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chuck_gopal · **Re: are u a follower of ROCK MUSIC!!!! -** 18-03-2006, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Ronticus1002

My all time fav floyd track..."on the turning away"!!!! what's your's?

I'm not a die-hard PF fan, mate... I just love listening to Gilmour's guitaring... so for obvious reasons my faves are "comfortably numb" and "high hopes" ... then the usual stuff... "time", "shine on...", "coming back to life.." yadiyadiya...

BTW... i just got the P.U.L.S.E. video recently... and the guy who played bass... he's just a li'l kid... forgot the name... but he WAS GOOD !

ChUcK

chuck_gopal · **Re: are u a follower of ROCK MUSIC!!!! -** 18-03-2006, 10:36 PM

Forget it, then... I'll probably get hold of them someday.. thanks anyways

Hmm... couriering is not a bad option, though..!
ChUcK

dragthewaters · **Re: are u a follower of ROCK MUSIC!!!! -** 19-03-2006, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by chuck_gopal

BTW... i just got the P.U.L.S.E. video recently... and the guy who played bass... he's just a li'l kid... forgot the name... but he WAS GOOD !

ChUcK

that would be Guy Pratt.
He has also played bass for Tears For Fears on Elemental.
and done OSTs of many a movies including Wild West. Fine chap. He even plays in Delicate Sound OF Thunder. Brillaint fella. Looks out of place at times especially when seen in the same screen as Dave Gilmour and Nick Mason.

dragthewaters · **Re: are u a follower of ROCK MUSIC!!!! -** 19-03-2006, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Ronticus1002

and if you like what u hear, read this biography called 'No One Here Gets Out Alive' (available at any self respecting book store)- i promise you, you'll be a doors (or at least, morrison at any rate) fan for life!

People overdo Jim's contribution. I know he was one of the finest..one of my early icons. But people neglect Kriger etc in his shade
Its sad, he used to pass out middway through almost all bottlegs i ahve on records and all songs had that timge though never undermine that amazing keyboard influence.
The book was ok but it was when i saw Van Kilmer pitray the same in THE DOORS i realzied what it all stood for.
Jim Morrison was a poet alright and i still quote him more than often many a times but in terms of music, its the rest of the band i hold forth.
Maybe im just feeling so cuz i saw a remix of Riders On The Storm on VH1 and realized that they had overdone and remixed instruments and only Jim was The Doors. sucks.

devil_bychoice_ofcourse · **Re: are u a follower of ROCK MUSIC!!!! -** 20-03-2006, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by dragthewaters

that would be Guy Pratt.
He has also played bass for Tears For Fears on Elemental.
and done OSTs of many a movies including Wild West. Fine chap. He even plays in Delicate Sound OF Thunder. Brillaint fella. Looks out of place at times especially when seen in the same screen as Dave Gilmour and Nick Mason.

Hey Guys,

Yup, that is Guy Pratt...he became an in-house (but not in the band bass guitarist) after Roger Waters fell out of the band. U can even see him in the Live8 Video, he's the guy on the left (back) with a flourescent green guitar (but he has also become grey headed, as far as he was a kid is concerned).

Talking about being outa place, despite being a good bassist, he still couldn't match the energy of Roger Waters (listen to Money again, if U even feel like contradicting). I strongly feel, even Gilmour wasn't able to spur more than a coupla decent songs, after Waters went.

Rest as they all say is Floyd'ian History...

Cheers!
Nikhil

dragthewaters · **Re: are u a follower of ROCK MUSIC!!!! -** 20-03-2006, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by devil_bychoice_ofcourse

Hey Guys,

Yup, that is Guy Pratt...he became an in-house (but not in the band bass guitarist) after Roger Waters fell out of the band. U can even see him in the Live8 Video, he's the guy on the left (back) with a flourescent green guitar (but he has also become grey headed, as far as he was a kid is concerned).

Talking about being outa place, despite being a good bassist, he still couldn't match the energy of Roger Waters (listen to Money again, if U even feel like contradicting). I strongly feel, even Gilmour wasn't able to spur more than a coupla decent songs, after Waters went.

Rest as they all say is Floyd'ian History...

Cheers!
Nikhil

this is probably the most subjective discussion that i inevitably get into on all the rock forums.
Dave Gilmour was different .. he ,after water's exit helped proive 2 majestic albums and was a different inspiration. for me floyd had 3 eras..barret, waters, gilmour.
I relish the first - psycedelia uncompromised (bike is the cutest song ever)
I understood the second - all bootlegs made me suffice that this was PF at its musical and cultural might.
I went through the 3rd. Step by step and grasped everythign Gilmour potrayed.

Its quite simple - they were both awesome musicians, its unfair to compare though i will always be a floyd fan than that of any of their solo careers.

PS - On An Island (heard the solo on this song) has that old PF touch, missing is the progressive brilliance.

devil_bychoice_ofcourse · **Re: are u a follower of ROCK MUSIC!!!! -** 20-03-2006, 01:28 AM

I gladly agree on the point of three eras of Floyd...

I think Floyd has three phases, as in the opposite of a lifecycle: -

a) Barett - Or the Death...!
b) Waters - Life...!
c) Gilmour - Birth...!

Learning to Fly, is my anthem...and that wouldn't have been so, if I would have been a critic of Gilmour. I just said the Waters part, cos when ur talking bout Floyd, and bass, Water needs a mention...! agreed...?

Cheers!
Nikhil

mostly harmless · **Re: are u a follower of ROCK MUSIC!!!! -** 20-03-2006, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by dragthewaters

People overdo Jim's contribution. I know he was one of the finest..one of my early icons. But people neglect Kriger etc in his shade
Its sad, he used to pass out middway through almost all bottlegs i ahve on records and all songs had that timge though never undermine that amazing keyboard influence.
The book was ok but it was when i saw Van Kilmer pitray the same in THE DOORS i realzied what it all stood for.
Jim Morrison was a poet alright and i still quote him more than often many a times but in terms of music, its the rest of the band i hold forth.
Maybe im just feeling so cuz i saw a remix of Riders On The Storm on VH1 and realized that they had overdone and remixed instruments and only Jim was The Doors. sucks.

In fact Jim hated it too. He always had the biggest pic on all the album covers which he was totally against but studio execs wanted to capitalise on his good looks. He always thought that he wasn't bigger than the band but I guess the execs didn't agree ..

mostly harmless · **Re: are u a follower of ROCK MUSIC!!!! -** 20-03-2006, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by chuck_gopal

Dude, you have any songs of Cream, the Yardbirds and van Halen?

ChUcK

If you like Cream and Yardbirds .. you should definitely try CSNY.... brilliant group ... If you could get your hands on Neil Young that would be great too.

dragthewaters · **Re: are u a follower of ROCK MUSIC!!!! -** 20-03-2006, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by mostly harmless

If you like Cream and Yardbirds .. you should definitely try CSNY.... brilliant group ... If you could get your hands on Neil Young that would be great too.

if you tell someone to try CSNY, you sure know that if they get Crosby,still,nash,young, Young's solo stuff would be available much more eaily.
neil young, yes..especially his solo career. brilliant. the father of grunge music without any attempt to sell out.
keep on rockin' in the free world.