kingart
(Brooklyn NY) | | Posted: May 03, 2013 - 14:08 | |
kingart wrote:The passion of this is on a really high plane. That guitar is almost overwhelming. So not the first time I cry on hearing it. One problem: it's about 20 minutes too short.
Kind of what I said. |
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ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion) | | Posted: Apr 02, 2013 - 10:44 | |
Beautiful transition from Life on Mars...Bowie. The art of an instrumental within a 4 minute song is an art of a lost and forgotten world. The guitar solo is a an expression that rarely gets explored anymore. Such a sad thing! Luckily David Gilmour provides nearly every time, which always evokes emotion from me.
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waleed
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docentmas
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Nice during running: when that solo starts you can run twice as fast
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stevendejong
| | Posted: Sep 26, 2012 - 02:52 | |
TwinEngine wrote:I think this is my favorite Pink Floyd song, and I'm not really a fan (in proportion to HOW POPULAR they are). They are musically interesting, but I always had difficulty getting over the sledgehammer rhetoric in their most popular songs: "mother this" and "money that" and "bricks in the wall". Perhaps because this one has an earnest as opposed to a skeptical viewpoint, and "on the turning away" is subtler, it works for me. The summary of your comment is that you don't like Roger Waters. |
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stevendejong
| | Posted: Sep 26, 2012 - 02:51 | |
gregormiz wrote:One more rehash of a sound that got old after Dark Side of the Moon.
Yes, "Comfortably Numb" has legs, this one doesn't. MTV trash at its worst.
Oh GOD... the guitar solo... kill me now. I hope you go to a heaven without Gilmour guitar solo's, and I hope when I do, I will not go there too. |
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stevendejong
| | Posted: Sep 26, 2012 - 02:48 | |
ziakut wrote:Unwittingly have to say I enjoy this song. It's not my favorite PF tune, but it does have a majestic cadence to it. It brings back memories to me...grand or small. Like a slide show that replays with perfect transitions. I personally miss the essence of a guitar solo in a rock song. Something that is truly missing in today's music. It allowed another expression of the song. The lyric has its say...then the music. Sometimes when the solo mimicked the melody a bit...it always provided a thrill to me. David Gilmour was a master at this! Absolutely. Fortunately there are still bands that do a very satisfying solo now and then... Porcupine Tree always comes to mind. |
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RKeaton
(South of Paradise) | | Posted: Aug 25, 2012 - 19:55 | |
Better than their old stuff.
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kingart
(Brooklyn NY) | | Posted: Mar 20, 2012 - 12:02 | |
The passion of this is on a really high plane. That guitar is almost overwhelming. So not the first time I cry on hearing it. One problem: it's about 20 minutes too short.
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cmarcan
| | Posted: Mar 20, 2012 - 12:02 | |
This gets a 10. Live version gets a 12.
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ziakut
(Unmoon) | | Posted: Feb 17, 2012 - 18:12 | |
Unwittingly have to say I enjoy this song. It's not my favorite PF tune, but it does have a majestic cadence to it. It brings back memories to me...grand or small. Like a slide show that replays with perfect transitions. I personally miss the essence of a guitar solo in a rock song. Something that is truly missing in today's music. It allowed another expression of the song. The lyric has its say...then the music. Sometimes when the solo mimicked the melody a bit...it always provided a thrill to me. David Gilmour was a master at this!
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d-don
(Oregon) | | Posted: Nov 14, 2011 - 14:44 | |
Hodgie wrote:People who listen to RP have a greater appreciation for music than your average citizen.
Many of us have very strong associations and memories with specific songs that get played on RP.
On The Turning Away.
It's January of 1988 and my father passes away. I fly down to the Florida Panhandle from UMass. In the days preceding and post his funeral, I spend a lot of time in cars, driving from place to place. Everywhere I go, I hear this song. Even at two separate taverns, this song finds me. Must have heard it 8 times in 5 days.
My father was a very flawed man with a huge heart and a wonderful sense of humor. I admittingly don't think that much about him any more, 22 years after his passing. When this song plays however, it feels like I lost him yesterday.
Could not live without music.....
This is beautiful, eloquent stuff. You have captured the essence of what music means, and reading this with "On the Turning Away" as its soundtrack makes it that much more meaningful. Thanks for writing this - your father would be proud. |
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kurtster
(Back in Ohiya, for now ...) | | Posted: Nov 14, 2011 - 14:39 | |
martinc wrote:I just love screaming guitar songs
Yep, that will do. I can't believe I never rated this one. 10. A great album, start to finish. |
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MiracleDrug
(Earth) | | Posted: Nov 14, 2011 - 14:36 | |
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TerryS
(Another SW) | | Posted: Jul 11, 2011 - 19:39 | |
As a respite from the overblown egocentric Waters, this is a little treat.
mandolin wrote:
...i think this is the weakest song from momentary lapse of reason, which as an album i quite like...it's telling that i find RPWL's masters of war cover to be a far stronger song than this original which clearly inspired it; perhaps gilmour and mason should have recruited bob dylan to fill roger waters' shoes...
...i think roger waters' solo work is an outstanding high-water mark of music-as-art, and certainly he didn't hesitate to bring in some of the very best to fill his former bandmates' shoes, including eric clapton, michael kamen, andy brown, and jeff beck among a host of guests, but music-as-art doesn't neccessarily function well as sonic decor, which is where gilmour's new-floyd clearly outpaced roger waters in popular reception...
...which resonates more strongly?..it depends entirely upon which creative vision one embraces, but while i find both efforts eminently savory in their respective contexts, roger waters' augmented albums still achieve a masterwork status which new-floyd's unaugmented outings don't quite attain, timeless though both may be...
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mandolin
(...drifting...) | | Posted: May 09, 2011 - 13:07 | |
Relayer wrote:In 1987, Waters was only recurring songs that were fevered rants about everything. Far from his talents in the 70s. Here we have Gilmour doing a great song; incredible music, good lyrics, and it resonates more than the 80s Waters stuff. Love Gilmour.
...i think this is the weakest song from momentary lapse of reason, which as an album i quite like...it's telling that i find RPWL's masters of war cover to be a far stronger song than this original which clearly inspired it; perhaps gilmour and mason should have recruited bob dylan to fill roger waters' shoes... ...i think roger waters' solo work is an outstanding high-water mark of music-as-art, and certainly he didn't hesitate to bring in some of the very best to fill his former bandmates' shoes, including eric clapton, michael kamen, andy brown, and jeff beck among a host of guests, but music-as-art doesn't neccessarily function well as sonic decor, which is where gilmour's new-floyd clearly outpaced roger waters in popular reception... ...which resonates more strongly?..it depends entirely upon which creative vision one embraces, but while i find both efforts eminently savory in their respective contexts, roger waters' augmented albums still achieve a masterwork status which new-floyd's unaugmented outings don't quite attain, timeless though both may be... |
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estprophet22
(neit hertHereNor here) | | Posted: May 09, 2011 - 12:39 | |
Got a portable cd player from my parents for a birthday present when i was a kid. First cd player I ever had. The next present was a disc... Dark Side of the Moon. Little did I know how important that present would be in my influencing my musical taste.
First concert I ever went to was the tour that supported this album. Blew me away!
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martinc
(Ottawa Canada) | | Posted: May 09, 2011 - 12:37 | |
I just love screaming guitar songs
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cakkafracle
(the Republic of Harper) | | Posted: May 09, 2011 - 12:35 | |
*SIGH*
i can't even think of anything witty to say that encapsulates my blah for this album.
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DD rabbi_phil
(beach) | | Posted: Apr 07, 2011 - 21:39 | |
scrubbrush wrote:Gilmour is just about my favorite guitarist.
Waters is by FAR my favorite lyricist.
Although i don't consider this 'real' Pink Floyd, it's a great song
I like your comment about it being 'real' Floyd and am agreed. Although you can definitely pick out Animals and Wall in the song. Personally I liked his(Gilmore) solo stuff especially 'About Face' and songs like 'Murder'(thats one killer tune if you're a guitar nut). |
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Relayer
(Gainesville, FL) | | Posted: Apr 07, 2011 - 21:35 | |
In 1987, Waters was only recurring songs that were fevered rants about everything. Far from his talents in the 70s. Here we have Gilmour doing a great song; incredible music, good lyrics, and it resonates more than the 80s Waters stuff. Love Gilmour.
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scrubbrush
(Sea of Calm) | | Posted: Mar 07, 2011 - 09:58 | |
Gilmour is just about my favorite guitarist.
Waters is by FAR my favorite lyricist.
Although i don't consider this 'real' Pink Floyd, it's a great song
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TimeWaster
| | Posted: Mar 07, 2011 - 09:58 | |
brandue wrote: This is Gilmore at his best.  It's "Gilmour" |
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Nala
| | Posted: Mar 07, 2011 - 09:52 | |
Of all the incredible Pink Floyd songs, this one? Arrrgghh
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gregormiz
(Portland, OR) | | Posted: Jan 03, 2011 - 18:55 | |
One more rehash of a sound that got old after Dark Side of the Moon.
Yes, "Comfortably Numb" has legs, this one doesn't. MTV trash at its worst.
Oh GOD... the guitar solo... kill me now.
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linzie
| | Posted: Sep 30, 2010 - 21:01 | |
ch83575 wrote:
Lyrics and vocals lack emotion without Waters. Music lacks depth without Wright. The whole is no longer more than just the sum of its parts... as a matter of fact it might be less. At least David can still play that axe.
I couldn't agree less with this...The voice was as good as ever; Yet Another Movie could and should have been a classic by itself, and needs some play here, by the way!!! Depth, to me actually defines this LP.....Everybody loves PF as they were, but THIS PF was excellent all on it's own!!! |
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brandue
| | Posted: Sep 30, 2010 - 20:57 | |
This is Gilmore at his best. |
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linzie
| | Posted: Sep 30, 2010 - 20:54 | |
Oh heavenly bliss!! Food for my ears...One of the better songs from this album!!
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KurtfromLaQuinta
(Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | | Posted: Jul 28, 2010 - 21:11 | |
Hodgie wrote:People who listen to RP have a greater appreciation for music than your average citizen.
Could not live without music.....
Well put. And I agree fully. |
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Hodgie
(Dover, NH) | | Posted: May 26, 2010 - 07:51 | |
People who listen to RP have a greater appreciation for music than your average citizen.
Many of us have very strong associations and memories with specific songs that get played on RP.
On The Turning Away.
It's January of 1988 and my father passes away. I fly down to the Florida Panhandle from UMass. In the days preceding and post his funeral, I spend a lot of time in cars, driving from place to place. Everywhere I go, I hear this song. Even at two separate taverns, this song finds me. Must have heard it 8 times in 5 days.
My father was a very flawed man with a huge heart and a wonderful sense of humor. I admittingly don't think that much about him any more, 22 years after his passing. When this song plays however, it feels like I lost him yesterday.
Could not live without music.....
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