David Gilmour says not to expect a certain Pink Floyd song on his new tour
By Lee Vowell
David Gilmour likes his hyperbole. He said as a lead-up to his new album, Luck and Strange, being released in September that the record would be better than Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon. That is a bit of a ridiculous thing to say and is unfair to both his new LP and to the iconic album of his former band.
Plus, it is really unfair to music fans. An album does not simply become iconic immediately. That kind of thing takes time, especially as an album needs to stand the test of time as far as whether it is truly great or not. A popular record now is fine, but will people still appreciate the album in 40 years? No one knows.
When Gilmour says his new record will be better than The Dark Side of the Moon then that means he can see into the future, which, of course, he cannot. He shouldn't say that because if the record fails then Gilmour's statement makes him look dumb.
David Gilmour is OK with playing one or two Pink Floyd songs on his new tour
Let's set that aside for a minute, though. Whether you like the new album or not, and if you are a fan of Gilmour, you probably are going to take the chance to see him live if he comes anywhere near where you live. He hits the road on September 27 and plays in Rome and London until mid-October before traveling to play in Los Angeles and New York from late October to mid-November.
At first, Gilmour said he might not play play any old Pink Floyd tunes, but that appears to have changed. That may be because he understood people did not want to show up just to hear his own tunes. They want to listen to some Pink Floyd tracks as well.
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Gilmour has recently said he will actually play some Pink Floyd tracks, but he will not play one specific song. If you are going to pay for tickets to show up and only want to hear "Money," you are probably out of luck.
In a recent discussion with Rolling Stone, Gilmour said that "Comfortably Numb" will "quite likely" be on his setlist but that "I don't think I'll be doing 'Money'." Shame, though that isn't one of Pink Floyd's better songs anyway.
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