In June 1975, while Pink Floyd were recording the album Wish You Were Here at London's Abbey Road studios, a portly, shaven-haired man arrived and stood quietly at the back, watching.He appeared as the Floyd performed the song "Shine On You Crazy Diamond". It contains the words: "Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun. Shine on you crazy diamond. Now there's a look in your eyes, l...
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When asked to choose an outstanding David Gilmour solo, many people would choose the one on Comfortably Numb. If memory serves, it even ranked near, or at, the top of a couple of different polls about the greatest guitar solos of all time.For me, I'll take his intro to Shine On as a better example of the soloist's art.If a solo is a conversation between the soloist and the rest of the band, th...
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This is the one for me. I love everything about it. The fact that it is a dedication to a wayward friend and comrade, it's broad musical range that joined blues and rock with modern synth music and pop, there's even some funky stuff!I love the cover art by the Hypgnosis team of graphic artists that the Floyd employed during this period. The photo of the diver and the surrealism of the Mono Lake...
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