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David Gilmour or Rogers Water

ScramMan2 said:
Gilmour and the black strat!
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I was watching Parkinson one night and Paul McCartney was the musical spot plus the interview later. While Macca was perfoming, there was a shot of him where you could see the torso but not the head of the guitarist who was standing behind MacCartney. This guitarist was playing a black strat and I remembered thinking "I know that guitar...". Then when they switched to another camera Lo, it was David Gilmour playing for his Beatle friend on Parky's show.
 
sheltie dave said:
As a person, Roger Waters was indifferent at best to Syd Barret drifting off into drugged lalaland, and did not like or enjoy being with Richard Wright, who was quite a pleasant gentleman. Waters appears to basically not give a flying f about anyone other than himself, and seemingly is bitter towards the world in the various documentaries I have seen.

Gilmour loved Richard Wright as a close personal friend, and did everything he could to help out Syd, and is a very very nice bloke.

As a musician Gilmour far tops Waters. However, Waters wallowed in the bitter extremes of anger, despair, and relative hate that generated so many great song lyrics - and by being the sand in the vaseline gave Floyd the needed acerbic bite to counter so many of their sonic dreamscapes.

In the end, Gilmour.
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Sorry mate [:D], I totally agree with you!

David Gilmour

Cheers, og
 
sheltie dave said:
As a person, Roger Waters was indifferent at best to Syd Barret drifting off into drugged lalaland, and did not like or enjoy being with Richard Wright, who was quite a pleasant gentleman. Waters appears to basically not give a flying f about anyone other than himself, and seemingly is bitter towards the world in the various documentaries I have seen.

Gilmour loved Richard Wright as a close personal friend, and did everything he could to help out Syd, and is a very very nice bloke.

As a musician Gilmour far tops Waters. However, Waters wallowed in the bitter extremes of anger, despair, and relative hate that generated so many great song lyrics - and by being the sand in the vaseline gave Floyd the needed acerbic bite to counter so many of their sonic dreamscapes.

In the end, Gilmour.
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Yeah, what he said. :thmbsp:
That sums up my feelings on the matter.
 
just dave said:
Did Gilmour write the music and Waters the lyrics or did Waters write both on their albums?
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Depends on the album. On most of their records, the lyrics were all Waters, and the music was written by Gilmour for the songs he sung, and the songs sung by Waters were music and lyrics by him. Keep in mind that on Dark Side, there was only one Waters sung tune. On The Wall, there were far fewer tracks where Gilmour wrote the music.

DG's two PF era solo records are both absolutely terrific, but were a bone of contention for RW, who supposedly wanted DG to contribute more music to PF in the latter years.

"Momentary Lapse of Reason" was also going to be a DG solo record which was repurposed to a PF record after RW split, because "PinkFloyd" had a record contract to fulfill.
 
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Skylab said:
Unquestionably Gilmour. I will agree that the combination was what made Pink Floyd great, but I much prefer DG's non-PF material to RW's, and by a HUGE margin. I also massively prefer the two Waters-less PF albums over The Final Cut by a huge margin. And even on the classic PF records, it's the tunes sung by Gilmour that I much, much prefer.
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I couldn't have said it better myself.
 
theophile said:
Having Waters without Gilmour is like heads without tails. They only really work together as two sides of the one coin.

I have the LPs of Amused To Death and I feel that it should be titled Bored To Death.

I'll take Pink Floyd, and will sparingly pick at their solo efforts.
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Same here. Pink Floyd was greater than the sum of the parts, but listening to any of their solo work leaves me dissatisfied.

I have their solo work and have listened to all of it a time or two when it was fresh off the press, but seldom feel the urge to listen to it again.

I only listen to music when I'm *really* wanting to only listen to music. I never use it as background (and seldom listen in a car). I don't like becoming overly familiar. So maybe I return to any given Pink Floyd album once amid a year or two, but when I return to it, it compels my rapt attention in a way where the experience is immediate and relevant to that moment, i.e., seems "timeless".

But their solo work, while technically well-executed, somehow never achieved anything like the time-stopping transcendental experience of relevance that "Wish You Were Here" or "Animals" was from the very first and still is even today when I listen.

I confess, I resisted the urge I briefly entertained night before last to listen to "Amused to Death" because throwing another hour I can never get back at it seemed unconscionable.
 
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I like them both. Agree that I like them both better together. On a side note, how about Eddie Vedder doing "Comfortably Numb"? Wow, I was impressed.
 
kuad said:
Why is the vinyl version of "Amused to Death" so freakin' expensive?
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In the '90's, vinyl was on the way out. Few copies were pressed, and in this case was a European only release on vinyl.

I'm hoping one day I'll see it in the bins, but I doubt it.



As for the topic, I'd go with Gilmour. I like his parts in PF, and his solo albums are easier to listen to.
 
Skylab said:
DG's two PF era solo records are both absolutely terrific, but were a bone of contention for RW, who supposedly wanted DG to contribute more music to PF in the latter years.
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The second one's good but the first one is great:thmbsp:
 
Another vote for Gilmour although you can't discount the synergy of Gilmour+Waters
 
sheltie dave said:
As a person, Roger Waters was indifferent at best to Syd Barret drifting off into drugged lalaland, and did not like or enjoy being with Richard Wright, who was quite a pleasant gentleman. Waters appears to basically not give a flying f about anyone other than himself, and seemingly is bitter towards the world in the various documentaries I have seen.

Gilmour loved Richard Wright as a close personal friend, and did everything he could to help out Syd, and is a very very nice bloke.

As a musician Gilmour far tops Waters. However, Waters wallowed in the bitter extremes of anger, despair, and relative hate that generated so many great song lyrics - and by being the sand in the vaseline gave Floyd the needed acerbic bite to counter so many of their sonic dreamscapes.

In the end, Gilmour.
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I wish I could write posts like this . This pretty much nails it .
 
stereofanboy said:
I'd rather listen to Gilmour performing songs than listen to Waters writing songs.
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Neither Waters or Gilmour are really outstanding musically when compared to their respective peers. However, Waters is arguably among the best lyricists in rock history.
 
Cogito said:
Neither Waters or Gilmour are really outstanding musically when compared to their respective peers. However, Waters is arguably among the best lyricists in rock history.
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Your kidding about Gilmour and his guitar playing , right ?
 
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