I’ve been stuck on listening to various live versions of Comfortably Numb (e.g., Pulse, Live in Gdańsk, etc) just to find out which has the best solo because it’s lived rent free in my head for a quarter of a century
What’s the verdict
Speaking as a casual, non-musical person, I gotta stick to Pulse but, ironically, it goes beyond Gilmour’s solo: I think Rick Wright’s keyboard work added a richness to it that no one was able to match afterwards.
Pulse is even better than the original
don’t leave us hanging, what’s your top 3?
I can tell you the worst. It was from Roger water’s latest tour.
Pure garbage. Saw him in Milwaukee, it was basically Roger Waters ego with some Floyd thrown in
It was a shame cause the visuals were incredible.
Watching some reaction videos of people discovering Pink Floyd, one of them made an observation that clicked during “Time”. That Pink Floyd likes to first set the mood with the opening, then drop a few profound lyrics, and follow with a long solo that sets a mood of introspection where your mind goes back to those lyrics letting them hit harder during the musical interlude…then they follow with deeper lyrics to hit again.
I’ll admit that I’m one of those who enjoyed Pink Floyd when I was younger mainly because of the music. It’s coming around again and the lyrics are now my focus because some of it hits far harder once you have experience in life.
It always feels like I’m in a long trance when listening to their music. It just flows.
Roger waters is a silly man change my mind
We dont need no education
The kids, after getting an education on their rights to compensation:
