David Gilmour - Between Two Points (Official Lyrics Video)

*ABOUT LUCK AND STRANGE*
‘Luck and Strange’ was recorded over five months in Brighton and London and is Gilmour’s first album of new material in nine years. The record was produced by David and Charlie Andrew, best known for his work with ALT-J and Marika Hackman. Of this new working relationship, David says, “We invited Charlie to the house, so he came and listened to some demos, and said things like, “Well, why does there have to be a guitar solo there?” and “Do they all fade out? Can’t some of them just end?”. He has a wonderful lack of knowledge or respect for this past of mine. He’s very direct and not in any way overawed, and I love that. That is just so good for me because the last thing you want is people just deferring to you.”

The majority of the album’s lyrics have been composed by Polly Samson, Gilmour’s co-writer and collaborator for the past thirty years. Samson says of the lyrical themes covered on ‘Luck and Strange’, “It’s written from the point of view of being older; mortality is the constant.” Gilmour elaborates, “We spent a load of time during and after lockdown talking about and thinking about those kind of things.” Polly has also found the experience of working with Charlie Andrew liberating, “He wants to know what the songs are about, he wants everyone who’s playing on them to have the ideas that are in the lyric informing their playing. I have particularly loved it for that reason.”

The album features eight new tracks along with a beautiful reworking of The Montgolfier Brothers’ ‘Between Two Points’ and has artwork and photography by the renowned artist Anton Corbijn.

Musicians contributing to the record include Guy Pratt & Tom Herbert on bass, Adam Betts, Steve Gadd and Steve DiStanislao on drums, Rob Gentry & Roger Eno on keyboards with string and choral arrangements by Will Gardner. The title track also features the late Pink Floyd keyboard player Richard Wright, recorded in 2007 at a jam in a barn at David’s house.

Some contributions emerged from the live streams that Gilmour and family performed to a global audience during the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021; Romany Gilmour sings, plays the harp and appears on lead vocals on ‘Between Two Points’. Gabriel Gilmour also sings backing vocals.

The album’s cover image, photographed and designed by Anton Corbijn, is inspired by a lyric written by Charlie Gilmour for the album’s final song ‘Scattered’. Of working with his family on ‘Luck and Strange’, David says, “Polly and I have been writing together for over thirty years and the Von Trapped live streams showed the great blend of Romany’s voice and harp-playing and that led us into a feeling of discarding some of the past that I’d felt bound to and that I could throw those rules out and do whatever I felt like doing, and that has been such a joy.”

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*ABOUT DAVID GILMOUR*

A Cambridge friend of Syd Barrett, David joined Syd, with Roger Waters, Richard Wright, and Nick Mason, in Pink Floyd in early 1968, only for Syd to leave the group five gigs later. Pink Floyd's subsequent huge worldwide success continued after Roger Waters' departure in 1985, with the albums A Momentary Lapse Of Reason and The Division Bell both charting at No. 1 in the UK and the US, and sell-out world tours. Rattle That Lock released in 2015 and David’s 4th solo album, went to No. 1 in 13 countries. In 2017, Live at Pompeii released as a live album and film which was recorded at the Amphitheatre of Pompeii.

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[thedadinator]

David you should produce an album for Romany - her singing is truly beautiful and deserves a full showcase.

[jpscycling]

These are killer lyrics. And Romany's voice sounds so pure and strong, yet innocent and young.

[TinaReggie]

She’s as beautiful as he was at that age. I absolutely love her voice.

[igorrr]

Thank you David, for all the good things you've brought into our lives. Your beautiful daughter Romany is one of them.

[jimmiller]

Very pretty smooth voice . The apple didn't fall far from the tree..
Old School

[kevinlarson]

With David Gilmour at the helm, master of the sound, and a grand wizard with words, you can't go wrong. ❤ And it's extra special, this song, when you hear David's daughter, Romany, singing this. What a pure and soothing voice.

[fredfloyd]

What a legend huh.And David is so humble..Made the 70's great for us.

[montymaster]

Du Floyd avec une voix de femme, c'est splendide. Tel père, telle fille. Merci Monsieur Gilmour pour tout ce talent, la relève est assurée.

[TheGreatConstantini]

David, you are a very lucky man. To be able to make such lovely music with your daughter is a blessing. Not to mention choosing an amazing song by the brothers. I too have a musical daughter who is extremely talented as a singer, as well as a visual artist and dancer. But she chose to put it all away when everyone starting pushing her to go professional as they called it. Even we as parents subtly encouraged her. She had coaches and mentors in opera as well as a world renowned ballet company pleading with her. When we asked her why not pursue it, she said that “when something you love becomes work, it is no longer anything I want part of. I do what I do for the love of it, not to be imprisoned by it” . She left it all behind and became a successful doctor of theoretical and computational linguistics. But I never had a chance to sing and play with her. Maybe some day. She lives continents away but one never knows. I am getting old, yet still dream of writing music with her. Back to the video, really lovely, cheers.

[MemyselfandI]

Beautiful voice. Beautiful song. You must be a proud papa, Mr. Gilmour.

[timevisual]

I have had bad moments with my father and my mother but I know that they have been the circumstances of life, my father and my mother taught me very good music since I was little and every time I see your projects with your daughter Romany I start to cry remembering the good and How much I miss being a little girl again and just being with my parents and that things don't go any worse. I love you and admire you so much David Gilmour, thank you for sharing this part of your life as a father with us and thanks to Romany for being with you and learning and sharing what she knows, she is wonderful, her voice is beautiful

[luxthereal]

This is an amazing version of the Montgolfier Brothers tune, and who would expect less from the master.

[peggykaufman]

Your daughter has such a beautiful voice and she looks just like you I’m loving this song❤

[coyotexlresc]

The passing of the baton from one artist to another is nostalgic but necessary... even so, Gilmour shows us that he still has something to do.

[ClauCuartas]

What a beautiful song...and it makes it more special when such talented father and daughter are together in it ❤

[patrickingalls]

And the torch is passed from father to daughter. As great a love and pride, a man can be blessed with in our brief lives.
Job well done, David.

[harshthanvi]

This song is life as is. Will be understood soon by many.

[LoseTheWorld-KeepYourSoul]

I haven't tired of the Gilmours' version of this song, and I don't expect to.

[jerrydonquixote]

The only thing more beautiful than Davids solos is David's daughter's voice!

[MrLaserdaze]

The beautiful voice of Romany invokes emotion out of listeners with such elegant nuance. Paired with the same invoking power of David's guitar phasing and tone is a very powerful one two punch in delivering soul filled songs like this. No doubt, Polly's lyrical gift is the underlying foundation for the other two talents to deliver the message of the song in such a powerful way.