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Am I one of the few A Momentary Lapse Of Reason fans? Some terrific songs on that 1987 album, like the instrumental film music-like Terminal Frost, Yet Another Movie (love the lyrics), Sorrow, One Slip, On The Turning Away and so on.
I also like The Division Bell. I found Gilmour's recent solo album On An Island a bit dissapointing though.
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Jan 7, 2008 - 2:41 PM
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Am I one of the few A Momentary Lapse Of Reason fans? Some terrific songs on that 1987 album, like the instrumental film music-like Terminal Frost, Yet Another Movie (love the lyrics), Sorrow, One Slip, On The Turning Away and so on.
I also like The Division Bell. I found Gilmour's recent solo album On An Island a bit dissapointing though.
No, I like the Gilmour period too! I'm surprised you didn't like ON AN ISLAND, though. I would think it was a bit up your alley, with soft, ethereal instrumental tracks and a laidback atmosphere.
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I haven't given On An Island many spins - maybe I should. At first listen I found the album a bit too acoustic and "blues"-sounding. Not *many* instrumentals on it.
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Jan 7, 2008 - 4:19 PM
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Thor
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I haven't given On An Island many spins - maybe I should. At first listen I found the album a bit too acoustic and "blues"-sounding. Not *many* instrumentals on it.
No, not many pure instrumentals, perhaps, but long stretches of guitar solos, moody synths etc. And yes, it is rather BLUESY, but that's really an integral part of Gilmour's playing, that melancholic, "yearning" blues sound that isn't exactly blues. Somewhat reminiscent of Terje Rypdal, I guess.
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I only have
MEDDLE
DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
WISH YOU WERE HERE
ANIMALS
THE WALL
The Wall is my favorite. "Goodbye Blue Sky" is so restrained and powerful. The Kamen bits on this album stand out so wonderfully too. I really miss his work.
I'd like to get The Final Cut sometime. Unfortunately i got into Pink Floyd AFTER I became a filmmusic nut, so I haven't spent the appropriate time getting into these. I do know I love every second of them!
"High Hopes" is the only post-WALL song that I know (and love).
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Jan 7, 2008 - 6:23 PM
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I haven't given On An Island many spins - maybe I should. At first listen I found the album a bit too acoustic and "blues"-sounding. Not *many* instrumentals on it.
No, not many pure instrumentals, perhaps, but long stretches of guitar solos, moody synths etc. And yes, it is rather BLUESY, but that's really an integral part of Gilmour's playing, that melancholic, "yearning" blues sound that isn't exactly blues. Somewhat reminiscent of Terje Rypdal, I guess.
I only have one album by Terje Rypdal, there's a track on it called Innseiling and the guitar work on that is very Gilmour like, exceptionally good track too, do you know it Thor?
p.s. Loved Gilmour's last album
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I have 'The Wall' on vinyl. I think the film works very well, but Waters I believe had massive fallouts with the director etc..
It's interesting: the film was essentially about a generation of 'fathers' killed in WWII, and a subsequent generation who make all the old mistakes, fascism, libertinism, etc. because they can't break over 'the wall' that 'mother' made.
But Waters' original concept was about hating conformity via parenting, education etc.. I think the film works admirably
with the music, so I never really knew what the split was actually about.
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I haven't given On An Island many spins - maybe I should. At first listen I found the album a bit too acoustic and "blues"-sounding. Not *many* instrumentals on it.
No, not many pure instrumentals, perhaps, but long stretches of guitar solos, moody synths etc. And yes, it is rather BLUESY, but that's really an integral part of Gilmour's playing, that melancholic, "yearning" blues sound that isn't exactly blues. Somewhat reminiscent of Terje Rypdal, I guess.
I can't trace that blues-feeling back to AMLOR though. But Gilmour was 20 years younger in 1987 - and he seemed to have a little more energy back then.
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I remember in school they made us sit through the pop 'videos' of things like The Wall and Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds, on film reels in the school hall (the former in secondary school, the latter in junior school) and I hated every moment sitting there...
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