You mean the near bankrupt Pink Floyd at the end of the 70's wanted to recoup some money and then went on tour for over two years with the MLoR tour was bigger than expected? Gilmour and Mason put up most of the money for the tour, nobody was twisting their arms too hard. FWIW, I'm an fan of both post Waters albums but no, they don't match their previous works. Neither does Waters' solo output.
On An Island was an album from an older, more relaxed man who had nothing to prove but made an album with friends and produced an album that he wanted. These older ears enjoyed it a lot.
I don't think AMLOR is such a bad album, if you compare it to other recognised career nadirs like, I don't know, 'Open Your Eyes', it positively shines. Yes, one might say that's not saying much but I think the worst thing about it is the production. Certainly 'Learning To Fly', 'Sorrow' and 'On The Turning Away' hold up well from a musical perspective.
I just listened to this for the first time. I can see how some might consider it boring. And, let's face it, Gilmour's singing does have a "hypnotic" effect.
I found it quite good, ON IT'S OWN MERITS. But, I also made sure not to compare it to anything else. I can see how it would grow on people. Yet, I can also see how it might disappoint people expecting something he might have put out 30 years ago, which, IMO, isn't fair.
I put this in the same category as Gregg Allman's "One More Try," which is a bit sedate, but really, really good in the right setting.
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
Last two or three cuts are sublime!!
Well, I'm pretty sure that Gilmour did pressure Mason... Mason had lost total interest in music (he hadn't drummed in a few years apparently), busy racing his cars...
Gilmour absolutely needed Mason's presence on AMLOR to give it a Floyd credibility (which more of less failed AFAIAC)...
Though he might have enjoyed it, I'm sure Gilmour later participated to Carrera Panamerica as a kind of trade-of
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Funny you should say this as the Gdansk album moved me to tears. Dave Gilmour said he could not perform Echoes without Rick Wright. I first heard On an Island when Gilmour performed tracks on Jools Holland's show and the performances are great.
In answer to the OP, I always thought the Gilmour solo albums sounded like the guitar from Pink Floyd, as if it was extracted from a never-released parent album. They are good nevertheless, as is Rick Wright's underrated Wet Dream record.
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I hadn't heard that Gilmour twisted Mason's arm before. Yes, he did need him as there was a provision with Waters that Wright could not return as a band member. Then again, Mason wasn't exactly doing anything...
Gilmour was a bit of a car guy too, but probably was Mason's idea. DG probably wasn't too happy after he crashed during the race. Happier the manager Steve O'Rourke, who broke both of his legs in the crash.
When DG played 'Remember A Day', it was quite touching, then I wondered why they never played it before. Not even when it was released. Someone correct me it it was played a couple of times. I always liked that song.
I agree with your comment about about Gilmour's and Wright's solo work. Add Waters' into that and I find it very interesting and easy to see what each brought to the table in PF. And probably more importantly, what each was missing without the other guys input.
I'm quite sure I'm in the minority, but I just revisited Gdansk and I was pretty much bored
Not much of a stage show for an event of this magnitude, not too much there visually
Almost no surround effects played in the Dolby 5.1 layer
I see why I didn't remember much : )
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"When Yes appeared on stage, it was like, the gods appearing from the heavens, deigning to play in front of the people."
If memory serves me (feel free to jump in to correct me), Richard Wright cited "Remember a day" as an example of why he felt he wasn't a good song writer. I was baffled by this admission as I had always liked it.
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Wet Dream was always my favorite PF solo endeavor, up until 'On An Island'. I think Rick would have had more confidence in his writing if he had more positive input from Roger who was never kind about Rick's writing. Though didn't he write all the music to 'Us and Them' with Roger writing the lyrics? That's a pretty nice tune, in my opinion, as is pretty much all of his stuff with PF.
Admittedly, his last solo album didn't quite do it for me though on the whole.
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