the hell is ?! Coldplays guitarist ? Jon Bovi's Guitarist ? the Edge ? Noel Gallagher ?
Gimour plays with such emotion and passion. Speed does show that you are a very skilled guitarist, but not necessarily a good musician. to me, alot of times, the best guitar solos are the most moving/emotional, rather than technically difficult.
David makes every note a melody. You can hear a David Gilmour guitar solo one time, and sing it back to yourself in your head days later. Only the creme of the crop can play that movingly and memorably.
i agree, waters was the better lyricist.. um, but this song, and it's subject matter in particular - very, very roger waters.
i know roger said unkind things about the division bell album, but its rogers wobbling on about WW2 and the faulklands that kindda helped me key into this song.. its one of my favourites off its album, i actually prefer it to Coming Back to Life, which i thought i'd never say for my first few years of knowing them.
vai has a lot of soul in his playing the person without soul in his music is yngwie malmsteen. He just shreds up and down in scales and herman lee sucks. Gilmour's playing is just godly it takes you to another universe
they sure are great guitarrists,but they are the virtuose kind,and gilmour just play his sound with soul and perfection,and he doesnt need any killing riff to show his skill
it really doesn´t mather who is the best, they all are good players, but gilmour´s music (and floyd´s)represents an aspect in the rock that goes beyond the popularity, and entertainment...
I wouldn't say Gilmour is the best guitarist ever, but he is certainly the best feeling guitarist. The feelings he invokes in you are indescribable. The way he catptures the feeling of each and every song with his solos is amazing, and the way he can express a whole emotion with just a single note is phenomenal. No guitarist does feeling as well as Gilmour, and that's a fact
I don't know, because there are a lot of great guitar players, for example Jimi Hendrix, John Frusciante, Rory Gallagher, Mark Knopfler, David Gilmour of course, Slash, Eric Clapton... So I think there is no one who's the best, because they're all brilliant. But that's just my opinion^^
I know...I think you have to search the best guitarist in a specific contest. For example (I like all of them) Mark Knopfler,Gilmour and Clapton have a similar way to play the guitar and for me David is the best of them. Richie Blackmore and Jimi Hendrix are quite similar(either of them
loved improvising and breaking the patterns of rhythm)but I prefer Blackmore for the technique. Van Halen is better than Slash because nobody before him played the guitar like him and so on...
I wish there were no worthless, mouthy fucks like you on youtube. people leave comments about the ARTIST, or SONG. But stupid bastards like you think you know everything about everything. stupid-ass
SOULLESS!? dude you're picking on the wrong guitarist... pick on someone who just shreds, but steve vai!? have you heard the sound theories cd with the orchestra!? i think not, go buy the fuckin dvd and tell me vai doesn't have soul when he plays. not saying david has more or less, but dont fuckin talk shit about vai
Keep on talking copperbomb as you only reveal your blind acceptance of the notion that number of notes = great playing rather than what is said with the notes played. Vai has technical tools but the problem with people like that is they neglect the aspects of playing which truly round someone out and make them a master of expression.
Refined vibrato, pacing, knowing what not to play and when to build tension, etc.: all areas where Vai has nowhere near Gilmour's manifested capabilities.
It was cute how he apologeticly smiled and sang the verses in reverse order. And the solo was just great, his licks with just those few tones as well as everything else fits perfectly into your ears and makes piece and calm.
everyone is human, he forgot the sencond verse, oops. concentrating on the pedalboard, playing guitar and singint taxies the mind. I messed up many a time singing.
It's difficult to disagree with Pageykid as Comfortably Numb so good. I was lucky enough to see two "Wall" Concerts so I know how good David's CN solo is, but the solo in this performance is one complete solo.
What I mean by that is that most solos are made up of a number of "pieces" but this feels like David knew what he was going to play form the start. He was usually at his best when he was relaxed, and this was at the end of his "mini" tour...he had no pressure from "band members", he had not played much until these few gigs and he was able to play this in a very relaxed mood...he plays good then.
A forgotten gem from the division Bell. To me it is a deeper and more musically and lyricaly expressive album than AMLOR. Though I think "On the Turning Away" is a classic
These is slow solo, but really great and wounderfull to listen. But for all fools who dirt Gilmour, listen. The best solos broke out not because they are fast or technicaly great. Gilmour also has fast solos, but better are brick in the wall or somthing with good melody and feel. Why are stairway to heaven and comfortably numb one of best solos? Becouse they are extremly fast? Or maybe sound really nice and enjoyable to listen?
Fuck. You., Andrewkafp. First off, he prefers DavID. Secondly, it doesn't MATTER in the long run how "Technically" good a musician is, or how fast they shred or whatever, WHAT MATTERS IS what they say through their music and DavID Gilmour (and all of Pink Floyd for that matter) have said some pretty damn good stuff!!!!!
His voice is still great by the way. And his guitar playing is too.
I'm a novice guitar player and I recently started watching videos of guitar players on youtube. After watching videos of people like Paul Gilbert or Steve Vai basically masturbating with their guitars, it awesome to see someone like David Gilmour show what can truly be done with it. Granted, as a lifelong Floyd fan, I'm definately biased.
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You may be able to play like Dave one day, as he is not a fast or very technical player. Vai, Gilbert, Petrucci, Timmons, Guthrie Govan and Mark Hitt.. You nay as well be masturbating your guitar rather than trying to keep up with these modern day shredders.
Nah, you're not right. It's quite simple to match level of most of all shreders, but to write musik like Dave Gilmour - it's realy rare. Search in youtube how many people plays like vai and how many plays like Gilmour.
to andrewkafp- it's easier maybe if you're referring to covering their songs simply because of how fast those guys play. Gilmour's music, songwriting, and solos are much more timeless than those musicians you listed, whose approach to music is more kin to sportsmanship than creativity through sounds. Sometimes less is more.
i think i prefer the album the division bell to dark side of the moon. this song is amazing. Gilmour in my opinion is the greatest singer/guitarist ever.if you like this song you should check out lost for words and coming back to life.
actually.. my father in law has a pretty big library of just different classic rock stuff from 70s and 80s and "the police" is in there,and he likes them occasionally..but personally myself...I honestly cannot handle stings annoying grating strange almost falsetto voice.. peter cetera is in my voices I LOOOAAAATHE list for the same reason.cant stand dudes whose register is just a little weirdly high.. tommy shaw and Getty lee are in there too.. the bands are fine..but the voices kill me.
Yeah, definitely one of his better solos - very inspiring, and the writing for this song is very good. However, I think if you're a pretty avid Floyd/Gilmour fan, you know he screwed up (I'm asuming it wasn't intention) on the second verse. He sang the same set of lyrics twice. The song definitely isn't written that way... lol But still good solo at the end.
huh? I acknowledge the greatness of the song and his original solo, then honestly comment this is not his best performance - not even close - and I suddenly don't have a brain?? OK, dad....I have a feeling I know a bit more about it than you, but more power to ya
I agree. David has done a lot better than this. And frankly I find the post-Waters Floyd stuff overall to be stuff I cannot listen to very often. Nonetheless, this is still a good solo and David's sense of dynamics is amazing.
not many can play with such subtlety,restraint and sound so bluesy yet so english,a guitarists guitarist,love ya dave,pink floyd total genius no one comes close.
who gives a crap about " facial expressions' .. YOU sing and perform as well as Dave and one or two things happen.. YOU will have some " facial expressions" and or you will have such a huge devoted fan base that loves your talent and music, that no one will even notice or give a crap about them .... because theyre PART OF SINGING.
Well, I guess perfection truely does lie with one, but a close 2nd, I give him.
Alliancelane 1 month ago
why 5 dislikes ??? are u kidding me.
chuckbutman 2 months ago
Division Bell has such awesome songs! We love you Dave!
mysoresriram 4 months ago
Muito bacana ^^
roniheli0 5 months ago
he's always THE BEST!!!!
shefow 6 months ago
He messed up pretty bad singing the same verse twice....but he's so good you almost don't notice.
jabman549 8 months ago
There are a lot of good guitarists out there who are really good at playing the guitar. Gilmour is just really good at playing music, he just happens to be good at playing the guitar.
stalka929 8 months ago 2
Great music !
LaurentziuRo 9 months ago
Gilmour could lead the choir in Heaven and no Angel would say a word.
TheMadman1967 11 months ago
@ghostorhid2 I glad you favorited this song I send you my love. I love you too Susie. You help me understand my sexuality. I not ashamed to be lesbian like you no more. It good feeling. Thank you my Agent CAS. I so happy!-JJ.**
I freeeeee now thaks to my A CAS.
JANlNAflesh 1 year ago
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JANlNAflesh 1 year ago
David Gilmour makes my soul cry . Hes the reason the sun rises every day .
Earrot 1 year ago
he needs power to sing ... but he can play guitar epic
MrCercami 1 year ago
Messed up the lyrics at 1:26- you can see him searching for the correct verse before singing. Great song though!
85pmw 1 year ago
he is the best
Aztlnight 1 year ago
The solo is pretty good, but I think he has some better solos. Slightly more emotion comes out of the strat tone.
imtormentor 1 year ago
@imtormentor i agree the strat has a more sweet, piercing sound
growlydebear 1 year ago
awsome
mrcabalforlife 1 year ago
magnifico!!!!!!!!!
maguaarh 1 year ago
duo-jet
gilisfloyd 1 year ago
simply magnific, a great david
sparkman67 1 year ago
this was uploaded on my birthday :)
SlashVanHendrix5150 1 year ago
again another wow! He's just about as good as you - lol
zzenLD 1 year ago
would you people please listen to guitar tracks iv uploaded on here?
it'd mean alot to get some constructive critics. i come out with guitar songs
once sometimes twice a week. i record them off my tascam in my bedroom.
064panik 1 year ago
he denies it but this has to be a poke at Waters
JudozIV 1 year ago
I was going to be a film director and it was at my last day at film school that i heard comfortably numb and high hopes. I was 23 and the next day i decided to give it all up and become a guitarist!
alexanderduncan 1 year ago 4
@alexanderduncan amen!
Anorag 1 year ago
The wall of communism is down. The new wall of consumption is ready for us.
FTT(Hungary)
farfromtotalism 2 years ago 4
Pink Floyd wrote "Dogs".
BrokenChair88 2 years ago 4
lol broken chair 88 idk how many times i seen you say that on different videos lol keep it up bro :D i support you yes they did write dogs
bignicker12 2 years ago
roger waters is an asshole for breaking up the best band in the world
americanhero0967 2 years ago 3
i think roger did what he knew had to happen - his actions led to a gilmour led floyd. True he tried to sue them, but imagine if he hadn't left the band, we'd still be listening to songs about the war and his father.
alexanderduncan 1 year ago
What a voice ........ wow
hogwarts09 2 years ago
The first time I heard A Great Day For Freedon, I cried. The first time music had affected me that deeply.
bartlettbooks1 2 years ago 23
same thing happened with me, but it was Comfortably Numb
GuitarMasterizer 2 years ago 5
It's not the difficulty of his playing, I have heard several guitarist able to play his style, its the fact that he comes up with this material in the first place that blows me away, and has for more than 35 years.
Raisingwolves 2 years ago 31
I agree with that man. Nobody can compose a solo like Gilmour.
mondoplaysbad 2 years ago 4
@Raisingwolves,my sentiments exactly.Well said .
Take a leaf from the mans book and dont copy,find your own thing/way/style/satisfaction.
Chubcatcher 1 year ago
what about echoes on the meddle album-great guitar playing........
silverhair2007 2 years ago 2
david gilmore-one of the best if not the best guitarist in the world-only dave can make a guitar sing and wine.........
morblae 2 years ago 5
gilmour
alago85 2 years ago
I stand corrected-David Gilmour-thanks....still the best.....
silverhair2007 2 years ago
I would add Mark Knopfler
Obelisk2290 2 years ago
he just walks away like its nothing lol
albert5pujols 2 years ago 3
El mejor guitarrista sin dudas
nydolls321 2 years ago 7
Ya, there is a mistake in lyrics.
Oh my God, this is the very first time I notice a mistake like this in way above 2000 hours of listening to live material.
He did noticed it too. You can see it in is face.
That's the mark of a pro. The show must go on.
AMAZING, thanks for the performance and thanks for the post.
abbittibbi1 2 years ago
wateva DG plays he plays at his best.. this solo is also amazing and the beauty is its not very highly pitched yet increases ur blood circulation.. Comfortably numb has a scale fm very low to very high n that gets into ur nerve like a coke.. wish DG live long n keep playing..
syedzia77 2 years ago
does any body notice he says one verse twice?
zebediah94 2 years ago
very very good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
chris00713 2 years ago
the first time that I heard David to play I wanted to learn how to play guitar, now that I know I realized that He is a God.
La primera vez que escuché a David tocar la guitarra me dieron ganas de aprenter, ahora que sé me doy cuenta de que Él es un Dios
elultimoladrillo 2 years ago 2
Great camera Work on this one
tensago 3 years ago
this solo is TOTALLY FANTASTIC
moj ideal solowki, piekniejszej byc nie moze:)
kobioor 3 years ago 2
Not his best solo. Comfortably numb and coming back to life are better. So is Take a breath.
wayne071079 3 years ago
nice solo, but the comfortably numb solo is the best he ever played, definitly
ImpThaW 3 years ago 6
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i love david gilmore and music in general...but if this is arguably the best solo ever than im a nigger astronaut
silkstringz 3 years ago
its spelled Gilmour learn how to read and spell.
juegas 3 years ago
Maybe you are, but it's an epic solo. Beautifully wonderful and emotional.
TheNewThink 3 years ago
so when is your next mission?
kingy17 3 years ago
yes ^^ he forgot it ^^ absoulutly profeesionell he just kept on singing i love that guy. and i like the way he looks in his solos live its like he wants to say : fuck what the fuck am i playing ? but it sound so great
lizzardwizzard 3 years ago
haha he misses "life devalues day by day" and then gives a wicked smile @1:44. Gilmour's the best!!!!
excusetheaccent 3 years ago
When the human Ego is seen through by all. The Wall will desolve.
134being 3 years ago
better than comfortably numb? i dont think so.
flemck1 3 years ago
Music is a form of defination that represent human brain capacity to create shapes and patterns. Some people are extremely lucky to have the ability to play around with it....
brain1vsbrain2 3 years ago
I think its far from his best guitar solos. But that is a good thing, cos it speaks of how great the rest are... for instance comfortably numb.
novocainerr 3 years ago
It's a Gretsch
kingy17 3 years ago 2
what guitar is that? I don't recognize it.
taterfamine 3 years ago
It's a late '50's Gretsch Duo Jet. Awesome guitar.
My favorite solo is in Shine On You Crazy Diamond.
mdpocoroba 2 years ago 3
Amazing feel! Just amazing. He's got such a great tone, I can't think of any new players with the same "mojo"??
joesl8 3 years ago
what else can i say? is a monster. The best. FEDERICO LOPEZ. CHIVILCOY. BUENOS AIRES. ARGENTINA.
fredrickbostero 3 years ago
Hi Mr?Ken＾＾～♪
My Enjoy!
thank you very much.
nsf1977 3 years ago
his face looks kinda funny in solo
MCsparkyD99 3 years ago
yeah, his face is connected to the strings, all his life
tubelogin1 3 years ago 2
He feels what he's doing!!
FrankieSprs 3 years ago 4
este hombre revoluciono el mundo del ro ck, no importa el genero...
weaponevil08 3 years ago
I really don't get what some people mean when they say "Gilmour has not such great technique"... Are you crazy???
What do you think Technique is??? If you can't or don't want to play fast it doesn't mean your technique is bad!!!
Look at his hands, listen to what he plays and you will notice his technique is amazing.
1 more thing: Don't you think playing fast is a matter of practice? if any guitar player wants to do it he would practice 10hs a day to achieve it! Thats not what DG looks for!
sebazo 3 years ago 26
Well sid sebazo...speed isn't everything...just ask your girl...
kingy17 3 years ago
Haha
Oxenpar 3 years ago
i agree, where as 'speed' and getting out your best 12bar licks as quick as you can is usually enough for most 'famous' guitar legends.. with Gilmour its not about either, its about patience, building drama, the suspension of disbelief, eloquence & beauty.. David Gilmour is the best example in the world today of Guitar technique. i mean, if not... who the hell is ?! Coldplays guitarist ? Jon Bovi's Guitarist ? the Edge ? Noel Gallagher ?
dont think so .
JeffBend 3 years ago
Gimour plays with such emotion and passion. Speed does show that you are a very skilled guitarist, but not necessarily a good musician. to me, alot of times, the best guitar solos are the most moving/emotional, rather than technically difficult.
Bradbssargdons 3 years ago 9
@sebazo agree...gilmour says more with one note than what any fast player can say in a whole solo...best guitar player ever
danielnegrotorres 1 year ago 3
@sebazo Gilmour song with his soul!!! He is the best!!!!
goi2000 1 year ago
@sebazo you are perfectly right. just his bending is beyond amazing!!
Stanman1983 9 months ago
David makes every note a melody. You can hear a David Gilmour guitar solo one time, and sing it back to yourself in your head days later. Only the creme of the crop can play that movingly and memorably.
thomascrown559 3 years ago 4
Where was this played?
DavidGilmourrocks 3 years ago
I guess is in Gdansk
Mrpeumo 3 years ago
It was Paris 23rd January 2002
kingy17 3 years ago 2
@Mrpeumo not gdansk, search the gdansk performance of this song, best performance i have ever seen!
gilisfloyd 1 year ago
Paris
mondoplaysbad 3 years ago
See the GOD HAS descended!!
Crio2c5 3 years ago
Why the Gretsch, damnit?
Meh, the solo is good, but this song isn't really all that great. Roger Waters was definitely the better lyricist.
Lumsden20 3 years ago
i agree, waters was the better lyricist.. um, but this song, and it's subject matter in particular - very, very roger waters.
i know roger said unkind things about the division bell album, but its rogers wobbling on about WW2 and the faulklands that kindda helped me key into this song.. its one of my favourites off its album, i actually prefer it to Coming Back to Life, which i thought i'd never say for my first few years of knowing them.
JeffBend 3 years ago
is that a rickenbacker?
thearcanist 3 years ago
that'd be a Gretsch Duo Jet
AjFox59 3 years ago
vai has a lot of soul in his playing the person without soul in his music is yngwie malmsteen. He just shreds up and down in scales and herman lee sucks. Gilmour's playing is just godly it takes you to another universe
kbilbou 3 years ago 4
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Joe Satriani has soul among all the instrumental guitarists. And of course Eric Johnson. Vai is only 3rd in my list. Malmsteen doesn't even count.
excusetheaccent 3 years ago
malisimo lo tuyo ehh
alago85 3 years ago
they sure are great guitarrists,but they are the virtuose kind,and gilmour just play his sound with soul and perfection,and he doesnt need any killing riff to show his skill
stark1701 2 years ago 3
this certainly isn't his best playing (the live one with the strat is much better), but the album version is the most majestic solo I've ever heard.
Lovelydarkeyes 3 years ago
sickspastic, I couldn't agree more, other than the fact that he my favourite guitarist, so IMO he is the best. But I 100% agree with you
RustyMobile 3 years ago
this is chill... I'm still high from last night... very nicccee
GaryM440 3 years ago
it really doesn´t mather who is the best, they all are good players, but gilmour´s music (and floyd´s)represents an aspect in the rock that goes beyond the popularity, and entertainment...
goliozvardo 3 years ago
Amazing song and solo! Gilmour is one of my favorite guitarists.
RockOnAdamp 3 years ago 3
I wouldn't say Gilmour is the best guitarist ever, but he is certainly the best feeling guitarist. The feelings he invokes in you are indescribable. The way he catptures the feeling of each and every song with his solos is amazing, and the way he can express a whole emotion with just a single note is phenomenal. No guitarist does feeling as well as Gilmour, and that's a fact
sickspastic 3 years ago 2
nowhere near the best guitar solo. but he IS the best guitarist. solo's in Mother and comfortably numb put this to shame though
Dladjaa 3 years ago
Clapton, Slash, Blackmore, Van Halen, Hendrix, and Knopfler take turns delivering DAVID GILMOUR's newspaper on their bicycles each day.
Rabidsenses 3 years ago 8
Haha. Brilliant :)
jtjcp88 3 years ago
Gilmour is THE BEST, hands down.
greekgator01ss 3 years ago 6
I don't know, because there are a lot of great guitar players, for example Jimi Hendrix, John Frusciante, Rory Gallagher, Mark Knopfler, David Gilmour of course, Slash, Eric Clapton... So I think there is no one who's the best, because they're all brilliant. But that's just my opinion^^
rhcp92 3 years ago 4
I know...I think you have to search the best guitarist in a specific contest. For example (I like all of them) Mark Knopfler,Gilmour and Clapton have a similar way to play the guitar and for me David is the best of them. Richie Blackmore and Jimi Hendrix are quite similar(either of them
loved improvising and breaking the patterns of rhythm)but I prefer Blackmore for the technique. Van Halen is better than Slash because nobody before him played the guitar like him and so on...
Pageykid 3 years ago
Those other guys couldn't polish David's shoes...
FrustratedNameSearch 3 years ago 3
There are a subgroup of amazing guitarists, like Guthrie Govan, Brett Garsed, Frank Gambale, Ron Thal, and Greg Howe just to name a few.
MUSICALCHIMP 3 years ago
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steve vai would RIP david's shoes OFF and SMACK HIM with them
copperbomb 3 years ago
David has so much more soul in his playing than the soulless Vai. And without soul you are just making noise...
ishawnm 3 years ago
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you make me laugh. dont pretend you know what soul, or A soul is. i dont care who the better guitarist is. soul has nothing to do with music
copperbomb 3 years ago
[you make me laugh.]
Like I care.
[dont pretend you know what soul, or A soul is.]
I am not pretending.
[soul has nothing to do with music]
Soul is at the essence of any artistic form of expression.
ishawnm 3 years ago 2
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haha
copperbomb 3 years ago
bullshit
possiblexxx 3 years ago
I wish there were no worthless, mouthy fucks like you on youtube. people leave comments about the ARTIST, or SONG. But stupid bastards like you think you know everything about everything. stupid-ass
TeiscoDel 3 years ago 3
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whoa, tiger. someone crap in your bed this morning?
copperbomb 3 years ago
What you said? :|
The "Soulless Steve vai" ??
Dude, come on... :S:S:S:S
Steve vai has a lot of soul in his playing, just as an enormous technique aswell!
Steve was considered the best guitarrist alive, just listen to "For the love of God", "Lotus Feet", "Tender Surrender",...
R0bertKing 3 years ago
Robert:
See what I just said to copperbomb.
ishawnm 3 years ago
SOULLESS!? dude you're picking on the wrong guitarist... pick on someone who just shreds, but steve vai!? have you heard the sound theories cd with the orchestra!? i think not, go buy the fuckin dvd and tell me vai doesn't have soul when he plays. not saying david has more or less, but dont fuckin talk shit about vai
DustinDrums1 3 years ago
Keep on talking copperbomb as you only reveal your blind acceptance of the notion that number of notes = great playing rather than what is said with the notes played. Vai has technical tools but the problem with people like that is they neglect the aspects of playing which truly round someone out and make them a master of expression.
Refined vibrato, pacing, knowing what not to play and when to build tension, etc.: all areas where Vai has nowhere near Gilmour's manifested capabilities.
ishawnm 3 years ago 2
It was cute how he apologeticly smiled and sang the verses in reverse order. And the solo was just great, his licks with just those few tones as well as everything else fits perfectly into your ears and makes piece and calm.
winnerandloser 3 years ago
everyone is human, he forgot the sencond verse, oops. concentrating on the pedalboard, playing guitar and singint taxies the mind. I messed up many a time singing.
ltcurry 4 years ago
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Too bad the old man forgot the lyrics to his own song. =)
theogrc 4 years ago
u know how many songs Floyd has written it is amazing they remember most of them.
BigDaddyCooL1 3 years ago
sorry kingy17 but for me the best solo is in comfortably numb...it is also longer but in any case mr Gilmour is of course the best guitarist ever!!
Pageykid 4 years ago 2
It's difficult to disagree with Pageykid as Comfortably Numb so good. I was lucky enough to see two "Wall" Concerts so I know how good David's CN solo is, but the solo in this performance is one complete solo.
kingy17 4 years ago
What I mean by that is that most solos are made up of a number of "pieces" but this feels like David knew what he was going to play form the start. He was usually at his best when he was relaxed, and this was at the end of his "mini" tour...he had no pressure from "band members", he had not played much until these few gigs and he was able to play this in a very relaxed mood...he plays good then.
kingy17 4 years ago
perhaps not the best, but one of the best ;)
rhcp92 3 years ago
who's your favourite?
Pageykid 3 years ago
A forgotten gem from the division Bell. To me it is a deeper and more musically and lyricaly expressive album than AMLOR. Though I think "On the Turning Away" is a classic
Obelisk2290 4 years ago
david gilmour 4 ever the best
scarracchio 4 years ago 4
Gilmour is god.
abdullahnaqvi 4 years ago
good to see them live
MillionaireMC 4 years ago
Slipped Away, Slipped Away....
mcintomney1988 4 years ago
These is slow solo, but really great and wounderfull to listen. But for all fools who dirt Gilmour, listen. The best solos broke out not because they are fast or technicaly great. Gilmour also has fast solos, but better are brick in the wall or somthing with good melody and feel. Why are stairway to heaven and comfortably numb one of best solos? Becouse they are extremly fast? Or maybe sound really nice and enjoyable to listen?
lpavletinet 4 years ago
Great comments lpavletinet you said it all
kingy17 4 years ago
ooops. Oh well one Fup in 40 years.
gialinn 4 years ago
Fuck. You., Andrewkafp. First off, he prefers DavID. Secondly, it doesn't MATTER in the long run how "Technically" good a musician is, or how fast they shred or whatever, WHAT MATTERS IS what they say through their music and DavID Gilmour (and all of Pink Floyd for that matter) have said some pretty damn good stuff!!!!!
His voice is still great by the way. And his guitar playing is too.
anarchistyes 4 years ago 5
the best
dazla7 4 years ago
the guitar is just putty in the hands of a true master
curtrek 4 years ago
Hey this old dude rocks.
Ciagrad 4 years ago 2
a great day for listen Gilmour
GILMOUR1976 4 years ago
I'm a novice guitar player and I recently started watching videos of guitar players on youtube. After watching videos of people like Paul Gilbert or Steve Vai basically masturbating with their guitars, it awesome to see someone like David Gilmour show what can truly be done with it. Granted, as a lifelong Floyd fan, I'm definately biased.
jmgallo732 4 years ago 4
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You may be able to play like Dave one day, as he is not a fast or very technical player. Vai, Gilbert, Petrucci, Timmons, Guthrie Govan and Mark Hitt.. You nay as well be masturbating your guitar rather than trying to keep up with these modern day shredders.
Andrewkafp 4 years ago
You can learn technical stuff in a few months. But to play with as much emotion as Gilmour, takes MUCH MUCH longer.
CFMPmadSfX 4 years ago
Nah, you're not right. It's quite simple to match level of most of all shreders, but to write musik like Dave Gilmour - it's realy rare. Search in youtube how many people plays like vai and how many plays like Gilmour.
mitharath 4 years ago
to andrewkafp- it's easier maybe if you're referring to covering their songs simply because of how fast those guys play. Gilmour's music, songwriting, and solos are much more timeless than those musicians you listed, whose approach to music is more kin to sportsmanship than creativity through sounds. Sometimes less is more.
cliffabrown 4 years ago
i think i prefer the album the division bell to dark side of the moon. this song is amazing. Gilmour in my opinion is the greatest singer/guitarist ever.if you like this song you should check out lost for words and coming back to life.
danielupham 4 years ago
I love how anyone who disses Gilmour gets owned in future comments. Like who can beat Gilmour? Everything he creates has so much feeling.
gilmour480 4 years ago
right there with ya, kid
anarchistyes 4 years ago
er wheres the strat baby?
crobins333 4 years ago
actually.. my father in law has a pretty big library of just different classic rock stuff from 70s and 80s and "the police" is in there,and he likes them occasionally..but personally myself...I honestly cannot handle stings annoying grating strange almost falsetto voice.. peter cetera is in my voices I LOOOAAAATHE list for the same reason.cant stand dudes whose register is just a little weirdly high.. tommy shaw and Getty lee are in there too.. the bands are fine..but the voices kill me.
lastastronaut 4 years ago
Haha, I loved his face when he realized he messed up. Gilmour's the best though, what can I say. Amazing solo.
Torenkownage 4 years ago
Yeah, definitely one of his better solos - very inspiring, and the writing for this song is very good. However, I think if you're a pretty avid Floyd/Gilmour fan, you know he screwed up (I'm asuming it wasn't intention) on the second verse. He sang the same set of lyrics twice. The song definitely isn't written that way... lol But still good solo at the end.
Juralano 4 years ago
huh? I acknowledge the greatness of the song and his original solo, then honestly comment this is not his best performance - not even close - and I suddenly don't have a brain?? OK, dad....I have a feeling I know a bit more about it than you, but more power to ya
CrunchThyme 5 years ago
Sorry about the comment above CrunchThyme, I think I had drank too much sauce when I made it ! Music's about opinions at the end of the day...
kingy17 5 years ago
david is the best teacher how to play guitar
Pink Floyd nr1
eaglelover84 5 years ago
Crunch,
I agree. David has done a lot better than this. And frankly I find the post-Waters Floyd stuff overall to be stuff I cannot listen to very often. Nonetheless, this is still a good solo and David's sense of dynamics is amazing.
ishawnm 3 years ago
i would agree that the album version of this is his best solo, but this performance is a little off
CrunchThyme 5 years ago
You have either got something wrong with your ears or your brian ! ! THIS IS THE BEST !
kingy17 5 years ago
not many can play with such subtlety,restraint and sound so bluesy yet so english,a guitarists guitarist,love ya dave,pink floyd total genius no one comes close.
1g5a22 5 years ago
thanks kingy17 for uploadin this...i am a great fan of Sir David Gilmour...i think cj933's comments arent even arguable..love the song..
chetan4u 5 years ago
I first saw David play live in 1974 and I think this is his best ever solo - and that is saying something !
kingy17 5 years ago
Gilmour is a rare jewel. Excellent solo. I would give it 5 stars myself.
curiouslfl 5 years ago
cj3393, ur a knob, and i bet u suck knob too.
You dont beat gilmour.
kjek1 5 years ago
Good coment kingy17
inkpixie 5 years ago
great solo,not sure about the facial expressions though !!
trevsmyth 5 years ago
who gives a crap about " facial expressions' .. YOU sing and perform as well as Dave and one or two things happen.. YOU will have some " facial expressions" and or you will have such a huge devoted fan base that loves your talent and music, that no one will even notice or give a crap about them .... because theyre PART OF SINGING.
lastastronaut 5 years ago
omg and some ppl think this guys better than jimi hendrix shittttt! fuck no. this music makes me wanna turn gay .
cj3393 5 years ago
If you don't like this, then you must be gay !
kingy17 5 years ago
You wanna turn gay?! XD
Jestervs 5 years ago
so what do you listen to? crappy immature metal? or crappy uninspired rap?
dazedandconfucious 5 years ago
I love your pseudonym...dazed and confucious lol
ishawnm 3 years ago
wow you need a pickle to suck on eh gaywad?
wowser77 5 years ago
must have worked then huh?
lastastronaut 5 years ago
Stay lost fool. When you figure it out, then come back an listen to floyd
gialinn 4 years ago