Comments on: History of the Guitar

By: Elisabetta Corsi-Italy N.E.

Elisabetta Corsi-Italy N.E. — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:25:25 +0000

Belated and sincere thanks to Lorraine for the great work and help : i really enjoyed your posts about the interviews of 7 ages of rock and please remember that one heart is beating for you from Italy too.

About the mythical Astoria houseboat-studio, i’m still remembering the last year’s interview of Mr.Gilmour on it about the OAI’s release, and now we can read the great announcement of this further important television programme for BBC: I hope to be able to see at least this one.

Many compliments again to the Artist, to F.Ed and the whole involved team.

Grazie/ciao /Thanks and bye Elisabetta

By: Luis G

Luis G — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:20:42 +0000

I will look forward to news of this programme.

Thank you, Features Editor, for letting us know that we have something to look forward to beyond the DVD’s release.

[Life will go on beyond September... or so they tell me. - Features Editor]

By: Veronica_from_Miami

Veronica_from_Miami — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 02:27:47 +0000

Andrew – you reminded me of Rodin’s “The Thinker”.

Thank you FEd and Andrew for the insight of “Comfortably Numb”. Trivia about Mr. David Gilmour and PF is always interesting and fascinating.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:16:40 +0000

Thanks for confirming. Now even though demos are usually not as interesting as the final studio production – THAT is still something that totally intrigues me and I would love to hear. But of course understand why David would not want to share.

By the way, it is also intriguing to ponder what history would be like if Comfortably Numb was not on The Wall and only appeared on the solo recording. Would The Wall still stand? Would it have propelled the solo release to triple platinum status? Would PF have broken up sooner? Answers to these questions will never be answered but still interesting.

Thanks.

Andrew

[David has, in fact, shared his original 'Comfortably Numb' demo. He let BBC Radio play it in the early Nineties. - Features Editor]

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:35:16 +0000

['There's No Way Out Of Here' from David's first solo album was actually written and first recorded by Unicorn. - Features Editor]

Really?

Is it also true that Comfortably Numb was originally planned for David’s first solo album but then someone (OWHF) convinced him to keep it for The Wall recording?

Thanks.

Andrew

[The 'Comfortably Numb' demo originates from those sessions, but I've no idea who convinced David to hold on to it so that it could be included on 'The Wall' album. It is by far the best song on that album, of course... - Features Editor]