Can anybody play Pink Floyd solos?

[Percival Blues Shredder]

Just wonderin' can you play perfect any Pink Floyd solos?
like those from Time, Shine on you crazy diamond, Another brick in the wall 2, and of course Comfortably numb

dont you think that David Gilmour in a way could be considered the best guitarist,

[Christoph]

First of all, nothing is ever perfect. If you ever had the privilege to see Pink Floyd live or have ever seen their videos, you know that David's solos were always different. Nobody is ever going to play the exact same thing, and no one person will ever play anything exactly the same twice.

That aside, I learned the solos from Comfortably Numb (my favorite song of all time!), Mother, Another Brick Part 2, and Coming Back to Life a long time ago. My interpretations of them, of course.


I don't know if we can ever say that anyone is "the best guitarist". Gilmour was the best at what he did, but there are a myraid of other awesome players out there.

[jarviss]

shine on you crazy diamond...

*sigh*..

good stuff..

anyone wanna start a new thread about the
pink floyd-wizard of oz connection?

im sure alot of people know it already
but its fun to introduce others to it

:)
-G

[Christoph]

Originally posted by jarviss
anyone wanna start a new thread about the
pink floyd-wizard of oz connection?

im sure alot of people know it already
but its fun to introduce others to it

I've heard of it, but I've never tried it.

Does it really work?

[jarviss]

yeah, i saw a webpage (im sure theres tons of em) on it before...and when i first saw it...it was pretty weird...how it all worked out..
im not sure...
what does everyone think about it..
i mean..is it all just a BEEEEG co-ink-a-dink?
or was it the brainchild of a freaky mastermind?

the world wants to know!
(well, maybe not the world...but i sure would
like to know if it's real or not)


:)
rock on
-G

[Percival Blues Shredder]

Its frighetning, you must hear 2 and a half times the entire album to equal the length of the movie and even at the 2nd or the 3rd time there are things that match,
Roger Waters denies everything but he must have worked a lot to make it happen

[David Gilmour]

Yeah, David Gilmour is certainly my favourite guitarist, and so I've learned a few of his solos. Some are too difficult for me to learn right now (like certain passages in Comfortably Numb), but I can play Shine On parts 1-5, Time, Mother and I forget what else right now.

And I tried the Wizard of Oz / Dark Side thing about a year ago, and it works. You put the CD in your player, and get it all cued up and ready. Then play the video (the original, I don't think it works with the remastered, because I think they insert new footage which would throw off the timing). As soon as the MGM lion roars for the third time, press play (or unpause the CD). Then sit back and enjoy.

There are some websites that contain pages of what to look for, and my friend printed some info from a site before we watched the video, and that helped. The most eerie was during the tornado scene, which matches up perfectly with "The Great Gig in the Sky".

Also, I'm still undecided as to whether it was planned or not. It could be one huge coincidence, since you do need to read into the lyrics a lot to get some synchronicities. And Nick Mason (i think, might have been Alan Parsons), when asked about the connection, denied any knowledge of it and said that VCRs weren't even around in 1970 to be able to replay the movie over and over to get the right timing.

[stratman42]

I can play the first solo from Wish You Were Here...

[Led Zeppelin]

Originally posted by stratman42
I can play the first solo from Wish You Were Here...

Is that the 4 little acoustic bits before the first verse?

Im glad people mentioned Another Brick In The Wall solo. It always gets overshadowed by the Comfortably Numb solo. Shame that. Its a great solo. Does anyone know if it was done with Dave's taking the best bits from different solos method because it sounds pretty broken up like the Comfortably Numb solo.

[David Gilmour]

In the 100 greatest guitar solos issue of Guitar World, he described the process for the Comfortably Numb solo and for almost all his solos. He said that he would record about 3 or 4 different solos, then he would listen to them all and when it came time to lay down his solo track, he would just push up the appropriate fader and play his favourite bits from each solo.

[stratman42]

Originally posted by Led Zeppelin
Originally posted by stratman42
I can play the first solo from Wish You Were Here...

Is that the 4 little acoustic bits before the first verse?


Yup. Nice little bit. First solo i learnt, and i was dead proud too...

[Led Zeppelin]

That was the first I learnt too then. I never considered it a solo though.

[stratman42]

Yeh, it isnt really, but the version of the tab i had said it was, so i call it one.

[yamadog]

Hey Led Zeppelin,

I just read that Gilmour plugged straight into the board and compressed that solo (and a bit of reverb) for Another Brick in the Wall. Supposedly it was his first take too!

I think I could believe that. That guy has soooo much soul in his hands.

I just learned another cool solo of his, the one from Young Lust. Very cool indeed!

JAM

[Led Zeppelin]

thanks :)

[Alan Moorhouse]

I seem to recall reading somewhere that he played it on a Les Paul, not the Strat we usually see him with - does anyone know for sure?

[Azrael]

Originally posted by Christoph

...no one person will ever play anything exactly the same twice.



Hi!

wellllll.. that is not entirely true - have u ever listened to Frank Zappas "Ship arriving too late to save a drowning witch"?

He played one of those typical Zappa-like solos and you may say that those solos are not reproductable.. but Steve Vai (who got famous through Zappa) DOUBLED this solo after Frank recorded it. It was a live improvised solo and Frank thought that the sound was too thin - and Steve doubled it EXACTLY - the recording "..drowning witch" that is on the album (forgot the name of the album) IS the doubled version - do you hear one or two guitars? i can hear only one - but there ARE two - incredible but true.

Greets

-=[Azrael]=-

[Christoph]

What's up?

I know what you're saying. Among other things, Steve Vai is known as being a very precise player.

I have to disagree though. It might be a very good approximation, but it couldn't be exactly the same. As close as they might sound, no two things are ever exactly the same. We know this from science.

But going back to Gilmour, I don't think anyone should ever try to emulate someone's playing exactly. Learn what you can from them and formulate your own style.

[Barreta_jetstream1]

i know how to play a solo to another brick... that is near enoph to the original. u can improvise around the main riffs to give it a more "you" feel to it. unfortunetly its a bit tricky to send it to u, as it is written on a computer program called power tab. e-mail me at barreta_jetstream1@hotmail.com for more info. i also have a few other songs in power tab if u are interested. give me an e-mail and i will give u the list

[Thomyorke575]

As another person already posted

Sigh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
David Gilmore is and always will be the best at what he did. I am a huge Floyd fan and regret being born in 1979 more than anything but not sticking with the first guitar my father put into my hands at age 3. I aspire to be the next David Gilmore and have been working on Wish you Were here with a friend, we'll be covering it soon. I can't say enough good things about Gilmore but in my eyes he is the best. I also love tons of others but nobody made the guitar scream like Gilmore. A little tip whil writing your solos make sure every note is in the key in which you are playing including bends(mainly) that is one os Gilmore's signature sounds of perfection. It seems like he never hit the wrong note. Keep in mind the solos we love have been written, they are not all spontaneous as we all wish to be able to do.

James

[ZackyH]

What do you people think of Syd Barett? I listened to Piper At the Gates of Dawn and thought he was overrated compared to later Pink Floyd with Gilmour. I sold that CD shortly after buying it.

[Thomyorke575]

In regards to Syd Barrett its hard to say he is over appreciated (for lack of a better word). I think Pink Floyd did the right thing with the addition of Gilmore, but See Emily Play, and Astronomy Domine are certainly worthy of mention. I think Syd's best work is his solo stuff and would definitely not judge him based on Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Would you judge Waters from that album? I didn't hink so. If you have the time check out some Barrett MP3's from Morpheus (music city), I think you'll like them if your a Floyd fan. I think Syd's drug induced creativity is something lacking in modern day music, I can't say fro sure if that's good.

How about Layne Staley? Who thinks he's one of the best vocalist of all time beside me?

[ZackyH]

I guess I need to check out his solo stuff. The weird thing is that I got this magazine a few months ago about the 100 best guitar players of all time. It had Syd Barett in there under the "Madmen" section. It said Piper at the Gates of Dawn was his best work.