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Absoloutley fantastic. Would loved to have been there
wonderful, just a few questions:
Who prefers the black strat with that scooped and treble-boosted sound? I think I prefer the EMG DG20 strats
The same sort of EQ seemed to be applied to all the electrics, so he clearly likes that sort of voicing
What was the thinking being the new arrangement for the scatting on Great gig in the sky?
I wondered if it was an attempt to go for a more gospelly choral approach, but there were still solo parts at times, and then I thought perhaps it's intended to avoid getting too similar to the Clare Torry performance, to avoid needing to pay royalty payments to her (I was not happy that she got a songwriting credit for doing 2 takes of a vocal solo scat over a finished track, so I'd assume DG is far less than content)
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Still it looked very pretty.
I loved it at the cinema, I've got the DVD but haven't given it a spin yet (the cinema release was a cut down version)
Comfortably Numb has to be in the set of course as first and foremost it was a live gig, and if you go and see Gilmour live you'd be disappointed if he didn't play it.
I would like to have heard the guy sing half of it, it might have been good to hear in a lower register. I assume he would have a good range
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the new backing bands arrangements are all a bit loose for my liking. He’s definitely not at his best solo-wise. Compare the version of sorrow at Pompeii to the delicate sound of thunder one or even pulse.
Shedding a band made up of ex Floyd staff (jon Carin in particular) may have been a deliberate attempt to change the songs a bit but I don’t think it paid off at all.
Great Gig in the Sky was an insult to my ears and Rick will be spinning in his grave I’m sure
the only but I really like is the use of the main riff from “on the turning away” in “on any tongue” - clever.
On the whole David solo stuff is weak. About face is as good as it got for him and using Polly Samson to write your stuff is a terrible idea. It all feels a bit spinal tap (“it’s your fucking wife...”)