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David Gilmour — On An Island
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Mystery Guest
(somewhere else)
Posted: Mar 08, 2013 - 11:10
 
Great sound (chignole 74)
 
Mystery Guest
(somewhere else)
Posted: Mar 08, 2013 - 11:10
 
Great sound (chignole 74)
 
Stingray
Posted: Mar 08, 2013 - 11:08
 

HEY YOU DEAF, DUMB and BLIND!

Have fun on plastic beach!



hagz21
(somewhere between here and there)
Posted: Feb 17, 2013 - 18:41
 
I feel like I got stoned just listening to this song.

dew34
(Wisconsin-quite woodsy)
Posted: Feb 17, 2013 - 18:40
 
I Love Floyd related material and this is a great example of unique and sweet sounding lyricism and performance.  {#Cheers}  Excellent programming Bill!

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Jan 17, 2013 - 11:06
 
 westslope wrote:

This follows really nicely from Porcupine Tree's I Drive the Hearse.

The DJ rocks! 

 

This follow quite nicely, even better, from Porcupine Tree's Half-Light.

 



stevendejong
Posted: Dec 04, 2012 - 10:15
 
 stunix wrote:
David Gilmour needs Roger Waters to produce great music.  sorry but Polly brings out the pot poori side of him. 
Love the anecdote and the conclusion at the end.

stevendejong
Posted: Dec 04, 2012 - 10:15
 
 stunix wrote:
David Gilmour needs Roger Waters to produce great music.  sorry but Polly brings out the pot poori side of him. 
Love the anecdote and the conclusion at the end.

coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: Nov 15, 2012 - 16:45
 
This is so incredibly awesome and monumentally jamming in the way it builds, stands, and fades out...truly distinctively GILMOUR, too!

metod
(Canada)
Posted: Sep 13, 2012 - 19:07
 
I love this album...from the beginning till the end. One of David's best solo works...

Antz_Davis
(Worcestershire UK -)
Posted: Sep 01, 2012 - 03:13
 
Gilmour a real musical talent - His best solo work outside of Floyd - crafted layered guitars as you would expect from Gilmour - real hints of Wish you were here - a real complement!

jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise)
Posted: Aug 24, 2012 - 13:10
 
 Dr_Taco wrote:
This tune proves who had the songwriting chops in Pink Floyd.  Not Gilmour.
 
He freely admits this. All of the lyrics from this album are by his wife, Polly Samson.

 

martinc
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: Aug 13, 2012 - 07:41
 
 dwlangham wrote:
I love Gilmour's guitar playing, especially his work on Shine On YCD, The Wall, and The Final Cut.

I don't hate his solo work.

But honestly: Would we be listening to this languid song were it not for the reputation of his earlier work?

Let me answer my own question: No, I wouldn't give this song the time of day were it not for my familiarity with Gilmour's other (better) work.
 
I would be listening. I love this guy's guitar playing. 

JIan
(SW Desert)
Posted: Jul 31, 2012 - 17:16
 
What I would expect from Gilmour: Singing, ethereal guitar work, with masterful bends and a sensitive touch of the strings few can match. The peaceful atmosphere of his personal houseboat-recording studio is reflected well in this album.

caregiver
(near contentment now)
Posted: Jul 31, 2012 - 17:11
 
All the better for having Crosby and Nash on background vocals.

linzie
Posted: Jul 12, 2012 - 21:16
 
Im biased...I admit it...cant believe this is already since 2006?!!!

Havent heard the whole album, but just cant get enuff of the guitar, the sound...so sue me

linzie
Posted: Jul 12, 2012 - 21:14
 
 Dr_Taco wrote:
This tune proves who had the songwriting chops in Pink Floyd.  Not Gilmour.
 
Well, pal...then he musta been a close 2nd....this is pretty good all by itself...

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 12, 2012 - 21:11
 
 Cynaera wrote:
Well, okay - I can't do the banana-dance to this, but it doesn't matter to me. I love the subtlety and the nuance of the song. He never plays ten notes where one will suffice. It's not about the dazzle - it's about the shine.
 
Miss you so much, Ann...

rest in peace... 

Dr_Taco
(Vail, CO)
Posted: Jun 22, 2012 - 16:18
 
This tune proves who had the songwriting chops in Pink Floyd.  Not Gilmour.

dew34
(Wisconsin-quite woodsy)
Posted: Jun 22, 2012 - 16:12
 
Like Very Much!   {#Clap}

dwlangham
(Nowhere to be found)
Posted: May 29, 2012 - 09:26
 
I love Gilmour's guitar playing, especially his work on Shine On YCD, The Wall, and The Final Cut.

I don't hate his solo work.

But honestly: Would we be listening to this languid song were it not for the reputation of his earlier work?

Let me answer my own question: No, I wouldn't give this song the time of day were it not for my familiarity with Gilmour's other (better) work.

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: May 10, 2012 - 10:21
 
 Dinges,_the_Dude wrote:
It's so funny: either you seem to hate this song or you like it a lot. There seems to be no in between. You might say that Gilmour is kind of repeating himself whit this song, but still I like the song!
 
There is probably a lot of "in-between" with folks on this tune.  Some may feel this song is just too lifeless and anesthetic to get animated enough to hate it, some may not.

thewiseking
(New York, New York)
Posted: May 10, 2012 - 10:14
 
another pointless, plodding snooze fest. small wonder it's Floyd related.

MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Apr 27, 2012 - 15:59
 
 Decoy wrote:
crossed streams?
 

Dr. Egon Spengler: There's something very important I forgot to tell you.
Dr. Peter Venkman: What?
Dr. Egon Spengler: Don't cross the streams.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Why?
Dr. Egon Spengler: It would be bad.
Dr. Peter Venkman: I'm fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean, "bad"?
Dr. Egon Spengler: Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.
Dr Ray Stantz: Total protonic reversal.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Right. That's bad. Okay. All right. Important safety tip. Thanks, Egon.

michaelc
(Walnut Creek, CA)
Posted: Apr 27, 2012 - 15:56
 
Who died ?
Sounds like a funeral dirge

Stingray
("ANONYMOUS INTERNET")
Posted: Apr 27, 2012 - 15:54
 
Grandma's favourite!

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Apr 27, 2012 - 15:51
 

This follows really nicely from Porcupine Tree's I Drive the Hearse.

The DJ rocks! 



Blastcat900
(Neither here nor there)
Posted: Apr 08, 2012 - 16:19
 
I thought I didn't like this album.... this is a nice song !

Alimasoumi
Posted: Apr 01, 2012 - 14:54
 
He's my god..

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Mar 19, 2012 - 10:33
 
You're right. I heard the garble. I said to myself, geez, Gilmour's getting weird or this is pure crap. But no, technology failed. RP doppleganged SP and DG. 

stunix
(Wales, UK)
Posted: Mar 19, 2012 - 10:32
 
Dave is a bit like my dad when I was a kid.  He would drop me off to school in his own time, drivin miss daisy.  even if i was late we would be chugging along with a queue of traffic behind us at 15 mph, however if i started an arguement about something my mother had done or the guy next door, he would get so enraged he would speed up and get me to school on time or even early,

David Gilmour needs Roger Waters to produce great music.  sorry but Polly brings out the pot poori side of him.



coloradojohn
(Mile High on the Colorado Vibe, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: Mar 19, 2012 - 10:29
 
Weirdest thing I've ever heard...has my MacBook Pro and/ or Harman Kardon stereo been hitting my locally legal spices this morning, too?  Oh, wow...has it passed, like a reality-shattering shroom-peak that almost makes you consult your cat or call your mom?  I will swear that RP had Muse, Snow Patrol AND this ethereal mindscape all pumping through at once there for a spell...
Anyway, it's ON WITH THE SHOW, the Greatest on Earth!

Decoy
(Milliway's, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe)
Posted: Mar 19, 2012 - 10:29
 
crossed streams?

steventylersqa
Posted: Mar 19, 2012 - 10:29
 
I heard it, I was tempted to rate it a 2 sounded like creative gibberish.  Went to YouTube to hear the real song since I heard the multiple streams.

logic wrote:
I hear the dual streams also (192k stream here played on external player).  Yikes!
 



oooresultooo
(Miami, FL)
Posted: Mar 19, 2012 - 10:28
 
seems like they have some serious tech issues at RP today...two streams at once?? bad mixer?

rspauldi
Posted: Mar 19, 2012 - 10:28
 
Yeah, I too have been hearing simul-multi-streams all morning.

NorCalBonaholic
(Fair Oaks, California)
Posted: Mar 19, 2012 - 10:27
 

I heard the same thing.



aelfheld
Posted: Mar 19, 2012 - 10:27
 
I'm used to the voices doing that but not RP.

logic
(Divide, CO)
Posted: Mar 19, 2012 - 10:27
 
I hear the dual streams also (192k stream here played on external player).  Yikes!

jim1964
(1379 miles to Wall Drug)
Posted: Mar 19, 2012 - 10:27
 
 jules44 wrote:
HELP! There are 2 stations playing at the same time....I check my browser, closed and restarted RP but both started playing again!
 
...me too.

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Mar 19, 2012 - 10:27
 
Yes, RP was playing two songs last night too.  

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Mar 19, 2012 - 10:27
 
very odd...thought it was just me...

jules44
(Sunny North Carolina)
Posted: Mar 19, 2012 - 10:26
 
HELP! There are 2 stations playing at the same time....I check my browser, closed and restarted RP but both started playing again!

peterneorr
(WA)
Posted: Mar 19, 2012 - 10:26
 
Don't cross the streams!  Is anyone else hearing this?  Gotta be at least 4 tunes playing right now.

bluedot
(Long Beach, CA)
Posted: Mar 08, 2012 - 00:34
 
 calypsus_1 wrote:
 
Cool! Everybody click on calypsus_1's link to see/hear something wonderful! His/hers message is coming up BLANK on my preview, so you might have to navigate over to his original post somewhere below this one. Check it out...it's worth the inconvenience! Bill, is there a problem here with the new version?


Snoopy2
(Earth)
Posted: Feb 05, 2012 - 07:33
 
 Stingray wrote:
So bad - so pathetic - so boring!

SOOO GIL-NO-MOUR
 
i'm sorry i disagree.....i give it a 6. it is a little bit boring but nice and smooth.{#Angel}

Stratocaster
(Bermuda)
Posted: Feb 02, 2012 - 02:30
 
This song is a TEN.  A solid TEN.

Watch the DVD "Live at Albert Hall".  He does this amazing album in its entirety, along with many of the PF classics (including David Bowie doing the vocals on Arnold Layne). 

As romeo would say.....sooooooo good for the ears. 

Dinges,_the_Dude
(below sea-level, N52°22', E4°52')
Posted: Jan 23, 2012 - 13:19
 
It's so funny: either you seem to hate this song or you like it a lot. There seems to be no in between. You might say that Gilmour is kind of repeating himself whit this song, but still I like the song!

TuneAgeWhereWoof
Posted: Jan 23, 2012 - 13:14
 
If I can feel it, I can know it.
Thanks RP for bringing the good soul vibes.
To the haters:  what no electronic clap-beat and bad hair?  
No snoopdawg gold teeth?  grow up and listen to some Bach once in a while... 


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