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- David Gilmour , Pink Floyd , Rock Music
- May 14, 2025
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The big regret David Gilmour had about ‘Us and Them’
At the time of writing, Pink Floyd have a major new documentary screening in cinemas. This is fitting because the London prog band are as cinematic a rock band as…
- David Gilmour , Pink Floyd , Rock Music
- May 14, 2025
- 84 views
“I couldn’t”: David Gilmour’s biggest weakness as a guitarist
On any list of the most influential guitar players of all time, David Gilmour is surely there. During his time in Pink Floyd, he rewrote the rule book in many…
- Pink Floyd , Rock Music
- May 14, 2025
- 41 views
The artists too drunk to work with Pink Floyd: “They didn’t give a shit”
There’s a fine line between genius and insanity in music. Particularly during the crossover of the 1960s and the 1970s, when creativity was at it’s loosest and hedonism at it’s…
- Pink Floyd , Rock Music , Roger Waters
- May 13, 2025
- 44 views
The Pink Floyd project Roger Waters said had “no humanity”
Any music needs to hit someone in the heart first to resonate with them. There’s no point in latching onto a song where the singer sounds like they’d rather be…
- David Gilmour , Pink Floyd , Rock Music
- May 13, 2025
- 49 views
The classic Pink Floyd album David Gilmour couldn’t listen to: “Too depressing, too boring”
Recently, I wrote an article pitching my argument for the most talented Pink Floyd member. This is undoubtedly a contentious topic given their place in the musical canon and the…
- Pink Floyd , Rock Music
- May 13, 2025
- 67 views
The one band Nick Mason thinks Pink Floyd owes its entire existence to: “It was such a great moment for us”
In the history of books of music, some bands occupy the space of footnotes, others are reserved for sentences and paragraphs, while only a lucky few are considered to have…
- David Gilmour , Pink Floyd , Rock Music
- May 12, 2025
- 55 views
The Pink Floyd song David Gilmour thought to be formless: “There’s nothing to it”
For a moment, it looked like space rock giants Pink Floyd may have slowly trundled toward a cult footnote in prog’s 1970s heyday. Following their Anglo-surrealism foundings under the creative…
- Pink Floyd
- May 12, 2025
- 53 views
Seven bands that Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters hates: “I am far, far, far more improtant”
Roger Waters is less shy about sharing a personal opinion than a football pundit after a couple of pints. His ethos is that too many people stay shtum and comfy…
- David Gilmour , Pink Floyd
- May 11, 2025
- 66 views
“Outside my usual scope”: The Pink Floyd and solo songs David Gilmour called his best guitar playing
Any fans of Pink Floyd will likely understand that enjoying their legacy isn’t the same as any other band. For starters, their extensive discography feels almost overwhelming at times, as…
Amy Winehouse, Dido, and the background music “to death”
- July 6, 2025
- 48 views
When Elvis Presley’s hips caused a cultural revolution
- July 6, 2025
- 72 views
Which Beatles song did John Lennon play live the most?
- July 6, 2025
- 55 views