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. 

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.

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. 

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!

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.....

I just love screaming guitar songs

...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...

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

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. 

People who listen to RP have a greater appreciation for music than your average citizen.

Could not live without music.....

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 think he means that this album was the least "Pink Floyd" of any of theirs. This album was basically David Gilmour solo with a bunch of co-writers. Nick and Rick were not really involved until late in the process and the ensuing tour, nor did they help write any of the songs. Tony Levin was among the session musicians that appear on this disc, also Carmen Appice.

Another work stopper, up goes the volume. The guitar solo soars.

i love cock-rock

Yes, I'm the RP freak. I like songs and artists that everyone hates. I should probably just change my profile name to "RP Wierdo".

alas, what fresh hell is this?

reminds one of Richard Clayderman or Yanni.

stripped down Floyd. the bones are bared.