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Skipton01 said:
I have indeed - the 5-disc version too, with the backstage passes, plectrums and all manner of things.
On An Island, the 3rd Gilmour solo album which forms the mainstay of the Gdansk set, is possibly the most perfect and complete album that he and Floyd have ever done.
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I'm picturing you here as a Gilmour air guitar virtuoso Mike! ;)Your sound and vision room certainly has the atmposphere and hardware for it!

My hero - The Edge - isnt quite the accomplished soloist that is Dave Gilmour - but I've hit some of Edge's two note sustained 4ths swathed in echo and delay on my air axe over the years LOL!!! :eek::D
 
I've never got into U2 - I love New Years Day, but that's it - I really can't stand Bono and his showy-ness and the big hoo haa he makes over charitable stuff.

Not that I want to compare people, but Gilmour is so understated - take a little incident when he sold his town house in London (to the Earl of somewhere or other) for £6.5 million.

What did he do with the cash? He gave it all to Shelter, the charity for the homeless, of which he is a patron. No fuss, no headlines. What a guy!

As to my home cinema room, you're quite welcome to watch Remeber That Night on Bluray next weekend. All the Floyd greats, plus On An Island in its entirety, all in full HD and on a 9 foot screen! You can really exercise your air skills if you want.

Cheers

Mike
 
Skipton01 said:
As to my home cinema room, you're quite welcome to watch Remeber That Night on Bluray next weekend. All the Floyd greats, plus On An Island in its entirety, all in full HD and on a 9 foot screen! You can really exercise your air skills if you want.
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Aye you're on! Never really got into Floyd, but I'll have a go! Your sentiments about Bono are the reason why there is as many people loathe them as love them. I can be impartial, as its always been about the guitar for me!
 
Skipton01 said:
I have indeed - the 5-disc version too, with the backstage passes, plectrums and all manner of things.

On An Island, the 3rd Gilmour solo album which forms the mainstay of the Gdansk set, is possibly the most perfect and complete album that he and Floyd have ever done.

The only weak point is Take a Breath - just doesn't fit in with the rest of the set.

Unlike most people though, I always think of Floyd of going through 4 phases, not 3 (Barrett led, Waters led and Gilmour led) - after Barrett started singing a different tune, to me there was a period of no leadership as such, but complete collaboration - this produced the Atom Heart Mother, Meddle and Dark Side of the Moon albums, which showcase the absolute best work by the band (Echoes in particular).

After this, Waters took over, during the Wish You Were Here period and the following 3 albums were too political and angry for my liking, although they contained moments of genius (like Wish You Were Here, Comfortably Numb and Goodbye Blue Sky).

The last song on the last Floyd album is a fitting end as well - one that I never tire of listening to.

I'll stop now, as I could bore you all for ages!

Cheers,

Mike
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I Have Pink Floyd's greatest hits on my ipod and God i forgot how good Comfortably Numb sounds
Thanks for reminding me Mike ,what an Awesome track ...Whack up the Volume chaps !!!!
 
Just been listening to Ulrich Schnauss after a tip off from Murdo ..
Wow what can i say he most definatly sounds like a cross between
Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk with a little Cocteau Twins in there
as well ...GOOD SHOUT...

Thanks Murdo
 
If you like that Carl, check out Helium Vola - not so much a band or group, but more of a project.

Most of the songs have lyrics in Latin, sounds like a bad idea, but the finished music is superb.

Cheers,

Mike

PS As far as CN is concerned, the album version is good, but the version live, preferably from the Distant Sound of Thunder album (although P.U.L.S.E. is good too) is a completely different experience. Turn it up to 11 if you can!
 
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Skipton01 said:
Not that I want to compare people, but Gilmour is so understated - take a little incident when he sold his town house in London (to the Earl of somewhere or other) for £6.5 million.

What did he do with the cash? He gave it all to Shelter, the charity for the homeless, of which he is a patron. No fuss, no headlines. What a guy!


Cheers

Mike
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Hey Mike i'm a massive fan of Floyd but Mr G's last stint at the royal albert hall the tickets where a massive £250 each as the money was for charity, but i don't support his charity so don't see why i should pay over inflated prices for it. he is a great guitar player and great live (seen 3 times) but just wouldn't pay

U2 i like the early stuff up to about 88 and then i started to go of them (well stopped listening )
At the mo the most i'm listening to is Y&T very under rated great guitar player and singer and anyone that plays nows how hard that is to do both and the other is Gov't Mule
Y&T manchester
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38FGs1c8h28
Aussie Floyd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agOTCTjyBEY

These guys are nearly as good as the real thing and probably as close as you'll get to it

Phil
 
I know what you mean, but on Gilmours last tour (the On An Island tour) tickets were just normally priced - tried to get them for Manchester (Bridgwater Hall), but they were all gone in the first few hours.

As far as great guitarists are concerned, have you checked out Rodrigo Y Gabriella? A Mexican combo who can do the most stupendously complicated things (like playing 3 different phrases per strum!).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5VFWA2YKdo

Enjoy!

CHeers

Mike
 
A band I've been following since 1977, The Stranglers, recorded this song with jazz singer, the late George Melly, a classic in my eyes:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-z_RurNbmI&feature=PlayList&p=AAF2158021C368E1&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=13 and the closing line is 'You don't know what a shave'em dry is ........ You'll learn' and it got me thinking What is a 'Shave'em Dry'
Well I found this old Blues number from 1935, which explains it all

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ko2VXpW7_g
:eek::eek:
 
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There's loads of other stuff on the net - they do a fantastic version of Enter Sandman by Metallica too.

Can't say I have noticed Gabriellas arm, it is always moving too fast!!

Cheers,

Mike
 
Hmm, good thread. I have a pretty broad taste and will listen to anything good, whether it is old school rock, country or more obscure stuff. The only thing I simply cannot abide is rap music, but then I'm an old git.

But my real musical love is the slide guitar, all the way from the weepy sound of Nashville in the 60's to hard edged blues. For those of you not familiar with good slide guitar, here's a few ideas.

Anything by Ry Cooder is usually good, but his older albums are best, try "Borderline" as an introduction.

Another magical and horribly underrated player is David Lindley. A well known LA session man, you have proabably heard his playing without knowing it, but try his album "El Rayo X" ... wacky but wonderful.

And probably the greatest of them all was Lowell George, original front man of Little Feat, and the most soulful man ever to lay a bottleneck on a string, sadly long deceased. To my knowledge he only ever made one solo album, called "Thank's I'll eat it here" ... a minor masterpiece, I commend it to the house!
 
John H said:
But my real musical love is the slide guitar, all the way from the weepy sound of Nashville in the 60's to hard edged blues. For those of you not familiar with good slide guitar, here's a few ideas.
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As a fellow lover of slide guitar I have a few Ry Cooder offerings, and I'll give some of the others a whirl John. Cheers!

Did you ever get into the late Chris Whitley? Lovely slide sound on a National guitar. What about lap steel? - I'm a great admirer of Daniel Lanois. More ambient and soulful than out and out blues, but he is a French Canadian! :D
 
I've just been listening to the sound of a can being opened ;)

This weekend I've spent an awful lot of time downstairs working - and not on the car - and have given while I've been up here Page and Sand and Kate Bush's Ariel some play time. Hmm. Not really my cup of tea, but not all bad, either. Real copy, I think, as this may well be great country road music...

Bret
 
murdo said:
As a fellow lover of slide guitar I have a few Ry Cooder offerings, and I'll give some of the others a whirl John. Cheers!

Did you ever get into the late Chris Whitley? Lovely slide sound on a National guitar. What about lap steel? - I'm a great admirer of Daniel Lanois. More ambient and soulful than out and out blues, but he is a French Canadian! :D
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I have heard of Chris Whitley, but never heard his music. I'll remedy that!
My wife likes Daniel lanois, especially "Acadie" although I find it a mite whimsical for my taste. Sonny Landreth on the other hand ... :)

I had the iPod playing on shuffle thro a sounddock thingy in the kitchen last night while cooking dinner, a great way of re-discovering stuff you'd quite forgotten about. It played a Bonnie Raitt track, I was in danger of overlooking her, superb.
 
In the car I listen to the following 3 albums for the time being:

Metallica - Kill 'em all
Gyllene Tider - GT25
ACDC Live '92 - 2CD Collector's Edition
 
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