Happy Birthday

The blog calendar rather than my increasingly blurred memory informs me that many a blogger celebrates a birthday this month, so I’d like to express a joyful “Happy Birthday!” to Stephen for today, to Susan and Thomas for tomorrow and to everyone else who will be observing the anniversary of their birth thereafter; including David, it goes without saying, whose birthday is on Saturday.

As I know that you’d like to do the same, because some of you have already started, I’ll let you get on with it.

My thanks, on David’s behalf, for the well-wishes.

If you’d like to continue discussing the illustrious John Peel and the great many Peel Sessions of note, you are very welcome to do so (but here, not here, please).

182 comments

  1. Taki

    Happy birthday to all our dear FEd addressed, and especially David! I wish you all health and peace.

    Taki
    who’s writing this in a hotel near Hanover (CeBit)…

  2. Dr. Rock!!!

    Happy Birthday David and Happy Birthday to everyone this month!!!

    I absolutely love the remixes on the website–some of the paired down tracks. The last time I logged in I was sitting there for a minute thinking, “What the bloody hell is that marvelous noise?” I didn’t recognize the remix.

    For David’s birthday: I wish that his muse strikes him with complete clarity–that he finds his way with all those Syd tapes he has put on his computer (finishing something like “She Was a Millionaire” will either be something extremely easy or difficult, depending on his muse. In either case, I’m thrilled Mr. Gilmour is thinking about tinkering with them–and I have no doubt he will succeed in creating something beyond wonderful.

    I’m just thrilled he’s got some time to get busy.

    I wish David a year free of any new draining business matters, a year free of lawsuits, a year free of any troubles, so he can just do the magic he does when he sits down with his guitar.

    We all love you David!!! Happy Birthday and have a fantastic year!!!

    P.S. I hope that David adds extra lyrics and his voice to “unfinished” songs, like “She Was a Millionaire. I hope he doesn’t just add some guitar here and there… I’d love to hear the blend of voices. I’d just love it!

  3. Thomas O'Connell

    I just wanted to wish David Gilmour a Happy Birthday and I also wanted to wish Susan, Stephen and Thomas a Happy Birthday too. I hope everyone will have a great and safe weekend.

    Plus Fed, I found Link Wray and the Raymen’s first album and it’s in mint condition for a price you wouldn’t believe – $2.00. Isn’t that great?

    Take Care, Thomas

    • mikeT

      ‘Lo all.

      Enjoy your purchase Thomas! If Hydrea can send a Cake – it does look nice – can Thomas and I share a tune with Mr “G” on his special day? If he is passing by this way – click here.

      It’s better than that “Happy birthday” tune! That’s too old hat, once you reach a certain age.

      Happy Birthday to Lorraine too.

      Good weekend all!

    • Hydrea

      If Hydrea can send a Cake – it does look nice – can Thomas and I share a tune with Mr “G” on his special day

      Mike T, thanks to enjoy my David’s Cake. :))

      Happy Birthday to all bloggers this month. :)

      Bye, Hydrea

  4. Sami

    Happy Birthday David Gilmour.

    This weekend I will watch David’s latest DVD. It brings me back great memories. I saw David live in Hamburg, March 11th 2006. Time flies.

    Happy Birthday to Snowy White (March 3rd, 62 years).

    I’ve seen him live with Roger Waters a few times. He is also a great guitar player.

    Sami

  5. Simon J

    Just want to send my Happy Birthdays to all the above mentioned.

    Have a good one, and quite simply, Happy Days!

    All the best,
    Simon J

  6. Ina

    Hello David,

    Happy Birthday! :D

    I wish you all the very best! Have a great day with your family and friends.

    I wish you many musical inspirations in the future!

    With best regards from Berlin
    Ina

  7. Elisabetta Corsi - Italy N.E.

    March, 6th.

    This is for you, Mr. David Gilmour (I suppose, the shortest Italian poem):

    MATTINA (Morning)
    G.Ungaretti

    M’illumino
    D’immenso.

    I flood myself with light
    of the immense

    I think about the Venice concert of August 2006 very often…”then I close my eyes” and I can imagine you, Rick and the band vividly. I do this periodically in order to keep the images clear and sharp. The pictures in my mind have warmth, sounds and movements: treasures I cannot afford to lose.

    God gave a gift to the world when you were born; a person who spends energy on others, who touches each life he enters and fills the hearts with your own music and voice and makes a difference in the world.

    Bless you. Happy Birthday!

    Ciao/goodbye
    Elisabetta

  8. Julie Davies

    Happy birthday, David. Hope you have a lovely day. I hope the sun shines for you.

    Love

    Julie, Kevin and Imogen

  9. Hydrea

    Hi FEd,

    I wish share with you and all bloggers my David’s Cake.

    I prepare it with love and I hope you enjoy it.

    Please, could you leave me a slice? :))

    So, have a Great Birthday tomorrow, David! :)

    Bye, Hydrea

  10. Michèle

    Happy Birthday to Susan and Thomas! Big bisous to you both. :)

    I wish everyone a very good (sunny?) weekend.

    And many thanks to FEd for keeping the chatroom open all weekend.

  11. Heather

    For David… have a wonderful birthday, I can’t believe another year has gone by! Nearly 4 years since the Royal Albert Hall but we will always Remember that Night!

    Have a great day.

    Best Wishes
    Heather and Phil

  12. Roger

    Happy Birthday Mr G. Still 4 years older than me. I keep trying to catch up, but you keep leading the way.

  13. Lene

    …and a very happy birthday from me too. :)

    And a link, for those who need a smile… it’s not so much the song as the video. What imagination.

    Enjoy the weekend
    Lene

    • jan

      Lene:

      That was great. Enjoyed the imagination and must have been hard work to set all that up.

      Jan

  14. Ralph

    Wow, what a packed Birthday Calendar this month.

    Happy Birthday to everyone, especially to David and to Lorraine.

    Cheers,
    Ralph

  15. Gabrielle, Washington State

    I’d like to wish David a very happy birthday tomorrow! :) If not for you…

    So to David, Susan, Stephen, Thomas, and my 3-year-old grandson, Rowan, whose birthday was yesterday, I’d like to share these lyrics by Bob Dylan while you blow out your candles:

    May God bless and keep you always,
    May your wishes all come true,
    May you always do for others
    And let others do for you.
    May you build a ladder to the stars
    And climb on every rung,
    May you stay forever young,
    Forever young, forever young,
    May you stay forever young.

    May you grow up to be righteous,
    May you grow up to be true,
    May you always know the truth
    And see the lights surrounding you.
    May you always be courageous,
    Stand upright and be strong,
    May you stay forever young,
    Forever young, forever young,
    May you stay forever young.

    May your hands always be busy,
    May your feet always be swift,
    May you have a strong foundation
    When the winds of changes shift.
    May your heart always be joyful,
    May your song always be sung,
    May you stay forever young,
    Forever young, forever young,
    May you stay forever young.

    Peace ‘n’ love to you all :)
    Gabrielle

    • Stephen Barnhart

      It was the big 50th for me, I enjoy getting older, probably because I am young at heart… forever, as a matter of fact!

      Thank god for Dylan.

  16. Ulli

    Dear Susan, have a very, very rocking and Happy Birthday!

    Best wishes to you and all the other birthday kiddies!

  17. Ulli

    Dear David,

    have a very, very Happy Birthday!

    Best wishes to you and yours, and although it is your birthday, I´d have a wish, LOL: please, please, give us fans a glimpse of hope of a new tour this year… the gigs we enjoyed in 2006 and 2007 are too long ago… we are craving for more. Thankfully Fed is keeping us posted with your plans and keeping in touch with each other.

    Rock on, and thanx again for your mesmerizing music and spellbinding moments we will never forget.

  18. Thomas R

    Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes, and similarly happy birthday to everyone else who has a birthday soon.

    Although I don’t get much chance to visit the chatroom and I don’t post half as often as I mean to, I still remember all those great comments and conversations I’ve had over the years. Thanks to everyone who has been part of those. Hopefully my contributions will become slightly more frequent from now on.

    Have a good weekend everyone.

  19. strat24

    joyeux anniversaire cher David, je souhaite le meilleur pour vous, nous vous aimons, i love your music, birthay heureuse de France mon ami et bon anniversaire à tous, le meilleur regard!

  20. diego

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY dear DAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are my favourites guitarist in the WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I’m 16 and I play the guitar.

    I haven’t got lucky to see you live, please come in Milano early!!!!!!!!!

    Have a good time.
    Diego.

  21. Morgan

    Happy birthday to David. Wishing you God’s blessings on your birthday and always. Thank you for sharing your marvelous talents with the world.

  22. Vicky

    Hi Fed and David

    I’m de-lurking to wish you both, and everyone else who is celebrating this month, a very happy birthday and a prosperous year.

    Lots of love

    Vicky
    :D

  23. PattyM

    Happy Birthday David!

    Thank you for enriching our lives by sharing your incredible gift! You are truly one of a kind… rock royalty!

    I wish you a lifetime of happy days!

    PattyM

    • Bella G.

      Dear Fernando,

      We are thinking and praying for all of you affected by the terrible events in Chile.

      Stay safe, loving thoughts.

      Bella

  24. Amedeo

    Happy Birthday to David on the 6th, and everybody else mentioned. I hope you have/had a good one.

    David, thank you again for your music. It really does help. :)

  25. bernhard

    A very happy birthday, David! All the best to you and your loved ones around you!

    Thank you for your work, and your (musical) spirit! You inspire many out there to let their voices be heard, be it as guitar players, or as human beings in general!

    Greetings from Vienna!

    freundschaft,
    bernhard

  26. Miroslav

    Happy, happy birthday, Dave!

    Well, I’ve just painted my son’s Strat-replica black, so it looks like yours, as he had wished. I wish I could afford a real one with your signature, but…

    Have a nice day with the ones you love. I’ll ask my wife to make a cake (if she finds a time, fortunately it’s Saturday), so we can take a bite for your 64th ( :v ), while listening to and watching Live In Gdansk.

    All the best from Croatia!

  27. KenF

    Best wishes David and ‘birthday greetings’ for tomorrow.

    ‘Bottle of wine?’
    ‘Sunday morning go for a ride.’
    ‘Doing the garden, digging the weeds,
    Who could ask for more?’

    I wish you a wonderful weekend.

    We still need you. Will you still feed us now you’re 64?

    Belated birthday greetings for yesterday, Stephen. Happy birthday today, Susan and Thomas.

    As well as David’s birthday, my daughter, Sarah, is celebrating her recent engagement, therefore March 6th is decreed ‘Smile’ day.

    • KenF

      …therefore March 6th is decreed ‘Smile’ day.

      As if by magic, the Home page now has ‘Smile Web 1′. :D ;)

  28. ayako

    I just want to wish a happy birthday to Mr. David Gilmour. And I want to say thank you for the many years of wonderful music and inspiration. Hope you have a wonderful day with your loved ones.

    Love,
    -ayako

  29. SANDY VEL

    In this beautiful day, I’d like to wish an ¡¡¡¡¡amazing happy birthday!!!! for a Gorgeous person: David Gilmour.

    Perhaps one day, I will meet you, but while I hope I hope for more and more incredible albums from the best player guitar ever.

    With love Sandy V

    XOXOXOXO

  30. Bella G.

    Wishing Daving a beautiful Birthday, surrounded by love, family, friends.

    This poem of Paul Verlaine describes better than I ever could the emotions and joy of listening to your music.

    “Quand Marco chantait, ses mains, sur l’ivoire,
    Évoquaient souvent la profondeur noire
    Des airs primitifs que nul n’a redits,
    Et sa voix montait dans les paradis
    De la symphonie immense des rêves,
    Et l’enthousiasme alors transportait
    Vers des cieux connus quiconque écoutait
    Ce timbre d’argent qui vibrait sans trèves,
    Quand Marco chantait.”

    Wishing you a very very long life with health and happiness.

    With deep love and admiration spanning over four decades!

    Bella

  31. Dave FloydFan

    It’s pleasure to share a birthday with you David. Thanks for so many moments of pure bliss.

  32. Piero

    In Italy it’s already your birthday David.

    I wish you all the love of this world, a very happy birthday with your family and friends, enjoy your day! Che Dio ti benedica.

    Cheers and happy birthday to all those who were born in March!

    Piero

  33. kathryn winter

    Dear David,

    Just to wish you good health, happiness and unlimited inspiration for all you put your mind to. Have a wonderful birthday and please don’t deny us your magic ‘live’ for too much longer.

    All good wishes to you and yours – a hopeful fan. xx

  34. ANDREA.

    THANK YOU DAVID, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WONDERFUL MUSIC AND POETRY, THANK YOU FOR INSPIRATION AND FOR BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS THAT I HAVE LIVED LISTENING TO YOU!

    THANK YOU FOR ALL!!

    AND HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

    by Fabiola, Giovanbattista, Emanuele and Andrea.

  35. Susan

    :)) Happy Birthday, David!!

    I hope you and your family have a wonderful celebration!!

    Love,
    ~Susan xoxo

    …and thank you to all of you bloggers who wished me a Happy Birthday, too!! :v

  36. Penny

    Have a blessed and magical birthday, David, and to all who are celebrating their birthdays at this time!

    Penny

  37. Ramon

    :D Happy Birthday Mr Gilmour. I’m happy since I know your birthday is the same as mine.

    Cheers from Monterrey, MEXICO

  38. Flavie

    HAPPY 64 DAVID!

    Have a great day with your family and friends. We wish you all the very best.

    Looking forward to seeing you again on stage.

    Bisous

    Flavie, Nick and Eva Moloney

  39. Gastón Di Laudo

    Have a very happy birthday!!

    You are the best guitarist in the world and also you are my favorite musician in all the world!! I have hope to return to Argentina soon. The best thing that could happen in my life is you come to do a concert in Argentina. I’m 17 and play the guitar, I enjoy playing your songs, it’s wonderful.

    You’re very important to me, in your course in Pink Floyd, and your solo career revolutionized my life. Thank you for your existence… I greatly appreciate you.

    Bella Vista, Buenos Aires.

    Gastón

  40. Barbara P

    Happy Birthday to all!

    I hope you have a wonderful peaceful birthday David!

    I may not always comment, but, I keep an eye on the blog FEd and you are doing a wonderful job as always. Stay Safe.

    Have a good weekend everyone!

    Barbara P

  41. MARTIN PARRADO

    Hi David. Happy Birthday!

    The only question I have for you is WHEN you could come to play your music to my country, Argentina? Here are 1.000.000 Pink Floyd Fans since 1969 when EMI from Argentina released the soundtrack of “More”. Since then, the number of fans grows every year… Roger Waters came twice and played two shows (in 2001 and 2007) and there are two Argentine Pink Floyd tribute bands.

    My eyes saw Paul McCartney, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and The Rolling Stones playing in Argentina… We are waiting you!

    Best Regards, Martin

  42. Zoli

    Isten éltessen David születésed napja alkalmából!

    Kívánom, hogy legalább mégegyszer ennyi ideig kápráztasd el a világot csodálatos zenéddel!!

    Öszinte szeretettel és tisztelettel:

    Zoli :D

    Budapest, Magyarország.

  43. Greg M

    Happy Birthday David.

    Been listening to your music all day on my new system, absolutely live for your music, keeps me alive.

    Mildura Victoria Australia, I will see you one day.

  44. Russian Floyd

    Happy birthday, Mr.Gilmour!!! Happy birthday to you from my mother and me. :D

    With her help I became a Pink Floyd listener and fan of David’s guitar style. In next week I will play a Comfortably Numb on “The Rock-Bands competition” in my town. I hope that it will be great! And I hope that David will arrive in Russia! :)

    With your help I really understand what I want. Music became an instrument for explaining emotion.

    Happy birthday! Best wishes!

  45. Michèle

    Tchin-Tchin, David, I would like to share some cyber bubbles with you.

    I hope you have a wonderful day with your family and friends.

    Thank you so much for everything, your music, your generosity, your smile, and also for giving us this great blog.

    Don’t you like this quote by Gustave Le Bon: “Il passe un vent de toute beauté sur les années.” ? – Beautifully said, I think.

  46. Anna Donnici

    Carissimo David,

    la tua musica e quella dei Pink Floyd rappresentano, per me un valore irrinunciabile e carico di emozioni sempre. Mi limito a dirti un grazie infinito. Vorrei dirti tante altre cose, ma l’inglese non lo conosco e temo che non mi capiresti. Auguri di buon compleanno, di pace, di salute e di tanta serenità per te e per la tua famiglia
    con stima e tanto affetto

    Anna

  47. diana

    Have a wonderful day David. :D

    It’s your 5th with the bloggers: thank you.

    Have nice, light days with friends and family.

    A hug from Rome
    diana

  48. UlaK

    Dear David!

    Very, very, very HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I wish you all the very best!

    I hope we’ll see some beautiful day in Poland. :D

    Have a great day.
    Ula

  49. Alessandra

    Happy Birthday, David. I hope you’ll have a great day. :)

    My best wishes to Stephen, Susan and Thomas, too.

  50. Gianluigi Coppola

    Happy B-Day Sir Gilmour, his notes and his songs give us everyday emotions. Thousand of these years, God bless him!

    - Gianluigi Coppola, Italy.

  51. Alexandra

    Dear David, Happy Birthday!!!

    I wish you happiness, health, excellent mood and creative success!

    Thank you for your great music! It is brilliant! Pink Floyd is super! It became part of my life, and I even decided to learn to play guitar!

    You are the best guitarist in the world! Congratulations!

    From Russia with love…
    Alexandra.

  52. Herbert

    Happy birthday David, happy birthday to all bloggers, born in March!

    All the best, good luck, take care and have great parties…

    Herbert

  53. ziad

    happy royal day, the birthday of king david, the greatest space rocker of all time… the immortal.

  54. Karl-Heinz Helmker

    Hi David

    ich sag`s auf deutsch: ganz herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag and all the best for the future. Ohne Deine und die Pink Floyd Musik wäre die Welt nicht nur ärmer – sie wäre total arm. Schade, dass es euch nicht mehr gibt.

    With regards
    Karl-Heinz

  55. phil30

    Joyeux Anniversaire David,

    Toujours un grand merci pour toute ta musique qui m’emeut toujours autant, le meilleur guitariste que je connaisse!

    A quand, un passage en France?

  56. Chris

    David:

    All the best for the next year in your life. It shall bring you the beginning of the harvest of a long term learning period (although this period isn’t really over).

    Happy Birthday!! And go on performing as long as you feel happy with it.

    Cheers!!

    Chris
    Hannover/Germany

  57. Melissa (*_*)

    “Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.”
    - Jean Paul Richter

    “We turn not older with years, but newer every day.”
    - Emily Dickinson

    Happy birthday to all! I wish you the very best of what life has to offer. ;)

  58. Claire

    I wish you a wonderful birthday David!

    I saw you in your live in Vienne, in France, in 2006. It was unforgettable. I’ve been loving your music since my childhood thanks to my Dad (who is guitarist too and loves your music!).

    I hope to see you another time in France!!!Please come back to France !!!

    Gros bisous!
    Claire

  59. Viktor Dupač

    Happy Birthday David Gilmour. You’re one of my favorite guitar players and singers (next to the Jimi Hendrix and Duane Allman). Good luck and have the blue sky. 8)

    I’d like to see you in the Czech Republic.

    P.S. : I listen to the albums Wish You Were Here and Is There Anybody Out There? (The Wall Live, 1980–81), every day. :v

  60. Karola

    Dear David,

    happy birthday to you, have a good day and a nice new year of your life. We hope we can travel to London and enjoy a concert of you this year!

    Best wishes to You and all the others who are celebrating their birthday today.

    Greetings from
    Karola + Jannick + Harald
    from the area of Bremen in Germany.

  61. Alicja from Poland

    Happy birthday David!

    I wish to see you next time in Poland! We invite you to Poland!

    Cheers,
    Alicja

  62. Rosangela Emidio

    Olhos fechados
    Pra te encontrar
    Não estou ao seu lado
    Mas posso sonhar
    Aonde quer que eu vá Levo você no olhar
    Não sei bem certo
    Se é só ilusão
    Se é você já perto
    Se é intuição
    E aonde quer que eu vá Levo você no olhar
    Longe daqui
    Longe de tudo
    Meus sonhos vão te buscar
    Volta pra mim
    Vem pro meu mundo
    Eu sempre vou te esperar.

    A voce David Gilmour!!
    Desejo toda magia de amor.
    Que seus mais belos sonhos se realizem.
    Seja feliz hoje e sempre.

    Eternamente,
    Rosangela/Brasil.
    :v

  63. Paulo

    Happy birthday! :D

    Hard to believe it’s been already 4years since On An Island… we’re gettin’ old but in style and loving great music!

  64. Rob Barker

    Just wanted to leave a note of well wishing for David. I hope you have a blessed birthday. I hope you can enjoy the day surrounded by your family and friends.

    Thanks for sharing your talent with us all!!!!

  65. Érico Brazil

    :D Happy Birthday David.

    You are the best guitarist in the world. I’m 15, and I play Guitar. I like your songs, they are so beautiful, your guitar solos.

    I want you in Brazil. Please.

    Good Vibrations for you. :)

  66. Davie110

    Happy Birthday David, all the best!

    I will play On An Island tonight, just to celebrate!

    :D

  67. evgeny

    Dear sir, happy birthday! We wish you health!

    In Russia, you remember and love! Priezzhate visit!

  68. nick from the lovely South

    Happy birthday David. Hope you’re doing well.

    Celebrated your birthday by visiting a Pink Floyd cover band in the old Church, yesterday, including a round screen and the original videos. A lot of Syd Barrett songs… that made me smile.

    Cheers!

  69. Matze

    Hi Dave,

    Congratulations to your Birthday and best wishes! I hope you have an enjoyable time on this day.

    Best Regards from Germany

    Matze

    P.S. I´m playing today on my red Fender Stratocaster “On an Island” for the first time.

  70. Paul Faulkner

    Many happy returns to David. Once again, I’ll share my cake, 33 this time around. Now, where did I put the postal address???

    Also, happy birthday to everyone else whose falls on this weekend.

  71. Gaby G.

    Dear David Gilmour,

    Best wishes from your birthday today from me and my family!

    I like you sooo much! My son, he is 36 years old, likes your music too. He is also a Music man. My grandsons, 2 and 4 Years young, have loved you and your songs since their birth. They call you “debbitt”. My husbands figure looks like yours and he lives since many years ago in his black T-Shirts, when he is at home. He helped me to write this letter to you.

    My heart is full of feelings, when I hear your music. I hear the songs in dark times, I feel better, I hear the songs in light times, I paint pictures. I dream away with your magic music in my inner dreamland.

    Thanks so much for all. You have a special place in my soul and your smile is the most beautiful smile I know. And I am happy to stay the same time on the planet like you.

    So, that was a long letter from an old fan to my old friend in music and I hope you have a long life. I hope you read these words and you enjoy a little bit.

    Happy birthday to you !!!!!!!

  72. Jill

    Happy birthday David.

    Thank you very much for the music. I hope every day is a great day for you. Not possible, maybe, but it’s a sincere wish from me to you and yours.

    Happy birthday everyone!

  73. JF

    Happy Birthay, Mr. David Gilmour,

    I only wish you many more years of music dreams.

    A bit selfishly also to me, with many more tones of your incredible guitar.

    Thank you very much for many colourful daydreams.

  74. Emil Botev

    Most Happy Birthday, David!

    Have all the health, luck, happiness and family support that you need to feel strong and motivated to continue doing what you do best – sharing the love of the Universe with all of us – your devoted-to-life fans. May God Bless you with new music and songs as well as with strong spirit and body for many years to come so that we have the chance to be spell-bound by your magic again.

    You know that we are waiting for a new records and new tours – and we ever will. The magic of your music, of your guitar and voice, of your magical presence wherever you are are really very important – not only for the fans, but for the ascending Earth in this critical times.

    God Bless you and everything and everyone you love!

    Emil R. Botev,
    from Sofia, Bulgaria

  75. Angelo Ortiz

    Hey Big Guy,

    Happy Birthday to you! May it be a family-fun filled blast! And, if I haven’t said it enough already, thank you very much for your volume of work. The art never ceases to soothe and inspire.

    All the best,
    Angelo in NYC

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